My flowers on earth day

The new theme for this weeks EST-challenge (hosted by Karuski) is 'my flowers'.

I just could not skip this one. :-)

As you all know today is 'earth day' so I had to repurpose, restyle or recycle something into something new!

I hurried to the flee market shop and found a beautiful light blue suede skirt , also a pair of matte gold trousers(!) and an old table cloth, don't know wich material, but a beautiful texture! I also brought two old leather bags.

I want to repurpose it all to new textile jewlery designs! You'll see!

and this is the first : La fleur bleue a silver plated bracelet with a handmade suede flower. Perfect for this weeks challenge! (and good for the earth) and available in my shop.

You can find the other entries for this challenge on Karuskis blog.

A brooch a day!

Now the weather is getting better, I can wear my steel blue coat again, The fun with that jacket is, that it matches with all my brooches! It's wonderful , but it's true, I can go out every other day pimped with another brooch :-))) But, don't worry, I am sure my brooches match with other cool jackets too :-) Flower up your day and find them in my shop. in the section 'pin your jacket or tote'

new season, new pictures!

The banner of my shop was there for a year now, and with the changing season I felt like a new one. Lately I am also working on fresh, new designs, and I therefore some of my creations are on sale. Just check my SALE section. I am also trying to improve my pictures as the photography is so important on Etsy, first of all, to catch the eye, but also to show the creation exactly how it is in real life, not easy, but a challenge! I am always chasing for new ideas and accessories to presents my creations on,
here are some examples

A ceramic bowl with a deep royal blue glaze

A stone (one of my kids brought home...)

a dried leaf

a handpainted background

a dried branch (from my garden)

An wooden Indian fabric stamp (from the Fairtrade shop)

a colorfull handbound linen book by Katrien Buyle

a piece of wood

a old fashioned (but ever so cool nowadays!) crocheted doily

Most of these accessories are already available in my shop, click on the pic to go to the shop

Shopping list saturday

Two shopping lists today
a grey one (matching with the weather in Belgium)

1.linden green queen ann's lace towel by Lotta Helleberg

2. rocky treasure earrings by fleurfatale

3. Sinta - Your Everyday Bag in Moss Colour Linen by Iragrant

4. Silver Rose Evening Crocheted Clutch Pouch by Silvia

and a green one (matching with the season in Belgium)

1. Symbolism wall graphics by Michellechristina

2.Tulip ring of flet by Coffeeclouds
3. Flower in your hair headband by fleurfatale
4. Hello Spring by Cathynichols

find the other Saturday Shoppin glists on fancypicnics blog

I have a winner.....

Finally I could pick a winner for my give-away, I used Random.org. and the lucky one name who was picked is Evaforeva! She can spend a gift certificate of 35 dollar in my shop! Congrats Eva!!!!
I am so sorry I can't give it to all of you who gave the most sweetest comments here! You all deserve it! (The sweet ladies who gave me their pictures will receive a certificate of "15 % off of every purchase in my shop" in their mailbox soon!

And I have a new (litlle) contest for those who did not won this time ;-))
I am recently working on some new cards to send with my packages (as an extra gift) and I decided to ask for your help, in return you can get a set of these new cards. You already knew my leaves 'be different' card. Well, I am looking for little strong quotes that match the following pictures. There are already quotes on it, but maybe you have a better one, just post it as a comment! I will pick randomly one of the ones who commented as a winner!

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picking up....

Ok, here we go again :-)
feeling a bit better today!
Being sick is just not easy for me, I don't have the energy to do anything at all and then I feel so pity of that lost time!!! But maybe I will have double of energy when I am through this teribble cold!
I first had to clean up a lot because the house was a real mess, but I had also a little time to take some pictures (the weather is beautiful here in Belgium!) of new earrings. I neglected my earrings lately, being busy with textile necklaces, but to make it up I have the following brand new pairs in my shop!
(click on the pics to go to the shop)

give-away

Dear Blog-readers,

I have a terrible cold since a few days: fever, sore throat, headache...

I just feel to sick to do anything on my laptop right now!

I will delay my give-away for a few days, and will announce the winner on wednesday or thursday, I hope I feel much better then.

You can still enter my give-away.