BONECA ...

Uma linda boneca para uma menina de um ano ... feita por minha mãe ...

Eu fiz uma bolsa para guardar a boneca, enfeitada com fuxicos formando um lindo composé ...

Agora quero ver a carinha da aniversariante ... será que va a gostar ... ???

Bolsa con el color del verano ... Bolsa com a côr do verão ...

Ahora el color que predomina, según las expertas en moda, es el naranja, un color que da mucha vida, trasmite fuerza, y queda bien en todas las personas ...

Está bolsa fué hecha siguiendo los paso de LBG Studio, fácil no fué, más si muy creativo y ayudo para el objetivo mantener la mente en activo, con seguridad las próximas quedaran cada vez mejor, mejor y mejor ...

VISTA LATERAL: se ve linda la combinación de varias estampas ...

VISTA FRENTE: Podemos ver las que tiene unas alzas bien confortables.

Pêras ao vinho tinto ...

Idéia muito boa com  peras suculentas, escaldadas em um vinho tinto leve e perfumado.

Ingredientes:

- 500 ml de vinho tinto frutado
- 2-3 colheres de sopa de mel claro
- 4 grãos de cardamomo, esmagados
- suco e raspa da casca de 1 limão
- 1 pauzinho de canela
- 1 colher de chá de grãos de pimenta preta
- 4 peras maduras, descascadas, com os cabinhos
- ramos de hortelã fresca, para decorar

Modo de preparo:

1. Misture o vinho, o mel, o cardamomo, o suco e a raspa da casca do limão, a canela e as sementes de pimenta em uma panela grande, anticorrosiva. Deixe ferver, diminua o fogo e tire a espuma, deixando cozinhar por 5 minutos.

2. Adicione as peras e escalde com cuidado por 10-15 minutos, até ficarem macias. Tire do fogo e deixe esfriar. Coe o líquido usado para o cozimento e sirva as peras em 4 taças, com um pouco do líquido. Decore cada porção com um ramo de hortelã.

MANNEQUIM ...

Multiusos ... para alfinetes, para bijouteria, simplemete para ENFEITAR  !!!
( ENCOMENDAS: mirnamelarato@gmail.com )

PERCHEROS... SEGUNDA PARTE ...

por fin, consegui terminar los percheros, modifique la idea original de Vanessa, agregando un porta-vaso para colocar flores ...

Pueden usarse como porta - llaves o bien como porta - collares ... de cualquiero forma quedan lindos adornando la pared ...

muchisimas gracias por tan exelente idea Vanessa Maurer

Visiten su blog

http://www.vanessamaurer.com.br/

BUY HANDMADE !!!

The handmade community, and promote the importance of buying handmade goods, we asked artists, designers and shop keepers to provide us with  reasons why one should buy handmade.

SOME REASON TO BUY HANDMADE ...

1. help contribute to establishing a new economic model

2. w/ the exception of postage cost - contribute to decrease in fossil fuel erosion

(purchasing mass produced products generally come overseas - barging it all over, production costs etc, sweatshops, fair labour et al.)

3. this new wave of craftspeople are using recycled materials. this is CRUCIAL. there is too much stuff in the world already.

4. purchase from artisans/craftspeople who ENJOY creating their wares. the object holds that positive energy and it spreads.

5. support the artisan directly. the artisan needs more support for their vocation - more than most.

6. support local community. thus building.

7. buying from craftspeople is a conscious decision. people need to be more conscious of spending of where their hard-earned money is going, changing hands etc. this contributes to the bigger picture

8. My favorite reason to buy handmade is just that - it's handmade, which means quality, and a whole lot of love!

Another reason:

9. I buy handmade because someone else is using their talents to create gifts and decor that I myself cannot make. Buy handmade today

10. Because handmade = made with love, care, and thought

11. Handmade products are more than just a product. There is love, creativity and uniqueness. And that shows

12. Love. You give gifts with love. When you buy handmade you can be sure that your gift is also made with love. You can think of love as a fairy dust that has been sprinkled over your gift throughout the making and gift giving process. And that fairy dust will make your loved one feel so much better than formaldehyde residue.

13. When you give a handmade gift it's more like writing a letter to someone than giving them a newspaper gift-certificate.

14. Human rights & ecological aspects. Buy handmade and you support a true artist. You can be sure that human rights are respected in the making of your gift. Handmade gifts are for many reasons often more ecological than mass produced: indie artists are superb recyclers (and we mustn't forget upcycling, upcycled gifts are a big hit this year!) and of course handmade in most cases outlasts mass produced.

15. Price vs. value. If you buy your best friend a handmade journal instead of a mass produced one and spend twice the money, it'll be worth every penny. Treasures are handmade with love and thought, not mass produced

16. When something is handmade, very likely the craft person is deliberate and mindful about that next right stitch, next right bead, next just right rusty object that looks more like a dog nose on a found object sculpture than the last rusty treasure they picked up. Handmade products always feel more personal to me. I think about who might have been the artisan and wonder at how they managed to produce the item of the moment I am most smitten with and can't live without (no doubt, that rusty dog sculpture). I love knowing I'm supporting someone's passion. And even though I buy from handmade artisan's in states and countries I've never visited, I feel a sense of community when receiving an item that travels from their hand to mine. I like that I know who to contact to say "it's here! I love it!" - one person to another

17. Giving handmade is truly the essence of gift-giving. When you give a friend or loved one a gift, you are really saying "I care about you." A handmade gift conveys so much more than something pulled off the end-cap display of a mega store. Of course there are the obvious economic benefits of supporting independent makers and artists, but buying and giving handmade is, at heart, a loving act.

18. You are supporting local artisans and craftspeople and not large big box stores.

19. It guarantees that no one will give the same gift as you!

20. The items are much more fashion forward....there is no "wait-time" for large businesses to design and then mass-produce. One indie designer can list something *today* that he/she made *today.* (So it wasn't designed and planned last Christmas...for this Christmas)

21. Many items are much more environmentally friendly since there is no use of large manufacturing machines, chemicals, labor (some of it probably illegal) and waste. Many Annie and Olive items (for instance) are made from sustainable wool felt that has been naturally dyed, a needle, thread and my two hands.

22. It's fun to see the creativity and excellence of the very, very talented designers out there. It harkens back to the days of old when craftsmanship, creativity and quality were paramount - You are buying items not mass-produced and impersonal but are very personal not only to the buyer, but to the maker.

MORE REASON YOU CAN READ HERE  :  http://poppytalks101reasonstobuyhandmade.blogspot.com/

Lindos estojos ...

em teçidos florais a jogo para levar as coisas do dia a dia, em dois tamanhos. 

O pequeno  leva un diferencial, aba em teçido "composé".

Os dois enfeitados com um boton de madeira junto com um laço em cetim ...

O fecho bem simples:  velcro ... Pode ser um óptimo presente de Natal 2011  !!!