Fishes Make Wishes

Salmon and purple necklace

2017-10-26T02:36:00.002-07:00

Our latest wooden bead necklace is a combination of salmon pink and purple beads on tan leather cord. It's size is adjustable, you can wear it long or short! There's quite a few color combinations in the shop, we'll be adding some more in the next few days :-)
xoxo
Aleka

Scandinavian Christmas houses

2017-10-21T01:44:00.001-07:00

Preparing for Christmas and I made these two miniature clay houses inspired by Scandinavian patterns! They are one of a kind, handpainted with red acrylic on white clay. Find them in the shop: little Scandinavian house and Nordic Christmas house.

Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Aleka

Women in literature

2017-10-19T02:20:00.001-07:00

Three matchboxes with women in literature, Virginia Woolf, George Eliot and Emily Dickinson. I really enjoyed making these! I love George Eliot's books, they are the perfect mix of love, drama and real life on the country on the Victorian era but given with great wit and insight. Woolf's books are more layered, her stream of consciousness is not easy to follow but very rewarding when you get into it. I have to admit that I haven't read a lot of Dickinson's poetry, just a few poems most notably her "Hope is the thing with feathers" which inspired me to make the cover of her matchbox :-)

xoxo
Aleka

Bookish

2017-10-14T02:09:00.001-07:00

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

The weekend is a great chance to pick up a good book! And you can never go wrong with a classic like Jane Austen, her books are very entertaining, fun and full of emotions. "Sense and Sensibility" is one of my favorites, a story of two very different sisters and their views and approaches to life and love. It's been made into a movie too :-)

The bookmark is one of my faves, it;s in the shop along with others!

Have a great weekend,
Aleka

Gingerbread houses

2017-10-10T02:22:00.000-07:00

Gingerbread houses in the shop! They are one of a kind, made from terracotta clay and hand painted with detailed patterns in white, red and green acrylics. They were challenging to make but I love how they turned out :-)

xoxo
Aleka

Bunny ring holders

2017-10-05T01:27:00.003-07:00

Bunny ring holders are in the shop! These bunny rabbits are made from clay, hand shaped without the use of molds making each one unique. I painted them in pastel colors, light blue and pink, with rosy red cheeks and black eyes and nose. You can store your rings on their ears or use them for decoration!
I love how cute they turned out, hope you like them too :-)

xoxo
Aleka

Wooden necklaces in blues and reds

2017-10-03T01:44:00.003-07:00

Two new necklaces in the shop! These are made from smaller oval and round wooden beads painted in various colors, one necklace is in hues of green and blues and the other in reds and purples.
You can find them both in our wood jewelry section!

xoxo
Aleka

Ring cones in red and green

2017-08-10T02:26:00.001-07:00

Our latest addition to the shop are these ring cone holders! You can fine them in red or green stripes, they are hand shaped without molds and hand painted. That way each one varies slightly making them one of a kind and unique :-)

xoxo,
Aleka

Little rustic clay village

2017-08-08T03:11:00.001-07:00

I love how these little houses look together, like a whimsical, rustic village! Each house is hand painted with a unique design, I really had no idea what it would be until I started painting it :-)
You can find them all in the clay houses section!

xoxo,
Aleka

A booklover frog

2017-08-05T01:38:00.003-07:00

This little felt frog is quite the bookworm! He will happily mark the page in your favorite book or planner. He's in the shop with all our felt bookmarks :-)

xoxo,
Aleka

Cube wooden bead necklaces

2017-08-03T01:39:00.001-07:00

A new design of wooden bead necklaces is in our Etsy shop! These colorful necklaces are made from cube and round wood beads and they are hand painted in colorful combinations. You can find them in our wood jewelry section :-)

xoxo,
Aleka

Happy birthday matchbox

2017-07-29T02:50:00.000-07:00

A couple of Happy Birthday matchboxes that I made this week! I love how each one is slightly different from the other, that's what handmade is all about!

If you want to wish someone special happy birthday you can find the matchbox here :-)

xoxo,
Aleka

New wooden necklaces

2017-07-27T02:18:00.002-07:00

A new design for our wooden necklaces! We've used hexagon and round wooden beads to make them, they are knotted on cotton cord that can be adjusted to your preferred length.
There are two color combinations listed: orange & blue and purple & lime yellow!

xoxo,
Aleka

Ice cream matchbox

2017-07-25T02:21:00.000-07:00

A fun little matchbox to get over the summer heatwave: a paper popsicle! It is guaranteed to bring giggles, fun and zero calories :-)

xoxo,
Aleka

Wooden necklace in pastels

2017-07-22T03:33:00.001-07:00

A new necklace in the shop! I've used pastel colors, a pink and grey combination that looks so good together. As with all our wooden necklaces, this one is adjustable too so you can wear it as a long necklace or simply shorten it to the lenght you wish :-)
You can find it in the shop, along with the our other wooden necklaces!

Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Aleka

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Clay houses

2017-07-20T02:12:00.000-07:00

These two clay houses are in the shop! I enjoyed making them so much and since they are one of a kind I got to be very creative with the paintings. I got to paint different versions of trees, vines and flowers and no two houses are the same!
Find them in our clay houses section :-)

Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

In progress

2017-07-19T03:02:00.000-07:00

A few more miniature portraits in progress! I'm not completely satisfied with all of them, I need to tweak them a bit before I move on to making the entire matchbox. They are Simone de Beauvoir and Edith Piaf, I;m happy with the first but even though I love how Piaf looks my sister confused her for Lucille Ball... So I'm thinking of maybe doing a portrait where her hair is longer? The other two are Agatha Christie and Louise Brooks, I like Brooks but I need to work on her lips a bit and unfortunately I'm not completely happy with Christie so I'll need to work on it more.

Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

Wooden necklace in pink and yellow

2017-07-18T00:42:00.000-07:00

One of the new wooden bead necklaces! This one is in fuchsia pink and yellow beads with grey leather cord. It's length is adjustable, so you can wear it as a long necklace or shorten it!
Find it in our wood jewelry section on Etsy!

Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

PS Matchbox

2017-07-15T03:41:00.001-07:00

Today I'm making tiny little envelopes to fill with love notes! They are part of the matchbox diorama in the pics above. All our matchboxes are handmade from scratch, they are hand cut, hand folded and hand painted making them more unique :-)

This matchbox is painted to look like a vintage envelope and on the inside there is an envelope with a little piece of paper with the phrase "I love you". I think it's a pretty cute way to send someone your love!
You can find this one, along with all our matchbox designs in our Etsy shop!

Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Aleka

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Rustic houses

2017-07-13T02:54:00.000-07:00

I love how these little clay houses ended up looking! Every one I make is unique and one of a kind as I simply paint on them whatever I feel like at that moment. These two are finished, now all I have to do is photograph them and list them! Let's see if I can do it with this heat...
Wishing you a cooler day,
Aleka

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Bead necklaces in progress

2017-07-11T04:49:00.001-07:00

I do love the way the wooden beads look before they are painted and after, especially the after looks like brightly colored candy! It's been a while since I added new things in our jewelry shop but there will be some new things in the coming days, new wooden bead necklaces in fun color combinations :-)

Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

Apple bookmark

2017-07-08T02:33:00.002-07:00

There's something about apples that makes them go perfectly with books! So I made an apple bookmark, with ribbon and felt, this way you can mark your page with fruity fun! Oh and it's personalized too, with your initial :-)
Find it in the shop, in the bookmarks section!

Have a lovely weekend,
Aleka
p.s what do you think about our packaging? We are wrapping all our bookmarks this way with fun different bookish quotes!

The whales

2017-06-27T08:15:00.000-07:00

Hi!
A bit of experimenting with clay and these little cuties happened! These three clay whales are a sort of prototype for me as I'm trying things out with their coloring, I find I prefer the light wash of color that brings out the sanded surface to the more uniform coloring. And now I need to figure out how to make their shape more consistent, even though this way each one is unique :-)
Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka

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Rainbows

2017-06-24T01:41:00.001-07:00

Working with rainbow felt results in pretty rainbow scraps :-)

Wishing you a lovely weekend,
Aleka

Matchbox ladies

2017-06-20T07:15:00.001-07:00

Hi!
I've had this idea in my head for a while, a sort of collection of matchboxes with a specific theme. I thought of various ideas and there were a couple that seemed more interesting and challenging to me. So here is the one that I picked: I'm making matchboxes with portraits of important women in history. Women that have left their mark in various fields through the years, from science to arts these women have one thing in common: their work is celebrated by all today :-)
Here are four matchboxes I've already made, Jane Austen, Amelia Earhart, Billie Holiday and Marie Curie. I'm hoping to make more and grow this collection!
Wishing you a lovely day,
Aleka