Aldona

My first Giveaway!

2012-02-20T00:43:00.008+02:00

Since I started my Etsy shop I've never made a giveaway,so it is my First Giveaway ever.

I love to make felted things,and I decided to give away to someone this lovely nunofelted scarf,it will come to you exactly in time for spring!

Giveaway starts today and I choose the happy winner on March 4th.I will use the random generator.So you have 2 weeks to participate! Don't miss it!

There is some rules to join it:

1.Add my shop AldysCreations to your favorites and tell me what product you most like.

2.Like my Facebook fan page.

3.Follow me on Twitter or my blog.

4.Share this Giveaway on your Facebook or Twitter.

5.Leave comment here with your contact information(e-mail address or ravelry name) that I can contact you if you win.

Happy Giveaway!

Secret Santa game in Etsy Lithuania team

2012-01-04T19:14:00.005+02:00

Happy New Year to everyone!

It took a lot of time since my last post was sent to my blog. Lots of work before Christmas,so I neglected a bit my blog(shame on me).

This winter we played Secret Santa game in Etsy Lithuania team second time. I totally love this pre-Christmas time! Especially when you get and make for others handmade gifts.
This year I got a gift from Migle (SmilgeArt)

I was so excited when I opened the envelope, it was lovely oil painting in a brass colored frame,exact color of frame as I have painting in my home corridor! That painting work was gift to my husband from his school friend. And I decided to hang Migles painting on this wall.
It looks just perfect together! Now when I am walking around I enjoy this Secret Santa's gift,thank you Migle! I love it very much!

Take a look at some just amazing Migle's works she listed in her shop.

End of summer- time to go to forest!

2011-08-26T22:29:00.008+03:00

Today I spent amazing day with my family!

Quess what we did? We went to the forest pick up mushrooms.All of us three love this fun thing so much! Walking in the forest and hunting all these mushrooms we know.

We spent in the forest today about 6 hours! But it was such a pleasure to breath fresh and nice smelling air and feel a bit melancholy that summer almost gone....

Yes,that is not fun part- when mushrooms start to grow it means that Autumn is very close and you are in some steps closer to long and cold winter.

I cook these mushrooms and froze them for winter- so I can say that I conservate my summer memories and happy moments:-)

We back home very tired but also very happy and full bucket of forest wealth!

Happy Autumn my dear friends!

Knitting silk

2011-07-06T18:23:00.006+03:00

At this moment I am knitting swiss lace silk yarn,which Ingrid(Liloucolours) dyed in my favorite purple color and sent to me.

This is a top quality lace yarn and it is truly pleasure work on it. It softly slides through my fingers,just a like dream!

I am knitting it on very thin 2mm needles,I use only one ply of this yarn and it is an adventure work with that small size:-) But result really worth this!
In this way the slubby texture creates thick and thin spots and looks just amazing!
When I started this blouse I thought to make some lace pattern on whole blouse,but row went after row and I saw that it looks fantastic without any pattern. The yarn creates its own pattern and that's enough!
Maybe on the bottom of this blouse I put a little lace,but still not sure.

Also I am knitting this blouse top down again,and can't not mention that it has no seams!!! When I done knit it will be done!

Spring is time for gardening

2011-05-13T22:52:00.010+03:00

I love when spring comes.Then I go to my summer house,spend time with family and gardening.

At the 4th of April I sow tomatoes,they are my favorites. Our flat is in the south side,so every day when sun is shining it is very warm,so I don't need heating at all. So my green kids grows up very fast and ready to go to green house.

Also on my balcony I growing parsley,basil and petunia.A couple of days ago I sow cucmbers to the flower pots- they grows faster than I seed them directly to garden-bed.

Now my green kids are ready to go to my garden and I will see at the autumn what they brings to me......

Sewing adventures.

2011-04-06T21:09:00.009+03:00

Since I started sewing at 16(like a hobby first) it slowly moved to my main work.

Many years I am sewing women's clothes,wedding dresses,big curtains,roman curtains and original design coverlets.

When I started my Etsy store I browsed on products and saw lovely shop LilouColours which listed some fantastic hand dyed yarns. I put heart on that shop that don't lost it.

After some time I received conversation from Ingrid(the shop owner),she asked me if I could knit a scarf or someting else for this yarn, if she send that yarn to me.

