I was one the front page of etsy.com

KupKup's gorgeous treasury made it to the home page of etsy.com, including my golden flower necklace. Unfortunately I don't have the screenshot, because it was at 3 am CET and I was sleeping, but this is the treasury I am talking about:

Wow, I am featured on Cuteable!

Yesterday I found out, while I was "testing" my brand name with the search engine, that I am featured on cuteable.com! I am so happy about it!!

You can check it out here:

ZsB Creations on Cuteable

Yippie! :)

Chrysanthemum

I have this little chrysanthemum in my garden, I look at it every day in the last couple of weeks wondering how is it possible to have such lovely flowers in this freezing cold. Yesterday it finally hit me: hey, this is inspiration! So, here it is my own interpretation of the chrysanthemum. I'm very happy about the way it turned out, because I'm very "cautious" with using purple and yellow together (I don't know why, must be some kind of a "childhood drama" with colorful candies or crayons :)), and now I finally realized that with choosing the right shade there is really nothing to be afraid of :)

European Street Team

I am a member of the European Street Team on etsy, one of the best teams there, with the most talented artists all around Europe. They are not only very talented people, but every one of them is a great person, and I am honored to know them and to have the opportunity to chitchat with them about almost everything :) I will try to introduce a few great members of this amazing team. Because the team is quite large, I will focus on the artist I have online contact almost every day.

Anna Ruby King from Greece makes cards, ACEO's, jewelry and fabric patches. She draws the cutest birds you ever seen! She has a very unique style.
Shop: http://www.annarubyking.etsy.com/

ArtMind from Belgium is making amazing wetfelted necklaces, cool design, great colors, terrific look!! She also offers cute cards in her shop.
Shop: http://www.artmind.etsy.com/
Blog: http://artmind-etcetera.blogspot.com/

Deep Indigo from The Netherlands makes little goodies to wear. Knitted, hand embroidered headbands, buttons, pins, little jackets, all made with love and care.
Shop: http://www.deepindigo.etsy.com/

Patrick from France makes beautiful photographs of Provance. He has great talent to capture the beauty of the nature, every picture he takes is a real fairytale. You can find his gorgeous photos under the name of French Landscapes.
Shop: www.frenchlandscapes.etsy.com
Blog: http://french-landscapes.blogspot.com

From Holland with Love from The Netherlands sells unique bags and lovely accessories made from original Dutch fabrics, ribbons and lace, but you can also find home decorating items in her shop.
Shop: http://www.fromhollandwithlove.etsy.com/

Glasfaden from Germany is making lovely necklaces from her own handmade lampwork glass beads. The beads are very sweet little flowers, very unique!
Shop: http://www.glasfaden.etsy.com/
Blog: http://glasfaden.blogspot.com/

If you looking for cute supergirls, you take a look at the shop of Heli Sengezer from Turkey. She also makes lovely soft toys, bags, pouches, T-shirts, all decorated with her supercute superheros, bunnies and barking dogs! In her other shop, she sells her original paintings and prints.
Shop: http://www.helis.etsy.com/
http://www.helisengezer.etsy.com/
Blog: http://helisengezer.blogspot.com/

Inger Maaike from The Netherlands magically transformes fluffy strands of wool into anything you can imagine. She makes gorgeous scarfs, cute dolls and very interesting bags.
Shop: http://www.ingermaaike.etsy.com/

In the shop of Ira Grant from Switzerland you will find colorful, beautiful handbags, shoulder bags, messenger bags, wrislet, totes, and any other fabric related items.
Shop: http://www.iragrant.etsy.com/
Blog: http://buzzee-mum.blogspot.com/

If you are looking for very unique never-seen-on-anybody gorgeous felted scarfs, you should look for Karlita from Belgium. She also makes jewelry.
Shop: http://www.karlita.etsy.com/
Blog: http://karlitashop.blogspot.com/

Kraplap from Germany arranges buttons in a artistic & decorative way, not in a functional way. Such non-functional arrangements become functional when completed as necklaces, bracelets, rings etc. Both variation & repetition play a role in her arrangements. She also has an accessory line under the name of P8 Accessories, with bags, pouches, hats & scarves.
Shop: http://www.kraplap.etsy.com/
http://www.p8accessories.etsy.com/
Blog: http://kraplap.blogspot.com/

