Decorations...not only for Christmas!

I can't feel the Christmas atmosphere yet...we still have sunny days and 20°...but I'm preparing something new for the December markets and for LC....

















...moss for the cast iron vase...a garland of pampilles to remind me that Xmas is coming...

















...a white little cornet...

















...and because I like decorations that can be used during the whole year...hearts and pampilles...toile de Jouy...

















...grey linen...


















...toile a matelas...on the Christmas tree, on doorknob or everywhere you need a little detail!
Wish you a nice week end!

Vintage hemp and old finds

Some more old stuff from Rose...we are very excited to have found more than 30 meter of vintage hand-hoven hemp...it has been a great surprise finding it in an old trunk in the loft...


















...many skeins of yarn hemp...surely we cannot weave them but they're so decorative...

















...an old wooden cast, vintage hangers and the old bag once used in the country and now perfect on the beach...


















...old glass jars, bottles and flasks...they are going to be etched for a new life...

















...white ceramic jars...salt, sugar and pepper...all new old items for LC...
We finally ceated a new category in our web-shop..."L'armoire de Rose"...old linen and projects made from vintage fabrics!

Pillows

Other pillow-cases for LC...old hemp and stenciled text and decor...

















...these are some of the projects we made from the old sheets we found at Rose's home...
















...cutting the templates requires patience and time but finally I found it a relaxing activity!

This week I received two awards...the first one from my French friend Flo...she has a so nice blog and a wonderful style...















...the second one from...Silvia. She has a lovely blog and she's a very talented painter!














Now I've to answer to 10 questions...

The animal into which I'd like to reincarnate...a butterfly...
What I could do without...family and friends...
What I like more in a person...intelligence, politeness and fantasy...
Favourite colours in my wardrobe...black!
...me in three words??? Overactive, lunatic, creative...
...a travel I'd like to make...Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar...
...favourite quote..."La mode se démode, le style jamais“ (Coco Chanel)...
...what I'd like to do....so many things...
...what I'd like to dedicate to...criminology, antiques and so many other things...
...one of my eccentricities...I don't know...better to ask to my family!

Thank you both! I appreciate them!
I'd like to give these two awards to all you thanking for your warm presence in my life!
Happy new week!

Rose 2...

Further treasures from Rose...I have many photo to take...

















...most of the old enamelware was in the bedrooms...

















...basin and pitcher with nice decorations in pink and green...

















...blue and white pitcher...

















...enamel mess tin to take meals during the work in the fields...

















...some hand-woven hemp rugs...they have a very nice honeycomb texture and they measure about 150x108...I've so many other finds to add to LC...I think to create a new category in my web-shop dedicated to Rose...

Rose...

Rose was an old lady who passed away last year at the age of 93...she never got married and she kept the memories of her farmer-family. Her hiers don't appreciate her old suff, so we (Paola and I) had the opportunity to hunt in her home and loft finding hidden treasures...

















...when we went up in the loft we found two big wooden trunks filled of precious stuff...

















...more than 20 sheets of hand-woven hemp...they've never been used and they are in perfect conditions....

















...lots of hemp grain-sacks all hand-hoven...some of them have several patches because mouses often gnawed them in the barn...what's incredible for me it's that those women, after working all day long in the fields (they grew also their own hemp) they spun and wove the canvas by candlelight during the night...

















...we also found this old white terrine...

















...and some religious pictures in old frames...
This is only a little part of what we have bought for LC...we have lots of work now...washing and iron all the linen, taking photos, add the items in the web-shop...but it's always exciting finding old treasures which tell us stories of past times...I'll show you more finds in the next posts!

Bulbs and moss

First bulbs of the season...I bought the vase at the last antique market and I etched it...I'll show you the decorations in a better photo...

























...moss for a heart...little flowers from the garden...

























...I've stenciled this wooden tablet for our stand at the next markets!

A very exciting Saturday for LC...we bought lots of old stuff from the heirs of an old lady....old linen, grain saks, enamelware.....I'll show you in the next posts!!!

New transparencies

An old jar found at the last antique market...

















...I etched number 37 and ornaments...

















...and I etched "gourmandise" and ornaments on the glass cloche with the cast iron plate...both for LC!















LesCotrions has received a faboulous award today from a very nice and creative friend!
Thank you Jeanette for your kind surprise!!! I give it back to you all!!!

Light games

I'm not very talented as a photographer...and I haven't a very good camera...

















...I'm a little myopic and I haven't steady hands...a disaster!!!


















