Danish Red Cross has opened a webshop where you can buy one of a kind vintage clothing, handmade toys and designer gifts. Only for Danes though but great idea for raising money for charity.
The doll called Liv (life) knitted by volunteers buy it online here.
One of the best accessory shops in Copenhagen is Pico. They produce their own product design in their own workshop ranging from scarves and shoes to jewellery and hair accessories. They have an online store as well. The materials for the jewellery are sterling silver or goldplated sterling silver. The price range is low and the quality high.
The interior of the shop is something out of an old grocery shop with wooden shelves and glass display mounts. You can get all the items in almost every colour.
Scarves en every colour.
Hairbands
Glitter, neon, leather and more.
Bows for every taste.
Pico online shop here.
Sailor button earrings from Kawaiicph sweater from Petit Bateau
I bought some vintage buttons in a second hand store and made some jewellery from them. It is very easy to make these earrings:
First you cut of the button part with a diagonal cutter. The backside needs to be flat.
Then you glue on the earring studs, so simple, I gave them a lacquer coating afterwards so they are shiny and more durable.
Picture from my book Dansk Tatovering by Jon Nordstrøm. This picture is from a documentary from 1969 by Nils Vest and is a film about tattooing.
From the book Dansk Tatovering : graphics by Tattoo Peter, 1940
I love the naive and romtantic graphics you find in old-school tattoos.
Bikini from my vintage pin-up magazine goes nicely with the sailor style, would love one like it…
Kids sailor fashion with neon belt from Tommy Hilfiger.
Tiny glitter shoe earrings in a shoebox from Harrods
I have a miniature stash of all kinds of tiny treasures the perfect size for jewellery making.
Bottle opener with bow
I have shown these sodapop earrings before, on the left you can get an idea of how small they are. I have given them a lacquer coating.
Playing card earring studs, decoupage and lacquer coated.
Vinyl record earrings. I made the hole by using a heated needle.
I am happy to have so many readers of my almost 3 month old blog and decided to make a giveaway present for you.
How to enter the giveaway contest : Under comments you write which Kawaiicph jewellery from this post is your favourite (you can only choose 1 item each) and why you should be the winner. Remember to leave a way for me to contact you. If you get chosen you win the jewellery you have selected as your favourite. Monday, April 18th. I will select the winner ☆ and send the giveaway present to you!
Number 1 Star Necklace
Number 2 Flower Ring -adjustable size
Number 3 Heart Stud Earrings
Number 4 Coin Earrings
Number 5 Star Stud Earrings
Number 6 Bear Star Necklace
The jewellery is handmade and the earrings are sterling silver. This is how it´s made:
First I warm up the cernit clay with my hands, then I cut out the clay into the shapes I want. Remember to make holes with a needle before you bake them. The clay is baked 30 min. in the oven, afterwards they are given 2 layers of lacquer coating. The clay is glued to the jewellery parts with uhu superglue.
Which is your favourite jewellery? Leave a comment below and you could be the winner ☆
Here are some of my favourites
My perfume from Paul Smith
A dangerously addictive spicy tea I ♥ ♥ Yogi teas
Fresh herbs in the window sill in the winter and from the garden in the summer
I collect these Moomin cups from Arabia in many colours but of course my favourites are pink…
My Blythe doll from Japan
This is a gift I got, it is so cute from Danish Liebe
My best jewellery: the glittery stars and the butterfly earrings are made by me from recycled paper
This bag I have had for many years it is from HM actually
Shoes from Paris
Candy Apple Mint nailpolish from Essie
I love my blue scarf from Petit Bateau and I collect vintage children´s books
Bathtubs are highly underrated this is the ultimate luxury, children´s bubblebath from Hollys
Vintage pin-up magazines
Vintage magazine Frou Frou
I have read this book many times, definitely my favourite, written in 1975, fantasy novel by Salman Rushdie “Grimus”
I love this cd with Agnes Obel
♥ My stuffed bird
Without a doubt my alltime favourite: my son Silas
Tsumori Chisato Autumn Winther 2005 campaign
In random order I have chosen photos and graphic illustrations to show you from Tsumori Chisato´s website. Her collections have a timeless storytelling appeal to them which is what I wish to show.
Illustration from Tsumori Chisato Autumn Winther 2010-2011 campaign
Tsumori Chisato studied fashion at the prestigious Bunka Fashion School in Tokyo. She has worked for Issey Miyake and in 1990 she started her own brand. The first time I held a piece og her garment in my hands I was in love, so carefully detailed and feminine and you really feel that the garment is cared for from idea to final wearable piece.
Illustration book by Tsumori Chisato
Illustration by Tsumori Chisato from her Autumn Winther 2009-10 campaign
Tsumori Chisato opened her first store outside Asia in 1999 in Paris. Situated in the heart of the Marais neighbourhood, the boutique showcases Tsumori Chisato’s love for the arts through collaborations with photographers, visual artists and set designers exhibited in the storefront. Her artistic sensibility is also translated throught the brand’s inventive advertising campaigns.
