My Friday Night Outfit

felted pebbles in turquoise cascade necklace By Fleurfatale
Hand knit fingerless gloves - Cascade - Denim Blue (XS/S/M) by Blackmustard
Wavelength - Hand knit wool lace beret in Peacock blue by Blackmustard
Legwarmers by Smallpackagess


you can find more Friday Night Outfits here.

Not going anywhere this evening.
I guess me and the three kids will make it cosy tonight. Watching a series togheter and me doing some crochet meanwhile (it's time I start with the hat for Mies, remember the lovely yarn I bought!)
On Fridays the kids get some chips and lemonade. (and mummy a glass of wine and some tapas) As we don't have those things the rest of the week, this is always like a little party for the kids.

Today our babysit is coming and heading to the swimmingpool with my little ones, so I hope to finish my bold African necklaces and post the pictures of the result here soon! (Need to find a collection name for them, because I have ideas to make a bunch of them)
And the postman brought me a very sweet and lovely package today, but that's for another blogpost!

Touch of Africa

The last few days were dark! A lot of rain and no much light!
But this morning I woke up because of some rays of sun peeping through the curtains, Yay! Really makes my mood a lot better!

Kids have holiday now and the eldest is experimenting with cooking. Well it results in a very messed up kitchen, but it's worth it! Yesterday she made oven potatoes, not only looks yummie, also tastes delicious!





I managed to take some pics today of unfinished necklaces,
African Inspired (what else, my thoughts are with hubby and Meron in Ethiopea:-))
These necklaces are so very me: a mix of materials,
- some of African origin (Ethiopean silver and resin)
- a natural touch (handmade merino felted wool pebbles)
- Fair trade Vietnamese silk
- a repurposed (vintage) touch: vintage buttons and African Trade beads.
I already took some pics of the necklaces but I have to finish them now with a nice vintage button to make a closure.



hm, I am sure African women would wear them in a bunch around there neck;-)
But I am convinced, with wearing only one you can make a real statement too :-)

- Gift Certificates in my shop - Cadeaubonnen

Don't know what happened, maybe a bug in the Mr Linky Wizard, all the comments on my previous post disappeared! Sorry for this!

With the upcoming Feasts (Christmas and New Year) I want to introduce my Gift Certificates. they are here in my shop right now.


♥ How does the Gift certificate work?
After you have purchased and paid the certificate,
a gift certificate with special certificate code will be emailed to you.
You can print it or send it by e-mail to the one you want to surprise!

♥ How to use the gift certificate?
1) The recipient should add their chosen item(s) from my shop to their shopping cart.
2) The recipient should choose "other" payment option at checkout.
3) The recipient must include the special certificate code in the "Message to the seller" box.
4) If the value of the recipients purchase is over the gift certificate value (including shipping costs) I will send an invoice to the recipients e-mail address for the additional amount.
5) If the value of the recipients purchase is below the gift certificate value (including shipping costs) the balance will be maintained for a future purchase.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like to have another value, I will create a new one for you.

Sinds een tijdje heb ik ook cadeaubonnen, Ik presenteer ze hier, met de feestdagen in het vooruitzicht :-)
Hoe kan je ze bestellen?
- stuur me een mailtje (fleurfatale@live.be) met het bedrag dat je op de cadeaubon
wilt zetten
- ik mail je mijn rek. nr.
- na betaling verstuur ik de bon in cadeauverpakking naar je op.
- de ontvanger van de bon kan me mailen voor een aankoop,
dit kan bij me thuis of in mijn Etsy shop, maar ook ontwerpen op maat zijn mogelijk :-)

Hubby and Meron are in Jima now. After their night flight to Addis Abeba (10 hours), they hired a jeep to head to Jima (8 hours driving). My poor daughter let me know through SMS that she was all the time unwell in the car.
Ah well, the roads in Africa aren't like our highways...
I hope to hear from them soon, she must have tasted the typical Injerra by know, and she already saw a glimpse of her hometown, I am really very curious how she feels about it!

so, what else, then to show some cool EST creations inspired by the African continent.

lack of sleep these days...

hm, I hate that changing to the winter hour, my youngests kids woke up so early last week I am terribbly tired. and no sleep kills the creativity, I really really hate that! And can't count on hubby now because he is off to Ethiopea. so the only thing to do (to catch up with some sleep) is going to bed when the kids does...

Did I show you the yarn I bought to crochet a hat for Mies?
haven'thad the time yet, pff, and if my nights continue like that, ...
(oh, and I bought the yarn before I bought her dress, fun coincidence: the same colortones!)


Anyway, if I would find the time, the hat will combine good with her new pair of eyeglasses!
Last wednesday we went to the eyeglasses-shop to choose a pair for her, quite fun,
have no pictures yet of what she chose, but will have soon, I can already tell you: it's a purple pair of glasses with a retro touch,very cool!

a bunch of Silk & felted Diva's

phew, I almost finished a custom order!
now packing to be shipped!
When I am busy with the beautiful colors of merino wool, some new color combinations pop up in my head, so I made some more chokers and felted balls to create new Silk Diva's for my Etsy Shop: you can find them here.





And these are my new 'textile jewelry' pouches, made of repurposed linen and a fabric flower! Every necklace of my 'textile' collection comes to you in this fabric pouch.