Haven't had much time this weekend, spend sunday afternoon at my parents in law :-)

When I came home I felt the urge to do something creative , or at least to spend some time on Etsy, mmmm, what a relief....

So I enjoyed making this mosaic, it features my EST challenge entries.

The EST challenge was this time hosted by a lovely friend of mine: Veerle from Nevousinstallezpas. Veerle opened her Etsy shop a few weeks ago, but I know her some time longer.

I met Veerle online. funny Story. I was browsing on internet and tagged with the word Flamenco. My Ethiopean daughter has Flamenco classes and maybe I was looking for shoes or a dress. But I found a flamenco ring, made by Veerle! With the ring I found her blog and website, a while later I followed a crochet course (with Veerle as a teacher) at the Miat museum in Ghent .

Since then we have met several times in real life and we have a lot of creative plans together.

you'll see :-))))

The brooch and the necklace are available in my shop

The beautiful painting is an artwork of Lindstromcommac

The funky illustration Mybirdofhappiness is made by johnwgolden

I need a cuppa....

From today on I join the 'shopping list saturday'.

Charlotte from Fancypicnic started the 'shopping list saturday' because it is sometimes so hard to get a treasury on Etsy. This shopping list is a great way to show cool finds and discover new shops! The list of all the participants is on Fancypicnics blog. (do browse them to find cool creations!)

So here we go with the first one: as you see, all I could think about this morning was a cup of tea (I needed it desperately after a bad night with kids awakening)

- Tea...8x10 Reproduction Print by Michelemaule

- Moss GreenTeapot with Bluebird by redhotpottery

- cuppa tea towel by MRpS

- Tea time adjustable ring by worksandfinds

- Coffee and cupcakes hand stamped linen tape by craftpudding

- Cup cake embroidered purse by tabidesigns

Want more? Please look at the right sidebar of Charlotte's blog for a list of other blogs who participate in this blogging meme!

My Keycolors

I just knew it would become an addiction, I love making the mosaics, and it's a great way to discover the work of other artists and share them with you!

Two brand new creations in my favorite colors.

Turquoise combines so good with the coral red, well, that's my opinion!

The ring is available in my shop!

Discover also the outstanding work of the following artists:

The keys to the Winery is a photograph by Honeytree.

Heartwindow is a photograph by Picturepenelope.

Romantic walk in the garden

Spring is really in the air, we had a few bright sunny days (although it's still cold outside),

I made some new fresh necklaces, they have a bit a romantic touch, don't know why,

maybe it's the time of the year? (or month :-) and guess what: the butterfly already sold!

I discovered an amazing tool: Bighugelabs, I love it, now I can make my own mosaics and treasuries! (thanks Art and Jane) I know for sure this willbecome a new addiction :-(

the pics:

Invocations of Spring by irenesuchocki and So Delicate by Jennifermorris

necklaces by Fleurfatale

wild animals in the garden

hm hm, some more animals in Fleurfatale's garden.

You can see in and round the house here that carnaval is coming soon ;-)

The cats will be available in my shop soon,

the Zebra is NOT for sale :-) (she is too sweet) :-)

Klein berichtje aan mijn Nederladstalige blog-lezers. Soms post ik , uit tijdsgebrek, alleen in het Engels, sorry daarvoor, mijn excuses ook voor de foutjes die soms in mijn Engelse teksten binnensluipen. Ik ben nu eenmaal geen nativewriter , maar ik doe mijn best :-))))

Birds in the backyard

Did you notice yet that some birds have landed in my creative garden?

All availabe in my shop looking for a new home!

a sunny Valentine!

Valentines day was a bright sunny day, the kids enjoyed playing outside and even wanted to organise a picnic (with cookies) on a blanket :-) don't know why they needed an umbrella :-)))

I could escape for some supply shopping in Ghent (there where sales at sjamma, they sold the stock of the fairtrade fabricsand , I could not resist and bought some linen and silk in the most beautiful colors (as you see on the picture below).... Can't wait to create with it!

On this beautiful sunny day mummy could take lots of pics of new brooches and creations!

(click on the brooches to go the my shop!)

and our (new installed) Solar Panels also took profit from the sun! Love was in the air!