Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Earth necklace from Turkey
Yay!!!!! I won a give-away again!!! A beautiful necklace made by Yukabyguliz from Istanbul, Turkey. She is an Art Director who makes beautiful and original jewelery in her free times , really, each of her creations are like sculpture or paintings, as you see in the mosaic belowcheck her shop here! and check her blog here for next give-aways.
Monday, May 18, 2009
my pot of tea
I have something with teapots, you know...
I sold almost all of my handmade cards at the Open House, so I need to make a new collection.
but when will I find the time?
Maybe I should plan my week:
- Monday: making packages and shipping
- Tuesday: creating textile jewelry
- Wednesday: new designs with stones and copper
- Thursday: designing cards
- Friday: creating for the EST challenge...Well, that's the problem with creating, it just can't be planned!!! When you don't feel like it then you just mess up. Waste of the time!
But I just wanted to to show off my new teapot in this blogpost :-))
Custom made by a friend, who has a lovely shop here in Belgium, browse her website here.
And I got this yummie Yasmin tea, all the way from China (thanks Apple and Peter!).
Browsing trough etsy I found a beautiful teapot cosy and a very cute teapot necklace to make my mosaic complete!
mm, off to make myself some yasmin tea!
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Wings of Desire - memories
...When the child was a child,
it didn’t know that it was a child,
everything was soulful, and all souls were one.
When I was working on my entry for the EST challenge with the Theme 'Birds', my mind was wandering...I used a big brass wing that has been given een beautiful verdigris patina.
That wing in particular made me think of one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen:
'Der Himmel Uber Berlin' from Wim Wenders. (In English the title is 'wings of desire'.)
'Der Himmel Uber Berlin' from Wim Wenders. (In English the title is 'wings of desire'.)
Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry partially inspired the movie; Wenders claimed angels seemed to dwell in Rilke's poetry. And one of my most fav band played in that movie (I was in my twenties then ;-): Nick Cave and the Birthday party.
Find this limited edition creation in my shop.
Find the other European Entries on the blog of Carmenesque.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Scraps of maps
Lately I found a big box of old world, city and roadmaps at my parents. My father collected them for years , but since he passed away a few years ago, this box is there,... unopened...
These world maps have such great patterns of lines and color spots and they are just to cool to throw away. I am sure everyone has lots of them, and could use some ideas to get rid of them ... Or let us say: to repurpose them!
So I browsed through Etsy for some ideas.
I could use them in my jewelry or make cool gift tags for my packaging, too many possibilities, now what to choose????
Click on the pics to go to the shops and find out about the prices, all these handmade goodies are perfect for an original gift (father's day for instance...)
Japan earrings by Ktwigs31
Tiny enveloppes by Zany
Bracelet made of vintage maps and Scrabble tiles by Hocusfocus 
Atlas Bange Bracelet by SoitsGray
Aceo Kandscape N°5 by Annarubyking
These world maps have such great patterns of lines and color spots and they are just to cool to throw away. I am sure everyone has lots of them, and could use some ideas to get rid of them ... Or let us say: to repurpose them!
So I browsed through Etsy for some ideas.
I could use them in my jewelry or make cool gift tags for my packaging, too many possibilities, now what to choose????
Click on the pics to go to the shops and find out about the prices, all these handmade goodies are perfect for an original gift (father's day for instance...)
Japan earrings by Ktwigs31 Tiny enveloppes by Zany Bracelet made of vintage maps and Scrabble tiles by Hocusfocus Atlas Bange Bracelet by SoitsGray Aceo Kandscape N°5 by Annarubyking World Atlas Bowl by Bombus
Perfect gift for fathers Day by HocusFocus
What about re-using Undeerground maps... by ideaka
cufflinks for daddy by Dlkdesigns
Gift tags by Onespeckledegg
Custom Destination Vintage Map Necklace. Choose Your Location. By Cherrytruitt
Road Map Wallet by Kelsodeosntdance
Perfect gift for fathers Day by HocusFocusWhat about re-using Undeerground maps... by ideakacufflinks for daddy by Dlkdesigns Gift tags by OnespeckledeggCustom Destination Vintage Map Necklace. Choose Your Location. By Cherrytruitt Road Map Wallet by Kelsodeosntdance
Vintage French Map Love Birds 
Friday, May 15, 2009
Recycling on Mother's Day
On mother's Day we went to the school of the kids, where they all gave a little performance, the theme was recycling, exactly what mummy is into lately ;-)))
My two little ones gave a performance on the catwalk with clothes they made (with the help of the teachter) from recycled stuff. (They are in the same class, but Mies is a year older then Briek) (notice the scarves on my son's face, he fell with his bike a few days before...)
Maia, the eldest, danced on a song played on big trash boxes. Meron did a performance about planting potatoes. In the end all the mummys got a glass of Cava for their mother's Day :-)
It's me peeping, right in the middle with the black sunglasses on :-)
And do you remember the Bouquet of flowers I got from Veerle for the Open House? you can see it on the first pic. here.
It nearly passed away, but I could make some great pictures with the flowers that left,
mmm, maybe that's kind of re-using too :-)
I'll make postcards out of it, which I usually send as a freebee with my sold jewelry.
My two little ones gave a performance on the catwalk with clothes they made (with the help of the teachter) from recycled stuff. (They are in the same class, but Mies is a year older then Briek) (notice the scarves on my son's face, he fell with his bike a few days before...)
Maia, the eldest, danced on a song played on big trash boxes. Meron did a performance about planting potatoes. In the end all the mummys got a glass of Cava for their mother's Day :-)
It's me peeping, right in the middle with the black sunglasses on :-)
And do you remember the Bouquet of flowers I got from Veerle for the Open House? you can see it on the first pic. here.It nearly passed away, but I could make some great pictures with the flowers that left,
mmm, maybe that's kind of re-using too :-)
I'll make postcards out of it, which I usually send as a freebee with my sold jewelry.
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