The sixth and the seventh

LEAFY GEM - bobbypin - free shipping!

Lantern Bug loves leaves and flowers and this hairpin is the glamorous tribute to what Nature gift us with.
A three-petal red flower laid on a striped green leaf: 100% handmade with love for crafts and Nature! Make this Leafy Gem yours and wear it proud!

LEAFY GEM - bobbypin - free shipping!

 Leafy Gem testimonia l'amore di Lantern Bug per la Natura: un fiore rosso a tre petali su una verdissima foglia rigata - tutto interamente fatto a mano.
Arricchisci le tue acconciature con questo semplice ma accattivante fermacapelli, non lasciartelo sfuggire!

MISSISSIPPI BLUES - bag

The plain elegance of piqué fabric is embodied by this graceful creation, MISSISSIPPI BLUES. Its shape, halfway between a handbag and a proper shoulderbag, makes it highly versatile, while the upper sack-like closure confers both functionality and aesthetic value, thanks to the fine geometric decoration of the ivory cotton fabric and the double ribbon bow.

The two differently weaved faces typical of the piquet fabric are here one opposed to each other, balancing the monochromatic body with a subtle chequered pattern played on blue tones. Moreover, angular features embellish and shake the global basket-like line: the double triangle of the folded upper part and the pointy ribbons closed in a knot in the handle.

Recall your open-air lunches and long walks through breathless landscapes, wear Mississippi Blues!

MISSISSIPPI BLUES - bag

Piquet blu intenso per una linea elegante e composta: MISSISSIPPI BLUES, a metà strada fra due design (shoulderbag e handbag), si rivela una borsa versatile e pratica, grazie anche alla chiusura a sacco, decorata da un fiocco blu e bianco avorio.

La linea è sottilmente movimentata da giochi angolari e tattili: dettagli appuntiti come la piega a bavero nella parte superiore e lo spallaccio annodato muovono il baricentro della struttura a cestino, mentre le due facce del piquet si contrappongono l'un l'altra, contribuendo ad animare la superficie con fini metamorfosi tono su tono.

MISSISSIPPI BLUES - bag

- Body/Corpo

Height/Altezza                             20,5 cm
Lenght/Lunghezza (bottom/fondo)  12 cm
Lenght/Lunghezza (top/apertura)    19,5 cm
Width/Larghezza                          5 cm




- Handle/Spallaccio

Lenght/Lunghezza                        28 cm

Miscellaneous updates

Hi everybody, here's Lantern Bug with some news for you all. 

As you all already know, Emilia region has been devastated by multiple earthquakes in the last two weeks, giving us no peace and a lot of fear and anxiety. 

As a mark of respect for the national mourning, Lantern Bug chose not to list the sixth new item last monday, June 4th. The release of Leafy Gem has been postponed to next monday, together with the already scheduled seventh item.

If you want to show your solidarity for the people involved in the earthquake disaster, Lantern Bug has elected Flora shoulderbag as "solidarity item". This means that the 55% of the item's price (so 20 € out of 36) will go to the Regione Emilia-Romagna earthquake fund. 

As usual, Paypal will be the only payment method accepted, and as soon as I'll receive it, I'll donate the solidarity quote (20€, which is approximately the 55% of the item's price) to the Region's fund. The item will then be shipped along with the donation receipt, other than the usually provided coupon code for further purchases on Lantern Bug's online store on Etsy.

Please spread the word and support money and food relief for the earthquake areas.

It seems a little of a blasphemy to talk of frivolous things now, but distracting oneself isn't so bad when tv and other media keep on bombarding your brain and retinas with anguish and negative news. So, if I chose to suspend the new collection release for a week, on the other hand I thought that the surprise I had planned for these days shouldn't be withdrawn, so, here it is. 

As you probably know, the European football championship is about to start and Lantern Bug has a little surprise for you all. If you are a huge football fan - or simply if you have a weakness for genuine handmade - don't miss out the Euro2012 giveaway by Lantern Bug!

What you have to do is easy and fun: guess the final match and win! So:

1- Become a fan of Lantern Bug on facebook if you aren't yet

2- Guess the two teams who'll face each other on the final match and write it as a comment on the facebook event page

3- share the link on your wall

Submissions will be accepted till June 25th (8.00 pm, GMT+1) and the winner will be decreed on July 1st. In case of multiple winners, the names will be submitted to a random generator of lists (http://www.random.org/lists/).

Well, you're right, what's up as a prize? The item will be revealed on June 14th..! So, stay tuned and GUESS ;) !

