SIMP 2019 un très grand merci à vous

Depuis 7 ans je n'ai exposé pas au salon. J'ai décidé de relancer en mi mars cette année. J'étais pas certaine si cela allait marcher mais bon...du 10 heure au 15 heure, Je n'ai même pas le temps de m'asseoir, de manger et de ranger mon stand. Si vous voyiez que mon stand était désordre, c'était pour ça.

I have not exhibited at shows since 7 years. I decided to relaunch in mid March this year. I was not sure if it was going to work but well ... from 10:00 to 15:00, I did not even have time to sit down, eat and arrange my stand. If you saw that my booth was a mess, that was the reason.

 


Ça me fait plaisir de rencontrer des nouvelles personnes. Je vous remercie sincèrement d'avoir passé me voir et me dire coucou. Je suis aussi contente de revoir mes amies Una Leung de Hong Kong, Jean Kao Jean's Tiny World de Taiwan et Marion Kröller d'Allemagne. J'ai rencontré Miyoko Isshiki san Noe Café de Japon pour la première fois. Le plus important est que j'ai retrouvé deux de mes meilleures amies sur BlogSpot: Marie-Laure de Recréation Miniature et Catherine de Ninette & Co. Je suis tellement touchée. Il faut que Marie-Laure nous présente plus de ses oeuvres! (Je t'attends!Câlin!)

It makes me so pleased to meet new people. I thank you sincerely for having come to see me and said hello. I am also happy to see my friends Una Leung from Hong Kong, Jean Kao Jean's Tiny World from Taiwan and Marion Kröller from Germany. I meet Miyoko Isshiki san Noe Café from Japan for the first time. The most important thing is that I found two of my best friends on BlogSpot: Marie-Laure Miniature Recreation and Catherine Ninette & Co. I am so touched. Marie-Laure must present us with more of her works! (I'm waiting for you! Hug!)

Enfin, je voudrais vous présenter le travail d'une professionnelle exposante, Dominique Roche. Cela fait des années que je regarde sur une série de ses sacs en cuir. C'est mon coup de cœur ce petit sac vert. Je l'ai emporté chez moi dimanche soir.

Finally, I would like to present the work of a professional exhibitor, Dominique Roche. I have been looking at a series of her leather bags for years. This is my favorite this little green bag. I took it home on Sunday evening.

Je voudrais être au repos, passer plus de temps avec mes garçons et ranger ma maison. En attendent les vacances d'été, je mets à jour ma boutique......   A plus! :)

I would like to rest, spend more time with my boys and arrange my house. In the meantime, I update my shop ...... A plus! :)

Portrait, cadre, miroir et filigrane

Je ne sais pas c'est depuis quand, je suis attirée par les décorations européenne et les anciens ornements. Quand je marche dans la rue, quand je visite les grandes villes ou les petits villages, je regarde toujours les immeubles anciens, les fenêtres, les balcons et essaie d'identifier leurs styles etc. Et bien sur, je prend les photos tout de suit si je trouve que les scènes, les objets et les architectures me plaisaient. Entre 2015 et 2018, j'ai commencé à construire ma propre maison de poupée. J'ai lu, j'ai visité les musées à Paris, et je me suis vraiment touchée par les grand créateurs, les artistes et les architectes.  En même temps, j'ai collectionné aussi les petits objets pour faire du moulage et construit la maison de poupée à moi. 

La raison unique que je fais les cadres anciens est j'adore les ornements antiques. J'en cherche partout pour que je puisse compléter les pièces dans ma maison de poupée. C'est ancien donc il faut que j' apprenne la patine. Cela est un autre sujet dont je voudrais parler après. J'ai essayé pas mal de peintures. Je trouve qu'il n'est pas si simple que ça.

    

5 jours avant le SIMP je vous présent quelques pièces que j'ai faites et aussi les "Filigree Stamping Ornement " dont j'ai collectionné depuis 3 ans. Vous les trouverez dans mon stand N° 38 dimanche, le 9 juin.
A bientôt

Workshops in Taipei 2019台北暑期手作課程安排

I am not only on the way preparing for SIMP Dollhouse Show but also several handcrafted classes in Taipei in July. Welcome to contact me if this might interests you; I might be lucky to see you in the classes.  :)
All the classes are given in Mandarin Chinese and English. French is of course available.
準備巴黎秀展的同時，我也一邊做七月回台的袖珍課程準備工作。離上次回台北開課已有七年之久了。希望這次有機會再和大家見面,一起玩黏土,做袖珍！

♕牡丹花束 Bouquet de Pivoines 

2019.7.13 11H15-17H00
Eslite Spectrum Xinban Store

報名請洽 巧手本舖 誠品新板店 Anything Handcrafted 

♕馬卡龍水晶禮盒 Macaron Boîte Cristal

2019.7.16 11H00-14H30 

Oiseau deNim Atelier 私人教室 永安市場捷運站

♕邦尼兔蛋糕 Gâteau de Pâques

2019.7.18 10H30-14H30 

瓜媽手作園地 台北捷運 忠孝新生站 Taipei MRT Zhongxiao-Xinsheng Station

♕法式劈柴蛋糕 Bûche de Noël

2019.7.23 11H00-14H30 

Oiseau deNim Atelier 私人教室 永安市場捷運站

♕婚禮蛋糕 Gâteaux de Mariage

2019.7.25 10H30-14H30 

瓜媽手作園地 台北捷運 忠孝新生站 Taipei MRT Zhongxiao-Xinsheng Station

♕水仙花盆栽 Narcissus 

2019.7.20 11H15-17H00 at Eslite Spectrum Xinban Store

報名請洽 巧手本舖誠品新板店 Anything Handcrafted

SIMP 2012 Off to Paris

Today is the last working day before the SIMP. Some roasted chickens have been made this morning and I took some pictures of the works before packing the luggage just now.

