...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 

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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

Pendant with white hazel tree berries

Headband with 3 cornflowers

Poppy-flower necklace.

A bit about Olena-

She is 26 year old designer, studied architecture in Kiev, but found herself  creating jewelry.

"I tried to work with polymer clay and could not stop :)"

"I hope you’ll like what I create, because I love it! I put all my soul in every item, and wish you’ll fill it !

It’s my work, and it’s my relaxation !

Olena,your soul can DEF be felt in your creations! It shines !!!! 

Keep up the great work you do :)

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Cup of coffee in the morning

My 1920s inspired Flapper Girl Cloche Hat and the famous  Sailor Knot Headband were recently  featured by a very talented etsy seller CallOFEarth
The lady ^^obviously has a great eye for beauty clearly shown in both the treasuries she had feature my items in and I'm proud to have her as my blog follower :)
No need to say that person who's  etsy clusters are so gracefully curated,will have an amazingly beautiful etsy shop...But I will say it-Maria has STUNNING beaded jewelry that I wish to have each and everyone of  ,but these are my absolute favorites

Here they are in all their glory

Pocahontas. Native American Style Chandelier Earrings.

Shimmering Rose Gold Bead Woven Necklace

Green Olives. Very long dangle earrings

Now I sure you want a piece of these babies too haaaa :)
I think I should ask Maria to sponsor a giveaway on my blog one day,but meanwhile, let's meet the talented artist-
This is what Maria is telling about herself-
  "Since my childhood, I could  for hours observe the waving foliage of the trees, feel the wind blow and warmth of the sun rays on my body. The changing pictures, creator draws with the clouds on the sky, excited and fascinated me. I always had a passion to see the beauty and harmony in the world."

"The most interesting thing was to watch people and discover in them, behind all the behavior shells and "good manners", their unique nature.And if you can see it - the mystery of the human soul - that, I tell you, is really beautiful".

"I would really want to express in words all that I see around me, but there are not enough words to express the rainbow of feeling. The only exception, were moments, I spoke without thinking about it, like someone speaks through me. These moments happened rarely and I wanted to find something that is mine, something that will be in my hands, something I own, and something I create with.
  When I found beads, this enormous amount of small beads, brought together to living images, I began to try my passion as a new method to connect with world and people. At the beginning, through beads I learned "to speak" as a baby, just "mumbling" without actually speaking to someone. However, step
by step, I "grew up" and now I have a desire "to tell" people through my creations about the beauty and uniqueness I discover in them over and over again.

You also can find Maria's hidden thought and bursts of inspiration  on her Blog:
or become her Fan on FB

Maria,you are a beautiful, delicate and philosophical  soul  and I glad to be on the same team with you,sharing the same beauty,seeing the sight you see  and admiring the creators drawings in our Israeli skies :)

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GIVEAWAY time

It's been a long while since my last giveaway (a whole year to be exact),and now it's back with my NEW style of Sailor's Knot Headband-the stylish Trivet Knot

One lucky winner will receive a $25 value Trivet Knot headband- freshly made by me , PettiBear

To Enter the 

Visit my PettiBear shop and then leave me a comment telling me your favorite item from there

Extra Entries: please leave one separate comment for each entry.

• e-mail subscribe to this blog - 1 extra
• follow my blog with google - 1 extra
• follow me on twitter (PettiBear)-1 extra
• tweet this giveaway and post the link in your comment- (may do this daily) 1 extra/day

copy and paste to tweet

I just entered to win a Trivet Knot Headband by @PettiBear

http://pettibearsfashionroar.blogspot.com/

• grab my button and put it on your blog - 2 extra
• blog about this giveaway - 3 extra
• purchase an item from my shop- 5 extra
  
  
  

  
  
  Contest will run for 4 weeks. Ends at Midnight on the night of July28, 2011 (Sierra's 4th Birthday!!!)

  Open to All Countries!!!

  Winner will be chosen by online random generator.

  Winner will be notified by e-mail on July 29, 2010 and will have 3 days to reply or another winner will be chosen.

  
  

  GOOD LUCK!

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summer berries

You know what makes me happy these days... seeing both of my shops featuring in one treasury together :)

One of the double treasuries is the beautiful  Summer Berries by lesleysico 

This stunning cluster with the reach berry color scheme is so yami I could eat it from the screen
It features both my Ruffled Raspberry cocktail dress from my PettiBear shop and the new delicious Raspberry crème Pettiskirt from the new PettiBearKIDS shoppie
I should have guess that when I click on the curator's shop link I will enter into a magical and sweet shop, a real candy to the eye - lesley sico's fine art photography world

When I say sweet, I DEF mean it :)
Check her adorable works

summer strawberries . . . 5x5 fine art photograph by lesley sico

laduree box . . . 5x5 fine art photography print


deux cafes . . . 5x5 fine art photography print


Does it all make you hungry too ?
It made me wanna eat macaroon and drink some coffee (and I don't even drink coffee :p )

So who is this talented photographer ...Lets eat  meet  the  artist behind the camera

"My name is lesley, and i love taking pictures!
I am constantly inspired by the world around me... textures, colors, shadows... subtle beauty that makes me want to pause and take it all in".

