Trendy Jewelry Box!

Our square orange jewelry box is among trendy items on Etsy these days! What an honor!
We really love this box! The colors are so warm and gentle! And the painting is unique and one of a kind!
Size: height - 2'' (5 cm), length - 5'' (12.5 cm), width - 5'' (12.5 cm)

Squre hand painted jewelry box

To find more details and pics of this nice box, please, visit our LekaArt shop! We hope you'll find the best gifts for your family and friends!

Best wishes,

Viktoria and Elena

Sunday News!

Oh how we love ethnic decor! It's very simple and deep at the same time, rich and minimalist and full of inspiration! We got plenty ideas from ancient drawings and art. And today we are showing you our new hand painted wall plate!

DO YOU LIKE IT?

Ethnic decorative plate

The painting is made by hand

Author: Elena Malgin

Diameter: 26 cm

Amazing and absolutely unique thing for home decor!

Great gift to any occassion!

You may ask any question about this plate here on in our LekaArt Etsy shop

Best wishes,

Viktoria and Elena

Rosh Hashanah Gifts! Only one week left!

Hi all!
This is our 3rd post about Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah)! The holidays are coming! Only 1 week left! Last chanse to buy the best gifts for your family and friends!

We are located in Petah-Tikva (Israel). If you live here, you may pick up any item you like in Tel Aviv, Ramat Hasharon, Petah-Tikva, Hadera or Raananah (upon request). Without paying for delivery! :)

Soooo, today we are going to show you 4 more beautiful and exclusive jewish souvenirs!

- Exclusive hand painted mezuzah case with pomegranates! Technique of painting: Point-to-point

Hand painted mezuzah case

- Shabby chic wooden mezuzah case with metallic "shin"

Shabby chic jewish mezuzah case

- Handmade ceramic Stars od David (Magen David). We have 2 in stock. The nice cord is included!

Hanging ornaments Stars of David

- Hand carved ceramic hamsa! It's very bright and unusual! Pure handmade ;) The cord is icluded

Ceramic wall hamsa hand

All these Jewish souvenirs can be found in our LekaArt Etsy shop!

We wish you merry and cheerful holidays! Have fun and relax!

See you soon!
Viktoria and Elena

Gifts for Jewish New Year! Rosh Hashanah is coming! Part II

Hi all! How is your preparation to Rosh Hashanah going? :) As for us - we uploaded more new unique handmade jewish gifts in our LekaArt Etsy shop! 

We have already shown you some of our hamsas and today we would like to show you more!

- Charming ceramic hamsa "Ahava". In the center of this hamsa we wrote אהבה (Ahava) that means "Love" in Hebrew language. Perfect gift symbolizing love, prosperity and harmony!

Ceramic hamsa hand AHAVA

- Ceramic hand painted hamsa "Mazal". The word Mazal (מזל in Hebrew language) in the center of the hamsa means Luck. Really great gift for people you love!

Hanging ceramic hamsa MAZAL

- Handmade ceramic hamsa hand amulet! It's made of white clay with love and care, painted with engobes, burnt in kiln, glazed and burnt again. It's not large and will look great as home blessing amulet!

Ceramic hamsa hand amulet for home

- And unique wooden hamsa painted in point-to-point technique! You won't find anything like this!

Wall hamsa hand. Point-to-point painting

Enough for today! Next time we'll show you 1 more hamsa, 2 mezuzot and one more Jewish souvenir!

Have an amazing week!

Viktoria and Elena

Yay! We are on Etsy front page!

Hi all! Today is a great day - sunny and not too hot here in Israel! An we've just found out that our hand painted wooden horse is on Etsy front page! YAY!

Click to see the horse!

We hope you are also having a gorgeous and happy day!

See you soon,

Viktoria and Elena

Jewish New Year! Have You Already Chosen a Gift?

This year Jewish New Year - Rosh Hashanah - will be celebrated from evening 24th till 26th of September. If you sill don't have any idea of gifts to your family and friends look at this exclusive handmade jewish souvenires!

