Friday is my day: Fleurfatale

Today we will meet Greet aka Fleurfatale from Belgium. She is a graphic designer who started to make jewelries with a huge succes. She is another supermom who creates besides the family and home works. Just have to wonder when? From where she takes that time?

fleurfatale.etsy.com

7h

We don't need an alarm-clock to wake us, we have 4 early birds in the house!And yes, I would give a fortune if I could sleep one morning till 9 o'clock! Mmmm: starting the day with homemade bread (by daddy and the breadmachine), still a bit warm, can you imagine a better start? I get dressed and help dressing the two little kids, combing hair, preparing sandwiches for their lunch, putting their shoes on and finally putting on the winter coats and hats and scarves... to go off to school...

8h
The 4 kids are off to school, and the puppets who are still home can take a little nap, it's mommies time now :-)I enjoy this silence, I don't even put on the radio :-)


8h15
Which pair should I put on? will I go for a run or just put my feet under my workbench and check my nightsales? I drop a quick good morning on the EST thread and woosh!!!!!!! I am off for a 5 km run.


9h
After my shower and a homemade smoothie (apple, banana and frozen raspberries) I log in to Etsy, I prepare some packages for PO, (I like making a beautiful package, but since I have done that so much in december, it has become such a routine :-((, well now I try to varie a bit in colors, ribbons and embellishments. )And guess what: I had to investigate in a big bag (that I bought on Etsy)to bring my orders to PO!


10h
lots of piles in my house:
- piles of laundry to do
- piles of vintage children books (which I collect)
- piles of packages to send
but what I like the most are the piles of supplies......... yeah!!!!!

11h30
time for lunch:smoked salmon, lettuce, tomatoes and a cereal bread... yummie!

12h

I pick up Meron at school and bring to her therapy, (she has a learning disablity due to famine when she was a baby.)in this institute she gets the extra help she needs, a blessing that this exists in Belgium!

13h

I try to take some pics of my creations on myself (I really don't want my head on it, don't feel like a model) but like this you see how it looks like on a real person, I think people really want to see it like that, before they decide to buy...

Working on new designs, just experimenting with materials and techniques, I made this houses and birds from paper clay, maybe I'll paint them or cover with vintage papers... don't know yet...

I don't make anything in felt today because I suffer from the carpal tunnel syndrom , and that happens when I am enjoying playing with felt so much! :-(A little peep in my workroom, behind the curtain is my workbench, really, you don't want to see it, it's a real chaos! :-)

14h30

It's such a cold, rainy day, normally I go to Ghent to the vintage market, but I really don't feel like it. I am having a relaxing Lavender bad en a mask on my face ( to keep wrinkles away :)

15u30

School is out, I take our vintage bike coach to go and collect the kids, we make people laugh a lot when we are passing by with the coach, and for mom it's a real work out!

18h

Once in a month on friday evening daddy gets a big bag of French fries at the local 'Fritkot', we eat them with fresh handpealed shrimps.a real feast for the kids!

19h

Time for the youngest to go to bed, but first a little story and then shhhhh: sleep well!and they happily slept ever after.... :-)

20h

the two oldest girls claim to stay up a bit longer and watch TV wit mum and dad. My laptop is never far away and I keep an eye an the treasury that will open in a moment... Yeah , I got one! Hubby and I close the evening by drinking a (well deserved) glass of cava...have a wonderful weekend, cheers!

Relaxfull weekend to everyone :)

Friday is my day: Toosis

The weather looks good in Istanbul today, I don't want to travel anywhere. So let's meet Pinar from toosis.etsy.com living in Istanbul. She makes silver jewelry using precious stones, sterling silver and gold. I am not a great jewelry person but I have to admit that there is something in her rings that makes my socks turn and rock...

What a difference a day makes 24 hours a day…


Hello, I was honored and exited when Heli asked me to prepare for her Fridays fun at her blog. I am an architect and work in my families’ business. I also design jewelry with silver and gemstones. I feel lucky to live in Istanbul where I can easily find any supply I need directly for the source. Friday’s are like my fun days because I work at my office Monday to Thursday and leave Friday’s for my jewelry designing process….

Today on my way to buy supplies I planned to stop at the exhibit of Miniature Rooms by Henry Kupjack at Rahmi Koç Museum

These rooms are 1/12 scale.

This one is a an old time pub.

when looked closely feels like a real room…

They are exhibiting 21 of these small rooms here… and I enjoyed looking in each and every one.

I couldn’t resist this Pink Cadillac at the museum.

