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march @ the museum

This weekend I went to the best spring fair in Bucharest. It’s organized by the Peasant Museum in Bucharest, and creators from all over Romania come and show their work. I met a lot of friends who make wonderful things. The three Ana Maria s from Picturici, Delicate and Zoolunatici, Madalina from Buburuze and Silviu Fologea  who makes the best toys ever!

Thanks for passing by, buying and appreciating our  work.  We still have some brooches left, so if you want one, just drop a line.

Have a wonderful spring!!!

Targul de Martisor ~brose obiect cu poveste

“De la firul răsucit, alb și roșu, la mărțișorul virtual…

Mărțișor, Mărțișug sau Marț era consemnat de Simion Florea Marian, unul din etnologii importanți ai începutului de secol XX, ca obicei de 1 martie, prezent nu numai la români, dar și la bulgarii și albanezii din Balcani – obicei pe care țăranii îl repetau în fiecare început de primăvară ca semn protector împotriva bolilor și a nenorocului. Copiilor li se lega o monedă de argint la mână cu un fir răsucit de lână sau de bumbac alb și roșu, ca să fie feriți de boală, pe care aceștia îl legau, după 12 zile, în pom, ca să fie pomul roditor, iar vitelor li se agăța același fir roșu cu alb, ca să fie sănătoase și, la fel, bune de rod. Preluat de lumea urbană și devenit modă, firul de bumbac, uneori fir de argint sau de aur, este purtat drept colier și podoabă, ținut la piept, primit ca suvenir și, mai nou, cadou.
Povestea mărțișorului supraviețuiește, în diferite forme, până în contemporaneitate: de la firul simplu răsucit în alb și roșu, până la mărțișorul virtual.”

Va asteptam la targ incepand de astazi, 27 februarie si pana pe 2 martie, la Muzeul Taranului Roman (curtea interioara). Am lucrat impreuna cu Ana Maria Radu, cea care semneaza ilustratiile, o serie de ‘martisoare obiect’ printr-o suprapunere de layere si texturi, cat si tehnici diferite. De la impunsatura de ac, la tusele de culoare, totul este lucrat manual si cu mult drag. Daca nu ne veti vizita, speram ca macar imaginile sa va bucure.

Primavara frumoasa si linistita! Ioana si Ana.

BumBag by Ramona Manea

Ramona Manea is a young romanian designer and a friend, who started her BumBag series, couple of years ago. I have my own bumBag and I carry it to festivals, islands, forests and any other place I travel about.  What I love about it is the way that huge amount of things that I ‘need’ fits inside it :)) it’s easy to wear and looks great!!! + @the festivals, you still have your hands free to make waves or dance:)

Get one, you’ll love it!

More here and here and most definitely here. The pics are from her fb page and friends. Thanks!

the time is love

the time is love. Hope all your days are full of love!!!

*handmade wool hood that sometimes turns into a scarf and mittens with love that sometimes turns into a circle 🙂

Winter snakes

sarpe2 sarpe1I’m making winter snakes for cuddling!!! They are pretty good to sleep with, hug and why not even to talk to:)) but you won’t get anything but a warm hug from them!:))

Cuddle on!!!

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Lucrez la o serie noua de serpi pufosi de tolanit, lenevit, imbratisat:)  O mica ilustratie despre cum ii poti folosi:) Sunt moi, colorati, umpluti cu vatelina si de lungimi diferite…

Il poti innoda in diferite feluri si asa isi schimba forma dupa bunul tau plac. Nu musca!

Hibernare placuta!!!

 

 

 

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fingerless gloves & colour

A special photo session with my fingerless gloves and two friends. Madalina and Horia, the photographer, got carried away with the colours and started playing with them. Keep warm and feel good!

Prawling silver cat

From sketch to the final silver object. A special order from a nice boy. I really like how the jewelry transforms the metal and how the metal can take any shape you want. It’s like finding its soul and its story. Love it! It’s magic!!!! And it never stops. The change. You can transform it over and over again.

Waha festival ~ summer of 2013

Last summer we were invited to take care of the comfort food and drinks at the Chill Area @  Waha Festival 2013. We took care, we had fun, we made a little deco with the help of the volunteers from the festival.  There were three days of arts, love and music…and couple of more days for the before and after work:)

All the love to the people in the community, the strangers and friends we met. Thanks for the music and good energy! Special thanks to Vidi and Radu Spiridon for the pictures.

Waha sounds joyful, tribal and resonant. Waha aims to be more than a party, but an expression of existence. A space where you can be who you really are, expand your consciousness and join the others in learning, working together and helping each other to raise our level of awareness. Probably each of who was present there lived unique sensations, but for all of us we believe and hope it was such a common experience.’

Brauri ~ silk Belts

Cingătoare lată de mătase pentru domnite urbane, castelane.

Lucrate manual si cu mult drag de Ioana  Make a Wish si prinse pe panza fotografica de Hria.

Silk belt for urban ladies. Handmade with love by Ioana & pics by Hria:) On my wishlist for any occasion 😀

pop up shop & xmas cat

Our silver cat, with a new funky face, gone for a photo shoot  with Hria. Took some friends along the reindeer and the Xmas tree we did specially for her:) And some pictures from a pop up shop I did before Christmas. I chose a nice place to drink a coffee and just arranged a shop for a couple of hours. Thanks for passing by!