tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87422165045334242952024-03-18T20:58:15.474+01:00Mad Tea PartiesAbiding and handmade TreasuresDinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-12522712557597349182017-08-24T21:49:00.004+02:002017-08-24T21:52:34.678+02:00Aus der Versenkung<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Etwas schwierig diesen Post zu beginnen, zumal ich im November 2013 das letzte mal etwas hochgeladen habe…</div>
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Seither ist viel passiert, viel hat sich verändert, viel hat sich erledigt, Neues hat Einzug gehalten, darunter ein Kind und ein zweites unterwegs. Frau kann sich also vorstellen, dass die Zeit für Krimskrams knapp bemessen ist.</div>
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Fast hätte ich Mad Tea Parties aufgelöst und ins Grab geschickt. An irgend einem Punkt habe ich nur noch produziert und zwar das was sich sicher verkauft. Ich fühlte mich gesteuert, unwohl und konnte nicht mehr richtig hinter meinen Produkten stehen. Kopien schossen wie Pilze aus dem Boden, da die Cliptaschen, Blumenohrringe und der Shabby Chic hierzulande nun auch endlich angekommen sind. Und ich merkte, dass ich die schlimmste Kopie von mir selbst geworden bin. </div>
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Ich entschied mich zum letzten mal an einem Weihnachtsmarkt teil zu nehmen und fing an in den Haufen von Materialien zu wühlen. Ausmisten, umräumen, aufräumen, doch von einem Moment auf den anderen konnte ich mich vor Ideen kaum noch retten. Also. Stop. Einen Fuss vor den anderen.</div>
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Ich kann nicht aufhören damit.</div>
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Schön und gut.</div>
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Ich dachte an meine ersten paar Kollektionen. Ja, am Anfang habe ich sogar noch Kollektionen gemacht. Nicht nur einen Stoff und dann den nächsten verarbeitet.</div>
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Eine der schönsten fand ich nebst Granny's Best und Helena (für Helena Bonham Carter) die Katrina Kollektion (für Katrina van Tassel aus Sleepy Hollow).</div>
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Ich entschied mich als Einstieg ein Katrina Revival zu starten, da ich mit diesen einfachen und tollen Stoffen einfach noch nicht fertig war.</div>
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Damals habe ich fünf Stück der grossen Tasche produziert. Eine wurde in der Schweiz an einem Markt verkauft, drei gingen nach Deutschland und eine nach England….das geht runter wie Öl, nicht! ;-)</div>
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Jede sah etwas anders aus. Deshalb fand ich es legitim diese Kollektion zu neuem Leben zu erwecken.</div>
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Und hier präsentiere ich euch Katrina Sunday Reloaded. Der Stoff ist fast aufgebraucht, es wird also auch jetzt aller höchstens zwei Exemplare der grossen Tasche geben und jede sieht ein wenig anders aus. Es sind also alles Unikate.</div>
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Katrina Monday und Wednesday werden in nächster Zeit folgen.</div>
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Ausserdem habe ich mich entschieden lieber ein Stück zwei weniger zu produzieren oder zu verkaufen, dafür dem Mad Tea Parties Stil treu zu bleiben. Aus dem Raster fallend, grazil, sperrig, aneckend, fliessend, verspielt, klar, verrückt, Mad Hatter mässig quasi. Dafür freue ich mich auf das Leuchten in den Augen derer, die IHR Produkt an meinem Stand finden und es nicht mehr hergeben wollen.</div>
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Hier noch einen kleinen Einblick in mein Sortiment am kommenden Sarganser Christchindlimarkt im Städtli Sargans (Infos folgen): </div>
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Des weiteren werde ich, wie ihr bemerkt habt, meinen Blog auf Deutsch weiterführen. Einerseits, da ich nicht die Zeit habe zwei zu führen, andererseits, da nun im deutschsprachigen Raum die Blogs doch auch weiter verbreitet sind als zu meinen Anfangszeiten.</div>
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Einige meiner altenTutorials werde ich auf Deutsch übersetzten und neu posten, somit läuft hier auch wieder etwas mehr, wenn das zweite Kind meine Zeit zusätzlich einteilt.</div>
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Hiermit ziehe ich mich in mein geordnetes, kreatives Chaos zurück und wünsche allerseits gutes Gelingen, Spass und Freude und bewahrt euch euren inneren Freudenfunken. </div>
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Zum Schluss noch dies: wenn ihr euch Inspiration bei anderen Künstlern, Produzenten etc. holt, benutzt es doch auch im Sinne einer Inspiration. Seid kein Abklatsch, keine Kopie eines anderen. Seid ehrlich und euch selbst doch so viel wert. </div>
