Big news

Hello dear friends, sorry for such a long silence.  After you hear my big news, you'll understand better why its been so quiet on the blog front. I'm happy to announce that I have two big Salons coming up this merry month of May!

I'm very excited to take part for the first time at the Unicrea Salon in...(drumroll please)......Switzerland!! Yup this show's going on the road.  This is a very special salon which reunites about one hundred artists, from painters, designers and sculptors to those like me who create jewelry from all over Europe. Its a great line-up and I'm very happy to be part of this year's spring edition. Not only is it going to be full of wonderful creative people, this Salon will take place in the gorgeous Chateau Morges, along the shores of Lake Leman.  How is that for a setting? Did I say I was excited already? I'm fairly jumping out of excitement!  The Salon starts on the the 3rd of May and runs till the 6th.  Maybe see you there?

No less exciting is the return of the Journee du Fait Main in France on the 12th and 13th of May.  I wrote about first ever Journee du Fait Main last year and I'm happy to announce that I am once more taking part this year.  It promises to be bigger than ever with 60 events (as of last count, with maybe more coming) all over France and over 800 artists! Its going to be big. The goal as always is to promote the hand made, the artisanal and the original. Everything that De Petites Merveilles stands for!

Here in Paris, there are at least three events and I will be at the Place du Richard Baret in the 17th arrondissement...

Eh voila, the exciting news from my end! Hope to see you in one of them!

More on the Journee du Fait Main

Map of the different craft fairs in the city

As you know, I'm hard at work for the upcoming first ever Journee du Fait Main in France.   These are very exciting times for all of us who believe in the tradition of hand making beautiful things. I thought I'd share a bit more information about the upcoming events.

 As befitting the capital city, there will be craft fairs in the following areas: 

Espace Kiron 75011

Rue des vinaigriers, 75010

3ème Porte Bleue,  75010

Lieu 37, 75010

Boutique de laine P. Huguet, 75003

Boutique Les Vignoles, 75003

RRose Sélavy, 75009

The complete program can be found in 

http://www.ruedesvinaigriers.com/article-journees-du-fait-main-c-est-la-fete-rue-des-vinaigriers-et-ailleurs-76047158.html

Now the website is in french but here is a bit of information on the other participants  in Espace Kiron, where I will be :

De Petites Merveilles -handmade jewelry from vintage beads 

2beornot- fabric bags and jewelry

Cathart-  paintings and decorative objects

Creadeco110 - decorative objects and jewelry

Fais pas ci fais pas ça ! -fabric bags and jewelry

Frimouz- fabric bags and jewelry

Juju atelier - paintings, jewelry and decorative objects

 Laudee -silver jewelry

 Leonie petits oiseaux - bags, fashion accessories, decorative objects

Les bricoles de mai - leather jewelry and decorative objects

Liloudeco-  crocheted jewelry and other fashion accessories 

Lord ena - fabric fashion accessories . 

Magousacoud - fashion accessories, jewelry in fabric 

Margau - paintings, jewelry and fashion accessories

Maureen linckenhely - jewelry 

Miniloop -jewelry

Missardine - jewelry 

Mlle fifi -fashion accessories in fabric 

Monde original -polymer jewelry

Myrtille75 - polymer jewelry

Nadej creations - polymer jewelry and paintings on wood 

Noshi - origami jewelry

Or-et-faire-part- cards and invitations

 Polyssonne- polymer jewelry

Résurgences - decorative objects

Roseberry  clothes and jewelry

Takalfaire -clothes and fashion accessories 

Tarator - jewelry

Verope - jewelry

What a mess -jewelry

Matuvucréation -jewelry 

Clemcrea - jewelry

Suricat- jewelry 

AV- fashion accessories   

Its a great line up isn't it?

Journee du Fait Main

I'm very happy to announce that on the 9th and 10th of July, we are going to be celebrating the first ever Journee du Fait Main in France. This festival aims to celebrate all that is handmade.  Jewelry, Fashion and Accessories, Paintings, Papier-Mache and Poterie will be among those at the forefront of the celebrations.  What is great about the festival is that it will be held in different cities all over France. Over 100 events are planned for this weekend with over 500 artists and designers participating in the craft fairs all over the country.

In Paris, a number of craft fairs will be hosted in 7 different parts of the city. I'm proud to announce that De Petites Merveilles will be part of the festivities.  I'm very happy to be part of this historic moment and I hope you will join me at L'Espace Kiron on the 9th and 10th of July.  Here are the details:

Espace Kiron

10 rue de la Vacquerie

75011, Paris

Metro: Voltaire ou Philippe Auguste

Now, I'm off to work on all the lovelies I'm going to bring to the fair!