Air Mail

by rosedeniz February 27, 2008 design

Tweet Today is a great day! I just received a stack of mail, mostly from lovely Etsy.com sellers. I’ll post highlights after I dig through the mail. Mail delivery in Turkey is something both exciting and cause for hand-wringing. I am never sure when something will turn up, though it always does eventually. Thankfully shipping […]

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Reviews

by rosedeniz February 18, 2008 design

Tweet A nice little review from The Bag Lady on Ilke: “Looking at this Japanese floral-style bag from Rose Deniz makes me think of cosy weekends walking down to your local café to meet friends for a cup of tea or a late brekkie. It’s big enough to stuff everything you need for a good […]

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Framed stitching

by rosedeniz February 16, 2008 design

Tweet I feel like I am having a shopping rebirth on Etsy.com, as if I had never shopped quite like this before. Maybe it’s because I finally got my act together and started posting my own things (like drawings, oh my!), but I keep finding these wonderful things and shops that ship to Turkey. That […]

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PAF – Professional & Fabulous women of Istanbul

by rosedeniz February 15, 2008 design

Tweet I’ve recently joined an amazing group of American and Canadian women pursuing their work while living in Istanbul, or in my case, Izmit. PAF (Professional and Fabulous) was once an extension of AWI – The American Women of Istanbul, but is now their own independent organization. This past week I meet Sharon Weiner, the […]

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Etsy shop

by rosedeniz February 10, 2008 design

Tweet My Etsy shop is up and running! I’ve added a few things besides handbags, like Oya-edged napkins, and Orgu bracelets, plus a couple new pouches and clutches I have yet to add to my website, like this Aqua Clutch, $28. http://www.rosedeniz.etsy.com/ Here’s a set of delicately crocheted Oya-edged reversible floral napkins/handkerchiefs. Set of 2, […]

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New handbags for Nest

by rosedeniz February 10, 2008 design

Tweet Take a look at Nest’s http://www.buildanest.com/ new website and browse around their beautiful products that help women globally. Two of the bags I’ve created exclusively for Nest can be found on their bags link. The Turkish Clutch, above, is 25% off on the site, and my newest, Çiçek Clutch, below, has just beed added.

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Nazar and the broken mirrors, and other such superstitions

by rosedeniz January 31, 2008 design

Tweet Today I had to seriously clean out our apartment because we had a bad case of nazar (for those of you who don’t live in daily contact with the blue evil eye beads that ward us of danger in Turkey). I saged and nazared and whatever else one has to do to bring in […]

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Quiet Corners

by rosedeniz January 21, 2008 design

Tweet These photos taken in Istanbul last fall from a dear friend’s balcony are part of a series I want to start called ‘quiet corners’. Both Izmit and Istanbul are so busy, that I relish moments where I can not only see but feel a kind of silence. Beyond the pink school is a church […]

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Milwaukee

by rosedeniz November 13, 2007 design

Tweet While on Wikipedia this morning, the featured picture on the home page happened to be of my much-loved Milwaukee, in a panorama dated 1898. This 1898 chromolithographic panorama of Milwaukee, Wisconsin shows the German Renaissance Revival style City Hall in front center. By the mid-19th century, Wisconsin and the Milwaukee area had become the […]

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