Special Feature Friday: My Secret Cravings

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This week I found this shop that made me feel very very hungry, not very weird because it is called My Secret Cravings and one thing is for sure, their items look delicious!

However, they are not for eating! The items in this shop are mostly made of polymere clay, and they are shaped in the most delicious foods we can imagine; Macarons, Ice creams,  Cookies or even a croissant with an egg or a nice cup of coffee! these items can be used as decoration, I can imagine they would be great for dolls houses. But some of them come as necklaces or earrings.
The miniature food is so detailed, I am quite amazed by it.

This shop is adorable! This shopowner also sells fabric covered button ponytail holders, wedding cake toppers and necklaces with owl pendants. I would say that checking out her shop is really worth it!

A day off

Today is my day off, our French teacher is on a holiday so no school on Tuesday.
Luckily there is enough to do! This weekend my parents in law are visiting so I will need to take some time to make the house a bit cleaner.

But then I will have an afternoon of me time!
At this moment I am working on Mars his new pants, it only needs the zipper, waistband and then it will be done. I will put the zipper in today for sure. Somehow I always like putting in the zipper, it gives me the feeling I am nearly done!

There are also 2 pillow fronts I have that need to be sewn into pillows, I am quite sure I can finish those today as well. Hopefully I will have time to take pictures of them right away!

The weather has cooled down quite a lot, it was about 36°C before the weekend. right now it is only 22°C  it is very refreshing, and it will make me more inclined to actually do some hard work, including ironing the fabrics.

In August we will be visiting family in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, I am making a list with shops where I can go to buy supplies, for every city I know we are going to I have some addresses  and I hope to be able to buy a lot of nice fabrics, lace, ribbon beads and metal findings!

Certainly looking forward to the trip, it has been 3 months since I have seen my nephew and I bet he changed a lot, another 2 months and he will turn 1. It is also grandma's birthday and I am happy we can be there. In England we will be visiting Mars his family, and Stonehenge, a place I wanted to see for a while now.
All in all, a lot of things to look forward too, but now it is time to get some actual work done!

Special Feature Friday: twentyseven27 soap

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This week I have chosen twentyseven27 soap shop for the Special Feature Friday.

This shop owner makes soap out of goat milk. she uses raw goat milk, not from a can or package.
She adds oils her soaps for moisturizing. A big plus is that her soaps contain no parabens, SLS or Pthalates. This is a great extra especially for people with sensitive skin.
There is a range for people with dry skin.

Besides the fact that these soaps are made with proper goat milk and contain very little harsh ingredients they are also very pretty to look at. They come in many different colors and smells, and in the most beautiful swirls. The wrapping of the soaps has also been considered well, all in all they look like wonderful little gifts.

But it does not end with soap! This seller also sells body butters and laundry soap in her shop.
The laundry soap can be made in a scent you prefer, and if you have allergies she can take this in account!

Looking trough her shop I wish I could smell all the items personally, but I guess this is one thing the internet can't do.

New Tags!

Last week I ordered tags for in my fabric items, it seemed like tags where the only thing still missing.

We ordered from a webshop and they arrived super fast! 

I was working on a couple of pillows that only needed their button sewn on, but I was so enthusiastic about the tags that I decided to sew them in anyway.

It really feels like a finishing touch, even though the tags are mostly on the inside of the items, so they are not even visible. But it makes me extremely happy that they are there nonetheless!

Special feature Friday: TeaHeritage

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From now on every Friday I will feature an Etsy shop that I like in my blog, one of witch I think it would be worth to have a look at. After all, there are so many shops that deserve more attention!

This week I ran into a shop called TeaHeritage, if you love tea like I do you will certainly appreciate it!

The seller makes personalized tea bags, they are wonderful for if you are organizing a high tea, or if you like to surprise your guests with something different.

The tea bags come in different shapes, and the tag will be in sinc with the theme of the bag.

This seller has a great eye for detail, and she ships worldwide!

The tea comes in different flavors, so there will be something for everyones taste!

New Fabrics

Last week I found a website with wonderful fabrics! It was very hard to choose but I ended up with 10 new fabrics. I tried to buy matching colors, but this is so difficult to do via the internet. I really like the combination of red and pink and I wanted some materials in those colors, when you order via the internet it is always a surprise until you actually get in in your mailbox, but I think I nailed it!

Also the blue and green colored fabrics will add some nice variety to my collection! I am especially in love with the bird prints, they are wonderfully detailed and so pretty in colour!

Today we went shopping to get some needed items for the house, but tomorrow I will have enough time to work with these fabrics!!

A small project I quickly want to share with you! I found these 2 fabrics on Etsy and fell in love with them right away. when they arrived I realized I had lace that went exactly with them color and style wise.

all together it had to become this pillowcase, and now I regret not having supplies to make more!

In August we will be travelling to the UK and the Netherlands, I will certainly keep my eyes open for this kind of fabric!

It is never too early for Christmas

Or that is my opinion at least! I usually start with Christmas items in August, and then I will make gifts and decorations for the house, when they are done I put them away until it is time to get out the lights and the tree.

This year I have decided I wanted to start a bit early, I would love to have a Christmas collection for the shop, but of course our house needs some extra decorations as well.

Because we moved last year I had to leave most of my decorations in storage in the Netherlands, and even though we had some really nice Christmas bits, there was a lot I missed.

For now I have started with a pillow case, with a star of different prints.

Christmas quilting fabrics are some of my favorite types of fabric's to shop for, whether it is for a gift or for myself, or as it is now, for the shop. It seems I have to go shopping soon, and get some new fabric's to freshen up the collection!

Etsy here I am!!!

Last Christmas I got the idea in my head about starting a little Etsy shop, it started out really small but soon it started to grow.

it grew fast! and the more I thought about it the more fun it seemed. making my crafts for other people to wear? I can think of a bigger honor.

So the work began, collecting supplies and building idea's, it was absolutely wonderful!

To start work on something, build its shape, add detail, it is great every single time.

Today is the day I opened the shop, it is extremely exiting and even a bit scary, but I am very happy it is open.

I do not have one style, there are many things I love, hairsticks for example, such a simple way of wearing your hair, but a hairstick with a pretty bead will alway's look great! and there are so many updo's!

I love to sew of course, so I had to have some sewn items, therefore I made pillowcases and aprons, there are so many things one can do with either of these items! 

And then I found a lace collar, I had to buy it without really knowing what to do with it.

But it did not take long and I decided to sew beads onto it, I wrote a blog about it a little while back.

Some of my inspirations are: Victorian era, Quilting, Long hair, Fantasy, Pin up, Lolita, Mori girl.

So, I declare the shop opened!

Here are the links to the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/VallonDesTresors

And the actual shop on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VallondesTresors?ref=si_shop

Come to have a look and let me know what you think!

If you want to help I will be very happy, sharing is the easiest way to go and the more people learning about the shop the better!

Hairsticks

A while back I wrote that I would love to be able to make my own hairsticks.
it took quite some research and testing but I have now made a pair I absolutely love!
I think the tops of the hairsticks are often the eye catches, so I went on Etsy and bought a pair of gorgeous blue beads.
they are so pretty to look at!

I made the stick in the right shape and painted them with pearl effect paint, and finished them with varnish.

starting with new projects like these take a lot of effort, to find out what materials to use, witch shapes and colors and what details are nice.

but it is a journey I always enjoy, for every new project.