kristinaklarin

over the weekend...

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...Como...

and few color palettes here

after the winter hibernation....

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saying hi to soft pastel hues

and bye bye to grays

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Just a quick one to let you know there is 25% off on all Red Hues at The House of Kami!

Danube in

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black & white,

red,

beige

and turquoise

few more sunset pics

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Back..

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..leaving this sunset behind...

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our bags are packed! I'll be here for next 6 days...can't wait :)))

night walks...

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and breaks ...at pâtisserie and at Louis Vuitton display....

For those of you that celebrate, I wish you a Merry Christmas :)

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34 candles...

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Cheers!

Pastel rain

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My favorite color combo at the moment :)

...

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More Burano palettes, finally here too :)

Where I would love to live...

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Burano ...

Vignetting

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It seems there is not so much time lately for my color squares & stripes, but I'miss blogging so much...

microblogging through tumblr looks like a very nice idea at the moment.See you there daily :)

Genoa typo

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Dreaming light

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I'm waiting for everything to see the light...and playing with the imagination in the meantime

two hectic weeks of hard work are over but still furnishing the House to warmly welcome you is taking longer than expected…I wish I were more high-tech savvy!

palettes from sunday walk

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...working on...

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I started this project a while ago, it will be in the shop soon (hopefully in just two weeks :)

scene di disordine e confusione

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the trip through the early European landscape and its primeval forests ...work of Francesco Simeti

Getting ready for a brand-new start

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Here we are: Me and Beatrice, fully dedicated to beads painting…. oh my! We are so excited about this coming season….Everything will be brand new! A new colors palette, a new range of products, a new shop….

…. and, of course, a brand new name for this exciting project!
THE HOUSE OF KAMI
How did we come out with it?

Kami - a Japanese word Beatrice picked up for us - is Sense of Beauty, Place of Superlative Quality, Harmony of Colors , Joy and Love for Nature…

So what about The House?

We wanted to create a place that could evoke this sense of community and genuine sharing I am having here with you …. A temple of Beauty and Calm …..An intimate place where we all can meet to share ideas and thoughts or simply have a relaxing break…

So this is how we came out with this newborn logo, hope you like it :) !

new book

2011-10-11T10:56:00.000+02:00

I've been in bed with flu for the past few days...luckily, book from Olivier arrived to keep me company.

I'm so happy to be a part of The New Artisans.Some of them completely new to me such as:
SuTurno

Esque studio

Elisa Strozyk

Lena Levchenko

Ikuko Iwamoto

and Lars Rank.

Here is a very familiar one :)

I hope you had a very nice weekend as well!

Reflections

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Venice......2 part

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Venice........

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I went to Venice over the weekend to see my dearest friend before he moves...we had the most wonderful time drinking spritz and walking through Biennale , I hope your weekend was great, too!

inspiration - art deco

2011-09-29T17:24:00.000+02:00

Colour Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay

paris gray

2011-09-22T07:38:00.000+02:00

It's such a beautiful thing to wander like a vagabond under the sweet shadows of Parisien Grey. Together with my good friend rediscovering the pleasure to contemplate and fall for the delicacy and uniqueness of what artisans still can make with so much love. We have so much going on and I am so excited! I really can't wait to see it finally taking shape and share it with you all:)

Paris - bold hues

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petit dejéuner :)

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What's your favourite breakfast food? I was dreaming this crunchy macaron for ages!

drawing a new path

2011-09-10T15:53:00.000+02:00

Have you ever wondered "what if I wasn't all on my one while doing this?"
Well, I've been giving it a thought for a while now and then, while I was trying to paint this beautiful silk, guess what? My dear friend Bea is back from Shanghai, she wants me to go to Paris and have some talks...keep your fingers crossed for me, I am taking off

Land of Fairies

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countryside week-end

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Hope you had a nice one too :)

paper wonders

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from the book Paper craft 2.

more good news

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My necklace at Anthropologie :)

good things

2011-08-30T21:04:00.000+02:00

Hello Everyone, I am so glad to be back, what a hectic time! The past couple of months have been quite tense, it's been stormy and sunny on a daily base... Lucky enough bad things all came with a happy end and after spending a lot of time with my family, here are some photos from my last days of a very happy and relaxing vacation...

in the mood for ...

