Peacock paper feather / Pana de paun din hartie

I make these feathers from paper card and I sell them in sets of 50. Yesterday while making some for a client I was thinking I would like to make a special feather.

Fac penele astea din carton si le vand la set de 50 buc. Ieri, in timp ce faceam o comanda pentru cineva, m-am gandit ca ar fi fain sa fac o pana mai speciala.



So, I started making different patterns.

Asa ca am inceput sa fac diferite modele.




My aim was to make a peacock feather from paper card. After many hours of trial and error this is the result.


Vroiam sa fac o pana de paun asa ca dupa multe ore de incercari, iata ce a iesit:

   

Slice of cake favor box with beads bracelet / Cutie marturie de nunta sau botez cu bratara din margele

 I have discovered an easy way to finish off my slice of cake favor boxes. Do you know those beads bracelets that little girls wear? Well, you just wrap them around the box, and... that's it! After they take home the goodies and eat them, they can wear the beads bracelet. Fun!

Am desoperit un mod inedit de a infrumuseta cutiile  favoruri (de nunta sau botez). Orice fetita are si poarta bratari din margele. Ei bine, le pui in jurul cutiei si...gata! Dupa ce oaspetii iau acasa cutia marturie si mananca dulciurile dinauntru pot purta si bratara din margele. Super!

Slice of cake favor box with paper feather / Cutie marturie de nunta cu pene din hartie

 Feathers! Who doesn't love the feathers? They're so soft. For these slice of cake favor boxes I used the paper feathers that I'm making and the combination is so beautiful!

Pene! Cui nu-i plac penele? Sunt asa de moi! Pentru cutiile astea marturii de nunta am folosit pene din hartie (pe care le fac eu) iar combinatia e asa de frumoasa!

 

Favor box in ivory, yellow paper feathers and pearl beads / Cutie marturie in ivoriu, pene galbene si perle.

I love yellow and i love pearls. And for this slice of cake favor box I used ivory card for the box, yellow card for the feathers and pearl beads in various sizes. I've been doing these handmade paper feathers for quite some time now and I love them. Love the result.

Imi place galbenul si perlele. Si pentru cutia asta marturie (de nunta) am folosit carton ivoriu pentru cutie, carton galben pentru pene si perle in diferite maimi. Fac penele astea de ceva timp si imi plac tare. Iar combinatia e super.

Pink and red heart favor boxes / Cutii marturii de nunta inima din carton roz si rosu

Hi,
This is a fun paper favor cake or a favor cake with a twist. 
You can choose to display it as a cake OR you can make 6 hearts with it.
Again you can give the hearts away as full hearts or half hearts if you have more guests.
And AGAIN if you decide to offer them as full hearts you can glue 2 halves together and have 2 different compartments, thus being able to offer sweet AND salty treats.
When I made it I didn't think would be so gorgeous and versatile.

Buna,
Acesta este un tort din carton colorat care poate fi folosit ca si cutii / marturii de nunta sau botez.
Partea frumoasa e ca poti sa-l aranjezi ca si un tort SAU sa faci 6 inimi.
Din nou, poti sa oferi inimile intregi sau felli de inima (daca ai mai multi oaspeti).
Si, DIN NOU, daca te decizi sa le oferi ca si inimi pline, poti lipi 2 jumatati si astfel sa ai o inima intreaga cu 2 compartimente, si astfel sa poti oferi intr-un compartiment dulce SI in celalalt sarat.
Cand am facut cutiile acestea nu m-am gandit ca or sa fie asa de frumoase si de versatile!

Red origami butterfly mobile hanging

 I love mobile hangings. This one is a very simple one: lots of red origami butterflies. Someone wanted them for a Japanese Theme Valentine's Dinner, which I agree it would look gorgeous.

White Icy Valentine / Masa de Sf. Valentin cu blocuri de gheata

I had a mini shoot today. I wanted to make a shoot for quite some time now. I was looking for ideas and I saw this beautiful idea with blocks of ice. So I thought: this is it! It snowed so much that my hubby came with the idea to sculpt the snow a little and make it the table, and so we did. Then he gathered some icicles. So, last evening I put water in different recipients, and this is the result. Not very happy, but this is my second time that I'm trying this 's so is ok. The first time it was on New Year Eve and it was a disaster with the lighting. Besides that I overdid the table and was so much going on that I couldn't see anything right. 
I just love the ice recipients with the candles, and hopefully before the winter is gone, I'll make a shoot with ice blocks only. Tones of them. Fingers crossed.