New Collection Update and Paper Exploration

From left to (top) right: Purpurin, Dark Forest, Poppy, Chocogranate the bag

 The New Collection release keeps going on Lantern Bug's shop (and if you haven't sign up yet to the facebook event, do it now!). Last monday's set of three bobbypins "Purpurin" has made its spot on the shop, and today's the turn of the colorful pouch "Sunny Stream". 

Sunny Stream - new pouch
100% handmade by Lantern Bug

Catch the glamour of summer days with the joyful colors of Sunny Stream pouch!
Two differently striped faces animate the pearly white cinz body: schocking pink, bright orange and lemon yellow catch your eyes in a summer of love daydream.
The handle is composed of three stripes, drawing on the decorative pattern of both front and back of the handbag. On top, an orange zipper as a closure, while inside a satin white lining welcomes your belongings in.

Body
Height/Altezza       17 cm
Width/Larghezza   23.5 cm

Afferra il fascino dei giorni d'estate con la coloratissima Sunny Stream!
Due pattern a strisce movimentano sia il fronte che il retro della pochette in cinz: rosa shocking, arancione brillante e giallo limone catturano lo sguardo in una spirale dal sapore decisamente estivo.
Il manico è composto da tre fettucce in cotone che riprendono il motivo decorativo del corpo della borsetta; la parte superiore è chiusa da una pratica zip di colore arancione, mentre l'interno è interamente foderato in raso bianco.

Then, after the mysterious picture posted some nights ago, I have to declare my renewed love for paper! It's been my very first love as a child, I used to draw every day and craft with paper whichever thing came up in my mind, from dolls' dresses to origami, puppets, fancy costumes for myself and so on. 

I am currently exploring this material again, and I am trying to turn its light and delicate nature into something more structural and someway "practically livable", always keeping in mind the eco-sustainability issue. 

Further news and pictures are going to illustrate this new creative path of mine, as it goes on. So, stay tuned if you're curious!

2 o'clock in the morning...

...And I'm here, sorting out a new eco-friendly section for Lantern Bug's shop...

What will those pieces of paper become? Any guess?

Chocogranate the bag

Chocogranate the Bag

The tenderness of brown chocolate and the soury sweetness of pomegranate all fused in a stylish and practical shoulderbag: Chocogranate.

The front is a Matryoshka-like progression: warm brown velvet for the body, shimmering dark red for the curved pocket and a handmade brown velvet button.

A practical brown zipper closes the top, while the adjustable cotton drawstring stripe balances the red tones. The inside is fully lined.

Handy and classy, Chocogranate can be matched with the homonymous hairpins for a stunningly glamourous Lantern Bug touch!

*** Wanna buy them together? Save money and ask me for the special -10% Chocogranate promo coupon code! ***

Body
Height 20 cm
Width 27.5 cm

Stripe
Lenght (up to) 116 cm approx.

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La tenerezza del cioccolato e l'aspra dolcezza della melagrana si fondono in una pratica borsa dalla linea sinuosa e vagamente retrò: Chocogranate.

Velluto color cioccolato per il corpo, rosso granata per la tasca arrotondata ed un bottone marrone, anch'esso in velluto e rivestito a mano, si rincorrono e bilanciano a vicenda.

La parte superiore presenta una chiusura a zip di colore marrone, e la tracolla regolabile in cordoncino color granata completa la bicromia.

Come in tutte le creazioni Lantern Bug, l'interno della borsa è completamente foderato.

Pratica e ricercata, Chocogranate the bag può essere abbinata alle omonime forcine per un look originale e delicato!

*** Vuoi acquistare entrambi gli articoli? Con Lantern Bug risparmi! Chiedimi lo speciale sconto del 10% sulla linea Chocogranate! ***


Corpo
Altezza 20 cm
Larghezza 27.5 cm

Tracolla
Lunghezza (max) 116 cm ca.

Poppy - a set of three super-Spring bobby pins

POPPY, a set of three super-Spring bobby pins

Golden corn fields and red poppy flowers: Lantern Bug catches their very essence in these stunningly simple bobby pins. 

Nylon bold red petals, black beads as seeds and golden brown pins, the spirit of Spring is synthesized to a touch of colorful freshness for your hairstyle.

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Campi dorati punteggiati da papaveri rossi: Lantern Bug coglie l'essenza di Maggio e la distilla in originali e delicati fermagli per capelli. 

Petali rossi di leggero nylon, perline nere come piccoli semi e forcine dorate: lo spirito della Primavera si può posare ora su di te e arricchire le tue acconciature!

(It's time to make a proper post on this beautiful pouch!)

DARK FOREST, the velvet retro pouch

Glistening green paths in pitch-black, Dark Forest is the perfect handbag for your glamorous nights.