I am person who likes challenges,so of course I said Yes! That way started our lovely friendship...

When Ingrid decided to start weaving project,she asked me- could I make to her some patterns for tote bags. I said- ok no problem.

Then Ingrid said me, that she would wish that I make to her some bags from her fabric as a sample.
I thought- why not!

She sent sketches to me first,that I could make patterns till she weave fabric and send to me.After some conversations on Skype she said me- maybe will be better if I came to you and we will make them together?

I said- cool! It would be best way to make them together,so we could make some changes during the process.
She came to Vilnius at October 17th,2010 for 2 weeks, after almost an year our online friendship.We met her together with my son Dominic in the airport.

And bag's sewing started- Ingrid worked on leather parts,hand stitched them,I made the bags.

First bag was "Frankenstein" but we checked all our mistakes.
And then in those 2 weeks we finished 4 small and 4 large bags! 2 crazy girls in 2 rooms flat,he he he!

And then we decided that our international team is JUST WONDERFUL! We joke often- that yarn she sent to me is very long way:-)

So to be continued:-)))

Diva

Eye Candy

Libertine

Fiber adventures...

2011-02-11T21:17:00.014+02:00

Finally I done my alpaca-silk cardigan!

I was so excited to make it. It was made fully by me- I handspun silk and alpaca fiber,and then knit this lovely and very soft and warm cardigan.

The dyed and carded alpaca fiber I bought from my fiber friend Maple,she runs the Northstaralpacas store at Etsy. I met her on Etsy more than year ago,and I am so happy to have so sweet and helpful friend.

This alpaca fiber I spun on my lovely middle sized Turkish drop spindle(it weighs about 30 gramms) ,which my hubby and daddy made to me,they both has they own shop Woodstory at Etsy.
The silk fiber I dyed by my own,I used Jacquard dyes in Periwinkle colour. It is very easy to do,so I will dye more wool and silk in future.
The silk was handspun also on Turkish drop spindle,but for silk I used little spindle-it weighs only 15 gramms. So it is perfect to spin very fine fibers as silk,yak,camel or cashmere. Now I am spinning cashmere,it spins like a dream!

This cardigan was top down knitted,it was second project in my life finished in that way.I never knitted top down,so that was a little challenge to me,because I totally designed it and haven't used any pattern for top down cardigans.

The most great point in this knitting- it has no seams!And when you finish knitting- you already have finished garment:-)

I knit lovely lace pattern at the bottom of sweater and on the end of the sleeves.
This scheme is available here.

Pagaliau aš užbaigiau savo alpakos-šilko megztuką!

Man pavyko jį numegzti pakankamai greitai,neskaitant to,kad siulus šiam megztukui as susiverpiau pati.

Alpakos vilną nusipirkau Etsyje, is labai malonios moteriškės vardu Maple,ji gyvena Amerikoje,Michigano valstijoje.Su ja susipazinau daugiau nei prieš metus,ir nuo to laiko mes viena kitą vadiname pluošto draugemis(angliškai -fiber friend).
Ji turi nuostabią Northstaralpacas parduotuvę kurioje prekiauja jos pačios išaugintų alpakų vilna.Ta vilna tokia švelnute,tiesiog neįmanoma to nupasakoti!

Vilną verpiau pati, Turkišku verpstuku,jį man padarė mano vyras su tėčiu. Tai vidutinio dydžio verpstukas skirtas verpti plono/vidutinio storio siūlą,jo svoris apie 30gramų.

Šilkui naudojau lengvutį Turkišką verpstuką,kuris tesveria kokį 15gramų ir labai tinka verpti tokiems ploniems pluoštams kaip jako ar kupranugario vilna,šilkas ar kašmyras.
Vėliau atidariau parduotuvę ir vyrui su tėčiu kuri vadinasi WoodStory.

Šilko pluoštą dažiau pati,naudojau Jacquard dažus,atspalvį Periwinkle.Jais dažyti vienas malonumas,pigmentas susigeria į pluoštą ir lieka baltut baltutelis vanduo-tinginio džiaugsmas!

