Wildling shoes will make you feel like you are walking bare feet. But wearing shoes! That's what I read when they contacted me to work with them. And now that my kids tried it, we actually know it's true.I decided to accept their offer to collaborate as they represent the values I like to promote when working with brands: ethical, sustainable and environmentally friendly. My kids accepted the challenge too:
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Portraits of my children once a month - four
Lily: obliging with my dandelion obsession
Eliott: Obliging with my taking picture obsession
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Winter in the Morvan (or was it actually Spring?)
We went back to Morvan last Easter just like the one before. I have already shown you the Easter/Egg hunt part here. I thought it would be funny to do a winter post about the region as I did one on Easter/spring, Summer and Autumn. But we didn't go last winter. Or so I thought. Because Easter there this year was very much how I imagine it can be in December! Check it out and you will see what I mean:
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One We Like Spring summer collection 2018
All flowers in this post are from La Frénésie, Brussels best flower shop.I just wanted to show you a little glimpse of the new season of One we like. A green Swedish children clothes brand I showed before here and here. It's colorful and so soft. And they have a collaboration with a Dutch designer called Pommes de Jus. Here is just a quick look:
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Portrait of my children once a month in 2018 - three
Spring craft ideas: Egg dyeing and egg hunting
We also painted wooden eggs this year. Spot Lily's little rabbit!The fun thing to do around Easter is of course a Egg hunt. Even as they grow older, we don't have to find really complicated hideaways. There will always be eggs that will be missed! At the ready? GO!Well done kids!Time to share (which is serious business) and eat!I
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Blueberry vanilla vegan mini cakes
I have been wanting to try these vegan raw mini cheesecakes types forever. I know it might not sound appealing to a lot of you but it actually really is delicious! And I'm not saying it's very easy to make, but it's not too much trouble either. And it's super healthy. You should give it a try and believe me, you will actually like it:I found this recipe and adapted it slightly. A funny thing is people who tasted it found that it tasted coconut a lot and I was saying: I don't remember using coconut at all, it must be something else! But in fact that recipe uses a lot of coconut milk and some coconut oil (I have a fragrance free one but still...). So indeed, if you don't like coconut, that recipe isn't for you !Also, before I head on the actual ingredients and steps, a little disclaimer: the flowers on my pictures are not edible. They are wax flowers actually. Very beautiful and I love the colours of it with the blueberry cakes! But don't do it at home if you know there is a risk someone will actually eat it !
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Portrait of my kids once a month in 2018 - two
L+E: Portrait of my cheeky monkeys in the winter wonderland of Sweden
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Lily's flower bath - attempt number one
Sometimes ideas are flowing. And when it happens I get a little crazy with my camera. I rush around to get the props. I have thousands of pictures in my head of how it's going to be. But then reality hits. The props aren't how I pictured them when laid flat. Or the model, the light, the setting aren't as I imagined.I often have I wanted to take Lily in a flower bath. And also try a milk bath. Do you want to know how it went?
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The year 2017 in pictures and posts
Just a little round up of last year. Just to see how many great things we did, how many moments we had. And also potentially how my photography has evolved. A little reminder how time flies too:
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Portrait of my kids once a month in 2018 - one
doors blue Lily ivy
In the mood for blue doors
vendée doors blue
blue doors photography kids
If you have been following me on instagram for a while, you know I have this little obsession for blue doors. I even created a hashtag this summer when I was in Vendée (one of the kingdom of blue doors!): #inthemoodforbluedoors! And I promised that when it would reach 200 entries, I would make a blog post with some blue doors I took. And some of my favourite entries in bonus: So that's Vendée. Where my father has a summer house and where the kids learn how to surf. Full of blue doors and making me want to make my kids pose in front of them all the time (and oups, actually they did):And then I found out that the place where my mum has a summer house, Morvan, also has them aplenty:How fun was it to have something to fall back to when creativity is lacking? I wanted to create a hashtag that was easy to use and would give you something to look for. Yet making you go out with your camera and go for a hunt. Maybe a way for me (and for you) to regain inspiration and an eye open on the world around!Brussels, Paris, London, Sweden... There are blue doors everywhere!And it worked! People have fed my hashtag with their discoveries and creativities. More than 200 posts overall! And I promised to share some of the ones I love the most here. It will maybe make you discover some new persons to follow on instagram if you are there:One of my favourite entry is from Gemma of @blossoms.and.wren who adds a lot of amazing pictures of blue doors to the tag!@blossoms.and.wren And then of course, my friend Úna of @MissOuna, if you don't know her account, you should definitely go and follow her: @missOunaAn amazing account to see is also Benedicte from @wanderwonders with so many beautiful traveling tips and photos:@wanderwondersThe one who made the tag reach 200 was another IG friend Louise @Louise_thomasonwho lives far up north in the Shetlands, definitely check her out too:Two other persons I really like contribute very often to the hashtag with some cool pictures:@minalulu@it's_me_zazieAnd some more I liked too:@theloopfactory@styledcanvasfrom my favourite video teacher@xanthebI wish I could share much more of the talented contributions here but this would be a too long post (Maybe already too long? ). So please go and check out the hashtag itself! and now go and find blue doors, and be curious!Maybe next I'll start a hashtag with blue houses? what do you say?