The black velvet body and wavy front pocket are embellished with a rouche made of bright green cady, which mirrors the soft and practical wrist handler on one side.

The top is closed by a black zip fastener and the inner body is fully layered with a very delicate and smooth flowered black lining.

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Sentieri verdi e luminosi immersi nel buio più profondo, Dark Forest è la pochette perfetta per le serate più glamour.

Il corpo in velluto nero e la tasca ondulata sul davanti sono impreziositi da una rouche in cady verde smeraldo, ripresa nei colori e nel materiale dal morbido e pratico laccio laterale.

La parte superiore è chiusa da una cerniera lampo di colore nero e l'interno è totalmente rivestito con una fodera nera con decorazione floreale tono su tono.

New projects on the go!

Hi there! Here's your favorite crafty bug full of exciting news!

First, Lantern Bug's new collection is finally out: new bags, new pouches, new hair accessories - all 100% genuinely handmade, of course! 

If you want to make sure you don't miss anything out, take part to the facebook event: a new item will be released each every monday and you'll be right up-to-date!

(In the picture you can notice Dark Forest pouch, the 1st item off this new collection!)

Then, Lantern Bug's building a fully new website, with lots of pictures, news&scoops and all you need to be up to date with Lantern Bug's world. Stay stitched to see what is yet to come!

MIIT Treasury Game - Candy Cane Dreams

It seems it's all about treasury lists lately...but that's it! Lantern Bug is the curator of this monday's MIIT Treasury Game selection, take a look to the amazing crafts I spotted browsing thru MIIT members' shops and share this sugary red and white striped collection all over the world! 

Candy Cane Dreams

Curator: Lantern Bug

MIIT featured shops: Altdesign, Mapanò, Lemiecreazionidarte, GufoLab, Love4photo, Mini Bonbons, SweetGiulia, AliquidTextileJewels.

Other Etsy shops: giantwombat, yellowfield7, NuevaEspana, thehoneycomb, cornflowerbluestudio, EmmaJaneArt, Innstyches.

Belly The Whale featured on 'The Mariner's Revenge' T list!

Do you remember Belly The Whale?  Radmegan's glanced her thru the deep high blue seas and call her to be featured on her "The Mariner's Revenge" treasury list, an original (Take a look to her crafts...!) and engaging selection of sea and pirate's inspired Etsy items.

The Mariner's Revenge

MIIT Treasury Game - Red Drops

MIIT Treasury game leads you again into the awesome Made In Italy Team's crafts' world: Red Drops is the new Treasury list (Lantern Bug's Chocogranate's been featured again!), check it out and share our creativity!

Red Drops

Curator: Alt Design 

Featured MIIT's shops:  Miamà Creazioni, Gufobardo, Krystarka Photo, The Pleasure of Paintin, Made in Italy Team's shop, Boiset Rois, Petite Chacal, Lantern Bug

MIIT Treasury Game - A Strange Love...

Hey ya all! MIIT Treasury Game has started! Wanna play? Just click on the link and browse Made in Italy Team's crafts and other Etsyans' ones. Lantern Bug's Chocogranate's been featured! Come on, join the game! 

A Strange Love - MIIT Treasury Game

Click Click Click!

- Curator: Mini Bonbons

- MIIT's Featured Shops: Miamà Creazioni, Gufobardo, Krystarka Photo, The Pleasure of Paintin, Made in Italy Team's shop, Boiset Rois, Petite Chacal, Lantern Bug

 

Chocogranate - handmade bobby pins

Chocogranate - handmade velvet bobby pins, set of three

I told you so: New Year, New Items! So...

Handmade round velvet buttons on practical bobby pins for a stunning hairstyle look: this is Chocogranate. Be the most original, wear the tenderness of brown chocolate and the soury sweetness of pomegranate...or gift your loved one with this one-of-a-kind present.

Chocogranate comes in a set of three bobby pins and it's one of a kind.
Valentine's Day gift? Ask Lantern Bug for a free gift wrap! ;)


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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year dear Lanternbuggers!

Graduation, New Year's Eve and New Year's Item!

Someone (nobody?!) probably asked why Lantern Bug disappeared for such a long time...well, she has happily graduated! To celebrate it in an Etsian way, here is a special -15% coupon code: GRADUATIONLB 

As usual, you can only redeem it at Lantern Bug's shop on Etsy and it's valid for a single transaction only.

So, are you warming up for New Year's Eve party? How about wearing a Lantern Bug creation? Stuck from the crowd, wear Lantern Bug!

