Advent calendar, day 11: given to you by Land(e)scape.

Welcome!
This day of the advent calendar is generously given to you by the lovely Tilly with her Land(e)scape:

"My name is Tilly and I am a French 33 years old maker / textile designer. But beyond that, I am a daydreamer, a wanderer, a collector...Two years ago, after I graduated (Applied Arts + Textile Design), I moved in my grandfather's house, in a tiny village up in the mountain in the Aubrac area. This is a life which is far different from the one I used to have in Paris, but I don't regret the choice I made. I feel like I belong here. Both the house and the landscapes are inspiring.
I have two lives. By day, I work in a small bakery shop. A job which is miles away from my world but it offers me a real connection to the reality. It allows me to socialize, to meet people, a thing which is not easy when you work alone in your studio...

And at night, when I come home and close the door, I am a maker / story teller. I put the kettle on, light the studio, serve myself a cup of tea and enjoy the comfort of being home, sitting at my desk, making lace out of mohair and fleece..."

Tilly is giving you the opportunity to become the lucky owner of this beautiful piece:

"{The land{e}scape series, #371...}

Material:

brass leaves & dark brown leather cord

A wintery scene. The music of the leaves falling.

For Vibeke's Advent calendar, I wanted to make something special. It had to be a tinkling piece. My favourites... Have you ever heard the music of brass bells? I love that sound... Brings me home wherever I am. Recalls me the tinkling garlands I've placed all around the house and in the studio.

But it's also an ode to winter. The pleasure of long walks in the snow, the frozen landscape, the long evenings in front of the fireplace,...

At that time of the year, I wanted to share a little something with you. These brass leaves are a way to invite you in my studio throughout the sensations they provide and the memories that are attached to them...

Hope you'll like the journey..."

To enter just leave a comment under this post, containing YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, before the end of the 15'th of December. The winner will be picked at random and announced in here on the following day.

Good luck everyone
and
thank you so much dear Tilly!..*smiling*


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Advent calendar, day 10: given to you by Cozy Memories.

Welcome!
This day of the advent calendar is generously given to you by the lovely Sonia with her Cozy Memories.
"From her sunny studio in Montpellier (France), Sonia Cantié designs & makes her textile creations in limited edition, and often unique pieces . She only uses natural materials (cotton & organic cotton, linen, wool, hemp, silk), sometimes repurposes some others, and often dyes them with locally grown plants. A cozy range of homewares, craftswares and accessories fill the shop with happiness & earth-friendly goodness !"

Sonia is giving you the opportunity to become the lucky owner of this gorgeous Cozy Memories Gauze scarf:

100% cotton gauze / 25.6"x72.83" / raw edges,

naturally dyed with Pistacia terebenthus leaves, then modified with iron.

To enter just leave a comment under this post, containing YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, before the end of the 14'th of December. The winner will be picked at random and announced in here on the following evening.

Good luck everyone
and
thank you so much dear Sonia!..*smiling*


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Advent calendar, day 9: given to you by Joy pure and simple.

Welcome!
Day nine in the advent calendar is generously given to you by the lovely Joanne and her Joy pure and simple:

"I have been living the Gypsy life these last four or five years, travelling all around the country and abroad, trying my best to lay my hat long enough for moss to settle but alas the homestead has not been found that can keep me and my little family for more than five or six months at a time (I'm positive the tax man thinks I'm avoiding him!)
Briefly - I am 47 years of age and live with my two grown up children (Josh 28 and Emilie 18).
I have always felt a little like the adopted child in my family so resorted to the reading and making of books. Dreaming I was Joe March, I would steal a ream of "Bond" typing paper from my father's study willing words to come spilling out onto the page - invariable they became drawings.
I am compelled to make and discover how to make.
I have no fixed studio space, no glamourous artisan garret but I manage to find a corner of the house and set to work learning how to make.
Everything I make, I make because it brings me joy - pure and simple".
 

Joanne is kindly giving you the opportunity to become the lucky owner of:
A signed copy of her collection of poems titled "The Boastful Child" along with her Skinny Rib Jade Jasper Copper ring:

"These poems were written during a year of upheaval for me and my family - we've moved house four times just this year! The Haiku form seemed to emerge and flower from this unsettled state. I almost think in Haiku now! I've included most of them in this little collection with a few colour photographs taken in the places we've lived this year.

The ring is thin Copper, wrapped around a small Jade Jasper bead.  I love the abstract line of it and the bead reminds me of a seed or berry.  I think they combine very well as a complete gift - one to wear whilst reading the other."

To enter just leave a comment under this post, containing YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, before the end of the 14'th of December. The winner will be picked at random and announced in here on the following evening.

Good luck everyone
and
thank you so much dear Joanne!..*smiling*

Links:
Etsy
and
blog.

