Welcome, Spring!

I am so excited that Spring is finally here! Spring is my favourite season, and I wished to mark the occasion with a full blog revamp. I do hope you like my Spring cleaning! I've also decided to change the name to Kitty Couture - I wanted something sweet, something cute, something fresh. I know this doesn't reflect my stitching, which is why I mention it in my sub-title. (I'll leave the blog name as "Keeping one's world in Stitches" for a week, so you won't be lost in your feed readers...)
I'd started toying with those colours and a new title in February actually, but was waiting till Spring to put my ideas to fruition.
Please, do tell me what you think!

I had barely any time to stitch or sew this weekend... On Saturday morning, Seb and I did some intense Spring cleaning; then my older sister came over as she'd had a meeting in Paris in the morning (my older sister lives in Lille, like my parents). When she left to take her train back home I went to the demonstration. I'm afraid the media abroad might be giving the idea that those demonstrations are "riots" like last November, but they have nothing in common. Demonstrating does not mean being violent. It is part of our culture to try and express what we want - or in that case, don't want - to the government when they don't listen to the people. Now I certainly don't want to write about politics on my blog - this is not the place for it. I just wanted to say that Seb and I had a lovely time walking hand in hand through a beautifully sunny Paris, among other peaceful and friendly people.

Then on Sunday morning I met Annemiek!! We'd agreed to meet at 8 am so we could have a full hour to chat before heading to the craft show. You're gonna laugh at this, but it was the first time I ever had breakfast outside in Paris! And I believe it was the first time in ten years that I had a croissant. Please don't stone me for being in the capital of croissants and never getting to enjoy them!
I think Annemiek would agree that we hit it off straight away! We chatted away all morning.

Annemiek had actually come along with her parents to order new items for her shop. The craft show was for professionals only, but Annemiek had managed to get me a pass; she laughed saying that she could say I was their interpreter anyway! Actually, this is precisely what happened - and I delighted in playing that role. It was also hugely interesting to see the "other side" of the stitching business. And of course, I revelled in seeing the designs, threads and fabrics up close. There was actually the annual Parisian stitching show last week, and I hadn't been able to go, since I was spending every waking second slaving away on my presentation. However, Annemiek's invitation made up for it!

I had to leave at 12.30 since I still had to prepare my classes for today. I went home utterly enchantée with our morning together. Annemiek and I have realized we have more common points than we had even thought - not least is our common love for English, and for talking in English. We were truly on the same wavelength. Annemiek's parents were delightful, and even though we did not get to interact that much due to the language barrier, we sure got along very well! As Annemiek remarked, we really have to thank Becky for pairing us up so well in the Adopt-a-Stitcher exchange!
And I really want to thank Annemiek for that wonderful time together, and for inviting me to the show! Annemiek, it'll be even more fun to spoil you now .
Annemiek did spoil me with a bag of goodies, by the way! I'll share a pictue in another post, along with a picture of us

To make up for the lengthy, wordy post, I am leaving you with a picture of the Petal Fairy - I've been working on the flowers at the top...

(click for a larger pic)
Everyone have a great week and a lovely Spring!