Traditional Red for Christmas

Dear Reader,

I had many different color shame idea for Christmas but the traditional red is really close to my heart.

If we are going to the kitchen we can use candle to make it warmer the grey mornings or the dark evenings:

Farm style table decor:

 Simple new ring for your napkins:

If we are going to the living room and looking for ornaments and decor elements:

For packaging:

You can find all idea at my Pinterst Board.

Today is CYBER Monday, the last day of my BOGO Sale. More details are at my shop.

One more thing:  I can offer one extra little gift, a surprise  ornament. Just send to me a message SURPRISE and the type of my Social Media platform, you read about it:)

Have a  happy day! 
Ildi

Give a Thanks!

Dear Reader,

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada and the United States. It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
I think this is one of the best thing  have a dinner together with your family. The preparation, the decoration with warm fall colors and the smell of the turkey and the pumpkin pie....

I got a mail today with one of my customers happy words and pictures.

This is my red flowery lace ceramic dinner plate.  It looks gorgeous with her natural fall design.
The whole table:

She made my day and sure her family day too!!!

The candle decor is from my Pinterest Board.

Do not forget to say something nice to your friends and relatives!
Happy day!
Ildi

Golden Christmas

Dear Reader,

When I put together my new Christmas collection, I continue the lace ornament line, I have some new retro style pieces and something new. A luxury, shiny real gold and white collection. All are a little bit different, hand painted with 18 karat gold decor. Most of the time I used the elegant porcelain base but some is made from white clay and painted with Snow White glaze. No visible different at the end:)

(You can see all original here.)

I think shiny gold is perfect for

You can use it in the kitchen:

in the living room:

wrap up:

 

Makes your evening warmer:

 

what about baking?

I always wanted to find a good reason to use gold spray:

 

houses and trees:

 

on your tree:

Wish you all warm days!
Ildi

Monday Moodboard

Dear Reader,

I bring a Fall collection today. Warm yellow to make the weather warmer. Here is a little bit chilly:)

Reindeer with Stars, Hope Art by MillieandUbu

Lapel Pin Flower by ylleanna 

Tassel with Feathers by HolzundLeinen 

Branch Agate Necklace byStaroftheEast 

OOAK Ceramic Leaves Coasters by Ceraminic 

Leopard Mask by BHBKidstyle 

Anyway  Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadian!!!!!

Have a warm day!
Ildi

Cats

Dear Reader,
Somebody loves cat, other loves dog. If I have a choice, I would live together with a dog than a cat but some reason I made many ceramic cat dishes and only once created a dog Custom Ornament. It may change in the feature but until than, check out what I found in the ceramic word.

Cute kitties as a yarn bowls:

I love cats on the mugs:

Like a DYI project, black and white cat plate:

A little brooch (it maybe just my imagination, did not find the original version):

As a bookmark is so cute:

I collected all in my Pinterest board.
Finally some of mine. Mostly I have black and white version, check them here. I show you some special edition:

 

Have a kitty day!
Ildi

Busy Bee

Dear Reader,

Do you like honey? I love the taste and amazed of the bees. "Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax. ... The ethologist Karl von Frisch studied navigation in the honey bee. He showed that honey bees communicate by the waggle dance, in which a worker indicates the location of a food source to other workers in the hive. He demonstrated that bees can recognize a desired compass direction in three different ways: by the sun, by the polarization pattern of the blue sky, and by the earth’s magnetic field. He showed that the sun is the preferred or main compass; the other mechanisms are used under cloudy skies or inside a dark beehive. Bees navigate using spatial memory with a "rich, map-like organization". Of course you can read more interesting fact about the bees here.

When I was a child, my grandpa had bees. Sometimes I was there, when he collected the honey - he did the work and I enjoyed the fresh taste:) This memory inspired my blog post and I collected some beautiful ceramic pieces:

The last one is my new porcelain plate. I worked with silk screen print and paint some part with warm yellow:)
You can find more at my board.

Have a bee day!
Ildi

Ceramic Lamps

Dear Reader,


When I fall in love with ceramics, I did not think deep way, I just like the surface, the shiny colors, the infinity decoration possibility, the incredible positive feeling, when I worked with it.....

Now I focus more to the decoration choices. This is an incredible material, from the ancient ages almost everybody use for something. I would love to make lamp from clay and really hope one day I'll sit down and start....

I collected some inspiring pictures at my bord

 

 I think these are can be a unique Christmas gift too.

Have a shiny day!

Ildi

Dear Reader,

Today is Sunday and we need some extra treat. Why not, once a week we can eat a little sweet (maybe more but I try to follow a healthy life style). What about caramel? When I was a child I made it with my mom. My favorite was the sugar and milk combination.

Caramel is a beige to dark-brown confectionery product made by heating a variety of sugars. It can be used as a flavoring in puddings and desserts, as a filling in bonbons, or as a topping for ice cream and custard.
How to make it? It is easy, you can find here.

It looks beautiful:

The pictures and the recipe is from here.

Finally a caramel inspired collection, made by Sergey from CuteBabyMobile.

caramel

Snickers Fudge TheSweetShopeInc $10.95	Pumpkin Caramel Latte 8oz Scented Candle | Fall scents, Winter Candle, Pumpkin Latte, Winter scent, Thanksgiving gift, Caramel Latte, Fall SilverDollarCandleCo $12.00	Caramel & lace wedding unity candles, rustic chic wedding, vintage chic, rustic wedding ideas, country wedding, vintage candle set, 3pcs RusticBeachChic $47.00	Sea Salt Caramel 1 Pound Block oldtimecaramels $10.00
Caramel apple cookies - 2 dozen mini apple cookies - fall cookies - halloween cookies SweetArtSweets $28.50	Sea Salt Caramel, Homemade Caramels individually wrapped with gift packaging, One-half pound BotanicalSweets $10.95	Bohemian Jewelry Brown Leather Wrap Bracelet Caramel Mint Green Beaded Bracelet Boho Jewelry Bronze and Tan Seafoam Green Earth Tone Jewelry AbacusBeadCreations $38.00	caramel pink ballet leg warmers ileaiye $40.00
Steiff Cosy Teddy bear 60s vintage caramel Dralon plush bear with white bib & open mouth, 8 inch small, highly collectible Steiff animal ShabbyGoesLucky €48.00	Salted Caramel Candle, Foody Scented Candle, Strong Scented Candle, Salted Caramel Scent, Soy Wax Candle, Sweet Scented Candle, Bakery Scent LindsayLucasCandles £4.99	SALE Caramel Color Crush Personal Planner BINDER ONLY • Webster's Pages Color Crush Planner Caramel Binder myrubberstamp $21.99	7" Caramel Leather Toggle Closure, Made in Italy BiasBespoke $8.50
Real Leather Duffle / Duffel Bag by Fox Archer - Caramel Tan Leather Duffle Weekend Holdall Travel Gym Bag FoxArcher £115.00	Caramel brown Czech glass beads rounds, 6mm druk, spacers - 30Pc - 535 MayaHoney €1.80	Fabric by the yard Sketch in Caramel Timeless Treasures 1 yard fivemonkeyfabrics $8.75	Ceramic Ornament Gingerbread Man and Heart Caramel White Dots Decoration in Recycled Box Set of 2 Ceraminic $18.00

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Ildi