Secret Swap

the nicest ecological packaging ever!
Vintage wall paper, paper scrap butteflies and cute stamps...
I keep the packaging, just too nice to throw away!


A beautiful clutch in Petrol blue and merlot red with an amazing ochre handmade flower on it! I am impressed!
(this picture does not good to the beautiful colors of the clutch)


Such a cute and original brooches for my kids (but will wear them too as I am a brooch-addict) The Elk is my fav,....or is it the floral bear!! I love them!

My Secret Swap arrived!
Again, I have been spoiled! (and so are my kids!)
All the way from Finland came a beautiful package!
I like the way Minna makes work of her packages, all recycled stuff and yet so beautiful and so Karuski!

If you did not know her work, go discover Karuski's Etsy shop
Or follow her creative life on her blog.

thanks so much Minna!!!
Hugs and kisses all the way from Belgium!

Shop Update

Fleur De Toi: in Lilac an Olive


Fleur De Bois: in grass and purple


Fleur De Toi: in red and turquoise

it's been sometime
Time for a little shop update!
find more of these designs here.

Monday Moodboard

felted pebbles by Smika
Turquoise embellised womans top by Lamarquisedesanges
summer scarf by Juliana
Escondidas neckalce by Ioulia
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).

ugly bags

So I thrifted these bags
this morning.
A cosy thriftmarket , in my neighbourhood
from now on,
every Sunday!
me happy!

My scissors couldn't wait
and
I am proud to present
a new necklace with recycled leather.
it's here in my shop now.


Bloom necklace in ivory, sage and lilac, on a copper chain.


pop in soon
to see more!

I made this creation especially for the EST challenge with the theme 'recycle' hosted by Labspace.

My daughters choice give-away

I went shopping with my two teenage daughters in Ghent some weeks ago, and I gave them the task to search a cute thingy to use for a give-away on my blog.
So here is the choice of my daughters: a whimsical key or mobile chain.

Mention this give away on your blog to enter this give away and leave a comment here!
A tweet is a second entry!

Good luck!

A pie a week: Blue cheese and tomatoes

I admit, one of my new years resolutions was to bake a vegetable pie every week.
I used to make lots of pies years ago, but getting kids also changed my cooking!
I was determined to serve them once a week a pie with vegetables, (sometimes also meat or fish added) and that they learn to like the pies!

Well, this has been really a huge succes, so far !, but I did not always take pictures!
I'll try to pick up the thread of my 'pie a week' with this one.
Find the first one here.

4 big tomatoes sliced)
200 gr blue cheese
1 egg
50 ml crème fraîche
salt & pepper
dragon, Estragon (fresh or dried)
premade dough

prebake the dough in an oven of 200°c for 5 minutes
put the sliced tomatoes on the prebaked dough,
pour a mixture of the egg, creme fraiche, salt, pepper and dragon over the tomatoes
and divide the blue cheese over the tomatoes.

put in the oven (180°) for about 20 minutes!


yummmie!

From Scratch

After I have put my scissors in this ugly old bag
only a skeleton
is what left,

but I am very happy with the result!
My recycled leather collection: Bloom.
some of these are already in my shop!