Sparkling New Year!

I wish to all of you to find a sunshine all around our daily life and to sparkle each day! Find inspiration everywhere you are looking at. Sparkle, shine and live! It's our time! :)

'Sparkling like a star' by akwiinas

AshleySpatula $16.20	AmericanCherry $42.50	Decouart $18.99	KisforCalligra... $3.55
tinygalaxies $15.00	mskittyvintage $29.95	threadoverheel... $42.00	bomobob $20.00
kenzlauren $1.98	KathyFornal $30.00	MoxieMilliner $8.50	handmadebyfire... $7.00
Theglittersour... $4.00	ThePinkPaisley... $40.00	donnageissler $30.00	PrettyThingsSu... $2.75

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*First photo from Pinterest

Gift wrapping

This year I was seeking for some fresh ideas for gift wrapping already in November. This week I have finished the biggest part of my gifts, so it's last moment to start to wrap them. I have found some pretty nice ideas and pinned those here: Ideas. I still wonder what kind of style use this year.

Two years ago I used newspapers, colored them in gold color and added a lot of interesting details - for my grandparents I used black lace and red ribbon with some pinecones, for parents- pine branch with gold gloss.

Last year I used paper / boxes + red ribbon + parched orange slices mainly. I took some photos for inspiring next years. Maybe even you can get some inspiration from my last year photos:

Bookmark made by me (similar to these) packed as a candy wrapper

Bookmark packed in craftpaper, with added flower which is brooch (like these) made by me

Gift box for grandparents with handmade soaps (like here) made by me 

Wrapping with red lace, name tag, gold branch and added phone charm made by me (like these) 

Craft paper colored with gold, red and blue dots, added gold ribbon with name tag

White box, red ribbon and parched orange slice

Gift wrapped in colorful paper with red ribbon and added chocolate cone 

Wrapping for kid - with candy 

Craft paper with beige lace, red ribbon and piece of cinnamon

Little white box and red ribbon plus parched orange slice

Oh my lucky day!

Wohoo! Since I have Etsy shop, I have always admired those treasuries from Front Page. It's so beautiful to open Etsy and first thing to see - beauties! So I wished to see one day my ties on FP, but nothing... Today I checked my shop stats and... Wow - unbelievable many views from Etsy home page! Yes! I got it! I was on FP! :) I am so happy now! :) Big thanks goes to Aya from lovely, lovely shop, full of Christmas gifts for friends and yourself - beautiful mittens! 

Kopš man ir Etsy veikaliņš, vienmēr esmu apbrīnojusi izlases no Pirmās  Lapas. Ir tik jauki atvērt Etsy un pirmais, ko ieraugi - skaistumi! Tā nu es vēlējos redzēt savas kaklasaites uz PL, bet nekā. Šodien es pārskatīju veikaliņa statistiku un mani pārsteidza, ka ir bijuši neticami daudz skatījumi no Etsy pirmās lapas! Jā, tas ir noticis! Es tagad ļoti priecājos :)) Milzīgi paldies vārdi Ayai par burvīgo izlasi! Veiksmes novēlējumi viņai ar brīnumskaistajiem cimdiņiem, kas tā vien prasās kā tikt uzdāvināti kādam šajos svētkos :)

'Holiday finds' by RainbowMittens

Authentic Vintage S... GrandpasTreasu... $45.00	Red Linen lace trim... YarnStories $15.00	Sale 25% off Chris... RedPin $12.00	Christmas Mens silk... akwiinas $40.00
VANILLA MINT Scente... WildRidgeDesig... $25.00	Winter Nature Photo... Briole $30.00	CHEYENNE HAT (Grey ... annmooreenglan... $29.00	Handknitted wool so... bboutiquebeaut... $20.00
A spring green bear... ememem $41.00	Jumbo Acorn Ornamen... smilemercantil... $13.50	Embroidered Christm... ThreeRedApples $17.00	Green Mountain Broo... pannikin $36.00
Christmas Tree Skir... LittleOrangeRo... $170.00	Handmade Christmas ... eljuks $8.00	Christmas decoratio... AstaArtwork $10.50	Swedish vintage set... TasteVintage $30.00

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Music inspiration

As year goes to the end, in my daily job I a have plenty of deadlines. I am not able to spent a lot of time with crafts, but I keep myself inspired for that because Christmas is coming :)
Tā kā gads tuvojas noslēgumam, arī manā darbā daudziem projektiem ir noslēgumu fāze. Šajā laikā es nevaru pieslēgties radošiem rokdarbiem, bet es sevī uzturu iedvesmu, jo Ziemassvētki taču tomēr tuvojas..  :)

I have already wrote which colors are my muse, but today I recognised something more! Youtube is my friends and so today my playlist was Bon Jovi concert record from Lisbon and Sting concert from Berlin. Love them both to listen to loudly, so that I keep working faster.
Es jau iepriekš rakstīju, kuras krāsas ir manas mūzas, bet šodien atklāju ko citu. Youtube ir mans draugs un šodien mana mūzikas izlase sastāvēja no Bon Jovi koncertieraksta no Lisabonas un Stinga koncerta Berlīnē. Esmu sajūsmā par abiem tiem, un klausos skaļi, lai motivētu sevi strādāt ātrāk.

Just a few hours later, when my work day goes to the end, I felt in love with this video:
Tikai pāris stundas vēlāk, kad darba diena tuvojās beigu pusei, es iemīlējos šajā video:

Huge thanks to Blair from here for sharing these lovely sisters! I am away to search more videos from Lennon and Maisy!

Milzīgs paldies Blair no šejienes par dalīšanos ar šim jaukajām māsām! Es dodos prom, lai meklētu citus Lennon un Maisy video klipiņus!

* I wish I had a sister and we could sing :)

*Es gribētu māsu un vēl es gribētu prast dziedāt :)

Nice news! / Jaukas ziņas!

This morning I read nice email - Natalie form lovely shop freespiritdesign2  (where you can find really [really] nice Christmas gifts) has shared in here blog 3 wonderful treasuries. In one of those has been included my silk tie with Autumn tree. I am very happy because this is my first featuring in someone's blog :)

Šorīt lasīju ļoti jauku epastu - Natalie no jaukā veikaliņa freespiritdesign2 (kur jūs varat atrast tik tiešām ļoti jaukus nieciņus Ziemassvētku dāvanām) ir iekļāvusi savā blogā 3 skaistas izlases. Vienā no tām ir iekļauta arī mana Rudens koka kaklasaite. Es ļoti priecājos par šo, jo tā ir mana pirmā iekļūšana kāda cita blogā :)

'Winter pastels' by GaranceCouture

frenchfelt $15.00	Chifonie $9.80	uniquemirrors $60.00	GrowingUpWild $18.00
akwiinas $40.00	nennelv $23.00	TheVintageTher... $15.00	SummerfieldSoa... $6.00
XauXau $23.00	BeeJayKay $48.00	MeshuMaSH $20.00	MiracleFromThr... $38.25
Clariceonline $68.00	Surfaced $7.00	KicoART $10.00	SpareBedroomSt... $7.50

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