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yellow vintage dress and yellow beads all around, I wish you a great weekend!

flower kilim

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I was searching for this type of kilim for ages and I couldn't believe my eyes when I finally found it in one small shop in Belgrade for a ridiculous price, I'm so in-love with these bold colours and geometric flowers!

p.s.Huge thanks to Joy for featuring my necklaces twice (here and here) I'm so honored!
p.p.s.Check out lovely new on-line shop called Leif - so many wonderful and colourful pieces , great work Stacy!

a new skirt

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made of fabric from the flea market..I'm so in love with this kind of flowers lately.An interview with me at lovely blog Vintage is for Lovers!

doors...

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from the neighbourhood

walls

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from the neighbourhood

enjoying...

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...flowers from my mom's garden and few cristal glasses that I found in a small shop here in the neighborhood, I wish you a nice week!

flying home..

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my bags are packed and I'm are ready to go, I wish you nice week and see you very soon!

Berber rugs

2011-05-22T12:17:00.000+02:00

I'm so in love in with moroccan boucherouite rugs!
I saw them number of times in the blogosphere but never live, until yesterday in one gallery here in Milan...photos almost don't do them justice.

( all photos: Cavin-Morris Gallery )

Studio tour

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Hello all, I'm so busy here that I haven't had time to post anything and those cherries from Sunday was the last thing I eat :))) well not really but almost.
Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that you can take a tour of my messy studio through beautiful and colorful Compai blog! Thank you so much Justina for inviting me, and thank you all for visiting , it feels like having you here for real, except that I can't make you espresso
xo,
Kris

Sunday in red

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...

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My last trip to the post office for this week....thank you so much for your orders :)))!!!
I got lot of work done these days and as it usually happen to me when there is so much to do...I keep adding things to my to-do list like crazy. One of them was to import my old Kris's color stripes posts here and I'm so happy I finally did it, I guess I was really missing my blogging past :))) I wish you a nice weekend!

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The shop is updated!

During the break...

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I made a few small necklaces again.They will be available for one week starting from tomorrow morning! (CET time) I hope you all had a lovely weekend, too :)

working on

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something new and making a mess everywhere...

eating Sardinian sweets and listening this and this song...

Have a wonderful weekend !!! :)

Morteratsch Glacier

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over the weekend..

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Alps from the window of Bernina Express

strawberry progress and

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a beautiful video Potager from Benoit Millot

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Nothing makes me more happy than Easter breakfast...I hope you are having a nice Sunday, too :)

happy alien invasion...

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or war of colours..I'm wondering what was this drawing about...
( how to make chalks tutorial )

walking on chalk

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Botanica

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by FormaFantasma studio THE OBJECTS DISPLAYED IN THE BOTANICA COLLECTION ARE DESIGNED AS IF THE OIL- BASED ERA, IN WHICH WE ARE LIVING, NEVER TOOK PLACE. ALMOST AS IF HISTORIANS, STUDIO FORMAFANTASMA INVESTIGATED THE PRE-BAKELITE PERIOD, DISCOVERING UNEXPECTED TEXTURES, FEELINGS AND TECHNICAL POSSIBILITIES OFFERED BY NATURAL POLYMERS EXTRACTED FROM PLANTS OR ANIMAL-DERIVATIVES.

Things I liked

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Beautiful A-B-C-010 lamp from Kristoffer Sundin and Simon Klenell (see how it's made here)

James Plumb

Thomas Eyck - wonderful wall vases by RaR and furniture inspired with Hindeloopen art style made in collaboration with Roosje Hindeloopen

new work from Piet Hein Eek fused vases and tubes chair and bench made from old pipes

Rossana Orlandi second part

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Fuori Salone 2011

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my favorite place Spazio Rossana Orlandi :)

Sunday

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I went to see flower and garden show yesterday with my friend and her little girl, we had a wonderful time...

