Cherry Blossom Brooch

Kirsid õitsevad praegu... Lihtsalt hingematvalt ilus aeg on see, kui kõikjal on õisi. Minu aias kasvavad küll valgete õitega kirsid, aga noh, mõtlesin, et teen kahvatu roosa rinnaehte. Kas seda võib nimetada prossiks? Mis iganes ta ka on, on see kokku õmmeldud. Kõige alguses ovaalse kujuga pressitud käsitöövilt, millele õmblesin tülli, pitsi, linte ning pärast nööbikujulise kivikestega detaili (mille tegin varem valmis) kinnitamist tikkisin veel helmeid juurde. Ja muidugi õmblesin taha ka kinnitusnõela.

Tegelikult on tegemist järjekordse võimalusega neid swarovski kivikesi kasutada :) Hakkan juba teid nendega tüütama? :D Kuid mina arvan, et pean VEEL leidma võimalusi! Inspiratsiooniallikaid oli mitu, nimekirja leiad postituse lõpust (aja jooksul lisandub sinna veel mõni). See pross on müüdud.

Cherry trees are in bloom now... It's absolutely breathtakingly beautiful when there're blossoms everywhere. In my garden cherry trees have white blossoms, but well, I decided to make something in pale pink. Do you call this a brooch or is there some word that suits better? Whatever it is, I sewed it. I started with felt cloth and sewed some tulle, lace, ribbon and then added the detail with the stones (that I've made previously) and then some more beads to frame it. I also sewed an attaching needle behind. This brooch is sold.

Actually it's just another way to use those swarovski stones I bought way back :) Do I annoy you with those already? :D But I think I need to figure out some MORE ideas! I found inspiration from many places:

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Lingid/Links:
http://www.fibredance.com/
http://www.bayourose.com/
Seedbead embroidery
http://www.kristaraak.com/
http://www.pearlabella.com/Brooches.html
http://www.decarabia.co.uk/gothic_brooches1.htm
kuwait-style.com
http://www.bellapacella.co.uk/
http://puchimaiko.blogspot.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9436389@N07/
natashaburns
veryvictorian
sharonb
http://sea-angels.blogspot.com/
Linca teeb ise
Regly hobinurk
http://www.heegeldab.blogspot.com/

Wishful Thinking

Kunagi hõiskasin, et käsil kevad-suvi kollektsioon. Nujah, eelmisel aastal näed, õnnestus. Kuid tänavu kuidagi vajus ära. Oli nii palju ideid ja mõtteid, mida teostada... Siis said vajalikud komponendid otsa... Ja siis lihtsalt unustasin...

Ma planeerisin monokromaatiat ning samuti mitmeid värvikombinatsioone, kolme sorti käekette ning kolme sorti kaelakeesid, kõrvarõngaid ka omajagu. Vbl alustasin kõige aeganõudvatematest - need pikad kaelakeed, milles klaashelmed on moodustatud traadist keeratud mässitud aasadena (näiteks see valge/kristall toonides kuldset värvi keel on pikkust 126cm), võtsid ilmatu aja ja vaeva.

Aga nüüd vaatan pooleli jäänud tööd ja mõtlen, et ehkki seda ei saa nimetada kollektsiooniks, on siin päris armsaid ehtekesi :D Osad moodustuvad komplektid, osad on üksikud ning osad on veel lõpetamata...
PS Sain valmis aprillikuu värviga postituse.

I once told I'm in the middle of a spring-summer collection for this year. Well, I made a collection last year, but this time I couldn't do it. I had so many great ideas... And then I didn't have some necessary components... And then I just forgot...

I had planned monochromacy and some simple color combinations, at least three different sort of bracelets, three sorts of necklaces, also some earrings. Maybe I made a mistake when I started the whole thing by making those long necklaces where glass beads are made into a chain from links with wire wrapped loops (for example that white/chrystal necklace is 126cm long). It took a lot of time and wasn't too exciting to make.

But now looking at what I manage to complite, and I can see it's not a collection yet, but I found them quite nice :D Some are able to put together as a set, some are not and there are still some that needs to be finished...
PS I managed to finish the post of the color for the April.

In the Middle

Ma ei ole ära unustanud kuuvärvi. Sellekohast postitust pole veel, kuna mul ei õnnestu pilte panna üksteise korvale. Kui aga on palju pilte ning kõik oleks ükshaaval teineteise all, siis oleks postituse pikkus ju lausa miilides :)

Selle helme tegemiseks leidsin õpetuse Mu blogist (millele viite leidsin Beadibulle'i blogist). Seal on päris mitmeid tasuta õpetusi, mine ja vaata! Mis mind aga selle helme juures köitis, oli ndebele/kalasaba stiilile iseloomulikud jooned. Ja mulle see ju meeldib! Kui vaatad õpetust lähemalt, siis näed ;)

Väikeseid muudatusi tegin ka. Nimelt tegin ülemise ja alumise poole erinevad - alumine on õpetuse järgi, ülemine omalooming. Omaloomingu tingis see, et mul jäi alumine helmes augu kohast liiga palju paistma. Õnneks mahub sinna täpselt see suur sinine helmes :D

I haven't forget about the color of the month. It's just that I have problems with putting pictures in a row next to each other. But when I have a post with many pictures that are all one picture per row, well, this post will be a mile long :)

I found a free tutorial for this beaded bead in Mu blog (found it through Beadibulle's blog). There are more tutorials there, just take a look! But the reason I choose this beaded bead was that it has some similarities to ndebele/herringbone stitch. And I do love that stitch! When you take a closer look at the tutorial then you'll see it ;)

I also did some changes. As you see on the picture of my beaded bead, then the upper and lower parts are different. Lower one is made as tutorial shows, upper one is improvised. The reason for the improvising was that the plastic pearl wasn't covered enough in the area of the hole of that beaded bead. But fortunately that big blue bead fits exactly there :D

Color of the Month: April Mix

Aprillikuu värv... Hmmmm... Ma mõtlesin päris pikalt, mida valida. Olen teinud aprillikuu jooksul väga erinevates värvides ehteid. Pigem just kombineerinud võimalikult erinevaid värve ning otsinud enda jaoks pisut teistsuguseud valikuid. Ja siis ma mõtlesin, et miks mitte tehagi aprilliks kirju ehtevaliku? On ju aprill ka naljakuu :D Kui alustasin albumist vanades piltides sobramist, siis olin päris kõhkleval seisukohal - kas ma üldse leidan vanadest töödest mõne huvitava värvivaliku? Palju neid ei tulnud, kuid siin on valik mõnedest ehetest, mille värvide kokkusobitamine on minu arvates hästi välja tulnud.
PS Et näha kõiki seniseid värve, vajuta siia.

Color for April... Hmmmm... I thought a lot about the color to choose. I've made jewellery in quite different color combinations this April. And it's actually been my goal to seek interesting and different colorcombos. So then I thought why not to make a selection for April from colorful old jewellery? When I started to look around my album I was a bit hesitating - will I find any piece of jewellery with interesting color combination? I didn't find alot, but here are some I think I managed to combine successfully from different colors.
PS To see all colors so far, click here.