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<br />Dinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-42186036941722604072013-11-28T07:46:00.000+01:002013-11-28T07:47:08.258+01:00Back on Track<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOp-YQYbwFNHoM_yf7f3nEvbFAkC46dIzru5K5Z9MZsODMYeMoD2gdI1LO1g8125NBKSYpSkmLhZu3M_5gXhdRQer6LMtK92kY7PVipKvZb0-zbYxgZRSOEpzVtEfxLnEMVZBr5fDCUU/s1600/naehbox_frohearbeit_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiOp-YQYbwFNHoM_yf7f3nEvbFAkC46dIzru5K5Z9MZsODMYeMoD2gdI1LO1g8125NBKSYpSkmLhZu3M_5gXhdRQer6LMtK92kY7PVipKvZb0-zbYxgZRSOEpzVtEfxLnEMVZBr5fDCUU/s640/naehbox_frohearbeit_1.jpg" width="640" /></a>Good Morning World,<br />
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it's been a while!<br />
I'm back with some impressions of new products I'll be presenting and selling at the christmas Market in Sargans (Switzerland).<br />
Unfortunately I wasn't able to realize all of the projects my busy brain came up with this year but I'll give my best to catch up!<br />
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I also was working on a lot of furniture but I haven't been able to take reasonable photographs due to a huge mess taking over. BUT getting there step by step. ;)<br />
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Here we go...<br />
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Much love!<br />
Dina<br />
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<br />Dinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-18035963708702043432013-04-09T13:33:00.002+02:002013-04-09T15:17:57.033+02:00Some ImpressionsHey there!<br />
just hoppin' by in between this huge pile of work to keep you updated.<br />
Here are some impressions of the new products I did for Michèle at <a href="http://www.alles-handgemacht.ch/">www.alles-handgemacht.ch</a>.<br />
She's selling all handmade products from various producers and I had the chance to send her some steampunk, gothic and rockabilly...some of my favorites!<br />
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Excuse the sloppy pictures! I took them in a hurry just to keep you updated.<br />
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Much love, Dina<br />
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Good Tuesday everyone! While slowly getting ready for the next trunk show in Schaffhausen (Switzerland) my back is sloooowly getting better. But really slow.<br />
I still need a lot of rest but that gives me the chance to do another post.<br />
Last week while my neighbors where on vacation and left me a part of the garage to work on furniture I was able to paint another beauty.<br />
The one underneath all that good stuff...<br />
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At first sight I saw it all in Annie Sloan Henrietta or Emile, anyways in a pinkish color. I was dreaming of a sweet girly looking table standing in a field full of blooming springflowers, a laptop or a book on it and a white shabby chic-ish chair in front.... can you see it??<br />
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I started off with old ochre to give it a light base. But the thing was...it looked so good in that old ochre that I decided to leave it that way. It would have been cool to keep the top in a dark brown but since it had a huge crack I had to fix that was not possible.<br />
So I painted the top in old ochre too and covered that with Olive.<br />
I've never used Olive before but I fell in love with it!<br />
To add a little extra details I painted some leaves onto the tabletop and around the edges and drawer, changed the knob and done.<br />
I could look at it all day and I'm sure it also will fit the blooming field! ;)<br />
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Much love, Dina<br />
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Good Monday to all of you! Don't you just love Mondays? I do!<br />
This morning when I was driving up to the woods to go out with the dogs, I drove by various people. Some of them where taking their dogs out, some of them where out for a walk, a run or on the way to work. Usually I have a smile on my face in the morning especially when I see other people and so I did this morning. You know what? Not a single one of them smiled back at me. They all had a stone sour look on their face. Why? I don't know! I love Mondays, I love mornings, I like other people...because I love my life. How about you?<br />
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These buckets I've found a wile ago where calling me last week. I love the rust on them and the worn look they have. I used some fun frog and flower graphics of <a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.com/" target="_blank">The Graphics Fairy</a>'s Blog and a french label for the small milk bucket, Mod Podge, added some lace, rusty keys and some tags, done.<br />
I posted a tutorial <a href="http://dinas-madteaparties.blogspot.com/2011/10/coffee-milk.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Actually I wanted to decorate them with spring flowers or twigs but last week snow came back, so it was too early for them to bloom. I hope you still like them.<br />
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Much love, Dina<br />
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Good Sunday! First of all thank you for 20'000 page views!! I feel so flattered! :)<br />