Azi am avut o mica sedinta foto. Am tot vrut sa fac o astfel de sedinta foto: o masa de petrecere (sora-mea face mese pt petreceri ). Ma uitam dupa idei pe net si am vazut ideea asta cu blocuri de ghiata. Si mi-am zis: asta e! A nins asa de mult ca sotul a zis sa sculptam putin zapada si sa facem din ea masa. Apoi a adunat niste turturi. Asa ca aseara am pus apa in mai multe recipiente, si asta e rezultatul! Nu sunt foarte multumita, dar e a doua oara cand incerc asa ceva asa ca e ok. Prima oara a fost de Revel si a fost un dezastru in ceea ce priveste lumina. Si apoi am supraincarcart masa asa ca nu s-a vazut nimic calumea. Imi place tare mult cum arata  recipientele de gheata cu lumanarile. Sper sa mai fac o sedinta foto numai cu blocuri de gheata. O gramada de ele. Pana nu trece iarna. Sper.                                                          

Inimi roz din hartie / Hanging pink paper hearts

 With Valentine's Day around the corner, I thought these paper hearts are a great decor idea. All you need is a heart punch (of course you can cut them by hand) big enough to look well hung. Then you glue them together, and ....voila! Oh, just add the hanging loop :). They look great hung on a white painted branch.



Mai sunt cateva zile si vine Sf. Valentin, asa ca m-am gandit ca inimile astea din hartie sunt o idee frumoasa pentru un decor mai romantic. Tot ce ai nevoie este un perforator in forma de inima (poti sa le tai si cu foarfeca), care sa fie destul de mare ca sa arate bine agatate. Apoi le lipesti impreuna si...gata! Arata bine agatate pe o crenguta vopsita in alb sau insirate.

winter mountainscape / landscape / iarna la munte

 
Winter is so amazing! I love the white of the snow. We moved in a small house in the mountains  last autumn. This is our 2nd winter. But I haven't seen so much snow like...ever. We walked downhill to the village today and it wasn't easy. The snow is above my knees. Very hard to walk. Some trees broke because of the snow.  The first picture is from our garden. The second one is a picture of the village. It is actually half the way from our house. I think these pictures could make very well as postcards, actually.


Iarna e superba. Imi place tare mult albul zapezii. Toamna trecuta ne-am mutat intr-o casuta in munti. Asta e a doua noastra iarna. Dar nu am vazut atata zapada vreodata. Azi am mers in sat si ... nu a fost usor. Zapada e super mare, deasupra genunchilor. Foarte greu de mers. Multi copaci s-au rupt sub greutatea zapezii.
Prima poza e din gradina noastra. A doua poza este satul. Poza e facuta la jumatatea drumului. Cred ca pozele astea ar fi super ca si vederi.

Inima din muschi de padure handmade / Handmade moss heart - topiary heart

 



Am facut inima asta in primavara din muschi de padure.Toamna trecuta ne-am mutat intr-o casuta in Muntii Apuseni, Padurea e la cativa metri distanta si binenteles ca e plin de muschi pe copaci.
 Inima in sine e foarte simplu de facut. Baza e din polistiren. Apoi faci agrafe din sarma. Tot secretul e sa culegi bucati cat mai mari de .muschi . Am facut tot felul de forme, copacei, topiary. Din pacate n-am poze. Si din pacate pasarelele le ciugulesc daca le lasi afara. Nu-mi dau seama de ce. Poate cred ca-i iarba. Asa ca se chelesc.
Poate o sa fac un tutorial. Poate mai vrea si altcineva sa faca asa ceva. Adevarul e ca sunt superbe si fac impresie. 




I made this moss heart back in spring. We moved last autumn in a small house somewhere in Apuseni Mt. The wood is just a few steps away and of course the trees are full of moss.
The moss heart is very simple to make. You need the base which is polystiren. Then I made some king of pins from some wire. The whole secret in doing these moss hearts is to gather pieces of moss as big as you can. I made all kind of shapes, trees, topiaries. Unfortunatelly I do not have any pictures. And unfortunately the little birds eat them. I don't know why. Maybe they think is grass. So, they're getting bold. 
Maybe I'll make a tutorial. Maybe someone else would like to make something similar. The truth is that they are superb and everybody is impressed.