Work in progress

Making porcelain lace hearts for a commission.
What have you been up to?

Cutting

Cutting 'till my thumb hurts... Lots and lots and lots of teeny tiny bits.
It's for the collaboration with Anna (LilaRubyKing).
We're in the final stage of the process.
After I'm done, I'm sending it all to Anna who will finish it off and photograph all the work 'cause she has mad photographing skills.
We hope to launch sometime in September. That's only a few more weeks - can you wait?

Flickr Favorites

1. yawn, 2. The Gift, 3. Very old book from 1752 . . . . . . . HAR! Nothing scandalous, no puppies, babies, babes, bikinis or snazzy cars, but > 14,000 views anyway, 4. Ces soirs d'avril...

I felt like making a 'warm' mosaic because of the lack of sunshine we're having here. The last few weeks I thought it was fall: dreary, grey and wet. Being Belgian, I'm used to it and I don't mind too much. I kept myself busy in my studio as there is always lots of excitement going on there.
Perhaps I should take advantage of the weather as it's perfect to curl up on the couch with a good book, a cup of tea and some lovely sweets to keep you company.

Wrapping

Been busy wrapping today.
These are all happy to go...

Sanding

My very favorite activity... NOT! ;)
But all done now and it's firing away.

Feeling connected

Hello everyone! It's been a while since I spend some time here on my blog so I'm going to try to connect again after last months break.

No better way to do that with a custom piece I did the other day.
A very sweet woman asked me if I could help her with a wedding gift. She loved the feeling 'oneness' but wanted me to add a personal touch to it. As with all questions like these, I interrogate the customer and made her tell me more about the couple & their likes. After a few times back and forth e-mailing, she came up with the idea to use earphones as the couple both loves music. I was sold right away! What a fab idea & even more symbolic too to be connected by the wire of the earphones. :)
The wire is red because it's the color of love. Besides, an Ancient Chinese believe says
'An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance. The red thread may stretch or tangle but it will never break.'
I saw this saying for the first time on Lisa's beautiful blog which is also her company name.
I added a lovely personal message on the bottom, the couples names & wedding date.
It will be hard to part with these dudes as they make me smile big time!

So glad to be back here! Things are not quite back to regular routines yet but slowly & surely it all falls in place. If you care to subscribe to my newsletter, feel free to do so. I write one every first friday of the month (that's tomorrow) & if you don't like it, you can unsubscribe at any time! :)

Flickr Favorites

1. Back Door - Broken House, 2. this much i know to be true,
3. meadow flowers, 4. ~109/365~

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like.
This week we go back in time with childhood memories. Things you loved to do when you where a kid, places you went and toys and food you loved...
Do you have a fun theme for next month? Don't hesitate to let me know!

When I was a kid, I was a real tomboy. I kind of still am in some way but I try to hide it by wearing a skirt and doing grown up things. I used to gallivant around the meadow picking flowers while trying to avoid cow poop, I played in the abandonned barn across the street, went down the road to the creek to catch tadpoles and I was queen of the swing and all the air around it. How great it was to live a carefree life and not having to worry about anything adults worry about. All advantages have disadvantages and every age has it's charm but somehow that carefree living is something I would like to go back to... but then as an adult. :)