Well, I think my creative drifts will slow down this week, my fabulous four are all at home now, the Rollebolle Playground is closed this week. They had such a wonderfull time there,

Mies (with Downsyndrome) was integrated so good. I appreciate so much the way they coped with her handicap, can't express how thankfull I am...

But here I am, playing knight with the youngest, painting with Mies, cooking lunch, doing a hug pile of ironing, and gathering the tennisballs Maia and meron left in the grass...

Still, I will spare some time for the next EST-challenge: make a creation with the theme 'summer'! (while serving myself an iced glass of rose)....

enjoy my newest creations, some in my shop, some for a special order (I will blog about it later...)

pouches with a little help

Finally a new package for my necklaces: pouches. I used linen of old tableclothes and a fabric hydrangea flower in the colors of my shop! I am not that good in stitching, but with a little help of my mother...

One is already on his way to australia!(Whit a necklace in, of course)

(I also wrap bubbles around it for more protection)

long hot summer

The purple Challenge of The European Street Team is still going on,

I made a mixed materials necklace with the orange-red-purple combo.

It goes perfect with the beautifull weather we have here, finally summer has arrived!

Lucky girls...

It took some time, I know, but I've been busy with so many things.

I can finally announce the winners of my give away!

Well, three of my kids were home and could use their innocent hand to pick a name out.

Meron, my Ethiopean girl is on holiday, on friday she is back and she will pick the one who wins the headband.

So these are the winners: (as you already noticed on the pictures :-)

Star of theEast is the winner of my Polkadot notebook

LaPomme wins the envelop with two handmade cards

Ixela wins the envelop with two handmade cards

Congrats girls and I hope you enjoy my creations.

And thanks so much, everyone, for giving a comment!

Don't be sad, still one winner to pick on friday, and I'll add one of my new notebooks I made with the stitched birds. So...take a little peek on this blog on friday!

Purple Rose of Cairo

Weekly Challenge: PURPLE

Goal is to get us (members of the EST) motivated to create.

And to have fun of course.

so here is my new 'purple' creation,

available in my shop from now on...

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quest

In afwachting van de aankondiging van de winnaars van mijn give-away,

een aantal foto's van mijn'creatieve uitspattingen' van winter 2008.

Ik hou heel veel van allerlei soorten materialen, ik hou van kleur, van materie, van structuur van papier, van metaal (koper en zilver) maar ook van vintage stofjes en sierband, vintage behangpapier en boeken,...

Moeilijk om een keuze te maken, ik hou van kleur, maar ook van sober, van aardetinten en wit bijvoorbeeld,

pfffff...

en op mijn zoektocht naar wat me nu eigenlijk het meeste ligt, bewandel ik allerlei wegen, al dan niet via workshops of zelf uitproberen en aanmodderen.

Hierbij een aantal van mijn creaties die nu voor het eerst het daglicht zien...

Before I announce the winners of my blog-give-away, I want to show some pictures of my work from a while ago, winter 2008.

I like creating with different materials, I like color, but also earthy shades, I like vintage ribbon and fabric, I like copper and silver, vintage books,...

There is so much I am not tempted by.... I can't make a choice...

so I try out a lot of things, it's all part of my creative search, some of these creations are in my shop, some of them you see here for he first time...

fabric scraps

Een

Gisteren kocht ik een grote stapel linnen servietten en tafellopers

in prachtige kleurjes. Ze gooien ze gewoon buiten met 70 % korting bij Casa!

Ik heb er heel wat plannen mee:

-hoesjes maken om mijn halssnoeren in te verpakken (het verzenden van de halssnoerdoosjes is een dure zaak, vandaar het idee om een soort 'pouches' te maken.)

- de stoffen 'verharden' met de bloempap-techniek die ik leerde in de Vuurkorf bij Isabel,

om die gebruiken als covers voor handgemaakte boekjes

-de derde optie was een bevlieging van het moment, ik tekende een hele reeks vogeltjes en naai zeo p een stukje linnen, weet nog niet wat ik ermee aanvang, broches...kaartjes,..voor een boekenkaftje...

Nu nog tijd vinden...

Yesterday I went to the sales in Ghent, I bought a huge pile of fabric tableclothes, I just could not resist, the linen was 70% off!!!

I have many plans with them:

- stitching little pouches for my necklaces (since the boxes are so expensive to ship)

- hardening the linen with the technic I learnd at the vuurkarf, to use them as bookcovers.

- I got the inspiration to draw little birds and stiched them on a piece of fabric, maybe I can make brooches out of them or use them on cards or journalcovers, don't know yet!

The only thing I don't have now is time....