Handmade paper

Inspired by Mia I made my own paper...

















...I found some tutorials on the web...

















...took sheets of white paper...made a screen...used the blender...

















...some pieces of coloured paper, lavender...and this's my paper in white, pink and lilac!

















I don't know what I'll make with it yet, but I've enjoyed this last game!
A nice week end to you!

Laura!

Another friend today...Laura...she is the first blogfiend and the only one I had the chance to meet..and it was great!




















...today I received a lovely parcel from her with the last issue of the Somerset Life magazine, lovely cards and nice sweets...













...she has been very sweet to send me a copy...I was very curious to read her article about blogging...fantastic...and fantastic are her photos...













...I'm very happy...I'll keep it among my sweetest memories!
Congratulations and thank you Laura!

Nathalie and Stina

I dedicate this post to Nathalie and Stina...

...as I already told you I won Nat's giveaway and today I receved it!

















...a very nice card and a gorgeous wrapping...what's inside???

















...this amazing bracelet in grey and white...my favourite colours...

















...faboulous charms of what I love...Paris, shopping, the Eiffel tower...
Thank you Nat!!! It truly fits my taste!!! I love it!!!















On the last issue of Casa Chic the beautiful home of Stina...













...my photos aren't very clear but if you know her...you can believe me that it's gorgeous! I love her style!

A nice rest of week to you!

Week end outdoor...flowers and market...

A week end spent outdoor! No rain and I need air in this long winter!

A trip to the countryside...

















...flowers and moss for my arrangements...

















...I found a lot of these white-green anemones...
















...they look so delicate and fresh...

















...crocus and moss for the big metal bowl (anybody can tell me the right word in english???) bought at the antique market yesterday...

















...a walk around the stalls...

















...baskets...

















...rusty tools...



















...my finds for new projects...we'll have a new rainy week...something to creative to make in my free time!

A very nice week to you!

Hemp pillow and teatowels

Back blogging...I took a short pause after the flu...I was tired after a long day at work and I spent my free time relaxing! I surely lost a lot of interesting posts but...now I'm here!

I'm cutting new stencil for the new collection of hemp items of LC...

















...a new pillow...

















...teatowel "Cuisine"

















...and "cutlery" one...hemp is perfect to dry...it's very absorbent and I like its rough texture!
Once again...thank you Rose!

Updating...I forgot to tell you some important news...a part from my health...this has been a lucky week for me...I won two giveaways and I received a nice award!
The first giveaway is from my French friend Nat...take a look to her faboulous blog!!! She is very talented and makes beautiful bijoux and decorations!
The second one is from my Swedish friend Jeanette...she is very creative and everything she makes is faboulous!
I received a nice award from my Portuguese friend Rosa...she is a wonderful, talented and very positive girl!
Sorry...I've been a bit absent and forgetful in the last days...but I'm an aged girl!!!
Thanks to all you my friends!

Have a nice week end!

Scent and colours!

Because Spring isn't too far...

























...and I feel its spirit...

























...colours and scents...














...for a sunny day!
I've been sick the last 2 days...headache and my stomach was upside down...sorry I couldn't visit you, but I hope to remedy today!

Lavender handtowels

Playing with fabric colours...




















...I chose a lavender shade...

















...hot water, colour, salt...

















...and a new look for these trimming handtowels!
A nice new week to you!

Valentine's day

A special day tomorrow...Valentine's day...it's my day and my onomastic...

















...but it's the day of love for everybody...

















...metal hearts...

















...a chickenwire one...

















...letters for "amour"...

















...scented heart...

















...handmade jelly candies...

















...two sweet hearts...

I'd like to dedicate to you a poem I've loved since the time of the school...it's by the latin poet Catullo...I'm not sure you all could understand latin...so I've found a translation...but believe me in latin is much better...

Odi et amo
quare id faciam, fortasse requiris.
Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

Happy Valentine's day and a lot of love for the other 364 days of the year!

Hanging twine holder

Back to metal! I'm dreaming to come back gardening...

















...I try to take garden inside filling my home with bulbs...

















...metal labels...

















...and my last chickenwire project...hanging twine holder...this's a prototype...do you think it's a good idea for LC shop???

Lavender pillows

No metal today! I'm still in my metal period, but I cannot bore you with all my chickenwire and zinc projects!

















...back to fabric for little cushions filled with lavender...

















...hearts and love...

















...I've a great amount of dried lavender...

















...linen and cotton poscards...

















...from "la ville lumiere"!

Sun and dreams...

A faboulous sunny and warm day today! I went with my daughter Ginevra to the countryside for a pic-nic...we usually go to the same place...I went there whan I was a child and I used to take my children in this place in the Spring days when they were younger...
...I've always loved this abandened country home among olive-trees and I always wonder how it could be inside...today I decided to approach it...I found the doors open and...I entered...

















...I took some photos inside and outside...

















...the kitchen...

















...an old barrel...

















...the barn...

















...an abandoned cart...

















...the stone facade...

















...a little stable...

















...the windows' view...

















...purple anemones...

















...I started dreaming how I could restore and decorate it...what kind of plants and flowers I could plant in the garden, what kind of furniture I could buy...dreaming in a sunny day is a great pleasure!