christmas greetings

The last month went so fast, i can't believe it's christmas so soon,
last preparations for the holidays, today i made our christmas
card,our two angels sofia and mila didn't mind dressing up and
modeling.


A lot of chrismas decoration and craft is going on, this is our tree,
as you see very colourfull, lots of wood/metal/fabric ornaments,
we have made and collected thelast few years.
New additions are my christmas deco i got from my swap from
Malenefrom Denmark, they really are great.
Inspired by my trip to paris, ( the expo of apoline at bonton) we,
started to build our own village from cardboard, it's a work in progress,
more pictures will follow.

Some last orders are wrapped up and ready to go.

good shopping

One of my passions is craft books, it's greatfor inspiration

and sollutions, so i love to buy them.

This time i had an other good reason to buy them, because

Ine ( my friend from kunstwerk spangen) and i will organize

two workshops, "design and make your own softie"

One workshop for adults and the other one for children,

I have done things like this in the past and i really enjoyed it.

These are some cottons i bought at Moline, i thought it's so springtime,

i want to use it to makesome of the cute things out of the

japanese book i got from my swap from Sasha.

The fabric with the bigger pattern is thicker so it will make

great bags/aprons/totes.

These african cottons i found at Dreyfuss, i have bought some
before and they are great for summer clothes ans small bags.

Paris

Last week i went to Paris for two days, the weather wasn't what i

had ordered but i enjoyed everything on this trip, i have been

many times to paris, it's only 3 hours by thalys,(and i live 10

min.walk from central station) . I did my homework before i left,

i made a list of all the stores i wanted to see, arranged them by

arrondisement, printed maps from google, and made my routes,

marked metro stations, and made my very full progam.

I'm very proud to say that i've seen 80 % of i wanted to see and do.

My goals for this trip

* inspiration

* buy new fabrics

* new clothes/pyama for the girls

* meet my friends

* promotion of my label

I have done all of the above.

After a busy day a walking/looking/buying, i went to myfriends house, where

i had a lovely dinner and talk and a good night rest, thanks eduard and maud

for your hospitality.

This is the store of Puree Jambon near monmatre, it's

a fun children's store, withlots to see.

This is inside the wonderfull store Milk on the Rocks, they sell so

many nice things for children, a little bit punk. I love the prints and

embroidery on the t-shirts, youcan find the shop near Luxembourg.

The shop window of the biggggg store of bonpoint at rue

Tournon,the red caravan is so cute. The shop is great, big and so

beautifully decorated i wish i could share it with you but could not

take pictures inside, seepictures here, they had o lot of dolls/animals from

'Apoline a paris', herwebsite is just amazing, see events to see some more

pictures of her showat bonton and bonpoint.

The shop window of Bonton, a super lovely, inspirtional

children'sShop in Paris in the rue Grenelle.

This is sooo beautifull, i just love 'Apoline a Paris"
she make's all sorts of dolls and animals, very detailed,

but done with a surtain nonchalance.

She made a advent calander at Bonton i't was so beautifull ,i

wanted to take it all home, i took a picture, but the woman was

very angry with me so i could'n't take more pictures, i wanted

to share this with you all.

trip to paris

I'm of to Paris today, i've packed my(finally finished )bag,

i've done all my homework, i take my camera, so when i

return on saturday i can take you on a tour around Paris boutiques.

a bientot.

swaps on their way

Today i've send my 'dutch treat' package to Babs in the USA, i hope
she likes it.
Also on it's way is the pakkage for carolyn also USA, and my matchbox
christmas swap is also on it's way, 1 day late oops...
So busy days it have been, but it feels so good when a package is totaly finished
and wrapped, it gives me much joy.


My next thing that will keep me busy is my preparations for my small trip to
Paris next week, i have to update my paris adres book (i still didn't start my weblog,
i want to put all my adresses and paris info and inspiration on the blog for everybody
to enjoy).
I'm going to a craftfair and to buy lots of fabric, some Liberty , some muji stuff, new
pyama's for the girls.
I'm going to stay with friends, so it will be a lovely trip.

christmas home fair

Last year we rented a space at a few small christmas fairs,

a real waste of time, just not the right public .

So this year we decided to invite our own visitors and

organised our own Homefair, we send out 50 invitations.

My mum is a crafter as well, she makes beautifull cardbord boxes

and books, so we had plenty of items to sell.

Last sunday we had our fair, well prepared with lots of stock,

cakes, cookies, coffee and soup we where ready to go.

The first guest arrived even before we where officially open,

and after that it was just busy. We had barely time for our tea

and soup ( not that i'm complaining).

It was a lovely and sucsesfull sunday, it's really something worth

organizing and we got some really great reactions.

This is some of the things my mum makes