Teething necklace

If you have a little baby the thing you should have is teething necklace, called also breastfeeding or nursing necklace.

Teething necklace with crochet beads

Teething necklace is:

1. Fun for the child while he is in a sling or in the arms of her mother because it’s lovely, bright and colorful, has different surfaces to touch.

Teething necklace

2. You can help your baby's keep the attention during breastfeeding. It’s also something to occupy baby hands during breastfeeding (usually a child plucks her mother's chest, pinch or yank hairs, earrings, etc.).

3. Perfect to your teething or breastfeeded baby.

Teething necklace with crochet beads

4. When a child has grown, the beads become part of developing games. Helps to develope its motor skills. Teething necklace stimulates the vision and touch development, because the beads have different textures, colors and sizes

Nautical teething necklace

5. A fashion accessory for mom - it is a simple way to elevate the everyday mommy-combo of jeans and t-shirt. Teething necklace looks great in a set with a sling that allows to emphasize the individuality and uniqueness of the mother.

Teething necklace with crochet beads

6. Is indispensable when you walk with the baby in public transportation, wait your turn, and in many other situations. Bright, beautiful, and teething necklace will occupy your baby for a long time in any situation.

7. Crocheted beads greatly absorb mom's smell. If you need to leave for a while, give this necklace to a person feeding you baby, and your little one will feel more settled and secure.

teething necklace

Teething necklace is completely safe, because made only from natural materials (100% cotton thread, unfinished wood beads without paint and varnish) and do not contain any small metal or plastic pieces. Necklace can be chewed, sucked and washed with soap and water.

They also make a great baby shower gift for the mother-to-be, or a nice gift for a visiting aunt, nanny or grandmother!

Halloween earrigns tutorial

Halloween is nearly here yet again and that means, among other things, time for Halloween costumes.  It's one of those times of the year where you can truly be anything and anyone and that is why it is tough to narrow down the choices. For those many people who enjoy being creative about Halloween, it’s time to get moving on this year’s ideas. I will help you celebrate the Halloween with fun and color! 

These are easy to make orange crochet earrigns with black beads that seem two pumpkin. You can make them with your own hands! 

You need:

2 earrings hooks (better black), 

2 round head pins (better black), 

4 black beads, 

2 crochet orange balls,

wire cutters,

round nose pliers.

If you don't know how to make crochet balls you can easy find the video tutorial here.

 1. Thread one black bead on the pin. Then thread the crochet ball and the second black bead.

 2. If pin is too long cut it about 1 cm/0.4" from the second bead. Then using round nose pliers coil the wire end. Make 1-2 coils.

 3. Attach the ear hook.

 4. Repieat steps 1-3 to make second earring.

 Your exclusive Halloween earrigns are ready!

Inspired by fall

Summer is almost gone and turned into fall. It’s that time of the year when I think of the past summer, organize photos made in vacance. Who has children need to prepare them to school. 

Autumn is my favorite season, because of the colorful fall foliage, foliage tours.  I do love the colors which describe the fall – hues of orange,  red and  warm browns. The colors of fall are warm and inviting, something I like to enjoy indoors as well as outdoors. But here in south of Italy the autumn is not "real", all trees are always green. You can’t feel the smell of autumn in the air. Yesterday was very hot and humid, newspapers say that all september will be such! 

I know that in Murmansk is already cold, the forest wears the colors of autumn and is full of berries and mushrooms. Mama told me that she prepared some jams for me)
I like orange maple leaves in parks of Saint-Petersburg where I studied for 6 years. The most beautiful is Aleksandrovskij park in Pushkin, small historical town near St-Petersburg. Fall is a great season for photographers. With my friends-photographers we often visited this park - away from the hustle and bustle of downtown, into relaxation, novelty and beautiful scenery.

 

I miss all this beauty there…


Looking through autumn photos on my computer I was inspired to make these orange crochet earrings. Their color reminded me of fall in Russia.  Orange glass beads are shining like drops of autumn rain on leaves.
I created also a brooch but before I had a time to make photos my friend saw it and immediately bought it to make a gift to her sister!

What about you, are you a lover or hater of fall? Maybe for you fall is dreary, cold and rainy days?

Are you was inspired to create something new?

