happy new year 2010!

To all my readers and friends - I wish you a happy new year! All dreams will come true. We will meet next year :)

necklace Victoria

A little pendant (about 3 cm in diameter) on an american spiral rope. Classic combination of black and silver colors. The necklace is 44 cm long with 4 cm extension chain. It is on the road to Norway now :)

winter time

It's a winter in my garden. Snowy, white, silent, cute yellow apples for the birds. I love living in a little village..

holiday greetengs from Estonia!

My Ruffle Earrings are featured on Etsy by kuutydruk! Shop early for the Christmas, don't wait till the last moment! :)

red flower necklace

Beaded necklace in black and red, great for wearing at everyday. Used czech and japanese seed beads, glass lampwork flower pendant, black color copper findings.

Buy for $34.90

(free shipping worldwide)

publication

Here is a couple of lines about me and my studio Stitch.ee in Finnish magazine of needlework. It's exciting to be featured in an article! Really this article is about my sister Anna Gussarova and her studio Artapli. And here is a photo of Anna on a bottom of page:

secret santa, 1

EuropeanStreetTeam on Etsy are playing the game "Secret Santa". Kristin, thank you very much! This Fairy is very lovely! I think, she is similar to me :)

bead crocheted necklaces

Something for me. Classic duet - black and white. It's bead crocheted necklace, 49 cm in length, used Japanese Toho seed beads size 11/o. I like to wear it at my studio :)

And this white necklace with a golden strip is a gift to our nanny for her birthday. I hope she will like it. Used czech seed beads size 9/o.

embroidered jumper

It was a simple pink jumper. A customer wanted to add something for a looking good. So here is embroidered sakuras now :)

Orange little

A couple days ago we have found this Orange in a cellar. He was living here for about week. Where is his owner? He was very thin, dirty and hungry. Really he is very tender and kind cat. Now we have 2 cats in my family :)

labels with embroidery

Here are knitted socks with embroidered labels. My little son and me found a great nanny! So I'm back to my studio of embroideries Stitch.ee. And that's my first work at this year :)

Machine embroidery on a Brother PR600

secret santa

Picture by Jean Leclerc

Pssst! I'm Secret Santa :) The Secret Santa is a game played by the European Streetteam on Etsy. The idea behind the Secret Santa is that you make something for a teammember and you also receive a gift yourself. It is great fun guessing who's your Secret Santa too. There are 101 Secret Santas in our team! :)

That's not yet all. Each teammember was filled a quiestionnaire for the best matching of Santas. So every friday you'll find a post about Secret Santa in the ArtMind's blog. It's very funny! :)

set "Golden Garnet"

Christmas is coming! Any woman wishes to have a celebratory dress and a celebratory sparkling jewelry to be queen. I think that gorgeous sparkle Swarovski crystals and golden pearls are great to this evening.

Buy this set for $49

interview with me

It's nice day today! The little interview with me is published in the Beads Perles blog. On the picture (I know that the photo is terrible) is my very first serious work - beaded pendant on a crocheted bead rope - with cute name "The Forest Fairy". Used ceramic donut and czech seed beads in deep green color.

Many thanks to Beads-Perles.blogspot.com! :)

FIBIT

FIBIT - Fashion is Back in Tallinn! On the 2-4 October in the Viru Centre will be opened Fashion Market. Many fashion designers are coming from Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. At these days in Viru Centre would be high-level fashion shows and everybody can see the unique designs of clothes. My sister Anna made a collection too - she sewed some originals clothes. She is so kind and will take my jewelries and accessories to these Fashion days too :)

Haapsalu shawl, part 2

It is begun! It was the difficult beginning. Today it is knitted already about 50 rows. Used yarn Merino Oro 100% wool (100g = 1250m/ 1375 yds), knit needles nr. 3.0 and 4.0
Pattern: Queen Silvia shawl (kuninganna Silvia koekiri)

knitted lace of Estonia - Haapsalu shawl, part 1

Estonia has a long history of knitting and is home to some of the oldest knitted artefacts in Northern Europe, dating from the end of the XIII century. On the west coast of Estonia is the resort town of Haapsalu, famous for its thirteenth-century castle ruins, curative mud baths, and pleasant beaches. From the early XVIII century until 1918, when Russia ruled Estonia, it was during this period that Haapsalu became a destination for tourists and a flourishing resort town. The women of Haapsalu, being industrious and creative, began a cottage industry of knitting lace shawls that has continued into the XXI century.

The Estonians had no written instructions for their patterns - the techniques and designs were handed down from one generation to the next. Stitch patterns were preserved on long knitted samplers or on individual sample pieces. The knitter would study the sample and decipher the pattern without the aid of charts or written instructions.

This book is the first one with detailed instructions of techniques and patterns. In Estonia a true Haapsalu shawls (square, triangular and rectangular shawls) are made with openwork lace patterns, and if there is a lacy edge, it is always knitted separately and sewn to the completed center section by hand.

The Haapsalu shawl is so very lacy and thin that it is possible to drag a shawl through a ring.

