Etsy Finds Friday - LoveLingZ

It's *♥*Etsy Finds Friday*♥*

Today I am featuring

the Sweet and Enchanting work

  of MyrMin Mylene AlouaisA

 

Her work is unique... 

Handmade little enchanted forest creatures, 

adorable art plushies, designed to bring softness 

and smiles to your heart ! ♥

 

In the Artist's own words:

"When I'm creating, I enter a state of serenity and peace. I believe it is transferred unto my work, giving it that special ingredient that brings softness and cuteness to my little creatures, and smiles, comfort and happiness to the people who meet them." 

 

 

 

 Seal

 

 

 

Santa Bunny

 

 

 Angel Fairy Doll

White Rose Bunny

 

 

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  Click HERE to visit this wonderful Etsy Shop, and see more of her soft and sweet Art Plushies!

   

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Thank you for stopping by for my Etsy Finds Friday post!!  Please stay tuned for next Friday's Find... It could be YOU! :)   Happy Friday!!   

~Trina

Etsy Finds Friday - Coffee Mugs

It's *♥*Etsy Finds Friday*♥*

 

It's chilly outside, the mornings have been foggy... 

A warm cup of coffee is perfect right about now!!

 

  Of course, I'm a coffee drinker, so a warm cup of coffee is 

GREAT anytime... 

I love BIG coffee mugs, and while browsing Etsy 

I found some awesome coffee mugs!

 

Be sure to visit each of these Etsy shops too, lots of great gift ideas!!!

 

Ceramic Mug with Daisies

By: Clay Shaper Gallery 

 

 

 

 

His and Hers Coffee Mugs

By: Blue Sky Pottery

 

 

 

Cat Coffee Mug

By: Cheers Pottery

  

Christmas Legs ~ Miss Elf Coffee Mug

By: Craft Unikat

Mustache Coffee Mug

By: Calliope Creative Arts

Rustic Heart Coffee Mug

By: Little River Pottery

 

 

 

I have this next featured coffee mug in sage green!!  I LOVE it!!

In fact, I sipping coffee from it right now!

I've purchased several pieces from Terry, and each one is AMAZING! 

 Dragonfly Coffee Mug

By: Terry's Pottery Place

 

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Thank you for stopping by for my Etsy Finds Friday post!!  Please stay tuned for next Friday's Find... It could be YOU! :)   Happy Friday!!   

~Trina

 

A Gingerbread Couple!

Inspired by a friend and fellow blogger, Sher from Sher Hasting Designs, when she shared her wonderful Gingerbread designs on her blog, I created this adorable Gingerbread Couple!  I imagined a magical holiday sort of feel to the topper.  In keeping with that idea, I used white clay, with glitter mixed in, to create the base.  It glistens like newly fallen snow, so pretty.  A garland of holly leaves, berries, and little hearts decorate the edge of the base and two tiny candy canes sit right in the middle.  The Gingerbread Man is wearing a top hat decorated with holly leaves and berries and the Gingerbread Girl is wearing a great big red bow and is holding holly in her hand.  Mica powder was used to make the holly leaves and berries shimmer.  The sweet expressions on their faces show just how happy and festive they feel!  Perfect for a winter wedding, a holiday party, or a gift for someone special...  A keepsake to enjoy!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  So, thank you to Sher, for the inspiration!  I have MANY favorites in Sher's shop, like this adorable Puppy and Kitty PDF Pattern:

 

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  You can visit Sher's Etsy Shop: Sher Hasting Designs, and her blog:  Sher's Creative Space, where you can see more of her wonderful designs! 

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  Thank you for visiting today!
~Trina

Working in My Studio...

I hope you enjoyed a beautiful Christmas!  We enjoyed our day and a beautiful meal with our family.  Not wanting to spoil any Christmas surprises I have not posted any of the pieces that I have recently created.  Now that it is after Christmas, I thought that I would share a few of them with you today.   

