Free Care Bear template downloadable. To be colored! 4 Apr 2021 5:39 AM (4 years ago)

Another lockdown has gone, these templates helped us to spend time playing and coloring with my daughters!

Cheer bear

I hope you will enjoy them!

Knock knock! Trick or Treat? 30 Oct 2018 1:42 AM (6 years ago)

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Ballerina's birthday 3 Jan 2017 12:50 AM (8 years ago)

When Gemma turned 3 years old, about one month ago, I gave her as a gift a ballerina doll that I made myself. She really loved it, also because she is really devotee to the dance! Since, she liked it very much, I decided to make a tutorial, which you can find on my etsy. I hope you like it and that you will enjoy to make this doll!!

Knock, knock... trick or treat? New cute sets for halloween! 10 Oct 2016 8:28 AM (8 years ago)

New special sets for Halloween!
One with a scary, cute, little ghost (hand carved rubber stamp and pendant)
One with a cute little bat (hand carved rubber stamp)
One with all you need for Halloween (rubber stamps with the shapes of a spider, a pumpkin and a black cat)

Hoping you like it, take a look on my etsy!

A sushi stamp parade! 7 Oct 2016 7:42 AM (8 years ago)

A new sushi stamps parade is now available again on my etsy!

Hope you yummy it!!!

New special cute sets 1 Oct 2016 5:36 AM (8 years ago)

I am glad to announce some new special set of creations, which are available on my etsy shop. A set inspired to cute teeth, another to little stars and a bunch of owls in the last one. I hope you like it!!

Make me magic! A new make-me-droll stamp set version 8 Sep 2016 5:50 AM (8 years ago)

I am pleased to announce a new version of my make-me-droll stamp set: make me magic!

With these hand carved rubber stamp, you can turn each member of your family in a magic one... even your mother in law!You cam find this stamp set on etsy.... I hope you like it!!

Back to school special cloud set 3 Sep 2016 4:39 AM (8 years ago)

Back to school! To celebrate the beginning of the school year, I made a special cloud set, which is composed by a couple of cloud smiling brooches and a stamp set. You can find on my etsy, I hope you'd like it!!

yummy food creations 26 May 2016 11:15 PM (8 years ago)

Children are very exigent and, also at table, they prefer when food is not only good, but also cute. Desperate mums, who are, like me, in this daily struggle to create some yummy for children, could find a valuable help into Japanese accessories for bento boxes, which helps in turning food into something simply cute. Since I have discovered the nori punches, I add little eyes to everything and, in a second, all becomes so "kawaii"

Being enthusiast about these creations, I decided to create a couple of special set to kawaii food. Onigiri and little eggs become cute hand carved rubber stamps e little accessories thanks to their cute faces! I hope you like them, they are available on my esty

Make me meow! New hand carved rubber stamp set 10 May 2016 8:17 AM (8 years ago)

I am glad to announce that I have made another stamp set of the collection "make me droll", called "make me meow", which could enable you to turn everyone you'd like into a cute cat! You can find this stamp set on my etsy, I hope you like it!

Initially, I made this stamps set to play with Gemma, who loves cats very much (maybe this is her way to mock Fifi!) She also like to go to "le Café des chats", a place in which, more than the usual things that you can do in a coffee, you could also spend some time in company of a lot of cats... it is situated in16 rue Le Compte, 75003 Paris, more information on their website.

Happy DIY Easter 26 Mar 2016 8:17 PM (9 years ago)

Happy Easter to everybody! And many thanks to Petit-Bateau and to Steffie Brocoli for this cute DIY project with which to realise funny boxes with the shape of a bunny. Steffie is an illustrator who lives and works in Paris and who creates really cute stuffs (take a look on her etsy shop!). If you'd like to realise you too these amazing boxes, you can download the pattern here. On www.petit-bateau.fr, you can also find many other DIY projects signed by this illustrator that will made your Easter!! I am sure!!

Rilakkuma in Paris 23 Mar 2016 2:07 AM (9 years ago)

Wednesday the 9th March, Rilakkuma and his friends Karilakkuma e Kiiroitori came visiting Paris directly from Japan. Gemma and I, who we are amongst his greater fans, met him at BonTon, one of our favourite shops in Paris.

There were a lot of Kawaii surprises, of which Gemma promptly benefited, such as the Rilakkuma's nail-gaze (created in collaboration with nailmatic-kids), balloons, temporary tattoos and colouring draws. At BonTon, there was also a new collection of cloths, bags and accessories inspired to amazing world of this little lazy and glutton bear.

