From Worktable to Finished Project

I´ve finished my project on my worktable

the project from last post

A new journal

 

here´s a look at the spine.

It´s a Full Tilt Boogies Journal.

I love how these journals are bound

this time I covered my book covers completely

using on of my vintage table cloths and some bits and snippets

a little closeup of the strap in the spine

lots of different pages inside.

A lot of white ones this time

but also some made of scrapbook paper, ledger paper

and covers from old records

a little texting on the front

here´s another look at the pages

and how the back of the journal looks like.

Now - If I only dared to start journaling

in some of these homemade journals

Those fresh pages - blank and ready...

seems I don´t have the courage yet.

Have a wonderful day my friends

and thank you for peeking in today

Tina ♥♥♥

On My Worktable

On my worktable at the moment

a little bit of embroidery

lace pieces and vintage napkins

paper signatures

A new Journal in the Making

Have a beautiful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥

Photographing a Bear

I´m experimenting with the photos of my bears

This is all a consequence

of a recent discussion in one of the forums

I belong too - whether to use a plain white

background or using props in your photos

diverted from the fact that Etsy require

plain white background to have a chance of

being chosen for the frontpage.

What works the best for the items and shouldn´t it be

up to the artist to set the scene

it turned out most wanted to use props

in the photos and liked those photos with a sat

feeling and atmosphere.

I´ve always used plain white backgrounds for my photos

or as white as possible, as those white ones offen turns out

blueish or greyish.

so I thought I would give it a try

and see what happened.

Personally I like the photos with the white backgrounds the best.

That works best for my imagination

if I was to buy the item and let me think how it

would look in my home.

I would be afraid, that MY setting of the mood

and atmosphere would turn people away

if they didn´t like it

this is where you, my sweet readers come in.

What do you think?

if you were the buyer - what attracts you?

would you be drawn to the photos with a set mood

or do you prefer plain background?

Does it help your imagination if the scene is sat?

I would love to hear your thoughts about this

This last little one is Ness

She´s available over at Ebay

until Sunday

Here´s the link if you would like to have a look

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NESS-3-5-inch-little-bear-from-Tina-Jensen-of-Tinybear-/190676122032?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c652eb9b0

Wishing you all a wonderful friday

Tina ♥♥♥

A Book and A bear

I went back to my Full Tilt Boogie project

and made myself a new journal

I still haven´t used the first one I made

but I do love making these journals

I made this one a little different.

Here´s the spine

I can´t find any of the celluloid photo albums over here

so I still use old book covers

So far it works well I think

I´m very pleased with this one.

I haven´t decided if I´m actually going to journal in them.

I might put the first up in the shop.

I´m working on new bears too

and have just finished this little fellow.

He´s made from a vintage mohair in a lovely old green color

3.5 inch is he - I called him Lawrence

anothe one is in the making

I think he´s going to be cute too :-)

Wishing you all a beautiful spring day

Tina ♥♥♥

Spring is Here

Welcome may.

Spring have arrived over here

and I was able to bring in some bloming apple branches.

Playing with my camera

 

New bears and books in the making

Have a wonderful spring day

Tina ♥♥♥

My junking finds from Sweden

Despite the short vacation in Sweden

I managed to visit my favorite antique shop

in the area - a huge farm with junk in

4 big barns

Here´s what I brought home with me

beautful pillowcase with embroidery
an old collar, vintage lace pieces

and old coin purse

and a bunch of silk thread i different shades

of karamel-brown tones

FROM FRANCE - yeahh

here´s a closeup of the thread.

There were lots of them and I got them all

for almost nothing.

Think I´m going to put some up for sale

too, if someone would be interested.

some tattered silver plates

and a cool round silver 'something'.

I have no idea what it have been used for. There´s a little

round ring on the top, so it might have been hanging or something...

old worn books (I see some journals coming up here)

a rusty hinge and some cool

oil sprayers

and this

a hole bunch of old letters from about 1908 and forward

They were laying in a drawer in an old cupboard

in one of the barns, and the owner didn´t knew they

were there, so I got them all for almost nothing

these are all letters to a Miss Ada Svensson

following her life as a maiden and served different families

all over sweden up to her mariage and forward.

There were even a

cabinet card in one of the letters - of her fiancé I think

from ready what I could from the letter inside.

