menagerie

it's nice to have some housemates...

but not always possible. if your (inner) child claims a pet why not create a still life with a reclaimed picture frame? looks good on a window sill or the fridge as well. actually anywhere with a smooth surface. very easy to unstick too.

perfect couples (1)

you know that i have the tough job of testdriving new jewellery! so here you are with two of hortense's creations: the tiny star bracelet made of 14k rose gold and the triple wish me luck bracelet with rose gold pearls on a string (string available in various colours).

since i'm on your side ladies (and in my own interest, i might add), i will post a few more entries labelled "perfect couples" to inspire uninspired boyfriends/husbands/girlfriends/lovers etc to chose just the right christmas present for you :-) i leave it up to your savoir-faire to drop the hint most gracefully...

{yesterday} in the forest

bf was south of the alps in Ticino so i had a very long stroll in the forest on my own. this year is the first time i remeber there still being quite some coloured leaves left on the trees on the first of advent sundays.

late autumn or winter may not hold the promise of spring and summer, but with light beams filtering between trees you get a scenery i find magical.

to see the short, silent, tumbling fall of a leaf.

a winning team

remember chantal with the orange shawl? (post entry 15.11.11)
yesterday just after shop closure i rushed off to a friends wedding and i was pleased to see chanti wearing her new shawl! her dainty nude dress teamed with the coarse handknit is a good match. but come on, take that black tag with the washing instructions away!

marie pour le boudoir

today these two lovelies were sold and i'm particularly happy as marie makes them exlusively for le boudoir! well at least for now...

the tiny ones are perfect to put some jewellery in (cf post of 11.11.11) - take your cue boyfriends and husbands! - and now marie is also sowing a bit larger pieces with zipper that can be used as pencil cases or make-up bag to go in your handbag.

new

just a short note today to give thanks to saint antoine: finally my parcel with new jewellery resurfaced and i could fetch it at the post office, uff!

i'm off to a wedding with new earrings :-)

a tantric christmas time

whatsit??

it's to exert some restraint and (un-)patiently wait for the right moment so to intensify pleasure, maybe? silly huts with plastic icicles and christmas songs end of october? thanks, but no thanks.

now we're 30 days away from christmas eve and i am slowly getting into the mood to open that christmas decoration box...

if you have been put off classic christmas decoration altogether i think these origami paper garlands are a festive way to brighten up long evenings.

21 questions + answers - Adi

Adi, born in Be'er Ya'akov, Israel in 1969, lawyer

starsign: pisces

likes: many things

dislikes: too many things

1. which are the 3 words that describe you best?
pensive, emotional, funny

2. the natural talent you would like to be gifted with?
persistence

3. what is your principal defect?
too many

4. which is your morning routine?
baby baby baby

5. do you exercise?
in theory yes

6. which is the trait of character that really attracts you in another person?
witt and depth

7. which is the bad habit you would like to shed?
can i shed more than one?

8. where’s your favorite place to be?
Paris

9. what’s your favorite occupation?
writer

10. what drives you in life?
i also ask myself that

11. which is/was your happiest decade so far in life?
1995-1999

12. your thoughts on having children/not having children?
this ship has sailed

13. you would never have guessed that life would turn out to be so…
average

14.what do you aspire to?
peace of mind

15.which is your most valued possession?
my daughter

16.whom do you dress for?
anyone who will compliment :-)

17.what puts you in a good mood?
nonsense humor

18.getting older is…
not pretty

19.your present state of mind?
foggy

20.a motto you would care to live by? festina lente

21.do you believe in luck?
i very much want to

pia icognito...

this is pia with her new necklace... it's a shame we can't see her green eyes!

8 years

today in my calendar it's saint boudoir's day: 8 years now! cheers and have an excellent week-end everybody :-)

advent calendar

in the last few days i've had quite a few customers looking for small things for advent calendars. so i thought i might help with some ideas...

for example: the little green vase - the only vase of plastic in this shop - but at 9.50 it's a bargain that can look very pretty (scroll down to post entry 16.11. to see it with paper flowers). also a nice container for your pencils in the office.

hard to part :-(

the last piece in this particular colour combination has gone. i'm glad i've taken a picture of it recently...

the year of the rabbit

i just learnt today that this is the year of the rabbit. maybe i have been feeling it because i was drawn to order this wood rabbit in grey and nature. and today brigitte brought me some more of the magnets she makes and i, at my dignified age, couldn't resist and picked the rabbits...

it's cold out there (3)

2°C this morning... and the fog. warmth and colour, that's the antidote we need now.

this is chantal sporting her new wool scarf. just what the doctor ordered!

not everyone can pull-off orange like this, but chanti can! plus i love the way the orange compliments her blue jacket and turtle neck.

bring on the colour!

twillight

for me week-end is just about to start and all the better because i look like a cheap character out of a twillight movie with a deep red bloodshot eye, a scaring sight for my customers...
so i thought this song by alpine (with below link) of which i like the music better than the video today was somehow appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou0x5LfNy50t

hope to be back to normal in a few days.

de bonne augure... on 11.11.11

we talked about it on the first day of november and today marie brought me the first little pouches she makes of liberty fabric.

aren't they just lovely?

marie's liberty pouches and jewellery from the boudoir (by pure coincidence i have a pair of earrings with precisely the same liberty fabric!) that's a match made in heaven :-) don't you think?

thanks, marie!

favorites

i have to smile in disbelief when i look at old pictures of the shop: it looks half empty! maybe i will be posting some pics for the shop's 8th birthday next week. now there are literally hundreds of products available - most of which i would gladly take home. only rarely does it happen (but then it's an unpleasant feeling) that i unpack something and think: why on earth did i order this??
of course i have also my favorites and i'll be posting about them in a loose series from now on. starting with above set of tumblers which comes in two sizes and two colour ways: cold (shown in picture)or hot(red-orange-yellow-pink). my favorite is the cold set in small.

more funky bracelets

finally!

it was a long wait, but now ladies, i'm really excited to show you this new jewellery line! it's not everybody's cup of tea for sure... but if you like to add some edge to anything from a casual jeans/t-shirt look to evening dress that's just the way forward. more pics of other bracelets tomorrow in daylight.

and if you're more into finer bracelets, fear not, i have some very delicate ones in the pipeline... keep posted.

error on friday...

if you are this young woman with black glasses (maybe from portugal?) who came into my shop on friday afternoon just before i closed: please get back to me!! you will get some money back...

please note that this week the shop will exceptionally be closed friday (from 15h) and saturday!

back in stock

these keyholders, each and every piece of them beautifully sown by karin, is one of the very first products i have had in the shop. mine is not in its prime anymore but it's been working hard for the past 7 years!
i have just restocked so there is a wide choice of colour combinations available right now.

ready, steady, go!

slowly airspace is getting a bit scarce in the shop and i don't know yet where to hang this mobile! next time you're in the shop you will have to watch out for it and admire the real colours as the shades are too blueish on these pictures. btw: this mobile has a little sister, same family but different in character, you'll see what i mean...

paper love

yesterday i logged another heavy parcel to the shop and here is some of what was inside: paper, paper and more paper. 30 different patterns to be precise!

new vase

last saturday i carried a heavy parcel from the post office to the store. i didn't like the funny noise it made and it wasn't until evening i had the heart to open it... well, 3 broken vases inside :-( on the plus side i was happy to unpack these new vases that come as a single, double or tripple tube. looks lovely, don't you think?