journals,flowers and jewelry!

Its been crazy busy around the house lately, so i've had a break for the past couple of days.

but before that, i was on a Le Petit Sourire craze!

part of my accessories collection includes hair flowers and so i got my fabric scraps out and using scissors, a candle, thread and a needle.. i made a few shapes and types, all in teal now. we'll get to other colors soon. i dig the flower in the hair look, its so feminine and girly and fresh. i think guys should wear it too.

i've also been book binding as usual, its one of my favorite things to do after eating and traveling, and reading, and drawing, and day dreaming. oh and sleeping, and driving, and learning languages and... listening to music and changing the world. that makes it.. 11 on my list.
i'm making three little notebooks at the moment, and already finished a small sketchbook with original artwork on it. book binding is super easy (but time consuming) and although it requires a legit book press and tools, ive managed so far with a few heavy books and my brother's weights.. i'll post the process one day for those who are... interested:)

Also, this project started because i wanted to use my skills for change, but I wouldn't have taken the first steps without a push from people around me. I seriously started considering doing Le Petit Sourire because I've had a few friends, and a couple of strangers like the earrings or jewelry i made. its probably number 12 on my list of things i love doing. a portion of LPS's merchandise will be accessories and jewelry items, so i've worked on a couple of bracelets and earrings during the week.

today, its still crazy around the house, but i'm keeping myself in the atelier to get a few things done for all the children out there whose life might be touched by this project :)

and so it begins..

Five months of summer..I cant contain my excitement!!
I plan to spend those 5 months immersed in my work on Le Petit Sourire (as well as other happenings), and I figured it would be kind of cool to let you guys in on whats going on, since you guys have been with me since the beginning- re: the name contest we had, which ultimately decided this project shall bear the name of Le Petit Sourire!


so for those of you joining us at this point, and are wondering what Le Petit Sourire is..

I have decided that all the crazy ideas in my head and the to-make lists that include accessories, hand made books/journals, crocheted/knitted scarves and hats, sewed anything and everything, screen printed/any kind of printed clothing/fabric crafts, painted/sprayed/sketched/..stuff could be made! and I shall make them for the world!

the jist of the project is this: I make all of the above and then some, you and the rest of the human population on the planet (or a tiny percentile of it..) will kindly purchase them for yourselves, loved ones, anyone! and 60% of what you give will go towards building a school in the world with Free The Children, and 40% goes back into the project for more materials and tools =)

I dont know how successful this will be, i might end up with boxes and boxes of my hand made crafts, or it might actually work and then we'll have a school somewhere for children whose basic human right is to get the education they deserve!

this project and all the effort and passion in me for a better world is and always will be inspired by the restless idealists who work everyday for a better world, and by the smiles on the faces of the children worldwide- particularly vivid in my mind are those smiles of the children of San Miguel de Pomachaca and Gulahuayco in Ecuador who kindly gave me a lifetime's worth of high fives!

join me in this journey! lets see where we end up!