Mini Olala for girls

Along with my *olala* design jewelry shop, I make jewelry for little girls - mostly necklaces and bracelets, but also some hair pins and a few brooches. As usual, my creations feature felt flowers and butterflies with fun colors or very girly pinks...

I have called this juvenile section of my shop, "Mini Olala for girls". While preparing for the Spring Fab Fair (it's next weekend... already!!!), I've decided that I needed some sort of logo for Mini Olala so I contacted Craftpudding on Etsy to ask if she could make a custom rubber stamp with a picture of a little girl and the name of my brand.... Well, look at what she came up with : isn't it sweet??? I absolutely LOVE my stamp! I can't wait to receive it to start stamping tags and labels : )

http://craftpudding.etsy.com/

Preparing for the Spring Fab Fair

I am pretty excited to announce that *Olala* design will be back at the Fab Fair for the Spring Show on June 6th and 7th in the Heritage Hall on Main Street in Vancouver.

I participated in the Winter Fab Fair last November and I really enjoyed the experience : the Fab Fair is a pretty hip and cool craft fair gathering local jewelry and fashion accessory designers... that's why it's also called "the Bags & Bling Show"!

Imagine, a room full of jewelry and accessory!!!! Mmmmmmm.....

http://www.fabfair.ca/

Rockin' at the Children's Festival

Vancouver is a really nice city for kids, there's always a place to discover, a show to see, a class to take... and every year, there's the Children's Festival! The Festival is a week of fun and activities in Vanier Park, in beautiful Kitsilano. There are lots of artists coming from different parts of the world to sing, play or dance in front of cheerful audiences aged 3 and up...

http://www.childrensfestival.ca/

This year, we went on Thursday which was a Francophone Day (with francophone shows from France and Quebec). My little guy and his cousin had a blast making drums out of aluminium plates and cardboard, having their face painted and taking a lesson of African "flee dance" in the storytelling tent...

Cherry blossoms

I couldn't help smiling as I was driving the other day seeing all the cherry blossom petals swirling on the road... These pink blossoms make the city look sooo pretty!

The combination of pink and grey inspired me to compose a new "Fleurs des bois " necklace (felt, freshwater pearls, ebony wood and Swarovski crystals) and a Treasury - that made it to the Front Page : )

Olala Tea and Jewelry Party

Last Sunday, I hosted a Tea and Jewelry Party at my house in order to celebrate Spring and Mother's Day.

Quite a few ladies came - some came alone, some brought a friend, others came with their daughters and even their mom! They all seemed to have a blast trying on jewelry, giving their opinion to each other and, of course, having tea and chocolate brownies!

It's always a real pleasure for me to see a creation of mine worn by a woman : she gives warmth and personality to it and the piece of jewelry enhances her femininity and her personality. It's a perfect combination, a real union! For me, seeing these ladies leaving my house wearing their new necklaces with pride was the most sincere compliment they could pay me and my work...

They also left with a small bouquet of lily of the valley as it is a tradition in France to offer lily of the valley to one's friends on May 1st for good luck : )

You've got Mail!

Oh, I'm so happy! This morning, the postman delivered a little package I was very impatient to receive : it contained 2 pairs of earrings I bought from Suuskeramiek, a Deutsch Etsy seller who makes lovely porcelain earrings... unfortunately, looks like the mail between the Netherlands and Canada is pretty slow and my package took a month to arrive!.... Anyway, it was worth the wait and I'm very happy : )

As I had been checking my mailbox with excitement for the last 2 weeks, it inspired a "You've got Mail!" theme for the Treasury list I made this weekend... Oh, what a pleasure it is to receive a package through the mail!!!

Jars of Cute

Look what I've found on the internet : a design blog called "Jars of Cute" that featured my Carmen and Madama Butterfly necklaces in January under the title "sexy necklaces".... oh, I'm soooo flattered!!!

http://www.jarsofcute.com/

Madama Butterfly was also featured in March in Lillyella's blog in the category "Sunday splurges". Lillyella is a successful Etsy seller who makes lovely jewelry. Her blog is in my favorites, check it out at the bottom of the page.