Here's what's currently in listing:

New Flora

Wooden Swirl

Sailing Outdoors

Birdwatcher

Belly the Whale

Soon a lot of fresh items for you handmade lovers!

Stay stitched xxx !

newFLORA, the flower-inspired

newFlora - the flower-inspired

Here's the new version of the much acclaimed FLORA, the flower-inspired shoulder bag.
Entirely made of tough rose-printed cotton fabric on the outside and coated on the inside with a beige-coloured lining, this pretty shoulder bag is suitable both for your daily routine and for special occasions.

Coordinated to the print, there are a particular old rose decorative plastic button on the front and a functional zipper on the inside. Innovation point of the new Flora is the metal chain shoulder strap embellished with two interwoven old rose and olive green satin ribbons, a chic and functional touch to the previous version.

Let yourself be inspired by Spring's colors and patterns, wear the newFLORA!


- Bag
Height 19.5 cm
Width 21.5 cm
Depth 7.0 cm (up to)

- Zipper
Lenght 16.5 cm

- Shoulder strap
Lenght 130 cm

August's Special - 4th part: Sailing Outdoors

Sailing Outdoors

Here's the fourth and last creation for this August's Special *

Holidays are about to finish as summer goes to the end...Need anything to cheer you up? Indulge yourself in a summer fantasy and let you be carried out swinging to an imaginary trip by sea...SAILING OUTDOORS!
This blue, white and red reefer tote has been made in a fine piqué cotton, lined with a white synthetic smooth fabric, and refined at the triangular folded down merges with a white translucent shantung, decorated with solid red cotton ribbons, in a way that immediately recalls those beautiful sailboats, floating in the sea, on a midsummer sunset...
Lantern Bug eyes this time lighted on the shoulder strap, a blue and white cotton drawstring fixed with a "Gassa d'Amante semplice" marine knot!

Let's hoist the sails, let's go SAILING OUTDOORS!


- Bag
Width 22 cm
Height 26 cm
Depth 5 cm

- Shoulder strap
Lenght 60 cm

***The name SAILING OUTDOORS is intended to be a homage to the great John Frusciante, his amazing To record Only Water For Ten Days album and all his solo music. I highly recommend you all to listen to his wonderful and extraordinary mind and soul. <3 ***

August's Special - 3rd part: Belly the Whale

Belly the Whale

And here's the marine cr..eature! Belly the Whale, novelty shoulder bag, handy and -most of all- original and one of a kind, just like every single Lantern Bug's creation!

Belly the Whale has been shaped with a blue piqué cotton, to which nylon handmade appliques and a simple hand embroidery have been added ton both sides to figure her cute eyes and her shy smile, respectively. A finishing touch on the outside has been given with the machine embroidered fin draw, while the inside is lined with a smooth fish-like blue lining.

Sling this unique and funny shoulder bag across your body with the light blue splash-shaped adjustable drawstring, unzip her and fill her with your wallet, keys, -why not- your diary, agenda and whatever you like to bring always with you! 

- Body
Width 28 cm
Height 22 cm

- Zip
Lenght 17 cm

- Drawstring
Lenght 120 cm (up to)

Don't forget the special discounts!

- 10% Lantern Bug's first Birthday

- 10% MadeInItaly Team

August's Special - third part and sea scent

Seaside or countryside?

The typical August dilemma is about to take shape on Lantern Bug's shelves: August's Special moves from the countryside (Aug 6th's Wooden Swirls, Aug 13th's Birdwatcher) to the seaside, bringing you blue tones and -for this third part- a marine craft...! Why marine? Stay tuned and you'll soon know, the third part of this Special will be out in listing in a bunch of hours, on Saturday 20th, 00.00 !

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LANTERN BUG 1ST BIRTHDAY - SPECIAL DISCOUNT!

Hi everyone, today's sunday 14th and here's the surprise I promised a few days ago!
August is Lantern Bug's birthday month, so, why not celebrate it with a special discount?
Here's a -10% discount spendable for any Lantern Bug item!

Coupon Code: 1STBDAY11

How does it work?
Copy the coupon code and past it on the coupon box while making your order: the price applied to the purchasing will be 10% off!
Easy and quick!
So, what are you waiting for? 

Please note that you cannot sum coupon codes up: you can only use them once at the time. This means that you can use Lantern Bug's first birthday coupon code OR MIIT coupon code. They're both a 10% discount :)  Note that while you cannot sum discounts up (eg. 10% + 10% -> 20% off), you can obviously apply the discount to the sum of two or more items (eg. item1 + item2 = tot -> this is the price to which the discount will be applied).

*The Offer ends on August 31st, 12pm.

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