Monday Moodboard

Dress by Malam
Decorative coasters by birribe
crochet pot holder by Emmalamb
Colormix earrings by StarofteEast
One of the fun parts of creating and selling jewelry is that you can start creating new lines a while before the season they are made for has started.
That is why I am now creating with spring and summer in my mind.
I try to evoke those summery feelings by diving into fashion magazines of last summer (I have a large pile of never thrown away magazines)
But the sun that was peeping so bright this morning also helped, it felt like spring was here (although the fields were still covered with a white snow blanket).

So my monday mood is one with a springy feel! enjoy!

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more snow... and my weekend wish/work list

Again a snowy weekend here in Belgium.
I took the picture yesterday, but as I am writing this post, the snow is almost gone, melted away by te warmth of a beautiful sun this morning.

So what about my weekend wish/work list:

- Not to forget: laundry, laundry, laundry....
- Watching the movie 'Chocolat' with Maia, my eldest.
- doing some shopping with Veerle on sunday afternoon

The weekend was pretty busy, mister hubby in Barcelona and me driving kids from gym to music and dance lessons.
But I did find some time to work on a new order.
I made new 'Colliers de Papiers' with summer in my mind. Look how I repurposed these fashion pictures into pretty shiny color necklaces.
(take a peek at some more wish lists on Karuski's blog.)

My Friday Night Outfit

Into the woods adjustable necklace - textile jewlery by Fleurfatale
Cross Sweater in orange and garnet by Ninu
Mustard Yellow Chunkier hat by ileaye
Hip Pocket in Summer Squash Leather with Handcut Leather Cherry Blossom By Jennyndesign

It's been a while,
but here is a new Friday Night Outfit!
I combine one of my creations with some beautiful handmade stuff I found on Etsy or on the World Wide Web. I think mustard is rarely used but so beautiful!

gedichtendag

gedichtendag vandaag!
Bij deze een grappig schrijfsel van Tom Lanoye, met prachtige illustraties van Sabine Clement. Ik hou ontzettend veel van haar werk!
(klik op de foto's om te vergroten)

In het boek ‘Ik wil je’ staat de passie centraal, de passie die je vleugels geeft, maar die ook verschroeiend kan zijn. Sabine Clement uit Kortrijk vrolijkt de verzen op met tekeningen. ‘Ik wil je’ is uitgegeven bij De Eenhoorn uit St-Baafs-Vijve.


Poetry day today!
I found this nice poem with gorgeous illustrations. Sabine Clement is one of my msot favorite Belgian Illsutrators.
click onthe pictures to enlarge them

Haiti Relief

picture rca102887
I could not be on the sideline in this, so from now on I will donate 10 % of the profits of my sales to the Haiti rebuilding project, In belgium this is Haiti 1212.
My two eldest girls saw the 1212 Haiti show on TV last thursday and they wanted to do someting too, one of our adoption friends Jamesson is from Haiti and he was a guest in the TV studio to tell about his biologial family in Haiti. So we really feel connected!
So my kids sended me to groceries for chocolate and cornflakes and on friday eve they made a pile of chocolate rocks. On sunday they sold them in the neigbourhood and earned 45 Euro, entirely for aid to Haiti! I love my kids!

my Benetton family :-)

An exciting experience for my four kids: they did a real fashion photoshoot, for the new opened kids fashion shop Guppies in my neighbourhood!
I posted already a picure of Mies, and now you can see a few pictures of the other kiddies Maia, Meron and Briek.
My Little boy is the long blond haired in the middle:-)

photoshoot !

Toen een vlinder neerstreek
op een roze bloem in 't gras
zag ik
dat de vlinder bloem
en de bloem vlinder was

en dat ik in het een dat leeft
het andere herken
en dat ikzelf
een levend deel
van alle leven ben

gewoon, omdat ik dit een heel mooi gedichtje vind!

en misschien ook omdat ik wou dat er meer kansen en mogelijkheden waren voor kindjes met een beperking, in deze maatschappij die zichzelf voorbijholt.
hm, ik moest het eens kwijt :-)

*bedankt Nathalie dat ook Miesje mocht poseren voor de photoshoot van Guppies*