Monday, 5 February 2024

Sünnipäevakaardid/Birthday cards

Harjutasin joonistamises natuke kätt ja tegin need kaardid peamiselt akvarelltehnikas...

I practiced drawing a bit and made these cards in watercolor technique mainly...

Thursday, 25 January 2024

Kaardid lastele/Cards for children

Siin on mõned kaardid, mida olen vahepeal meisterdanud nii laste sünnipäevaks kui laste sünni puhul.

Here are some cards that I have made in the meantime for both children's birthdays and baby births.

Jõulukaardid / Christmas cards

Mõned jõulukaardid sellest aastast ja varasematest aastatest...

Some Christmas cards from this year and previous years...

Saturday, 9 December 2023

Järjehoidjad/Bookmarks

Raamatute järjehoidjad on hea võimalus ära kasutada erinevaid kaartide valmistamisest üle jäävaid jääke... siin valik järjehoidjaid jõuludeks

Bookmarks are a good way to use various scraps left over from making cards... here is a selection of bookmarks for Christmas

Jõulukaardid/Christmas cards

Valik jõulukaarte / A selection of Christmas cards

Tuesday, 31 October 2023

Blogi äratamine uuele elule / Bringing the blog to new life

Nii nagu mu käsitöö blogi ja mustrite blogi, on ka mu kaartide blogi jäänud väga pikaks ajaks hooletusse. Käsitööd olen ikka nendel aastatel teinud, vahest küll mitte nii palju kui varemalt. Aga lihtsalt elu on vahel oma keerdkäike nii seadnud, et tuleb oma prioriteete muuta...

Aga nüüd olen võtnud nõuks oma blogid uuesti ellu äratada :) Ehk uute tegemiste sekka tulevad ka vanad tööd, aga ongi päris huvitav näha, millega vahepeal tegelenud olen...

Just like my craft blog and pattern blog, my card blog has been neglected for a very long time also. I still did crafts in these years, although sometimes not as much as before. But it's just that sometimes life has set its twists and turns in such a way that you have to change your priorities...

But now I've decided to bring my blogs back to life :) So the old works will be included in the new ones, but it's really interesting to see what I've been doing in the meantime...

Siin siis 4 sünnipäevakaarti... / Here are 4 birthday cards...

Friday, 7 April 2017

Sünnipäevakaart / Birthday card

Selle kaardi tegemisel kasutasin pergamano-tehnikat ning pildi jaoks sain inspiratsiooni ühest 1980.aasta ilupadja tikandi mustrist, mis Mustrilaekas ka üleval.

I used pergamano technique to make this birthday card and for picture I got inspiration from an embroidery of the cushion from 1980.

Thursday, 23 February 2017

Uus raamat / New book

Ja siin siis on mu järgmine, värske trükilõhnaline käsitööraamat - VILDIST MÄNGUTOIDUD

Seekord meisterdasin vildist mängusööki. Oli ääretult põnev seda raamatut teha - mõelda kavandeid ning lõikeid ning lõpuks asi ise ka valmis teha. Vilt on üks ütlemata tore materjal, millele leiab ikka ja jälle uut kasutust.

Rõõmsat mängulusti!

This is my new craft book - PLAY FOOD FROM FELT

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

ETSY SHOP IS OPENED!

Those who have visited my craft-blog have probably noticed my great interest in handcraft. I just love it and I love to do it!

One of my weaknesses is that I do not focus on one thing. I like to learn and try new things – to try different materials or techniques. I just got an idea or vision and I have to do it! The creative process is one of the most exciting periods – to work out the designs and to find the right materials.

I will never make crafts for just making it! For me it is creation!

And now I have opened my craft web-shop in Etsy.com to share some of my works with you.

The shop name is

IKICraftByIrena

At the moment you can find:

Handmade cards

My interest in making the cards began when I started a tradition to send the handmade Christmas cards to my friends. It was some sort of reaction to quickly spread habit to send Christmas greetings via e-mails. And after that came birthday cards, wedding cards and baby cards.

Handmade jewelry

In jewelry I like the uniqueness. Handmade jewelry is something you can wear during the day or evening. I use different materials – pearls, beads, felt, polymer clay. I put so much effort in designing and making my jewelry that I usually do not make them more than just one item.

Among my jewelry you can also find embroidered pendants. For my cross stitch patterns which I have especially made for these pendants I have got inspiration from traditional embroidery from Muhu island (Estonia). For 1 cm2 I have made at least 196 stitches. So I have achieved small but colorful embroidery. The dimensions of the oval pendant is 9 x 6 cm and round pendant 7,5 x 7,5 cm.

I guess jewelry is my another weakness…

Decorative ornaments

For many years making the Christmas ornaments have been my true love. Christmas time is such a period in a year that inspires me a lot. Every year I have design a new set of ornaments. The main material I have used is felt as it is just lovely material. But also beads, polymer clay, paper. In 2015 I have even published a small book of making the Christmas ornaments.

Some time later the handmade hearts were added to Christmas ornaments. As a lovely gift to the friends…

Nüüdsest on avatud Etsy.com keskkonnas minu käsitöö pood!

Poe leiab nime alt IKICraftByIrena

Hetkel leiab poest müügil käsitöökaarte, -ehteid ja jõuluehteid.

Teretulemast külla!
Welcome to my shop!