We will leave for Paris in the early morning tomorrow and meet some Taiwan friends in the town. I will share my know-how with the participants in the workshops on Saturday then the show starts on Sunday.

My stand number is 20; I will be there with Catherine of Ninette & Co and Marie-Laure of  Recréation Miniature. I sincerely welcome those who will attend the SIMP to come to our stands and say hello! :)

See you soon!

Lovely pieces from Paris

I was supposed to stick onto my work bench but… after receiving a phone call from the hubby, I have no mood on my projects now. Tomorrow I will go to Genova, Florence and Roma with him for 4 days. I have never been to Italy before and would like to ask you my dear friends the "Must visit", “Must buy” and “Must eat” in Italy. I will search some traveling info from Google later this evening too. (It would be great if it's easy to find some shops of dollhouse miniatures there? :D)

Since I have no mood in the work now, I upload some pictures of the lovely pieces I got in Paris yesterday.
There were two fairs in Paris: “Paris Création” and “Salon Création Savoir Faire”.

This was the first time I attended both fairs. "Paris Création" is a combined fair with half of dolls and half of dollhouse miniatures.

I was impressed because I have never seen so many lovely and creative dolls in France before but my favorite for now is still dollhouse miniatures. By the way, I had a very important meeting with Catherine and Marie-Laure. :)

The appointment was set at 13h00, in front of Pascale Garnier’s stand. It was a great pleasure to meet and see them both in person. They both were so affable and friendly. We five people had very good time chatting together. Luce (MyFrenchCuisine) took a picture of us. Hey hey! I also go to a treasure piece from Catherine--- an oil painting of lilac. Now I worry if I can find a nice roombox for it. Yes, I am confident I will find it out next year!!(Next Year)

I also found some supply in Salon Création Savoir Faire. Hope that will be helpful for my future projects.

Well, I am going to prepare the luggage and check the travel information. Hope we will have good weather, good mood and good FOOD in Italy this week. :-)

Paris Trip

I was back from Paris last evening. It was a wonderful trip for me even I just spent two and half days there.

I arrived in Paris by noon on Friday. Since I went alone, it was quite efficient to visit in the city.


I left my luggage in the hotel and started my shopping time near Centre Pompidu and Hotel de Ville. Near the Metro “Arts et Métier”(Line 3), there is a lovely market named “Le marché des Enfants-Rouges” which is one of my favorite markets in Paris.







I spent somet ime walking there and enjoyed the atmospheres of local life.



In the evening I took a walk around Eiffel Tower and came back to the hotel at 22h30.




The next day, Saturday, it was raining and very cold in Paris. Fortunately I joined two workshops in “île de la Jatte”. All participates concentrated on the workshops, discussed and shared with each other.



It was stunning and fun to know several French ladies who are soooo talented and fabricate the dollhouses. They are the specialists in different specific domains. To my surprise, these ladies were so kind and open to me even I don’t speak well French. We spent a great time together all day long. We exchanged the emails and contact info before leaving.


Sunday morning I went for SIMP. My hotel is just 3 minutes far from there by walking.
This was the first time I attended miniature fair and I did not have good sense of direction even I held the SIMP booklet in my hand. I crossed Emma (Paris Miniatures) and Rosanna (La Stanza di Giuggiola) and did not notice that till I saw Stéphanie (PetitPlat). I went back to Emma and chatted for a while beside her stand. ^_^



After I chatted and said goodbye to Stéphanie, I noticed “Minicaretti” on the right side banner…I felt familiar with it. Yep, it’s Marcella! We knew each other and shared some techniques in CDHM Forum two or three moinths ago. She was so warm and enthusiastic in greetings. Since my friends Luce “MyFrenchCuisine” and Fleur (a nice friend from the workshop) both were with me, we chatted all together.



The most interesting part was I met Léa, the author of “Grand livre de la maison miniature”. In the beginning I did not notice it was her stand, after her assistant packed my stuffs and I turned to leave, I saw her just beside me. I said “Oh c’est Léa” and asked her if she knew me when I kissed her cheeks. She said no. She did not remembered my name but she remembered I was the girl who made mini food and went to her shop near Montmartre during Christmas in 2008. She was really a star in my mind! She told me she made a new version of web at http://www.atelier-de-lea.com/



I stayed in the salon from 10 to 16h00 and did not have enough time to visit all the stands and took pictures. Before leaving for the train station, I wanted to say hello to Christel (Little Treasure). Unluckily she was not there. There was a mister taking care of the stand but I still looked carefully all the mini creations that Christel made. Super excellent!

I was so pleased to see many excellent artisans and artists in the show. Their works were unexceptionable. Even my purse was seriously bleeding, I was happy with the trip.

Before starting this post, I tried to recall if Rosanna was the elegant lady who smiled at me when I passed the stand in the morning. Dear Rosanna, if it were you, and if you also rememebred an asian girl passing by, I would apology for my BIG mistake!!! :-)