Christmas and the "cottage industry"

If I didn't have a daughter who loves unpacking the christmas decorations, I don't know if I would have the "courage" to have a tree. Christmas is incredibly important to my small business (I have just discovered that in english it could be qualified as "cottage industry", and it does suits it so well, as i live and work in a cottage where you couldn't swing a cat, but it is a lovely place).Unfortunately, I miss the cheer of the xmas season, no time to bake and invite friends, clean the house and give it a xmas feel. The xmas market where I sell most of the fairies in december is open until the 27th, hence no rest, no time...The cottage industry is not a business type, it feels like a way of life, with its good sides and the independence it gives, but its downsides too.
The feeling of having to forget the dust in the corners because i have to devote all my time to making fairies...To be a crafter making a living, i don't think there is another way...

From Country living christmas fair 2007

I swapped the grey for a very deep moss green...Plenty things to show and tell from my two weeks in London but just no time now, bills letters and about hundred mails to answer to (i didn't have a wifi connection at my London accomodation!).

From chaos to tidyness?

Actually that just might be from tydiness to a chaos of fairies.You can still visit me on the stand at the London Olympia until sunday.And next week at the business design center in Islington at the Country living fair.

The stressed out fairy...

I am getting ready for my London fortnight with the spirit of xmas fair exhibition and The Country Living Fair , and i confess that i am really stressed out, trying to tie loose ends and not forgetting anything. London is a lovely city, but i know it is quite a difficult one regarding parking and all transports.

I will be on my stand (if I am not wandering around and doing my own christmas shopping: temptations ahead !) and as usual i will be with my paint brush writing anything you would like me to write on fairylike xmas baubles.

So if you want to celebrate a new baby, or your other half, i will be delighted to customize a bauble for you.

I will be on stand D139 (in the central alley near the champagne bar) at the Spirit of Xmas fair and D2A ( straight left after the main entrance) at the Country Living fair.Impatient to be there!

If imagination doesn't run out, time does and i feel behind with christmas stock just as I always do at this time of the year, I need a second pair of hands...Regarding this bauble inspiration , i think i spend too much time daydreaming in the new Cath Kidston catalogue...

Once upon a time

My wolf is not really frightening...

Inspiration

I have been asked quite often where my inspiration came from, for this fairy it was page 63 of the US magazine "Romantic Home" issue of july 2007.Show me a beautifull picture and a fairy will pop up in my head, this one is a work in progress: she doesn't have her skirt yet.