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bretzel, snowflake, holly, elf, candle, mug, ice cream
3My only DIY for Halloween this year are my bats...
welcoming you with open arms, then you could see the chocolate bar!
I want to share with you some family photos of my daughter who is a nurse in our blood sampling service here. She collects blood from volontary donors (as plasma and blood platelets) for our hospitals.
She loves to decorate her working room and give a warm welcome!
Voici la salle de prélèvement à l'EFS où ma fille ainée aime accueillir ses donneurs de sang avec style !
Capucine a choisi "la mariée sanglante" - costume fait maison - pour son dernier jour d'école avant les congés d'automne.
Capucine chose "the bloody bride" - homemade costume - for the last day of school on October the 17th.
Time to share with Melissa and the Wipocalypse family the projects we want to complete before the end of the world.
On FB or https://measi.net/
+++ 2025 is the year of "more of" +++
+++ Point de croix / More cross stitching!
Some progress on the mille-fleurs (Lady with the unicorn)
+++ Gardening / Jardinage
A lot of cleaning, cutting, seeds harvesting,
+++ Cooking / Cuisine
An easy cooking of roasted quails with carrots and grapes
 and a chocolate mousse!+++ Crafts / Bricolages
Deux nouvelles cartes d'anniversaire :
Chocolate Halloween bats.
+++ Crochet - knitting / Crochet - tricot
+++ Felt / feutrine
Felt candles kits for Soline

+++ Christmas countdown
I made some DIY kits to bring to Soline and share funny hours together making decorations.
Question of the Month: What retreats or stitching events would you love to attend someday?
Unfortunately I don't have any retreat or events nearby! Years ago I could find some classes (I had a hardanger classe once or some watercolor and scrapbooking lessons). Nothing interesting yet so thanks to some YouTube crafters I find some inspiration watching their videos.
The last tuto from Treasure Books that I watched was about pyramidal mini albums. As I needed to offer myself a little unscheduled treat, I made two with some ancient egypt patterns paper I have bought for a next Junk Journal dedicated to Egypt of the Pharaohs. The first will have four pages.
Le dernier tuto de Treasure Books que j'ai visionné concernait de mini albums pyramides très mignons et j'avais besoin d'un petit plaisir hors programme. En sachant que j'aimerai fabriquer un junk journal sur le thème de l'égypte ancienne ce sera parfait.
Premier essai avec un petit modèle centré confectionné avec 4 livrets.
Deuxième choix : le montage en zigzag
Second choice : what I call the zigzag assembly
L'occasion d'utiliser de vieux cartons d'un ancien album du bureau présentant des installations électriques, tout d'abord décoller les photos, puis trier les cartons noirs de qualités différentes.
Six pochettes assemblées en inversant l'ouverture et en intercalant des carrés colorés.
I need a lot of black paper so it's the perfect time to use some old sheets of light cardboards from an old album from my office with old photos of electrical installations.
The six pockets are glued together reversing the opening sides and inserting colored papers.
Les cartons ont parfois été abimés lors du décollage des photos et l'intérieur des pochettes sera habillé de papier ou cartes. Je rajouterai également de mini ornements comme dans l'exemple montré par Natasa.
Some of the old black cardboards have been dammaged when I have taken off the photos so inside the pockets I'll glue some papers or cards.
Natasa also shows one album on which she adds tiny ornies between the sheets of paper. It's lovely so I'll make some small tassels pompoms, ansate cross, maybe sew beads.
The countdown to Christmas will give me the perfect moment to put a new JJ on my list : a Christmas Junk Journal!
All the family and friends cards I kept, great memories, kids photos, ads, menus, nice gifts papers, Santas, really need to gather in an album I will like to open during the winter season!
So to make the signatures, back to my bags of papers, envelops, cardboards, fabrics to cut pages I'll sew together.
Cette période de Countdown to Christmas va me donner le prétexte parfait pour ajouter un JJ sur ma liste : un Junk Journal de Noël !
L'occasion de rassembler en un ouvrage à feuilleter toutes ces jolies cartes reçues pour les fêtes, souvenirs de famille et d'amis, photos, Père Noël, chromos, pubs de marchés de Noël etc...
Première étape : assembler papiers, cartons, enveloppes, tissus pour réaliser les signatures.