Etsy Take Five Tuesdays
It's Tuesday! Time to see what's cooking over on Etsy this week, at least according to me. :) I found a few Germans, a girl in Greece, a crafty lady in Vancouver, and a few super cute bibs including one that is as old as I am (and this one isn't for sale). Ready?
Sieben Morgan is Tinee Kleinschroth, a German talent who creates all items by hand and those that you see with patterns are hand printed. A full-time freelance artist who specializes in printmaking, Tinee's shop is such a treat to look through. She also has a blog.
Apple & Eve creates the sweetest little pillows! Eva is Estonian but currently living in Germany and makes the cutest crafts from home with great attention to all the little details. Darling!
Kup Kup Land is Kima, who studied graphic design and illustration. She loves to experiment with a variety of materials but seems to like felt the best. Kima was born in Barcelona then moved to Santander and now Athens -- no doubt her colorful, sunny surroundings are the reason for her lively crafts.
Leslie Rogers' little shop called Uptown Design has some of the cutest crochet characters and she takes some really cute photos. She is from Vancouver and the moment you step into her shop you'll want to be a kid again. Go ahead, you totally can. :) She has a Dawanda store, too.
I don't feature a lot of things for children but I have to show you Bunny Bum because I am crazy about these bibs. My best friend in Germany, Sandra, just had a daughter and my local close friend Paris is due this summer, so I'm thinking about babies a lot lately. And when I saw these mini quilts with pillows for dolls, I also couldn't resist sharing them because they made me feel extremely happy inside. My mother made these for my Barbie dolls when I was a little girl. I have so many nice memories of my mother sewing things for my dolls that this wave of joy comes over me whenever I see handmade dolly things. :) I always felt so cherished when she made little things just for me. Like this...
I still have my first bib. My mother made this for me when she was 25 and I was waiting to be born. After I arrived, this is the bib that she gave me during feeding time. I always kept it neat and safe, my favorite dolly wore it until I was in my teens and then it was tucked away in a special box. It's still in the box but I took it out today for the first time in years to share it here. I can't wait to someday give it to the baby I hope to have in the future.
Handmade things never go out of style, are always cherished, and make the recipient feel so loved.
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