Friday is my day: Blue Terracotta

Ready to go? Today we will head to France and meet Laura from blueterracotta.etsy.com
She creates lovely textile and mosaic art pieces. Have a great trip and wonderful Friday!

Handmade Fabric Bird Brooch - Textile Artisan Jewelry - Black and Cream Floral

by: BlueTerracotta

7:30 am The boys have already left when I get up and the first thing I do is put on the kettle for tea. My daughter leaves for school a little later.

The view is beautiful from the fifth floor over the tops of the tree-lined avenue.

8 to 9 am After a cup of tea, I do kundalini yoga for an hour. Notice the T-shirt from Xenotees!

9:30 am After a quick breakfast, off to the virtual world to check my etsy shop, messages, read some blogs and the New York Times.

10:30 am This morning’s creative work is finishing a mosaic, then working on taxes. Yes, it’s tax time in France.

1 pm The kids are home for lunch today and we have tuna tomato and basil quiche...my favorite quiche! It’s leftover from last night, but even better the second day!

2 pm After lunch today, I drop my son off for a haircut (sorry, he denied me permission to publish his before and after photos!) and I take a walk to a few nearby shops I love for some supplies. I found a lovely vintage lace tablecloth in Emmaus and a small remnant of linen in the deco shop.

3:30 pm Whenever I can, I make a cake for our snack, this time a raspberry loaf , which is also yummy with any combination of berries. And I get to use my frog oven mitt from Ingermaiike, which I adore!

With two teenagers hungry again at 4 pm, the cake and tea go fast! Here’s my daughter, but my 13 year old son ate the most cake! I eat quickly soI can get some work in.

4:30-6:30 pm This afternoon I’m working on a new fabric project. Can you guess what it is?

Dinner is around 8 pm, when dad gets home. First a green salad, then a frittata made with artichokes, leeks, feta and cherry tomatoes. And Ginger chicken for those who eat meat.

9:30 pm I play a game of cards with my son before bed, Five-State Rummy tonight, a game about the geography of the US. Here’s a question from the game: Which state is popularly called the “sunshine state”? If you got that easy one right, which one is called the “beehive state”?

After one last etsy check, I do some reading in the now quiet apartment before going to bed around 12 o’clock.