Summertime

Summer is here and with summertime came a season of sagras which I love. 

Sagra is an artisian food themed festival in a small towns which usually is taking place on the central square. It can be dedicated to a watermelon or eggplant or even pizza! The full list of sagras you can find in a local newspaper so you can always find the one which will suit your taste.

During the festival you can sample 2 or 3 dishes of the local cuisine and sip some wine. The food and wine comes from the town’s butchers, bakers, farmers and vintners. All the cooking is done by volunteers and the wait staffs are the enthusiastic local people. Signs announcing the dates and featured foods of the sagras dot roadways and are posted on stone walls in and around towns.

We have already visited some sagras this summer:

No sagra is possible without the traditional music and dance of Salento. Everyone here knows how to dance pizzika, from toddler to the elderly people. People are learning to dance from the very young age.

This little girl simply charmed me, she is probably just learned how to walk and she is already trying to dance!

This is me during one of the festivals, wearing a traditional pizzika costume. The girl's costume for pizzika always includes a long wide skirt and scarf or shawl. While dancing the girl is flirting with a young man, using her scarf. 

Here are two my costumes for pizzika:

This wonderful skirt I bought in vacance in Greece and I very like it for bright color:

After I learned to make crochet balls I created these two pairs of crochet earrings to add to my costumes. One pair is white as I have white skirt and the second pair is turquoise for my turquoise skirt.

So when you drive through the Italian country side and see the signs along the road inviting you to visit sagra, turn, go in and enjoy!

Necklace with crocheted and fabric beads in burgundy

I'm always experimenting with colors and textures, trying to create something new for you. I already wrote about Lavender Necklace with crochet and fabric balls. Today I present the second creation in this new line of my jewelry - Necklace with crocheted and fabric beads in burgundy. 
I used 100% cotton thread to create these burgundy-white melange crochet balls. To create fabric beads I used a beautiful burgundy shimmery organza fabric. I like to work with organza - It has so many shades especially in the sunlight. Photos can't show this beauty. Combination of these so different materials makes this necklace very unique. The final touch give small white glass beads.
Burgundy color will not let anyone pass you, he immediately attracted attention.  It will liven up your favorite t-shirt or blouse!

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Mother's Day Gift Contest 2011

Mother’s Day is an ideal occasion to show how much she means to you.
Celebrating Mother’s Day is rooted in the mists of time. The ancient Greeks was celebrated it in honor to the mother of all gods – Gaia. The Romans was celebrated it in honor to Cybele. 
In our time the Mother’s Day remains one of the most heartwarming holidays. 
In different countries this holiday is celebrated at different times.


These days the Etsy Russian Team navigate Mother's Day Gift Contest 2011. There are so many beautiful creations! Every is worthy to be the best Mother’s day gift!! 
Welcome to vote!


My Necklace with crocheted and fabric balls is included in this Contest. 
With this necklace I began new line of my jewelry. I wrote before about my first crochet balls. So I began to use them for making jewelry. For this necklace I made one big melange ball, two smaller lavander and one white. I also used fabric beads made from beautiful lavander silk. This lavander color is so amazing in combination with other soft colors. The necklace is also decorated with vintage purple glass beads. 
This necklace looks simple and elegant. 
It’s perfect gift and great for spring and summer!

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Crochet flowers

I write again about my new passion - crochet! The next step is making crochet flowers. I will use it to decorate my jewelry. I found tutorials in Internet and I made first crochet flowers: one small grey and two red. 

Crochet flower can be used to decorate not only necklaces, but also hats, scarves, bags and clothing. Great idea is to use crochet flowers in interior design. Your home will be charged of brightly summer colors, that will always bloom! At home you can use crochet flowers to decorate pillows, curtains, bedcover and of course for the table.

My first crochet balls and granny squares

 With my passion to crochet last time I always look for crochet tutorials. I found great article about granny squares here. For many times I dream to make a scarf in this style so this is occasion to make it. I bought bamboo yarn of two colors. The first is white-gray-green yarn and the second is white-rose-purple-beige-blu. This is granny squares I already made:

 Of course when I will finish my scarf-cowl I first go to make photos)

 I also attempt to make crochet balls. I have many ideas to make new necklaces with fabric and crochet balls that I will realize when I will return in Italy.