Red heart fever

Love day is coming! Valentine's day in modern worl is often refered as totaly comercial. And though I agree it has some true in it, for me this special day is always really special. And not just because I have my sweetheart beside me, but also because it's a lovely pretext to show your love and apreciation to ones you love and cherish. There is one more reason why i love this day, you can waere adorable accessories and no one will question you :)

So this year I finally managed to finish all the project in time and now I can proudly share this Valentine's day collection with you :)

 

This collection combines most of my favorite techniques - polymer clay, beading, embroidery, crochet and paper arts. Some of these pieces were more spontanious and others more thought out. But I have to admit while working on this collection I was pretty inspired all the time (something that happens extremely rare).

Here are few pieces from it.

These earrings and the ring below are made from polymer clay in this very fun knit imitating technique. Takes 

a lot of time (praise the extruder) but the result is always very cute.

I tried to take the traditional postcards to another level, so that they could be also used as a piece of decor or simply a bookmark. Lets face it, after the occasion postcard tend to end up in some random box or even in the trash, coz really how many of them you can display? So it's nice then card that came from someone you love can become something more.And making these was real fun :)

For this brooch I applyed this mixed technique of embroidery and beading. Some time ago I was making these unusual bridal earring for a friend and needed some interesting texture.In the process this french knot + bead thing happened. It looked really great and I was keen to make something with it since. 

For more pieces from this collection visit my Etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/CupofColor

Have a great day!

Kristina

All those lovely cups

I was always fond of cups. No matter if it was a small fragile porcelain tea cup or a big heavy mug, they all made me feel warm inside. Maybe because of those cold winter evenings when you would crawl up under a blanket with a cup of hot tea. I love tea and I drink a lot of it, so no wonder my kitchen cabinet is full of different cups and mugs. Sure there is couple of my faves, but it‘s nice to mix it up from time to time. Some of those cups have a deeper meaning, gifts from dear people or souvenirs from great trips. But there are few of those witch I bought just because they were pretty. Recently I discovered it‘s starting to look like a small collection. One day I thought to myself „Why not!?“. Soon after that my brand was born and my love for cups had made and impact on it too! Now I have a good excuse for buying cups just because they look interesting J  So cups where on my mind then I was participating in this kind of flee market. I found few very beautiful cups, sadly they were sold only as a whole set (not very good for my small space issue). But I did bought couple of very nice pieces. So happy!

 

This is actually a vintage "Coaching Taverns" Royal Tudor Ware cup from England. It's probably from  1940'. It's very cracked and stained, but it makes it even more charming.

Displaying this collection is quite an issue. Our new flat is very small, but thankfully we have an opportunity to renovate the way we want. So the question now is how to make the best of this small space. Looking for a good idea I found quite few, maybe not very suitable in my case, but very interesting and beautiful.

Enjoy!