Flickr Fav: pimping the house

1. pip, 2. Untitled, 3. mobile, 4. grey, grey, grey

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Next saterday we have a party for Maia's Communion,
lots need to be done this week
cleaning our house
grocery shopping
pimping the house and the garden
polishing our shoes :-)

I hope she likes her feast a lot!


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Flickr favs: happy days....

My days are full lately.
kids are home.
still holidays.
they take up lots of my time.
But I don't mind
we had a lot of fun lately :-)

These happy days are filled with:
healthy food
rain and sun
birthdays
positive feelings


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Flickr Favorites

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

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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!

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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...

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

Flickr Favorites: the darkest days...

1. Whirl-it Lampshade, 2. yellow lampshade, 3. postit lamp, 4. Monkey print lampshade by Lush Designs

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It's this time of the year: the darkest days!
Why not enjoy them and relax on the couch with a hot cuppa chocolate, a good book and the charming cosy light of lampshades :-)

Making this Mosaic, I realised I did not yet blog about the lampshades of my friend Laurence who exposed her collection of lampshades some time ago at our 'openhouse' in Bruges. I Made some pictures, but gosh, it was difficult to capture her beautiful handmade lampshades in a picture. Her work is very 'graphical', no wonder, because she is a graphic designer!
Enjoy the pictures!






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Flickr favs

1. pots & paints, 2. yellow lampshade, 3. Jana Janekovic love- home, 4. Mati Rose McDonough

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A busy week lays in front of me, lots to prepare for the upcoming fair: 'Bazar' in Gent.

But also all kinds of other things are using up my time lately! (like organising little boys birthday parties, and other kids stuff).
I really have to catch up with my blogposts! There so much I haven't shown or told you yet!
- Lately the postman delivered some cool packages, some unexpected and surprising, some are early christmas shopping by me, some are just to spoil myself!
- Also hubby brought some cool Ethiopean stuff and stories!
- I still have to show pictures of my exposition weekend in Bruges
- I am preparing some ideas for Christmas decorating too
- ....

(and I'll try to catch up with all the monday moodboards today....

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Flickr Favs and my happy bunch of kids

1. 44detail, 2. heels ober head, 3. Glass pendant, 4. yellow aqua details

Ok, I found my energy back, (maybe it has to do with the beautiful weather this morning and after a refreshing bikeride to school with my kids) I can only hope it lasts... :-)

Quite a happy Mosaic, maybe I was still in the happy mood of last sunday, the pictures show how much fun we had with the kids at the playground. And I can tell you I am so happy to see how my eldest kids are helping my little one who is a bit disabled. That is the spirit!







The last days there is a lot of commotion in Belgium concerning the following theme:
'do kids with Down Syndrome have the right to attend a regular public school'
I say YES! Kids with Downsyndrome live in a 'normal' family too, so why can't they go to 'normal' schools then. Lots of opinions are based on prejudices!
I think government should give more facilities to teachers with a kid with Down in their class. !

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once upon a time FLICK FAVORITES

1. Sew News lanterns, 2. I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality, 3. shiny new shoes, 4. love boat

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In two weeks I will be in Bruges again,
a friend of mine lives there and she holds 'open house'.
Laurence Kalman shows her lampshades, Jean Bernard Boulnois shows paintings, and Feurfatale shows jewelry of course :-)

We worked on this 'promising' theme:
Once upon a time....
Il était une fois....
Er was eens...

This inspired me to make this fairytale looking Flickr Mosaic, I know it's a whimsical collection, but I like 'clash of styles'!

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Tijdens het weekend van 16, 17 en 18 oktober vertoef ik terug in Brugge, (Singel 15)samen met laurence Kalman en Jean Bernard Boulnois toon ik mijn nieuwste creaties.
Laurence toon er haar Lampekappen en JBB zijn schilderijtjes.
Maak er een dagje Brugge van en Kom zeker eens kijken! Je kan dit weekend ook bij andere kunstenaars gaan gluren! Je kan zelf een wandelroute bepalen en zo meerdere ateliers gaan bezoeken.
vind meer op http://burenbijkunstenaars.west-vlaanderen.be/zoeken/list.phtml?gemeente=BRUGGE
Klik op de naam in de lijst en je vindt op de kaart waar het atelier zich bevindt.
enkele aanraders zijn ook:
- familie Boudens
- papierschepperij Piet Moerman
- Bruno van Dycke
(je vind mij onder mijn échte naam: Greet Tanghe)

A walk in the Woods - Happy Flickr favs

1. shop update, 2. heat-set-ginko still wet, 3. Untitled, 4. American Beautyberries






I feel no shame, I feel pride!
these were the 'historical' :-) words my husband spoke when my third daughter (With downsyndrome) was born. That's what I feel too, seeing these lovely pictures of my happy bunch of kids. :-)
Our walk in the woods last sunday inspired me to make this Flickr mosaic above!

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Flickr Favorites in ebony

1. Jarrett Zaffiro - Abalone Inlay, 2. Banksia Ring -1, 3. gaboon ebony, 4. Piano

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Did you notice that Ebony Lady is back in my shop?
I started with the collection in October last year and I still love the design.
The beautiful black combines so beautiful with lively colors!
Most of the designs are one of a kind as I work with flowers that are rare to find. I like it like that, repeating is so boring to me!
The materials are gemstones, glass, cinnabar, corozo and enameled copper.
I don't use plastic.
You can find the pieces below in my shop.

Want to know more about the beautiful ebony wood?

Ebony is one of the most intensely black woods known, which, combined with its very high density fine texture, and ability to polish very smoothly, has made it very valuable as an ornamental wood.
Did you know (because of it high density) that ebony wood is the only wood who not floats on water, but sinks!The best-known ebony may be that from Diospyros ebenum, native to southern India and Sri Lanka. Ebony has a long history of use, with carved pieces having been found in Ancient Egyptian tombs.By the end of the 16th century, fine cabinets for the luxury trade were made of ebony in Antwerp. (bas-relief), Within a short time, such cabinets were also being made in Paris, by ébénistes, which remains the French term for a cabinetmaker.Nowadays it is used for instrument making like piano's and guitar plectrums.

flickr favorites

1. you & me stamps, 2. IMG_2293, 3. ooak254, 4. hydrangea cards

It's time for Flick favorites again,

I don't have a theme, I think I never have a theme, I just put together some awesome pics.

It reminds me of my previous life as graphic designer.

Oh, how I like to mix and match these pictures, there is no job, there is no purpose, just put togheter some beauties and make them even more beautiful in this mosaic!

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Happy Feet

1. sitting, 2. Untitled, 3. harlequin_clutch, 4. bla bla

Just back from biking to the postoffice,

the weathers is so nice and it gives me a happy feeling!

It made me make a Happy Feet flickr collection today!

I am happy:

- because it's almost summer holidays

- these schoolyear went very well for the kids

- that I don't have to take the car to go to my work, just bike to Post Office!

- with my new collection 'Colliers de Papiers' that I made lately

- with all the new ideas bubbling in my head...

flickr favorites

1. midsummer, 2. flower 6, 3. vintage zipper three spiral necklace - copyright amalia versaci 2009, 4. ready to go

Flowers definitely inspire me, they are a red thread through all my work.
I made this little collection with the real stuff and more abstract artwork that makes me think of flowers.

flickr favorites

1. ballet, 2. Niche Girl Lollie2, 3. corner, 4. round tray

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