The Sugar-plum Fairy

 When I made a little ballerina as a "partner" for my Nutcracker-doll, I already started to think about to make a new character of that ballet: "la Fée Dragée" aka the Sugar-plum Fairy. Now, here she is!

(Oh well, with this hair she looks a tiny-weeny bit like Kusanagi Motoko from Ghost in the shell - Stand Alone Complex...)

That awkward moment, when you have more earrings than ears...

Mr Fox

 A little fox pin for my fox-adoring sister. Unfortunately, it has a mistake - that's why one should always keep the printed pattern at hand - even it's a self-designed pattern and you think you remember it well enough...

Herr Nussnacker's new girlfriend

Aren't they an adorable couple? :)                       
 I like mismatched earrings, so decided to make a pretty partner for the little nutcracker instead of a twin brother (that would have been sooo boring...). Of course I wanted to make a ballerina wearing tutu and all, as if she were coming straight from the ballet.




Well, I won't say I'm absolutely satisfied with the result - but it's not too bad, either. Finding the right colours was kinda problematic, because I have a very limited palette of delicas. My first thought was white, naturally, but then there wouldn't had been enought contrast between her dress and her skin. So remained this light blue - not a bad choice, though, since in some stagings of the ballet Clara is wearing blue. But here came my next problem: I've always imagined Clara (or Marie,as she's called in the original tale) as being blonde, but I hadn't proper beads for it. So my version, if you wish, is a young ballerina, tying her black hair up in a tight bun, ready for dancing Clara's role :)

I had hardly finished it, when my sister showed me the trailer of the new Disney version, Nutcracker and the four realms (I guess, this will bethe title), which gave me a new idea: my purpleish delicas would be perfect for the Sugar-plum Fairy!

Some more little thingies

So many ideas, so many inspiring occasions, but so little time... :(

For Halloween, more precisely for a thematic design challenge - without success of course, but at least they were fun to make.

My self-imposed challenge: do not watch a long-awaited movie without some fitting jewelry! So after the Hobbit-bracelet, the minions, Cap. America's shield and the TIE-fighters here is a little Mjölnir for the new Thor-movie :D Well, maybe no the best choice, but I had no better idea.
Now, it's time to think about something new from a galaxy far, far away... ;)

Last but not least... I'm working on a tutorial for these bracelets, but can't promise to finish it soon - writing the instructions turned out more difficult than expected. It would be great, if someone could spend a little time for checking it, whether it's understandable or not. Any help would be appreciated!

Small things

Tried a new hairstyle for this little girl (older version: http://convallariacreations.blogspot.hu/2016/04/japan-babak-japanese-styled-dolls.html) 

She really looks better this way - at least more kokeshi doll-like. And since that was my original aim, I'm totally happy with the result :)

Two new colleauges joined the group of  my yellow buddies :) 

If minions are cute, then mini-minions are extra-super-cute, that can't be argued...

Some of my works were displayed at an exhibition organised by the library in my hometown :) 

Japán babák /Japanese styled dolls

Pár éve láttam nagyon aranyos kokeshi babákat - sajna, csak reménytelen vágyakozással nézegethettem őket (azok a fránya anyagiak, ugye...), de legalább ötletet adtak, mit is próbáljak meg legközelebb megfűzni ;) Flat peyote technikával találtam is hasonló mintákat, de persze elhatároztam, hogy nekem márpedig nem lapos, hanem háromdimenziós manőverfe ... khm, akarom mondani: figura kell. (

Few years ago I saw some really cute kokeshi dolls - well, I could only glare at them with hopeless longing (economical reasons, you know..), but at least they give me a good idea ;) I've found similar patterns with flat peyote stitch, but I was resolute: I need a three-dimensional maneuv... errr, no, not that - I wanted to say doll...

Ő Michiko-nee-chan, a legidősebb, ő készült először, nagyjából három éve. Sajnos, a rózsaszínű gyöngy, amit a szájához választottam, nagyon kopik :(

She is Michiko-nee-chan, the eldest. She was the first doll I made three years ago. Unfortunately the pink beads I've chosen for her lips faded quickly :(

Ő a rendkívül kreatív nevű Sakura-chan. A cseresznyevirágok ötlete Csabai Anikótól származik, az ő blogján (Okina ékszerei) láttam ilyet - ezúton is köszönöm, illetve bocsánat, hogy kérdés nélkül lenyúltam az ötletet!

She is the very creatively named Sakura-chan. I got the idea of the cherry blossoms from Anikó's blog (Okina ékszerei) - thank you! :)

A nagyobbik Hanako, ő tavaly készült, a pici pedig Hina-chan, még csak két hetes :)
On the right is Hanako, made last year, and the little one is Hina-chan, only two weeks "old" :)

Varietas delectat ;)

Hogy lássátok, nem csak Tolkien-olvasással telt a gyerekkorom - volt Harry Potter is :) / Now you can see that I spent my childhood not excessively with Tolkien-reading  - there was Harry Potter too, of course...

 Szegény kis cikesz-fülbevalók eléggé nyomszikák lettek, őszintén szólva lusta voltam referenciaképet keresni (tévézés közben készültek), azért remélem, felismerhetők... Mindegy, kellően lökött fülbevalók, szóval szeretem őket :) Még akkor is, ha nagyon kopik ez az arany bevonat :/ (Ez vajon normális? Vagy lehet, hogy a parfüm okozza?)


Poor little golden snitches look rather clumsy - telling the truth I was too lazy for searching reference pics (I made them while was watching TV), nevertheless I hope they are recognizable... Anyway, they are earrings silly enough for me, so I like them :)

PS. a címkéknél a 'saját ötlet' úgy értendő, hogy gyöngyből fűzött cikeszt még nem láttam korábban... Simán lehet, hogy más is kitalált már hasonlót, csak én nem tudok róla. *magyarázom a bizonyítványom*


The tag 'own idea' was meant so that I have never seen beaded snitch (realized with peyote stitch)  before... obviously it can be that other beaders have also had similar ideas, but I didn't know of them...

Do you want to build a snowman? ;)

Ha már úgyis szóba került a Jégvarázs... "Csak egy icipici hó kell, de tőlem lehet sóder..." Na jó, az talán mégsem - de gyöngy, az már igen ;)
Speaking of Frozen... Yes, I wanted to build a snowman, of course ;)

természetesen a minyonok is segítettek ;)
the minions were helping too, of course ;)

mert egy nem volt elég...
'cause one wasn't enough...

Minionok :D (ha úgy jobban tetszik: minyonok)

Néha kell egy kis cukiság is - és ki ne szeretné ezeket a kis sárga tüneményeket? ;)
A bit of cuteness is also needed sometimes - and who doesn't like this adorable little yellow creatures? ;)


Ő itt Dave :)



minyonevolúció - mindegyiknél módosítottam kicsit, míg végre megtaláltam a legjobb változatot
evolution of the minions - I always modified the pattern a bit, till I find the best solution

PS: a 'saját ötlet' nyilván a megvalósításra értendő ;)

'own idea' refers to the way of realization ;)