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This morning Abby came back inside all stinky. She perfumed herself with fox dung and felt oh so good. Yuck! Hello spring... :)<br />
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I still can't do much today but in a pain-free minute I managed it to take some pictures of the tags I did last week. They are very easy to make.<br />
Look for pictures ( you can find royalty free pictures on <a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.com/" target="_blank">The Graphics Fairy's</a> blog) but make sure they are royalty free in your country too especially if you'd like to sell the tags.<br />
Arrange them as you wish, print, cut, pierce and use hemp or burlap twine or a ribbon that matches the colors of the graphic. Done.<br />
I keep using mat photo paper or marbled paper, mostly in brown. If you wish you can add age with a wet teabag or coffee ground. Just press it onto the paper and add stains. It's a lot of fun to play with it.<br />
Tags are great to decorate all kind of things, not only gifts.<br />
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Have a great rest of the weekend!<br />
Much love, Dina<br />
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Days have been great! A very successful trunk show, an invitation for another market in June, the o.k. to participate at another trunk show, an almost car free garage giving me enough space to finally paint my tables and some more small dressers and sideboards, enough of free time to do this all because I was able to get off on my job and yesterday I was able to visit a store that would like to host my stuff.... yeah! Time flies by, days are short, and this week is almost over.<br />
The next market is coming up next Saturday and I'm almost sold out, so I will have to hurry up on getting off of my furniture (oh noooo!) and getting back to sewing purses and bags and knotting jewelry.<br />
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No question, I pushed myself a little over the top this week.<br />
Lumbago!<br />
And since my first thought was to warm the muscles instead of cooling the sore nerve it got worse. So I'm sitting...well, I'm trying to...in my bed reading through posts.<br />
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But luckily I prepared a little show off of a small stool I painted a while ago. Unfortunately I didn't take a before picture. It was painted in a reddish brown and the seat had the original color of hemp twine or straw.<br />
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I painted the legs in Annie Sloan "old violet" and used an almost dry brush with a little "old white" on the seat, sanded the edges...here you go.<br />
Much love, Dina<br />
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You know, over here in Switzerland and Liechtenstein antique stuff is expensive. Waaay more expensive than in the US and if you have an original Louis Philippe furniture you better leave it untouched because you have an ORIGINAL Louis Philippe furniture...<br />
I got one. It's a table with gorgeous carving and everything a Louis Philippe should have. I immediately<br />
fell in love with it and just had to have it. Mösi gave me a more than great price on it and I had it for quite a while now wondering where I should paint it, because I don't have that much of space to work.<br />
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Last Monday my neighbors went on vacation and lucky me got half of the garage for myself. the quest was clear: paint the Louis.<br />
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With Annie Sloan "Louis Blue" (how cool is that?!) I was on the right way. I used "Old White" for the carvings and a little bit of dark wax for an antique finish.<br />
Mösi came over when I was done with it and I told him: "you will faint if you see what I did to the table!"<br />
Brave as ever he followed me into the garage. I went: "Tadaaa"<br />
Mösi:"I've seen furniture painted like this before and I know a girl that has painted furniture in her whole apartment.....(and his voice jumped at least one octave higher)....<b>but it's an original Philippe!</b><br />
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...I know! And I like it this way! Obviously no one wanted him the way it looked before so I decided to give it a new spin. Ha!<br />
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And here it is.<br />
Much love, Dina<br />
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Much love, Dina<br />
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...and a lot of happy costumers.<br />
Yes, I did another "suitcase rummage". This time it was in one of my favorite towns in Switzerland: Chur.<br />
By the way for those of you who've never heard about suitcase rummages I found out that they are called "Trunk Shows" in the USA.<br />
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I made SO many bags, purses and jewelry and I didn't even get done preparing my space when customers started to swallow my products. Three hours later I got the first nip of my coffee...cold by that time...straightened my hair and clothes and got back to selling.<br />
