jocondine

jeudi 16 juillet 2026

ETAPE / STAGE 9/2

Remember that the name of the town will "include" a reference to Middle Age vocabulary, castles or knights worlds...

mercredi 15 juillet 2026

MJJ38 LE JEUDI (mercredi) DU JUNK JOURNAL

Due to the Tour de France 7 and the second post linked to the stage on Thursdays,

I'm giving you my last updates about Junk Journaling on this Wednesday evening.

Some progress on finishing touches in JJ SEWING 2

I welcomed those two ladies in some pockets and wanted to provide them a little privacy to protect the laces with a special closure.

First get my stash of old agendas cover, and find the right color to cut a shape of lock plate.

The idea was to hang the key but I can't use a small hook which will damage the previous pages so I use some kind of sewing eyelet (maybe temporary if I find another way)

I like how the orange color of the embossed paper, the darker orange of the tracing paper and the dark red of the plastic leather match together.

I have found a place for my maze card.

and create this simple pocket to hide the back of another presentation.

Ancient Egypt theme JJ

A camel origami (I finally chose a simple one after giving up on the 1st one too complicated).

I want a caravan but the result is a little more thick than I expected so I'm not sure to find a right place to put them. We'll see.

Using some leftovers of colored wax I made some attempts with some charms, a metal pendant and a coin.

I need some red seals close to sarcophagus seals so I'll have to make more this time with the glue gun and nails varnish.

Mes jeudis du JJ sont postés le mercredi soir pendant la période du Tour de France. Quelques finitions dans le JJ Couture 2 avec la confection de la fermeture des pages calques accueillant mes demoiselles aux dentelles. Découpes des plaques de serrures dans une couverture d'agenda et pose d'une chainette et sa clé.

Pour le JJ Egypte de nouveaux cachets de cire, essais en utilisant des charms et une pièce de monnaie et un pendentif.

Je fabrique également des dromadaires en origami pour une éventuelle caravane, les modèles sont un peu épais pour l'instant.

GIFTED GORGEOUSNESS 07/26

It's always nice to make gifts, nice too to receive some

and use them in our stitching projects.

It's great and fun to show all this and the perfect place is

on Jo's blog Serendipitous Stitching on the 15th of each month

for the Gifted Gorgeousness post.

Jo gave a new turn to her blog those past months

but I'd like to keep posting about GG on the half-month day

Cadeaux donnés ou reçus, toutes les occasions sont bonnes

pour partager nos coups de coeur et participer au "Gifted Gorgeousness"

de Jo - Serendipitous Stitching.

Jo a donné un nouveau tournant à son blog mais j'aimerais

continuer à parler cadeaux faits maison chaque mi-mois.

https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/

June ended with Capucine 10 years birthday

I finally chose to make kind of a fortune wheel she can turn

proposing 9 ideas of hobbies for the days when she doesn't know

what to do, the 10th will be a ? (she can add a list inside the card)

I have also started another project for her

"layers of atmosphere" I have seen many on the net

and couldn't wait to make one.

You won't believe that the hardest part of it is to find

the right numbers as everyone gives a different mesurement

but honestly, give or take ten kilometers you cares?

Pour fêter les dix ans de Capucine, une roue de la fortune

avec neuf idées de loisirs et un ? vers sa liste personnelle

également en cours : une petite maquette des couches de l'atmosphère

j'ai vu ces projets sur le net et j'avais très envie de lui en fabriquer un.

Me croirez-vous si je vous dit que le plus compliqué est de se mettre

d'accord sur les chiffres à ajouter, chacun donnant un calcul différent

franchement à quelques kms près, qui compte ?

Côté feutrine, pour la cuisine de Soline

épi de maïs, finalement assez amusant à fabriquer

tranches de melon et nid de tagliatelles au basilic.

I wanted to try felt corn for some times

and I'm glad with the result and it was quite fun to do

So for Soline's doll kitchen

Two slices of melon

and some tagliatelle nests with basil

Knitting the blue angora scarf for DD1 started in April...

was part of the FIFA challenge

we have a finish!

