PettiBear's Fashion Roar: 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Hero- 3.2 million ink dots AMAZING!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

New Headband line for little ones our life

New hair accessories line for baby girls is cooking on a slow burner for a couple of moth now and here is a preview of some of thedesigns already available in PettiBearKIDS shop

Winter Garden Turban

Vintage Nights Hair Clip (soon in the shop)

"Sakura" Baby Girl Bandanna

My Cob Oven

I'm really into green building and have ALWAYS wanted to make by myself an earth oven...And since I have a garden in my new place,I finally decided to make one-YEY

So I began with a soil testing and found out that I have the perfect dirt in my own garden and since it's a new neighborhood and people still working on building their homes,I found a bag with lots of construction send ...all left to find was straw-which was a really easy job here in the kibuz where I have cowshed just 5 minute walk from my crib ...so I had gather my supplies and got crack'n

Here is how all went-

ME mixing the cob with my bare feet (long time no play with mud :D )

getting my feet all dirty

this is how my soil+sand+straw looks like after hour of mixing

building the insulating base for my oven+reusing some beer bottles ;)

filing in with sand

fire brick goes on top

FUN #2 begins-building a sand castle

It was a long time since I played with sand-I actually HATE getting my hands dirty :p

Even years back in art school the sculpting class was my least favorite class ,and here I am 14 years later,am building a sand castle

my sand castle has an Italian roots (not that straight I would say )

damp newspapers on top so I can find later where the cob ends and sand begins

covered the whole thing with first layer of clay /sand mix

and now the wait begins :(

I need to wait till my mix is a bit dry so I can curve to door out...

I will update you on how it goes as I'll do it and the second layer hopefully tomorrow if the weather will allow me

STAY TUNED!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

My NEW Crib

So at the last post I showed you where I live...and now I'll enter you into my lill home :)

It's really small-about 60 square meter in which I have a living space ,my work studio and kids bedroom YES...a little something is missing -our bedroom :D We sleep in a living room in an altered wall bed...Maybe that is why my absolutely favorite place in my crib is the living room!

I gathered there almost all the artworks by my favorite etsy artists and friends and really proud of how it looks

The main problem when living in a small space is to squeeze all our belongings in (we lived in a bigger apartment then this current one in Haifa ,which was too small for us even then,and now me are in an even smaller place -our biggest luck is my gift to know how to stuff a lot of things in a not that much big of a space

So here is how it all looks like

see if you can figure whose beautiful illustrations are these framed artworks sitting on my dresser and wall

Indonesian furniture my hubs bought me as a present

This dresser ^^ actually has a top part now separated and standing on my dining table

[used to look like this in my old place ]-

The other side is the IKEA couch and some more of my favorite framed arts

Hubby calls it ^^ my art gallery :D

The Dining space-

or as hubs calls it -the useless spot (he prefers eating on the coffee table instead ) but I like it :D

P.S Here is the upper part of the dresser - the armoire sitting on my dining table I mentioned above

And check out my FAB vintage like subway art-it's a hand screen printed reproduction of LA bus trolley (available to purchase in my TiamatDesign etsy shoppe )

My Work Room-

a mess like always ,thus no pictures taken lol

KIDS's room-

It actually looks exactly like the old room,with tiny changes ...so I'll just let you scroll back a few post and see how it used to look to get an idea of how it looks right now

Uh..and my garden...well it's under construction -hubs build a gazebo for me and I started a little veggie/herb pallet planters going on (I'll show you how to make one later on in a separate post ) -sprouting seeds from everything -cheery tomatoes,peppers,water melon ,celery,onions ..I'm like a little kid in a candy shop-excited about every new leaf :D

Raised Bed Pallet with parsley,green onions ,cherry tomatoes [I sprouted from seeds and watch them grow to a little plant],basil ,thyme etc

green onions^^ from cut ends regrowing beautifully

THE JOY of living in a country side

and to wrap it all nicely,I also started making an outdoor cob/earth oven to make some great pizzas !!!!

(I'll try to capture the making of for you too)

As I said...THE JOY of living in a country side

Wow...it's been so long since my last post!!!

So much has happened since-

We moved to a new totally BEAUTIFUL city... I made A LOT of new stuff and still have so many ideas to fulfill...

I'll start with introduction of the new city I live in-Rosh Ha-Niqra

Rosh Ha-Niqra is a 70-m high chalk cliff on cape of Galilee coast on Israeli border with Lebanon.

Below the cliff are grottoes and tunnels carved out by water erosion and incessant pounding of waves against the limestone.

History

In ancient times Rosh Ha-Niqra was a passage point on an important route from Acre to Tyre. The place was then known as "the Ladders of Tyre", because of the steep ascent of the road when it climbed the cliff. In the Biblical book of Joshua Bin-Nun the place is mentioned as a northern border of the Israelite tribes in 14-13 centuries BCE.