It was a blast and I got a kick out of all of these shining eyes leaving my space.<br />
In the evening I went home with a few pieces left, my lunch untouched, knowing that the next trunk show is coming up in less than two weeks.<br />
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So I won't have to tell you, my days are upside down loaded with work.<br />
My back hurts, my muscles hurt, my head is spinning but its all right and I'm going to bed and getting up with a smile on my face each day.<br />
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I recommend trunk shows to everybody that makes smaller products fitting in a suitcase. It's great, it's easy, it's smart and it is a blast! ;)<br />
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Much love,<br />
Dina<br />
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More guts than brain! That will definitely be a new series on my blog!<br />
Do you know that? You see something in a dark corner in an antique or thrift store or at a garage sale and you think...no, you don't think! You're grabbing it, paying, leaving, driving home with a big smile on your face, already knowing what this piece possibly could look like after you're done with it.<br />
Two days later you want to start your project, looking at your treasure and think: "hmmmm - ok - wait! - no...hmmmmm"<br />
I often thought: I've seen this on other blogs so it's possible and I'm just gonna start on it.<br />
You start and face about ten call outs with the piece.<br />
BUT! When you're done (I did not finish all of my "more guts than brain" projects!) you're so satisfied and proud and you've learned so many things, maybe techniques, another point of view or something about a material.<br />
I would love to start a new linking party on this topic because I'd love to see and read about your projects!<br />
What do you think about that?<br />
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My latest "more guts than brain" project was this chair.<br />
Now some of you might think there's nothing to be worried about, but I've never faced a furniture with an upholstery. I didn't even check on it before. I was so lucky that the straps where still ok!<br />
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Guess what, my husband didn't like it and asked me more than once "why did you buy this chair?"<br />
-"because I see the potential of it!" was my answer but I didn't think of the skills that where required do work it's potential out.<br />
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Let me tell you, I was sweating more than once! Above all when I had to rip off the fabric and realized what I have been starting on.<br />
I planned to write a tutorial for this but I actually can't tell you exactly how I did it but I just did it!<br />
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What can I say...I went back to the antique store and bought another three of those chairs... definitely more guts than brain huh? ;)<br />
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My latest posts are starting with "time is..."</div>
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I thought I'm gonna keep this going for a while because I recognized that time is relative. Not only time itself but also what it means and how it is filled.</div>
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That is what I want to put across; how time can be filled or what it can be.</div>
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So these days, for me, time is a living room table!</div>
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If you are a creative person you know how hard it is to ignore the "call of duty". I've been spending so much time on my business at the end of 2012 that I completely missed out on improving our home. I have to admit I actually didn't really care about it for a while because I was so exhausted and burned out.</div>
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But on Saturday I've heard the call of creative duty. I just did not know where it came from. Ok, I located it in our apartment but where the heck...!?</div>
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It was the living room I've been shifting furniture around in for months now and I never felt happy with it.</div>
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I was looking at the couch table and thought: THERE you go!</div>
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I mean, come on, look at it! ;)</div>
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I decided to paint it all in ASCP old white except the tabletop.<br />
All I needed where the following things:<br />
Paint (ASCP), plastic, tape and a brush.<br />
This is the basic material. If you use other paint you might need sanding paper and/or a primer but that is why I love Annie Sloan's paint.<br />
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First I taped the tabletop.</div>
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I decided to paint the bottom of it too because it helps to lighten up a little and it also seemed easier than tape and paint around all of these shelfs.</div>
