Fudge-tastic!

Chewy Christmas fudge - family treats

lovely fudge setting in a baking tin

Ready for X-mas !!!

Homemade clothes for Anna!

Anna's wardrobe

Some little things I made for the princess, none of them fit her anymore cause she's growing up too fast!

First, here's the first thing I ever made with a pattern and actually following it and using it the right way. I was so proud. Too bad it was too big when I took this picture. I was just so keen on trying it on.

I love this candy fabric, bought at Sjiekebiele, Bruges. 

First try at elastic thread...woohoo, it worked. She absolutely loved this piece, she wore it until she just didn't fit anymore.

My little cutie pie!

Lovely summer skirt, rockabilly baby style! Tule lining to make a nice wide skirt :) Cause of the elastic waistband she could wear it a long time. 

Fairytale-style fabric, the perfect summer dress, made in a workshop @ Sjiekebiele.

This again, was a huge winner with Anna.

Lovely little treats...can we say mmmmmmm....

Birthday treats, some nice little cookies,...

Owly cookies, hahaha, cute and delicious!

Little apple-cinnamon cakes as a treat to my girl's friends in daycare. All of them glittering with excitement to tickle your tastebuds!

Gifts !!!

Too bag or not to bag? That's te question!

Here are some bags made by me, as a gift or for myself.

This was one for myself, very simple, made in a jiffy! Two rectangles, rope and four of those metal hole to put in your fabric for the rope to go through. Fake leather and playground rope...strange combo, but I think it works.

This was a gift for my grandmother. A very handy shopping bag. Outside fabric is laminated cotton, the lining is a unicolor cotton.

Bib for Lucia, who welcomed her little sister Ellie.

Bib for little Ellie, new to the world, but well protected already!

Notice the embroidered 'Kwielebabbe' which is dialect for little bib in flemish. The other side of the bib is cotton with little owls.

The Charles dungaree - shorts versions with golden paspel

Charles pattern by Compagnie M.

Firstly I have to say that I kind of screwed up here. It looks lovely, but working on a second pattern by Compagnie M. I just discovered that my printer changes the settings without asking me (how dare it!) and the little test square which of course I didn't check with the Charles pattern....not the same size...

So my dungaree ended up looking great but a bit too wide on the legs and the legs also a bot to long for being a shorts version.

Have a look and tell me what you think!

Detail of the golden paspel and my glittered centered buttons 

Detail of the pockets

Detail of the elastic waistband, adjustable with button

My label :) Couture Vienne

And voila, ready :)

This was a lovely pattern to sew, very well explained. If you follow it step by step, you really can even make this model as a beginner.

The adjustable waistband was a first, but with the extra free tutorial on her website, Marte made it clear as daylight.

I can truly recommend this pattern, it has the dungaree in long and shorts version and the trousers version both long and shorts again. What more can you ask for.

B-day cake time!

Cake!!!!!!!!!!

Who doesn't love cake?

Why not make a huuuge one then...a special occasion like a birthday is the perfect excuse you need for this. 

I needed a cake that was gonna be great for both my little girl and for the family that was coming over to celebrate.

So I decided to make a two-layered cake, bottom layer a light sponge cake with orange peel and cointreau, the top layer a confetti cake. Everything covered up with real frosting, the strawberry and chocolate kind and sprinkle it all with food glitter!

Happiness all around!

And it was a huuge success with the grandparents and the birthday girl!

My girl's birthday crown

Happy birthday my sweet little princess!

Her first real birthday party was coming up and every birthday girl or boy needs a crown. But why make a new one every year... Why not make a cute one with her name and not her age... And why not make it size adjustable?

Indeedie, so mommy went to work with the rest of my huge cookie cutter, the felt, my glue gun and some glitter glue :)

I made a bunch of different sized flowers with the felt, glittered some butterflies and put everything together into this little crown. She loved it, luckily :)

Vintage style hair pin

We love vintage !!!

I just bought this beautiful rockabilly red dress to go to a wedding and I figured that I needed something to put in my hair to make the outfit complete...

So then this little piece was born

It's made with dried lavender, some special ribbon that you can make wider or thinner cause it's wired. A simple orange button, some felt and a piece of a large cookie cutter in plastic. Yes, really, I cut into a huge cookie cutter so I'd have a firm piece with the rounding of my head... cover it with felt, glue a good quality hair clip to it and you're set to go...