A touch of Provence - How to create/recognise "Provence style" design ?

If you like art, craft, design, than probably You are interested about styles, trends. Here i will try to guide you around a little bit about the Provence style. It can help you if you want to create, design anything in this style. Your design should include some of this elements above.

Provence is a geographical region in the southeast of France. 

 It is a style of a French country style. This is rustic, traditional, romantic, sophisticated and elegant. 

Some of the significant attributes are the lavender, olive oil, aromatic herbs, terracotta pots,  citrus, almond trees in the country side. Painted shutters, terraces, roses, coloured glass, and pottery, beautiful, charming details on every single peace. The sunshine, colours, beautiful nature, herbs, tasty fresh food, the way of life creating that special atmosphere, what we call this days : "The Provence Style"

The typical  Colour-palette of Provence and some inspirative photos are on my Pinterest page 

If You find this useful, please let me know, feel free to comment. 

This is a wet felted bracelet with some Swarovski beads, brass and synthetic beads. I was inspired by this beautiful French Provence style

If You have a  website, blog related this subject and want to add a link please contact me. Thanks :)

Sunset on the beach Part 2

As i promised i am back with the accessories. My inspiration was the sea, the sunset on a beach. Here i used 100 % fine merino wool to make the felt. For the telephone case and the bangles i used  turquoise colour sequin, white shell beads, high quality Japanese glass beads, cultured freshwater pearls, and some silver colour beads for decoration.

Wet felted accessories

At the same time i tried to improve the quality of my photos. I took my time to figure it out how can i  better express the atmosphere i want to.

I would be glad to hear your opinions :)

Have you seen Part 1 already? 

Wet felted bangle

wet felted bangle

Wet felted telephone case with sequin decoration

How was it made? ( Simple tutorial of wetfelt)

In this post i will explain and show you step by step how -from a  piece of dyed wool - a handy telephone case will be created by wet felting.

 Step 1. 

Step 1. 

This is the merino wool, the material what i will use 

 Step 2.

Step 2.

You arrange the material, the layout 

Step 3. 

When the layout ready then You start soaking with warm water and olive soap, push and press, push and press at least couple of hundred times. 

Step 4. 

When You feel and see the felt is ready, than You put it into water with some vinegar.

Step 5. 

Wash it again and dry it.

Here the wet process is finished, it is dry- and waiting for some more decoration

Step 6. 

Decorate it 

Step 6.

Here we go, the decoration is ready :)

If You have any question, feel free to contact me.

Adventure with felt

I have just learned a new technique - wet felting- and i played with a material. One of the result is this bracelet. I was using 100% fine, organic, merino wool,  decorated with Swarowski crystal beads, and vintage buttons.