Yellow, Purple, and White

The sun has been hiding so much these days I miss it. It gets so cold, I am obliged to wear layers and layers of outfit, oh so heavy... Today I created some sort of combination of yellow and purple jewelries just so the day gets  brighter, at least in my imagination...

Hope that the weather forecast is wrong about tomorrow, and my sun gets to say hello a little bit... 

Pretty Masking Tape

I have been annoyed lately with a tin container that sits next to our working desk. At the beginning I love how rustic it looks. but after awhile I change my mind.  With a help of a couple of inches of masking tape and a red sharpie, I fall back in love with my black tin container.. here you go! voilà!

yeah, the unbalanced shape is part of the design, it's handmade ;) 

Just so that it is less boring, I doodle each four sides differently, and finally the last, inspired by out-out-of-idea I painted stacks of woodfire and cotton under the cloudy night (yeah that dots represent the stars). 

What's in that tin container you ask, well, a tool that we need quoi.. 

A notebook, a nail clipper, list of libraries in town, Paris map, swarovski chart (this is useful especially to write a description for my etsy store) , a couple of member cards, an expired laissez-passer, a couple of screwdrivers to fix the eyeglasses and other things,  spoon (not to eat yogurt, but to pick up the beads in case it falls down the floor), sexy dice (this is actually a christmas gift from gift exchange, I don't know where to throw it away but leaving it on the corner of the desk, not a good idea for the children!), and finally, pins (mostly to hang laundries). Nothing serious. 

Anyway, what do you think of my handmade deco masking tape? :)  If you don't trust your own designing skill (which also a little bit my case here) they're omnipresent at any local craftstore. Here is my finds through etsy..  

How much I love the Traditional japanese pattern.  This tape is from prettytape.

Aww so cute the little white dots or plaids (to wrap a gift for your special valentine maybe). Or the cherry blossom tape so soft and delicate. these collections are the japanese washi tape from intheclear.

Avaiilable in a small rolls, trio 15 feet masking tape from chickydoodle

Enjoy!! I'd love to see your project with these masking tape, please drop me a line :) Have a good day! 

The sun, the spring, and the smile for your weekend

Aannd the sun shines again.. I have a feeling that the spring arrives early this year... And it's the weekend.. I have a feeling that things can only get better.... 

No no, the photo doesn't have anything to do with the blog. It was us experimenting with black background at the entrance of Leroy Merlin   These couple of days (and this weekend we plan to do the same) we have been going back and forth at this store to give a bit of a fresh start of the new year in our home. 

Have a good weekend and be save! 

Dream Home? Not Just There Yet

Remember this post? I forgot to share that the owner of this property is quite a stingy old man who doesn't want to negociate at all.  But we decided to see it again, if we really like it, we'll take it! 

Well, that night with a reason to take the measurement to have it consulted with the architect, the agent was willing to meet us at five thirty.  Arrived, everything went well, but then an hour later it is a completely different apartment. Fact that it is at the crossroad of a couple of big streets, and that it has plenty of big windows, had made us feel like we were actually on the road, even with the window closed. We heard everything! the cars, the bus, the motorcycles... We looked at each other with a super ugly face. 

This is what we let go... *sniff with the real wood and a marble chimney... too hard... *sniff again

Winter Sale!

Together with the winter sale in France, My online store is giving a 20% discount on every product listed. I hope somebody will take advantage of this opportunity :)

The First Friday in 2012

It's been two weeks officially that we've visited apartments.  And I thought, perhaps, we might have found ours!  At Vanves, super close from Paris, the apartment is in one of the charming 1930's building with lots and lots of big windows and art nouveau balcons.

This afternoon we decided to see it, again, at the same time observing the quartier.  I am crossing my finger that everything goes perfectly well.. and... (yaay!)

Anyway, enjoy your first weekend of the year!

PS: In case you're wondering, the photo above has nothing to do with the apartment.  This gorgeous country side little house is in the south east of France, we happened to park our car in front of this cute house two summers ago on our voyage to the area.

Happy New Year!

2012 is here! What is your plan for the next 365 days? I plan to continue on my battle of learning French, and developping my etsy store while applying a secret key to live a beautiful life... 

Stay innocent 

Stay in love 

and always prefer handmade.. 

Wish you all a great year ahead with lots of laugh and love!