Recipes + New felt necklace

I am into felt lately. It is super fun. Thanks to youtube, I teached myself how to do the eye candy felt. I basically put the felt in a panty hose that I tied and put all of them in a pillow case that I tied also then I let the wash machine do the work.
I did this recipe last night with the Italian chicken and it was a great success.

I did some steamed broccoli on the side. I feel that you can never eat to many vegetables.
Voila, I hope you find this post somehow inspiring. Have a good weekend! I hope it will stop raining. My mother had her bone narrow treatment. She seems happy about it. Although, it is not a cure, we all hope in the family that it will put her disease (which is unfortunately ALS) to remission. At this point, since there is no cure, we can only hope and pray.

What inspires me

I love Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Brigitte Bardot in God created women

Goldfinger of course with Sean Connery, my favorite Bond.

In Dr. No Ursula Andress She was born in Switzerland.

Haute Couture dresses

My favorite label of all time, Lyell

I love also Mayle. Unfortunately, Mayle does not exist anymore. But I have a cardigan and one of her catalog to cherish.

Inspiration behind BUBBLE of JOY

I went through a folder that I call Inspiration and I found the original drawing for my painting Bubble of Joy. It's amazing. I forgot all about it. I just wanted to share with you all my sketches. I got inspired by the fish shagreen so when I saw a while back in 2001 an article in the Vogue magazine about shagreen bags and when I found some plastic tubes in a store, I got all excited and went ahead in the making of Bubble of Joy. I drew also inspiration from my childhood seeing my brother creating a painting made of colorful silk paper, like a collage.

I originally called Bubble of Joy, Ray of Sun as you can see below but come to think of it, I decided to call it Bubble of Joy because I love bubble bath, the more bubbles the better and if the bubbles come in color then I am in heaven.

What I like in no specific order and dislike...

Josie, the bear made by Jennifer Murphy wearing proudly one of my handmade necklaces.

My dog handbag; whenever  I wear it put smiles on people's face.

I love the colors of this blanket that my great grandmother on my mother side crocheted.

Adorable Christmas decoration made by my grandmother on my father side. I got from my grandmother the creative bug. It is in the family.

Aren't they cute those marzipan animals?

I love sunset. There is something magical about capturing this moment.

I love exotic flowers.
My first lucite pair of earring in color pink of course and heart shape.

Hand painted porcelain cup with saucer by my grandmother on my father side.

As a tradition, I used to make for each Christmas pillows in the shape of fruits for members of my family. This picture was taken at my aunt place. I am glad to see that after all those years the pillows are still there and in a good shape.

The Alps.

Chihuahua make me laugh and put me in a good mood. 

They are so cute. I love them.

Additionally I like:

Swiss chocolates (chocmel, rayon), mimosa on Sundays, 

lying on the beach, vintage, 

champagne, dogs, dragonflies, filet de perche, hiking, skiing, 

hero jam, the Alps.

I dislike: brussel sprouts, moskitoes 

(and also the ones you can't see by the beach), 

sunburn, alarm clocks,umbrellas, cigarettes, pigeons, 

remote controls.

What I have been up to this weekend

I went this weekend to the Renegade in Brooklyn. I was planning to go with a girlfriend but I have not heard from her so I went by myself. But it happen that actually, she did call me; I just did not hear my phone nor did I think of checking my messages. Luckily, she ran into me so then we ended spending the whole day looking for stuff and buying a few without going too crazy. This is a top above that I bought not at the Renegade but on Bedford Street in a shop that sells vintage. I like the color combo, why not.
This is a necklace that I made this weekend for my mother. I mailed it on Saturday along with the aquamarine necklace with the citrine center piece. Since 2007 there is a cloud above my head. I wish I could do something about it. So I made this necklace of semi-precious stones in the hope to bring good energy for my mother upcoming bone narrow treatment in Mexico. I hope that this treatment will be beneficial (this is our last hope) in a sense to put the disease in remission. I am talking about ALS unfortunately. No matter how I feel, it is nothing to compare to my mother that I love dearly. She is courageous. I admire her. My heart goes to Barbara, one of her sister who will be traveling with her. I made her also a necklace because not only she deserves the best but also I believe in the meaning of the stones, so whatever good energy I can send in the cosmos, I will do it.
Thanks for reading. Now, I am going back to one of my purchase of this weekend. I bought this pin up poster from a vendor in Williamsburg. I will buy a frame and then put it in the bathroom. It looks gorgeous. It is not only for guys, don't you think so?

I actually bought something at the Renegade, a necklace and two hair pins. I love the necklace with the crochet surrounding the chain from A.S.I.S

Check out her website. I found it really inspiring. The flower hair pin are crocheted flowers, how cute. yes, I know I am a girly girl and I am proud of it. I check out her blog quite frequently actually; it is called WREN handmade.

I love Fogal

I went recently to the Fogal store. They sell exclusive hosiery to die for. I don't need any additional tights but the thought of buying something that is well made puts me in a good mood. I love their brochure which explains in detail the fibers. I am reading this brochure in the subway. I had no idea that Vicuna is more expensive than cashmere and also that cashmere comes from a goat and to get the cashmere; they comb the goat. Wow! I love to look at the faces of the vicuna or the baby alpaga; they are so cute; it makes me want to go travel just to give them a big hug.

I love those tights in nude color with a sprinkle of confetti. It is so feminine, elegant and discreet. It is giving the nude tights a fun twist.

Flashback and Christian Lacroix

This is one of my favorite picture of all time. My mother took this picture and got me by surprise as I was not supposed to put my feet on the sofa.

I love reading fashion and interior design magazines since an early age as you can see on this photograph. I imagined in my head a world of beauty and perfection. My specialty at school unfortunately was day dreaming to the point that teachers did not know what to do with me. Eventually later on in life, I pulled myself together and got some kind of diploma but it was a long path with some bigger and smaller bumps until I got to that point.

At the age of 11, I discovered Christian Lacroix without knowing who he was but I loved his dresses so I cut images out of magazines and taped them in my closet. It is only later on while studying fashion that I realized who he was. It is unfortunate what is happening to his fashion house. I am still in denial. I am sure that at some point when things will change economically that he will come back. I love to look at his runway, I mean this is beyond anything more beautiful in the world. It is so whimsical. Looking at his dresses with the unusual color mixes, embroidery, hats let your imagination wonder somewhere very far away from my world.

But it is good to dream. I dream everyday still. His dresses are very Mary Antoinette but in the 21st century.