How to make a little felt roll

I have a photo now of those felt rolls I was talking about in the previous entry.

Here they are:


They are so easy to prepare...!

1. Cut some felt squares in one of your favorite color combinations.
2. Add some glue between the squares and in top too.
3. Roll them up
4. Once the roll is dry, cut them in slices in desired height.

They would make a perfect addition to any decorative project :)
I think I am going to prepare some curtain embellishment with them... I´ll show it here soon!

Art-in-pieces

I remember the first time I saw some squares forming an image, hanging in a wall.
I really liked that way of showing a draw or a picture, so I decided to create something of my own.
I started testing tons of photoshop brushes -swirls, folliage and flowers-, copied the composed image in 4 wooden squares (10 cm x 10 cm), painted them with acrylics, varnished each one and... voilá!

Here they are, the four of them hanging in my wall now :)



Isn´t it cute?

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Arte-en-partes

Me acuerdo la primera vez que vi esta forma de mostrar arte: cuadrados, como un rompecabezas, formando entre todos una imagen.
Me gustó mucho la idea así que decidí armar uno para mi casa.
Probé cientos de combinaciones de pinceles en Photoshop -swirls, foliaje, flores- traspasé luego la imagen sobre cuatro cuadraditos de madera (10cm x 10cm), pinté la forma con acrílicos, luego una capa de barniz y... voilá!

Aquí están, los cuatro, embelleciendo un rincón de la casa :)
No son lindos?

Felt fabric, a great re-discovery

I know felt -pañolenci in spanish- since I remember. But it never really caught my attention.
One day, last november 2007, I found in a design magazine some beautiful little rolls made in felt and glued together making a chic wide belt.
I fell in love with the idea, ran to the nearest store and bought some pieces -brown, light-blue, pink- and I started making fervently some rolls, with hundreds of ideas in my head. Yes, I know I should post an image of those "famous" rolls... (soon, I promise!)

Then I thouhgt that felt would make a nice wall-art (background and shapes) and bought many more colors.

Days passed away, and I had my lovely collection of felt pieces filling with... dust :-(

Till I found it: AN INCREDIBLE source of tutorials of this sewing artist: umecrafts.etsy.com, and I bought one for making two delicious sandwiches... with felt!
I found sewing this material very relaxing and the result, rewarding :-)

Here you see the son -and dad- playing with the toy-food:

I want more, I will surely buy more tutorials soon!!

Wow... someone got married!

This is my fiance, Gabriel, and I last september 6th in the wedding party of my brother-in-law, Pablo.



Fortunately, it was not a cold night so we could enjoy the evening till... 4 am! Nice place, good food and everyone got fun.


And this is Alec (our son), 3 years old, with his older cousin Franco, enjoying the time together :-)

Hummm... who´s turn is it now for getting married...? :-O

My first key -or jewlery- holders for home decor!

I have just finished two ethnic wooden key or jewelry holders, for you to enjoy!
I hope you like them :-)
There are more coming soon!

Base of wood, acrylic paint and a soft varnish for protection:

Hello there!

Ready, set... Go!

Finally, Flores del Sur has a blog :)
Here I am going to give you, my visitor, a glimpse of who I am and what I do.
So let´s start from the beginning:
My name is Marisa Kraiselburd, born in 1969 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I am a graphic designer and an obsessed crafty person: I need to create and do something with my hands: sew, knitt, paint... anything!
So one day I met Etsy (http://www.etsy.com). A wonderful place for handmade stuff.
With a mix of wood work from some friends and knitted items of mine, I finally opened a little shop in Etsy, last October 2007.
Now with many sales in my account, I added a new collection of items for home and kids :)

Please, come and visit:

http://www.floresdelsur.etsy.com