Friday is my day: Lunaticart

Today we will meet lovely Bere, a jewellery designer from Paris who has beautiful and very tempting etsy shop lunaticart.etsy.com
Friday is a perfect day for jewellery shopping ;)

Merry go round spinner ring

by: lunaticart

7:30, We have 3 alarm clocks, 2 are our cell phones and the third one is our son Teva, today the third one went off the first (the only alarm clock that kisses you good morning!). I get him ready for school, breakfast and off for the day. Today my husband Rafa is taking him to school, so I have time to get changed and have breakfast in my pijis.


8:15 or 8:30 We have family at home and it is great because my lovely cousin went to get "pain au chocolat" and "croissants" for breakfast! (still on my pyjamas...)It's been only a few days that I've started to exercise a bit, ( every muscle is sore).
A quick shower and quick cleaning before starting my handmade day.


9:00 My day starts with computer work, I love seeing if my "sold items" number has changed!!!!! I answer all my convos, emails, send shipping notifications, write down today's orders. Then I visit jewelry blogs, forums, flickr and I must confess that sometimes I have to stop myself before I spend all morning in front of my screen!



10:00 My working bench and I are good friends...well, sometimes we just can't see each other, like in all relationships...


1:30 I stop for cooking something really quick and simple for lunch to have more time for my orders, even though It's been 5 years I live in France my Mexican side is always present in my food and hot green peppers are a must in my fridge.




2:00 Packaging...time consuming but I like it, just another chance to communicate with my customers.
2:40 Today I am going out to buy some jewelry supplies with my Etsy (an real life) friend Minicyn.
3:00 Usually I buy most of my supplies on the net since they are very expensive in Paris, but we discovered a great little antique shop with almost all a need for a new project I am working on and it is so much nicer to feel, to touch what you are buying!


5:00 Time for a little break after 2 hours of chain hunting in 3 different shops. The weather in Paris is getting nicer, so we try the Terrace for some fresh air and street life. We exchange ideas, we encourage each other and have a good laugh before leaving around 5:30 to pick up Teva from school.





6:16 I usually pass to the gallery Goutte de Terre where Rafa is the Director ( by the way, a few talented Etsy sellers expose in the gallery).
I love the atmosphere...it's been only one month and a half since I moved out to only work on my jewelry, so it feels good to come back from time to time...I miss it, it was a hard decision but I am happy.
8:00 Dinner time, Rafa cooked delicious pasta,
9:00 My son , who always has energy , goes to bed after a story.

10:30 Can't wait to start working on my new body pieces (shhh)...but not tonight, I am too tired!
Computer, a movie, a documentary or just TV...


12:10 I am already dreaming....
Thanks for reading my day...everyday is different, every day is special.

Friday is my day: Iomiss

Spain calling! I hope the sun is there :)
Today we will meet Cristina from Iomiss.etsy.com who creates pretty jewellery and owns a cloth&accessory boutique in Spain.
Wishing you all good Friday trip!

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by: iomiss

Good morning! It's 9 o'clock. The alarm has been ringing for almost an hour but I'm unable to wake up when it begins to ring. In this way I wake up in a good mood to start the day:)
The first thing I need to be able to open my eyes is a shower, a very long one, I love it.
I open the window and look how the day is. The bathroom window overlooks our courtyard and in the distance I see the small town where we spend some days a week.
Today is a very good day, a spring day!
I can not leave home without drink a natural orange juice and even turning on the computer. I take a glance at the etsy shop, mail, the flickr group ... ....
It's 10! We're going to work.
Before starting to work I have a coffee. I use this time to read newspapers, chat with friends ... ..

0:30- I open the store. I own a clothing and accessories boutique for 8 years and is there where I spend almost all day.
It's 14:00, going to lunch!

I have lunch every day at my parents' house. I spend all day working and this is the only time I can see them and ask them how everything is and, of course, play with our dog. It is the most beautiful dog in the world, isn't it?

After lunch I go home. I have a small apartment in the city where we've been living for many years and still stay there a few days a week, and this is where I make the jewelry. Normally this is the time when I make the orders that I have to send later in the afternoon and I take pictures for new listings in the store ... and at 17:00 I go back to the boutique.


