Craft, Fun and Body Art

These last few days have been fun. On friday I finally took a day off from sewing. Actually, I took a break from sewing the usual things because I sewed anyway. And then on Saturday and today Sunday I've been selling at a little craft fair in Chatillon.

Lately I ripped a lot of my jeans because I gained a 'little' weight. I've been throwing away a bunch of them not knowing what to do with them (I deeply regret it now because there is always something to do with fabric...). I saved the last one and made a bunch of zipper pouches with them. Last September in Chicago I found this cute zebra ribbon and I haven't found a use for it until Friday. Yay!! Now I have a little something to give my girlfriends.

Since I took the day off, I found the time to do my nails. Kitty manicure!!

Saturday- Sunday: Craft fair. Les Journees du Fait main in Chatillon. What an epic fail! I barely got my money back for renting the spot. But it was fun and interesting. I met a bunch of really awesome people, I learnt a few things and I got to hang out in the sun.

I ordered a bunch of new supplies and I can't wait to receive them. I have an urge to make my jewelry but right now I'm all out of everything.

Sitting there in Chatilon and doing nothing really boosted me. I can't wait to get back to work but I think I'll take it slow in the next few weeks, until I get my supplies that is, I need to get my inspiration back. :p

The really cool thing about the Chatillon event is that they hired a make up artist to do body painting on the first day and glitter tattoos on the second. Couldn't resist!

Since I was not selling at all, I got some nice body art.

DIY Brooch Display Board

Tomorrow I'll be selling my craft at a small event in Chatillon near Paris. I mostly sell brooches and over the last few weeks I had a hard time coming up with a way to display them at the fair. I finally found something, super easy and cheap and it doesn't look too bad too. :)

All you need is a piece of cardboard, duct tape, brown tape, a piece of fabric and of course scissors. I used an empty box of rusks. But I made another display board with studier cardboard for the bigger and heavier brooches.

First I wrapped the cardboard with brown tape to make it sturdier.

Then with another piece of cardboard and duct tape I made a foot just like a picture frame.

And finally I attached the piece of fabric, after cutting it to the right dimensions, with duct tape all around.

It took me 5minutes and it will do nicely for tomorrow. It also didn't cost me a thing since I had all the suplies in store.

Here is the back. :)

Of course you can make it look fancier and take care of the details a little(a lot) better. I am in a rush and I'm just relieved I found something. :p

My Brother's Cat

This is Spoon, my brother's cat. I hadn't seen him in a couple of years and he's only 4 :) 

Long time no see.

This is just a quick post about this adorable kitty.

My brother loves the brand Honda. I guess it's because our beloved Grand Pa used to own a dealership for this brand. Anyway, my brother named his cat Spoon because it's a branch of Honda motorcycles. :)

Spoon is a cutie. He's very soft. My brother brushes him every day apparently ^^

Flowers growing by my dream house...

It was a sweet day, seeing my Grand pa, my brother, his cat and the house I wished I lived in...

Celia is Here!

After a month long waiting, I finally received Celia!!! I won her from an Instagram giveaway by Dark Manor Dolls. My first giveaway ever and I win!

I've been tracking her for weeks! She had been in Paris for two weeks and the USPS site showed they couldn't find the addressee (according to the tracking number). I was getting really nervous! But here she is!

I had a blast taking her to the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and the Champs Elysée! Well, I didn't take pictures at the Champs Elysée, all I wanted to do was buy a bottle of water, so Celia stayed in my backpack :/ But she's been there! :p

This is Celia at the Louvre. It was pretty windy so she had to lose the hat.

 I love dolls! I have six Blythe dolls and they have been my favorite things to take pictures of for a while. I kind of lost interest in them for a while though but Celia reminded me of those times when my favorite models were dolls and how fun it was! The perfect model! No complaining, no whining, no need for make up... Always perfect!! :) Celia is even better! 

This hair!!! Celia's hair is so soft and light!!! Sheer joy!

