Jeudi ensoleillé, jueves con sol, sunny Thursday.

Well, today I want to dedicate part of my post to my dear friend and jeweller designer Fabienne Bisselbach. She is very talented. Her designs are kind of modern and classic, very feminine. She manages to capture the beauty of nature with modern life.

I fell in love for these earrings:

I have a face for long earrings ;-)

And this magcificent ring, part of one of her collections, "La Perricholi" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micaela_Villegas):

Fabienne works along with another dear friend of us, Elkie. 

I admire both ladies for their making and not procrastinating, what I do... I am able to do that work but there's always a reason for not doing it. Their tenacity is also admirable. Both working mothers, great women, great friends.

Next time I will talk about another jeweller friend. We formed a group without wanting it and it's a fun loving bunch of people with different ideas but always united through friendship and jewelry.

So long!

Vivi.

Hello October! Bonjour octobre! Ya llegó octubre, el mes morado.

I was inspired yesterday and did some jewelry, a bracelet with colorful agates, long brown pearls earrings and matching earrings for the multistone choker. And a pendant with goldfilled and labradorite.

Sunlight is not at its best so I took the pictures indoors, meaning here in  front of the computer.

So here they are: it's agates and silver beads.

Pearls earrings, a gift from a friend in Spain:

The matching earrings for the choker:

And the labradorite pendant:

I will wait for better sunlight to take better pictures and post them on etsy.

See ya!

Vivi.

Back from Chile.

My father came back from Chile last week and guess what he brought me! Yes! A Big Toblerone! Why are they so famous at the airports?? I wonder...Every time someone travels what do you bring them? A Toblerone, the big one of course!

Changing the subject, spring is here, it can be sunny and warm but then cold.

On Wednesday I met one of my friends of my jewelry group, we had lunch, wonder around the mall, a mall for tourists in Miraflores called Larcomar. My salad was goooood and a had a chamomille tea, respecting my diet. 

Then we went to the OPI store, I'm a huge fan of OPI, I bought a shade called "Muir Muir on the Wall", very strange, dark with greenish hues and purple. I really wanted the "Peace and Love" colour from the San Francisco collection. I'm a nail polish geek!

I forgot to tell you that I made a beautiful necklace with silver beads and agates, it's more like a choker.

Here it is:

I would one for me but I don't have more of those stone, specially the focal silver bead.

Enjoy!

Vivi.

Traducción. Translation.

Spanish:

Bueno, iba a traducir un post que escribí el domingo pero cómo decimos nosotros, ya fue!

Lo que sí voy y tengo que traducir es sobre lo que dije del AZÚCAR. Es muy  malo estar dentro del límite alto de glucosa. Soy muy dulce!

Felizmente ya he comenzado una dieta cero azúcar, sólo edulcorante, he aumentado mi porción de ensalada y estoy comiendo frutas. Tengo un control dentro de un mes y ya he bajado unos kilitos.

  Yahora la traducción al inglés.

Inglés:

Okay, so now comes the English part of the story. In the French post I talked about how nice and sunny was sunday, perfect for laundry because clothes dry faster and you avoid the use of the drying machine. Hey, we must think about our planet and the carbon print we're leaving. I try not using the drying machine but our climate is sooooooooooooooo humid clothes take days to get dry.....

And now, about the SUGAR part. My glucose is high, between the limits but high. I'm taking my meds, doing diet, eating more veggetables and fruit and all the products marked "light". I eliminated butter, sugar, white bread and its relatives . I have lost a few pounds and the only thing I must do now is walk.

It was sunny today too, even hot! Spring is close, and that's all I guess. Sunlight makes me want to make jewelry, so let's see what I come up to!

Tada!

Dimanche ensoleillé. Sunny Sunday. Domingo soleado.

C'est un dimanche ensoleillé. Il ne fait pas très chaud mais on commence à sentir ces agréables rayons de soleil qui nous disent que le printemps est proche.

Lundi, ensoleillé aussi et un peu plus chaud qu'hier. Le moment précis pour faire travailler la machine à laver. Les vetements sèchent plus vite et on évite l'usage de la machine à sécher.

Lundi, jour des achats pour la semaine. J'ai commencé un régime alors il me faut tout ce qui est marqué "light" et pas de sucre! Ah non, le SUCRE c'est le DÉMON! Pour moi au moins....Heureusement j'ai changé ma façon de penser car  je ne veux pas  sufrir d'aucune maladie relationnée au sucre.

J'ai augmenté ma consommation de fruits et légumes.

J'ai perdu quelques kilos sans mourir de faim. C'est seulement un changement d'attitude nécessaire pour le bien etre de ma santé.

Je traduirai ceci plus tard ou demain, je dois vous laisser.

Vivi.

July.Julio.Juillet.

Okay, so days are horrible, you can't see the sky because there are clouds hiding it. Sometimes it's sunny, which it's good, specially when you do your  laundry, trying  not to use the dryer respecting the environment. But it is soooo humid!

I'm very happy, a good friend of mine got married after being with her boyfriend for more than ten years, and another friend had a beautiful baby boy.

I am working on my jewelry, doing some bijouterie. I got a custom order for a bracelet but the buyer didn't like it. I do. But I will do it again. The Customer is first!

This is a pic of the bracelet:

The bracelet has the birth stones of january-garnet, may-citrine and november green agate. It's suppose to be emerald but it's expensive and I would have to purchase it online.

I'll put this one for sale I think....

What do you think? Do you like it?

See ya!

Vivi.

Sleepless in Lima

It's 1:16 am and I can't sleep. So here I am, browsing the internet, and updating the blog.

I have been making some jewelry, should I say bijouterie. I must put my bench in order, buy silver, sulfuric acid and flux. That would be on monday....I know, I'm procrastinating (is it spelled right?).

We had a family reunion in Chile with my sisters and my dad. It was fun, we walked a lot, and I do mean A LOT.

What I like from Chile is the beer; it's artisanal and they have many  flavours.

Food was fine. Sometimes I hear that Chile has no cuisine but they do.....Oh my god, now  want a piece of pastel de jaiba, which is a crab kind of cake.

Earrings from the new collection: coral, chrysocolla and silver.

Turkish eyes bracelet.

That' all for now. I'm getting sleepy....