Give-away winner

I used the idea of Artmind and let somebody pick a number on Twitter,Movezerb dropped the number: 22.

Vadjutka is the lucky winner this time! Congrats Judit!

but don't worry dears! This afternoon I am having a shopping day (in Ghent city) with my two eldest and maybe we'll find a cool little treasure for a next give-away?
Just keep an eye on my blog the next few days!

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sun and daisies

Two weeks Easter holidays.
I hope I'll survive it!
We planned a lot, so I hope the kids don't get the time to get bored.
I do hope the weather is nice so there will be plenty of occasion to play outside.
And really I did not forget to plan some time for myself too. Having the kids around all the time, can be tiring :)
This afternoon the kids are out playing at friends,...

I am off soon (to do some shopping all by myself) but first I want to show something I have been doing yesterday.
I am sure you remember my felted Brooches, I was a bit bored making them, although lots of people like them, but I found another design and a great way to use my pile of vintage buttons :-)
It supposed to be an entry for the EST challenge hosted by Kraplap (theme : Button) , but of course I was too late to enter :-)
And while taking pictures I thought it would be nice as a postcard, isn' it?

monday Moodboard

Rush hour pillow by atelierpompadour
Crocheted heart in pastel color by Kajadesign
Hand crocheted basket with 2 handles by Spacejamhandmade
the Deer Necklace by Deerlola


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Happy Easter!

I bought these cute japanese pins, back in Amsterdam some weeks ago.
in 'Het grote avontuur' (A tip I got from Maartje)

Just leave a comment and I will pick a winner (who will get these sweet tweet pins) next wednesday :-)

adiós...

oh, it's sometimes so hard to part with my creations, especially this one.
One of my African Touch collection, one of my favs...
Well, I am glad it's going to a very sweet Spanish lady who loves my work.
I am sure it will be cherished over there in Madrid!

I have only a few left of this collection,
I remember I made the most of them while mr hubby was with my daughter Meron in Jimma,Ethiopea.
As he plans a work visit to Ethiopea next september, and he can bring home some new strands of Silver beads, I think I will pick up the thread of this series again. :-)

My friday night Outfit

Black & red & Vintage!


Japanese Garden Earrings in Sterling Silver by Fleurfatale
vintage ROUGE mary janes by deargoldenvintage
Shiny little black purse by Thevintageappartment

and now we are off (with the six of us) to Resto Coco (a child friendlyrestaurant), for a belated feast for my Birthday :-)

'Het melkmeisje' - a custom order

When I got this beautiful antique medaillon, it reminded me immediately of a well known painting of Johannes Vermeer: Het melkmeisje.
maybe the colors did it : yellow and blue
or was it the cap of the maiden (although in the painting she wears a white cap)?
or the little flickerings of light you also find in the painting?
Anyway, it was love at first sight :-)


I had to think of a design that did totally right to this gorgeous medaillon: a simple but strong design with timeless materials: lapis and onyx.
these are some photos of the progress, but you can find the finished necklace on the blog of Saskia.




The necklace is a heritage of Saskia's grandma and I it was really a great joy to give it a new live, I think grandma would be very happy knowing that Saskia is wearing it now!



Toen ik dit mooie antieke hangertje in handen kreeg, moest ik direct denken aan een heel bekend schilderij van Johannes Vermeer: 'Het melkmeisje',
warenhet de kleuren misschien : Blauw en geel, of was het het kapje van het meisje (alhoewel het melkmeisje een wit kapje aanheeft) of waren de kleine lichtflikkeringen die je ook in het schilderij vind... die het deden...
Hoe dan ook, ik vond het een prachtig hangertje.

Ik heb nagedacht over een design waarin de hanger het meest tot zijn recht kwam: sober dus, mooie, sterke, tijdloze materialen, zoals lapis en onyx...
En ik kon gewoon niet anders dan blauw gebruiken,zo kwam het hangertje ook het best tot zijn recht!
Saskia kreeg dit hangertje van haar grootmoeder.
Ik ben er zeker van dat Saskias' grootmoeder best trots zou zijn wetende dat haar kleindochter dit hangertje opnieuw draagt