Himmeli wreath

My friend Claire had her birthday a few weeks ago and I sent her a golden himmeli wreath I made following this tutorial by Vintage Revival.


I had tried making an exact same wreath about a year ago just by looking at a picture I had found online. It had taken me the biggest part of a day and while I had eventually managed to recreate the whole thing out of plastic straws and string, there was no way I was going to ever make another one; it was just too. darn. time. consuming. And brain numbing.
But then my mum pointed out there were tutorials out there (I have no idea why that thought didn't even cross my mind in the first place) and after just seconds of looking at Mandi's perfect description I understood there was a much simpler way to do it. 
Cue wire and modules.

This wreath is seriously so easy to make, it's amazing. The only slightly hard part was finding cocktails straws here in Europe. The rest was a piece of cake.

Aaand... it's pretty addictive! I might have made several for Christmas presents this year. 

A modern house for a small family of Sylvanian rabbits

It's been months and months since my last post... apologies!

I thought I should share these adorable little rabbits though, and the shoebox house I made them as a birthday present for a very special little girl who had her birthday on Sunday.
I guess this isn't quite the style of houses Sylvanian families usually live in but since I had mostly modern interior magazines lying around (and since I much prefer this esthetic) this lucky bunch ended up in a pretty modern pad! 

 
I sticky-taped a piece of cardboard in the middle of the shoebox to add a level to the house, glued 'wallpaper' and flooring, cut furniture out of magazines, glued them to the walls and... voila! :-)


Oh, I also made a tiny little garland out of hole-paper-punch left overs; I couldn't resist! 


And since the birthday girl turned 4 I wrapped the whole thing into... four packages!

Sunny birthday box

I put together a bright and sunny birthday box for my friend Joanna a few weeks ago. It was a lot of fun to pick the contents and pack it all in a pretty way.

Happy birthday Morgane!

Today is my friend Morgane's birthday. I sent her a cute and colourful little package in the mail. 
All contents are from Dille & Kamille; it's such a lovely shop!

Happy birthday me!

 
It's my birthday today! :-) 

I received the sweetest birthday message early this morning from my brother Mathieu who spelled my name with photos of my beloved little nephew... isn't it just adorable?

I'm a very lucky girl: I received dozens of messages and phone calls from all over the world. And I spent the day with Mart and with my mum who is visiting from Switzerland; my first birthday as a married woman was a truly wonderful one!

Butterflies in my stomach

Today is a big day.
:-)

And today is also Joanna's birthday. **Happy birthday, beautiful!**

Happy birthday Rosalie!

Our little friend Rosalie turned two a little while ago. I made her a little play-shopping set, decorated with pretty washi tape.

Happy birthday Maman!

I have the bestest mum in the whole world, and for her birthday this year I made her a set of 'animal jars', which I filled with pretty candy.


I was first going to go for black and white candy only, but then couldn't resist adding a little touch of colour.

Neon pink pompons for Matilda

My favourite little Matilda turned four yesterday, and I made her a present in her favourite colour: pink. (And as I'm sure you could have guessed, I had to make it neon pink because, well... as we have already assessed the other day, I'm completely obsessed!).
I bought a cute little belt which I coupled with a simple white t-shirt and a matching pompon broach and hairclip that I made for her. The pompons are so easy (and fun) to make! I've been using this technique ever since i saw it on Creature Comforts; it works perfectly.


P.S. Just in case you didn't believe my obsession with neon, go check out my toe nails, candles, striped top, necklace, garland, and tea towel. Aarg!

Pretty present

I'm going home soon, and even though it's not Christmas I'm bringing a few presents back. :-)

Happy birthday Mathieu!

Red plum present

Paint sample triangles

I gave a go at this very easy and fun diy with paint samples. The final product is now on its way to a little girl who turns 5 today... how time flies, it's amazing!

Birthday brunch

It was Mart's birthday on Sunday; we had a lovely brunch at home (corn pancakes - yum!) before heading to the world's leading art and antiques fair which is conveniently located just a stone's throw away from where we live.

Happy birthday Fabien!

Today is my youngest brother's birthday; and because what I ordered for him is taking longer than expected to get to him, I told him to download a little something to keep him waiting patiently until my package makes it to its destination: the eboy FixPix app.

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The app, just like eboy's fantastic posters, is full of countless little details (we've have the one pictured above in our entrance hall for more than a year and I still discover new things every time I look at it).
The game is colourful, it's fun, and fixing the pictures by tilting your iPhone/iPad feels strangely satisfying (and probably makes you look a little crazy - I'd avoid playing the game while waiting for a bus or metro in a crowded space for example).
Head over here to try out the pixel fixing fun! :-)