...I need to practice with the photocamera...













...since when I started blogging it's always with me...

















...I'm playing with light...

















...but my shadows always follows me...












...I like to seize the moment...I'm practicing with photography!

Shelves

I had two long shelves in the kitchen...they were brown and I hated them...

















...I've repainted them in white and that's the result...

















...the antique French print looks lighter on white...


















...handmade lanterns and a touch of green...ivy and chestnuts...

















...in a glass cloche...

















...the other shelf with old copper pots and baskets...the horseshoe is for good luck...I'm a bit superstitious!
Have a nice and lucky new week!

Coeurs et pampilles

Now that days are shorter, I spend less time outside... and because I'm always overactive, the only way for relaxing is making something new for me and for LC...



















...today it's been the day of "hearts and pampilles"...

















...I used vintage fabrics from my grandmother's trousseau...

















...transfers...

















...ribbons and old laces...













...new decorations made with old materials...a way to remember who passed away!
Wish you a wonderful week end!!!

Lemons

When I waked up this morning I enjoyed the sunrays on the new plant of lemon I bought...it's small but it already has 3 fruits...













...I've picked some other lemons from a friend's garden...


















...I adore the fragrance of citrus and their flowers...















...they reminds me sunny and warm days in the South of Italy...













....I'll candy their peels and dip them in dark chocolate...a sweet break for grey days!

Thank youTanja!

A faboulous surprise today! I've received a nice parcel from Germany...from my friend Tanja!





















...it's a pity you cannot smell the faboulous fragrances of her lovely handmade stuff...

















...her cotton sacks are so nicely decorated....the calender of the next years and the Xmas song...

























...the sweet vintage photos...each detail is so charming! She also sent me two faboulous German magazines...I cannot understand a word but the photos are so inspiring!


















Thank you my friend! I appreciated your gifts so much!
This is one of the last roses of my garden...this is for you Tanja and for you all my blogfriends!

Le bain

Last find at the flea-market...
















...a little enamel soapdish...

















...I like its rusty look...a monogrammed soap bought in Antibes...

















...an old linen towels with my great-grandfather's monograms...

I had a busy week...we opened a new exhibition of one of the main protagonist of the video-art...I like my job when it gives me the opportunity of meeting international artists!

A very sunny and warm Sunday...lots of work in the garden but night arrived earlier today...a new project to make indoor...I'll show you next time!
Have a nice new week!

Linen cushion

Do you rember the old wooden crate I bought in France for LC??













...I like the advertisement on it...so I made this stenciled cushion...it measures 50x70 and it's in a heavy natural linen...















it has been a long work cutting the template but I like the result...

Paper lanterns

I've taken the idea of these easy to make lanterns from Marjolijn...

















...I printed the text of Les Feuilles Mortes/ Autumn Leaves on the paper...I love that song...













...I like the charming light they make...

















...now it's colder...Autumn came!

Garden

Late Summer and Autumn plants...it's so nice spending time in the garden even in this season...my Impatiens in the background is still blooming...it's a very generous plant...


















...easy to grow...

















...little pansies in a delicate shade...

















...a grey-green touch which reminds me that Winter is coming!
Have a nice new week!

Pampilles

Taking inspiration from Bea I made some paper "pampilles"...

















...I'm making new stuff for Christmas...

















...but I want something that isn't only for that day! I'd like to make decorations that can be used during all the year...

















...and because I haven't too much time in the last weeks I choose something easy and quick to make!

Meringues

I've tried many times to make meringues...I've made so many recipes...


















...everytime it was a disaster...

















...I had renounced...













...few days ago, reading a post of Manon 21 I decided to try again...I was sure in another disaster...may be it's something wrong between meringues and me, I thought...but this time...waw...I couldn't believe it! Thank you Manon!
You made me reconcile with meringues!!!

Tuscan countryside 2

A faboulous and sunny Sunday...a day to be spent outside enjoying warm temperatures and blue sky...

















...vineyards...

















...olive-trees...

















...a little chapel with an old Madonna...

















...spontaneous herbs to be planted in the garden...chives, calamint, mint...fern and moss...

















...a walk in the wood and a pink harvest...I've transplanted some of the Cyclamens in the garden...I hope they'll grow spontaneously next year...I like a wild touch!
Wish you a nice new week!

Cotton cones and hearts

When I enjoy making something new I become a little bit fixed on it...
















...after the linen cone white ones with grey stencils...

















...because it was my stencil-day...

















...some white hearts with laurel wreats...