2010 ...

In about 8 hours it will be a fresh year here ... so i just want to wish everyone a happy, healthy and creative 2010!

I know it has been a while since i last blogged, first the christmasrush kept me very busy, especially on Dawanda and now i'm just enjoying a couple of days of (almost) no computer and (almost) no creative work, together with my dearest hubby. He bought himself a 'projector screen' (if that is how you call it in English) and even though i was sceptical of it first, i'm now as much an addict as he is - we have spent a lot of our holiday in the attic watching a lot of Spooks (which is one of the best BBC series from recent years) in a cinema-like atmosphere and we now moved on to Battlestar Galactica and In treatment.

Enjoy the last hours of 2009 and make a happy start of 2010!

Oeps ...

... we've been back from Istanbul for almost two weeks and i haven't even blogged (i did in my head though, does that count?). The weather was not always great but we had fun because what can go wrong when you go with your favourite friends?
Drank lots of apple tea
loved it so much, i bought my own.
Found this place just magical:
It is called Basilica Cistern and it was build in 532 to hold drinking water. Enjoyed a soapy massage at a hammam (sorry, no pics were allowed). Istanbul is a very modern city, i did however missed finding nice little neighbourhoods with lovely shops, or maybe i just didn't find them. So the shopper in me was a bit dissapointed!

Back home I've been (besides a million other things) creating a new line of necklaces with felt and resin. I so loved making all the different colourcombinations, since i'm a colouraddict :) Some of them allready found their way into the etsy shop and the karlita shop. Have a happy and creative week everyone!

Free worldwide shipping in the etsy shop until november 10th!

Life has kept me so crazy busy that this blog has been very quiet. And things are not about to change since I'm leaving for Istanbul, Turkey on saturday for a little citytrip with friends. I'm so looking forward to it, to just walking around, visiting beautiful places, hanging out with dear friends, eating and drinking and of course, or hopefully, some supplyshopping :). To celebrate i'm having free worldwide shipping in the etsy shop until november 10th.

Oh, and i just listed my all time favourite cufflinks on dawanda, i have not seen these keys before in that combination:

Monday Moodboard

The monday moodboard is a feature by the European Streetteam. It wants to show blogreaders which talented artists are part of our team. So here is my first moodboard:

Cat Brooch by Fleurfatale, Angel wings from Meltemsem, Grape bracelet by Exoticflavour, Bowshoulder Tote by Helisengezer

Happy Monday everyone!! I'm sure it will be a happy monday for me since i have all day to experiment with felt, yay!

Feature in Knack Weekend !!!

When i heard my weekly Knack and Knack Weekend (a big belgian magazine for all you non-belgians) fall in my mailbox today, i ran to get it as quick as i could ... my belgian site had a small feature in it, thanks to Tiany from Belmodo Tv! It is a very well known magazine here so of course you can understand i'm happy as can be :)

And a new line of necklaces is born since i got to play around with felt the last couple of days, after a long time of not playing, just making things - there is a difference you know. I was inspired by candycane and by the masai people of Kenia (from my visit a couple of years ago).


So yes, a happy wednesday all together!

Stocksales in Antwerp this fall (2009) - stockverkoop in Antwerpen

I've been receiving lots of emails asking when the stocksales are in Antwerp, so here they are:
My all time favourite: Dries Van Noten, he always has a massive fabric and clothes sales
when?
21-22-23 october from 1 pm until 6 pm
24 and 25 october from 10 am until 5 pm
where?
Godefriduskaai 36, 2000 Antwerp


Ann Demeulemeester and Haider Ackermann
when?
21 october from 10 am until 7 pm
22 and 23 october from 10 am until 6 pm
24 october from 10 am until 5 pm
where?
BVBA 32
Populierenlaan 34
2020 Antwerp



AFVandevorst
When?
21 october from 9 am until 6 pm
22 and 23 october from 10 am until 6 pm
24 october from 11 am until 6 pm
Where?
Indiëstraat 8, 2000 Antwerp

Those are the ones i know off for now, if i get more, i'll add them here!

A zebra longing to be a giraffe ...

My most inspiring workshop during the Textileweekend must have been this one: 'doe eens gek, hang een beest om je nek' - literally translated as 'be crazy, and hang an animal around your neck'. It was given by Felieke Van Der Leest, who is very well known for her beautiful and fun creatons. They told us we all had to bring an animal - i brought a zebra and a deer. But i had visions in advance of a zebra with red textile, so that was my animal of choice.This little zebra was so unhappy because he so wanted to be born as a giraffe, that's why i gave him a long neck (even though in the process i had to chop his head off for a while but i rescued him later :).
The rest of the weekend was good, not excellent but still very well worth it. I'll def. go back next year.

Have an inspiring week everyone!