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This table needed two layers of paint.</div>
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Normally I like to distress my furniture with sanding paper but I thought that this table will distress naturally on it's own.</div>
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Normally I wax my furniture but I wanted exactly this dry chalk look the paint was giving it and since I did not paint the table top I just left it unwaxed.</div>
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BUT I decided to add a little extra.</div>
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I printed two graphics. I wrote "Family" and used parts of a graphic of Karen (<a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.com/" target="_blank">The Graphics Fairy</a>) to complete the look of the word and I used a bird engraving, also from Karen's Blog.</div>
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I traced both and hand-painted it onto the tabletop.</div>
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Now, look at it! ;)</div>
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Yes ladies, I did my first "suitcase rummage" at the end of the last year in Lucerne. "Last year" sounds so weird, or is it just me...<br />
I got an invitation to it without knowing what it is but I was thrilled when I found out what it's all about. It swapped over to Switzerland fully now and there are popping up suitcase rummages all over the country for this year.<br />
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No need to say: I had a BLAST and my bags and necklaces seemed to be some of the hot sellers which made my heart sing! By the time I went home there where six small pieces left, so no rummage anymore. I even sold my decoration to a girl; a brooch I used to tag some lace. She wanted it really bad so I gave her a good deal.<br />
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On this occasion I naturally wanted to have a unique suitcase.<br />
Here is what I did...<br />
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When I got the case the false leather outside was a bright orange-deer-brown and the also-ghastly, brown satin fabric inside was splotchy. Well, don't get me wrong, I guess it looked funky in the 70's. Unfortunately this was the only suitcase at the flea market.<br />
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The decision was made with ease, I ripped out the fabric inside and spotted cardboard underneath!<br />
A cardboard suitcase! All right!<br />
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I painted the false leather on the outside with Annie Sloan Chalk Paint (yes, I did!) Duck Egg Blue, let it dry and then I brushed old white onto it. Just some strokes with an almost dry brush to bring out the highlights.<br />
In this case I did not wax it for I wanted this dry and matt look, keeping in mind that the color could chip off and get wet. As a small decoration I used oxidized metal stamps (a butterfly, a leave and a tag).<br />
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On the inside I used Japanese Cotton Fabric (50% Cotton, 50% Linen), glued and sealed it with Mod Podge. You could use outdoor Mod Podge if you would like to be able to wipe a surface with a wet towel.</div>
I did a quick upholstery for the inside of the cover with a light cream cotton fabric and then, decorated with a lace trim (for hanging up some earrings) and two bronze brooches (yes, that where the ones selling too).<br />
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Actually you could use such a suitcase as a decorating item in your home too where it could hold magazines, kids toys, books, remote controls, a cat (?)...or just shine.<br />
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And here it is in action! Much love, Dina<br />
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Dinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-71047621551172990552012-10-29T15:58:00.000+01:002012-10-29T16:38:22.042+01:00Deer PurseYes, I'm still alive...at least half way sometimes...being all over the place, working, thinking, creating....<br />
In between all the markets and being excited about the first snow, I manage to show off with just a little bit of my material online.<br />
Matching fall and winter I decided to use this deer graphic of <a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.com/" target="_blank">Karen's</a> Blog again, but on a purse this time. I just printed the graphic onto a linen fabric and sewed it on.<br />
Feel free to have a look at it.<br />
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And another thing I'd really like to share with you: I finally got my own stamps! Aren't they cool?</div>
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If you would like to have your own stamp visit <a href="http://www.avie-art.de/" target="_blank">Avie-Art</a>. (This is not a sponsored post! I'm just really happy with their products and service and I'd like to share this.)<br />
