Fall Is Coming - EST Challenge

This week´s theme for the European Street Team Challenge is "Fall Is Coming" and the host is the lovely Evelyn from www.sumikoshop.etsy.com

These earrings are my entry. They are called "Leaves Are Falling".

You can see the rest of the entries HERE.

My Trip To The Netherlands (Pictures)

I would like to share with you some of the pictures I took during my trip to The Netherlands some weeks ago.

A wide view of the Schipol Airport (Amsterdam).

Here you can see another view of the airport, from the outside. Really nice weather.

This is Amsterdam Centraal Station, really big. It was built in 1889.

This was my view from the hotel room. It was a really peaceful place, very cozy.

I walked a lot and I found some quiet and beautiful neighborhoods, like these ones:

The following pictures were taken near to the Maastricht Train Station. There was a flea market with some interesting things displayed.

Look at this, yummy! :) There was a huge line to buy one.

Some views of the river Maas:

Take a look at these beautiful buildings!:

Some pictures taken from the boat I took through the river Maas. We went to the border with Belgium and back:

This was the place were Craftpaking was celebrated:

And this was the place were the Slavante restaurant was placed, with a wonderful view:

I hope you enjoyed the pictures, I had a great time there :)

Thanks for reading!

Featured On Etsy´s Gift Guide And New Shop!

I´m very happy! One of my rings, The Hydra Ring, is featured on one Etsy´s Gift Guide! Thank you Etsy! :)

On the other hand, I would like to introduce you my new shop in DaWanda. I´m very excited and I hope you all enjoy my new shop!

At the moment, my listings are in English, but very soon they will be available in German and French.

You can visit my new shop HERE

Thanks for reading!

400th Anniversary of Galileo´s Telescope

1. Galileo's Moon, 2. Galileo's Telescope and some history - "The Instrument that Changed the World", 3. Galileo, 4. Galileo Galilei Observatory

I´d like to dedicate this week´s mosaic to the 400th Anniversary of Galileo´s telescope.

From The Guardian:

"Exactly 400 years ago today, on 25 August 1609, the Italian astronomer and philosopher Galilei Galileo showed Venetian merchants his new creation, a telescope – the instrument that was to bring him both scientific immortality and, more immediately, a whole lot of trouble."

Come and join the mosaic game on Mitsy´s blog HERE!

Green Apple Bracelet - EST Weekly Challenge

This week´s EST challenge is called "FOOD", and the host is the lovely Nathalie from www.DinaFragola.etsy.com

My entry is this bracelet called "Green Apple". It´s made with silver plated pieces and Murano crystal.

You can see the rest of the entries HERE.

Craftparking 2009: A Wonderful Experience!

This past Sunday (08/16), several members of the European Street Team in Etsy attended to Craftparking 2009.

It was a wonderful experience for me. I had the chance to meet the fantastic people from the team. I feel so lucky, I could share a great time with all these extraordinary friends.

My boyfriend, Jaime, and I took two planes (and three trains lol) all the way from the Canary Islands to Netherlands. We had lovely time there, we really enjoyed Maastricht (very beautiful city).

Jaime had the interesting idea of recording as much as he could, the Craftparking event. And as a result, he made this video you can see in this post (which moved me after watching it). He hopes you like it too.

The atmosphere of the craft fair was fun and exciting. Here I show you some pictures I took (well, Jaime did, haha), these are the lovely people I had the luck to meet:

Karla (www.karlita.etsy.com)

Veerle (www.nevousinstallezpas.etsy.com)

Kim (www.viltalakim.etsy.com)

Myrte (www.mirthquake.etsy.com)

Maartje (www.mamutopia.etsy.com)

Ina (www.deerlola.etsy.com)

Greet (www.fleurfatale.etsy.com)

Yes, I know, she is not in the picture, sorry! She was busy attending a customer but you can see her wonderful table here :)

Petronella (www.kraplap.etsy.com)

Nathalie (www.dinafragola.etsy.com)

Here you can see her lovely table (she was buying) :)

Mitsy (www.artmind.etsy.com)

Kerrin (www.sigmosaics.etsy.com)

And here is my table :)

(www.leelabijou.etsy.com)

When the fair finished, we went to have dinner to a very nice restaurant. We had a wonderful time, we could chat, laugh and we could say good bye to our deeply loved friend Kerrin (who will be coming back home soon).

I want to thank Vanessa (Kerrin´s friend) for her great help all the time and for being such a wonderful person. You are such a "jewel", you make everything sparkling with your personality.

For Kerrin: all the team members are going to miss you a lot. You know you are very loved here and I hope your future will be full of happiness.

Thank you to the charming Mitsy for all your help, and also to Kim!

To all of you, It was great to meet you! (including Nicole from www.babongo.etsy.com), we had a wonderful time, and I hope to meet you some day again.

Featured On Totally Tutorials!

TotallyTutorials is great site with a lot of helpful and useful tutorials. Yesterday they featured one of my "how to": this one .

Check this website out, sure you will find it awesome!

Thanks for reading!

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Come to Craftparking 2009! more info here

Craftparking 2009, You Are Invited!

Some of you may already know as I have comented it on my blog several times the past month, I will be participating on the Craftparking event next Sunday (08/16), in Maastricht (The Netherlands)!

It will start at 13:00. You can see more info on the new section of my website HERE and also on the Craftparking site. You can also click on the pictures to see the info bigger :)

More than 40 artists will be there. Come and join us, you will find unique pieces of handmade art and you will have a lot of fun!

You are all invited I hope to see you there!!

Burst Of Colors: My Entry For The Challenge

These earrings were my entry for this past week´s EST challenge. This week the theme is "Burst Of Colour!" and the host is the lovely www.janebofelt.etsy.com

You can see the rest of the entries here.

Thanks for reading!