La Boom! Seller

Crafting has always been a family matter. Even as a small child I used to paint, play with strings and fill my time with creative stuff. I studied graphic design (it was my second choice after Math) and I work as a designer the last 17 years. The craft fairy hit me again three years ago, when I decided to make my wedding invitations on my own. I haven't stopped creating handmade stuff since! I decided to go full time with it and open my etsy shop when I moved in Antiparos five years ago. I am so... Crafting has always been a family matter. Even as a small child I used to paint, play with strings and fill my time with creative stuff. I studied graphic design (it was my second choice after Math) and I work as a designer the last 17 years. The craft fairy hit me again three years ago, when I decided to make my wedding invitations on my own. I haven't stopped creating handmade stuff since! I decided to go full time with it and open my etsy shop when I moved in Antiparos five years ago. I am so glad I did :) I live in a small cycladic island, Antiparos, seeking ways of raising my biotic level and come closer to nature. I love life here and especially wake up everyday and look at the Aegean sea calms me down and gives me all the inspiration I need. My dream is to open a brick & mortar shop in Antiparos one day, a place for design, selling my pieces and organize events like weddings and baptisms. I am blinking an eye to the people, hopefully making them express their love for innocent childhood and pure nature along with the love for animals. Where I live, I am close to nature and especially the sea. This has been one of the most important influences to my work. Also, I love the way we played with toys as children, I am fascinated of these kind of games, I miss them a lot and I try to deliver this feeling to my work with an optimistic twist. The procedure of making a piece, practical is not a big secret. My main technique is decoupaging different kind of boxes and by adding all the details, deliver them as shadowboxes, light boxes or pedestals. I start with it and during the procedure, I am visualizing of what it will finally be. This is the hardest part. I may start to complete it as a shadowbox with silhouettes on and such and suddenly inspiration hits me and I change it completely into something else. Sometimes I need half an hour to complete an idea and some other times, 2 hours or a even a day. It is never the same! I am a strong supporter of handmade. There are several reasons. You buy something you don't have the skill to make it and it carries a lot of love with it and the artist care for the creation. It is unique and you will find it nowhere else, plus you support the artist directly. A lot of people have the most awesome talents and in this way you help them create their small business. In that way a lot of artists are discovered. Plus, most of handmade items are environment friendly than larger store ones. Just to name a few. So, buy handmade and support your local artists :) See more See less