Ok, unfortunately I have to get back to business but I hope you'll have a great rest of the day.</div>
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Love, Dina</div>
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First of all: THANKS SO MUCH! to Courtney of <a href="http://adiamondinthestuff.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">A Diamond in the Stuff</a> for featuring me on her Time to Shine Link Party! And a big thank you to all of you who visited my link and made it the most viewed of that party!!<br />
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"Summer" is back driving us crazy with it's heat!! The best to do: Either don't move or...don't move!<br />
Unfortunately I can't do so but I try not to get too active.<br />
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Finally I managed to order some more of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint and first of all I had to try out Paloma. This is a color with a great shade which changes from warm to cold depending on it's environment and ground.<br />
I wanted to try another painting technique which I've seen on the <a href="http://www.anniesloan.com/" target="_blank">Annie Sloan</a> page and on several blogs, including Marian's <a href="http://www.missmustardseed.com/" target="_blank">Miss Mustardseed</a>. Both of them explain it well and there are different ways to do it and that is why I won't get too much into details.<br />
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Another reason for using this technique is that I discovered the great wood of this chest while sanding and I wanted it to be seen.<br />
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I covered the surface with the paint and wiped off all the excess.<br />
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If you do it immediately after painting you'll get off most of the color. If that's too much coming off, you just let it dry a little bit and wipe the color off a little later.<br />
You can play with that and it's so easy and fun!<br />
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Afterwards I printed two graphics of Karen's Blog <a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.com/" target="_blank">The Graphics Fairy</a> onto a white cotton fabric. There also are enough of tutorials where you can read how to do this. If you still would like to know, I surely can make a tutorial on this! Just let me know.<br />
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I used Mod Podge to glue one of the graphics to the cover and brushed another layer of it onto the fabric for protection. Be careful not to rub off the image with the Mod Podge.<br />
Let it dry and THEN wax the piece but be careful around the fabric.<br />
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On the inside I did a little upholstery with the bird graphic sewed onto the fabric.<br />
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Much love, Dina<br />
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Here is the latest piece I did and I'm totally in love with it.<br />
I't was a dark brown stained chest with a horsehair upholstery (the first one I've seen myself) and it was in great condition.<br />
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I used ASCP "old white" and destressed it heavily with sandpaper nr 160 on the whole surface and a little bit more on the edges.<br />
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The structure of the wood came through which makes the piece wonderful in my opinion.<br />
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After cleaning, AS clear wax seemed to be the right choice. It was the first time I used it and to mention that the vapor really causes dizziness is important but I'm fully satisfied with this wax!<br />
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I did a quick upholstery with a thin wooden plate.<br />
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So much going on I never had the chance to show some of the products I made for the shop in Düsseldorf (Germany).</div>
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And Abby thought it's ridiculous to make such a big deal out of a little bit of fabric and some metal.<br />
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Dinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-85377196957975207972012-08-12T22:36:00.001+02:002012-08-12T22:40:00.639+02:00Just some thoughts and an opinionThere are so many beautiful things that are waiting for me to be done and I've got so many creative ideas and dreams to turn into reality but unfortunately I'm not doing very well these days. I fight a weird cold with an aching throat and a certain weakness in the whole body for three weeks now and it just didn't get better. I'll have my fourth doc's appointment tomorrow at a specialist for throat, ears and nose (don't know what this is called in english) and I hope he will be able to help.<br />
Yes, I got sick way too much over the past two years!!! And guess what: I'm done!!<br />
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I felt that I will have to change a lot of things in my life!
