shopping offline

Shabby Chic paper roses to decorate my packages

little craft enveloppes

Chocolate boxes for my rings


A new blouse (70 % off) a bargain!

A cute little porcelain tea pot ring

Off-line shopping

If you are a bit used to shop online, then you can find the most original things (especially on Etsy!) The shipping cost is mostly eligible and you daont have to count with things as weather or parking possibilities and shopping online is time-saving!
But when the weather is nice, then nothing is as pleasant as shopping in the city! afterwarts you can enjoy a little drink on a cosy terrace too!
This week I was in Ghent going after some package thingies.
I found these awesome paper shabby chic roses, some craft paper sacs and little chocolate boxes: great to use as boxes for my big button rings!
I stumbled upon a shop (well I actually go there for years), but now I saw they were closing because of the retirement of the shopping owner. I bought this great blouse for a very little!!!
(perfect tomathc with my jewelery , for the pictures for my shop :-))
On Saturday I went to the 'Kunstsuperette' with Veerle (Nevousinstallezpas)
The 'Kunstsuperette is a 'handmade' market at a nice place in Ghent where 50 flemish designers show and sell their awesome creations. Check out these awesome Belgian shops: de vlijtige Liesjes, Littleplush , Juffrouwthea en Violent knitting Femmes.
I couldn't resist some cute rings. It looks like Veerles ring addiction (she blogged about it) has affected me too. Veerle told me she tries to wear a remarkable ring that fits with the rest of her outfit, a great idea,!! so I started a collection too! (but that is for a later blogpost).

Off line shopping
Als je een beetje de weg kent om online te shoppen, vind je de leukste dingen op Internet. In de meeste gevallen is de verzendingskost verwaarloosbaar, je hoeft geen rekening te houden met het weer of parkeermogelijkheden en het spaart je ook heel wat tijd. Bovendien wordt je aankoop thuis geleverd en een pakje krijgen met de post is altijd heel leuk!

Maar niets is zo gezellig om de stad in te gaan en te gaan shoppen als de zon van de partij is. Je kunt bovendien ook nog een terasje meepikken!

Deze week was ik in Gent ,vooral op zoek naar verpakkingsmateriaal voor mijn sieraden.
Bij AVA vond ik heel leuke 'shabby chic' roosjes.
en praline-doosjes (ideaal voor mijn grote vintage button ringen),
maar ook mooie kleine craft-papier zakjes (ook leuk om bijvoorbeeld oorhangertjes in te verpakken).
Heel toevallig kwam ik voorbij Nathalie E, een tof winkeltje in Oudburg, een adresje waar ik al jaren langsga, maar niet voor lang meer want de eigenares gaat op pensioen, je kan er dus hele toffe dingen op de kop tikken voor een prijsje! Tijdens de Gentse feesten verpatst ze ook haar wintercollectie aan dumpingprijzen, noteren in de agenda dus! Ik kocht er een leuk bloesjevoor een een apple en een ei!
Zaterdag ging ik met Veerle (nevousinstallezpas) naar de Kunstsuperette: een kleurrijk en vrolijk stadsevenement met eigenzinnige creaties van teen 50tal ontwerpers op een unieke locatie in hartje Gent.
Heel leuk waren de vlijtige Liesjes, Littleplush , Juffrouwthea en Violent knitting Femmes.
Ik kocht er twee heel leuke ringetjes. Veerles ringobsessie heeft me blijkbaar ook te pakken.
(zie haar blogpost hier). Veerle vertelde me ooit dat zij probeert bij elke outfit een aangepaste opvallende ring te dragen, Intussen heb ik ook al een toffe verzameling (waarover ik later wel nog eens blog!) Als teepotten-freak kon ik dit teepotringetje niet laten liggen, het is gesneden uit een vintage porseleinen bord.

My creative workspace : too much time....

The kids just left for a day trip with school, that means a have a full day for myself in front of me.
Pffff, too much free time;....don't know where to start,....
Maybe first take some pics of my latest creations, in my little photostudio: on my workdesk next to my laptop!

Then making some packages that have to fly out all over the world! I try to go green as much as possible and reuse the bubble envelopes I got some days ago (from supplies).

After that, mixing and matching some more rings and brooches with my vintage button collection and Japanese lucite flowers.

These rings are already finished and in my shop.

If you want a similar brooch , just lat me know!

ok, I keep you updated about my day,

it's already lunch time now and I spend too much time in front of my laptop!!!!

f you want to see more creative workspaces, just hop over to kootoyoo's blog.

Busy bee

A thousand dreams necklace - purple linen Sakura ring

Angkor Dreams bracelet - fluttering bows earrings

Sorry, I neglected my blog lately, being busy with all kinds of stuff.

- hubby and I spend a whole afternoon on plannings for things that have to be done:

several check ups and appointments with doctors, summershoe-shopping for the kids, 'end of the year' meetings with teachers of the kids, buying a new (special)bike for Mies, filling in the taxes form, ...

busy times, these days, .....

- I was also busy rereading and rewriting an interview by Vadjutka for a feature on the Est Blog, I rewrite several times and now I have the feeling I wrote too much!! :-) and I blush when I read all the sweet comments my team members gave! :-)

- But I did manage to find time to grab a treasury and it made frontpage!!!

- And I made some new creations lately , seems I am in a purple red mood these days.....

but turquoise is never far away!

The purple linen ring was already is an older creations (well old, A few weeks I think), but I had the feeling it fitted very well in this mosaic!

All these creations available in my shop.

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!