Carnival Collection 2011 - Giveaway

First of all, Happy New Year everyone. May 2011 be everything you hope for and even more. May all your wishes be fulfilled and may new great opportunities present themselves to you.

Since I've been slacking a little bit with my blogging (or more correctly, since I've been rather busy studying) I thought it might be a good idea to kick off this new year of blogging with a little give away. Don't we all like that?

The photos in this post come from my new earrings collection: Carnival 2011. They will be available from my Etsy shop after the 15th of January. But before that you have a unique chance to win a pair of black beauties of your choosing. All you have to do is:

1. Go to LifeCreative page on facebook and become a fan (if you aren't one already)

2. "Like" the photo of the earrings from Carnival Collection 2011 you would like to win

3. Check back on January 15th to see if you were lucky

And Done.

And it's finally done. It only took me like...oh I don't know...six months!

This doily measures 71cm in diameter and is the largest piece I made so far. I gave it to my mum and it felt very much like making a mandala and destroying it at the end. Very good feeling really.

My favorite shots of Aarhus

Below is a collection of my favorite photo shots of Århus, Denmark. I took all of them within the last year. I am curious what you think of this city, just by seeing these photos. I am also thinking of taking some more urban, industrial shots to show you other faces of the city. Would you like to see that?

You can see more photos in my Århus set on Flickr.

Excuses, excuses...

So, it's been ages since I wrote anything on the blog. Sorry guys but I have a good reason for that. For 2 weeks now I've been attending classes in Multimedia Design and Communication so the amount of my spare time shrunk dramatically.

I will continue to post here and of course I did not abandoned my love for handmade. You'll see more of my projects and I hope to finally write a tutorial or two. However, what you might also expect is some more photography, manipulated photography and maybe a bit of graphic/web design. I hope you don't mind.

And today, have a look at my new crocheted earrings. The pattern is a simple pineapple but they look like a really cool drop shape when on your ears. I made two versions of the earrings. One model (orange and yellow) has a tighter weave, which makes it smaller and stiffer and the other is larger and more airy (pink). The smaller ones measure 6cm and the larger are around 7cm long.

What do you think? Would you wear them? Should I add them to my Etsy store?

Photographic Inspirations: Tomas Rucker

No point in writing much in this post. Let me just say that I really love this photos:





Find more stunning nudes here and here.

On Photography

The weather around here is not very good but I am still trying to make the most out of my free time. At the end of August I begin studying and so I am quite certain that my free time will be severely limited.

I have always been interested in photography and recently I got a chance to use a more professional equipment. Below you can see the photos I took in Århus and surroundings together with my first attempts at Photoshop.

I especially like the pink battle ship, that I found on the beach. It was left there by the local urban guerrillas as a part of Pink Army project. The Pink Army demands that all wars around the world end immediately. This from their manifesto:

We- The Pink Army- have been in war with all wars in the entire world, since September 2007. Our troops consists of thousands and thousands of strong, brave and armed men, who are ready to fight to death, if they must. And we are growing in numbers, day-by-day, hour-by-hour. From house to house, street corner to street corner, The Pink Army will conquer every square inch of the world. We will strike down on any type of resistance with no mercy. We will hold no prisoners. Any form of surrender, retrieve, “weapons stand still” or peace renegotiations is out of the question. The Pink Army will fight to the last pink drop of blood. Until our demands has been met, accepted and executed.

Don't you just love the way they mock the rhetorics of warmongers?

Jewish Papercuts

This summer I spent some time in Kraków, Poland and specifically in the old Jewish neighborhood of Kazimierz. It was a great and very informative time and I only regret it didn't last longer. We ate delicious Jewish specialties and listened to live concerts of klezmer bands.

But I think the greatest discovery I made was Jewish Papercut art. Turns out this form of art is very popular in the Jewish culture and has been so since XIV century. The paper cuts usually have religious or historical theme. The designs are incredibly intricate and often colorful. I am totally in love with the artistry. The following illustrations come from the book by Marta Gołąb.

See more amazing works here.