As I was sitting in bed, thinking, browsing on some other blogs and reading Hape Kerkelings book "ich bin dann mal weg" (I'm heading off) telling about how he made a pilgrimage, I got a slight idea about what I will have to change and work on.<br />
So don't mind me turning it all upside down over the next few weeks, or days, or how long this will take.<br />
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I also wanted to tell you the following thinking process that happened to me last week. It's about business. If you do business this might be of use for you...I don't know.<br />
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Over the past few weeks I got offers from shops and vendors that would like to retail my bags and purses. I was thrilled and felt honored getting these offers because it was new to me that I was getting asked instead of asking.
With the first two girls I made a deal that was ok for both sides. There is not much I will earn with that but I thought it will be ok and many more people will see my items and my shop name.<br />
Then I got another offer of a girl that opens up a new shop. She asked me about my prices and I made her the same deal as I did for the other girls and told her, that I won't be able to do a lower cost because I was really close to my prime costs.<br />
She went on asking if I could give her a better deal...
My first thought was "UUUUUUGH". My second was "What am I gonna do??".<br />
Then I thought about the prices and how to lower my prime costs and I ended up with the thought to add to the retail price.<br />
And then it hit me. I wanted to make items of good quality affordable for just about anyone. And now I was thinking about add to the retail price? Just because I would earn not half as much as the retailer would do, even if I was the one making these items?
Now way!!<br />
You know what? It's great if people are asking to retail your products! Enjoy it to the fullest! But I think it's not ok to sell your intentions. At least I couldn't live with that.<br />
If I add to the retail price it has to have other reasons than that and I surely won't sell myself for less than my time, work and effort is worth.<br />
So I rather sell two bags less then I would with another retailer but first, be at least payed for my effort too, and second, selling it to a reasonable price.<br />
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I have two great friends that will sell my products at their store, not asking for much and that is so much worth. Maybe you'll also find someone that appreciates your effort and for those who are not: tell them to retail products off the racks and not handmade!!<br />
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Much love,
DinaDinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-18571080799507115972012-08-08T21:07:00.000+02:002012-08-09T07:58:08.051+02:00Antique GoodsSome of you may already know that I was at Mösi's Flea and Antique-market, shopping for Mad Tea Parties. Yay!<br />
My heart is still filled with adrenalin for I found so many great items. Furniture, sheet music, a pupped sledge (yes! again!), a statue of mary (it also had a Jesus but I wasn't sure about it...), frames, shells, glass jars, chests......<br />
This means that a lot of work is waiting but if it wouldn't be nine p.m. already, I'd probably be downstairs sanding one of the tables.<br />
It was an absolutely wonderful day and I feel so blessed and happy.<br />
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So here are my goods (please be patient with the pictures. The light in our garage is awful but I couldn't wait to share this with you!)<br />
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Much love, Dina<br />
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<center><a href=http://thebrambleberrycottage.blogspot.com/><img border="0" src="http://i973.photobucket.com/albums/ae217/brambleberrycottage/800px-The_clock_tower_of_St_Mori-1.jpg" /></a></center>Dinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-55404959019787935092012-08-07T12:06:00.000+02:002012-08-14T09:58:32.938+02:00My "new" Atelier<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ladies, I decided to do a little furniture shifting and cleaning in my atelier.<br />
Good thing no one was watching me doing this because I mad a huge chaos.<br />
Now here are some impressions of the "new" atelier.<br />
May creativity be with you. ;) I'm on my way.<br />
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Much love, Dina<br />
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<br />Dinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-47989338420428674462012-08-01T20:31:00.000+02:002012-08-01T20:37:15.212+02:00My Fair Summer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been a while...again.<br />
Life is crazy right now!<br />
A load of my clutches, purses and necklaces arrived in Düsseldorf two days before the re-opening party of "Das Pinke Zimmer" and I thought that's it for a while...but...no. I had to hurry up for the next market date was close and I hardly got done, but I got done :)<br />
The market in Zug (Switzerland) was a great experience although the weather was slightly humid and the visitors rare. But I've met a lot of beautiful and interesting human beings and had a lovely helper by my side!<br />
For the last two hours the sun came up and we enjoyed some more visitors.<br />
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Afterwards I caught a big, fat cold and my husband had to get surgery on his back, so I was home alone with two grumpy dogs, missing Oliver and dealing with all of it by myself.<br />
