vintage and reindeers

Well it has been a while since my last blog.  It is hard to find time to write while at the same time holding a full time job (yes I am lucky I know), welcoming guests, furnishing our house and traveling to Europe. The only blogging has been in my head and although it was quite good it just does not fit the bill ! So I am finally back. I have changed my home page and would love to hear your feedback. You can ask why reindeers ? Well you will soon discover that when it comes to creating , "mon atelier" is very much about the holidays, glitter, antique or vintage scraps, natural materials, anything goes. You give me something and I get creative, nothing cute, lacy or weird... I guess as child, growing up in Europe my parents rarely went out of their way to celebrate and decorate. No complaints they were busy and used to send us away skiing most of the time in Switzerland. It made me long for nicely decorated homes where poeple gathered and getting together was more important than what you received as a gift. So here I am now leaving in the US and since my kids were little I have been dedicated every year to make the holidays special.  A little bit of antique, always some shades of green, silver and whatever else we can put our hands on..and yes reindeers, plenty of them....I always look for supplies and ways to create beautiful things even in the middle of the summer. While on my recent trip to Germany I came accross www.germancorner.com , placed an order and received gorgeous glass glitter and other materials, I will start creating over the week end...Maybe it will provide well needed cooling.