"I am head over heels in love with the city of paris, so she is the subject of many of my photographs".

To learn more about Lesley's life and what inspires her,  visit her blog:
http://www.xoxolesley.blogspot.com/

Lesley, you made me drool ,now I'm off to bake macaroons :) 

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Thanks to my fellow etsy artists ,my items feature quite a lot in etsy treasuries,here is one of the MOST original clusters I've ever been at-Facebook gathered by a VERY creative jewelry designer  Hagarae

Have I mention that Hagarae is a very creative jewelry maker ? 

Yes, well see it in your own eyes-so much lovely patterns and bright and colorful designs-you can't NOT to fall in love with

Here are some of my favorites

Gilgulim-the world of recreation

Harmony- Street Fashion- Hand rolled exotic fiber necklace -it's on SALE too

Kaleidoscope -IN THE SQUARE- Origami hand folded fiber earrings

Sweet Dreams- IN THE SQUARE- Hand folded origami fiber necklace

Far away - Street Fashion- An exotic reused silk and Lapis necklace

cool ha :)

And now,quick introduction to the colorful artist and how all this beauty started-

My love for textile, buttons, beads, lace and ribbons goes back very far to the time when I was a little girl visiting my grandma's house. My grandma had a room full of cupboards of all sizes and colors in which she piled her treasures that had come all the way from Germany back in 1939. It included fur coats, stray keys, strings, mother of pearl and crystal buttons from her father's shop, lace along with cotton night gowns and linen she had received for her wedding.
This room was my paradise.
When I grew up I followed my love and became a textile designer.
Many of the necklaces are made from second hand neckties. Neckties were always a mystery to me. No man in my environment has ever used one. Undoing this unknown object, using its tiny beautiful, colorful prints and turning it into female decorations was a challenge to my imagination.
I try to use as many recycled, reused or second hand materials as possible.
Every article is hand cut, ironed and stitched by hand in my home studio with great love and care. I do hope you are going to love it.

Well Hagar, I sure am-I'm LOVING it ALL!!!
Wish you lots of great success and LOTS of vintage neckties :) 

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Is it Sleeping Fairy

Baby sleeping problem is well known issue any mother with a newborn gets to meet first hand sooner or later 

Sheluv's issues with the sleeping fairy were due to the jumping reflex most infant have .

Cherifa ,my french artist friend has recommended me to make for Sheluv a sleeping sack to sleep in at nights.

She told me how her 6 month old son is sleeping in one since his birth and showed me some pics of available styles and  varieties 

I've chosen one style that looked the most comfortable to me and headed to the drafting board

 Here is what I designed and sewed for Sheluv

a Mimi Ourson (bear cub) Appliquéd and Hand Screen-Printed padded Sleeping Sack
My baby bear design was cut with Silhouette cutter and freehand machine embroidered onto 100% cotton fabric which was then hand screen-printed with Cherifa's lovely illustrations and then padded with wadding and sewn together to the cutest sleeping bag ever
The night I put Sheluv to sleep in her new sleep sack was the first night we all slept peacefully till about 4AM!!!
I STRONGLY recommend to any new mama getting one of these for her sweet pie

Available to purchase in my shop here

This mimi ourson sleeping bag is part of the snuggle buddies collection I'm working on, which also will include-
♥sweet bunny rabbit

♥ havhav

♥ miau

♥ petit bear

♥ snuggly bear

♥ baby elephant

(here below is the rabbit design sewn onto a changing pad cover-since the sack is made to order, the same bunny-rabbit will feature on your sleep sack if you choose to )

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My NEW PettiBearKIDS shop

As you may already noticed,I've opened an additional etsy shop all dedicated to KIDS and their needs

It already has in organic cloth diapers ,diaper covers and organic and natural fiber hats...

I'm trying to add new things every week and eventually it will hold stock starting from bedding needs as sheets/bed skirt/duvets/head bumper to baby sleeping bags and nursery complimentary accessories and decor as diapers stacking bag /wipes box pouch/fabric basket etc.

To make the package perfect,in addition, the shop will carry items for bigger sisters and brothers-you'll see  sweet girly hair accessories,preschool backpack bags,reusable sandwich wraps and  of course room decor

Here are some of  the already available items from the shop

My FAVORITE would be the Sunhat here is modeled by the lovely Sheluv,but can DEF be on your precious petite's head

Garden Party Wide Brimmed Summer Hat

and here is the all loved newsboy cap hat made of organic bamboo velour ,fully lined with jersey
knit and is REVERSIBLE!!!

Reversible Organic Bamboo Velour infant Newsboy Hat

in the shop you can see another newsboy hat in mint green bamboo velour

Other styles will be added in time :)

Till then-taaaaaaaa

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New life...New Beginnings

Uh wow, I have so many new items to show you and things to tell I don't know where to start...

I guess, I'll start from the beginning-the birth of my second daughter-Sheluv

Even before Shelav's birth, I decided I wanna go with cloth diapers and at the last month of my pregnancy I started to sew the stock for my new sweetie.