In 333 Alexander the Great entered through Rosh ha-Niqra to the Land of Israel. It is believed that he has hewn a tunnel in the rock to facilitate the passage of his army from Tyre.

During the First and the Second World Wars the British army penetrated to Lebanon through Rosh ha-Niqra. Between the wars the road from Haifa to Beirut passed here, and in 1943 the British also broke a 250 m. tunnel through the rock and laid a railway line. They also established a border station and customs house on the place.

At the beginning of the War of Independence a Palmah unit demolished the railway bridge to prevent an invasion of Lebanese army to Israel. Police station and customs house were eventually taken by Lebanese army, but were evacuated after Armistice Agreement.

In 1949 the kibbutz "Kfar Rosh ha-Niqra" was founded near the base of the cliff and this is the place where we now live :)

After the War of Independence it became a tourist attraction, and it is now a part of a natural reserve.

The Grottoes

The grottoes of Rosh ha-Niqra were formed by the sea that has eaten out portions of the soft chalk rock. They join into 200 m. of cavernous tunnels, branching in various directions. In 1968 a tunnel was dug from the shore to the grottoes (before that, only experienced swimmers could access them). The passageways to the grottoes were constructed (they are 400 m. long). The cablecar brings visitors from the top of the cliff to the tunnels. From the top of the cliff and while going down in a cablecar, one can see a marvellous view of the Mediterranean coast.

Now this all ^^ sounds AMAZING ,right?! And you know what else is cool ??!

I actually got married in this GORGEOUS place

The sunlight arriving from outside and its reflections give the grottoes unique look changing during the day. The waves gain energy as they enter the narrow grottoes, and suddenly arrive from outside with a loud bang, splashing around.

The place is a part of the Achziv Natural Reserve, and its shore and sea fauna is protected. The grottoes are inhabited by bats. Huge loggerhead sea turtles live on the shore. A rare kind of walrus was detected near the shore.

Getting here

Rosh-ha-Niqra is situated at the northern end of of Israeli Mediterranean coast, 8 km. north of Naharia along Highway 4.

So if you're by any chance visiting Israel,come to see me :)

And check out the lovely homes I took pictures of while walking through Sierra to her kinder garden

Sierra is truly happy here,which reassures me that we did good by relocating to the country side

GREAT place to live in!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

...Splash of Gold in the Treasury Bowl finding Purple Mist through the Window to Paris

Here is a quick introduction to another very creative 4littlesquares team mate- the GoodFlorist
Sylwia, is a felt jewelry designer who chose to feature my items in her stunning etsy treasuries-
My Purple Galore Statement Bib Necklace never seen more beautiful then it was in Purple Mist treasury
"Springtime" treasury showed my Grindhouse Death Proof Harem Wrap Skirt Pants
and "Window to Paris" featured my Sailor Knot Headband
My Sunshine Droplets Statement necklace got it's square in "Splash of Gold" T and Unique Wrap Folded Dress got into "The Treasury Bowl" :)

As usual,I'm checking the shops whose owner took the time to check and feature my little shoppie and here are some of the sweet flowery creations I found and ♥

Indian Summer, Felt Flower Necklace

Banana Bracelet

Hand Knotted Flower Necklace

Getting to know the GoodFlorist -

"Let me tell you something about my work-

At the beginning, I made felt goodies for my friends and myself in US and Canada where I was leaving for a long time. After a while I started to sell my treasuries in local area and finally one of my friends convinced me on use etsy ... and here I am :o)

"Currently I live in Poland, but I don't know where I will be in few years"

"In addition to my felt collection, I've started a NEW Linen line."

"All items are carefully designed and handmade by myself.

I like when all things are of best quality and I have to say that I'm a little fussy about that! "

"I love what I'm doing and my work makes me happy."

Sylwia, I also LOVE your new linen collection and hope to see more of your lovely creations

What I like" is "Go for a walk" in nice "warm" weather,cause this is my "Monday mood""

During the past few month HoneyCase2 has featured a few of my items in her lovely treasuries- among them were my Sailor Knot Headband and Sailor Knot Belt my Unique Wrap Folded dress and my favorite by many Owl purse...

Since both of us are members of the same etsy team - 4littlesquares,I get to see and admire her beautiful works quite often...
When I first entered her shop,for some reason the first thing that catch my mind ,was her location-Kiev,Ukraine.
Now I was born in Kiev,Ukraine,so seeing this artist's gorgeous works just puts me in a nostalgic mood...I never though I would miss Kiev as we relocated to Israel when I was pretty young,but still ,every time I see a seller from my city of birth,I feel a strong connection and pride -isn't it strange ?!

In a case of HoneyCase2,I have all the right to be proud -we both are members of the same great team, obviously as I mention above were born in the same BEAUTIFUL city and we make great stuff :D

Here are my favorites from Olena's stunning shop