Postcards from London!

I've just come back from London! It was fantastic, but...3 days aren't enough! I like travelling so much and... when I come back I'm always a bit nervous! We enjoyed and spent a very amusing week end!









































































Thank you my friends for your nice comments!
I'll answer you soon!

An exciting day!

My American friend Fifi of http://fififlowersdecor.blogspot.com/ made a painting from the photo of my web-shop home page! I'm so excited!!! I can't wait to have the painting hanging on my wall!!! Fifi makes so lovely pictures...I like her style and I'm sure you'll appreciate it too!
Thank you Fifi!!!




















I'm also very excited because toworrow I'll go to London for the week end! It'll be a family trip and aboveall a "female" trip! Three generations of my family, my daughter, my sister, my mother and I, for a week end of shopping, freedom and "lightness"! And that's actually what I mostly desire!
































I want to give you all some flowers...spring is near even if the weather is still "grey"!
Wish you all a great week end!

Metal and linen heart

Today I made something new for my web-shop (www.lescotrions.it)! This metal and linen hanging heart can be used as a decorative object to display photos or other images with a wooden peg!
Surely it isn't useful, but I think that often useless thigs are the most meaningful! A detail sometimes can make the difference!

















I wish you all a great week!

Labels, tags, etiquettes and paper bags!

I decided to make something for the packagings of my web-shop! So I made lots of tags in different shapes and decorations! I cut them by myself...so they aren't perfect! But I don't like perfection! Then I've decorated the paper bag too! Now all our customers may have a better package!













































I want to thank my friend Rebecca of http://patina-impressionen.blogspot.com/ for the nice award she gave to all the links of her fantastic blog!




















Have a nice week end!

Lavender salt

I love lavender! I like the flower and the parfume...the lavender salt is perfect for a relaxing and tonifying bath or foot bath after a long day! Lavender is also useful to calm sore skin...















Wish you all a relaxing day!!!

Cushions!

I've spent my free time making some cushions in the last days. New items for my web-shop www.lescotrions.it . It has been difficult to find grey linen, so I finally decided to colour some ecrù linen I bought in France...I like the result! Then I've stenciled them!












































The last cushions I made for my sofa... I bought the fabric in Nice and I've two chairs upholstered with the same fabric in my sitting-room...
















Wish you all a great week end!

New year new items!

After days of parties and dinners it's time to make something new for my web-site! I'll come back to work on Jan 7, so I've time to dedicate to my hobbies!Today I've made some paper cornets filled with dried lavander from Provence...
















The little candles are wrapped in old music paper and decorated with a metal ribbon...
















The cushions are of toile de Jouy fabric with volants...















I've repainted this old trunk...I'm going to storage some of my fabric inside!
















Have a nice week end!

Happy new Year!

Thank you Margie of www.margieloveswool.blogspot.com
for the nice award you gave me and for your friendship!

to Tone of http://www.toneshage.blogspot.com/
...she is an enthusiastic woman and I love her blog! I hope to meet you in Lucca!

to Kerstin of http://www.mitthvitehus.blogspot.com/... her blog and webshop are a source of inspiration for me!

to my friend Sandra from Argentina http://www.elatelierdesandra.blogspot.com...she is a very nice and creative person...

to Mira of http://www.belle-blanc.blogspot.com...I adore the white and bright atmosphere of her blog!

to Jeanette http://www.jeanette-justjeanette.blogspot.com)...her blog is fantastic and all her photos are art works!

to Magny http://www.magnyslillekrinkelkrok.blogspot.com....she has a lovely blog an web-shop!

to Pirre http://www.gallerihonshuset.blogspot.com...she has a nice blog and a beutiful "nordic" home!

I want to thank all my blogfriends for the friendship you expressed to me during these months! It has been a difficult year and you all encouraged me in starting a new chapter of life!
I wish you all a marvellous and creative 2009!!!
Baci e abbracci!

Creative time!

Christmas is over and now I've some days of holidays...I can spend my time doing what I love to do...adding new items to my web-shop! It's very cold now and winter is here, but I'm already thinking about spring and summer..my favourite seasons! So I show you a preview of my follow collection!
Enjoy your vacations and be creative!

















The pic-nic basket is lined with special fabric and linen to keep food and beverage cool during the hot days of summer...

























I love the glass transparence! I usually buy old bottles and jars at the flea markets and then I etch them...i like personalizing most of my items...










































Finally, I bought this Madonna at the last antik market in Lucca. I like this statue a lot...she is so sweet...

Buon Natale!!!

The Xmas tree, made in Murano glass by a famous artist, is placed in Piazza dell'Anfiteatro. In the background a sound and light show celebrates the 150° anniversary of Giacomo Puccini's birth.
With this postcard from Lucca, I wish you all Merry Christmas!!!
BUON NATALE!!!
Baci e abbracci!

Sacra famiglia

This is one of the paintings shown in the Pompeo Batoni exhibition in Lucca.
The exhibition takes place in the Palazzo Ducale, residence of Elisa Baciocchi, sister of Napoleon. I invite all of you to visit it until March 29th 2009! You can read all the information about the exhibit visiting the web-site www.pompeobatoni.it
Enjoy!

Christmas trees!

This year I've made two Christmas tree...a big and traditional one, as my daughter required, and a little one with the decorations I made for my web-shop. The big one, in the sitting room, will host all the Christmas gifts of my family...the little one, decorates another sitting room in "my area" of my mother's home.

Thank you Margie!

I'd like to thank my friend Margie of http://margieloveswool.blogspot.com/ for the nice award she gave me!!!
Thank you my friend....it has been a lovely Christmas gift!

Christmas sale!

During the month of December, we make a special sale for Christmas at Paola's home. We sell the products of our shop on-line and this is also the occasion to stay with some friends and for Chistmas wishes!



























We usually buy bottles and jars at the flea markets and then we etch them.
We make by ourselves most of our items. That's relaxing and enjoyable and give us the chance to be creative! And this is very important for us!!!
Happy week end!!!

Christmas touches!

Some home decorations for Christmas! I haven't too much time in this period...many things to do at work. Tomorrow we'll open a wide exhibition of the '700 master painter Pompeo Batoni. He was from Lucca and he was very famous among the nobles who came to Italy during the Grand Tour in the XVIII century. But I found the time to make some decorations with my daughter Ginevra...she loves Christmas and she made the red wreath by herself!

















That's Ginevra' wreath!
Have a nice week end!

A creative week end!

I bought this commode on Saturday. It's perfect for my new bedroom! I repainted it and gave it a patina to have a more charming look. I'm satisfied....when I'm creative I'm always satisfied of myself! I've also added some new items on my web-shop (http://lescotrions.it/) and I've made some Christmas decorations too.

Markets in the French Riviera

The provencal food market in Antibes

This week end I was in South of France with my friend Paola. We love this area and we try to go there everytime is possible! I wish to move there in the future...but it's only a dream...
We visited some markets and for the first time...we made a vide-grenier! It was fantastic! We spent most of the time laughing...we'll do it again and again!

Our car ready to go to the vide-grenier in Nice...we're ready to sell!!!

Nice antique-market...we're ready to buy!!!

Madonna...

I bought this Madonna statue at the last antique market ...I've been looking for it for a long time...that's strange but in a catholic country as Italy I'd difficulties to find it! I bought the table in Antibes some years ago...I've repainted it with the "patine" technique...I want to give a new look to some pieces of furniture...new home new look! I'm going definitively to move to my mum's home next Monday...the last effort before enjoying a well-earned rest!