Why I had written so much about Haapsalu shawl? Because I was started knitting the one :)

cute gifts

I get these pretty animals from Tanya, who comes to me from Moscow for one day only. She likes to crochet lovely toys and it's her hobby.

This tiger is very unusual, he loves nuts. His tail is fluffy with a pink pompon :)

Cute pink rabbit like to read books about garden, he's very clever rabbit :)

And lovely bear searches for the honey. They all are living now on my bookshelf.

treasury "Feminine and Lily"

My new treasury on Etsy, inspired by gentle flowers and amazing purple color, something for beautiful and elegante woman. All featured items made by members of European Street Team. It is very funny to create collections :)

Lily Crochet Scarf

The autumn came to Estonia, sunless and rainy. Aysegul gives a great pattern to lily and sunny scarf. It's easy to crochet this beautiful scarflette, so I'm feeleng now a kind warm and gentle softness :)

Some specification: 100% acrylic yarn (ca 50 g = 105 m), needed 175 g, crochet hook nr.3, machine washible 40C, dry flat, 140 cm long and 13 cm in width.

my very first treasury

I did it! :) Sweet treasury, inspired by sweet milk caramel, my favorite color today :)

beaded cell phone charms

Cute cell phone charms are beaded by me in various colors. I used czech seed beads in size 9/o. They can be used on anything such a keychain, mp3 players, cameras, purses, handbag, backpacks, pockets, ... or anything with a loop or zipper!

White beads are placed on a comestic bag through a loop of zipper:

treasury "... Wipeout" in deep red color

New treasury "... Wipeout!" on Etsy with my new cell phone charm in deep red color. Cute collection is made by LaurelMae :)

Treasury "Back to School"

New treasury "Back to School" on Etsy with my bookmark in golden and purple. Cute collection is made by kirevi88. Want go to school riht now :)

flower mood

This lovely green summer bracelet was a custom work, my first experiment with dangle bracelet embellished with charms. Here are about 30 charms, I added two large flower for an asymmetrical look. Used vintage Lucite flowers and filigree brass findings.

Also I made these cute earrings in the same color:

..and in rainbow colors too:

Buy it now for $9.90

rich and glamour

This necklace 'Spring Garden' with lovely green beaded beads I made for mother's schoolmate, who lives in St. Petersburg. In this city are many beautiful palaces. In the last century on these roadways and quays there went horses with carriages and in palaces lives tsar. It's all it was rich, satiny glamour and with gold shine.

So I was inspired with this imperial palace in Peterhof (Petrodvorets), often referred like "the Russian Versaille":

Forest green, ever green

Buy it now $24.90

Crocheting with seed beads is very funny! I love this deep green color. Bracelet is very flexible, embellished with little charms: cute butterfly and small heart is saying "Made with love" :)

about award

It is very glad to me to get this award from Konul. Really I try in my blog to write interesting posts, to insert beautiful photos, to publish my various handmade works, to give some useful links and to chat with my guests :) Koni, thank you for your attention!

Now I give this lovely award to other great bloggers:

1. Aqvatali - Natalia designs beautiful jewelries of fimo

2. Se7en Art - Ilana makes amazing crocheted jewelry of wire

3. Nireh bijoux - Barbara's blog is huge source of inspiration

4. Quienlodira - much of jewelries made of seed beads, this blog is very colorful

5. Ibolya - everybody must see this blog! Really amazing handmade jewelry! Ibolya is great artist and I wish at one time I study to bead something stunning like Ibolya.

Thank you :)

Butterfly of Love

That's finished gift for my dear sister to a special day in her life :) She likes this necklace very much, so I'm happy :D

Some details: peyote leaves made of transparent 11/o Toho seed beads. I was afraid that I can't bead with size like 15/o or smaller. St.Petersburg chain is also beaded. Embellished with golden butterfly (approx. 3 cm), she's flying :)

Treasury "Shiny Stars"

Today I'm featured with my beaded necklace Lucky Star on Etsy in treasury "Shiny Stars" made by photovalle. Thank you very much, Natalia :) I'm so happy :)

it must be something very beautiful

Leon and my dear sister Ann - they will be wedding very soon :) I want to gift her something gentle, feminine, but I'm afraid I can't.. or I will not be in time..

about design of an interior and bookmarks

Not all people use the Internet. It is sometimes pleasant to take the usual book made of paper and to read some favourite story in evening. For example, I very love detective stories - Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle or something awful like Edgar Allan Poe..

And my lovely handmade bookmarks can mark your place in a book without damaging the pages :) Also bookmarks can be used for decoration. Place some in random books on your shelves for a fun look!

Bookmarks are available on Lariata.etsy.com

summer flowers in jewelry

Sometimes is great to create something very easy like these cute earrings. Just some findings, add a little of Lucite beads and voilà - shick earrings are made :) On the first picture are long dangle Trumpet Flower Earrings - lilac and sunny yellow, about 8 cm in length. Another pair of earrings are about 4 cm long, I named them Ruffle Flowers:

And last ones - Bells, about 5.5 cm. Used brass findings, Lucite beads and a good mood :)