Dandelion

First dandelions are so cheerful, they are sure signs of coming spring! And later they become weeds and nuisance in the gardens! Mixed feelings exactly as I have about this watering can. I like it partly and I am not happy with it either...

Country and Americana

I decided to give you a short break from watching all trays and watering cans! These are two key racks in country style - Americana and ... just country!

I am not very much in Americana style but like the deceptive simplicity of naive American art. Tried to make something remotely similar...

And a few pictires of my garden. We have a warm weather at last! For those of you who wants to know the names: geranium pyrenaicum; brunnera "Jack Frost"; viburnum "Mariesii" and omphalodes cappadocica. Last two pictures are of flowering hawthorn trees, they are amazing!

Cath's Roses and Rosina' s Cats

I make a lot of small items all the time but rarely show them. Maybe it's not the right way to do things. So here I show two sets of such small everyday objects.

You see this is the ever popular design of Cath Kidston. This set is for sale in My Shop




And I am sure you know these cats without me telling you!

Magazine Holder "Vintage Roses"

Roses, roses again!..

New Easter Eggs

Easter is close and there are new decorative Easter eggs!

Rocking Horse and Rickety Train

I love images of old fashioned toys like this rocking horse and woodent train, I would use them everywhere! Even on the watering can! The shape of the can is very traditional and the toy's pictures are rather bright so I made a decor very simple just to highlight the beauty of these lovely children's toys.

A Gift for the Gardener

We are nearly in March now and all my thoughts are about gardening! Just before Christmas I bought lovely napkins with botanical prints on them and could not wait to put them to use. Here is a gardening set of seed box and string tin!

Lace and Porcelain

I am not sure these are "pot holders", more like just "holders"! Holders for brushes and other accessories in bathroom or bedroom on the dressing table. Anyway I wanted them to look feminine...

Magazine Holders

I have been to IKEA recently and came back with new blanks. The first ones to make were these magazine holders - one for gardening magazines and another for some general reading. For the second holder I used cutouts of decoupage paper for outside and napkins for inside decorations.

Wall Mirror

I am not very keen on these mirrors, I think them useless as a proper functional mirror. May be try them as a decorative object? I am sure you've seen a lot of items decorated in this style, with 3D ornaments, I am always the last one to try! And then I come across this master-class and having the mirror already primed and painted I decided to give it a go! 3D details turned out far from perfect and I highlighted it by adding craquelure and patina. Now it looks like it was made of ivory long-long ago!