Latest projects

Not productive as before but I did some things for Easter (yes yes I'm late to talk about it!!) and other things. Right now I enjoy to work with fabric and lace, I got a stock of antique french lace and it's just a pleasure to use it !

I am not just doing personal things but work on a stock for the shop I have just opened on Zibbet!

Hoping it's going to work well, it's about handmade items and lolita fashion mostly =)

I'll be back on the subject but for now there is the pictures of my latest things:

Altered cardboard egg:

The first time I altered an egg and I like it, wanted to try for a while.

An altered egg box, first try too, a mix of vintage and shabby:

And with the part of the carboard egg I cut, I did a spring configuration to fix on a wall:

And here is a fabric and lace vintage book, I like how it turned and the messy aspect =)

And for finish I made a book to store my lace pages, the pages inside are not all from me, just two of them, the other ones are from my friends Debbie and Terry and the chunky charms made by Debbie too.

I want to do another book like this with pages from other artists so swaps are welcome !

Pages from friends:

Graphic 45 Design Team Audition 2015

Time is come for the design team call ! During the past years I was looking at the beautiful projects made by creative artists, and this year I said "why not trying ?" I see this opportunity to challenge myself first because Graphic 45 and their gorgeous papers give us the chance to let our imagination fly without limits. To be a member of the design team sounds like a dream at the idea to play with those papers and it's a big boost in the creativity sense and ideas. Just the idea to participate to the contest is something exciting and a very good experience !

So here are my four projects for the design team call :

Gazebo using "Secret Garden" line

Jewlery box using "Couture" line

Pincushion using "Couture" line

Inivitation card using "Time to Celebrate" line 

News, swaps and minis WIP

It's been a while I didn't post here, I am not very active at the moment, personal things happened and I was really depressed (and still). Anyway I try to change my mind and to be back on the craft trail. You can see a big change on the blog layout, a cleaning and update was necessary, and it's more easy to navigate like this with the links !

I am also working on sewing items and accessories, I want to open a new shop soon under the name "Atelier Dolly". It will be about a mix of shabby and decora styles, all about bags, outfits and more. It's time for me to get in business again with new ideas and concepts. It's my dream to live from this after all. I give 3 years to myself for the business to work well, so let's do it and see.

I have received some swaps I was in on the past three months, it was about different things like stick pins, lace pages, altered composition book, tag, ATC, charms and needle book :

I have to do a video about them, I'm so late on doing videos with all what happened !!
I signed for more swaps at our lovely group Ink the Edges, so a Halloween domino book, an altered tassel spool and a tea book and mini are coming !

And now a little talk about my minis in progress.

Still working on this one for Lori, it's a mix of everything but the main theme is about Beauty, I used mainly digital stuff and two different paper stacks for it. It's half done, but here is a preview:

And I have to finish this paper bag Halloween mini too, I started it on the past year and Hallow eve is coming :

Many projects are in wip but each thing one by one for now =)

March DT project for ThePieceByPiece

For this month I wanted to do something different from what I usually do, as I use a lot of pastel and white tones. So my choice gone on a skinny mini using the Typography paper from G45, this line is just perfect as a combination with the gorgeous Venetian black trims who was waiting to be use! The perfect wedding with the vintage look of the paper design! This kind of album is really easy to do and you can just play along with the layout and use lace as a belly pockets or for ornate the paper ones. And it's a compact album, easy to store!

Here are the pictures of the pages:

And here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QjnOy8zKfU

February DT project for ThePieceByPiece

Let's get in a spring mood with the second project I made for ThePieceByPiece!
For this second one, I wanted to do something related to spring, so I decided to work on an altered natural basket. I have used the Secret Garden line from Graphic 45, who is one of my favorite, and the tones of the paper are just perfectly assorted with the trims and bead gems.
I wanted to obtain a beautiful and colorful bouquet on the top. For the inside I have used the paper as well and one of the gorgeous Venice trim. I also made a pocket from the lace, so tags can be store in. I was planning to use this basket for store my altered dominoes but I think it will be a good idea to make a assorted mini album full of lace and spring touch. I keep the idea in mind and will give it a try.

And here are the pictures:

Link of the video, I also mentioned the links of the material in the description bellow:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ITFIA_Hh4&feature=youtu.be

For my next project, I can tell you it will be something in red and black tones with a french atmosphere.

First Design Team Project for ThePieceByPiece!

And here come the babies I made for the DT project of January!! I'm so happy to be in the design team, it's really a cool experience and a good way to challenge myself, and I love challenge!
So for my first project, I wasn't decide of my choice first because there was just a TON of beautiful products sent by Beverly in the DT package but, I really wanted to do something related to Valentine and use the fabric hearts. So I started to think to something unusual, I came with few ideas but was not satisfied and finally I get it! What about a little pillow who can be hang and has a nice aroma scent? So I gave it a shot and finally I made two little ones!! I really like how they turned, remember me a burlesque corset, so Paris! And for the Pot Pourri touch I used aroma wood resin inside!
And that is not all, I was really inspire for making something else, a feminine and useful accessory that you can bring with you and fix on your bag (because like all women, your bag is probably like the void inside and you search a lot when your phone is ringing). So this pocket is convenient and the gorgeous trim make it really lovely, with a flair of old french touch!

And here are the pictures:

Perfume wall hangings:

Handbag pocket:

And also you can see the details on my video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zklnu9rAchc

I'm pretty happy for my first DT project and I started to think of the one for Februray, it will be something related to Spring this time!