The Holiday Season is nearing and everyone receives wishes ... even my kitties :o) Lynn and Lotje received their very first Christmas card yesterday, in an envie adressed to them and accompanied by a little note written by the humble servant of Pal, Harvey and Brady, three magnificent Main Coone blokes from the US.

As part of the same swap, I will be sending out Christmas cards from Dyadis, an organisation that trains and places dogs to help physically disabled persons regain more autonomy and freedom of movement. That way I'm contributed to this important project and as the card features (obviously) dogs in a Xmas setting, I tried making a Season's Greetings card with my two little monsters on it to send along. Everything will be send out tomorrow, L&L still have to paw the cards :o)

Thanks to a picture posted on Moni's Flickr I learned that the Go Make Something website (a great source for creative inspiration by the way) was holding an Open Theme ATC swap, so I decided to take a chance and see if I could make it on her list. I hope I will because I love making ATCs :o)

On browsing though the website at the same occasion, I discovered that Lisa Vollrath was also holding The Original Printables Holiday Countdown on her website: every day of the Advent a printable sheet of images is up for grabs. Check it out!

This weekend was cold and rainy, like the last ones and probably the next ones too. I finally managed to go to the carwash because the car was black from the salt and the slate we had. Every time I wanted to go over the past weeks, it was pouring or snowing and I like to enjoy the 10 EUR wash for at least a few hourse :o) This time I did make it back to the garage before it started drizzling again and my car was at least clean until Sunday.

This grey weather has one positive consequence though : as there is nothing appealing outside, I have all the time I need to get some creative juices flowing :o)


This is the first full length necklace I made in my favourite colour ... purple ! I wore it to work today and if I may say so myself, it looks absolutely fab on a white shirt.


I also made some earrings (again) and I am considering opening an etsy shop to sell some of them. I just have to read through all the rules and regulations to see how to make it work. Serious thinking and reading ahead.

Another Zentangle swap on swap-bot and I cannot resist the temptation to sign up ... These are the results of a few evenings of doodling. I like them but at the same time, I have the feeling that I am being repetitive. I know that's what zentangles are all about "repetitive patterns" but still ...

These six ATCs are on their way to ATC Artists in the US (Crochetjunkie & Pjay). I hope they will like them.



I already received three ATCs from flyraeven. You can see her work just to the left.

I have never been excellent at journal keeping so it's no surprise that I have been a bit lazy when it comes to blogging too ... but then again, there's always a valid reason for not updating : too busy preparing my vacation, then being on vacation and afterwards too busy catching up with everything once home again. And it's like letter writing, the longer you postpone it, the harder it is to get back into it.

As the end of the year is nearing, I'm starting to draw up my annual "good intentions" list and keeping this blog up to date is one of the entries. Nevertheless, I didn't deemed it necessary to wait until January to get going again, so here I am :o)

Anway, I have been making earrings this last week, since I found those polaris beads in the bead shop last weekend. Oh, I just love them ! Must be that frosted aspect, and the shiny swarovski crystals no doubts . I haven't decided yet what I will wear for New Year's Eve, but I'd love to have a matching set of earrings/necklace/bracelet so I should start thinking about it. Maybe something in the line of the burgundy earrings ... we'll see.

Like most women, I like things that are pretty and sparkly, so it comes to no surprise that I love jewelry. Moreover as I am not allergic to any "cheap" material (just allergic to gold, go figure :o) ), I can easily wear colourful fantasy earrings, necklaces and the like.

I had been looking at beads and crystals before but I didn't know how to start. So, I bought myself a book, the basic materials and set to work.

For the last two nights, I have been assembling basic necklaces, earrings and brooches (see the pictobrowser below) and I am quite pleased with the final results. I gave the small blue necklace away to a colleague because I miscalculated the lenth of the cable and it ended up being a real choker for me :o). The people I showed my makings to seemed to like what I made, but maybe they were just being polite.

Anyway, I also bought a few new books yesterday to make some jewelry using swarovski delicas and there are amazing pieces explained in it. I'd like to start marking those, but I think I'd better work my way up gradually : you cannot drive a F1 car, if you cannot properly ride a bike, right?