A video about xroma

Awhile ago, Etsy suggested all sellers to make a short video, about them and about ther work, a video that would show that behind each Etsy Shop there is a real person, an actual maker.

So, here's a short video about Christine and xroma!

Featured seller: xroma

If you want to get to know better me and xroma, 

who I am, what inspires me, my favorite materials, movies, music, books, parts of the city, my working space, 

take a look at this amazing interview by Polina, at Etsy Greek Street Team Blog:

http://etsygreekstreetteam.blogspot.gr/2015/07/featured-seller-xroma.html

 

All about packaging!

Beautiful, colorful things need beautiful, colorful packaging:

Each xroma ring, well protected by a little carft box,
goes into a cotton, eco friendly bag with a (matching) color ribbon:

Each envelope is sealed with a colorful washi tape:

And orders are ready to ship!

Packing for Pop Up Shop!

xroma is packing and getting ready!
Oh, no, it's not moving out, but it's packing the goodies that will be displayed at the
Etsy Greek Street Team Pop Up Shop!

From Friday 5/12 to Sunday 7/12, 

11.00 to 20.00,

at Sous Sol (6 Veikou str., Makrigianni, metro station Acropoli)

handmade creations (ranging from clothing to jewelry and from house wares to handmade soaps), made by Greek artisans, members of Etsy.com , will "pop up"!

Also, during the event you will find every useful information on how to open your own Etsy shop!

Bonus 1: with every purchase you participate at a giveaway with many gifts!

Bonus 2 (exclusive!): Saturday afternoon there will be a mini party!

Participants:

Polykatoikia/ elixirio/ ILaBoom/ TheGreenerPastures/ TheWanderingDeer/ Tilissimo/Floti/ mouhoxlab/TACEHandmade/ FishesMakeWishesHome/ karmologyclinic/ MessProject/ kokona/ LinaECreations/ xroma/ JewelryByFlorita/ petiteutile/ WireMyTree/ BlueMargarita/ zdrop/ kleoxirou/ ouph/ theophanojewel/ Giampouras/ Laliou/ CreationsbyEve

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/867464223286706/

Etsy anniversary!

It's been a year since my first Etsy sale! 

The most exciting thing about being an Etsy seller is thinking of my jewelry travelling around the world...
Look where xroma has travelled so far:

Etsy Craft Party 2014 - Bring new meaning to old photographs

Every year, in June, Etsy celebrates it's birthday with themed craft parties, which are hosted by etsy teams, all over the world.
This year, craft party's suggested theme was "Recapture: Bring New Meaning to Old Photographs".
So, on the 1st of June we got together at six d.o.g.s., armed with old photographs, threads, needles, scissors etc, and like old village gossipers we embroidered while talking about everything, we laughed and we got to know each other better.

The craft party was organized by Nafsika, Antigoni and Aleka & Georgia, the Etsy Greek Team leaders, valuable advisors and partners, as always.

More photographs here:
http://etsygreekstreetteam.blogspot.gr/2014/06/craft-party-in-athens-bring-new-meaning.html

Etsy Craft Party 2014

Every year, in June, Etsy celebrates it's birthday with themed craft parties, which are hosted by etsy teams, all over the world.
This year, craft party's suggested theme is "Recapture: Bring New Meaning to Old Photographs".
With this great step-by-step guide, I decided to embroidery one of my favorite photos:

In this photo, my daughter Myrsini (4 years old), is photographed in January 2011, by my husband Stamatis, in Nafplio, one of the most beautiful cities of Greece.
So, I thought I could "illustrate" her thoughts, with needle & thread:

Step 1: sketch

Step 2: needle & color threads

Step 3: poke holes with the needle

Step 4: Embroidering!

And the Oscar goes to...

Well, not excactly the Oscar...
But still, an Award!
Dimitra from Looney Stories just gave me an award which comes with a
little game:

1. Write 11 facts about yourself
2. Answer the 11 questions given to you
3. Give the award to max 11 bloggers (with less than 200 readers) and inform them about it
4. Ask them 11 questions.