Kreativlink from Austria makes handmade leather journals and sketchbooks. They are very unique and adorable!
Shop: http://www.kreativlink.etsy.com/
Blog: http://www.kreativling.at/

La Pomme from France creates adorable soft pillows, dolls and toys, also lavender scented, to make you sleep better and dream sweet.
Shop: http://www.lapomme.etsy.com/
Blog: http://www.lapommeblogs.blogspot.com/

Leina Neima from Estland under the name of X by Leina Neima creates various things but mostly one-of-a-kind hand dyed scarves and jewelry. Her handmade items have both individuality and originality. She also makes the cutest soaps ever, with little surprises in it.
Shop: http://www.xbyleinaneima.etsy.com/
Blog: http://xbyleinaneima.blogspot.com/

Marianne S from Estland makes the most amazing crocheted beauties I've ever seen. With her own words, she is "addicted to crochet, felting, stitching, playing with polymer clay and making jewelry".
Shop: http://www.bymariannes.etsy.com/
Blog: http://heegeldab.blogspot.com/

Nagajna from Italy takes very interesting and beautyful photographs.
Shop: http://www.nagajna.etsy.com/
Blog: http://design-cookies.blogspot.com/

Pamela Angus from France is a glass artist, her pieces are inspired by textiles, the arts and crafts movement, patterns in architecture, fragments, glimpses and romance.
Shop: http://www.pamelaangus.etsy.com/
Blog: http://pamelaangus.blogspot.com/

Panyi Zsuzsi from Hungary makes jewelry from her own handmade fused glass beads. Her designs are very tender, sweet and playful.
Shop: http://www.panyizsuzsi.etsy.com/
Blog: http://www.panyizsuzsi.blogspot.com/

Paper Flower Girl from Belgium is a jewelry designer, she makes feminine and elegant yet stubborn and colourful jewellery and homewares created with a combination of new and vintage materials ranging from metal to fabric.
Shop: http://www.paperflowergirl.etsy.com/
Blog: http://paper-flower-girl.blogspot.com/

Star of the East is a mother and daughter team living in Turkey, they make baroque, eclectic, exotic, anything but boring jewelry. Every piece they make is art! They also have a supply shop under the name of Star of Supplies and a shop for small gifts, Gifts and Stars.
Shop: http://www.staroftheeast.etsy.com/
http://www.starofsupplies.etsy.com/
http://www.giftsandstars.etsy.com/
Blog: http://star-of-the-east.blogspot.com/

Free shipping!

I offer free shipping in my store at etsy.com until December 31!!

http://www.zsbcreations.etsy.com/

Reconstruction

I had this necklace what I made a couple of months ago, with three flowers on it (see first picture), it was very beautiful, but a little bit too "busy". So I took it apart and made a simple yet elegant necklace from it and matching darling earrings. I am very pleased with the results.

The faux ceramic technique

I read about it on the polymer clay web months ago and I liked it very much, but I didn't really have the time to try it. But now! :) I just made for little beads, just to practice, and I was so happy with the result, that I turned them into earrings almost immediately they dried.

As you can read in the tutorial , you need alcohol based inks to do it, but I don't have any yet, so I used Pearl Ex powders, and I think it's very pretty like this, too. But off course, I just have to try it with ink, too!

Well, this is it!

After long consideration I decided, finally!, to start my own blog. I would like to write about my crafts, my little shop on etsy, my inspriations, but I will also share sometimes some cake recipes :)

My name is Zsuzsanna, but just call me Zsuzsa, I am a self-taught jewelry designer, a full time homemaker, a mother of three beautiful children, a wife of an amazing man. Born and raised in Hungary, now living in The Netherlands. We live in a small town on the countryside, I'm sure, you will learn more about it as I will keep on blogging. It's not much happening here, but the place have something magical going on, like natural spa, you can get all the rest you need! Rest is in the air! OK, sometimes it can be to much of it, too :)

I make handcrafted, artisan jewelry and beads. Couple of years ago I found out about the polymer clay, and I am an addict ever since! It's a great medium, with almost unlimited possibilities, makes you creative and alert too.

I just begin to re-discover fiber: I make handfelted brooches and I started to re-learn knitting and crocheting. Re-learn, because when I was a little girl I used to knit and crochet with the help of my Grandmother, but then I just left it behind... time to pick up!

So, I guess, now the blog is official open :)