Flower in the woods

Today is a 'kids' day, we're leaving early for Holland, to the 'Efteling', the two youngest are still young enough to believe in fairytales and the oldest have lots of fun with their little brother and sister believing all that stuff about witches, wolves, snowy white and little red hood :-)
We will take a yummie picnic with us, so I am sure it will be a great day!

Today I want to show you the results of my creative work yesterday.

The necklaces turned out very lightweight and give me a real summery feeling because of the materials I use: the linen and the wood.

I hope they will be a hit in my shop, because I like making them!

you can find them here.

my creative workspace

I love making these linen and silk flowers, and because of their natural feeling and look, I combined them with Bayong wood, which has a pretty reddish color.

A new design, perfect for summer, already one in my shop! :-))

Find out about other creative spaces on kootoyoo's blog :-)

Because of the light....

Is it because there is more light these days...

don't know,

anyway, lately, I create more in lighter colors:

white

cream

ivory

eggshell

linen

oldlace

snow

floralwhite

honeydew

(find these new creations in my shop.)

flickr favorites

1. ballet, 2. Niche Girl Lollie2, 3. corner, 4. round tray

Play along and share your flickr favorites, go to Artminds blog to find out how!

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 below
check her shop here! and check her blog here for next give-aways.

my pot of tea

I have something with teapots, you know...

remember my tea pot cards, you can find them here and here and here

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!

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'.)

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.