Shopping Saturday

My saturday:
- running around to get the 4 kids to sport, dance, music lessons..
- an interesting workshop at Lotte Demey's
- visiting an outlet store to find the perfect worktable for my atelier
- some grocery shopping to survive the weekend
finally a glass of white wine with a pesto toast
and off to bed early!

I lacked too much sleep lately!

find above my latest creations! click on the pictures to find them in my shop.
More saturday shopping on Szaszaszu's blog.

textile jewelry

it's been a while since I have been working on my textile jewelry.
so it made me smile
when a sweet lady asked me
to make this one for her.

and really,
I do love
the photographing part
of the job too!


- handfelted olive pebbles
- handmade silk beads (from a repurposed tie)
- crocheted cotton ball
- Ethiopean silver beads
- handcolored and torn silk ribbon

there are not that much textiles in my shop right now,
but you can browse my sold items (or my Flickr Gallery),
if you like a design,
just ask me,
maybe I can another one in the same style!

Be my button!

Hello!
We are handfelted out of eco merino wool and cool vintage buttons.
We are unique!
If you adopt one of us, then we will keep you company on your jacket, sweater or bag!
I am pretty sure we well be good friends! :-)


find us in Fleurfatale's shop!

Find more button sweets on Kraplaps blog.

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sunny days

beautiful weather ,
as this is so rare these days, we try to enjoy a lot!
eating outside
yummie salads and ice cream
little bike rides with the kids
and me playing with water and soap!

As I am running out of cat brooches,
it's time to make some more,
Because I want to take a bunch of them to the Amsterdam Fair 6th of june
they are lightweight, so they will keep me company on the train to A'dam.


Find some of my collection in my Etsy shop
Mijn Kattebroches vind je in mijn shop maar nu ook op Earthlings (als je liever in Euro's aankoopt)



If you want to adopt Jeanne, visit her here.

aaargh!

sometimes I am such a clums:-(
especially when it comes to household, etc...
I was never good in laundry and such..

so,
keep this in mind,
never ever
machinewash one of my fabric brooch flowers!
Do not say I did not warn you :-)

ButtonThursday

I love using vintage buttons in my creations.
Can't be on any thrift market without bringing new old buttons home:-)


Here I combined with felted (from eco merino wool)pebbles, ethiopean silver beads distressed vintage wooden beads and beads made of a silk tie.
Natural,earthy and ecological!
I bought this horn button a while ago on a thrift market in Ghent,
it's a rough one, but I like that!



Do you want to know what Lady Gaga has with buttons?
Then quick hop over to Kraplap's blog:-)

Bunny brooches

Please, can you help me find a cute name for my 3 bunnies?
Thanks a lot!

Wear it as you like!

Thanks a lot for your cooperation (in the previous post).
I decided to finish this one with an adjustable silk ribbon. So one day you can wear it longer, the other day as a choker, fitting your oufit!!
All beads are handmade by me! the wool is ecologic and te silk is repurposed (from a shawl). Te silver beads are from Ethiopean origin.
This textile necklace is very comfy and super lightweight, perfect for spring and summer. It's in my shop right now!

long or short?

Lately I have been working on new fruity textile necklaces (part of them are custom orders)
I am always doubting about the lenght, that is why I often chose for making adjustable necklaces.
I thought it was fun to do a little survey about this. Just because :-)

NOT made in China

Guess what an indecent proposal I got today. I have been contacted by a Chinese firm. They studied my designs and proposed to make large quantities of my stuff for a competitive price. They can deliver within a week...
Can you imagine tons of my designs necklaces travelling the ocean in one of those huge containers? (probably made by teenage Chinese girls for half a dime in doubting and unhealthy circumstances)
I - certainly - NOT!

More then ever I am convinced to thrift, recycle and repurpose and to make one of a kind or small series of designs, like I always have done...
I know, that way, I will never be rich, and I am not good in big bussiness, but I love what I do and it makes me happy!

So hereby I want to thank my sweet customers and my EST and Etsy friends who are supporting my small handmade business!
I have said :-)))


This said, I want to mention a proposal which I am much more into!
The Eco webshop Kudzu asked for a bunch of my cat brooches, but they liked them to be made with ecological woolroving.(they even gave me the website where I could find that woolroving) I do like these kind of proposals!! Kudzu rocks!

So I am very proud to announce that my felted creations will now be made with ecological woolroving. I am very happy about it. What a great way to reduce my ecological footstep ( and the one of my customers!.)



In the meantime you can already find my fabric earstuds at kudzu's.

Say Hello!

Say Hello to my new Cat brooches!
soon in my shop!

Gift idea for teachers

A sweet gift idea for your teacher or the teacher of your kids: a flower brooch! My brooches flower up your jacket, dress, bag, tote or even lampshade :-)

Special promotion till 25 of June: all brooches 13 Dollar/ 9 euro
(Flat worldwide shipping rate of 3 Dollar / 1,5 Euro)
The brooches come to you, ready for gift, beautiful packed with a little note card.

Find some brooches here in my shop.
Not all the brooches are in my shop, just send me an e- mail : fleurfatale@live.be and tell me which one (s) you want from the collection I show below:

(Belgische en nederlandse klanten kunnen ook per overshrijving betalen)

green - turquoise

lilac- honey

fuchsia - purple

turquoise - lilac

cream- yellow

flowering brooches

The sweet paperfection letted me know that my brooch was on FP while I was sleeping!

I thought it was time to show my new brooches I have in my shop.

(click on the pics to go to the shop)

cute cats

Ik heb al een tijdje een Chinese kat verslaving.
Het begon 10 jaar geleden toen ik uit Vietnam hoedjes meebracht van de Vietnamese bergvolkeren (de Etnische minderheid in Vietnam waar Maia van afstamt).
Geleidelijk aan werd het een hele collectie, aangevuld met cadeautjes die mijn broer meebracht uit China.
Ik ben verzot op de hoedjes met katteoortjes, de kattepantoffeltjes en de kattekussentjes en liet me er dan ook door inspireren, voor mijn kattebroches. Eerst probeerde ik met laagjes vilt aanelkaar te naaien, maar het vormen van de kopjes met wolvilt gaf een leuker resultaat (wel wat arbeids intensiever!).
Speld ze op je tas, je hoed, je jas een kussen of zelfs op een lampekap!
binenkort vind je ze in mijn shop!


Since a long time I have a chinese cat-accessories addiction.
It started 10 years ago with some embroidered hats of the mountain people I brought from Vietnam (My daughter Maia is from the Etnie of the mountain people 'the Muong'). And step by step it became a collection of hats, also from the Chinese Mountain people, since my brother fell in love with China (and a Chinese girl) and brought me some presents.
I am so fond of the cat-hats, the cat-slippers and the cat-cushions that I let me inspire by these cuties: I made cat brooches, started to work with ready felt fabrics, but I did not like the stitching, so why not just form the cat heads out of felt, lots more fun, and I think they are more cute too!

Discover my new brooches soon in my shop!