Merry Christmas!

Whatever you celebrate these days, I hope that you can do it with and in the company of your loved ones!! Happy Christmas :-)

Shop Update

New in my japanese Winter Garden:
A Fleurfatale jewelry line made of sterling silver and Japanese Washi Paper

Japanese winter garden earrings in Sterling Silver

Japanese Winter Garden earrings in Sterling Silver

find Other pieces of these Japanese inspired line here:

Shop Update

Into the woods - adjustable necklace
A mix of handfelted pebbles, handmade fabric beads, Ethiopean silver and a ceramic stone.

A forest Walk - adjustable necklace
A mix of handfelted pebbles, crocheted bead, Ethiopean silver and green turquoise stones

find more of my Textile jewelry here.

a book for mama... and the kids

Some weeks ago I had a booth at the Fair of the Teunisbloem in Gent,
I shared a place with Ibooks, a well known book shop in Gent.
Gosh, nothing could be more dangerous for me: I am a children books addict!
and yes: I found this one below, with the most cute illutrations! drooling!
Illustrations by Dutch Illustrator: Noelle Smit
'vandaag is alles zoek
twee knopen van mijn jas
mijn rode boekentas
en mijn wollen zebradas
ja, vandaag is alles zoek,
zelfs mijn zusje in dit boek'

Zeer herkenbare schattige rijmpjes in 'klop klop klaar, ben je daar...'
van Riet Wille, Illustraties door Noëlle Smit
Uitgegeven bij www.lannoo.com
Heel leuk voorleesboek voor kleuters en eerste lezertjes.
I books vind je hier.

Last minute decoration and craft ideas....

I love this time of the year, the upcoming feasts are the perfect excuse to cook and craft with the kids, I found some simple but cool ideas browsing the web!

Cookies Tree, fun idea to make with the kids and serve with coffee at Christmas...
Find the receipe on Sweet Pauls blog.

Whimsical Christmas Tree found on dottieangels blog.

Lovely paper doily garland as seen on Design sponge.

Chocolate sticks: cool handmade gift idea (and fun to make with the kids), as found on Martices blog.

Monday Moodboard

all about Vintage today!

Afternoon Tea tepot necklace by aboxformytreasure
Antique Bronze Floral Hair Pin Set by Sumikoshop
Petites Cuilleres. silver-plated teaspoons by Lapommevintage
vintage vogue pattern by Lamercerie



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stuck in the snow

So the Holidays started on Friday.......
and how! with a huge pack of snow!
I planned to go buy my own torch,some silver wire and silver plate and other metalsmith stuff, on friday....but nope.... it was far to dangerous to hit the road to the supply shop located 40 km from my home... :-(
mmmm, disappointed, I really wanted to practice some soldering at home,...
So I needed to change plans....

I packed some more earrings for Nathalies shop. You should really go there one of these days, se gives a big promotion (till 31 of december) and gosh! she has some very nice stuff in stock. I could not resist and bought me a super lovely dress!

Je kunt zeker een paar uurtjes doorbrengen in Onderbergen, niet alleen Natalies winkel is een bezoekje waard maar ook de aanpalende winkel a.pur.a (één van mijn all time favorieten!! met heel veel leuke en japans geïnspireerde spullen) een gezonde (overheerlijk e) lunch bij 't lepelblad of een zoete pannenkoek in de Jacobijn. een paar leuke restaurants tips zijn vintage.(een aanrader!), Domestica(waar vroeger de Japanse Foeton winkel was) en Mineral (jaren geleden een vaste stek, maar eigenlijk een tjdje gelden nu, dat ik er at!) Die buurt is altijd een beetje thuiskomen voor mij (ik woonde er 6 jaar!)

I expect the Christmas shopping rush will be over for now, so lots of free time are in front of me... I need to plan my time, lots of creative ideas are bubbling in my mind too :-)

it's snowing!

picture: snowbunting

Can't take any pics of my workspace!
No worries, it's a mess!
The reason is the greyness outside..., finally it's snowing :-) and it keeps snowing, yay! The kids couldn't wait togo out and have snowfun this morning :-)

So maybe I can show now what I made for Secret Santa.
Two weeks ago I finished my Secret Santa present, and yesterday I got a message from Netka from Woodbenice that she received it , as she has no blog, I show you here the presents Santa (me) made for her :-)

Christmas trees

I am happy the tree of last year survived! I only hope he can stand another two weeks in a warm house!

I looove the drawings of my son, so sweet, innocent and fun!
I secretly hope he will have the drawing skills I had, and maybe later takes art classes, hm, who knows,.... one can only dream...

I am busy these days wrapping up orders and shipping them, almost no time to set up my shop, so the FREE SHIPPING continues.

sweet blue morning dangles

sevillian Nights in purple
Blue Brass hoops

Flickr Favorites

1. my slippers are dying, 2. growing forest, 3. Victorian pouch, 4. christmas star tassels

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

hm,
I woke up to an even more frosty morning then yesterday, this is so beautiful!!!!!
But then I realised that I had to wait for a walk: have lots to pack and send :-)
Well, I guess that is good news: lots of people everywhere in the world will be the happy recievers of a Fleurfatale gift :-)

I made this Mosaic, still inspired by the color white and Christmas time to come!

find some other beautiful Mosaics on Artminds blog.

last Chance for FREE SHIPPING!