For souvenir of this cute day, I carved a rubber stamp on Rilakkuma and his friends, with a little Parisian touch. Au revoir les amis!

Monsieur Cacahuète 16 Mar 2016 12:40 AM (9 years ago)

I still remember the amazing taste of White Rabbit peanut candies by Shanghai Guan Sheng Yuan Food, which I tried out a couple of years ago in Shanghai! They are very typical of this town, all people that live there eat this candy...

And since I am delighted to announce that I will be back in Shanghai at the end of the month, I have made a couple of creations inspired to peanuts, such as Monsieur Cacahuète (Mr. Peanut) hand carved rubber stamp, and his young assistant, Le Petit Cacahuète felt brooch. And of course, I also enjoyed to make an hand carved rubber stamps inspired to the White Rabbit Nugats, one of millions of reasons to visit Shanghai! I hope you like it...

A mermaid in Paris... 26 Feb 2016 11:12 AM (9 years ago)

That's Gemma! Once we knew that the annual theme of the Paris Carnival was "the sea world", my daughter wanted to participate with her costume of little mermaid. Actually, she loves the tale and the cartoon of the little mermaid and, even when she takes her bath, she loves to play with figurines with the shape of the little mermaid (such as the duplo and koeda-chan here below, which are her favourite ones)!!!

Inspired from Gemma's love for the mermaid, I have done a complete series of creations inspired to her. A fabric doll, a tutorial to make it and a hand carved rubber stamp are now available on my etsy shop. For the tutorial, there's two alternatives: either to buy the pdf alone, or to buy the pdf and a the fabric patter already drawn by me (for whom that find difficult to draws her face).

I hope you like it

Fifi turns four, happy birthday!! 7 Feb 2016 4:12 AM (9 years ago)

On February, the 1st, Fifi has turned four! Happy birthday to you, my old!!! I made a stamp to celebrate Fifi and her beautiful friendship with Gemma... Fifi we all love you!

Two years together! 8 Dec 2015 10:38 PM (9 years ago)

On the 25th November, Gemma has turned 2 years old! She's already a cute young lady, she's really growing up quickly, my little darling princess! These 24 months together have been amazing, hopefully I monthly reported the evolution of our little family... I do not know until when Gemma and Fifi will accept to participate into this photo project (see below), but it is really funny to see through it how Gemma has changed (and we get older...)

For her birthday, she aimed to be dressed as a fairy princess. Once she saw it in a shop, she wanted this glittered "dreamy" dress. I have also made a magic wand and a crown to complete her birthday clothing, but she did not wanted wear the crown. Instead, she tried to make Fifi wearing it and she brought the bunch of wands that I have made at the park, in order to share them with her friends for a little magic birthday party!

Taking Gemma's sample, I would like to share the magic wands and the crown with you. Here you can find the templates to make the wand, while here's the crown, which you can download and use (only for personal uses).

Instructions

The magic wand. You need some cardboard, some fabric, some paper straws and some permanent pens for fabric to draw the face on the star. 1. Cut some cardboard and some fabric following the template. 2. Sew the cardboard to a paper straw. 3. Draw the eyes, the nose and the mouth onto the star and then iron it (to make it permanent). 4. Glue the fabric on the cardboard. Voilà!!

The princess crown. You need some glittered paper, some felt and an elastic thread. 1. Cut the glittered paper and the felt following the template. 2. Glue the paper on the felt. 3. Sew some elastic thread, fitting to you measure. Voilà!!

A last thing. I want to dedicate to Gemma this cute song, not only because its video was partially turned in my lovely birth town (in Carrara, at the quarries), but also and especially because it is a kind of ballade in which a mother tells to her daughter that she is going to grow following her natural and personal attitudes. I believe that all parents should try to encourage children to do this, without imposing any "plan" and without considering them as "empty box" to be filled. Happy birthday my little darling Gemma!!!

Summertime 9 Jul 2015 5:52 AM (9 years ago)

Summer has finally come and to inaugurate my coming to the seaside I have chosen these amazing couple of swimwear, made for me and for my little Gemma. Actually, I fund this great creation from GooseSkin, which had the wonderful idea to create a line of swimwear "Mother and daughter" of which I really fell in love.

When I was a child, I often dreamed to wear the same wears of my mother, but it was always replied to me "this is for the big one" or "you could wear this when you will grow up". For this now I am really happy to see that it is possible to see mum and daughter walking together wearing the same cloths!

