Hungry bird and berries pouch

Lightweight wool cloth in charcoal grey;

frontside, an embroidered aqua blue branch, full of juicy orange bead berries.

In the back, a small but very hungry bird, trying to find a way to the other side.

Lined with dark olive green canvas, closes with 20 cm dove grey zipper.

The hungry bird pouch is my entry for the new European Street Team challenge.

Theme: pumpkin and autumn fruits, hosted by DinaFragola.

picture: flickr

Autumn is here

... With warm, earthy tones of brown, mustard, rusty red and burnt orange.

I like to walk past flower shops and market place florists to see how their displays change with season. Even a small town flower shop can tempt me into buying a bouquet - I would love to have one of these miniature paprika plants in my kitchen but I'm affraid the children will want to eat them...

And I just added a new messenge bag to my shop - with adjustable strap, going from front to back of the bag. The messenger in made from warm gray upholstery fabric, has a decorative flap in striped canvas and closes with an interior magnetic snap.

(The pictures need retaking, yesterday was a very dark and cloudy day...)

The challenge - And the winner is...

I want to thank you all who entered their work in this week's EST challenge, following my theme Marie Antoinette.

I had to choose among these 10 beautiful entries:

:: Marie Antoinette's never experienced romantic voyage in Africa cuff by LaTouchables,

:: a more contemporary, Kirsten Dunst's version of Marie Antoinette in sneakers by Ginaregina,

:: stunning set of knotted frozen-like lace earrings and necklace by staroftheeast,

:: amazing back-in-time pearls and cameo choker by helmitarha,

:: very clever transformation of painted porcelain plate into a necklace by Anakit,

:: nostalgic deep blue swarovski crystal necklace by LeelaBijou,

:: breathtaking antique treasure lace made into a decadent collar by lucietales,

:: soft as a cloud silk-merino-cashmere cape for those chilly nights at Versailles by nauliknits,

:: sweet rococo flowers from Marie Antoinette's country gardens by DinaFragola and

:: lovely sparkling chandeliers of Versailles earrings by gr8jewellery.

Imposible to chose the winner but one has to be named in order to select the next week's challenge theme...

So... when I think of rococo, the first thing that comes to mind are pastel coloured bouquets of flowers everywhere, wide damask crinoline skirts with flower embroidery and silk flowers, birds and butterflies, embedded in perruques and hats of Versailles ladies...

Well, everybody knows I like flowers, right?

So I chose DinaFragola's tiny flower bed necklace - congratulations, Nathalie!

Newbies

New house keychain ornaments in my shop:

Mediterranean - ebony, red and blue

Charcoal grey and brown

Yellow, purple and torquise No. 2