My first flickr favs mosaic! / Mana pirmā Flickr mozaīka

My first flickr favs mosaic!
Originally uploaded by alatvianRita

Flickr Favorites is a game played by the EST members and hosted by Mitsy. To see other mosaics, please, take a look into her blog. To see the links to the authors click at the mosaic or at the link below it. / Flickr Favorites ir spēle, kurā piedalās Etsy Eiropas grupas dalībnieki. To uzsāka Mitsy. Lai apskatītu citas mozaīkas, lūdzu, apmeklēt viņas blogu. Lai redzētu saites uz autoriem un viņu pārējiem darbiem, uzklikšķini uz mozaīkas vai saites zem tās.

Etsy BeadWeavers November Challenge Beauty of the Flower

You can see all the entries and to vote for them on the Etsy BeadWeavers' Blog.

Monday Moodboard - Red-Hot-Cozy! / Sarkans-Silts-Mīksts...

realfeary

fleurfatale

stemellina

crafts2cherish

karlita

ingermaaike

kreativlink

ebruk

petitplat

ayawedding

latouchables

homelab

Monday Moodboard is a game played by the members of the Europeanstreetteam on Etsy. Please, go to the links below to see the listings and other work of these wonderful European artists. To see other Monday Moodboards, please, visit FleurFatale's blog.

Monday Moodboard ir rotaļa, kurā piedalās Etsy Eiropas grupas dalībnieces. Lūdzu, sekojiet saitēm, lai pilnīgāk apskatītu šos un citus šo lielisko Eiropas mākslinieču darbus. Lai apskatītu citus Monday Moodboard, lūdzu, apmeklējiet FleurFatale's blogu.

My fresh shop on etsy and discounts / Mans jaunais veikaliņš etsy un atlaides

Two weeks ago I opened a new shop on etsy. It's a special place to sell sea treasures found by me and my family on the beach of the Baltic sea. I'm thinking of reselling some of my destash beads and other supplies. My oldest son made the banner for it similar to my other shop banners. The first page is almost filled. I try to list new stones every day. This week it was on the esty front page and now four of my beautiful pendant stones are on their way to a customer in the US. There are some discounts in this as in my other online shops: 

ZERO SHIPPING FEE FOR ADDITIONAL ITEMS FROM ANY OF MY SHOPS!

(even on Dawanda or Zibbet when purchased and payed on the same day)

10% DISCOUNT FOR RETURNING CUSTOMERS!

and a special one only in this shop:

FREE SAMPLER WITH EVERY PURCHASE!

Pirms divām nedēļām atvēru jaunu veikaliņu etsy. Tā ir īpaša vieta, kur pārdodu dārgumus, ko es un mana ģimene ir atradusi Papes jūrmalā. Domāju, ka varētu pārdot arī pērlītes un citus materiālus, kas man ir lieki. Vecākais dēls uztaisīja tam baneri līdzīgu tiem, kādi ir maniem citiem interneta veikaliņiem. Pirmā lappuse ir gandrīz piepildīta. Cenšos tajā ielikt jaunus akmeņus katru dienu. Šonedēļ tas bija uz etsy titullapas un nu jau četri no maniem skaistajiem kulonu akmeņiem ceļo pie jaunās īpašnieces uz ASV.

Šajā veikaliņā ir atlaides, tādas pašas kā citos manos interneta veikalos:

JA IEGĀDĀJATIES VAIRĀK NEKĀ VIENU PRECI NO JEBKURA MANA INTERNETA VEIKALIŅA VIENAS DIENAS LAIKĀ, MAKSĀJAT TIKAI PAR PIRMĀS PRECES PIEGĀDI!

(arī no Dawanda vai Zibbet)

PIRCĒJIEM NO LATVIJAS VISA PIEGĀDE BEZ MAKSAS!

10% ATLAIDE PIRCĒJIEM, KAS MANOS VEIKALIŅOS IEPĒRKAS ATKĀRTOTI!

Un īpaša atlaide tikai šajā veikaliņā:

BEZMAKSAS PARAUDZIŅI TIEK PIEVIENOTI KATRAM PIRKUMAM!

Monday Moodboard - Grey on Gray! / Pelēks un vēl pelēkāks...

ayatasarim

fleurfatale

birribe

kreativlink

jealousydesign

vilte

sigmosaics

thongbaitatong

kraplap

Monday Moodboard is a promotional game of the Europeanstreetteam on Etsy started by fleurfatale. You can see the others here

Ceramics - the slow process / Keramika - lēns process

Would you like to take a look into the process my ceramics are made? Here you go! / Vai vēlies ieskatīties procesā, kurā top mana keramika? Te tas ir!

First of all my items are sculpted using my hands and very simple tools. Usually - at our kitchen table. / Vispirms tā tiek veidota, izmantojot rokas un ļoti vienkāršus instrumentus. Parasti - pie mūsu virtuves galda.

Than they have to dray, the bigger items - even for weeks. I place them on our kitchen window so they get as much sun as possible. The picture is lost somewhere in my computer. Sorry! :) / Tad tai jāžūst, lielākajām lietām - pat vairākas nedēļas. Nolieku to uz virtuves palodzes, lai tā saņemtu iespējami daudz saules. Fotogrāfija gan ir pazudusi kaut kur manā datorā. Atvainojos! :)

When they are completely dry they have to be packed very carefully to take them to the potter for kilning because of their fragility. The kilning takes about a day. After cooling up they have to be packed again for taking them back home being lesser but still fragile. After kilning they look like that. / Kad keramika ir pilnībā izžuvusi, tā ļoti rūpīgi jāiesaiņo, lai to varētu aizvest podniecei apdedzināšanai, jo tā ir visai trausla. Apdedzināšanai nepieciešama apmēram viena diena. Pēc atdzišanas keramika atkal jāiesaiņo, lai to aizvestu atpakaļ mājās, jo tās trauslums, lai arī mazinās, tomēr saglabājas. Pēc apdedzināšanas tā izskatās šādi.

At home I'm waiting for a good day light to paint one part of y ceramics with acrylic paints. Mostly it looks like this. Thank goodness the paints are based on water. / Mājās es sagaidu dienu ar labu gaismu, lai daļu savas keramikas nokrāsotu ar akrila krāsām. Parasti tas izskatās šādi. Par laimi akrila krāsas ir uz ūdens bāzes.

Than one part of them is varnished with a water based varnish. / Tad daļa no tās tiek nolakota ar laku uz ūdens bāzes.

Now they have to dry again to be ready to go to the owners. The unvarnished items are backed before it to enhance the durability of the paint. / Tagad tai atkal jāžūst, pirms tā varēs doties pie īstajiem īpašniekiem. Nelakotā pēc izžūšanas un pirms nosūtīšanas tiek izkarsēta cepeškrāsnī, lai padarītu krāsu noturīgāku.

More creative spaces in Kootoyoo's blog

Changes of my workspace

I have got the old Mac from my oldest son with a huge old monitor and had to reorganize my main working space. At the beginning it all looked like this. :)

Than my son bought me some new shelves.

I made good use of them and on this moment could start to work again (some stuff still in my bed :).

My greatest helper to become friends with the Mac. The oldest one could not stay long enough to teach me so he taught the youngest one. :)