Person of the Week: Natalia Sinelnik (Nathings Etsy shop)

Soooo the spring is here! We've been waiting for it for so long! So we want to celebrate it and to show you bright spring crochet items that we found on Etsy!

And the person of this week is Natalia Sinelnik with her pretty girls' accessories!

Natalia is from Russia and her bright and really cheerful Nathings Etsy shop was opened 2 years ago. Now you may find there 90 beautiful clothes and accessories! 

"I'm a painter and interior designer, but from my early childhood I liked to make interesting things from any material: fabric, clay, gypsum, wood, threads, beeds, buttons and so on... My mother teach me sew when I was 6 years old. Later I studied crotcheting and knitting, differet embroidery styles and many others.Later every year I made one or to hats for a season - you know, sometimes Russia is a cold country :) "

We chose 3 different items to show you!

One of a kind crochet waistcoat

Funny lilac hat made from soft wool with small dark purple bubbles

Assimetrical freeform crochet necklace

We really enjoyed the light that fills this pretty shop! Hope you did too!
See you all in a week!

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: 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

Charming Reptile!

This week we have an unusual hand painted figurine. She's small, green, bronze, sparkling and very charming! Her name is Lizzy and she's a lizard!  

She will be an original addition to your figurine collection or a beautiful gift for a friend :)

Ceramic hand painted figurine "Lizard"

For more photos and information, please, visit out LekaArt Etsy shop

Thank you for reading us!

Have an awesome day!

Viktoria and Elena

LekaArt

Valentine's Day Celebration. Part II

As we promised here is the 2nd part of our large collection of handmade and vintage items!
Today we'll talk about table decoration and will share some nice ideas how to make the Valentine's Day dinner special and unforgetable.

#1 First of all we would choose a table cloth. In our honest opinion the best variant for a romantic dinner is white or light grey table cloth made of natural fabric such as this lovely linen table cloth from LinenHomeShop

#2 Next step is to find nice plates and dishes. As an example we offer these cute small handmade ceramic bowls with birds by karoArt! Adorable!

#3 We are sure your boyfriend or husband will come with flowers. Guess what we should put on the table next? A vase! We picked 3 absolutely different vases.

• Amaizing vintage vase from 1970s in vintagethink

• One more breathtaking vintage vase but this one is from 1950s and made of murano glass in TheSapphireGypsy vintage shop.

• A VERY unusual wooden vase by Myflowermeadow

#4 Maybe you would like to choose flowers yourself. Then we have some pretty ideas :)

• Not to upset your man (if he comes with flowers and you already have the bouquet) you can hang a pastel flower photo on the wall near the table :) We found this delightful bouquet in HelenMPhotography Etsy shop where you may check over hundred other awesome photos!

• For those who loves minimalist style we offer these felt flowers by Fairyfolk . They are so cool that we want to touch them right now!! <3

• And one more amazing bouquet! It consists of 3 spirally twisted willow wickers and lavender color wool, and is decorated with jute and linen. Find it in mellsva home decor shop!

• And finally if you love to make bouquets yourself you may get some nice paper flowers here - in FlowerDecoration shop!

#5 Decorate your table with original and unusual things!

• What are you going to drink? We would take our favorite wine. One of a kind handmade wooden bottle rack "Bicycle" will not only decorate your romantic dinner, it also can be an original gift for you man! Find this unique bottle holder in our LekaArt Etsy shop.

• Valentine's Day hanging birds by PolaLab are so touching and cute. We bet they will create natural and loving atmosphere!

• One more textile item - super cute and mimimi sheep toy!! It's made by MiracleInspiration from Belarus! They have more amazing textile toys (cats, reindeer, hears) in their lovely shop!

• Aaaaand the handcrochet NEST by frenchfelt! Just because we simply like it! Put anything you want there and enjoy how great it looks!

#6 Give final touches to your romantic table - put candles!

• This is unique decoupaged candle holder in shades of white and red by HandmadeDecoupage. It creates vintage, retro looking effect. We love the combination of different materials!

• We've never met anything more romantic than these ceramic candle holders by wapa . Brilliant idea, brilliant work!

