Unique Christmas Gifts Guide!

Time to search for cool Christmas gifts, guys! Here are some awesome ideas for gifts and decorations! Family gifts, gifts for men and women, luxury and simple gifts! Choose what you like! Click on the pic for more details.

 

 I hope you enjoyed this small Christmas Gifts Guide!

See you soon!

Elena

Jewelry Inspired by Treasures of Nature

My friends Mariya and Vlad are owners of SEEDSMAN Etsy shop. Vlad is a professional jewelry artist and gem cutter, he has been making jewelry for 15 years. Mariya worked as a photographer and she loves nature and to walk in forests! In 2013 they organized a jewelry studio. And now they do what they really love: Vlad makes beautiful jewelry and Mariya pick leaves and plats, make photos and deliver orders.

Mariya and Vlad live in a big city and dream about house in a village near river. They make their jewelry of real plants covered with metal (using electroplating technique). They also make jewelry with natural stones, crystals, mother of pearl, pearls, wood and glass.

Believe me, their jewelry is absolutely unique! I think it's really amazing to wear a small part of forest with you everyday! Especially if you live in a big city. That's why I gave one of SEEDSMAN necklaces as a birthday gift to my sister. And she is absolutely happy! 

Here are some fantastic necklaces made of a real plants and treasures of nature:

Real acorn necklace

Copper rose hips necklaces

Sea shell necklace

Black currant leaf necklace

And my favorite one - copper cone necklace!

Copper cone necklace

In SEEDSMAN Etsy shop you will also find many beautiful rings, bracelets, earrings and keychains!

Choose something as unusual Christmas gifts for your friends and relatives!

Be unique and beautiful!
Elena

For Homes and Families

Since I've moved to a new appartment this spring I understood how I love cosiness. Unfortunately our repair works are still in progress, so I can only deam about all that lovely little things that make our homes beautiful and warm.

For those who love cosiness and comfort like I do:

Shabby chic wooden word LOVE

Wooden word Love is painted with acrylic paints covered with acrylic varnish. Technique of painting: shabby chic. The word will look stylish in every interior. You may also use it in wedding decor.
The word in 1'' (2.5 cm) thick and remains standing.

And soon in our LekaArt Etsy shop:

Shabby chic wooden sign HOME

Love your family, smile and be happy!

Elena

Person of the Week: Katya Trischuk and her Easter eggs!

Everyone is preparing for Easter! Even if you already have decorations and already bought gifts we bet it will be still interesting for you to read about an amazing artist Katya Trischuk and her really breathtaking painted eggs!

"I live in Toronto with my husband Louie and a little dog. Easter 2014 will be very interesting, as my shop getting bigger and busier. 

I discovered my artistic ability at an early age and was often in trouble at school for drawing in my books or spending my lunch money on art supplies", - says Katya.

In the mid 90's Katya turned to painting with oil on canvas and for 3 years had her own art atelier in Kiev. Her talents were recognized in the arts community and with private collectors. During this time, Katya traveled extensively throughout Europe where she visited museums and learned more about art, history and architecture.

In the summer of 2000 Katya returned to Toronto to complete her degree in Interior Design at Ryerson University. Today Katya continues her passion for painting. She considers herself a "process-oriented" artist and uses a palette knife for layering, dry-brush techniques, cloths and even her hands to create paintings that are rich in vibrant colours and lush with texture. This gives her work a distinctive quality. Katya's work can be seen at any number of Toronto art galleries and has been showcased at The Toronto International Art Fairs. 

Katya's painting are very touching! But today we'll show you only her beautiful Pysanky - Ukranian painted Easter eggs!

 Duck Easter Egg

 Chicken Easter Egg

6 Green Hanging Chicken Eggs

Chicken Egg (Trypillian style)

And some nice picks of Katya's treasures! :)

For more Easter spirit visit Katya's shop on Etsy - UkrainianEasterEggs

Have and amazing day!
Viktoria and Elena

P.S. All information about the artist was taken from her Etsy shop and official web site -
http://katyafineart.com/news/

Sparkling Christmas! Make your holidays brighter and unique!

What is Christmas? It's time to gather all your family and friends, relax and be happy. It's time to laugh, to enjoy life, to love and to be loved. And of cource, it's to give and to get presents!

Do you already know what will you present to your mom, sister, best friends? We'll help you :) We have smth special for those who is still looking for nice and unique gifts. 

This is large hand painted decorative plate Bilberry

Click to open its description in LekaArt shop on Etsy

We used purple sparkles to make this decorative plate shine!

The plate is 10.8 '' (27 cm) in diameter and is painted with acrylic paints. It's covered with acrylic varnish.

If you like this plate, we invite you to check our shop on Etsy. There you will find more photos, detailed description and more unique and unusual Christmas gifts!

Have a nice day!

Faithfully yours,

Viktoria and Elena

New jewelry box in LekaArt shop!

Hi all! I'm Elena and I have smth unusual for you today!

Almost 5 years ago I graduated from Moscow State University, where I studied history. I still love everything that is connected with Ancient times. So I decided to paint a new jewelry box and to show one of ancient Egyptian gods Horus.

Very often he was pictured as a falcon. Here are some examples:

Horus was the god of sky and sun. It's said that he also was a god of war, hunting and protection.
I liked the falcon with wide wings and based the painting on this picture :) And now we have this nice hand painted jewelry box :

Hand painted jewelry box "Egypt". Point to point. LekaArt.

You can find more photos of this jewelry box in our shop LekaArt on Etsy !
Thank you for visiting us!

Faithfully yours,

Elena

How to make an ornament for a decorative plate?

Many of those who start to paint think that it's very difficult to create an ornament for decorative plate, jewelry box, doll or smth else. Usually it's not true :) And we are going to prove it!
There are lots of books about ornamental design  in the world. All you need to do is to find some pretty elements of your future decorative painting. We have such book and chose the chapter about Japanese art of XVIII - XIX centuries. This is what we found there:

This round decorative element of a Japanese folding screen is perfect for being a nice ornament on a decorative plate! We used all main elements and add several new elements along the edges (u'll see it a bit later :)

So now we have and ornament. What we should do next? Obviously - to choose colors! We took mint and violet as main colors and silver and white as additional colors.

Advice: to put the ornament on a plate use firstly a pensil! It will make your work much more easier!

And the result is:

Decorative plate "Easter Mint"

Thank you for reading our blog and this post! If you like it, please, click Like :) and visit our shop with decorative plates - LekaArt on Etsy!

LekaArt News! Hand painted napkin ring "Meander"

Hey! Nice to see you again in our blog! Today we have smth new for you in LekaArt shop on Etsy!

Romantic Greek style napkin rings! These napkin rings are made of wood (lime), painted by hand with acrylic paints and covered with non toxic varnish.

They will look great with linen white or beige napkins or on wedding table decorated in white and yellow or beige colors. You may present them as a wedding gift or on house warming.

By the way, do you know what "meander" is?