Personal Thursday #6

This week I was quite sick but I still wanted to create something for myself - not a very good idea! I decided to sew a tablet case made of denim (from old pants) + old scarf as lining + a little felt pocket for a screen wiping cloth.

I felt as if my brain was almost turned off. It was as if I had zero control in what was happening. Constant coughing and running nose were not helping me in this situation either. I should have gone to bed!

But I didn't and my tablet has got a new home now :)

Everything that could be sewn crookedly, attached on a wrong side or cut uneven - has been done so! But it's still cute. And the ladybug button is a sweet cherry on top of that cuteness :D

My advice for you - do not sew when you are sick.

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Moleskine Cahier in gold

Some time ago I bought six Moleskine Cahier notebooks, in small size with plain pages. I wanted to see what will come out of them and I had no specific idea of what I want to achieve. And I'm very very glad that they ended up as they did! All those notebooks look fabulous, if you ask me :)

They all are available in my Secret Drawer shop.

How do you like them? Do you have some nice ideas I could use too? :)

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Super Cat sneakers

Freeze! It's the Super Cat!

Some time ago I bought a pair of cheap white sneakers with a purpose of painting them. And the time has come to do so!

(Especially because my old sneakers are falling apart)

When I first thought of it, while being in a shoe shop, I was quite sure they will be blue and will have clouds on. Today I decided that it would be interesting to go with the flow and not plan what else will appear on them.

So I've set everything up, prepared my paints (acrylics) and brushes, started playing Star Wars II  on my computer and... BAM!... a Super Cat appeared from nowhere! :D Well, he's a super cat - they tend to appear from nowhere ;)

Here are some progress photos:

Oh, how I love those shoes! I will surely make more, it's so much fun. And there are never enough of super-cat-and-stars shoes!

Finally, I've shown the shoes to one of the cats, and it seems he approves. Thankfully! :D

I think I can treat this shoe painting as one of my Challenge's topic - limited palette. I've used only white, black and light blue acrylic.

How do you like them? :) Maybe you've got some propositions for next shoes?

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Bracelets for you and me

Here are two bracelets I have made recently as commissions. I think they look fabulous :)

Both were bought through this listing in my Etsy shop - custom made bracelets.

 Here are some photos of the process :)

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Stars in Wayne's Coffee

 Time to get ready for Christmas :)

 Her name is not Ola, if you were wondering ;] it's mine.

There'll be more stars to cut, glue and hang! :)

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Bookmarks

 Some time ago I have made custom bookmarks of a sheep, a cow and a cat - here's how they turned out.

Maybe you'd like to get a personalized bookmark too? :) If yes, here's where you should click - >>click<<
:)

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Christmas gift tags

Each year I make gift tags for Christmas for my family and sometimes even for my Love's family. So this time I've made them earlier and I am wondering if you think they are cute :)

For unknown reason I love how those ribbons look :3 When I was still in art school I went through a 'Ribbon Stage' when everything I drew or painted had ribbons everywhere. It feels that this stage may be coming back ;)

The sets are for sale in my Etsy shop:
- home pets
- wild animals

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Cat brooches

I've been commissioned to make 2 cat brooches but because I have no more cat brooches to sale on my Etsy shop I've decided to make three more.

 My little helper ^^

And here it got dark and I had to take photos with my lamp light. Why had to? Because I gave them away when it was still dark in the morning, so there was no other time to take good photos. You just have to imagine that this pinkish colour looks the same as on the pictures above ;)

And here it is with the second cat of which I have got absolutely no photos... I was too tired and I've actually forgotten to take them ;P

Now I have 3 more cats to do but it's not such a hurry with them as it was with the first two. So will probably paint first - I miss painting :D

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