Advent calendar, day 8: given to you by My white room.

Welcome!
This day in the advent calendar is generously given to you by the lovely Olga and her My white room:

"I am a montessori teacher who enjoys drawing and making things out of the old pieces of everything. My inspiration comes from nature and children, so that's where i am for the most time - among little ones or taking a walk."

Red raspberry, summer garden

Olga is giving two of you the opportunity to each become the lucky owner of one set of her beautiful watercolor postcards, eight different cards in the set:
"These postcards are archival prints of my original watercolor paintings.
Size - 10 * 15 cm, paper - photo quality matt paper 230 gsm.
One set of Summer Garden postcards and one set of Summer Forest postcards".

To enter just leave a comment under this post, containing YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, before the end of the 14'th of December. The winner will be picked at random and announced in here on the following evening.

 

True lovers knot/Herb Paris, summer forest

Good luck everyone
and
thank you so much dear Olga!..*smiling*

Links:
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Advent calendar, day 7: given to you by Enhabiten.

Welcome!
This day in the advent calendar is generously given to you be the lovely Liane with her enhabiten:

"I'm left handed, i love to swim out deep.
I run enhabiten full-time and it is an absolute pleasure and a job I feel so lucky to have.
Making things is what I am meant to do and I love that the possibilities are endless and endlessly interesting.
I use exclusively vintage and environmentally sustainable materials. I don't find this at all a burden or challenge and it is an intrinsic part of my business and philosophy".

Liane is giving you the opportunity to become the lucky owner of this pretty 

Enhabiten Rustic and natural tie dyed hemp organic cotton fleece infinity scarf:
-approximately 15" wide, 58" tube
-raw rolled edges
-lots of dye mottling and marking
-colors include: blue grey and pale pink
 

To enter just leave a comment under this post, containing YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, before the end of the 11'th of December. The winner will be picked at random and announced in here on the following day.

Good luck everyone
and
thank you so much dear Liane!..*smiling*


Links:
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and
blog.

Advent calendar, day 6: given to you by Madelyn Mulvaney. (now closed)

Welcome!
Day six of this advent calendar is generously given to you by the lovely Madelyn Mulvaney:

"I am a writer, photographer and artist educator. I have a fondness for  morning coffee, the sea, collecting nests, poetry, turquoise, champagne, filling my pockets with sea glass and feathers... and loooong road trips.
Every day I wake up and think 'today is the perfect day to start something beautiful.' 
In 2011 I created   'Open to Exposure' a photography course which was designed for preteens to help them express the raw and tender beauty of their inner worlds through images.
I am passionately dedicated to teaching exploring the soul's evolution through self awareness and exquisite acts of beauty. 
I am also honored to be a contributing photographer for  Getty images.  My writing and photography has been featured in several publications  including Life Images, Artful blogger, Indian Se, Real Simple magazine, Hearst magazines International, Time limited, ABC news,  Sunday magazine, Penguin,  and Somerset Life magazine to name a few.  
I live in a magical little house (circa 1941) in the North Shore mountains of Vancouver with my beloved Michael and my beautiful children  Tess and Noah.  Oh! And three dogs named Roxy, Lucy and little Romeo."

Madelyn is giving one of you the opportunity to be the lucky winner of a month with her inspiring "and oh sunlight!" daily e-mails
and also
one of you, a month with her wonderful "my sweet muse" daily e-mails.
To enter just leave a comment under this post, containing YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, before the end of the 10'th of December. The two winners will be picked at random and announced in here on the following day.

Good luck everyone
and
thank you so much dear Madelyn!..*smiling*

 
Link:
homepage.

Advent calendar, day 5: given to you by Otchipotchi. (now closed)

Welcome!
Day five of this advent calendar is generously given to you by the lovely Paula with her Otchipotchi:

"I like colour, trees and flowers, sunshine and thunderstorms, cats and dogs, books and magazines, silence and water, birds singing, the smell of fresh bread and the earth after it rains, simple details, the sea and big skies ... after doing many distinct things in life I decided to swap a settled job for the challenges of becoming a ceramicist."

Paula is giving you the opportunity to become the lucky owner of this beautiful and unique Otchipotchi piece:
"Branch candle holder: Handmade in porcelain from moulds of a real branch section
. Glazed inside . No glaze outside just the natural branch texture
. Can hold a candle max. Ø5cm x H5cm (Ø1.97in x H1.97in)
. Can be washed by hand and used also as a cup or table vase
. Measures approximately Ø8cm x H7cm (Ø3.15in x H2.75in)".

To enter just leave a comment under this post, containing YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS, before the end of the 9'th of December. The winner will be picked at random and announced in here on the following day.

Good luck everyone
and
thank you so much dear Paula!..*smiling*


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