I have found something!

Probably I am not the only one who more and more time spends in Pinterest. Yes, it is pretty addictive. In the same time I usually admire a lot of Etsy seller's work and time after time I used to pin their works to Pinterest. Lately I made system (because 45% of Pinterest pins are about getting organized :)) so each favorited item in Etsy is pinned to my Etsy finds board right here: http://pinterest.com/akwiinas/etsy-finds/. I just discovered that there are already more than 350 pins.
Do you organize your Etsy finds in Pinterest? I would love to see other boards like this :)

Pouch swap

 I have signed to some very interesting project for first time - Sweet pouch swap! I heard about this kind of swaps for first time but I had no doubt that I'm in! A few days ago I received email from swap's host with my partners details so I spent wonderful weekend sewing and preparing sweets. Actually, this weekend was pretty full because on Friday I started to sew pouch, then I went to meet my friends and after a great bowling and billiard games I came back to home to sew pouch till 3:30 AM. How crazy it sounds? :)
Next morning I woke up early and saw flowers I haven't seen since I was a little kid - ice flowers!
Here are some sneaky peaky photos are here:

My 2013

Every year I made photo collage from old newsletters and journals. In this collage I put those pictures which remind me what I am waiting from new year. Till this mostly all my  collages has been connected with situations in my life.
This year I tried something new. For a while I have wanted to try out watercolors. I used to paint with them in school but not since that. So I made list with things I want to learn in 2013. As Pinterest addicted, I used pins from my boards. There I have pinned those ideas which I would like to try. Till this I haven't got time enought to try all of that, but I hope that one year should be enough :)

Here you go my favorite ideas:

from BethBee

• Recipe book - like this from Beth's shop. Or maybe kind of this beauty or this from BadBooks;

from this blog

• Ball from yarn - like these or these;

from Jessica's blog

• Handmade paper - nice tutorial how to make your own paper;

• Bath set - handmade set for gifts and myself. I wish I could ever make something so great as this. 

from The idea room

from SoapForYourSoul

• Handmade soaps - something similar like this . Here is tutorial for making soaps at home.



from Tattly

• Temporary tattoo - some little tattoos for my little brother who now is addicted to that. Here is tutorial.

from folksy

• Garland from fabric - so much way how to make one of those. Maybe with flowers, maybe with bows, there are plenty ideas for this! 

• Clay brooch - like this or this or this or this or hundreds more beuties ;

from Meia Lua

from GloryGlassMagnets

• Candle holder - from wood like this or this;
• Glass magnets - they are everywhere, but as I still haven't found good glass marbles, so this is task for 2013! 

• Tea bags - for my hand picked tea this summer I need hand sewn tea bags! Found here nice tutorial for Valentine's day tea bags!
• Photo shooting - I have photographer education, but for a while I haven't got free time for photo shootings, so 2013 should be that year when I am making shootings again! :)

from The Frosted Petticoat

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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