Today we are going to talk about HAMSAS

The Hamsa is an ancient Middle Eastern and North Afrikan palm-shaped amulet. It's used as a sign of protection in many societies throughout history.
'Hamsa' means 'five' in Arabic symbolizing charity, faith, prayer, pilgrimage and fasting. In some religions it is also a protective sign. Since the Hamsa is considered a gift of love it makes the perfect gift.

We have some beautifully made and painted with love hamsas in our LekaArt Etsy shop

- Wooden hamsa hand "אושר" (this means "happiness" in Hebrew)

Hand painted Hamsa hand from LekaArt

 - Pomegranates ceramic hamsa hand - prosperity amulet for your home!

Ceramic hamsa with pomegranates

- Beautiful jewish hamsa hand with word 'ח that means LIFE

Wooden hanging hamsa for Rosh Hashanah

- White and gold wall hamsa painted by hand!

Hand painted wall hamsa

- And one more hamsa made with love and care!

Wooden painted hamsa for wall decor

Now you see how beautiful and different handmade hamsas can be!

We hope you enjoyed as it was just the first part of our story!

See you soon and have a perfect weekend!

Viktoria and Elena

Funny souvenirs! April Fools' Day is coming!

Hi all!
We know that everyone love to smile and laugh! And it's almost the 1st of April - April Fools' Day!
We found some nice funny souvenirs for those who is going to make others laugh on the funniest day of the year.

#1 Very cute and original item - a cell phone case -IN LOVE- is perfect protecion for your Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. Natural, soft, exclusive and easy to use. Find it in ShpilkaFelt

#2 Adorable tiny figurines from blobhouse . Just read this funny descriction: "Throw away your self-help books and let the designated worry wart do all your worrying for you. Makes a great gift for the worry wart in your life". Awesome!

#3 Every office needs some funny sticky notes - believes the owner of FlytrapOnE Esy shop. So here you are! :D

We wish you and amazing April Fools' Day!

Smile, laugh and be happy!

Viktoria and Elena

New! Unique jewelry box!

This week we have an amazing thing to show you!
This is one of a kind wooden jewelry box that I've painted by hand. I have been chosen the colors very carefully so they look rich and unusual and finally decided to take turquoise, brown, bronze and white.

You may store there necklaces, bracelets, earring and other jewelry. Or just some nice tiny things that are precious for you!

This jewelry box is completely unique: I won't make any that will look the same.

You may find it here, in our Etsy shop!

Enjoy the spring!

Elena

LekaArt Etsy shop

Spring collection of light, love, gifts and wedding decorations!

Why do you love spring? I love it because of warm weather, love and light!

Today I have spring mood and I've made a collection of lovely Etsy finds for you!

Enjoy!

Be romantic, love and smile!

Viktoria and Elena

Easter 2014: decorations and gifts!

Easter is spring, Easter is kindness, Easter is joy, Easter is LIGHT!
Easter is one of the most favorite holidays of many people! So we decided to make a collection of items that will help you to make the holidays unique and unforgettable!

#1 We believe that pastel colors would be the best choice for Easter home decor. Lovely offer from ShadeonShape - wooden vase and candle holder!

#2 If you would like to decorate your door with a wreath look at these nice ones:

- charming wreath with mint artificial eggs and feather from BotanikaStudio

 - and very nice wreath with lots of eggs from laurelsbylaurie

#3 You also may decorate your home with these lovely tiny nests! Find them in Fairyfolk Etsy shop.

#4 What gifts do you usually get and present on Easter? Many people choose eggs, a symbol of the start of new life. Here is a unusual wooden egg decorated in pyroghraphy (or wood-burning) technique from PocketsOfArt

 #5 As for us we love nice Easter souvenirs! Look at this ceramic figurine from DianaParkhouse . We bet it really brings happiness!

#6 Super cute handmade bunny from JuliaWine will bring more smiles to your family and friends!