Store installations from her Paris shop; top: installation by Sandrine Pelletier & Sophear Froment and below: installation by Guillaume Ségur
Her innovative and luxurious textiles, intricate beading, embroidery, appliqués and prints of her own design are her signiture style. Graceful, elegant and fun at the same time. Her clothes are slaso available at one of my favourite shops and webshop Lubarol in Copenhagen.
Dress by Tsumori Chisato available in stores now
Picture of her work for Petit Bateau from Tsumori Chisato´s Facebook group
From Tsumori Chisato´s Spring Summer 2011 show in Paris
Tsumori Chisato Autumn Winther 2005-2006 campaign
Illustration from Tsumori Chisato´s Spring Summer 2010 campaign
Illustration from Tsumori Chisato Autumn Winther 2010-2011 campaign
Owl Poster by Krisitne Mandsberg
I have fallen completely in love with Kristine Mandsberg´s graphic universe, I hope you find it as inspiring as I do:D
Kristine Mandsberg is a Danish designer, based in Copenhagen. She graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, 2008, specialising in printed textile. Kristine is working in the crossover between art and design, 2D and 3D, exploring how materials, textiles and illustration combined can produce interesting visual outcomes, displayed through several different medias. Most of her work is linked to a narrative, and is often a startingpoint, when new work is taking its’ form. She has since her graduation, received grants from The Danish Arts Foundation, and exhibited her work in both solo and group exhibitions.
Croco Illustration by Kristine Mandsberg
Kristine is also freelancing for several companies, and has among other things developed a textile collection for IKEA, and is designing artworks for fashion (ao Soft Gallery). Other areas, she has explored, is as set-designer for the opera “The First Commandment”, and working with costumes and other project based set-design projects, which is an area that interests her a lot.
Drops Collage by Kristine Mandsberg
Krstine about her inspirations: “I can get inspired by pretty much everything which surrounds me. However my inspiration depends very much on the project that I do. For my own work the idea often comes from some sort of narrative, which I want to visualize through a certain media. The project is therefore linked to words or a headline, which describes an idea or a thought. Where as the stuff that I do for clients often has its’ starting point in a visual idea, which is then developed into something unique.”
Still from video animation “Structure” by Kristine Mandsberg
Kristines dream project: “There are lots and lots of project that I want to do, and people that I would like to work with. If I should define my dream project it would be to do some kind of huge scale installation or theatre project. It should be a project where I could work with all the different things that I like to combine, such as animation, video, illustration, textile, materials, costumes, props, space and body, linked to a narrative that would give the viewers some kind of experience visually and emotionally.”
The Freaky King and Queen by Kristine Mandsberg
People who inspire Kristine:
Filmmaker: Tim Burton (I love his visual style, a mix between reality and fiction)
Photographer: Tim Walker (and the set designer Shona Heath, which he often works with)
Japanese Fashion designer: Tsumori Chisato (her prints is amazing, colourfull and humoristic) Note: Kawaiicph will blog about her on Thursday!
Danish artist: Cathrine Raben Davidsen
You should all know: A collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis
Birds and Feathers textile print by Kristine Mandsberg
Printed textile by Kristine Mandsberg
Thank you Kristine for letting med use your lovely pictures. If you want to buy posters and graphics by the artist they can be purchased at Butikcmyk in Copenhagen.
After many failures I finally learned how to make the origami paper crane and here is the result. I have borrowed books about origami at the library but I still think the best way to learn paperfolding is by video tutorials where you can repeat and watch again. Inspired by blogger Brinja ´s miniature creations and Origami Jewellery I have decided to try to make the cranes in tiny scale for earrings. You can see the result at the end of this post!
I just wanted to show my new jewellery box from NoMess which is perfect for tiny jewellery parts.
The small colored acryllic boxes from NoMess are really cute, and a great idea for a jewellery gift box. And below are some origami lillies I made, click here for instructions.
And this is how the tiny cranes turned out: They will need two varnish glue coatings and they will be ready for earhooks!
And tadaa! Tell me what you think.
I stumbled upon this super cute blog by Brinja in Copenhagen. She is a supercreative shopowner who, as one of her hobbies, recreates her apartment in miniature scale 1:12. I think this idea is so original and inspiring and puts life and our purchases in perspective. All items in the miniature apartment are almost exact copies of her real home and when she rearranges the furniture or buys new ones, the scale apartment is refurnished as well.
Brinja´s miniature has attracted quite a lot of attention: on the picture above her creation is getting ready for a photo shoot . There is something hypnotic about it and the time and effort it must take to create this little world in such detail.
Even the papers and magazines are carefully scaled. I could just stare at this tiny wonderland all day.
When Brinja and her husband had their daughter they had to make some changes to the apartment and I can´t wait to see tiny toys appear in the corners of the miniature apartment as well. Notice the changing table on the wall above and in the background of the picture of Brinja and her daughter Vilja below!
Brinja has so many how-to tips and generous give-aways like this pin on the picture below -and her blog is in English!
You can also visit Brinjas webshop here.
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