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

Sunset on the beach :) Part 1

I was inspired by the sunset in a beautiful bay. The memories were filling my senses. I felt the smell of the air, it was a mixture of the breath of the see, smoke from a barbecue, a delicious wine and a very little touch of lemon, spicy perfume.

 I even felt a light wind of my skin. I started to remember the colour of the sky, how the clouds and the setting sun playing with the light. I just felt happiness. 

And i put together this boho chic earrings :)

Gold plated, silver earring with tiger eye semi specious stone, Swarovski crystal beads and dyed shell

By the way about the meaning and healing affect of gemstones there are always plenty of explanations. If You are interested, i will tell some of the positive effect what is said about If You are wearing tiger eye stone.

It brings harmony and focus to the mind. It is bringing good luck and protection from evil eye. Attracts beauty and abundance. 

The matching accessories are coming soon! Come back to check it out

More pictures here 

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.

This is where the magic starts :)

When i have learned how to make a traditional wet felt from wool I became so exited. It seemed for me as a magical process, although this is a simple, but very old method. 

Humans making felt since thousands of years. Because felt is not woven and does not require a loom, it is quite simple method  to make it and probably the earliest way to make fabric.

 If you want to make felt, you need sheep wool, warm water, soap and your hands.

 Nomadic people were using this method to make non woven fabric things for they life, for example  tents, blankets, carpets, hats, bags and so many other things. 

Merino wool and alpaca wool are the finest material to use. 

This is where the magic starts :) dyed merino wool

And here are some of ready examples, what i have made

This is a handmade telephone case. I used 100% fine merino wool, and i decorated with sea shell and glass beads and  with embroidery.

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.

Some of my handmade jewelry

Since years I am making and wear handmade jewelry and other crafts, because I appreciate more the unique, original things than mass production, -what You can find in every corner. I do believe every handmade product has its own character and soul :)
I created all of my product with love, care and joy. Here are some of them. 

• All of them are 100% handmade
• All the jewelry were made by me
• All of them unique - One of a kind
• All the photos were taken by me
• I am using high quality materials 

Silverplated earring with a green chrysocolla natural gemstone and corallbead. Chrysocolla is used to attract love into your life. And commonly believed that, it has a healing power and helps to release stress

Bohemian styled silverplated earring, with some Czech glass beads, dyed shell

If You like my handmade jewelry and crafts, please come and visit me for more products on  my Facebook page.

Where the road begins

Thanks for stopping by :)

I created this blog to inspire people to make and/or consume handmade items from many of fellow crafters, who put lots of time, energy, money to create something special. 

And I hope You will like the improvement, how I am getting along with learning, creating new jewellery, crafts, techniques, photography, writing and creating a blog. I hope that You will find it interesting and inspiring.