Another Give-away:)

Cynthia from Cynthia's Cottage is having a giveaway. Go there to look at the beautiful signs she is giving away. Plus, you get to choose which one you want. She has a wonderful selection.

It is tea time:)

It is another cold and rainy day. I just had my green tea. I wanted to share my lovely new tea cozy with you all. This lovely tea cozy with my favorite colors is so cute and it keeps my tea pot warm. Especially in these cold days, it is a fantastic piece.

This lovely tea cozy is a creation my dear friend Candi. She creates wonderful things but my lovely tea-cozy is favorite:))

I suggest you to visit her lovely blog and her Etsy store to see her fantastic works.

Candi, thanks so much once again for this lovely tea cozy.

Valentine Heart Swap

Due the my Father's sickness I've had to postpone my commitments but I'm so glad that I've completed the small crazy style heart that I was making for the "Valentine Heart Swap", ETSy Cottage style group. The baggie for my swap partner Char started its long journey several days ago. But, I've just found a time to share its photos here with you. I wanted to put some interesting pieces into Char's baggie. I added a hand made oya brooch along with a handmade daphne soap that has a special place in the Anatolian mythology. According to legends Ladies are used daphne soap to have wonderful long hair, still too many people uses daphne soap to have strong and bright hair. I added another box of soap roses that I loved their color, I thought it will be a nice selection in the baggie. In addition I added four different type handmade beaded trims. I hope she likes my selections.

After completing the embellishments I precisely sewed the borders, I left a small place to put fibers and sewed the rest. All of them are hand stitch, I never used machinery!!!

The size of the little heart is 5". I used pink fabric and I covered front side with an old lace that was a piece of wedding dress. I made a spray with my little oyas, added leaves with dark green color silk ribbons. I like that color ribbon because it is almost the same color with the oya's basement tone so it makes a wonderful combination. I kept continue to add some embellishments. At last I added some bugles with various colors to give different sparky look.

Valentine Swap baggie arrived:)

I was quiet in the past weeks. Unfortunately my dear Father a serious health problem. I've had to deal with him, I would like to thank to all my on-line buddies for their concerns and prayers. I always believe the power of the prayers, appreciated to all prayers from all over the world.
I'm so glad that I joined "Etsy cottage style-Valentine swap", I received these lovely pieces from my swap partner, Char. The cottage style little box is so pretty, I've already put some of my ear rings in it. I wanted to share these lovely things with you all, I started to celebrate Valentine Day earlier. Special thanks to Char for her wonderful selections to send me.