Pumpkin Madness continues...

my pumpkin craze continues... now I have moved from the kitchen to crafting. I have found this bright rustic cotton yarn in one many many boxes and I started playing around with it to make crochet pumpkins that want to use as decoration for this Autumn and later as pin cushion.
I also find a wonderful bright red yarn, but I still do not know it will become...:-)

We Find For You - accessorize in purple

1. OnYourHead, 2. buttonsmaniac, 3. KNITTINGCATE, 4. LaPerLaA

Beautiful accessoires in purple all strictly handmade in italy

See more by more bu following this link!

Pumpkin Home Cooking

I love pumpkin! My favourite dish is a traditional venetian soup called "Risi e Suca".. with its splendid orange colour, smooth texture and this sort of sweetness it has always been my favourite...especially with a lot of freshly grated Parmesan cheese to finish it!

Anyway this last week-end a bright orange large slice of Hokkaido pumpkin inspired me to try something different, so I made a pumpkin sauce for my ricotta tortellini. A very simple sauce made by salting in pan tiny slices of pumpkin in olive oil, then add the cooked tortellini, sprinkle with a generous amount of freshly grated Parmesan cheese, some freshly chopped parsley, and roasted pumpkin seeds... doesn't this looks fabulous?

 ....and to finish my week-end of "pumpkin madness" I also prepared a simple soup. The picture below (with my omnipresent coffee maker in the back) shows the first step of the soup which was made of a little chopped onions, pumpkin , some celery , salt & pepper.

 

and this is the final result. By the way the green striped table set was crocheted by mother by reusing an old dress she used to wear in the 60's... quite some "reuse" here!

ETSY ITALIA TEAM WE FIND FOR YOU: orange

ETSY ITALIA TEAM WE FIND FOR YOU: orange
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ETSY ITALIA TEAM WE FIND FOR YOU: orange
This week the inspiration came from the bright orange of the sunset of a typical roman early fall evening.
The item pictures are strictly handmade in Italy by fellow Italian artisan.

1. BabyCare, 2. Kosmika, 3. EtherealFlowers, 4. LaPerLaA
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Poll: What's your favourite creation?

Poll: What's your favourite creation?
Check out this great creations all Handmade in Italy and vote for your favourite One!

Crochet Earrings on a Stick

Crochet earrings ballerina and rose blossom earrings  hanging on a stick, More pitcures in myflicker and on sale in my ETSY shop.

DREAMY RAINY DAY - We Find For yOU

1. Untitled, 2. foglie viola-2, 3. Cote D'Azur Bracelet, 4. Untitled

Other We find for you at Etsy Italia Team's blog!
Enjoy !

we find for you - ETSY ITALIA TEAM

we find for you - ETSY ITALIA TEAM
Originally uploaded by LaPerLaA1

1. zucchero di canna please, 2. DARK RENAISSANCE VENICIAN INSPIRED RING -MYSTERY, 3. Blue beaded cuff, 4. Detail grey coin purse


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TREASURY: Beautiful Blues by ETSY ITALIA TEAM' by timasartstudio

 This treasury where my SEA FLOWER - NATURAL GENUINE BEACH TERRACOTTA PENDANT FROM AMALFI COAST is featured is just too beautiful! I am honoured to be featured among such great fellow members from the ETSY ITALIA TEAM !

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'Beautiful Blues by ETSY ITALIA TEAM' by timasartstudio

Enjoy!

HomemadeBags $55	Sumikoshop $6	AliceCouture $70	buttonsmaniac $18.5	callmemimi $49
LaPerLaA $38	apezoppa $35	atelierpompado... $25	lunica $33	OnYourHead $30
valeriatelier $30	medusa1307 $	marlyscreation... $17	Chickslab $50	contemori $21

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Tomato Sauce

My mother has prepared simple tomato sauce for the winter... for the amount she made I think we will be eating a lot of tomato sauce this coming winter.. wich is one of my favourite!

This sauce is made with tomatoes, basley, some oregano, little chopped sellery, salt and a pinch of sugar... the most simple and most delicious sauce to bring back some high summer feeling into the winter.

Made Front Page Today

My Grass Green Crochet Flower Brooch made it to Front Page today. The list was lovely curated CallMeMimi

Amalfi end of July

Yesterday the started with some coulds to then turn into a perfect day. Here are some pitcures taken from the boat trip between Salerno and Amalfi... I have done this trip many many times but everytimes it feels like a taking a small cruise.
And collecting sea glass today was particularly rewarding as there was a big storm the night before.

Impression from Greece

In june I took a short break to Greece and those are some impression from this beautiful and mistical country

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"RICKY" the beaded dog

My sister beaded it for my Etsy's shop and his name is "Ricky" like the first pet I had as a child.

Ricky has been beaded with faceted round corneol and agate beads that gives him a lovely and warm tone. He is not inteded for child play, but he will be happy to stand on your desk or in your glass diplay.

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Country Drops Earrings

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grass green drops earrings

grass green drops earrings

DEEP BLUE STAR LEAVERBACK EARRINGS

DEEP BLUE STAR LEAVERBACK EARRINGS finisched this week-end. I love their dark secretive sparkle. Available at my ETSY shop

 

 

 

Newly curated treasury:

ESPRESSO, CHOCOLATE, NUTELLA:
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4c2cf6f2943d6d9133fef6dd/espresso-chocolate-and-nutella

Song of the day from Nina simone....

"Nina Simone - Ain't Got No...I've Got Life " stunning beautiful live version from you tube. I think no one can listen to this and not feel the energy of this woman!

A new Mermaid's Tear Pendant is born

A new Mermaid's Tear Pendant is born... among splashes and drops of water... 

I know I should not congratulate myself, but I really like the this pendant has come out, of course is totally different from how I had imagined it initially because as ususal as I work on the sea glass somehow it tells me how to decorate it.  I hope you also like it.

the back side