Ma deuxième écharpe réalisée avec la laine angora de Sandrine

est terminée,

No progress on cross stitching due to the heatwave we are experimenting since too many weeks

To tired to be as precise as countstitching requires

I have some other secret gifts projects I started during

Melissa's FIFA challenge so some stitching on Vichy

and drawings in progress

Don't forget that you can travel with me around my country

with the 7th edition of my Tour de France

stage 9 already... Monday's post

a new clue tomorrow morning...

N'oubliez pas que je vous invite à vous promener avec moi

à l'occasion de la 7ème édition du Tour de France

Etape 9, premier article lundi dernier

et demain un nouvel indice...

mardi 14 juillet 2026

6/ FIFA WITH MELISSA

Sixth show about FIFA World Cup event with Melissa from Measi.net

From 11th June to 19th July

I have given a call to my journalists friends who usually hosted the TV show for the OG : Nelson and Gérard and my couple of mice as the fan team to support the players.

Depuis le début de la Coupe du Monde de Football le 11 juin dernier Melissa de chez "Measi's musings" organise un nouveau challenge pendant la compétition.

J'ai invité mon équipe de journalistes et mon couple de souris rebaptisé "aficionados" pour l'occasion.

Nelson:

So it looks like we are still in! Two more steps to get one more star!

Gérard:

Yes! Semifinal in a few hours. Very busy day : our national day Bastille day, DD1 birthday (38), her son's birthday too (15) and a place in the final game!

Nelson:

I do hope so! Allez les Bleus !

Gérard:

Well,

So let see how our mascots are progressing on their goals

Clutch is in charge of knitting

Our main goal is reached as

the angora scarf is done

but as the second goal is to empty those full bags of wool

and crochet is easier since I have noticed that the high temperatures often lead me to be less attentive, I'm using up the leftovers of pastel-colored yarn to make kind of a collar for a future top.

And I also feel I'll have fun with some doll dresses

(to be honest the FIFA challenge is twinned with the cyclist Tour de France I can watched on the afternoon, most often football games are at night not a good hour for DIY)

Maple is the team coach of fans

and papers works

I'm making some patterns for
small pockets in the shape of matches pockets for a secret project.

Zayu was taking care of white embroidery on Vichy.

My five projects are done.

So I thought for something new and I have that bag of golden paperboards I kept for cutting stars for a Christmas garland.

What a good omen that stars

for a third one... on the jersey!

lundi 13 juillet 2026

ETAPE / STAGE 9/1

As we do every Monday we are looking for a French department

so a new number to discover.

dimanche 12 juillet 2026

STAGE / ETAPE 8/3

Département 32 Gers

New department visited!

The town name is : Montaut les créneaux

Montaut "the battlements"

also meaning in French "parallel park" with a car (do a "créneau")

Rappel des indices / Some explanations about the clues

1/ On the goose game you had to find the space with 4 ankle boots so it was on space 32 which means department 32 Gers.

2/ Climbing on ramparts was supposed to lead you to battlements and the view on Auch city - south - was another geographic information.

1/ Pour trouver le numéro 32 vous deviez trouver la case contenant les quatre bottines sur le jeu de l'oie.

2/ Grimper sur les remparts devait vous mener aux créneaux et la vue vers le sud sur la ville d'Auch vous apporter une information géographique supplémentaire.

Occitanie aera

Our guide was Princess Merida from the Disney movie named "Rebelle" in French and "Brave" in English - 2012. The choice was made by Capucine my great daughter!

Notre guide fût la princesse Merida du dessin animé Disney Rebelle sorti en 2012, choisie par Capucine ma petite fille !

Some stitchings about weaving, spinning, carding, embroiderer,

I want to share some French expressions that came from Middle Age as

"Avoir maille à partir",

Pas de maille de tricot cette fois, mais une monnaie valant un demi-denier sous les Capétiens. De valeur trop faible pour être partagée d'où le conflit généré par l'action de départir (attribuer en partage).

"avoir maille à partir" with someone

no knitting stitch (maille) here, but a coin used in 12e century with a small value hard to divide between people leading to quarrel.