It’s nearly christmas and I’m all excited about it, I love christmas!!! Seeing that it is the end of the year I’ve decided to take a break from blogging and concentrate more on eating chocolates. I will be back with my next post in January 2010! Happy holidays! C’est presque Noël et j’en suis toute [...]

Picked up some great ribbons this weekend!! It was a sale of stuff from a closed down hat factory, some great finds! I bought some lovely velvet ribbons, some patterned ones and this really incredible gros grain ribbon with golden ovals on it!  Totaly in love with this last one, and the roll’s huge! I’m not [...]

There was a ray of sun light during the other day during my lunch break so I quickly took some picutres of my little top hats! I haven’t quite finished them but they’ll  be up for sale in my shop (Chalkie’s Bazaar) soon! I really need to figure out packaging and postage and that’ll take [...]

At the moment, here in Lyon, is being held the annual ‘Fête des Lumières’ (light festival). The festival first started in 1852, as a religious event to thank the Virgin Mary, on December 8th the people of Lyon put (they still do so today) rows of candles on their window sills. The festival has since [...]

Just to share this little find I had the other day, these really cute tiny mushrooms! I found them completely by accident in a kitchenware shop and I had to have them! They’re made by Gisela Graham who apparently is the home lifestyle items queen (never heard of her before…). They’re made out of foam (covered in [...]