Beautiful Knitting Patterns by Natalia Moreva

 

Happy Friday! I shall wrap up for the weekend with these beautiful mitten patterns by Natalia Moreva. She has knitting projects for cardigans, shawls, socks, hats and mittens that are suitable for someone who has a basic experience as a knitter. The mitten designs include flora and fauna patterns starting at only $4.99. This will be a great project to begin right now to make handmade holiday presents for your loved ones.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Shivani

Hand-Embroidered Bird Brooches Adorned With Beads

Lately, I have been spending time on Instagram looking for fresh talent and inspiration. Niem Erze of Croise Birds is the recent treasure whose work I stumbled across and instantly fell in love with. She is an artist based in Moscow, Russia who mainly hand-embroiders bird brooches. What makes her ornamental birds unique is the fine placement of beads and sequins to make wings and feathers of the creatures.

It's hard to choose a favorite, they are all lovely! I selected a few of the birds to share here which wasn't easy thing to do. Visit her on Instagram to view more of her fabulous work.

Birdtopia: Coloring Book by Daisy Fletcher

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Birdtopia is a wonderful coloring book by Daisy Fletcher a UK based illustrator with 10 years of experience as a freelancer. I recently stumbled across few of the illustrations without knowing that they belonged to a coloring book. On digging deep, I discovered the book consists of 70 pages featuring black and white illustrations including owls, hummingbirds, peacocks, Oriental darters, gentle blue tits and violet-tailed sylphs. 

The book also includes a key at the back to educate what birds are offered in the book to color. There are a few pages which come with pre-colored illustrations to inspire the reader. The book can be ordered online from here. Daisy's second book Into the Wild: An Exotic Woodland coloring book will be available in October and can be pre-ordered from here. 

New Intricate Paper-Cut Artwork by Eugenia Zoloto

If you remember this post then you are already familiar with Eugenia Zoloto's incredible paper-cut artwork. She generally has one primary subject in her piece which is filled with hundreds if not thousands of hand-cut intricate designs. For example the owl silhouette with delicate floral ornaments or the girl's hair made of images of a bird and intertwined vines.

You can view more of her latest work on Instagram and in her online store.

Geometric Paper Masks That You Can Make At Home

 

Steve Wintercroft is a UK based designer who makes geometric paper animal mask kits that you can download and print at home. There is a range of masks from birds, to animals and Halloween masks that are both inexpensive and creative. They are perfect for a costume party, Halloween or any other event where a mask is needed. 

Steve's masks can be purchased from his online store Wintercroft that has about hundred masks to choose from. Once you buy the mask, you'll get a pdf format file that you can easily download and print at home to make your own mask. Just have some paper, glue, and scissors ready! The kit comes with template of the animal of your choice and instructions to build your 3D mask.