And of course with all the joyous things come gifts -- for me that means learning a new craft technique -- I realised that this became a tradition for me for the past 3 or 4 years :)  This year it is kimekomi -- this is the ancient art of decorating dolls from Japan. It has been adapted to decorating Styrofoam forms for...

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Soo just 3 months and a week after they arrived in this world, only one kitten is left! Hurry up, do not miss your chance! ...

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The Lithuanian Post office finally relented in the face of official warnings, request from a parliament member and countless complaints from clients. They are "temporarily" suspending the changes: http://www.post.lt/lt/apie-mus/naujienos/view/lietuvos-pastas-laikinai-netaikys-matmenu-ribojimo-korespondencijai Here is a more detailed description of parliament member address to LP: http://www.15min.lt/naujiena/verslas/bendroves/jurgis-razma-kreipesi-i-susisiekimo-ministra-del-pasto-siuntu-apmokestinimo-didinimo-663-382218 All the pictures are taken by me unless mentioned otherwise. If you fancy a piece of soutache jewellery with any of...

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So, even after receiving an official warning from RRT (an institution that is charged with regulating Lithuanian Post) they are still claiming, that they will not break any laws by instituting these changes. If you click this link and go to 34th minute you can see this farce: http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/45339 For 10 minutes Lithuanian Post lawyer blabbers lies and the same incongruous statements. Way...

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Finally my first litter as an owner of my own personal cattery Woden! The kittens are 2 and half months old at the moment and are ready to be reserved. There are three little ones -- Ainu, the flower of the litter, a small lady, very sure of herself, and at the same time gentle and cuddly to the extreme: ...

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The days are getting colder and more and more often I catch myself looking at warm clothes and thinking that my winter repertoire needs a renewal. I keep finding more and more interesting and lovely things to wear and wanted to share some of them with you. I have really low blood pressure, so my feet and hands are constantly cold -- this...

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In yet another publication (sadly again only in lithuanian) http://www.lrytas.lt/verslas/karjera-ir-rinkodara/per-nakti-pasto-siuntos-pabrangs-keliolika-kartu.htm The journalists claim that Estonia has imposed the same restrictions this spring and that estonians are very happy with it. Sounds legit, right? But I do not trust what I read unless there is hard data to go with it and when I look for that data her is what I find (www.post.ee/failid/UPT_kiri_km_ga_2012_eng.pdf)...

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From the 1st of November Lithuanian Post (Lietuvos Paštas) is banning small parcels -- only two types of post remains -- letters with measurements of A4 piece of paper that is 2cm thick and weights up to 2kg and packages. The elimination of small parcels will be a hard blow to anyone, that sends their goods in small quantities -- i.e. small businesses...

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Sunday was a great day -- sunny, warm and also we had a CLARP (cabinet LARP) in Firefly setting. The crew and passengers of the Bumble Bee ...

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Since I was little I remember amber being around me all the time -- in my mothers jewellery, in decorations on the wall, in the sand on the seashore but most of all in my grandfathers workshop. The smell of amber dust mixed with freshly cut wood, heated metal and all this surrounded by all sorts of interesting (for an inquisitive little girl)...

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Halloween is nigh and shops and crafters are burning up huge amounts of orange and black supplies. Get your broomsticks and cauldrons ready! It's Halloween! My take on this years Halloween accessory is this: ...

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I have been asked to make several items for a real life jewelry shop this summer. Of course there is always "loads" of free time when it's good weather outside, so I only got around to doing it just now. I have been talking to various people (shop owners included) about what goes best and the advice was -- pastel colours, less bright...

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A  little something for a friend: ...

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Second day in Corsica met us with a grey cloudy sky and a promise of rain.  Looking at the satellite pictures it is seemed most likely, that we won't get too much rain if head north - up to Cap Corse, sounds good! So we saddled our little Renault Clio (got an almost brand new one -- just 200 km on the odometer)...

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A long overdue honeymoon trip to Corsica. I loved the island, enjoyed the nature and the food and decided to share some of that with you. We stayed in a great B&B Maison Borghetti run by very nice and friendly hosts Brian and Patrick. Patrick's food is awesome, and that is coming from me, who is notoriously picky about her food :) We...

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For my birthday last year i received a paragliding stint. As last summer was hectic with wedding preparations, changing my job so the coupon was sitting patiently in a drawer and waiting for this spring, which kept on being winter for a very long time :) But finally the weather cleared up, the rains withdrew and this last weekend I went up! This...

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Finally! The title of my cattery is approved and it is Woden! Woden as in the leader of wild hunt. Why my No1 choice was Woden? Well, kurilians are great hunters, natural predators still undiluted by many years of breeding as other cat breeds. Give them a moving target and watch them destroy it :) Anything made of feathers. fur of even a...

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Punto Peruano is the name of a knitting or crocheting technique from (as you could guess easily :) ) Peru. I accidentally stumbled upon it while browsing various hobby forums and decided to try it. ...

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Turns out I missed this piece of soutache in my blog -- a brooch or hairclip to go with my Green summer earrings and pendant. ...

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 So, finally I came round to taking photos and posting my wedding jewellery here. My dress was moss green with a tarnished gold centre and I wanted my jewellery to compliment it but not to stand out too much. After a long search I finally settled on fluorite stone as the main colour accent for the necklace and a brooch (which is not...

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 While looking for suitable stones for my wedding jewellery I fell in love with fluorite. Understandably ended up getting more of it than I needed for the necklace, earrings and a brooch for my dress. This is only some of the leftovers fashioned into earrings: ...

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