Le Noël des Créateurs, Andilly, 14 & 15 décembre 2013

Yes, it's this weekend! The annual Christmas Craft Market that I organise every year is taking place in Andilly (95)...20 crafters are getting together to expose their hand-made goods, and I will be putting up my new paintings on show, that I have been working on (post Lilla Roger's e-course)!
With loads of creative workshops for kids and adults, come along and say hello...Complexe Polyvalent, 73, route de la Croix Blanche, 95580 Andilly

Blossom and Grow...

 

So as I already told you, a few weeks back I started the Lilla Rogers Make Art ThatSells e-course, and the time has run away with me. I promised to share on here some of the work produced, and here is the first in a series of posts to come. This past week: Create a piece of abstract wall art that you would like to offer as a gift to a friend or that you would hang on your own wall… I knew I was going to love this class project! I have always liked to just look at a blank page and then try to place images and colours, but I’ve always done it small scale and have always worked very tightly, hardly ever finished to a point at which I was satisfied, and always only ever done this to keep at home, hidden from view!

This week I decided to work on a large canvas in order to free myself up from the small paintbrush syndrome. So I did one canvas, hated it, and began to wonder just why I had thought that I could do this, not really having ever seen myself as a painter,  and finally, I started over on another…my colours were purple and pink and any neutrals that I wished.

At some point, something happened - my work became freer, I got happy, started singing whilst working, drank copious amounts of coffee, and then I started to see my work in layers, working on the whole space each time. First, I worked on the background; adding cut-out leaf shapes in white and deep pink tissue paper. Then I painted floral splodges in all shades of pink, peach, coral; got out the nail polish to add details in the hearts of the flowers that were emerging…then I wanted something harder, more graphic, and more dramatic in size, proportion and colour to lift the whole thing. My black and white striped Ikea rug in my lounge inspired a more graphic feel to my huge black and white sunflowers! What better way to ensure that the finished picture could sit on my own wall than by coordinating it with my rug! Big purple paint circles came on top and then, and only then, when my ‘freeness’ had passed  its  peak, did I allow myself to get out my white pen to go into doodling detail on top…the lettering came easy for me as ‘Blossom’ was my grandfather’s nickname for me as a child…rather lovely that I can use it again now, when I have decided to turn around my career, and go back to doing what I loved most as a child…and flowers are my absolute favorite thing to draw! They’ll be more of these to come I think…maybe a series of floral mood paintings…watch this space…

Changes are afoot!!!

Been having a very long break recently...trying to find a bit of "next step" direction - so I am about to embark on the Lilla Rogers Make Art That Sells e-course! Classes start on monday and I am very excited! I'll be posting here from time to time some of my artwork...helpful comments are all welcome!

Lilla Rogers e-course

Marque de Fabrique, Rouen, le samedi 27 avril 2013

I'll be in Rouen this weekend along with Jeanette Cloum and Là-Bas dans l'Herbe - loads to see and a few creative workshops for kids too...for more info, click here!

Next up...Fil d'Avril, Malakoff

As from friday, I will be exhibiting in Malakoff at a special textile designer's market.Click here for more info...

 

 

DEMAIN SOIR!!! Vente Privé, Andilly

Tomorrow night, Créapam is hosting a private sale in Andilly (95), exhibiting her jewellery line, and I will be exhibiting too....loads of new products to see, so bring your friends (please contact Créapam via e-mail for the address).

06/04/2013, Noisy le Sec

Next up on the agenda is the Crafters Market in Noisy-le-Sec, on saturday 6th april 2013. Ten designers will be exhibiting from the Association Au Comptoir des Créateurs, and offering creative workshops for all...

and here are more details concerning the workshop that I will be hosting:

 

Acessorise Your Wardrobe!

Learn to create fabric yoyo flowers in vintage fabrics to customise your clothes...brooch or hair clip creation too! From 8 years up

 

 

Salon I-D Créatives, Reims and Les Naturelles, Montmorency

Loads of stuff happening this weekend, here's a look back on Les Naturelles, Montmorency... (click here for photies!) where I was exhibiting along with other crafty friends who all make part of the Comptoir des Créateurs association...