I buy most of my supplies form KapaliBazzar in Sultanahmet / ISTANBUL

I need some turquoise.

And some onyx stones for my new designs. It’s hard to choose lots of different cuts and shapes to look at. Isn’t this fun….

I spent too many time shopping. Just grabbed a sandwich on my way to work.
Here is my office desk. After I check my mails, I usually browse my etsy shop http://toosis.etsy.com/

This is where I design and create… I admit that I tidied before taking the picture :)

These are my last three pieces. I can’t stop making more and more of these huge rings.

Can I wear all of them at the same time? Probably not…

A picture of Galata Kule on my way home…

And another beautiful siluet of Istanbul on my way back…

My boys are back from school and I have made home just on time… Now its play time for us until their bed time…

Lots of Love,
Pinar Sondal
www.toosis.com/english
http://toosis.etsy.com/


Happy weekend to you all :)

Friday is my day: Nanouke

Portugal, ah Portugal! Here we come! Today we are horoned to meet Nanouke, -the geologist doing her masters of engineering- who once said that when she has graduated and she has a fabulous job and lot money she will come to Etsy and buy all our handmade stuff! Come on Ana, study hard and study quick! :P

Besides studying she makes very cute and girly wire knitting rings, bracelets, necklaces. Please visit her etsy shop nanouke.etsy.com

8h10
This is me waking up, after 5 hours of sleep.
See how brave I am showing you this ugly face?
I’m not a morning person, I usually wake up really cranky.

But then, something miraculous happens, I pour some coffee into my sleepy body and I get OK!


8h30
I eat my breakfast in front of the computer, as all etsy addicts do, and I say hello to my fellow EST members

Browsing around etsy always make me lose my sense of time, so I find myself late again for work.

9h00
I pack my bag that I bought from
kraplap.etsy.com , (isn’t it gorgeous?) with my laptop and other stuff woman put on their bags, like needles, wire and stuff like that.

All dressed up and ready to leave home to work!
Aha, kidding, I didn’t go out looking like this!
But I sure look good.

I drive to work, and this is the car my dad gave me (it was his) when my Renault Twingo died (R.I.P.). It’s a Renault Laguna from 1998, it’s very big for me, but it’s a nice car and I get to work in 20 minutes.


I work at a brick factory, I’m a Geologist and I’m responsible for the Lab, the clay extraction and sometimes I get to do things that have nothing to do with geology. And that’s fun.

9h20
I arrive to work and spend all morning doing boring office stuff, I have a report due by next week and I have to review all the numbers referring to the quantities of clay we use.
I spend all morning doing this, with some peeks at etsy now and then J

12h30
It’s lunch time.
My co workers brought their lunch, but I was lazy, so I went to this little place I go sometimes, very quiet, to eat a burger.
I love my office pals, Sandra and Maria de Jesus, we get along great and I love them both.

13h00
I get back from my burger and it’s such a sunny day! We have been having so much rain and grey days lately, that seeing the sun makes me happy. It’s very cold today though.
Down there is where I work.

Since I have 1 hour left to spare, I take some pictures of my new stuff

It’s feels really good not having to go to Lisbon to classes, the semester is over, now it’s exams and papers time, so I just have to study and I take all the little spare time I get to do that.
I’m taking my Masters on Geological and Mining Engineering, and there’s a lot of Math going on there.

14h
I’ll spend my entire afternoon on the Lab, doing lab things, like creating new clay monsters and developing mass destruction weapons.

I get to walk around the factory, and I have to tell you, I love working at a factory.
I also have some great co workers that saw me taking pictures and wanted to say hi to you:

See the dust? I get orange after a day’s work..

At 18h30 it’s time to drive back home.

19h00

I get home and I take a shower. Back then, when I didn’t work at a factory, I always took my showers in the mornings.
Now there’s no point on doing that, I get all dirty and orange.
So I take my shower and put on my pajamas

I have to study, so I study until dinner (21h00) and then I just lay around in the couch watching Law and Order and browsing the internet.
No crafting today… too tired.
At 00h I go to sleep, ready for another day!
Bubyes!

Friday is my day: Dindi

Today let's travel to Germany and meet Erna aka Dindi, the quote queen. Dindi makes handmade and reworked jewelry and usually you will find a very wise or fun quote handstamped on them. Now please sit comfortably, have your coffee/tea/light coke(hi Renate) /water or whatever and watch Dindi's day from her video (and watch carefully there is tiny surprises).

dindi.etsy.com


Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.
~Bill Watterson

Go and have a pointless weekend :)