*new*nouveau*

new *moroccan tiles* cushions in three colours, les nouveaux coussins avec le motif de carreaux marocains en trois couleurs 

click here, cliquez ici :)

image: petra hassan

*sneak peek*coup d'oeil*

the home turned weeks ago into a construction place...except the atelier!
depuis quelques semaines la maison s'est un lieu de construction sauf l'atelier.....!

the kitchen (above), bedroom and entrance hall  will be beautiful after some more weeks of work...
la cuisine (photo ci-dessus), chambre à coucher et l'espace d'entrée...il sera très joli...après plusieurs semaines de plus des travaux de construction :)

image: petra hassan
  
P.S.: see one of my cushions featured in this magazin, thank you Deutsche Bahn,
regardez! un de mes coussins présentés ici, merci Deutsche Bahn!

*new*nouveau*

more new indian vintage cushions! plus de coussins cousus à partir de tissus indiens anciens!

click here to see all colours, cliquez ici pour voir toutes les couleurs!

images: petra hassan

*atelier colours*les couleurs de l'atelier*

come with me and have a colourful look...viens avec moi et jetez un œil pour les couleurs! 

 

the bright, pigment blue painted wall which make me happy every time I am looking at it...a vintage indian dress in turquoise and cobalt blue with sparkling mirror work embroidery...le brillant, pigment bleu mur qui me rendent heureuse chaque fois que je regarde ça ... une robe de soie Vintage indien en bleu turquoise et cobalt avec des broderies miroir étincelant ...

colourful vintage embroidered fabric fragments from the silkroad for a chair project for the new library space in the home...
plusieurs fragments de tissus colorés brodés de la route de la soie pour un projet de chaire pour l'espace de la nouvelle bibliothèque à la maison ...
 
and a few of my favourite colours on the chinese box, hot indian pink, jade green, cobalt blue and emerald... et quelques-uns de mes couleurs préférées sur la boîte chinoise, indienne chaude rose, vert jade, bleu cobalt et le vert émeraude.
  
images: petra hassan

*the snake*le serpent*

hot weather and the daily sandstorm in the late afternoon, dark purple clouds, dusty air, a heavy thunderstorm....le temps chaud tous les jours, la tempête de sable quotidienne est revenu en fin d'après midi, l'air poussiéreux...un orage violent avec les nuages ​​pourpres

we packed all our stuff in the car and went back to the city....then..some time later I opened the back of the car and the little ones said a word in tamasheq language I did not understand...it called "tachelt"!
nous avons emballé toutes nos affaires dans la voiture et je suis retourné à la ville .... alors .. un peu de temps plus tard, j'ai ouvert l'arrière de la voiture et les petits dit un mot dans la langue tamasheq je ne comprends pas ... il a appelé "tachelt"! 

then I realized that something felt out of the car in front of my feet...and then I saw the snake which tried to disappear under the car...ooooh! well...hello little horn viper!
alors, j'ai réalisé que quelque chose se sentait devant mes pieds hors de la voiture et puis j'ai vu le serpent qui a tenté de disparaître sous la voiture...oh là là! bien...bonjour petite corne vipère!

images: petra hassan

P.S.: I am sorry, finally the snake lost the head...désolé, finalement le serpent a perdu la tête...the end!

*new*nouveau*

more *desert blossom* cushions in new colours! nouvelles couleurs *desert blossom* coussins de soie!!

click here, cliquez ici :)

*happy weekend*

images: petra hassan

*new*nouveau*

sparkling cushions! coussins paillettes!

made from embroidered vintage fabrics from India and two-tone linen,

cousu à la main à partir de tissus vintage indiens avec de la broderie et de deux tons lin.

click here to find all new products, cliquez ici pour trouver tous les nouveaux produits :)

 

image: petra hassan

*new*nouveau*

a new year and more new colour combinations...avec la nouvelle année plus de combinaisons de couleurs!

 

indigo blue, a turquoise I named *melting clouds*, emerald green, a hint of sparkling grenadine and brilliant coral red...les nuances de bleu indigo, turquoise que j'appelle *melting clouds*, vert émeraude, un soupçon de grenadine pétillante et corail rouge brillant...

I am coming back online, soon...with new pictures and fresh products...je vais revenir bientôt avec de nouvelles photos et de produits :)

P.S.:the pantone colour of the year is emerald, I love it! la couleur pantone de l'année est l'émeraude, j'aime!

images: faysal chadimi for ranipink

*new year wishes*les voeux pour la nouvelle année*

wishes from the bottom of my heart...les petits souhaits du fond de mon coeur...

peace in the sahara desert, for my friends, their families, all the ones who fled their homes since last year..la paix dans le désert du sahara, pour mes amis, de leurs familles, tous ceux qui ont fui leur domicile depuis l'année dernière ..

access to fresh and clean water all the time, water is life! l'accès à l'eau fraîche et propre tout le temps, l'eau c'est la vie! *aman iman*

a life in freedom and dignity for all the sahara dwellers...une vie dans la liberté et la dignité pour tous les habitants du sahara!

