Behind the Photos

Finally, Thanks Loulou, you gave this gift ......




Taking photos with Loulou can be a marathon.
I just have to wait she is in the mood, wait to see if she feels good in the new clothes, or feel how she carries it. That is the good part.
She knows i am trying to take CLEAR photos and at this precise moment, she is more FIRE than ever.
I beg you... You all, artists, crafters, Etsy people, how can you make such clean photos of your children ? HOW do you catch them when they run away ?

Automne ! Me voila...

We had these warm nights where Manhattan skylights looked like a thousand burning fires, these incredibly clear mornings and a happy Sun dancing on our skin. This morning, the wind brought the first smells of autumn. I had this chocolate-mint-almond fabric waiting impatiently to be cut and worn... OK! In half hour, that was made.

Euhh... When i say chocolate, almond, mint it is abstract sensations... but not for Luz, these delicious white balls at the end of the ribbon... aren't they delicious ??

Juste quelqu'un de bien

Dans la maison, il y a un visage serein, lumineux, qui cache pourtant une vie intense.

J'etais curieuse de savoir le jour ou Luz pourrait atteindre le portrait, ce que serait sa reaction en face de cette photo oubliee.

Elle l'a caressee tres delicatement et l'a reposee en son lieu.

Elle sait peut etre comme moi que cette belle jeune femme de 1892 se sent bien chez nous et s'est assise delicatement sur la lumiere, les tissus, les milles et unes vies de notre interieur.

92 Lincoln Road, Brooklyn

Thank you Ken for giving me your grandmother treasures.

Les petites semelles de vent

When i contemplate my little one's feet, their softness, their knowledge (oh she is such a better dancer than me... like all the children)... it is not surprising i always get inspired to cteate new shoes.

Crazy needles :::::::::::::::::

We are back.
2 months in Sevilla. The time for Luzmina to become a little girl.
Enough time to digest the best flamenco, the radiant light and all this craziness of dancing feet !!
Always the same song stays inside me : The Flamenco go with you and never die.

And now... we are back to sewing !! From crazy feet to crazy hands and :::: needles !

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