Sunday, April 29, 2012

Beading again








Can't sit still, can't crochet, can't use my arm a lot ... so made these simple beaded necklaces.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

workshop@Mieke Recour


About 2 weeks ago I attended a workhop given by Mieke Recour :
working with silk fibers (sieraden aan een zijden draadje)
The material and technique where totally new for me.
She gave us an introduction on coloring the fibers, shaping them into tiny flowers and round beads in the first session.







The second session (one week later) was used to make the
actual necklace and earrings.
She teached us how to bow silver into earrings, knot the cords and make a pretty necklace.

I enjoyed this workshop very much as Mieke is such a nice, calm and patient teacher.
The jewelry she makes is every so light to wear and has
very rich coloring as she tends to color the silk herself.
(she was also participating in the 1m² event)
If you are quick, you can still attend the workshop she is giving
next week.  






This necklace was not included in the workshop, but as I had
one flower left and some fimo beads, I made this one extra.


Thank you Mieke for sharing your knowledge !

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The orange request


1st strand


2nd strand


mixing the strands


final result and close-up








As crocheting is still not possible, I made some necklaces for
a custom request : something with orange !
The first and last one where chosen.

Monday, April 23, 2012

The 1m² event in pictures

A big 'thank you' to Mitsy from Artmind




to make this event to such a great experience for all of us participants !

I tried to take pictures when people came in and started setting up their booth on their 1m² spot. 
Sorry that the quality of the pictures is not very good.

Ok ... 1m² is really petite !


Starting to build the booths

A real good idea from the Eeclaire ladies !
All of their handmade collections in boxes, it's really a surprise to open up the box and see what is inside, pick your color and have a seat !


De Knappe Knoopjes and het Stikstation





Jo Chapeau is still unloading her car


Pascale from Karwij started building her cute booth


some even looked for a cute cover of their 1m² before started to build the booth

Pelkens Vilt ... the ceiling is the limit !



Sweet Karen from Stempels Karen


The etsy booth at the income with Marta at work


Mieke Recour with beautiful handmade silk jewelry ...
 ever so light that
it could be held by this fabulous paperlampshades



Jo Chapeau is ready. A bouquet of  pretty hats !









Great idea too !!! But one wouldn't expect less from LocaLoca ;-)







Fabulous bags, but very bad picture (I am sorry)
from Bleu Celeste !


Still working on displaying her cute lampshades :


Too bad I didn't make better pictures of MarieMoo's! collection,
she makes the prettiest things !




Martine and Brigitte had a lot of fun building their enormous booth
 for their cute little paintings




me ! I was on the groundfloor and even forgot to
take pictures from my sweet neighbours that shared this
But you can find more pictures here.


Recognize the famous Vip shopping at my booth ;-)  

Thanks to all visitors that helped to make this
day an unforgettable one !

Next one on 90 x 90 cm? ;-)