Šį megztuką mezgiau nuo kaklo žemyn naudojant virbalus su valu,tai antrasis mezginys mano gyvenime kurį numezgiau tokiu būdu. Jis man nerealiai patiko,negaliu nepaminėti to kad gaminio nereikia siūti! Tas punktas matyt labiausiai mane ir sužavejo,asmeniškai man mezgime bjauriausia dalis yra gaminio susiuvimas:-)

Rankovių bei megztuko apačiai padailinti naudojau man labai patinkantį kiauraraštį.

Man rezultatas labai patiko- minkštutis,laaaabai šiltas ir sukurtas su meile savo pačios rankomis...

Monday Moodboard- Grey sky in Vilnius

2010-06-21T14:40:00.004+03:00

Today is raining again, and I am in a grey mood ,tired from this rain but found gorgeous artists who made GORGEOUS GREYS!

Enjoy!

1.Lovely crocheted butterfly by Ziemabir.
2.Handmade beaded bead pearls and crystals earrings by GR8jewellery.
3.Handmade Organza Blossoms by Supplier.
4.Silk scarf in silver grey with brown print by ThongbaiTatong.

My wonderfull photo session...

2010-06-20T20:43:00.011+03:00

Rosita

Me

I always thought, that I couldn't taking pictures of myself,because everytime I became on them horrible,it is true...

But on Lithuania team on Etsy I met very kindly and honestly peoples who were able to help me. One of them is wonderfull young lady Rosita,she runs Digitalcreator shop here on Etsy,please take a look:-)

We met first time this spring when Ana (RosemaryManufacture) came in Vilnius for Easter holidays visit parents. Then our friendship started- we give phone numbers to each other, chatting on skype:-)

I had very poor shop avatar,and needed something fitting to my new banner,by the way it honestly made to me Tomas (Promopocket).

I told to Rosita-I hate myself at the pics,I am uggly on them,she just smile and said: if you wish we could make a photo session and I will show you that you are wrong thinking that:-)

I said- ok let's try,I am Saggitarius so I like to try something new:-)

We took pictures at my working room,I just made some changes.

When I saw pictures on my computer I was AMAZED! I'm inlove myself looking that! I haven't seen myself from my better side and couldn't imagine this.

Also Rosita gave me a piece of good advice about taking pictures of my finished garments.

Thank you, dear, Rosita for this huge help!!!

Weekends at my summer house

2010-06-01T17:10:00.011+03:00

I spent all of May weekends with my family at our summer house.

It is lovely place with little wooden house which built my parents. All my beautifull remembers of childood it is this piece of land and my little paradise with apple and cherry trees, blushes and flowers.

I love to spend my time here,love bird's songs at the early mornings,love fresh and clean air and of course ecologic grown veggies,berries and fruits!

Here is some Etsians with garden theme:
1.Pretty flower from Floralworld
2.Cute monster from Sweedebie
3.Amazing felted scarf from Naca
4.Colorful wreath from Kaleda

My first Monday Moodboard- Euro week

2010-03-22T21:11:00.005+02:00

Today I made my first Monday Moodboard! Here are some very tallented Europian artists!

1.Lovely bag from Ikabags
2.Gorgeous copper brooch from Globusyte
3.Warm and light scarf from ingermaaike
4.And so sweet angel Claudio from Krize

My latest listing- lovely felted slippers,booties

2010-03-15T16:22:00.006+02:00

Booties

Finally I listed kid's booties,which I felted using Lithuanian,non carbonized and not dyed wool.It means that this wool is alive and still has all good quality-keeps warmth very well,massage and helps blood circulation.I just decorated them using dyed wool.

These booties I made as a custom order for Globusyte's little son and I listed them as a custom order too.

I was featured on Front Page on Etsy

2010-03-04T12:49:00.008+02:00

Efia Fair from http://www.etsy.com/shop/EfiaFair made treasury with my lovely felted booties and it made Front Page!!!!

Thank you Efia!

My challenge piece.....

2010-01-17T19:08:00.007+02:00

When Renate from http://www.etsy.com/shop/kreativlink, told new theme, I got idea about my old dream- making art photos.
Almost all week I looked place which would fit to make something interesting for this challenge.
And early Thursday morning I woke up and what I saw through my window! All trees and bushes was so wonderfull frosted!!!
In the afternoon we went with Dominic to the post office to take my parcel with alpacas wool and then I made some pictures.....

Finished sweater for my Dominic

2010-01-05T17:10:00.008+02:00

After my winning on EST weekly Challenge I found that read blogs and blogging myself is really very interesting...