 #7 And these bunnies are for those who love to decorate their homes in girly style! We found these figurines in wishdaisy Etsy shop.

 #8 To make a sweet surprise for kinds we'd use this amazing Easter basket from GoodWishesQuilts . "Simple, soft, and perfect for boys or girls. This soft, neutral Easter basket makes a quiet, lovely display - and also looks delicious stuffed with sweets and treats on Easter morning!" - the owner of the shop says.

#9 Let the spring in! Green hanging ornaments like these paper decorations from Bookity are perfect for Easter decor!

We wish all of you endless light and happiness! Smile and hug! It's Easter!
Viktoria and Elena

NEWS! Bright jewelry box and stylish wooden letter!

Hi all!
Today we would like to show you our new items for home decor!
The first one is a tiny jewelry box "Pearl"! It's very cute and not large, so you may put your wedding rings in it!
Size: height - 2 '' (5 cm), length - 3.2 '' (8 cm), width - 3.2 '' (8 cm)
Inner dimentions: height (without cover) - 1.2 '' (3 cm), length - 2.6 '' (6.5 cm), width - 2.6 '' (6.5 cm)
This jewelry box is made of wood and waspainted with acrylic paints.

For more details and pics, please, click on the photo above :)

The second items is a wooden letter Aleph that we also painted with acrylic paints and covered with acrylic varnish. It's the first letter of Hebrew alphabet.

Its sizes: height - 5.2" (13 cm), width - ~4.8" (~12 cm)

 The photo is also clickable!

For more nice handmade items for your home, please, visit our LekaArt Etsy shop!

Have an awesome day!

Viktoria and Elena

NEW! Wooden plates!

Hi all! How are you? We hope that excellent!
Today we would like to show you our new branch of hand painted items for home decor. We already have ceramic plates in our Etsy shop and we decided to paint some wooden ones!
So now we have 2 wooden plates painted by hand. The 1st one has 30 cm in diameter and is blue and violet, the 2nd one has 20 cm and is brown and golden.

Hand painted wooden plate "Sea Pearl"

Hand painted wooden plate "Chocolate Blossom"

We hope you liked our new wall plates!

Have an awesome day!

Viktoria and Elena

Person of the Week: Viktoria (UltroViolet shop with decoupaged jewelry boxes)

This Sunday is the day of jewelry boxes! Girls love to wear rings, bracelets, earring and necklaces and need nice boxes to store them. So if you are looking for a gift for your friend, mother, sister, aunt or just want to find an eclusive and high-quality jewelry box we advise you to visit UltroViolet Etsy shop.

We asked the owner of this shop to tell us about herself and her creative work.

"Hi all! I'm Viktoria and I'm the owner of UltroViolet shop on Etsy. I'm 36 and I'm a happy mother of 2 kids (16 and 4 years old). I live in Germany and it's my 2nd emigration (I've been living in Israel for 10 years before my family moved). New country, baby birth, and maternity leave encouraged me to start searching for my life-work. I tried myself in various types of handmade works and finally chose decoupage and painting.

I'm always in search of new ideas and materials. It takes a lot of time! But I really love this non-stop work as I meet interesting and creative people from other countries. I enjoy the communication as I enjoy trying smth new. My relatives, friends and even my children help me to develop my shop and this is so great!"

We chose 3 beautiful jewelry boxes to show you

Exclusive wooden jewelry box

Unique tee box

Unusual jewelry box for needles and pins

You will also find key boxes, door plates, hamsas and even ostrich eggs in the shop!

Enjoy!

And see you next time!

Viktoria and Elena

Our Wild World!

This week we have an absolutely new kind of item! It's a pencil holder! It is as usual painted by hand with acrylic paints and covered with acrylic varnish.
For this pencil box I chose an unusual motif. It reminds spots on leopard skin ;)
Size: height - 4" (10 cm), width - 3.6" (9 cm)
Shape: hexagonal
Materials: wood, acrylic paints and varnish
Usage: as a pencil holder or as a vase (for flowers that do not need water)

MORE INFORMATION AND PHOTOS HERE!