We took coffee and also capucino without coffee, she made few drawings for me , so I made this photo for her, I hope your weekend was nice too.

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Many of my necklaces are now hanging in a very lovely and colorful shop in Brooklyn so, if you are living in the area, be sure to pay a visit to Erin at
Vintage Modern , or read more about her shop here and here. I wish you all a wonderful weekend!

Inspired by

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Patrick Blanc's vertical gardens...

1.Woolly Pocket

2.Gutter garden

3.Hanging organizer garden

4.Pallet garden

5.Ecocube

6.Recycled drawers garden

Aromatic garden

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I wanted to get rid of this dish rack for ages...now I'm so happy I didn't... it's the perfect place for basilico, timo, origano, salvia, melissa and even a small strawberry - I can't wait until it turns red.
Now I can have aromatherapy while washing the dishes :)))

p.s.I planted some cherry tomatos and chili peppers on my small balcony. I hope they will grow well, I have never tried to grow vegetables in pots, have you?

walls...

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in bloom

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reflection

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It's been raining all day long but then a ray of sunlight reflecting from the building in front hit a vase and then a wall for a few minutes...moment of magic :)))

fabric colours and puff effect

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I can't stop playing with this puff effect, as well as my blog look... and can't stop feeling lucky for having a quiet and serene afternoon.
-work of Robert Polidori
-Help Japan via Bloesem

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and I hope you will like it!!

work in process...

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speaking of purple I'm so in love with this colour palettes from Gucci fall/winter collection

purple

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in the postbox

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Three postcards that I sent to Janine from Uppercase a long time ago... I have almost forgot my adventure with fragile mushrooms so I was very happy when I saw them again, still in one piece, in this beautiful issue .

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here is what I brought back from the fair - all kind of ribbons that Ziggy would love, back in '73.
Have a nice weekend!

pepin press

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Pepin's book is here and I'm in love!

Speaking of beautiful fabrics, I'm on my way to Milano Unica. If you remember , my last year visit was a reason to start making necklaces - I'll be wearing this one today :)))

Have a nice day :)

50's

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I've bought this lovely book the other day, but than dicovered another one from Pepin Press which I like even more - 50s Fashion PEPIN Fashion, Textiles & Patterns 04 book is must have if you like textiles inspired by abstract geometrics, impressionist flowers and brush strokes, I'm on my way to buy it!

springish!!!

2011-02-08T18:38:00.000+01:00

Working on some spring necklaces which will be in the shop soon.
I hope you love this bright springish colors as much as I do!
Have a great week :)

all shades of gray

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We went to the mountains over the weekend, it's best thing to do when our city become too much "breath-taking" (you can find Milan here, proudly holding 6th position, I truly hope your cities are not on the list)
I wish you a nice week with plenty of fresh air!
xo,xo
Kris

Shop update

2011-01-24T10:18:00.000+01:00

The shop is updated with more winter necklaces and it will be the last one until Spring Summer collection (coming out by the end of February)
Have a nice week!

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Trying some spring colors despite the gray fog outside.I wish I could have this for snack.
Have a great week!

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orange and robin egg blue

playing with lights

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I wish you fantastic 2011, may all your dreams come true !!!

holiday

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To all of you who celebrate Christmas I hope you had a lovely time.I ate a lot of yummy food, saw A Christmas Carol on Tv (although this one is still my favorite) and enjoyed Santa Claus's gift (he must be reading this blog carefully :)))

See you in 2011!

Turning 33 today :)

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on the table..

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last autumn colours, it's all white here today but I couldn't resist sharing these palettes :)
I wish you a lovely week!

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Old blog

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after three years of blogging it's time for me to make some changes.The moment I started Kris's color stripes I was sure I would never make something fashion related again since my experience as fashion-designer working in the industry was exhausting, uninspiring and devastating for my creativity but slightly, thanks to this wonderful medium and your incredible support my teen dream to make beautiful things for daily life come back again. The decision to move from this blog was hard but I wish to enjoy every moment of this transformation and need time to concentrate on my work a bit more. I still find my colour palettes useful and inspiring so I will keep posting them on my new blog every Monday.
Thank you so much for your wonderful support and see you there on Mondays, to begin with.
Best,
Kris
p.s. Shop will be updated on December 1th, in the meantime you can find my necklaces in some lovely online shops like ShakShuka, Line+Liv or TinyBird

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autumn flora

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Rorschach blots... :)

Have a nice weekend!