How cool is that.

Some will be for display,

some will be used in artwork.

I think I might have someone to have a look

at them before I pull anyhing apart though.

Wishing you all a beautiful sunday

my sweet friends.

Tina ♥♥♥

GiveAway Winner...

Hi All

and Happy Saturday

It´s time to draw the winner of my
'snippets' spring Garland

according to 'Random.org'

the winner is No. 8

Congrats to Carol from

'Queen Be'

You´re the lucky winner Carol :-)

As a little extra thank you

from me to you

I have decided to send a little something

to two more lucky followers:

No. 16: Deborah @ StarryNightImpressions

No. 5: Karen @ Todolwen

Please send me your details Ladies

My email is in my profil in the sidebar.

Thank you so much

to all of you who entered and

left such wonderful comments.

I wish I were able to send something to all of you.

Wishing you all a wonderful saturday

Tina ♥♥♥

It turned out to be a short vacation

I´m back from my vacation in Sweden.

It went well

we just thought we would go home before time.....

yeah right...

the true storie is

it was a bit rain - it poured actually, but we knew

it would and were prepared, so that wasn´t a problem.

We also knew there were a slightly problem with the electricity,

nothing that couldn´t be fixed with a extension cord.

not so slightly after all - no light in the bathroom, and in the bedroom

no heat on the radiators (thank good there were an extra heater)

the fire alarms that went on for no reason

no hot water in the kitchen - all of this wasn´t really a problem that

couldn´t be fixed with more extension cords and the hot water from the bathroom

see - the thing is...

I really like nature - I really do.

I just like nature best, when nature stays outside, where

nature belongs.

So when the mouse started to run in the wall and all over the

the ceiling and a bat came into the house

and I didn´t get much any sleep, hubby though it

was best if he drowe me back home.

needless to say I didn´t complete much

A little embroidery was all.

I´ve been working on this little sampler

after we got home too.

I also got to do some junking - I´ll show you

the goodies in another post.

***

There´s still time to sign up

for my giveaway

I´ll draw a winner on saturday.

Thank you so much for visiting today

and I wish you all a beautiful day

Tina ♥♥♥ 

A Spring Vacation, Creation and GiveAway

A long awaited spring vacation is coming up - yeahh

Tomorrow morning I´m heading here

Doesn´t it look awesome.

We were here last year too.

In a little read wood cottage in the middle of the

swedish forrest overlooking this beautiful lake.

it´s all about relaxing, kayaking, fishing, antiqueing

and with no internet connection - wanna come...

it´s suppose to be rain, but I´m gonna be prepared - with rain boots and coat

and lots of books and needlework.

Bringing stuff for some new projects

I´m sure it´ll be awesome.

***

I´ve been working on some spring creations
in the studio this last weeks 

here´s a little close up.

These are more of the 'snippet' project I´ve been talking about

including some embroidery

pretty cones and garlands

'''

which lead me to the giveaway - yeahh

I though it was a about time

to offer a giveaway again

for my wonderful followers

while we wait for spring to arrive over here

one of my new 'snippet' garlands.

There´s 5 triangles on this - all different

created from my flea markets finds.

All reuse. The base is vintage table cloth

with vintage lace pieces and

sweet embroidered handkerchiefs

here´s a close up, so you can see more details

all on a twine, ready to hang

so

if you´re a follower

 and would like to get a chance to

win this spring garland

all you have to do

is leave a comment on this post

and I´ll draw a winner on

Saturday

April 28th

at that time I´ll be back

reloaded and re-energized from a hopely relaxing vacation in Sweden.

Wishing you all

a beautful day

and a wonderful weekend.

Thank you so much for popping in today :-)

Tina ♥♥♥

The Flea Market Season is Open

The flea market season is finally opened over here

long awaited...

and I had the time to go today.

It´s still early in the season and there´s not fully booked

due to the still cold and rainy weather over here

but I did manage to find a few goodies

and old wooden box

all filled with old recipe cards

think they can be of good use in upcoming projects.

a few doilies and a pretty old collar

and this beautiful rhinestone necklace.

Can´t decide if I should split it and use it

in my creations or wear it instead.

What do you think?

Wishing you all a beautiful sunday

Tina ♥♥♥