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  For this first one, my customer asked me to create a whimsical likeness of a favorite photograph of her Mom's, which she sent to me.  The photograph is of her mom reading a book with their dog, Sadie, laying beside her.  There is a glass of wine on the arm of the couch, which my customer wanted included.  Last year I had created a figurine of Sadie laying in her bed with her favorite toy.  Sadie had passed away, so it meant so much to my customer to give the figurine to her Mom last year.  This year she wanted something special like that for her Mom's Christmas gift.  I really enjoyed creating this one!!  She sent great feedback when she received the figurine in the mail, and also wrote to me after her Mom opened her gift on Christmas Eve, to let me know how much it meant to her Mom.  That was very sweet of her, and I appreciate it so much!  It does my heart good to know that something I created means so much to my very awesome customer and to her Mom!!   Here are a couple more pictures from different angles:

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  This next one was ordered by a customer who has also purchased something else from me before.  She wanted a park scene of her son, daughter-in-law and their dog.  She asked that her son be sitting under a tree with their dog, and his wife across from them taking a picture.  This one was different for me, a bigger figurine with the tree.  I put a blue bird in a nest sitting in a tree branch, added flowers and even a little spider climbing up the side of the tree.  I was pleased to know that she is very happy with the figurine and I thank her for the honor of creating it!!

 

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  I have a 'Wooden' Rocking Horse listed in my Etsy Shop (You can see it by clicking HERE) ~ My customer asked if I could make it into an ornament for a child's first Christmas.  She wanted a white horse with black spots instead of the brown one she saw listed, so this is what I created for her:

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  One last thing to share today... A customer wrote to me and told me that her husband is in the Army and in Iraq now.  She said that there is a grandmother who has befriended her husband, and that her grandchildren have sent him letters and gifts for his last three deployments.  She wanted to give each of them something really special for Christmas.  She sent me a photograph of her husband in uniform and I created these darling Keepsake Ornaments for her, personalizing each one by the child's favorite sport, or hobby and their favorite colors.  She wanted thirteen all together.  I sent the first three to her separately, for her own grandchildren.  These are the ten she gave as gifts to the grandmother and her grandchildren.  All of them were a lot of fun to create, I had a real little assembly line going in my studio!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  Thanks so much for stopping by today and for taking a peek at what I've been up to in my studio this Christmas season!!  As this year comes to a close and a New Year begins, I wish you much joy, laughter and happiness!!  :)  ~Trina

Merry Christmas!

From our house to yours, wishing you a very Merry Christmas 

and a Blessed New Year!!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  We went to the same Christmas Tree farm as last year, to pick out and cut down a tree.  Although this time it was certainly a lot different.  We picked a very blustery day last year!  There was a lot more snow at the same time last year, than there was this year!  You can Click HERE to see pictures of our Christmas Tree Farm experience on that blustery day! :)   And here are some pictures from last week...

Picking out our tree... Our daughter is peeking out on the right!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  Even though they shook the tree before putting it through the 'netting machine' there were still a lot of tiny pine cones that remained.  They are so cute and look great among our decorations on the tree!

Although not snowing, it was cold and we enjoyed some 

Hot Chocolate while being warmed by the fire!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥  Most of our decorations are handmade.  As I was growing up we made dough art ornaments and we continued that tradition with our children as they were growing up.  Every year our kids would also make special gifts for us, with the help of their grandma (my mom) and they are such fun to unwrap and display every year.  Each year all of our ornaments bring back so many special memories as we prepare for Christmas.

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ To all my followers, friends and family... Thank you for following my blog, and for all your wonderful comments!  Wishing each of you many Blessings, much laughter and love in the coming year!!!   ~Trina

A Wonderful Day!

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ I hope that everyone had a very special and wonderful Christmas Day!  We had a nice day.  I made fried dough for breakfast (A tradition in my family) and we enjoyed a relaxing morning with each other, opening gifts.  It didn't snow, but there was snow on the ground, so it was a white Christmas!  We took a moment to have our picture taken together by our tree, before heading over to Grandma's for the evening.  Mary Ann had her whole family together this year (All three of her kids and their families), and that was so nice!  We enjoyed the company of each other, and a delicious meal together! 

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Earlier in the day, George went outside to chop some wood to add to the fire that we had going in our fireplace... and sure, Izzie looks innocent enough in the above picture ~ but that was just to make me think she was behaving herself!  She decided it would be fun to drag each piece of wood, as George finished chopping it, through the snow and off to the far end of the yard.  So they were playing a game of "Chop the Wood, Hide the Wood and Go Retrieve the Wood!"  Fun new snow game...  :)

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ I made some ornaments this year, and gave them as gifts to my family.  I want to make some more, similar to these, throughout the year, for my Etsy Shop, so that I am ready for next Christmas!  This was my first Etsy Christmas, so I wasn't as prepared as I hope to be next year.  I really enjoyed making these...

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ Thank you for taking a peek at our Christmas Day, and my newest Christmas Clay Creations!  Wishing you a great day!  ~Trina