New Designs: Shop Updated

Here are several new designs, recently added to my shops. I hope you will enjoy them!

Captivated Time Ring

Innocence Earrings

Golden Drop Earrings

Delicate Butterfly Tiara

Elegant Blue Crystal Bracelet

Have a wonderful Thursday!

Beige {Photo Mosaic}

1. Seamless Grungy Natural Beige Photoshop Patterns Part 2-2, 2. Field of Beige, 3. Pink Beige, 4. beige beige and beige...desperately seeking spring...

Relaxing colors for my mosaic today...

I love how clean and delicate all these pictures look.

Enjoy more mosaics at www.artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com

With A Dramatic Touch...{Monday Moodboard}

Halloween will be very soon and the holidays are around the corner too, so while I was looking for related pieces that matched both themes, I found these powerful and dramatic pieces. Enjoy them!

The Red Thin Line Ring

Love Is Blind

Love Story III

Art Silver Scarf

More beautiful items from Europe in Fleurfatale´s blog!

My Creative Space: Crystal Squares

This week, I´m working with Swarovski crystal squares. Most of them will be used to make a necklace.





Also. I have these new rings in my shops, recently made:


Mint Ring

Autumnal Lights Ring

Visit http://www.kootoyoo.com/ for more creative spaces this week!

Happy crafting!

The Art Of Origami

Have you ever heard about the art of Origami?
According to Wikipedia.com, "is the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding, which started in the 17th century AD and was popularized in the mid-1900s. It has since then evolved into a modern art form. The goal of this art is to transform a flat sheet of material into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques, and as such the use of cuts or glue are not considered to be origami."

I love Origami and the way this art can transform the most simple piece of paper into the most gorgeous and amazing figure. These ones I have found are very impressive, who could have thought they are made by just folding a sheet?

This dragon is stunning!

These decoration balls are fantastic too!

And this last one is not exactly a proper Origami, but it´s an adorable cat via Icanhascheezburger.com :)

Happy Wednesday!

Number 2 {Photo Mosaic}

1. Number 2 Mosaic, 2. balloons and light, 3. Garden Party Cake and Cupcakes, 4. Target Tuesday: Pretty Party Hats

Today is the big day! Today makes two years since I joined the wonderful Etsy community! So I have dedicated my weekly mosaic to such wonderful date for me :)

More mosaics at http://www.artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/

Don´t forget to enter my big Giveaway! :)

Celebrate Good Times... {Monday Moodboard}

Short Sleeved Dress

Wedding Flower Bobby Pin

Globe ornaments

Fabric Flowers

This week is going to be my second anniversary on Etsy (times goes fast, doesn´t it?) and I´m in the mood for celebration. So here are some wonderful items I would love to wear or use to decorate, if I were going to go to an "Etsyversary" celebration.

More wonderful items form Europe at Fleurfatale´s blog!

And don´t forget to enter my Big Etsyversary Giveaway! :)

Happy Week!

My Creative Space: Green

I´ve been working with small stones lately, trying to make pieces like the Green Forest Ring.

Also, I managed to take pictures of many new items. One of them is the Bliss Earrings, that you can see here:

Want to see more creative spaces? Visist www.kootoyoo.com !

Happy Thursday! :)

Button Cakes!

Maybe you already know it, but I love celebration cakes. The more original they are, the more I love them.

I found these button cakes days ago and I thought they were fantastic, very original. What do you think of them?

Petronella has a lot of buttons on her blog, so go and take a look! :)

___________

Pictures source: 1, 2, 3, 4.

Playing Sports {Photo Mosaic}

1. Bike . Bicyclette Bleue . Passage de l'Ancre, 2. Soccer ball, 3. tennis ball, 4. Ball and basket ! :)

This week, I dedicated my mosaic to these sports. Where I live, Football (also known as Soccer in some countries) is the most popular. Which one is the most practised in your country?

For more mosaics, visit www.artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com

Elegant And Comfy {Moodboard}

If you are looking for elegant pieces that can be combined comfortably for everyday wearing, here you have a selection of beautiful handmade in Europe items:

Knit cotton skirt

Fingerless gloves

Leather Journal

Pomegranate Leather Bag

More European items in Fleurfatale´s blog!

Have a wonderful week!

My Creative Space: Playing With White

On my desk, twenty new designs ready to be published on my shops. Now, I only need the time to take proper photos of all of them...

One of these designs is this white necklace shown in the picture above, which is just finished.

For more creative spaces, visit http://www.kootoyoo.com/

What Makes You Happy {Photo Mosaic}

1. Dont Worry, Be HAPPY! (explored!), 2. Endless love, 3. coffee splash, 4. Velvet Chocolate Cake with Prunes Soaked in Earl Grey Tea, 5. Cheshire Cat, 6. "Happy Dog", 7. Happy, Smiling Baby Girl, 8. old books, 9. Death of cinema d'essai, 10. Calm // هدووووووووء, 11. Calm Blue View - Dundee City - A Tay View From Broughty Ferry, 12. Bear Family, 13. small things

This week, the host of the Mosaic game Mitsy, has asked to the participants to make a themed mosaic: "Happy". So I have collected all the things I could that make me happy and put them in this mosaic. I hope you like it.

The things are:

-Love

-Coffee

-Chocolate

-Cats

-Simling people

-A good movie

-Family and friends

-The sea

- The calm places

-A good book

-Dogs

-The small things of life

More mosaics at www.artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com

Last Summer Days... {Monday Moodboard}

Summer is coming to an end... So I decided to dedicate my Monday Moodboard to Summerish European finds. Here are these beautiful items for your last Sumer days!


Day and Night Bag.

Love In Sunset

Blooming Sun

Petals. Daffodil.

More finds at Fleurfatale´s blog.

Happy Week!

My Creative Space: Hearts

On my desk this week, hearts and roses. I´m finishing a custom project and, meanwhile, I have finished these earrings you can see above: the Red Hearts Earrings.

More creative spaces at http://www.kootoyoo.com/

Also, I´m hosting a big Giveaway! You can enter HERE.

Big GIVEAWAY! Second Etsyversary!

Two years ago, on 21st Septmeber, I joined Etsy. Soon, it will be my second "Etsyversary"!

And the same way I did last year, I´m having a big Giveaway this month too!

You can win the items pictured above:

A Piece of Chocolate Ring

Green Briolette Earrings

All made with Swarovski crystal and sterling silver!

~Who can enter?

Everyone from everywhere!

~When is the limit date to enter?

30th of September

~Ways to enter?

There are several ways, and you can enter more than once!

Here they are:

1) Leave a comment here letting me know which item from my shop is your favorite: http://www.leelabijou.etsy.com/

2) Follow me on twitter (leave a comment letting me know here after the follow so I can track you back)

3) "Like" the Facebook Page (leave a comment letting me know here ather the "like" so I can track you back)

4) Subscribe the Newsletter (leave a comment letting me know here after subscribing so I can track you back)

Note: newsletter subscribers will have 2 entries (current subscribers and new ones)!

5) Follow the blog (leave a comment letting me know here after the follow so I can track you back)

Questions? Contact me!

Thank you so much for participating and good luck! :)