let it be spring!

Don't you think these necklines would be perfect with my 'thousand dreams' flower choker?

Necklace 'A thousand dreams' by fleurfatale

spring dress 'letters to Paris' by desirapaesta

Pixie - jersey halter top, red, size S/M by Vaisto

Ocean Flower

A new design, but the same ingrediënts
- handmade silk beads (some are repurposed ties, other are fair trade Vietnamese silk)
- beautiful textured turquoise gem stones
- copper chain
soon in my shop

and more pics on Flickr.

The beautiful fien art photography is from a great artist: zuuppaartista, check out her beautiful shop.

Beautiful, Beautiful secret bunny!

YYesterday I got a lovely package in my postbox, all the way from Stockholm, Sweden!
What a surprise: it was a gift of one of my favorite arists on Etsy, Britta from the shop Birribe.
Birribe has a degree in art and crafts and works with textile materials. She designs textileprints for institutions and privat homes. She is inspired by nature and has her very own colorpallette (which I like a lot!) You can see and feel her passion for colors and nature in all of her creations! (even in the packaging!) Do take a look at her website and discover the beautiful paintings she designs...

Thanks a lot Britta, as you see, a while ago I made a felted brooch that fits perfect with the shawl! And as a cherry on the pie (as we say in Belgium) you present came a day after my birthday!

le vent nous portera - Noir Désir

Etsy is down for the moment, finally time to make a new playlist.

And as it was my birtday yesterday, here are the beautiful lyrics of one of my all time favs!

(I am still looking for a translation in English)

Dutch translation here.

'le vent nous portera' by 'Noir Désir'

Je n'ai pas peur de la route

Faudrait voir,

faut qu'on y goûte

Des méandres au creux des reins

Et tout ira bien là

Le vent nous portera

Ton message à la Grande Ourse

Et la trajectoire de la course

Un instantané de velours

Même s'il ne sert à rien va

Le vent l'emportera

Tout disparaîtra mais

Le vent nous portera

La caresse et la mitraille

Et cette plaie qui nous tiraille

Le palais des autres jours

D'hier et demain

Le vent les portera

Génetique en bandouillère

Des chromosomes dans l'atmosphère

Des taxis pour les galaxies

Et mon tapis volant dis ?

Le vent l'emportera

Tout disparaîtra mais

Le vent nous portera

Ce parfum de nos années mortes

Ce qui peut frapper à ta porte

Infinité de destins

On en pose un et qu'est-ce qu'on en retient?

Le vent l'emportera

Pendant que la marée monte

Et que chacun refait ses comptes

J'emmène au creux de mon ombre

Des poussières de toi

Le vent les portera

Tout disparaîtra mais

Le vent nous portera

lyrics: Bertrant Cantat

Manu Chao on guitar...

Frontpage on my birthday!

Etsy admingave me a nice Birtday present yesterday: a Treasury FrontPage!! Congrats to all artists included! Isn' t there a better way to celebrate being 41!

Saturday shopping list

I am back with the saturday shopping list, mmmm, grey and red, a great colorcombo!

- UPCYCLED Red VINTAGE Train Case with Hand Drawn Black Floral Plant super mario brothers nintendo style by SAMSONITE

check out Racels blog too: getreadysetgoluggage.blogspot.com

-Large Notebook in Light Gray-Blue with Silver Leaves made by Fieldandsea

A pretty shop where you will find all sorts of paper goods, art, jewelry, and miscellaneous beautiful things.

-vintage doily needlebook handmade by a sweet European friend Ravenhill

check out Emilies inspiring blog too: http://ravenhill.typepad.com/weblog/

- Echeveria glauca v. pumila in vintage Beech-Nut Coffee Tin by monkeysalwayslook

find some other great Shopping lists on the bloglist of fancypicnic.

My creative workspace

Lots of projects today.
Still have a sick little kid at home, but I finally could get a babysit to take care of her,
now there is some time to finish the piles work of the last few days.
(Ah well, laundry and cleaning is for the weekend,...)
first the creative part!
my new cards arrived, doesn't they look wonderfull....

arranged the new embellishments for my packagings ... and stamped cards...

Need to make new necklaces out of these sorted beads...

For a project in September I decided to let me inspire by fairy tales,

I started a little 'alice inWonderland' collection, and enjoed coloring the cabochons with shades of verdigris, olive and turquoise....

OMG!! where to begin????

(want to see more creative spaces of others artists have a peep at kootoyoos blog)