I could not work on anything but on a little bit of cleaning.<br />
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These days I often have a quick look at my atelier and all the new fabrics lingering for me. I hardly can wait until my head, throat and lungs are getting free of all of this...waste...to go back to this new material waiting.<br />
I also already have my mind set on christmas and the christmas markets but first I'd just enjoy this wonderful summer weather! It's exactly the temperature I prefer for this time of the year (not too hot!). I'll lay back, at least a little, before I have to make decisions, cut some strings, open new doors and live up to all of the new things that will come.<br />
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Much love, Dina<br />
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</div>Dinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17412645998922819879noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8742216504533424295.post-78858711331385558652012-06-09T19:05:00.000+02:002012-06-09T19:06:28.203+02:00Mad Tea Parties Retailer<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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With good news I'm coming on today and I'm really exited to let you finally know!<br />
Almost three weeks ago Heike and Sarah of "<a href="http://www.daspinkezimmer.de/DasPinkeZimmer.html" target="_blank">Das Pinke Zimmer</a>" (the pink room) in Düsseldorf (Germany) asked me for a couple of items for their boutique.<br />
The two girls are designing and sewing dresses and I just love their style!<br />
Since their business grew they decided to move into a bigger location and increase the product range.<br />
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I'm happy that Heike and Sarah decided to ask me for bags, purses and necklaces! So there's the first retailer of my products in Germany. :)<br />
If you live close to Düsseldorf you might would like to visit the re-opening party of "Das Pinke Zimmer" on Saturday, 14th of July. (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/244166612356001/" target="_blank">More infos here</a>)<br />
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I'll come up with a couple of new designs and fabrics, so it'll really be worth it to visit. :)<br />
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Have a great weekend with much love,<br />
Dina<br />
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it seems like I just won't get back into regular daily routine. That's ok for me but I miss blogging a lot!<br />
For today I would like to show off with my newest darling furniture: my baroque console.<br />
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Some of you might remember that I got it waaay back in time... :D ...at Mösi's flea market, where it looked like this:<br />
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If you live nearby and if you're interested in possessing this little piece, it is for sale.</div>
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Here is something very quick and easy but with a great effect.</div>
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I got this beautiful cookie jar (for a forth of it's original price!) and just played around.</div>
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On Karen's Blog (<a href="http://www.thegraphicsfairy.com/" target="_blank">The Graphics Fairy</a>) you can find a lot of great images and typographies that will fit this purpose. I simply printed a great "Chocolat" image with frame on marbled, brown paper, ripped off the excess around the image and used Mod Podge to glue the image onto the clean glass jar.</div>
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I used out door Mod Podge, so the jar can be cleaned with water without the image coming off. But you still have to be careful.</div>
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Just brush some Mod Podge on the backside of the image, place it on your jar, press out the bubbles and cover the image and about an inch around it with another two to three layers of MP. This way the paper is protected. </div>
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As always I've found them at <a href="http://www.antik-moser.ch/" target="_blank">Mösi's</a> and I got them for quite a while now, but never showed them off.<br />
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And since my beloved father in law also was a collector of vintage treasures, I got this breathtaking old wooden frame of him. </div>
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There is another thing I want to show off with and I hope you'll like it ;)<br />
Last year I stumbled over two old boxes for sewing notions (I'm not quite sure if this is the right word for it...?), dated between late 1800 and early 1900. They where in good shape and I couldn't resist.<br />
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A pot of ASCP graphite was waiting and calling my name, so I finally gave in and used it gutsy on the bigger one of the boxes. The smaller one I painted in old ochre.<br />
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The light one is already sold but the graphite box is available on my <a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/madteaparties" target="_blank">DaWanda Shop</a>.</div>
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And yeah, it feels good to be back on track!! ;)</div>
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