Celia by the Seine.I can't wait to send Rose (the nice woman behind Dark Manor Dolls) a bunch of pictures from this day! I love taking pictures of people. Unfortunately people don't like to have their picture taken that much... Another reason why I love taking pictures of dolls.

Celia by the Eiffel tower. I used to come there every saturday when I was in college... 

Ha... Paris.... The love hate relationship I have with it... I was born in Paris. And for years(from age 2 to 18) I would be in Paris at least once a month to get my eyes checked (I had eyes surgery when I was 3).

I would also spend the Toussaint holidays (a couple of weeks in October celebrating our deads here in France) at my grand parents' in Paris. My father's parents. Real Parisians.

When I was in college I used to come to Paris every Saturday to shop for CDs. In Saint Michel. Probably my favorite area in Paris even now. I would buy my books for college there as well.

By the age of 25, I found a job in Paris. I was living quite far away and had to take a 1h30 commute every morning and every night. But that was fine. I loved living in the country every night and going to the big city every day. At one point I even thought about getting an Eiffel tower tattoo on my back or wrist.

I've been living in paris for 2 years and  half now. I still have mixed feeling about it. But I feel much better than I used to. This city used to scare me. Mostly because I don't live here because of the night life or the 'culture' (I picture the typical parisian as being a very sophisticated person, going to museums and concerts all the time and drinking beers at bars all over the city, I'm the opposite. I stay home all the time.)

I made my peace with the fact that I'm not a 20 something French person coming from anywhere in France to live in THE big city. Paris has always been in my life. I thought for a while I was afraid of it but I'm only afraid of people who live here( but only for a while and then go back most of the time to their home town or else). I don't want to be this cliché of a parisian French girl, all dolled up, drinking Starbucks coffee. It's just not me. I dress the same as I did in highschool. And all I want is do my thing, in my corner.

I also went to the movies to see Mad Max: Fury Road. Pretty cool movie!

And if you want to check out Rose's work, go to her shop. Her Instagram is pretty cool too! :)

Drunken Manicure

The other night, I was home alone and decided to paint my nails after a few glasses of wine. I wanted to try the marble look when you drip your polish in a glass of water, one color after the other, mix it up a bit and plunge your fingers in. Couldn't do it. And I'm really sure it's not because I was tipsy! :) 

So I decided to go with the newspaper manicure that I did once before and turned out OK. All you need is a newspaper and some alcohol... The kind you use on wounds and scrapes.

It's a good thing I bought white nail polish a while ago. I was finally able to use it.

But instead of using the letters of the news paper, I used some images. There was this grid of tiny urban pictures. They seemed perfect! And I wanted weewee pictures for some reason, and BAM! The news paper I used had a couple of statue pictures with there thingy showing...

A naked woman from behind!! It's not that clear unfortunately... But I kind of like it anyway!

Tadah!

And the tiny penis... You have to know it's a penis to see it I guess... But it cracks me up. :)

I live in a Chinese neighborhood. I might look into the trash on the streets to find some Chinese newspaper to do it.

That was fun!!!

Kitties + Cameras

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This is what I've been doing all day... Kitties! Two are already sold, yay!

I've been waiting on a few packages from around the world. I ordered two cameras from eBay and I won a giveaway a month ago, I'm waiting for a beautiful art doll. Unfortunately the doll is stuck somewhere because my address couldn't be located... Wait, what?? Anyway, I'll go to the post office tomorrow to see if it's there. Not such a good mail week.

It took 2 weeks to the first camera I ordered to get to me, even though it was coming from France. The guy took his sweet time and in the end I can't open the battery compartment and the camera is not operational of course... It sucks because it seems like such a nice camera. Here it is:

It's a Minolta X-500.  I really hope I'll find a way to fix the problem.

And here is my little ray of sunshine coming from the UK in less than a week, with the sturdiest of packages, bubble wrap and all! 

I put a roll in it and started shooting. It's not the easiest of cameras to use but I'm very happy with my purchase. I hope I didn't mess up the pictures too bad and used the settings right. I'm really not sure I did.

As soon as I can I'll take a walk around Paris and shoot!

I'll now g back to my glass of wine...