I still offer Free Shipping in my shop today, as I have no time today to change all te items in my shop....
So last chance to go for Free Shipping!
I can't assure your packages will be on time for Christmas gifts,but hey!, you can make one happy with a present in the New Year too :-)
(Pakjes verzonden n België kunnen wel nog op tijd aankomen!)


winter greens


aqua and mint hoops


leaf me not necklace

Monday Moodboard

Crackled ceramic flower studs by Artmind
Textile Bird Brooch by Blueterrracotta
ICE SILVER BIG ROSE BLOSSOM FLOWER BOBBY PIN by Ayaweddings
Creatures and Flowers Necklace by StarOfTheEast

We woke up to a frosty morning today, it was damn cold to bike to school!
But yet not cold enough to have the beautifull wite frost on the branches and leaves.
I secretely wish that it gets much colder, I enjoy the beauty and silence of nature on such days!
Anyway the weatherforecast promises snow on Wednesday: yay!

I hope your monday starts as good as mine: I had a good sleep and that definitely gives me a good mood! The weekend was busy because of te fair on sunday, but I booked good results, so it was worth the energy! I am glad though that it was the last fair this year, next weekends will be completely dedicated to family and friends!



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Busy weekend

I still offer Free Shipping as it is well liked! So take profit of this advantage!
I ship as fast as I can, but can't promise that the packages arrive in time for Christmas.

Tommorow I attend another Holiday-Fair in Gent.

And thanks to everyone who did some Christmasshopping at Karwij, where I sold my African Touch Collection, I am glad they were liked so much!
I have some beauties left here in my Etsy shop!

Morgen, zondag kan je Fleurfatale vinden in Gent op de geschenkenbeurs van de Steinerschool De Teunisbloem.
een Kerstbeurs vol Animatie en gezelligheid van 9u30 to 18 uur.
Elyzeese velden 8, 9000 Gent

Iedereen welkom :-)
voor bloglezers die mijn stand bezoeken heb ik een kleine verrassing klaarliggen :-), laat me gewoon weten dat je mijn blog leest!

En bedankt aan iedereen die even langskwam bij Karwij, om te Kerstshoppen, ik ben blij dat mijn African Touch Collectie zo in de smaak viel!
geen nood, er zin er nog verkrijgbaar in mijn shop hier en morgen op de beurs!

African Touch Collection

On Friday and Saturday you can find my African Touch collection in a beautiful shop with handmade stuff in my neighbourhood, during their Gift Days.
The collection will be available online too , so first come, first served! :-)
Find them here.

African Touch is a jewlery line by Fleurfatale, inspired by the jewelry of African Women. A mix of materials: merino wool, repurposed fabric & silk, reused wooden beads, Ethiopean silver beads and other African and vintage findings are knotted toghther into a one of a kind, unique necklace.

Mijn African Touch collection kan je bewonderen en passen nu VRIJDAG 11 EN ZATERDAG 12DECEMBER(10-18u) bij Karwei tijdens hun geschenkdagen.
Karwij - Pr. Jos. Charlottelaan 11 )- 9230 Wetteren

Belgische bloglezers die iets willen komen passen of bekijken bij mij thuis, of die een geschenkencheque of een juweeltje zouden willen aankopen, contacteer mij op fleurfatale@live.be.

website: Karwij

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What the postman brought me Part2

Again a busy day ahead.....
but I first took some time to blog, I really wanted to show off with my Secret santa gift!
Yesterday Secret Santa came by, and gosh, I was happy with it, that really made my day!

mmmmm, a beautiful pouch ... and really stuffed...

OMG, what a treat!

opening the boxes one by one... ooh a sweet bird pin and ....some beautiful handmade lampwork beads...

Wow, what a delight to unpack these beautiful earrings, I loooove the colors!
(notice the cute handmade pouch, you should touch it, the fabric is so soft!

an envelop...

... with a beautiful Christmas card...

... and more cards from the hand of this talented designer!!!

It was such a pleasure to open the packages one by one!
I just love how Anna gives so much attention at the package: handmade jewelry pouches, handmade enveloppes, and yet everything fits so well togheter!
Find the graphical work of this talented artist here and her jewelry line here.
In this interview you can found out more about her creative life!

Thanks so much Anna, you really spoiled me, I will wear everything with proud!
haha, I really see the 6 of us already in the Annarubyking outfit:
The kids each a bird button, hubby the bird pin and me the earrings!!! Yay!

(Secret Santa Swap is a game played by the European Streetteam on Etsy. The idea behind the Secret Santa is that you make something for a teammember and also receive a gift yourself. Artmind organised the 3 previous Swaps and the next wil be organised by Vadjutka)

Flickr Favorites

Atelier XT Christmas trees
Little spool and fabric tree
Winter conifee
Wood (&wool) Christmas tree

Sinterklaas is off again to Spanje! Read the whole story about this European tradition here.
I always find it amazing how people are shopping for Sinterklaas presents, kids must be overloaded with all kinds of toys considered to all the parents you see leaving the toy shops with tons of toys and stuff! I am sure kids are already happy with some chocolates, speculaas, marzipan and one single toy!
hm... with Copenhagen in my mind... Isn't that also a way to save the planet: to be more sober and severe in our spendings...
Go for handmade and repurposed stuff!

So time to think about the Christmas Pimping! I found some lovely ideas on flickr!
I do hope I have time to make my own this year!
The kids prefere the real one: I think it has a bit an old fashioned look!
We have a tree in the garden who survived already for 3 years, so we'll dig it up again for this year, the kids will adorn it with the glittering balls that are now stocked up on the attic.

But I will make my own Christmas decoration too, one with recycled stuff...
to be continued...

Head over to Artminds blog to find more Mosaics!

Just want to show some pictures of my two youngest with Sinterklaas who brought a visit to school!