New Products From Tukoni Tribe by Oksana Bula

Ukrainian artist Oksana Bula is the creator and the designer behing Tukoni Tribe. She has created a series of adorable characters whom she calls 'little tukonies'. The Tukoni members live in the woodland created with delicate textured watercolors. These characters seem to be from children's picture books living together in harmony with the natural world surrounding them.

"They are the forest habitants and the best friends of forest. They take care about the plants and the animals. This is not their job, this is their favorite thing to do."

Her characters can now be found on tote bags. These bags are printed on heavy cotton featuring cassiopeia owl, ursa minor, wolf orion, starry hare and stingray designs that glow in the dark.

If you have been on a look out for a beautiful puzzle set, then her online store has 70 piece jigsaw puzzles for kids in four different designs.

Some of her new products include t-shirts which I completely love! They are available in both men and women styles in assortment of colors.

For those of you who like to send personalize hand notes, make sure you check out her postcard collection in over 50 designs in her online store - Tukoni Tribe.

Emma Jayne Allsup: An Illustrator And A Pattern Designer

Emma Jayne Allsup is an illustrator and a pattern designer from UK. She has an experience of over 15 years as a freelancer. She earned her master's degree in Textile Illustration from The Manchester University and also have a degree in Surface Pattern.

She gets her inspiration from vintage patterns, retro wallpapers, printed fabrics, Scandinavian design, and old and contemporary illustrations. Combining traditional media such as gouache with digital artistic tool she create whimsical and bold artwork. 

She has worked in collaboration with well-known brands including MOOUI, H&M, Caterpillar books, and Karla Cola. She has desgined t-shirts, dresses, jumpsuits, swimwear, bedding and home accessories in her signature style. You can find her art prints, notebooks and stickers in her online store. 

Delicate Hand-Embroidery With Sequins and Beads On Tulle

hand embroidered owl on tulle

owl detail

Yekaterina Cherevataya is an embroidery artist from Kyiv, Ukraine. After she graduated from the Kiev State Institute of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design, she founded Cheka Hand Embroidery Studio in 2012. Initially the artist was creating jewelry but with over 7 years of professional experience and constantly exploring new embroidery methods and techniques, she is now making elaborate hand-embroidered clothing pieces, couture headbands, hats and much more.

Her work is inspired by Ukrainian traditional embroidery, and has very delicate and feminine quality. She uses tulle as a material to decorate it with gold embroidery, applique, bead work and ribbons, silk and rhinestones. She has designed fashion apparel in collaboration with well-known fashion designers of Ukraine and has worked with Valeria Kovalskaya, Victoria Gres, Elena Reva, Artem Klimchuk, Anna Arutyunova, Julia Polishchuk, Kristina Mamedova, Elena Ivanova and the RUSLAN BAGINSKIY brand. Also, she hand embroidered a custom hat that was worn by Madonna.

She recently embroidered an owl on tulle with sequins and beads, I am in love with this piece! You can watch her in action and find more of her work on Instagram.

Stunning Hand Embroidered Brooches That Almost Look Real

Svetlana Kazachenko is the designer and an embroidery artist behind Rarogart. Belarus based artist makes these stunning brooches using thread and a needle. She makes a wide range of brooches including animals, birds, fish, insects, bugs, monsters and landscapes. Each brooch is hand embroidered with mind-boggling details and intricacy. The artist carefully works with color palette that sparks life into these pieces. The embroidered brooches are rich in texture that are further embellished with beads. 

If you have something in mind that you would like to be created then you can contact the artist for a custom order. You can find her one-of-a-kind pieces in her store here.

10 Valentine's Day Gift Ideas

Sculpted owl candle holder

Ceramic wall hanging

Hand painted owl tote

Owl necklace

Owl paper lantern

Hand knitted socks

Ying yang owl art print

Wooden bowtie

Owl mug with lid

Owl planter

For those of us who want to give something more than just chocolates and flowers this Valentine's Day, I curated this post. I hand-picked a few of my favorite things that I would like to give to my loved ones this year and thought I share them with you here. 

What better way to express love and gratitude by giving a unique handmade item that can be used everyday and cherished for a long time. I hope you like the things I made this post with and find something to give to someone special in your life.