New hand-painted jewels Bubble style

Hello,

i'm now working together with a friend/partner and we've been busy...that's why i've been away for so long...

we've been doing lots of events and fairs with our jewels... today i'll be posting some of newest creations together...

Besides the vintage button jewels you're already used to see from my kind of work, we now have a new, youngest and pop style: handmade jewels using handpainted buttons.
They're, as always, one-of-a-kind pieces.

Hope you enjoy the novelties!

I'll also post a link of a referral we had in an important italian site: milanodabere.it...hope you can catch some italian....

http://www.milanodabere.it/pagina_430/bubble_unique.html

New website and online store coming soon!

Hi there!

I'll be opening my website soon!!!
I'll leave the adress so that you can be the first one to check it out when it's fully available!

http://www.bubbleuniquejewels.com/

It will have all the news and features from my blog, a direct link and a bigger online store!!!

Hope to see you all there!

have a nice sunny day!

Springtime and lots of work....

Hello,

after some very busy work months and a 1 month trip to Brasil, here i am again to start to update my blog with this springs collection....

Since the sun and the rising temperatures call for different jewels, the buttons i've been using are much more colorful and cheerful...after this hard and cold winter here in Milan...thank God for these warm and sunny days... finally....

Hope you enjoy the new pieces....let me know!!!

Bye

Happy new year!!! ....Long time no see...

Check out my new online store...it's upgraded...

Hello everyone...
Hope you had a great christmas and i wish that 2009 allows every wish to come true...

I don't even know where to start to tell you the truth....i've been very busy...
first, with the christmas crafts fair i told you about in the last post...
It was a strange experience to tell you the truth....
I got all the compliments in the world, which is always a great thing...but when it came to sales, it was very slow and the first day i barely paid the expenses fees... The second day was a little bit better...but still very slow...

I lost the photos i had and i still don't know if i can get them back, so i'll post them here if it's possible...
Life in fair is very hard...i never caught that much cold in my life!!!! And for 10 hours straight!!!! Very, very hard....but we got to know some very nice and available people that also participated...everyone was so nice and enthusiastic about having some "new blood" in this crafts fairs....

Then i went to spend christmas with my family in Portugal, and had the opportunity to be with my nephew, who is already 4 months old (he's so, so cute!!)and a great deal of my friends on my birthday (last 28th Dicember)...It was good, althought my boyfriend Daniel wasn't there with me....

I came back to spend the night of my birthday with him, and he and the guys from his band had me a surprise party...it was my first time!!!! I was mooved....

Then we had a really quiet new year's eve and Daniel went to Brasil January the 1st....
I'll be going the 8th...i'm very, very ansious, since i'm alone here in Milan, because all of my friends are still at home in vacations...
Life doesn't really start here in Milán after the 6th holiday (Befana's party).

I already have lots of Dani's friends interested in my pieces...so lets hope i can make some great sales there...God knows how i need the money...

Today i'm posting some photos of the pieces i sold this christmas season and, very important, the photo of a stylist - Shirin Cheyahed - who used a pair of my earrings in the composition...

Hope you enjoy...

Getting ready for christmas crafts fair

HI!!!

These days i've been a little bit busy getting ready for these 3 christmas crafts fairs i'm taking part the 7th, 8th and 14th December.

I've been working a lot so i don't have so much time to keep up to date with everything...
It's my first time in these kind of event so i went to buy a fodable table and some chairs, and some portable lights, and something to put my pieces in!!!!
i don't know how it will work out but be sure to get the news.... i very great hopes for this so...let's see what happens...
I'll be there (it's outside Milan) from 8 am to 6 pm and the weather channel announced sun with 0ºC!!!!!!!!!

If i don't freeze to death, i'll tell all about it... :)))

Today i'm posting some of my already sold pieces just to keep up with the showing all my pieces in my blog..
See you soon and wish me luck....

The snow is snowing ...the wind is blowing....

Hi there!!

The great news is (i don't know if you noticed) that now i can sell my art directly from my blog....

I got this program - ccnow- that you can add a shopping cart to your site or blog for almost nothing....i'd rather have a real site besides my blog but i'll have to way and see if that is possible...

Next week i'm programmed to show in some indie crafs fairs here nearby, in great Milan. I very excited i'm hopping it to be a great experience...and since we're this close to christmas also hope to make some good sales there! The only thing is that i hope the weather allows an open space fair!!!! It's been snowing since this morning and it hasn't stopped all day!!! So let's hope i can make it!

I'm having a hard time finding materials to work...Here it's very dificult to find beautiful vintage buttons...Let's see what i can come up with this sunday on the Naviglio Grande antiques fair....

I found this little all crafts store and these old lady has lots of cute buttons...so today i'm posting the pieces i've made out of that set of buttons...

Take a look at my newest items for sale online!!!!

Pair of earrings using vintage china hand-painted buttons - 4 buttons representing different kinds of insects in a white background, compose with metal beads and little bronze and silver coloured leafs.

They're very cute and original...as always one of a kind....

ON SALE AT THE ONLINE STORE

Original bracelet using a brown vintage button together with plastic and metal beads, joined by several turns black and yellow leather string. Closes using a silver-toned toggle clasp.

ON SALE AT THE ONLINE STORE

Unique necklace using a vintage brown mother-of-pearl button (representing a silver bird), cystal, metal and wood beads. It closes in a silver-toned toggle clasp. It a short kind of necklace, so you can use it with high neck/collar shirts.

ON SALE AT THE ONLINE STORE

The coldest winter of my life...

Hi there!

I used to live all my life in warm climate countries, as i told you before, like Portugal and Spain... I'm really not used to this kind of cold weather...It's been 2ºC since the day before yesterday and it snow at night time.... I'm really freaking out...i've been at home a lot... working in my pieces and on the net...

i'm a little short on money to tell you the truth...this economic crisis has hit us all..
one of these days a read an article about how it was easier to start a new business in a crisis time but i'm really not sure that's true...I have to be persistent and hold on...

I'm also a little short on materials so i'll have to spend a little more next weekend at the monthly antiques fair here in Milan....if i can find some interesting material...
I found two new stores to leave my pieces in but i have to have good material to show them...i'm also going to visit my lady friend in Fiori dei tempo, that sometimes buys directly from me, to see if she wants any material for Christmas...

Today i'm posting some new pieces and let's see if tomorrow i can post the ones i made today...

Hope you like it...
see you later....

I also made my firts video ever (out of photos!) and upload it to you tube. If you like follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdAenwKOGWY

Vintage deco buttons and black crystals combined together to compose and elegant and original pair of earrings.The buttons features a bras deco cameo.They're original and one-of-a-kind piece, as always.They're light weighted and medium-seized (medium neck line.Sure to call all the attentions!!

STILL ON SALE ON MY ETSY STORE!!!

These are just perfect for this season!!Sparkling 60's button used to compose a beautiful pair of earrings that look like real jewels...The button has a very interesting work, representing a intricate knot.They really catch your eye...They're set up with black crystals so you can wear them with all your party outfits!Very very light on weight, medium size (mid neck line).

STILL ON SALE ON MY ETSY STORE!

Long necklace with a pendant composed by two distint vintage buttons and beads.The big button is from the 1900's and is brass coloured medallion featuring a ribbon gravure. The small button is made out of pink, grenn and red crystals that join together to form this little adorable flower....At the end of the composition i used a pink crystal rounded bead to match the other materials.Very romantic...

STILL ON SALE ON MY ETSY STORE!