Le Boudoir

I have a rather hectic time just now with school holiday, family visits and so on! All I can do is to tidy up my pictures a bit and organise them in some sort of themed collections. I named this one Le Boudoir because the objects are made for a lady's bedroom mainly.

Run, Rabbit, run!

I was commissioned to make a watering can with images of rabbits. I am not very fond of rabbits and usually do not use images of pets in my decoupage. But I have no choice and these are two watering cans - with real bunnies and some characters of Beatrix Potter books. Both cans have already gone to their new homes - apparently people do like rabbits!

Glass Cases for Everyone

I make glass cases all the time, usually they are for ladies, but sometimes I want to do something masculine, like this one with muted colours and Scotland theme.

Of course roses are still my favorite:

And this one can suit everyone!

New napkins in my DaWanda Shop

I have some new napkins in DaWanda shop. I don't like to use the same images in my craft and so there always some extra napkins. Like these and more!

Apple Blossom Jug

It was a very plain zink jug, which I wanted to transform into something more interesting and pleasant to look at. I added images of blossoming branches of apple tree with subtle variation of colour and delicate craquelure. Now I am very pleased with the result - lovely jug which can be used as a vase.

Tray Summer Bouquet

I have just finished a new tray, which I named Summer Bouquet, because it reminds me of fresh colours of early summer with abundant peony blossom and delicate wisteria flowers.

Tea Caddy

Tea was introduced to England from China sometime in the middle of the 17th century. Together with the fragrant leaf came the respect for this drink and the ceremonial way in which it was to be prepared and drunk. At the time of its introduction, tea was believed to be therapeutic as well as delicious. The health benefits of tea were known in the East for thousands of years. In England people accorded it time and space and this alone must have had the effect of producing a sense of wellbeing. Tea was and remained extremely expensive for over a hundred years and therefore sparingly used.
The 17th century tea containers were bottle shaped tea jars in china, glass, silver, enamel and straw-work covered metal and later tea caddies were mainly wooden boxes often veneered in tortoiseshell or ivory. It is not until the second half of the 18 century that they were introduced in any numbers as a home-style accessory
( From Here).

In some houses children were allowed to reuse spent tea leaves and sell them as a muslin bags to poorer village people to earn some pocket money. Apparently it was a beginning of teabag industry.
Now tea caddies are mostly antique pieces, but a decorative tea box could be used to store the variety of tea bags. Nice addition to your kitchen, too!