may favourites

♥ Favourite Book of the month: the Handmade Marketplace - by Kari Chapin. a lovely book full of tips about how to improve your handmade activity. the book explores many different aspects, from how to use social networks to how to make good photos of your products. it has a really good links section, and last but not least, a superuseful checklist at the end that you can use when you plan to go to a market. not to mention the incredibly lovely design... I got it on Amazon for less that 10euros! definetly worth the investment :)

♥ Favourite Movie of the month: 

I haven't been much at the cinema or watching movies...may was a busy hectic month! but when I was in Italy I saw a nice movie named "Habemus Papam" by italian director Nanni Moretti

♥ Favourite Place of the month: I visited Hamburg for the second time and liked a lot... I even managed to visit the location of the movie Soul Kitchen and had an amazing cheesecake at a small lovely place called "Don't tell Mama" 
♥ Favourite Purchase of the month: this is a hard one!  but let's choose a present instead of a purchase...I got a lovely book from my boyfriend... crochet goodies for fashion foodies.... definitely for me!
♥ Favourite Food of the month: vegetables curry in Hamburg... yummy!
♥ Favourite Music of the month: the lovely Missincat... she is italian as well! 

♥ Beejoux items sold in april: 12 ! (not bad...not bad...)

giveaway finished and work in progress...

♥ thanks a lot again dear Liefgeval for having my giveaway hosted at your lovely blog!!! go check her, she's so inspiring! 

and of course, 

♥ thanks a lot to all the lovely ladies who entered the giveaway and showed interest in my creations, and to all the new followers to my blog! 

and, congratulations to Marleen who is the lucky winner! (I really enjoyed reading your Johnny Depp-related answer!) 

last but not least, a still from my latest addiction...work in progress of my next yummy crochet creations! I just can't stop! and luckily my boyfriend enjoys decorating what I make with crochet (he's the author of the chocolate chips on top of those cookies!!!)  :)  

the house is a bit of a mess because we still haven't had time to work on our studio... but that's soon to happen! in any case I enjoy too much the sofa, so I am pretty sure I won't use the studio to crochet :)))

more pics to come with the finished items! 

crafty addictions

found at: http://cajunmama.tumblr.com/page/56

every now and then I discover a new addiction. 

sometimes it's makeup, sometimes it's crafty-related, other times it's food. I just can't have enough of that something for a while, then maybe later I forget about and just go on. (I know, it's a bit childish, but still...)

I am going through a very bad addiction at the moment, and it's called crochet ♥. 

I used to crochet a lot as a child and teenager. My granma and my mom gave me an introduction and then I went on a on for many years, making decorations, small bags and so on. Then, as usual, I completely forgot about it. 

Since a few days ago, when my boyfriend gave me a book about food-related crochet project. I totally went crazy about it and now I am constantly crocheting. Sometimes it feels really easy and natural, as if all the knowledge I had was stored in a little corner of my brain and I would just need to open that small drawer and let it go again... Sometimes it's complicated and I have to check tutorials on youtube, but all in all it feels great to use this technique again! Maybe because it's also easy to go on with a project while sitting on the sofa or watching a movie, but it feels like I cannot stop! I like this feeling so much. :)

And you? do you have any bad addictions and which crafty technique do you find absolutely addicting?

cute kitchen!

I did not know it, but IKEA makes the cutest stickers for the kitchen tiles...ever! I could not resist them, and anyway they are for sale for such a small price (3,95euro!) that it would not make sense to resist in any case :) 

my favourite is of course the cupcake one!