Some Happy Stats

i need a holiday - enchantedpond

Some of the happy things!

- planning new adventures :)
- finding out a chum ran off + got married (congrats F. !!!!)
- the return of fabulous summer weather:)
- having freedom :)
- 3 goodnight's sleep in a row!!! :)

wherever you are in blogiverse have a happy weekend :)

My Creative Space Today ..

The weather has been awful in this part of France recently - we escaped the floods of the cote d'azur but up here in the Alps it's been cold, wet and miserable.  The woodburner's been lit most nights and I'm back to eating stodgy winter comfort food - dieting disaster!  But the sun is back - hurrah!  so I'm making the most of it and bringing some work out into the garden today.  Later, a chum is coming over for an aperitif and I'll try to get an hour of reading here too this afternoon.  If you like stained glass you may like The Glass Painter's Daughter by Rachel Hore too :)

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Little Wedding Gift Mirrors

I was asked to make a couple of my little boudoir mirrors for wedding party gifts. Half the fun of making these is in the gift wrapping lol! stamping, bows and flowers = frou frou fun.

New Kitschy Pendants :)

Some  fun kitsch little pendants that I've been making.  I'll be listing a few of these online soon.

My Creative Space Today ..

yes, yes, I know - another 'creative space' photo of garland bits. I will show some finished ones v. soon, honestly.   I'll be working on this one later this afternoon after I've finished some customer bits and pieces.  Do you like my little  bead tray?  I picked up a pile of these vintage patisserie trays in Chambery last weekend - they're so sweet :)

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Pretty Fabulous Things

Oh I love love love the amazing work of artist Lee Renninger. Lee uses porcelain clay and fiber to create these stunning pieces. beautiful.

Couture: Wrap

porcelain, fiber

34" x 8' x 2" (86cm x 2m x 5cm)

Lacet de Chanvre

porcelain, fiber

34" x 8' x 2" (86cm x 2m x 5cm)

Lacet de Chanvre (detail)

porcelain, fiber

34" x 8' x 2" (86cm x 2m x 5cm)

Boho

porcelain, fiber

60" x 60" x 60" (152cm x 152cm x 152cm)

For more works and info visit www.leerenninger.com

A Room With a View

I spotted this notsolittle cat in Chambery on Saturday.  He was taking great interest in the goings on in the street below.  I'm quite jealous of his residence actually :)

Our Wild Garden in France

I thought I'd share some pictures of the garden again this year - as ever it's a walk on the wildside :) I took most of them today but the quince blossom and long shots were taken a couple of weeks back. The garden probably looked best last week when the wisteria along the terrace was in full bloom and we still had the remainder of the lilacs. It is all organic and wild and perfect for our neighbour , the beekeeper :)

this is where I sit and have lunch, looking down the valley and across to the Chartreuse mountains

My Creative Space Today ..

Yep, I'm still in garland mode - and very excited about this mirrored bunting with a new distressed blue patina, and the gorgeous fairytale handpainted ribbon and the tea-stained flowers ..... I'm just very excited about work full stop at the moment (I don't get to say that very often)

Oh and I'm off to Florence, Italy for a few days.  Quite excited about that too :)

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Ciao !