For that, I decided to use some stamps that I crafted for the summer to create a couple of t-shirt for me and Gemma, with a lot of coloured fruits stamped upon! Strawberry, pineapple, lemon, cherries, and watermelon, there's all we need to full us up with fruits and vitamins to cope with the hot of the summertime! You can find these stamps on my etsy.

Looking forward to summer and seaside! 14 May 2015 10:49 PM (9 years ago)

Summer is approaching, thus let know to the world that you are really looking forward, as me, to go to seaside!! So here's new accessories for the warmest season! Discover them on my etsy... I hope you like them

Mr. Little Drop: a totem against the shitty Paris weather 6 May 2015 8:38 AM (9 years ago)

Since Paris's weather is doing its "utmost" during last days in terms of quick swinging between hot sun and cold showers, I decided that it was the time to create a new totem against rain! Here's I am pleased to introduce you Mr. Little Drop, also know as "Gocciolino"

Hoping that some durable sun (but not too hot!) will come soon and that, by this way, I will stop to be overtake (always without umbrella, of course) by the rain and to get cold. Hopefully, Gemma has a rain-cover for her stroller... You can find Gocciolino on my etsy, please check it out!!! Also a hand carved rubber stamp and a pendant-necklace are available

A run for life! 10 Apr 2015 7:29 PM (10 years ago)

"If you sometimes feel a little useless, offended, or depressed... Always remember that you were once the fastest and most victorious little sperm out of millions" I believe to have heard this quote into a Woody Allen's film... I am not sure about, but it fits exactly with these couple of brooches! You can find both on my etsy, please check them out here!

Easter everyday! DIY amigurumi maracas project tutorial 5 Apr 2015 5:37 AM (10 years ago)

For Easter, I would like to show you a cute project that is dedicated to a person who can be considered the "King" of Chocolate and who has recently passed away: Michele Ferrero. He not only invented the Nutella, but he also created his little "Kinder Surprise" chocolate egg that, as he claimed, he made possible the Eater everyday. Actually, this little chocolate egg, like the Easter egg, contains inside a little "surprise": either a little toy or a special collectible figurine.

Whole generations of children throughout the world loved and love Kinder surprise. Gemma as well has been captured by the charm of the magic little egg... thus the collections of little figurines that I gathered during my childhood can be continued! And, in order not to put anything into the rubbish, I have found out a way to re-use in a kawaii way the yellow plastic capsule that contains the surprise into the eggs!

In order to turn this plastic capsule into a kind of maracas, it is sufficient to full the capsule with anything that makes a sound shaking it: some dry beans or little stones, rice, sand... The sound changes accordingly to what you put inside and to the quantity of stuff that fills it. Using different maracas with different sounds, the child could improve her or his sense for the music.

Once you have filled the capsule, you can crochet a "cloth custom-tailored" for it. Here you can find here some photos, which I have found in a book, about how to make an "amigurumi" in a simple and step by step way. But I am sure that the easiest thing is just to ask around you to mums, gradmas and aunts... to crochet or knit was so widespread and I am sure that in each family there is someone who is able to do this! Moreover, it could also be a cute way to spend the Easter or another together with our beloved.

Me too, I discovered that my mother was gifted of real talent in doing these little crochets and she immediately produced these three little cuties! Actually, I have added the eyes and the rest of their pretty little faces, which I have made with some felt. The only thing to keep in mind is to use a crochet hook littler than the size indicated on the thread, just in order to make a thicker weave.I hope you will enjoy doing these ones!! It is obvious that Gemma adores them all!!!

The little brown soots of the sand!! 1 Mar 2015 12:27 PM (10 years ago)

Before coming back in Paris, in my home-town I enjoined the beauty of the beach during the Winter. When the Summer ends, the beach always comes back its natural and wild shape without the clumsy beach umbrellas and deckchairs. Walking around in the shore it is possible to find little treasures, which the sea brings up during along with its waves and storms, such as little glasses, shells, canes with the greatest variety of forms, and, above all and if you are lucky... the little brown soots!

These little brown creatures are far cousins of the little black soots (the ones of the cartoon My Neighbour Totoro) and, like them, the usually pop out only when there's anybody (or nearly). However, unlike the black soots, which are the sons of the dark, the brown soots are the sons of the sea and you can find them at the beach during the Autumn and the Winter. Even though they are rather shy and moody, they also love to be pampered and, once they gained confidence, they become inseparable and loyal friends!

These little brown soots have followed me at home, then they travelled with me to Paris, and now I am trying to find a new home for them, where someone could take care of them. Looking at these seven little guys, I have noticed that each of them has a specific mood:

There's Zigulì, who is the smallest of them (he measures only 1.5 cm), but do not trust the appearances because this tiny soot is full of power and vitality. This tireless friend is always on the move and he particularly fits with dynamic people, who likes stay out for long walks!