I started with the smallest size-preemie . Although I gave birth on my 41 week of pregnancy and Sheluv was far away from being a preemie, I remembered how small Sierra was at her birth and wanted  Sheluv to have diapers  that fit her perfectly!

Sheluv was born at the weight of  3168 kg and the preemie diapers which run in 2-5 kg sizes were just PERFECT for her. 

I made two types of diapers -the turned and top stitched fitted style and the pocket fitted ones.

 Both versions made of organic bamboo velour in and out with hidden layer of organic hemp fleece for extra absorbency

organic bamboo velour turned and top stitched fitted cloth diapers

organic bamboo velour pocket fitted cloth diapers

Sheluv is modeling her new cloth diaper

★Since the diapers are made of absorbent materials inside-out , they DO require a diaper cover to be used with them.

And so,I made a pull-on reversible PU  diaper cover using two lovely prints
NO front or reverse side here-both sides are wearable without visible seams to irritate the delicate skin of my precious and...it can work great as a swim panties too, since it's made of fast dry woven waterproof polyester

AWESOME and very comfortable item! 

The Flower Ivory side

Sheluv is modeling the Pink Argyle Plaid side


I also made some wooli minis for Sheluv

I LOVE these woolies so much! They are made of 100% merino wool and are just perfect as a diaper cover!!!

In opposite to PU covers,they don't hold odor in and only require some airing between uses  if not soiled !!!

At the beginning I didn't believe to the airing part and kept washing them after they soaked the pee during the night,but one day I left them hanging outside for a while and after about an hour ALL the smells had miraculously vanished !!! 

Wooli Minis will be available to purchase in my shop in natural white color during the month-I REALLY RECOMMEND  getting a pair or two

Now I'm waiting for new fabric delivery to arrive so I can make some AIO and AI2 style cloth diapers to add to my collection as well as adjustable rise One Size ones...So stay tuned for more pics later this month :)

At the mean time I can only tell that I'm super happy with the cloth diapers and wouldn't even think of  exchanging them to the disposable ones 

Some tips for those who may consider to get some for their babies would be 

A. wash the diapers several times before use to remove the natural oils from the fibers which prevent the diapers from soaking in the wee wee and the poo (I can tell from my personal experience,that my diapers started to absorb really well after about 5 washes!)  

B. Never use bleach to remove stains as the sun light does a great job at that department !!!

And if you ask my personal preference, I like the pocket fitted better then top stitched with the insert sewed in ones,since they dry much faster and I can play with the amount of  liners ...I also find the pocket fitted to hold the poo better!!! 

Though,I'm working on improving the pattern of the turned and top stitched ones to make them hold the blow-outs as good as the pocket ones :)
*UPDATE-the improved pattern is already done

AND...try the wooli minis !!! Your baby will Thank You

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Birthdays weekend

The end of May turned out to be  a birthday weekend...

on May 25th,my smallest nephew turned 5, my father in law has celebrated his B-Day one day after on the 26th ...and this Saturday one of Sierra's friends at the kinder garden had his birthday party going on-what a busy week for me (making birthday presents of course :D )

My mom told me that Allen (nephew) really wants a dinosaur T-shirt and she can't find one at stores anywhere ...What a pleasant surprise that was (for me) as I have a ready Dino screen laying around for months now (reminiscent  of a custom order I'd make at time when alchemy was still alive on etsy :( I miss alchemy dearly!!! etsy,PLEASE bring it back!!!! PLEASE!!! )  

So I asked my mom to buy a plain T-shirt in the right size,and I printed a OOAK T for my little nephew  

  

I collaged the print from 3 different screens to make this cool Heavy Metal Dino Tee

* check out my cute little swing tags for my PettiBearKID shop

The original screen had some privet customer's joke in the speech box and the street sign...I covered these and replaced their wording with a HEAVY METAL print (I know there is nothing heavy metal about this design,but the font worked really well with the frame and I thought it was funny the word play of "heavy" and the huge dinosaur )

I had a little fuck up at the right side of the frame (the screen has shifted a bit), so I decided to cover the imperfection by adding a splash of color (he,he another word play :-D ) 

Turned out pretty neat ,I LOVE the result and actually considering to sell this design in my kids shop -what do you say?

My father in law got a chocolate fudge  cake as a present lol

and  for the third present ,here is another design I combined from screens made for old custom orders 

a CRIME SCENE Race Car tee

This T went to May (Sierra's kinder garden friend )

The base of this T-shirt was reconstructed from Michael's new old Castro top which he had donated to me :D

"new" because he never wore it,but it was an old T laying in the clothed...so basically,it's an upcycled present 

  

And so,I cut men's Medium size T to make a 6T T-shirt for a 5 year old 

In this project I used two screens to create this crime scene composition 

Finally I found use for all my unused screens which I didn't want to erase,but nevertheless had no use of .

I believe both the designs can sell pretty well for 4-7 range boys (at least I know May likes his new T-shirt ,as he wore it today to the kinder garden...I was so proud seeing him in it and his mom LOVES it! 

Yey :)   

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