Galette des rois (the French king cake) chocolate pear recipe
There is a tradition at least in France, Quebec and Belgium right after Christmas. Eating a cake by the time of the epiphany : "La galette des rois". In the north of France and Belgium, it's basically two puff pastries with an almond paste inside. It's a delicious sweet thing. But that's not what makes it special.It's the fact that a little figurine (most often in porcelain) is hiding inside. And whoever gets it becomes the kind or queen of the day. Traditions may vary from family to family on that but I'll focus on mine and will give you a recipe I did this year that you might like (even outside of Epiphany days!):In order to find out who is going to be king or queen, the youngest child hides under the table and says the names of the guests around every time a piece is served. When the person eating it finds out, he or she becomes queen or king and gets to choose whoever is the queen or king with them.In many families, the king or queen can demand things their ways the rest of the day. We have done it a couple of times when the kids were younger but now we just have family and friends gathering. And the kids are already happy if they just have the figurine in their piece!When you buy it in bakeries, they give you those crowns with the galette you buy. But when you make it yourself you have to make your crown so Lily did it this year:And of course the best is to have guests to share it with!So now on to the proper recipe:
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Portrait of my children in 2017- Twelve (collaboration with Ekaterina Galera)
This is the last of the portrait together once a month. You can find all of them here or under the instagram hashtag #eliottandlily2017. What a crazy year it has been! Another year of learning through taking their portraits. And I'm so happy to end it on a beautiful collaboration with light maker Ekaterina Galera. You can check her website for her beautiful creations and also the lookbook she did of my pictures. very beautiful!As I quoted before: "We must bring our own light to the darkness" Bukowski. And believe me, those little magic clouds will definitely do that:
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Craft idea for winter days: homemade snow globe
If you are stuck with activities to do before Christmas (with or without kids), I have an idea for you. It came from my daughter Lily. She asked if she could make her own snow globe (or actually, a glitter globe). And I thought it was an excellent idea!This is my contribution for the 2018 Christmas creative countdown organised by Gina from Willow day. You can follow the other contributions there every day as well as on her instagram. I love all the scandinavian inspired christmas ideas, I'm sure you will love them too.I have already did acraft ideas for the autumn post. And also gave you inspiration forsome advent activities too! This is the perfect follow up:
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Portrait of my children in 2017- Eleven
We took the November Portrait of my children together in the Morvan. I chose the autumn theme again. It was too beautiful to miss! And we found some pretty interesting backgrounds too. The one before last! What am I going to do next year? That's the beautiful barn door at my mother's place. And they were so gladly happy to pose there (not!). I thought it would be good to have as a November theme something related to leaves. I know, it's very original! But beautiful shades too. And it transitions well into the darker winter colours.This field is where I took the hay balls pictures last summer. One of my obsessions. But with very different shades:And maybe you can recognise that big blue barn door too:
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Our traditional advent activities
If you are stuck with ideas on what to do during advent time, I thought it would be a good idea to share what we traditionally do around Christmas time. it might give you some inspiration:
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Beautiful autumn landscape
Morvan - our stay in the Autumn
We have been in the Morvan again, visiting my mum's house this autumn. So I thought it was a good idea to show you how it to you in that season too. We were there during Spring (i.e Easter) and Summer. I tried to take pictures of the same places to show you how amazing season changes make it all the more beautiful:I took this very same picture each times, if you care to check the previous posts. In the summer Lily is holding flowers. In Spring, she was running in the field with white wild flowers. It's one of our favourite walks. The views are just amazing! I'm not going to go into details about the region. You can check the previous post. But it's really worth it!I'm hoping to do it every time we go! Will I dare going this winter? Not sure. But we know it's probably so beautiful with the snow. I'm just afraid of the cold! This time, we were blown away by the colours:
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Portrait of my children in 2017 - Ten
Autumn vibes and crafts ideas with kids
Fancy some ideas to make some crafts with your kids on colder, greyer days of fall? I always do seasonal activities with mine and fall is one of the best times to use colours and nature at hands. Plus if you like Halloween, but not so much orange overload, I have some ideas for you. So you will find the recipes for DIYs of what we did this year at the end of this post. It might give you some inspiration:
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