La Douce France

Greetings from France, on 's amuse!

On Vacation + Free shipping

Original artwork by Matteart

Bye bye, we are off to France! see you all on the 8th of august!

During my vacation I offer FREE SHIPPING on everything in my shop

(I will ship when I am back on 8/8!)

Creative workspace today

Ebony Lady in Green (available in my shop)

On Saturday we leave for our holiday in France, Here is where we stay. I look forward to it, it's a very quiet place in de middle of nature. There is a swimming pool for the kids and a little lake after the house, you can't swim there , but make beautiful walks and enjoy watching the birds that live there.

These last days, I am still preparing for the fair, think I will never get ready, so much to be done!
I found some cool punchers in the sales (normally they are quite expensive) to make my tags and price labels. Of course I chose flowers!!

Find some other cool creative workspaces on kootoyoo's blog.

Preparing for France and Maastricht!

Felted pebble rings

Next Saturday we leave for a holiday in France (14 days!).
I am not very good in packing, and I have to do it for the six of us, so better start early with it!

And I can also use every free minute to prepare for the Craftparking fair I am attending in Maastricht: . Find more information on their website.

And now some new designs I have been working on, some are already available in the shop, just click on the pictures.

Cat Brooch Odile

Cat Brooch Trudy

Fringe and Flavour necklace in grey

Fringe and Flavour necklace in blue

Blue satin Trio Necklace

Indigo Blue

The new EST challenge hosted by Iragrant has the theme: your favorite color!

I combined one of my fav's: turquoise, with the beautiful color indigo blue.

I let me inspire by the beautiful vibrant blue of the Tuaregs .

The Tuareg are sometimes called the "Blue People" because the indigo pigment in the cloth of their traditional jallaba and turbans stained the wearer's skin dark blue.

The indigo blue-colored veil that Tuareg men wear is called Alasho. Taking on this veil is associated with the rite of passage to manhood; men begin wearing a veil when they reach maturity. The veil usually conceals their face, excluding their eyes and the top of the nose.

You can find my new 'Tuareg Blue' creations in my shop.

Featured

YAY!!! My blue rose ring has been featured on Etsyitemoftheday!

After hearing about Etsy from a friend, Jackie has moved from an interest in Etsy to a passion for the site. Each day, Jackie looks for her next favorite Etsy item and posts it on Etsy Item of the Day!

Take a look and follow Etsytoday on Twitter!

Summer = Boules de Berlin!

Guess what, they want to be cool!

My daughters M & M would give a million for these yummie pastries, they taste a bit like a donut (same dough) but are filled with crème patisserie (sometimes jam) and covered with powder sugar.
In Belgium we call them "Boules de Berlin", but it seems in Germany they are called 'Berliner' and in Berlin they know these pastries as Pfannkuchen :-)
- find here a little history about those Berliners, in Dutch)
- find here the recipe in English and here in Dutch

Those Boules de Berlin are very typical for the Belgain coast: each summer ,men dressed in a white bakers outfit sell them on the beach.
And there is a funny Boules de Berlin campaign for promoting the Summer music Fesitvals on the coast: "Be cool: taste a Boule!"

In the meantime Ginger and Jeanne, two cute Cat brooches came to join me in my shop, they are looking for a nice and cosy new home! (click on the pictures to go to the shop)