*happy new year*bonne année*

images: petra hassan

*the women of the taragalte*

they came from everywhere...from the desert villages of the local oasis, from Mali and Mauritania, Morocco, Europe and from Australia...the  festival was dedicated to the women of the Sahara!

 

the lovely local women pepared the most delicious couscous...

 

wore the prettiest, traditional dresses in beautiful colours...

  

and delicate, funky neon embroidered scarfs...

 

played all together traditional music with henna decorated hands....

danced...oh, so elegant!

in a traditional black tent at the edge of the moroccan Sahara...what a bliss!

at the end of the day the camels left into the lavender touched sunset...passed by a water bottle wrapped in a funky crochet cover made by the women of the taragalte :)

images: petra hassan


P.S.: read here what Tartit singer Fadimata Walett Oumar says about music and their situation, click here to learn more about the *carpet of life* idea & poject.

*merry christmas*

I wish you all a very

*merry christmas*

 

 and *happy holidays* with love! :)

images: petra hassan

*taragalte blue(s)*

there is a blue hour....every day...

and sometimes there are more blue colours to find in that special hour of the day....

a blue man and a white camel passed by....

blue men in the blue hour...a hint of desert wind....

and sand in the air at the edge of the moroccan desert in the last blue hour of the taragalte festival.

learn more about the taragalte concept here, listen here that fantastic song of Oum dedicated to the festival and watch here and here a glimpse of the concerts...and...a hint of sandstorm sound included ;)

*enjoy*

images: petra hassan

*knitting the camel...*

and the desert!

 

and the knitting is going on....

 

click here to see the new colours! :)

images: mohammed hassani for ranipink

*wednesday wish*

I wish....I wish...

to drive the atlas mountains...

direction the beloved Sahara....

 

and take a walk in the dunes :)

P.S.: may listen Tinariwen this friday live from Salle Pleyel/Paris at ARTE live web! In the mood for more music from the Sahara? May visit next week the Taragalte festival in Morocco!

images: petra hassan

*sahara snapshots from the road II*

and the colours on the road to Agadez....

 

fresh green shades, dusky sunlight, a door painted in light azure...

 

a landscape painted in soft pastell shades, fresh greens and a handmade house...it was the rainy season...

deep red sand beside the road and a light blue sparkling lake in the early afternoon...dark lilac coloured pothole patchwork on the route..oh dear! the potholes on that road can make a car disappear!

the celadon green colours of the lake Abalak....magical! water is life!

dusky yellow of an upcoming sandstorm on the piste near In-Gall and silver greyish, heavy clouds...camels and goats waiting under acacia trees for the thunderstorm passing by...

may listen here one of my favourite songs of  Koudede, sadly he passed away yesterday because of an tragic accident on a road *paix à son âme* my deepest condolences to his family and friends.

*life is precious*

images: petra hassan

*new*

colours & cushions!

 inspired by the colours of wild flowers in the desert...

now online here the latest *desert blossoms* cushions made from handloomed indian silk and vintage, kantha stitched fragments of sari silk :)

images: petra hassan

*wednesday wish*

I wish...I wish...

sitting in the car and going far....wind in the face, messy hair and desert music in the ear....

champagne coloured, sparkling dunes passing by and a few melting clouds in the sky.....what a perfect day! :)

images: petra hassan (Sahara,Algeria)

*sahara snapshots from the road*

prevented from sleep by a heavy cold last night, I tried to start organizing the zillion trillion thousands of images I took since 2005....

and found by accident the forgotten ones, the ones I never had the time to watch before....

I remember I took these ones on a 2011 trip in Algeria, on the road drive back from Tadrart to Djanet and tried to catch every camel who passed by with the camera :)

late afternoon, mysterious and diffuse sunlight, cloudy sky; the sunbleached landscape touched in a magical mood...a flock goats under the acacia tree and a member of a nomad family.

images: petra hassan (Sahara/Algeria)

*camel babies on a pillow*

silence, sahara, fata morgana *sightseeing* and a few baby camels crossed my way....

 

*new* digital sahara camel baby pillows in neutral colours made from finest cotton & silver *sparkling* linen now available in my online shop, click here :)

images: petra hassan

P.S: read the latest festival au désert news here!

*la fête du chameau*

"we are going to take a garden break and I will take you to something special this morning" he said.....

and he took me to a place outside of town, where you can get a little glimpse of the smell of the Ténéré ....

because he knew that I love camels and of course he know.....colours!

and he knew that I would like to see what the beautiful women are wearing....he knew that I like embroidery.....

 

and he knew that I would be curious watching a camel walking on knees....

 

and he knew that I like pretty decorated donkeys...

and he knew that beside all the other things in life there is always space for little *white* camels caravaning in my mind....so one day earlier this year he asked me if I really would like to have one....

I said "yes" and then he asked "what about a flock....?" "eh...ouii (sourire)...on va voir...!" then we left the place and went back to continue working in the garden.... :)

images: petra hassan (Agadez/Niger)

P.S.: please click here and read in french via En Vouature Simone about the dramatic situation in a village near Niamey and here via humedica in german about the floodings. I watched on my way back from Agadez to Niamey some floodings and it seems that the big one just missed me for one day...or two...!