Who am I ?

I thought it would be nice telling you something about myself as long as this blog is new and I would like to let you know me better.

So who am I?

 I am Jelena, a Latvian girl, from Riga, who 8 years ago has gone to Italy to study opera music.

I am still in Italy, I am still improving my vocal technique, but many other beautiful things have happened to me during this time!

I lived in Milan, Rome, visited many other cities and saw the beauty of architecture, art and nature, tasted wonderful Italian food to finally get to Alba Adriatica, a small sea town on the Adriatic Sea.

I have met the love of my life and I have found a new passion - jewelry making!

I love art in all it forms, nature, travelling, reading books, watching good films and of course I love animals!

I love to be inspired and I am grateful to the destiny that I have 2 ways for expressing my creativity - singing and jewelry making. I feel fortunate!

In my creations I love to use seed beads, precious and semiprecious stones, Swarovski crystals, real Italian leather, soutache, metals, lace, fossils and many other rare and unusual materials.

My favorite techniques are bead embroidery, leather tooling and  lately soutache bead embroidery.

My favorite stones to work with are labradorites and moonstones.

My favorite colors at the moment are natural, pastel grade colors.

What are my dreams? 

To be happy  and to give happiness! To live my life always in the contact with art, to sing in theatres and to continue making my jewelry. My dream is to have kids, and a cat, and a dog, and a place like garden for example where to run and play with my family... And I will fulfill this dreams, I hope!