I live in a very small town and I always walk to work, it takes me 10 minutes. I love walking through my city and go through the usual places. This is my old high school!

At 17:15 I open the store again. I spend the afternoon hanging clothes, serving my customers, talking to suppliers, making orders ... and preparing the package if I've sold on etsy. At 8:15 I go running to the post office and send all the packages. Uff running all day!
Sometimes after work we meet some friends, go out and have dinner with them, but today I've cooked at home. It's 23:00 We're having dinner and watch a movie.

After dinner and the movie I use to stay on the couch with the macbook for a long time. It's very late!
It's around 2 am. I'm exhausted and I'm falling asleep zzzzzzzz Sweet dreams

Friday is my day: Silkstory

Today we will travel to mystical world of silk painting and stories told by great Lithuanian artist Zita from silkstory.etsy.com
Have a wonderful inspiring day!

Silk original painting. Morning. one of a kind art piece from europe

by: silkstory

Morning 8am. I wake up and that is the first thing I see – the view from my window. It’s springtime officially now, yet the view tells me that there’s still some waiting I need to do. At least it’s warm inside my flat, and thus I rush to the shower thinking that in a few month’s time I’ll see beautiful sunny mornings through my window every day (that keeps me going on gloomy days like this Friday).

8.30am – Coffee time. It’s time to drink a cup of coffee and think about the new day and all the things I have to do and those that I might do (if I get some time). One teaspoon of sugar, and maybe a piece of bread or a tiny sweet biscuit – that’s a combination for a good start of the day! And so in half an hour I’m ready to do some serious work.

8.40am – Breakfast. As I said, some bread will always make a day brighter. Especially when it’s soft and fresh! And some eggs, too. I feel much better after breakfast.

9am – Work begins. That is my studio room, and the tools that I use (I made them myself after constant dissatisfaction with the ones I bought). I make sure I get enough light whenever I paint, so my big window always helps (even when it’s a little gloomy outside – like today).

10am – Still working. Well, actually I don’t know whether I can really call it ‘work’, because I enjoy it very much and it keeps me relaxed and dreamy. I am very concentrated when I work, but at the same time, I am calm and thoughtful. I hardly ever know what my imagination will produce until I finish the painting. Let’s see what happens this time...

11am – The painting is now coming to life. A magic lizard has inhabited the silk scarf.

My muse. Knutas, the cat, always stays close to me when I paint so that he could witness new silk stories with his critical eye. Of course, he always brings me inspiration.

3pm – The scarf is finished, I am ironing it and contemplating the first half of the day. I think the colours are really lovely and dreamy, and I am quite happy with my day’s work. What do you think?

3.30pm – I hang the scarf next to the window so that I could see the afternoon light playing in its crinkles... I just like the effect of light and the see-through silk. I look at it for a few minutes and imagine the summer breeze blowing into my room through an open window. I know I need to be patient, and that summer will definitely be here in two month’s time, so I smile and continue with my day’s work.

4pm – Dinner time! I cook for my family and try and make the dinner as healthy as possible. I choose the organic products and I put some honey (which I brought from the countryside) on the table for dessert.

Dinner table looks colourful – I do like colours in everything! They just make your life beautiful, I believe.

4.30pm – My family is having dinner together. I really value those precious moments, which are always nice, fun (we all share a good sense of humour!) and peaceful.

The cat seems to be hungry too. He knows where I hide his food and he tries to take some. Of course, I will give some food to him (despite the fact that he has had some already!) because, as I said, it’s family dinner and he’s a part of the family too.

5.30pm – The evening falls upon my little town and I go for a walk to meditate and to think about the day. It’s Friday after all, and I know that the weekend starts tomorrow. I’m thinking about all the things I could do...I look for inspiration in the faces of people that I pass by, I try to absorb all the colours of the evening in this early spring. It’s a little cold, I walk faster than I would if it was summer, but my walk is nonetheless pleasant and full of ideas. There are some stories that try to get told and I keep them in my head until I reach home and then I put them on the paper. I will paint and let them inhabit new silk scarves tomorrow morning

Thank you for spending a day with me and my stories. Stay warm and peaceful.

Zita.