• Very interesting item hand painted by LITdecor ! This lantern was inspired by Moroccan decor details and henna patterns. The lantern can withstand outdoor conditions - stands up great to wind and rain. Really indispensable thing for your country house :)

• Beautiful spring candle holders by NevenaArtGlass . Unique form and Sakura Cherry Blossom design make these home accessories look fresh and charming!

The end of Part II. Next time we'll tell you how to decorate a romantic night ;) Believe us, it would be very interesting!
We are always grateful for your feedbacks and wished for the future collections!

Always yours,
Viktoria and Elena
LekaArt

New wooden panel that will suit every interior!

Dear followers and guests!

It's Viktoria and I would like to introduce you my new hand painted wooden panel "Chocolate Blossom". This round-shaped panel is flat but the painting is made in point-to-point technique with acrylic relief outline paints. These paints create the volume of the painting. I used earth colors - brown, bronzed and golden colors, olive, yellow and white colors. This color combination is very calm and harmonious and will suit almost every interior.

Diameter of the panel "Chocolate Blossom" - 8'' (20 cm).
Materials: wooden base, acrylic paints, acrylic varnish.
I also add a hanger on the opposite side of the item, so you may hang it on wall. :)

Hand painted wood panel for home decor "Chocolate Blossom"

The central part of painting

You'll find this hand painted panel in our Etsy online shop LekaArt

Have a perfect day!

Viktoria and Elena

LekaArt

Valentine's Day Celebration. Part I

Hi all!

It's time for a new Friday collection of handmade and vintage items!

Do you already know how you will celebrate St. Valentines Day with the one you love? Have you already planned all the details? Clothes, jewelry, table, home decor, bedroom decor? If not, we'll help you :)

#1 Let's start with a dress! Tastes differ, so we found several variants:

•  Unique vintage dress with warm earthy colors and bright geometric print by Gezunt . It looks very romantic and womanly. It will mark your eyes and will look great with a lipstick of a natural colors.

 

• If you like Chebby Chic style you will like this charming dress from GalsMagicalCloset . Floral prints always look great especially if they are combined with another pastel fabric.

• For those who adore blouses, shirts and tops we found this nice shop - girlishstyle . You will also find there some unusual and classical dresses

• And again vintage! Gorgeous dress from 1950s by gogovintage looks soooo playful and great! Should be really awesome for Valentine's Day evening ;)

•  And of course red evening maxi dress by BLUSHFASHION is just ohmygodable!!! Pure passion!

 #2 Time to find nice shoes!

• How do you like these amazing hand painted shoes by kezbirdie ? Very nice colors! And we love the height of heels.

•  If you wear red or black dress we advice you to choose red vintage shoes by dahlilafound . We think they are very comfortable, neat and pretty!

• Don't like heels? No problem! Here you are - beautiful pair of ballet flats by NettaGertler . We bet you'll fall in love with them ^_^

•  And what if you already have your favorite pair of shoes but they are too casual for such romantic evening? Then you can use shoes clips from KyliesChicBoutique . These navy blue clips are absolutely gorgeous!

 #3 Now let's choose jewelry!

• Luxurious elegant and sophisticated earrings by ShiriAvda . They are just perfect!

• Stylish golden earrings with freshwater pearl and malachite by LouiseLeder . Long earrings with pearls are always in style! They will show your individuality and your unique style.

• Black and gold unique shaped earrings by lizaluksenberg . If you like beads and christals these elegant earrings are definitely for you!

• Bracelet with small hearts in sterling silver and gold by zanGGarts . A lovely accessory for St. Valentine's Day and by the way awesome gift!

•  Lovely, elegant and special delicate golden necklace features a heart-shaped pendant with a pearl in the center of it by netalyshany . Ladies, we bet you already fell in love with this pendant. We do!

•  Unusual and unique necklace with bird and sunset by ARDONN . All jewelry made by Ardonn looks very fresh and elegant. You'll for sure find smth that suites you! High quality materials, interesting ideas and style - that is what characterize the Ardonn shop. Great!

 The end of the Part I. We hope you enjoyed the collection!

 We'll be happy to see you in our blog again!

Next part of the collection will be published on the 4th of February.

Have an amazing day!

Viktoria and Elena

LekaArt