weekly round up

This week was quite intense. I laugh a lot and cried a little.
I worked on new designs and products to get ready for Christmas (yes I know it's July!) and I managed to find time to spend on the terrace with our lovely furry friends, especially early in the morning with a big cup of coffee.

Lisa looking lovely

This morning I collected little flowers while walking to work and made this tiny floral arrangement that now sits on my desk.

I ate a lot of gelato, but don't have any pics to document that. I slept little because it started to get hot again and living on the top floor underneath the roof doesn't help.
I made a batch of unique thank you mini cards to go out with my next 20 orders.

This weekend is supposed to get even hotter so I'm planning to do as little as possible. This will involve a lot of reading, maybe some sketching, some more gelato and lots of cold showers.
What are you up to this weekend? Any plans?

weekly round up

This week was made of never loosing hope on you plants, a short train trip, a surprise ice-cream and other lovely little things.
My friend Giulia and I found this group of wood toys at a thrift market, perfect for our vintage shop StoriesTellers.
I used to play with them as a kid. They're made in Italy by Sevi (these ones are from early '70s) and I have so many lovely memories about them. I wish contemporary toys could be a little more like the old ones.

a thrift find you can buy here

A few weeks ago I discovered our lemon tree was under a serious attack by some really quite ugly insects. I decided to cut it down almost completely and I'm so happy it's coming back and looking beautiful! Never loose hope.

the flowers are going to smell gorgeous!

On Tuesday I had to go to Pavia, the town where I grew up. I had a lovely train trip. I love travelling by train. Love to look outside, read and listen to music. I find it super relaxing.

the area is full of rice fields (and mosquitoes!)

Our prickly pear is surprising us with more growth.

And a different but lovely kind of surprise was this ice-cream my husband brought me yesterday in the studio knowing that I was having a difficult long day.

YUM!

weekly round up and vegetarian recipe

I want to start to write little round ups showing some of the stuff I did or happened weekly.
This week was all about sketching new patterns, buying lots of fabric samples to make new accessories and do little happy things like playing with Lisa and have a glass of sangria on my birthday!

wearing my fav shoes on my birthday

sketching with a new fish friend on the desk

Lisa playing under my armchair

Just got these amazing zucchini/courgette flowers from the local food market close to my studio.
My favourite way to eat them is stuffing them with some goat cheese and then fry them in a batter with olive oil. I make the batter using very cold light beer and some white flour.
Little trick: add salt only when they're ready so they don't go soft.
You can also add a light pesto made with mint and pine-nuts, mint goes super well with zucchini.

Can't wait to cook these guys tonight!

tasty flowers!