Then, another one is Big Boy: he is the biggest of the crew, unlike Zigulì, he is very lazy. He spends much time sleeping or leaving himself to be carried out by the wind. Yet, as soon as he sniffs some food, he reactivate himself because he is a big glutton. If you'd like to adopt it, keep your foodstuff at safe!

Vik is the rebel of the group. He is intolerant with any kind of constriction and the he does not like the conventional behaviours of the middle-class society, criticising social and moral systems. In his dreams, he would like to live in a beach on which each little brown soot could be free to contribute with his or her own capacity to the collective welfare; a beach of equals, freed from prevarications. In spite of his small dimensions, Vik is gifted with a big charisma and he is able to awake the consciences of the other soots!

Another soot is George, whose curiosity if often a source of danger for him. Such as that time when, becoming curious about the elegant flight of a seagull, he followed it whirling away for many miles staring at amazing panoramas... but getting lost! Hopefully, the seagull itself was sympathetic with this little one and it brought it back at home... of course, the life in company with him is not boring at all!

John is the most shy soot of the group. Not only, he is also very discreet. He loves to observe at things that surround him and to overthink about what he saw... constantly wondering bizarre things such as how waves are generated, or who has generated the first wave, or again how much grain of sand are in the beach and so forth... For this reflexive soot even the most banal thing is turned into a philosophical source of thoughts

Cookie is tender and pamper, I would say "mushy" for his case. Maybe he is not very self-confident, he needs tons of caresses per day because, without them, he will end up with feeling alone and left aside... and he also become mournful and irritable!

Finally, Sebastian is a real grumpy! His stubbornness arrives to such an extent... he wants always to be right, the other soots feel so sad when they discover that he is very often right! In spite of his grouchy and hypercritical nature, he will never leave his friends alone in a moment of need and he is always able to support them during the difficulties, offering his big hearth.

I hope you like these little friends, discover then all on my etsy!

And the winner is... 25 Dec 2014 12:01 PM (10 years ago)

I am glad to announce that the lucky winner of my special Xmas give-away is Karen, with the comment no. 1. Karen, please take contact with me to arrange the delivery. I take this opportunity to wish to all my readers and followers happiest holidays and a sweet new year!

Special Xmas giveaway 18 Dec 2014 12:36 PM (10 years ago)

Finally Gemma has seen Paris in all its Xmas bright-fullness! During this period, this town is even more beautiful!!! My little one was really enthusiast, she pointed with much joy all the lights and decorations of the town. Also for me it was really thrilling to be back in my atelier under Paris' roofs.

In these days, I discovered a new address that opened in the meanwhile in Paris, which I'd like to share with you: the "Petite épicerie". Here you can find all you need to create cute handmade accessories. They also organise some courses for children and adults. A real "coup de coeur"! If you are in Paris, it worth to pop and see it (address: 74, rue de la Verrerie, 75004)... Since now journeys are end, my etsy is re-opening again with all the old stamps and other handmade stuffs: please take a look to all my stuff on my etsy!!

To celebrate this event, I organised a special Xmas give-away!! The prize is this hand carved rubber stamp set - made with the shape of cute Xmas balls - with which you could decorate your Xmas photos in order to made your sovenirs even more sweet! To participate is easy: write a comment on this post writing your favourite cake or, in alternative, a typical dish that is eaten in your region during this period. Then, I will assign an ascending number to each comment (1,2,3, and so forth) and randomizer will find out the lucky winner! You have until the Xmas day (25th December 2014) at 15h00 (Paris time) to enter your comment. Good luck!!!

One year together! 7 Dec 2014 2:11 PM (10 years ago)

The 25th November was the first birthday of my little Gemma, she's already one year old!! She really enjoyed to open her gifts, to play with the balloons, to dance and, above all, to eat the cake... it is so impressive to state how many progresses a baby is able to do in only one year of life! It was not so long ago when she even did not move where I placed her, now she is a cute little earthquake (I would say "heartquake") that spread kisses, joy and smiles à go-go! Here below I put together the picture that, during this last year, we have taken all together for the monthly recurrence of Gemma's birth... she's becoming my little lady!

I use this message to announce that I will open soon (the 18th December) my shop, listing again hand carved rubber stamps and pins. I would like to apologise about this long pause, but travels and critical weather conditions (which closed the postal office) compelled me to put on hold my etsy. So, see you very soon with a lot of surprises and cuteness!!

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