1. My favorite color is purple
2. My favorite taste is chocolate
3. I love making sweets, but not cooking
4. My favorite movie is Match Point
5. I love to read scandinavian mystery books.
6. My favorite flower is tulip
7. My favorite series is Friends. I can watch it over and over again...
8. I love gadgets!
9. I learn easily, from foreign languages to html code
10. I love to travel, I get excited even with the preparations for a trip
11. The best restorant I've ever been is trattoria Da Enzo al 29, at Trastevere, in Rome.

Dimitra's 11 questions to me:

1. Which is your favorite band?

Red Hot Chili Peppers!

2. Which is your favorite city?

Rome

3. Bicycle or car?

Bicycle (but walking even better)

4. You want to live in a city or a village?

In a city. In the center of the city.

5. Which is your favorite video game?

All time classic is Tetris. But lately I love Candy Crash

6. Which is your favorite board game?

Trivial Persuit

7. Dark or white chocolate?

Dark

8. Have you ever been en erasmus student?

No

9. The first song that comes to your mind is...

She's like a rainbow, Rolling Stones

10. Black or white?

White

11. Is the glass half-full or half-empty?

Depends on the mood, on the time, on the season...

Crocheters-grLa Camera Felice
DimitrArt
Κερασόπιτες
Μικρή Κουζίνα
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To Καινό


My questions:

1. Favorite color?
2. Favorite movie?
3. Favorite book?
4. Coffee or tea?
5. Where was your most recent trip?
6. Where do you dream to be your next?
7. Favorite smell of your childhood?
8. Which historical figure would you like to invite to dinner?
9. Name a food and a sweet you would make for him/for her
10. What do you think as you best feature in your appearance?
11. And what is your greatest talent?

2014 Etsy Greek Street Team meeting

This year it was the first time for me to participate at the Etsy Greek Street Team (Etsy Greek artists) meeting.

It was a great opportunity to meet in person and talk about our future plans, not only for our shops but for our team as well. 
We had "Vasilopita" cakes and the lucky winners got handmade presents! 

Absorbing experience

The "Vasilopita" cakes

We also had a fun event creating the new year's resolution tree, where each one of us got to pin his leaf with future goals, making the tree bloom with green leaves.

New Year's Resolutions...

Me, presenting my New Year's Resolutions...

Recipe for chocolate lovers: Brownies

My favourite recipe for our family's holiday breakfast.

This recipe was recently posted in Etsy Greek Street Team

Brownies

This month's recipe is for chocolate lovers! Brownies from Christine of Xroma .

INGREDIENTS:
200 gr melted dark chocolate
180 gr melted butter
150 gr sugar (preferably powdered)
vanilla
3 eggs
90 gr flour (not self-rising)
180 gr roughly grounded peanuts

DIRECTIONS:
1. Preheat the oven in 356F.
2. Melt butter and dark chocolate in a saucepan.Let the mixture cool for a while.
3. Beat the eggs, the sugar and the vanilla until they get fluffy and white.
4. Stir the two mixtures.
5.Αdd the flour and stir again.
6.Pour the peanuts and stir again.
7.Lay non-stick paper onto a pyrex cooking pan and pour the mixture.
8.Bake it in the oven for about 25 minutes, till it gets a crust οn top but stays soft and wet inside.
9.Let cool for an hour.
10. Make some coffee, have magazines and newspapers along  and enjoy!

GOOD LUCK!!!

See you next month with a new, yummy recipe!!
Till then  a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you and your beloved ones!!
Dimitra

Etsy Greek Street Team: Items of the week - Autumn harvest

Etsy Greek Street Team: 

 Items of the week: Autumn harvest

1. Polymer clay necklace by AnarinaAnar 

2. Sunflower resin ring by xroma 

3. Ceramic pumpkins by  aspaceramics 

4. Geometric necklace by terrafique

New Look

After two months of inactivity due to summer absence
and while I am constantly collecting materials and ideas for new creations,
it's time for a change at the blog's apperance
and for a new logo, based on my favorite pattern, the Nautilus Shell:

Very soon, my little "shop" at Etsy will be ready:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/xroma