Sylvie Damey

I’ve just created a Facebook account ! Add me as a contact if you’d like :-) I’ll try to announce the new patterns there, contests, new vintage spindles coming in.. and any other relevant event :-) And speaking of vintage french spindles, I also finally took the time to go through all of them, pick […]

Yesterday I had a very nice afternoon. After a visit from my friend Emily, Laurent took the girls out for a bike ride and I had the flat all to myself and cooked. So enjoyable ! Because our place is so small, the girls are usually always running around me whenever I try to cook.. […]

So, I’ve been resting a lot this week, taking naps, spinning some, reading some, and slowly going back to normal life. The operation went really well, and apart from tiredness the first days and more fragile vocal cords (they’re close to the thyroid and probably got a bit disturbed by this new configuration in my […]

I’m usually always SO cold when working inside on the computer all day. I’d be wrapping shawls and vests and things around my neck and bury my head in hooded sweaters… but I needed something more practical, and have been hunting Raverly for the perfect cowl/capelet pattern… As usual I found tons of cool ones, […]

First, if you’re an Etsy seller and have always thoughts how cool it’d be to be notified whenever one of your items is featured somewhere on the site, check this out. (Then if you were on the front page Treasury but missed it, pics are here). Also, I’m having a big Winter sale in my […]

Publishing 2 posts today but I’d just rather make the most of the free time ahead for once, with both girls asleep and hopefully recovering from the cold and ear infection they caught last week. They’ve had plenty of time inside and rest but I guess they’re just tired of this first trimester of school/daycare… […]

My Kureyon Roselette got featured in a “Smitten” Treasury this morning.. :-D

Tada, our “dayjob” website MonEscapade is finally online, Yay ! So now the big job begins, finding new listings for the site (B&B and gà®tes owners in France) and marketing the site to get a decent PR (pagerank) asap.. will keep me busy for a while, I tell you..! :-P So, while I’ll be working […]

I recently became obsessed with textured batts and fiber. Spent hours drooling over some on Etsy, indulged in one lot, and started daydreaming about the day when I can afford to buy a drum carder… Then I found Laurel’s handmade hackles (she’s part of my Fiber swap group) and got mesmerized by this video showing […]

This is what I call summer: after a good swim in the lake this morning, generous fruit smoothie and an ice cream cone for the afternoon snack.. Life is good ! :-D Wow, it took me over a year and a half to sell my first 100 items on Etsy, and only 6 months for […]