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as promised: Kimono

over the weekend...

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our Besta looks more like Piet Hein Eek's work now.I'm so happy with a result and only need to buy few nice wooden legs instead of these.

I used Studio Ditte wallpaper but Piet's wallpaper is so beautiful, too,
p.s. flower kimono is another thing I was working on during the weekend... will show you as soon as I hang it

2010-11-10T12:19:00.000+01:00

My dear friend and ex-roommate will stay at my place for a week, we are having so much fun working on few renewal projects for my home and dreaming a lot like in days when we were at school.
p.s. at that time we used to take a walk late at night on Wednesdays (it was a garbage day) and collect chairs, pots and lot of other stuff from the streets to repaint, repair and decorate our Indian inspired apartment :). I miss that, although I'm so happy we are not that penniless anymore
First on the list: chairs

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last fotos from my summer house

bye bye sea, see you next summer...

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I'm back! Collecting olives is much more difficult than I thought, so I slept almost all day yesterday and here are few photos from my working holiday.

p.s. shop is updated!

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I'm on my way to Croatia to pick the olives from our trees which has been abandoned for so long.We cut the weeds this summer and hopefully I'll bring back a lot of fresh olive oil.Our grove is here and there is no internet conection in such a place, so see you next Tuesday!

Just in case you love olive oil I think you might also love the idea of adopting an tree.Nudo oils are made from handpicked, cold-pressed and organically grown olives.Besides, this fabulos packaging is made of recycled materials.If I hadn't my olives Nudo would definitely be my choice
I wish you great week!!!

2010-10-22T11:22:00.000+02:00

Many wool fabrics for me this winter..:)))

it's a little gift I bought for myself this morning...I'm still deciding which one should be skirt and which one the top ,but I'm feeling so happy already just to look at this colors (and to say bye bye to my ugly jeans & black sweater outfits soon)

for a nice shoes to match any outfit I just discovered Shoes of prey and love it so much
and I wish gloves from this beautiful shop - Brinja

2010-10-21T19:06:00.000+02:00

so many things to do, but I just had to share this "autumn" day with you! It looks so fake but it was real, so much sun and blue blue sky..

silk painting

2010-10-18T10:33:00.000+02:00

I went to the small hobby fair yesterday and I really liked silk painting booth of an Armenian lady, you could 'try before you buy' every color and technique like batik, tye and dye, salt ... I tried only the basic one and here is my 15 minutes trial piece. It's so quick and easy, the only bad part is that I should cook it in pressure cooker to fix the color (I'm so afraid of it, are you?)

On my wishlist:

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Kenzo by Antonio Marras will be released on October 26 and I can't wait to put my hands on this book.
Pucci, Eley Kishimoto and Vera
Speaking of Kenzo, here is one of my favorite videos:

Kenzo PE06 Women from Frédéric Sofiyana on Vimeo.

I wish you a lovely weekend!

2010-10-14T11:24:00.000+02:00

there was not much to be proud of my birth country lately...even if I don't feel patriotic at all, things like these hurt me a lot. To be completely honest with you I love and hate it, at the same time. Seeing this product design by Coba & Associates yesterday on theDieline make me feel more in LOVE

My favorite is Malena tube, liqueur with honey and fruits like sour cherry, raspberry and woodland strawberry made by RakijaBar .Great to have in your purse on a freezing winter day or to help you handle tough situations :)))
Love the chocolate with the street map, too

2010-10-13T12:55:00.000+02:00

I'm back on my feet! I discovered this lovely restaurant yesterday night and really enjoyed dinner with my friends.Thank you so much for your get well comments.

I've left my camera at home, so here are few shots from U Barba site.

p.s.I'm in love with a wooden fridge.