♥♥♥ Guppies with Love Decor ♥♥♥

This morning I was clean my cute and small aquarium☺  , which made of glass jar from Prego pasta sauce which I already used the sauce to made my favorite dishes.
Just want to share because Iam decor lover so I decided to decor my aquarium to make my little guppies  feel comfortable in their small home. 


Here you can see my small aquarium. Yes the guppies are there! Haven't decided yet their name at the moment.

I decorate the jar with my handmade accessories, using faux blue pearl, glass beads and silver plated chain. Then there is a little bird clip. Imagen that little bird are stoping by to say Hi! to the guppies. Some simple plant to made some cozy and green felling.

Finally I put some mix of stone chips, maybe you wonder why the watter is blue. Well, I put some aquarium salt in it. The salt are in blue color, so it made blue water. Dont worry its safe for the guppies. 

Now the aquarium are in my work desk, I just love to see it happily swimming in their small home.Bring so much inspiration to my day.

Shabby Pretty Labeling !

I just can't wait to shared this pretty idea with you all!
This simple picture from Country Living - "In Good Order". Made me think that I didn't realize before, how labeling can be so pretty and fun. You can made your own labeling use your sticker paper or colorful card stock with your computer. Another idea is made some hand made label with some freehand drawing and writing. Lovely!

Country Living "In Good Order", show us how kitchen pantry is now in order after used this pretty and fun label.

Little secret garden under glass!

Have you ever feeling bored sometime? How about Me?...
Well, yes off course sometime I feel bored too. When all the home decor you see, all feel the same and dull. Need "something" to make it feel...LIVE, GREENER, FRESHER! Well, I find this fantastic idea to brings mine and your secret garden fantasy into our home with style.

The technique call terrariums, according to The Terrarium Man a terrarium is a miniature landscape with living plants and even sometimes small animals like lizards or turtles.
Interesting right? Well, before I get more excited...please check this out inspirational terrariums images from Country Home - Life Under Glass. 

What do you think? Intrested isn't it?!
Cant wait to make my own terrariums, well check out this cool website, how to make your own terrarium for beginners. Here "The Terrarium Man" share all his tips, idea and giude to make your own terrariums. 
And here are some of My Favorite vase or glass ware from IKEA, that you can use to make your own terrariums.

CYLINDER, Vase/bowl 

IKEA PS BRUNN Vase

PALITLIG Vase

STJALK Vase

BLOMSTER Vase

Share your ideas and comment about terrariums, if you already have terrariums..please share your tips and guide with us!


I almost forgot..Happy Valentine day everybody! Love you all.

DIY Christmast Deco!

Everybody have their own way to express their self to made this festive season special with their own way. I just found this adorable DIY deco inspiration from Flickr group call Country Living - esque.I want to shared with you all. 

What I want to shared is, you can be handy decorator for your own home. Just used your decor collection items, take them out from it case or your cupboard. Mix and match the theme, colors, size or maybe you can made some cute deco item hand made. You can find crafts idea at marthastewart. Find some simple crafts idea that can complete all your decor. Have fun! Dont be afraid to add something unique to your decor, example add some glitters.

Do you know this is a picture of kitchen window decor? How delightful this is. Decor by GryNoka

Simple yet beautiful, decor by Saidos by Concha

Kitchen table for thanksgiving, decor by Just Jolynn

Christmast is not always red, why not add blue to your decor! decor by The Custards

Iam back with new begining!

Wow ! Its feel so great, after have long....long...vacation. But now iam back with fresh mind and new begining. Recently I just open my Etsy shop. If you havent heard about Etsy then I will tell you about it. Etsy its a website to sell or buy handmade. Just like ebay but this site is "just" for hand made! 

I already have wrote about items on Etsy, now its my turn. Well, my Etsy shop its sell fine handcrafted jewelry made by me. I call my shop Anita Crafts shop. I think it simple and I believe most people who already visit my shop, will remember about it. Ok, now..what kind of jewelry that I sell on Etsy. I already have two section in my shop. One is children jewelry which I made it with wooden beads in rainbow colors. Second section is fine earings, all the items that you see in my shop, is guaranty design and handmade by me. Well, I want to shared some of my working process with you. 

working with wire

after pearls, crystals and glass bead  join together

my work corner

As you can see in the picture, all material that I used is pearls, swarovski crystals, quartz, glass beads, wire, etc. All material need different treatment some hard, some soft, some shiny...but thats why I found made jewelry is something excited and once you in, you will find your own creative wonderland.

