a step further

A new milestone!
Mies (with Down) drawed a little 'man' for the very first time!
She was super proud of it! (and mummy too)
you just can't imagine what this little step means to us!
These things are not obvious for a child with mental retardation and a weak muscle tension (specific for Down), that's why this is such a great progress for her!

Wat is kunst? wat is kunst?

Die blik in jouw ogen, dat is kunst!

(Noordkaap)

Een memorabele dag gisteren!

Mies tekende helemaal zelf een 'mannetje'! zonder hulp, zonder aanwijzingen,

blijkbaar heeft ze het kopvoeter stadium overgeslagen!

en Ze was apetrots!

Je kan je niet voorstellen hoe gelukkig wij zijn met dit stapje vooruit!

Voor een kind met mentale vertraging zijn zo'n zaken niet evident, ook de slappe spierspanning (eigen aan Downsyndroom) maakt het er niet makkelijker op.

SHOPPING LIST SATURDAY IS COMING SOON :-)

My creative mess...

I think is time to reveal my mess. In the previous posts I gave the wrong impression that my workplace is so tidy. But you havent't seen my workroom yet! (only the desk).
You'll soon understand why I need a curtain in my workplace :-)

I think is time to reveal my mess. In the previous posts I gave the wrong impression that my workplace is so tidy. But you havent't seen my workroom yet! (only the desk).

You'll soon understand why I need a curtain in my workplace :-)

my creative workspace

Lots to do today.

creating

taking pics

pricing

A friend of mine has an open house next weekend, where she will sell my jewelry,

so I have to create some new pieces and already price them. I take pics of every piece and store them in my flickr account.

As you see I use my trolley as a work bench today. It's fun to travel around in the house and find the must sunny place, quite ecologic too, don't you think?

Find some other creative workspaces on Kotooyoo's blog.

feels like spring...

Some new spring designs in my shop , and before I use the verdigris findings in my creations, I first play around a bit with collages ... do you already feel spring?

(click on the pics to go to my shop)

Mix and Match

I have been mixing and matching my beads and materials. I like sorting them by color, by size, by origin...

Trough the years I collected so much findings that it is such a pleasure to use them now and search for the perfect match!

I sort these necklaces under my 'textile jewelry', as the main ingrediënt is textile (in this case the ribbon, the silk beads and the merino wool felt)

Click on the pictures to find them in my shop.

spoil yourself!

Hubby is abroad again...

that means more broken nights ( I don't sleep so well when hubby isn't home)

and all the household and children stuff for mummy...

- bringing and getting the kids to school

- bringing kids to after school activities

- cooking

- helping kids with the homework

- putting kids in beds

- playing with kids

- baking the bread

- doing the dishes

-...

Well, I decided to spoil myself. (after I visited the blog of Petitplat, I ran off to the bakery) and I bought myself some yummie pattisserie!

repurposed apple dishes

I don't know how it is elsewhere, but here in Belgium fruit is mostly sold 'packaged.'
It's strange but the packaged fruit seems to be cheaper then the fruit you can buy without package. And as we are a big family (with only one decent income) , and eating lots of fruit,
I do have to chose for the most economic version: the packaged apples!
But as we try to minimalize our ecologic footprint I don't throw them away , I reuse them! or better say repurpose:

They are quite handy for sorting my beads :-)

(the apples look very yellow in the pic, that was because of yesterdays evening sun!)

Het valt me op dat fruit dat verkocht wordt in een papieren schaaltje toch goedkoper is dan het fruit dat je koopt onder verpakking. Alhoewel ik mijn verpakte aankopen probeer te beperken, moet ik toch rekening houden met het 'gezinsbudget'. Als 'groot' gezin verzetten we bergen fruit (en ander voedsel) en met maar één deftig inkomen moeten we toch wel op onze tellen passen!
Het moet gezegd, deze schaaltjes gaan hier niet rechtstreeks de papiermand in, ik hergebruik ze!
Zo houden we onze ecologische voetafdruk toch enigszins binnen de perken :-)

Zeer handig om kralen in te sorteren !