Home shoes-slippers for the cold

Home shoes are a great idea for knitting, especially now that the weather is cold!

They are very quick to make, don't need much yarn and there are beautiful patterns either to knit or crochet! They are also a beautiful gift idea, if you are considering giving handmade gifts this Christmas!

Take a look at some beautiful designs I found:

And if knitting is not your bliss, or you don't have time to make something yourself, you can find gorgeous designs at Etsy! These slippers can be found at my shop:

These are some beautiful designs from other shops:

Gray men booties by yasooknitting

Crochet slippers with fabric buttons by whitenoisemaker

Teddy Berry Ballet Flat Slippers by  LolitasLuggage

I also found wonderful slippers made from felt:

Gray felt slippers by Onstail

Green slippers with flower by AureliaLT

White felt slippers by TapuTapu

New jewelry-playing with new materilas

Almost  a whole month is passed since my last post!and only one month is ahead of us before Christmas!! I don't understand how quickly time slips from my hands.... I will try to make a brief review of this month.....

My iron broke, my glasses, my watch and my p/c!!!!I bought a new p/c, struggled for two days to move all my files and programs, but I still can not connect to the internet!!!On Monday I'm expecting a technician to come and fix it!

In the meanwhile I managed to finish an unfinished shrug finally:

and made a lot of new necklaces, most of them have already been sold and some of them I have not been able to take pictures:

I couldn't resist the temtation and bought new materials, silk cocoons and rods hand-dyed and yarn:

and made these necklaces:

I have two new bags almost finished and the perfect way to show you how to adjust a zipper to your jacket/wet or bag, without having the wrong side looking ugly when the zipper is open, but I will show it to you in a next post! take a pick of what I will show you ;)

and now I must get to work, two christmas bazaars are on the way and I have to stock up!!!

Athens Arts Spring Bazaar

Prepare your gift list!

Yesterday I saw the first Christmas shop window! The weather is still summery, but it is already November and the shops are getting ready for the Christmas season!

This year I suggest you to buy handmade gifts, because:

Buying Handmade makes for better gift-giving.

The giver of a handmade gift has avoided the parking lots and long lines of the big chain stores in favor of something more meaningful. If the giver has purchased the gift, s/he feels the satisfaction of supporting an artist or crafter directly. The recipient of the handmade gift receives something that is one-of-a-kind, and made with care and attention that can be seen and touched. It is the result of skill and craftsmanship that is absent in the world of large-scale manufacturing.

Buying handmade is better for people.

The ascendancy of chain store culture and global manufacturing has left us dressing, furnishing, and decorating alike. We are encouraged to be consumers, not producers, of our own culture. Our ties to the local and human sources of our goods have been lost. Buying handmade helps us reconnect.

Buying handmade is better for the environment.The accumulating environmental effects of mass production are a major cause of global warming and the poisoning of our air, water and soil. Every item you make or purchase from a small-scale independent artist or crafter strikes a small blow to the forces of mass production.

Moreover:

When you buy handmade you are supporting traditional arts and crafts techniques that have passed down through generations. In today’s high tech world the old arts and crafts traditions are being replaced by mass production but when you buy handmade you are saying that you prefer your items to be high quality pieces of art instead of mass produced trinket.