Well, picture above show you the process. now the finishing touch!

In these jewelry design, I used purple quartz, diferent size of faux pearls. I made it in set, with one rings design. I made it as hairband for bride to be. The ring is adjustable in any size of fingers. Lately Iam so inspired by romantic and elegant colors, I think it will great for wedding jewelry.

Well, if you already visit my etsy shop, Please remember to not forget to visit my blog too. Because in my blog I will inform you about my latest handmade product, it could be jewelry or other crafts creation. Cheers!

Vintage Ceramic Collection

I always intrested in ceramic for home decor, some collection are unique and collectible. Iam so inspired by ceramic vintage collection from europe. But what exactly ceramic is?

Well, according Wikipedia, a ceramic is an inorganic, non-metallic solid prepared by the action of heat and subsequent cooling.^[1] Ceramic materials may have a crystalline or partly crystalline structure, or may be amorphous (e.g., a glass). Because most common ceramics are crystalline, the definition of ceramic is often restricted to inorganic crystalline materials, as opposed to the non-crystalline glasses.

The earliest ceramics were pottery objects made from clay, either by itself or mixed with other materials, hardened in fire. Later ceramics were glazed and fired to create a colored, smooth surface. Ceramics now include domestic, industrial and building products and art objects. In the 20th century, new ceramic materials were developed for use in advanced ceramic engineering; for example, in semiconductors.

The word ceramic comes from the Greek word "κεραμικός" (keramikos), "of pottery" or "for pottery",^[2] from "κέραμος" (keramos), "potter's clay, tile, pottery"^[3] which is said to derive from the Indo-European word *cheros (unattested), meaning heat.^[4][5] The earliest mention on the word "ceramic" is the Mycenaean Greek ke-ra-me-we, "workers of ceramics", written in Linear b syllabic script.^[6] Ceramic may be used as an adjective describing a material, product or process; or as a singular noun, or, more commonly, as a plural noun, ceramics.^[7]

Types of ceramic products

For convenience, ceramic products are usually divided into four sectors; these are shown below with some examples:

• Structural, including bricks, pipes, floor and roof tiles
• Refractories, such as kiln linings, gas fire radiants, steel and glass making crucibles
• Whitewares, including tableware, wall tiles, pottery products, and sanitary ware
• Technical, is also known as Engineering, Advanced, Special, and in Japan, Fine Ceramics. Such items include tiles used in the Space Shuttle program, gas burner nozzles, ballistic protection, nuclear fuel uranium oxide pellets, bio-medical implants, jet engine turbine blades, and missile nose cones. Frequently the raw materials do not include clays.^[8]
  

Classification of technical ceramics

Technical ceramics can also be classified into three distinct material categories:

• Oxides: Alumina, zirconia
• Non-oxides: Carbides, borides, nitrides, silicides
• Composites: Particulate reinforced, combinations of oxides and non-oxides.

Each one of these classes can develop unique material properties because ceramics tend to be crystalline.

Here are some great example for Vintage Ceramic from Europe.

AldoLondi for Bittossi "Rimini Blu" Sculptures plus Rarity: Marcello Fantoni Beautiful 1950s Italian Modernist Vase

German Mid-Century Pop Art Vase Enemble /Polar/ with huge Floor Vase Duemler & Breiden 70s

Vibrant Hutschenreuther 70s Ceramic Collection

Stunning 1960s Fat Lava Vase Collection with thrilling "Horses" Floor Vase

All the ceramic collection above are selling at Ebay by German Modernist start this week. Enjoy!

Nature Shabby chic Inspiration

Nature is one of the best inspiration for home decor, check this shabby chic furniture and wallpaper. To get shabby chic furniture look, you can repaint your old furniture and add some inspiration picture into it. Just like what Yabette do! With this deco tree dresser. Isnt it pretty?! For more info about her collections you go to her website. Her collections more than just furniture, you can find her vintage fashions, jewelry and home decor collections too.
Dont be afraid to try new things in the end you will be surprise with the final result! Here are some best example that  inspired me alot.