Gift idea for teachers

A sweet gift idea for your teacher or the teacher of your kids: a flower brooch! My brooches flower up your jacket, dress, bag, tote or even lampshade :-)

Special promotion till 25 of June: all brooches 13 Dollar/ 9 euro
(Flat worldwide shipping rate of 3 Dollar / 1,5 Euro)
The brooches come to you, ready for gift, beautiful packed with a little note card.

Find some brooches here in my shop.
Not all the brooches are in my shop, just send me an e- mail : fleurfatale@live.be and tell me which one (s) you want from the collection I show below:

(Belgische en nederlandse klanten kunnen ook per overshrijving betalen)

green - turquoise

lilac- honey

fuchsia - purple

turquoise - lilac

cream- yellow

Wild versus Elegant: my creative workspace

We had some holidays, these last few days, so the kids were home. The weather was beautiful, and they played outside in the garden in our little plastic swimming pool :-). I was thinking of what to do outside too. It would have been an option to just read a book in the sun, but there was a new EST challenge theme, and ideas were spinning in my head. So I took my felting stuff and enjoyed making felted pebbles. (I have no pictures of me playng with felt outside, but a picture of the sorting and knotting of the beads: as you see I use often a felted plaid to keep the beads on their place)

The result is my entry for the EST-challenge hosted by Vilte.

You can find her shop here. and the other challenge entries on her blog.

My Pebbles and Honey necklace is already in my shop.

find some other creative workspaces on Kotooyos blog.

Flea market finds and feature

On monday there was a flea market in the little town where I live.
It' s a well known flea market, not really a 'vide-grenier', because lots of professional sellers come here . But you really can do bargains, and that's what I did: some very beautiful buttons brooches and trim, and a wonderful vintage rusty floral powder box!

I could not wait to use the powder box in my Jewelry photography.

Ivory Blossom necklace

And yesterday I finished a new necklace with linen and silk beads, it was just listed in my Fleurfatale shop and featured a few minutes later in this lovely blog from VividEarthDesigns.

Oceane Necklace

Here comes the bride....

Donna necklace, available in my shop.

A few weeks ago I got a great custom order from a lovely lady:
I had to create 4 necklaces for 4 bridesmaiden. I liked this custom order a lot, because I had to inspire me on my favorite necklace 'Donna'.
The only restrictions I got were the colorchoice (peacock blue, wood and royal purple, apple green, coral red, and fuchsia) and the 'Donna' style.

I like the result a lot and hope to get soon a picture of the bridesmaiden and the bride!

Chic and affordable!

My treasury made it to frontpage this night.YAY!

And I created another necklace for my 'Chic but affordable'- line.
It was Rita or Alatvian who brought me to the idea: she hosted the EST challenge with the theme 'Cheap, but gorgeous!'
So I made a simple but strong and orginal design for a good price, the perfect accessory to flower up your summer!
- The flower is Fair Trade linen from Fabric scraps
- The beads are handmade Fair Trade silk.
available in my shop!

tips & trics for big families ;-)

People always ask me , where I find the time to do all those crafting.
I must admit, I am a very chaotic person, but when it comes to making time for crafting,
suddenly I am organised. :-))
One of those thingsto spare time is inviting the hairdresser to our house,
she comes to cut the hair of the six of us, ...
Very easy, I don't have to put my kids in the car and spend hours waiting in waiting rooms...
When their hair is cut, the kids can start playing again,
in the meantime I've done a lot of sorting of beads for future necklaces:-)


or taking pictures of a new creation...

Textile Sea Urchin Necklace

和紙

I think you all know that I am a paper-lover, I have quite a collection of all kinds of papers (vintage wallpapers, handmade papers, Japanese papers... I even brought a huge pile of Chinese newspapers from my hotel in New York and if I am not looking for vintage trims on the Flee market, I am lookin gfor cute cards or papers...)

Since some time I use Washi or Wagami (Japanese paper) in my designs.

I try to find an interesting detail in the paper : (a twig , a blossom, leaves...) to use in my designs.

(you can find them here in my shop.)

want to know a bit more about Washi?

Washi or Wagami (和紙?, literally, "harmony paper" or "serenity paper") is a type of paper made in Japan.

Washi is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, but also can be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, and wheat.

Washi comes from wa meaning Japanese and shi meaning paper, and the term is used to describe paper made by hand in the traditional manner.

Washi is generally tougher than ordinary paper made from wood pulp, and is used in many traditional arts. Origami, Shodo, and Ukiyo-e were all produced using washi. Washi was also used to make various everyday goods like clothes, household goods, and toys as well as vestments and ritual objects for Shinto priests and statues of Buddha.

It was even used to make wreaths that were given to winners in the 1998 Winter Paralympics.

Washi was developed from the traditional Chinese paper-making process.

find more about Washi on Wikipedia.

want to know a bit more about Japan?

go to Malene's blog, Malene just came home from a trip to Japan and has a lot to share!

(thanks Malene for featuring one of my designs in you blog!)