Wooden heart

Hello there!

Recently I fell in love with wood, sculpting and all that kind of stuff... Since I don't have good chisels (and the one decent I had actually just broke) there was not much of sculpting actually BUT I managed to do something cute. A beautiful wooden tablet with heart and tendrils motive :)

I hope you like it at least as much as I do ;) It was fun, and actually I really like what I've created. Maybe I'll attach to it some hooks and it will become my kind of "key cabinet"? We'll see.

Bye bye! Take care!

Love is all around!

And it will be even on my laptop bag - when i'll finally attach my new small pendant to it. Its made of orange felt and i made it super soft - i filled it with cotton wool.

Here- in version upside-down ;)

Have a nice day!

My first bag ;)

Hello everyone!

Yesterday i finished a bag for my knitting tools and yarns. It's made of orange felt - about 2mm thick, folded in 2 - it's because 2mm is not enough (hihi ;) ) and 2 layers helped me to hide the left side of decorations made with my all new felting machine ;) (it's so much fun!!!). In plus i made borders with green mouline. It isn't work of art but i like it, it's very functional, all my knitting things fit in and i made it stand alone (it may sound weird again ;) but i can't do anything about it - i can only assure you that i had only the most innocent things in mind). Hope you like it too

Killer Commando Penguins!

Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private. I follow their adventures every day! "Penguins of Madagascar" is my favourite cartoon ever. I love them all, once i even tried to specificate which penguin i like the most - but it was just impossible! When i started watching "PoM" penguins became one of my favourite animals in general. And the most important thing - their quotes are the best thing i've ever heard in my life - and often inspire me to do something crazy and\or cute.

"Smile and wave boys, smile and wave"

Can you see Skipper's coffee? Cute

Braids are soooo... princessy!

Oh, i just love braids. When i was a kid i thought that there's only one kind of braids - luckily - i was so wrong. I started to discover various types of braids when i got interested in polish folk culture - on the pictures presenting polish traditional gowns there is ALWAYS some beutiful blonde girl with a very long, thick and healthy looking braid. Always. But that's not the point.
The point is, that all that stuff became fashionable, and i thought of making a braid-style bracelet so maybe someone buys it? Or one of my friends will like it so i can make her\him a gift? I decided to make it in different, not-at-all-natural colors so it doesnt look like made of hair. It would be too silly. And awful.
Am i loosing topic again?
I think i just should say that my bracelet is made of mouline. The fastening it's a 10mm snap hook. Uff! I did it! :) :) :)

Macrame bracelet "Raspberries"

This is a marcrame bracelet made of green string, wooden pink beads and little wooden natural beads. I used two macrame weaves: spiral (at the ends) and flat (between beads). It took me about one hour to make this one.

Flowers, rainbow, unicorns!!!

Unicorns - for me - an ultimate symbol of naivety, happiness and loveliness. Media made them appear as dramatic and pompous creatures, but I think (just like Private from "Penguins of Madagascar") that they are soft, friendly and very very lovable. Let them be an inspiration for you too ;)

Every occasion is good to make gifts...

Hello!
I love making presents to other people. When i see them happy i feel just wonderful - and everyone knows that the most beautiful gifts are those made by us. It's because that they're absolutely unique and show that we (in these times when everyone has no time etc etc) are willing to make some effort for the recipient (and believe me, usually it's much more than one hour) - not just go to the nearest gift-shop and buy ready stuff.
And that's the reason i'm gonna show you a gift i made for one of my friends a few days ago. Maybe some of you will get inspired, or at least i hope so.
So, i made an artbook. Below there are photos of the covers. This artbook is entirely made of scrap materials - i really care about the environment, and don't like waste things that can still be a part of something beautiful.

Cover from the inside

And another cover - internal side

Every (or almost) page is different from another - has a different pattern or colour.

All pages are stitched by me, i made patterns on pages too. Some of them are blank, in case my friend would like to make an ordinary sketch.

She's an artistic soul so i think she'll have some fun filling this little book. It has only 32 pages + covers, but it took me about three hours to finish it.

Black&White - Pandas

They are cute, big, warm, furry and... they are dying. It's extremely hard to breed those animals in zoos, and they can't reproduce in wilderness either, because bamboo forests where they used to live are almost completely cut.

Still - at least for me - they remain one of the most inspirational animals.

Every life should have nine cats

Everyone has a cat inside. Want some proof? Ok. For example, after all day of hard work, when you finally get home and lay on your couch you feel this enormous relaxation - a little thrill runs trough your body causing every piece of you feel pleasure.

That's your kitty ;)

I love my "internal cat" and all other cats too. And I believe that most people on this planet feel the same. Cats are awesome. But not everyone can have one because of allergies, small apartment or dog living already in our house - that was my inspiration to make those little kittens. You can take them everywhere you go, they dont cause allergy and no dog will ever try to eat them ;) They are made of colorful pieces of cloth, cotton wool, a piece of string and metal circlet.

For now, I made three of them:

"Snowflake"

"Summer"

"Snowball"

 

"Puffy"

My little big inspiration

One of the biggest inspiration in my life is my little sis' Bimba (italian, means: little girl). She came to the world when i was a rebel fifteen. I had an enormous amount of anger and pain in me, and one winter day, all of a sudden - i've fallen in love. 

She was so tiny and fragile, so delicate. She took my heart and will keep it forever. It happened so incredibly fast. I remember how i used to sing her lullabies, how we watched cartoons together, how i taught her how to walk and catch butterflies... She was the first person i loved so much. 

We spent lots of time together, i thought of her as "my" Bimba. But one day i had to leave... Now we see each other once a year, or even less. I miss her so much. Sometimes i regret that i left her - and i know that she's in good hands... It's just... There are times i'd like to hold you, and hug you, and tell you that you're the most beutiful princess in the world... But i can't. 

My little ballerina. I will always love you.

Twinkle, twinkle little star...

This is a small pendant i've done few days ago. It's made of three felt stars, whitch are trimmed with colourful mouline. They are hanging on mouline braids decorated with beads of matching colour.
I've done some of them in various color sets.

"Strawberry pie" - dark brown, golden yellow and pink

"Ice mints" - light azure and cyan

"Fruity lollipop" - light orange, pink and green

It took me about an hour to make one pendant, but i think that if you know what colors do you want to use - it's much quicker

                  Love ya'!

Hello world!

I'm Paul and since i just love doing all this "artsy" stuff, and i have already done tons of things, i decided to finally organize all my works (well, at least some part of them). So welcome on this little, all amateur blog where i'll share with you my (so called) "art".

I hope you'll enjoy ;)

Bissous ;-*