See you soon!
Viktoria and Elena

Person of the Week: Elena (TimeMade vintage shop)

Hi all! This is Viktoria!

Today is Sunday and it's a very important day for us! We start our new blog column  

"Person of the Week".  

What is it about? We are surfing Etsy a lot. Usually it takes 2-3 hours a day. Sometimes we meet really talanted artists and sellers and would like to tell you about them!

How do we pick a person for the column? There are a lot of similar products on handmade and vintage market. So we try to find smth new and interesting: unusual and beautiful photos, rare items, unique shapes of products, fresh ideas, new techniques, breathtaking stories etc.

How often will we write about artists? We plan to publish stories once a week on Sunday or we'll tell you in advance if different.

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And today I'm going to present you Elena - the owner of Etsy shop with vintage items TimeMade

Elena was born in Kazakhstan but now she lives in Israel near the Mediterranean sea (lucky her!). Elena collects beautiful vintage jewelry, clothes and items for home decor.

"My mission is to bring back some memories of old good times, brighten up today and save something for tomorrow" - says Elena

This week I took part in an unusual and unexpected photo shoot: no photo studio, no professional light and me as a model! Elena tried new type of sales pitch. Fantastic experience! Very soon all items in TimeMade shop will have new photographs and all models will be picked from ordinary girls and women. The idea is to make vintage items more "sincere".

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These are vintage bracelet, ring and jewelry box from TimeMade shop. Model: Viktoria.

 

Vintage bracelet

Vintage jewelry box

Vintage ring

 Thank you for visiting us!

All comments and feedback are always welcome!

See you next Sunday!

Viktoria and Elena

LekaArt

Valentine's Day Celebration. Part III. Romantic night

Dear followers and guests!

Today we are showing you the last, 3rd part, of our grand collection of Valentine's Day items. We are sure that this part is the most important and interesting. This post is dedicated to romantic night on St. Valentine's Day!

#1 The first thing we want to talk about is ... bedroom!

• What is the main thing in the bedroom? Of course, it's bed! So make it beautiful and charming with red roses print bed linen from MyveraLinen

•  Or you can decorate your bed with these pretty decorative pillows from sukan

• In our honest opinion there are 2 things that can really help you to create the atmosphere of love. These things are: candles and lamps. We showed candles in the previous part of the collection. And this time, please, look at this fascinating table lamps from FiligreeCreations

•  Does your man love to take a bath with you? If yes try bath salts from RavensCtApothecary . For example, we chose this amazing Moroccan Rose Salt!

•  If you like to take bath alone, we can offer you to use handmade Rose soap from Penori . Looks so yummy!

•  Use body butter you love after the bath or shower to smell sexy and to make your skin soft! "I prefer body oils and body butters that contain orange extract and cinnamon or clove as for me they smell like passion!" - says our artist Elena. We found a nice item in Phytotherapy Etsy shop - Sweet orange clove body butter

• You may use oil perfume for stronger fragrance. In seagrapesoap we found a lot of very interesting perfumes. As an example, we show you sexy essential oil perfume with notes of lavender, orange, ylang ylang and sage. Maria - the owner of the shop - says that this is an erotic scent that acts as a powerful aphrodisiac.

#3 And finally choose a nice lingerie! We picked some lovely items :)

• Vintage lilac boudoir from unionmadebride is charming and modest at the same time ;)

• Breathtaking ivory lace painties and bra from OnTheInside

• Unusual, beautiful, bright and satin silk panties from nathings

• Pink and white soft bra with molded stretch lace trim from sandmaidensleepwear

Be elegant and bright for your man!

And as usual thank you in advance for your feedbacks!

Next Friday collection will be published on the 21th of February.

Have a perfect day,

Viktoria and Elena

LekaArt