Trip in the Tuscan countryside!

After a long and rainy winter, finally a Spring day! My best friend, the sun, decided to visit us and I just love it!!!A trip to the country with my friend and my daughter to bring a bit of spring at home!

Herbs and pasta!

A sunny day...tomato, herbs, red chilly, pasta and friends! I cannot desire something better!

















Have a great week end!!!

Linen bath towels!

Two new couples of linen bath towels for my webshop! I bought the fabric in Tallin last year...it's a heavy linen similar to the old one used by our grandmothers to make the trousseaus. They are lined with a little trimming...


















In the second couple I've stenciled the monograms...it's a pity I cannot embroider...but I think the result is similar! I'm so fixed on monograms...I'd make them everywhere!!!

















Have a nice and creative week!

Whites!

White is the colour of purity, innocence, lightness, brightness...white like snow, milk, butter, like the washing under the sun, the houses in the greek islands...white is elegance, like the camellia and the pearls of Coco Chanel...



















...white and glass transparences...



















...white and candle light....





















...white porcelains...



Have a bright week end!!!

Hunting at Lucca antique market

This week end I made a tour at the antique market. I was looking for a frame for the painting Fifi made for me. It hasn't been easy to find something of the exact size...but finally I found it!!! A coat of grey paint and...ready to be hanged!
I bought this glass jar too...I'll etch it for my webshop!


















I made the cutlery fabric roll...toile de Jouy and matelas fabric.... ready to add to my web-shop too!
































I had a very busy week end...I'm late to answer your comments! Sorry...I'll do it as soon as possible!!!
Have a great week!

St. Valentine's hearts!

Some hearts to celebrate the more romantic day of the year! That's always been a special day for me because it's my onamastic! I've received gifts for this reason from my family since I was a child...so I feel it more an anniversary than a romantic event!
















































I wish you all a sweet week end to be spent with special persons...children, family, friends, husbands, boyfriends and warm wishes to all the Valentines...me included!

Patchwork cushions

New iems for my web-shop (www.lescotrions.it ).
It's the first time I make a patchwork...I have lots of little pieces of fabric and I've decided to use them in a productive way! I don't like to waste anything!

For the first cushion I've used toile de Jouy, matelas, linen and the stamp of LC in natural and grey shades!

















For the second one I've used the same kind of fabrics but in red and natural nuances and I've stenciled the monograms LC...what a pity I cannot embroider!!!

















Have a nice and creative week!

Candles!

It has been a busy week at work for me but I've found a bit of time to make some scented candles...wax, lavander and rose essences, little Bonne Maman pots, fabric, trims and tapes and...voilà!
































Have a bright week end and thank you for all your nice comments!!!

Spring???

I bought this little hydrangea today...I need Spring lives in my home!

















I bought the mirrors in Sweden three years ago...I think that the reflexion of the candle light make a suggestive atmosphere!

















Have a nice week!!!