Handmade with Love
Posts tagged hand embroidery
Art Deco Inspiration: Roses Clutch Bag
24 September 2013
by Mala Mare in Clutch Bags
More Art Deco inspiration: another Kallina house detail on a handbag. Kallina house, which for me is the most beautiful building in Zagreb, its Art Deco beauty and its details are huge source of inspiration for me. I can not help it, nature inspired Art Deco ornaments and their soft organic [...]
Hand Embroidered Handkerchief with Initials
15 August 2013
by Mala Mare in Miscellaneous
How do you choose gifts for your friends? Do you find that challenging? To me, finding a gift can be a puzzle difficult to solve – I would like to give something that is personal, nice, useful, and that will make them happy. And if possible, that should be something I can make myself…
Some months [...]
Velvet and Satin Formal Handbags
1 May 2013
by Mala Mare in Très Chic
It happens occasionally that I work on a bag, then just put it aside for a while. And then I start to work on something else. And than on something else again… So two weeks ago, trying to bring some order to current projects, I noticed that I’ve got three handbags in different phases of work:
One [...]
Velvet Bats
26 December 2012
Photo source: Kuća Kallina | Facebook.
Bats – where from, why?
There is an Art Nouveau building at the junction of Masarykova and Gundulićeva streets in Zagreb. It is called Kuća Kallina (Kallina House). The building has been built 1903-04 for industrialist Josip Kallina, it was designed by the [...]
My Heart for You
19 December 2012
by Mala Mare in Miscellaneous
Do you make holiday presents and decorations yourself? Here is an idea: embroidered heart picture. Heart hand embroidery tutorial and pattern – my gift to you, I hope you are going to enjoy it.
My inspiration for this little piece is traditional Croatian thing: licitar. Licitar is a cake in the [...]