one silk tie - two necklaces

Jimma Necklace

purple river adjustabe necklace

lovely weather today, all the snow was melting away, the sun came peeping and I hurried taking pics!
This is the result of the tie where I put my scissors in: two textile necklaces, one is adjustable with a suede ribbon, the other is the one I showed in the previous post: a necklace of my Jimma collection.

My creative workspace

I decided to hop over, once in a week, to the thriftshop.
It's fun finding cool things that I can upcycle! I like the idea very much of giving a new life to thrown away stuff! and it's amazing how a color, a form or a texture of a find can give new inspiration :-)

so I turned home with:
- a book with linen cover O.50 Euro
That I used right away in my little improvised photo studio! This brand new Japanese earrings pair is in my shop already

- a vintage Children's book: Alice in Wonderland O.50 Euro
A little ceramic milkpot with nostalgic print of roses O.50 Euro
I'll show you later what I am up to, with these finds!

and a silk tie...
The silk tie already changed form:

I learned the technique (of making silk beads) from my dear friend Veerle from Nevousinstallezpas.
added some Ethiopean stilver beads, a beautiful turquoise stone, a verdrigris filigree bead, and handmade pure copper rings to make this beauty!

The Jimma necklace is in my shop right now!

find more of my upcycled thrifts here.

What the postman brought me

I have really been spoiled lately. A few weeks ago I won a give-away on the lovely blog Bloesem kids.
I won a pack of beautiful greetings cards from Australian Based designer Tiel from TskTsk. You can find more of her work here.

shop update: A valentine gift for CAT lovers

Hi! have you met Theodore?
Hello!
I am handfelted out of merino wool and vintage buttons.
I am unique!
If you adopt me, then I will keep you company on your jacket, sweater or bag!
I am pretty sure we well be good friends! :-)

This cat pin will make any hat, scarf, jacket, sweater, cushion come to life!
My cat-heads are felted with merino wool,
not one is alike as they are made by hand!
find the cat brooches here.
Lola, the Cool Cat Brooch Leonore, the Cool Cat Brooch.

Arnold, the Cool Cat Brooch

Monday Moodboard

Hooligan scarf by P8
Molten metal felted wrap by Ingermaaike
Teal Blue Cable Knit Gloves by Afra
Nuno felted scarf Winter time by Jezek

I enjoy the silence and rest on mondays.
Weekends at ours are always busy and noisy, lots of errands to run and driving kids from here to there. family days are fun but mondays are always a relief....

This monday morning I packed the kids and myself in with lots of scarves, woolen mittens and hats, and off we were, biking to school. The snow is almost gone from te streets so it's safe again to drive!
So what else then a 'warm packed' Monday moodboard!

I hope you enjoyed the weekend and are ready for a good start of the week!



If you want to create a moodboard of your favorite European Street Team Designs, make your mosaic and add a link to your blogpost (NOT your blog please) or Flickr in Mister Linky (click on the button below and fill in your name with the link to your blogpost or Flickr picture).

Guppies!!!

Goed nieuws voor wie bij mij in de buurt woont!
Mijn buurvrouw opent een kinderkledingwinkel in hartje Laarne: Guppies Fashion4kids (Lepelstraat 43). Ze verkoopt er heel leuke Belgische en Nederlandse collecties zoals Fred en Ginger, Nijntje, Hilde en co, Moodstreet, Tumble ‘N Dry, Little feet.
Ze heeft ook een gloednieuwe collectie accessoires van Fleurfatale!
Picnic: een reeks unieke oorknopjes gemaakt uit vintage retro stofjes,
Allen daarheen dus!
het openingsfeest is op 23/24/25 januari, dan krijg je 10% korting,
als je je inschrijft voor de nieuwsbrief hier maak je kans op een cadeaubon!


Good news!
My neighbour is opening a cool Boutique with kidsclothing, Guppiesshe has some very cool collections: Fred en Ginger, Nijntje, Hilde en co, Moodstreet, Tumble ‘N Dry, Little feet.
And also a colelction of Fleurfatale will be for sale in her shop:
a pretty collection of unique handmade earstuds from vintage fabrics.
Do hop over when you are in the neghbourhood (I know this will be very difficult for some of my readers, lol!)
but don't worry, Guppies will soon be selling a part of the collection online too!

Shop Update

Brand new japanese Winter garden earrings are in my shop!
If you want to read more about the creation of them, look here.
and here.



Have you seen the card I designed to go with this jewelry line?
remember the butterflies.
And do take a peep at Karuski's blog, :-)