Flickr Favorites

1. ., 2. ., 3. porcelain spoons, 4. Crabeater Teeth

Just some random favorites today. I've been superbusy in my studio and can do with some cooling down. But still lots to be done I'm afraid but the end is in sight.
On thursday evening I'll pick up Anna from the airport - very exciting. And since I don't want Anna to spend her time with dustbunnies, the house will need a massive clean. Yikes! I hope the house will be like a fresh breeze when I'm done! :)

The missing cloud...

Last week I posted a picture of my new cloud brooches. When I was editing the pictures, I realised that I forgot to photograph one. That's why I thought to ask you if you could guess which one it was. And oh my dear, I got so many lovely suggstions that I instantly started to make some more.
You guys are awesome! Thanks so much! After Stiel & Stijl I'll add 'em to my Etsy shop.

No one guessed it right but it doesn't matter as I did randomly pick a winner out of all the answers. The winner gets to tell me which word he/she would like on the cloud brooch & then I'll make it especially.
The randomizer picked number 1 from all the comments.
Congrats Saskia! Please let me know your address and choice of brooch you would like to have. :)

The missing cloud was this one:

I loved the following so I made 'em too.*** oops, gloomy picture again ***

Thanks again & keep your head in the clouds this week! Have a happy one! :)

Fabrics

Anna told me she is bringing fabrics to Stiel & Stijl next week.
Oh no, poor wallet... ;)

Work in progress

These will be glued onto ring bases and make their first appearance at Stiel & Stijl.
I love the patterned rings! Can you spot a new color too?

Experiment

Remember a while back I did a poll to hear if you would prefer glazed or unglazed pieces for jewellerey? It's hard to form an opinion solely based on a picture and opinions were divided into two as half of you preferred glazed jewellery and half of you would choose unglazed jewellery.
The pictures showed back then were with small samples that our screenprinter sent us and it didn't really represent any of what was to come.

As you know we chose to work with unglazed material but the other day I got curious about how it would look on glazed ware so I made a sample.The above brooche back is the unglazed one and the one below is glazed.
It is quite different isn't it?

Work in progress

You know how much I love cookie cutters right? I told you before it's my weak spot but strange enough they hardly ever end up in the kitchen.
Besides, using cookie cutters gives you less cookie, right? Huh? That's no good!
So I made some reversed cookie molds so that it leaves you with more cookie. :)

Here's the proof:

cookies cut out with cookie molds...

and cookies, 'cut' out with reversed cookie cutters.

I made the prototypes ages ago but never did anything with 'em until I found 'em in my drawer last week. I've been frantically working to getting some done but as time is ticking along, the quantity will be limited.
If you are interested, rush yourself to my stand at Stiel & Stijl to get yourself some. :)
It makes a great gift for people who love to make & bake.

Here's how I make reversed cookies....
The cookie molds look a bit like paper making molds or old butter molds.

I press the cookie stamp in the rolled out dough.

Then it looks embossed.
With a round cookie cutter, I cut out the flower cookie.
I take away the remaining dough and I put the cookies in the the oven.

I'm not a food blogger so I didn't do any fancy pics of these - and I must admit, I didn't even try.

I'll leave that up to the pro's...

Flickr Favorites

1. homemade pop tarts, 2. 115/365 oh my! orange! (explored),
3. llet amb galetes, 4. messy shrimps with fresh herbs and feta

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like. And the theme is 'food'.

I love food. No wait, I LOVE food!
Not only to eat it of course but it's so pretty in many aspects. I drool when I see all the lovely foodblogs like Smitten Kitchen, sweet Paul or Canelle & Vanille. I love to browse markets, watch cooking shows on tv and try out a few recipes myself once in a while.
But lately, it's my partner who is cooking up most of our meals as I'm a bit too busy to be in the kitchen much. I miss it though and I look forward to some quality time at the end of November when things will be a bit less hectic in my studio.
The above images are things that I love: milk and biscuits, our cat waiting patiently to when her foodbowl is filled and 2 recipes I'm dying to try out soon.