Merry Chrismast and Happy New Year: 2011

Miniature cupcake village for Christmas

May joy and happiness snow on you

may the bells jingle for you

and

may Santa be extra good to you!!!

One of my clay hobbies is sculpting with leftover clay, you know, when the colors are turning gray, brownish; and it is also a great way to actually recycle the wasted polymer clay.

So in the beginning of this process there aren't any color choices only form and you do not have to keep your hands neat and clean, so this is fun!
After the miniatures are cured and cool down I paint them with several layers of white acrylic paint as a base color and after that the real color party begins :) but this I will share with you in an upcoming post.
I thought that these pictures are the best way to symbolize snowy white Christmas so....

Merry Christmas !!! :-)

kisses & lots of hugs from me :)

New Stickers !

Yesterday it was "Stickers day", well more like "printing day"; I've designed some new stickers that goes on the envelopes. Basically I am creating a total look to my shop and that includes all the stuff that wraps the goods.

These framed stickers are for clients addresses and I have a small one for mine too, and some more cute stuff that goes inside the goods and only my clients can see them (wink wink).

New stickers

~ Detail ~

~ some new gift box stickers ~

have a fabulous week guys :))

kisses!!!

Vacation & Discount go very well together!

Tomorrow I'm going to a little vacation and I want to indulge you with a great deal in my shop.

It's a great time now to start thinking about Christmas gifts, especially about your own

handmade gifts, and for that you can enjoy 25% discount on ALL my shop items and

ONLY this week!

YES!

I want this deal - but HOW ?

OK, so how to use the discount coupon

Add your preferred items to your cart. Upon Checkout, after you choose your payment method there is the discount coupon step. The Shop Coupon Code box is where you enter the coupon code - VACATION25 - Continue regularly to the final purchase steps.

All orders that are placed until Nov 12, 2011 will be shipped on Sunday, Nov 13.

For any question/problem, please write me a convo (through the ETSY convo system) I will be available there.

Enter My Boutique Online: www.RonitGolan.etsy.com

And a little glimpse to one of my studio corners; I've made some moo cards sometime ago with images from my Flickr gallery and decorated a framed board with them, just to inspire me with some of my canes and PC work, enjoy :)

Have a great week you guys!

Hugs & kisses

From millefiori to textile.

Can you see my millefiori canes?

Recently I was occupied with a great project of home textile design. Friends of mine from the textile industry have been asking me for some time to translate my polymer clay work to textile and design a series of tablecloth collection. I must say that this was a challenge for me because there are some ground rules that I had to follow; one of them is to use only 5 colors, not 6, not 7, only five! Well… this rule did not stop me :-)

Textile design is very dear to me because for many years I worked as a fashion designer and I love all that is connected to fabric and such, so this opportunity was very exiting for me.

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There will be a few more months until this project will launch and whenever there will be news I will be happy to share them with you, but for now I will share a few designs from this collection.

Enjoy!!!

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So….. can you see the millefiori canes ?

Kisses :))

Last days of summer

It is getting a bit chilly in the evenings these days, but it is still very warm and kind of summery here. So it is a fantastic opportunity to say farewell to these last summer days and to introduce a new collection of hair pins sets for girls or girls at heart.

I used 3 hair pins in each set; on one of them I've attached a slice of millefiori flower cane, on the second I've made a little cabochon and glued it in a lace setting and the third pin got a flower applique.

Because I am pro recycling, I've made the wrapping my self from last year calendar; I used wide stripes from the frame of this very colorful calendar and it was a great solution to attach every set together.

This summer I've added some shelves to my kitchen; in this close up there are some vintage items, one of them is a romantic round tin box that my grandmother gave me, and it is most dear to me :)

~ Have a beautiful week ~

Hugs & kisses!!!

Flower girl - Summer cane collection

Every season - summer/winter - I choose a subject that will be the main theme to that season. This summer 2011 I called the main theme "Free Love". I think what I want this summer to emphasize is a great happiness and joy feelings, free in spirit.

The general collection is divided to several smaller collections. The canes and their color palette are designed mostly for their future purpose - the accessories I'm going to make with them. However, their main spirit is still influenced from the main theme.

…… and here they are, "Flower Girl" Cane collection,

a big bunch of roles with soft ice cream colors

with a hint of summer breeze.......

~~~ some close-ups ~~~

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Enjoy!!!

...and have a fantastic week!

sweet kisses :))

Canes from scraps - Part 2

Remember the "Canes from scraps - Part 1" post?

Those canes look simple and not so exiting, aren’t they? But they have inspired me for this 2 colors combinations - after using them as a background surface - I've gathered a bunch of flower canes on them and I used this surfaces for making lovely and exiting barrettes …………….and this is why I love canes from scraps :)

A sweet and happy combination; Pink, yellow, green, turquoise and white flowers

on the stripy cane surface.

Exhilarating but deep combination; Blue, turquoise, green and pink on the blue-green kaleidoscope cane.

A close up; you can still see the kaleidoscope surface and how it is enhancing

the flowers above it.

Enjoy and have a great week

xoxo

:-)

Jerusalem and me

This week I was in Jerusalem and visited my big and sweet family; it was so exiting to meet everyone, to be together, to catch up on stuff and basically to enjoy our time. In one of the mornings, my dear father took me to "Mahane Yehuda" market, which is a big, beautiful and genuine market; he couldn’t find something more suitable for me than this, I love it!

Enjoy the richness; it is heaven!

Halva is solid and sweet food that is based on vegetable fat and sugar. Israel popular Halva is made out from raw grinding sesame oil. The word "Halva" is from Arabic and means "candy" or "sweet".

It is delicious!

... some more sweets ...

Need I say more? I could live inside this stall :)

... Delightful ...

... My dad and me in a little coffee shop at the market ...

Where? Inside the mirror :))

... I took my new ring with me too ...

It was a fantastic visit!

Have a lovely weekend you all :))

Kisses!!!

Color Me Black - Cane Collection DIY Kit

It was very special for me to combine color with BLACK.

Almost all the way I was not sure that I can relate to this dark color, so it took me a little longer to complete this collection and I am very satisfied with the total look, I see it is as if the BLACK is shining through the colors.

These colors & Black are suited to a wide range of products; I chose to make barrettes, pendants and rings. Next time I will make magnets, I think it will go great with this collection

as well.

~ P E N D A N T S ~

~ B A R R E T T E S ~

~ R I N G S ~

~ Now available on my Boutique online ~

The "Color Me Black" cane collection is now available as a DIY Kit in my shop; in this set there are 10 canes and 3 sterling silver plated ring settings.
Find out more info here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/77056542/millefiori-cane-color-me-black-diy

so.... BLACK is back :-)

~ Have a SUPER week ! ~

kisses

:-)

Green is in

Yay !!!

Introducing my first official tutorial,

published in the new "GREEN" issue of "From Polymer to Art".

The tutorial name is "Washi paper kaleidoscope cane", six pages, very detailed instructions and pictures.

I have designed a kaleidoscope cane, green of course, and I chose something that will look organic and natural. At first I called it "Fleur-de-lis", but after I've combined the cane slices into a complete surface, it reminded me of a Washi paper design, and thus its name.

~~~ You can find many more great tutorials in this issue from fine clayers ~~~