Only one trouble blogging is that my english is not very good, and I hope that all of you who will read it don't be angry for my mistakes:-))) I hope so...

So finally I took pictures of finished sweater for my son Dominic(he is almost 6)

He loves it a loooooot! And I am very happy for it:-)))

Winner of weekly challenge "Dreams,dreams,dreams"

2010-01-04T21:38:00.004+02:00

Congrats to everyone, all of you was sooooooo creative!!! Here is so much amazing things!
It was very hard to decide who needs to win this challenge, because everyone made such a wonderfull thing!

But anyway we have rule- one winner:-)))

And I decided that it is Susanne (enchantedhue) CONGRAAAAAAATS DEAR!!!!!

The mysterious shimmering sparkle of Moonstone pairs with the subtle, colorshifting sheen of Labradorite. Like in a dream, where you only catch glimpses, the colors change and hide and turn into a different shade altogether, leaving you only with a memory of the stunning hue you just saw a moment ago...

The combined calming, harmonizing effects of Moonstone and Labradorite also evoke your phantasy, which finds stimulation in all the shades of white, cream, rose, lilac, peacock, grey, and green.

Here is Susanne's blog and of course new Weekly Challenge theme http://enchantedhue.com/2010/01/05/est-weekly-challenge/

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2010-01-04T19:48:00.002+02:00

Today I received this entry to the weekly challenge-Ocean Dreams, one-of-a-kind Watercolors Necklace by BacaCaraJewelry created by Brigitte

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37827993

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2010-01-03T19:27:00.002+02:00

This lovely entry Psychedelic Dream Spa Turban was made by P8Accessories.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37760671

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2010-01-02T20:53:00.002+02:00

This gorgeous entry- Dreaming of kaleidoscopes felted wrap was created by Inger(ingermaaike)

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37703209

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2010-01-02T20:47:00.002+02:00

This very lovely entry -Vintage Etched Bead Sterling Silver Necklace was created by Ina(DeerLola).

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37695995

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2010-01-01T23:04:00.002+02:00

Happy New Year to everyone!!!
And this wonderfull day I received challenge entry again, this Moonstone and Labradorite 'Dream' Necklace was created by Susanne(enchantedhue).

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37658547

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2009-12-30T18:36:00.002+02:00

Today I received another amazing challenge entry- Artists Exposed- Dreamer Necklace created by Estella (staroftheeast).

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37542122

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2009-12-29T16:47:00.002+02:00

This lovely entry was created by Renate(Kreativlink)- Dreaming, Leather Journal or Notebook, Suede.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37485792

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2009-12-29T13:35:00.002+02:00

And here is new entry-You Dream, We turn it into Reality.. It made Sebnem (ShebboDesign)

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37461621

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2009-12-29T11:55:00.002+02:00

And again ring! So beautifull Dream Clouds ring made by Jealousydesign....

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37474203

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2009-12-29T11:50:00.002+02:00

Here is another beautifull entry to dreams challenge- Rita's (alatvian) ring...

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37438491

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2009-12-28T20:13:00.002+02:00

Another entry I received a little bit later and it is pretty Dreamy Brown-Blue necklace form Marica (artistudios)

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37440495

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2009-12-28T20:06:00.004+02:00

Today I got message from Dawn (LaTouchables) , she created gorgeous scarf for this challenge

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37432081

EST weekly challenge- Dreams,dreams,dreams

2009-12-26T21:03:00.000+02:00

First entry made Ayca from ayawedding

DREAMS OF BUTTERFLY LILAC PURPLE HAIR PIN

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37350364

Today I got another entry too, it is lovely

GUSTAVE EIFFEL Charcoal Grey French Soft Corduroy Pleated Messenger Double Straps bag
from ikabags

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=37313911

European Street team weekly challenge- FRIENDSHIP

2009-12-22T00:23:00.001+02:00

I was very surprised that I won this weekly callenge-Friendship. Thank you Kim!!!

So I think all of you like to fly when you sleep on your dreams... So let dream about something beautifull...
And new theme is-

Dreams,dreams,dreams.....

Please note that this weekly challenge will be 2 weeks for the Christmas Holidays, so you have time till 4 January 2010!!!!!

http://viltalakim.blogspot.com/2009/12/winner-of-est-weekly-challenge-is.html