And the Salon I-D Créatives, Reims, where I was asked to participate in their Créative Circus exhibition, organised by Véronique Decourty (Dame La Lune) for GLEVENTS...here's the link!

Salon I.D. MAISON, Bourg-La-Reine

 

Next on the agenda...

 

 

 

 

 

Next up...Boutique éphémère du Bon Coin, Paris 18é

Next up on the agenda... early opening THURSDAY 27th Septembre as from noon! Seven designers (including me!) will be setting up shop at the Bon Coin boutique in the 18th arrondissement, Paris, next weekend...opening night aperatif on friday from 7 o'clock!

Salon des Loisirs Créatifs, Poissy

This weekend I'll be launching my new range of hand-made kits at the Salon des Loisirs Créatifs, in Poissy...other friends and craftsters will be exhibiting too...here are the details and a little preview of my new kits, available soon online to buy!

Bonne Rentrée with Ebullition!

So it's been a while, and the holidays are over...but I've got lots to share! First of all, I have been accepted into the circle of designers and crafters of Ebullition, as a permanent fixture, after already having participated with them for their expo last year for Création & Savoir-Faire... a big project coming up with them that I've been working on over the summer, so watch this space for photos to come! And to start with, here's a wonderful visual way to start off the new school/work year ('cause let's face it the only work I get done is when the kids are at school)...designed by Severine Morizet.

Boutique éphémère du Bon Coin, Paris 18é

With the association Au Comptoir des Créateurs, I will be exhibiting my latest creations in the 18th arrondissement this weekend, along with 14 other crafters from all areas at the Bon Coin boutique...here are the details below.

Next up...Marché des Créateurs, Quai de Valmy, 17th June 2012!

Next up on the list for your diaries is the Marché de Créateurs on the Quai de Valmy (Paris, 10th arrondissement), organised by A Little Market. On sunday the 17th June 2012, 40 or more crafters and designers will be setting up stands (me included!) along the Seine...ellie & ooma will be alongside Nuage Coloré for this event, so pop by and say Hello!

Monsieur & Madame Hibou are on sale in my boutique!

Yes, here they are...you can now find my Owl Mobiles and Owl softies on sale in my boutique (click on the visual menu here on the right). The newest additions to the ellie & ooma range, these little hand-made fellas are very colourful and full of fun facial expressions...every one of them is unique!

Tonight:Happy Hour with Ollia on Radio Enghien!

A chance meeting at the local supermarket, when I overheard a lady chatting to her child in English, the swapping of business cards and a subsequent cup of coffee together, has led to a wonderful date with Ollia Georges on her local radio show, Happy hour with Ollia at Radio Enghien. Tonight, between 6pm and 7pm Ollia and I are gonna chat about my creations, life as an expat in France, and the 'hand-made future' of my little cottage industry...a totally new axperience for me, and a wonderful occasion to find out what goes on in a radio station! The programme is bilingual in English and French and the frequency: 98FM. Or listen live via their website:www.idfm98.fr

This weekend: Bouquet d'Idées!

This weekend I will be in Issey-les-Moulineaux, taking part in the craft market organised by ACIA. Here are the details:

New Creations...

I have a huge stash of fabrics and what I love doing the most is putting them together: seeing how colours change when you put a print next to another, balancing the combined colours for the eye, créating inspiring print combinations. This is the part that I really enjoy everytime, so I've opted to work more like this for the new collection of creations...so here is my version on Patchwork. With fluo colours thrown in, mismatching of prints and an attempt to break the rules traditionally seen in patchwork, here's a peek at the results...

Deep blue and fluo pink

After a trip to l'Aiguille en Fête in Paris last week (where of course, I spent far far far too much money), and a chance buy at a book sale in my little girl's school, I am newly inspired and motivated to do new things/ to concentrate more on my product offer...here's the inspiration, and watch this space for new créations! Check out this wonderful book Poucette (Hans Christian Anderson) illustrated magnificently by Charlotte Gastaut...

Boutique Ephémère, Paris 18é

Been a bit absent lately, but here are some photos from the Boutique Ephémère where I took part back in December, at the Boutique du Bon Coin in Paris...