Hairband and earrings

This is a cute hairband with pink beads and a pale pink satin ribbon. I modified the patter “Svea” I found in “Tatting Patterns and design” by Gun Blomqvist and Elwy Persson.

I have used white Aida 20 thread

Below I want to show earrings I made yesterday. The pattern I found in "Butterick's Tatting & Netting" from 1896. This is very ancient design, isn’t it? I modifed it a little bit to use as earrings. I have used ecru Aida 20 thread, white pearl beads and sterling silver earwires.

Lovely hair slide

 I have been  very busy recently, so today only quick post with picture of tatted flower attached to a white hair slide. It is very girly, isn’t it? I think it would be a pretty First Holy Communion accessory…

Decoupaged jewellery cabinet and various tatted motives

I want to show this shabby chic jewellery cabinet I decorated recently.

I found an old, ugly jewellery cabinet in a charity shop.

I sanded it, and then painted with a cream acrylic paint few times. Later I used a crackle medium to add a distress charm. The next step was to decoupage a lovely rose’s motif from paper napkin. I varnished it several times, sanded between layers and added a beautiful ecru lace. It reminds me past times...  (this one is matching the shelf I made for my sister)

My friend asked me to show how big my tatted earrings are. So I have put a 1 pound coin to show it. Most of these small pieces I tatted last weekend and I have to finish ends….

Playing with beads

It is great fun playing with tatting and beads. Almost everything I have made, my daughter grabs it. That is a good sign that she likes my crafts, isn’t it? Just now I am trying to learn how to use beads in my tatted jewellery. This is not easy, if you have to learn without a teacher. No, of course I have got a lot of great teachers –everybody, who is so kind to share knowledge and passion about tatting! Thank you all very much. I have learnt decoupage from internet, now I am learning to tat– this is really fantastic!

Below are tatted earings with pink shining beads hanged on decoupaged by me jar:

And here we have a small pendant (or a first earring) with cream Swarovski pearls:

Black tatted earrings with red Swarovski crystals

After your lovely comments of my tatted earrings I decided to show a black version with red Swarovski crystals. I would like to ask you a question – do you think this is my desing? Recently I wrote that I have inspiration from the doily I am making now. I change it a little bit to make an earring shape. I am totally beginner in a tatters world, so I don’t have an idea what to think about it...

Polish president Lech Kaczynski killed

Polish president Lech Kaczynski and other senior officials are among dozens of people killed when their plane crashed in western Russia

Earrings

I did not have much time to tat in Easter, but ... yes, I made something! I made lovely ecru earrings with small beads in dirt pink colour. I have been shopping recently and I really love this season trends… There are a lot of lovely pink, gorgeous laces, romantic roses…. When I was making the doily, I loved the motif from it and tried to make earrings with that it. I would like to thank AgaArt for showing me, how to make earrings. Please take a look.

I have been featured !!!

Wow, I am so happy, I have been featured in a  Creative Crafting  Magazine, Easter Issue, nr 4,   in a "Gift Ideas" article.