Ohh, Olivelse! I have had my eye on these Ukulele's for quite some time now so, yeah, I was totally thrilled when Irene presented her Forest Finds curation to me! Love! Else seems to be the type of gal you'd want for a best friend. A fresh young French Mom who creates crazy cool + crafty stuff. She has an amazing blog + takes such beautiful photos!
When you were a kid what did you want to be when you grew up?
Quite soon in my life I felt I wanted to make a living having a creative job. I have always been very curious, and already as a little girl I was very fond of books and had a real passion for drawing. Ever since high school I took up an artisitic course of study that I followed all the way until post graduation, when I specialize as a graphic designer. I still have very fond memories of my life as a student.
What inspired you to start making fabric ukuleles and other fabric goods?
I have always been very interested in textile, sewing and so on, but what always really excited me was creating things, being able to hold in my hands the product of my work. The main idea with Olivelse was to create a range of bad linen and accessories for babies and children. A guitar shaped blankie we created for our daughter Mila, is what got everything started…to our big surprise ! every since there have a been a lot of ideas, dreams, projects.
What does the rest of ‘08 + 2009 hold for you?
2008 has been a great, very encouraging year for Olivelse : our blog is an amazing place for people to exchange and share ideas! This past year we have had a lot of inquiries and several orders at first from shops in France, and then from retailers in the USA, Spain and recently even Canada …I really look forward to develop Olivelse activity in 2009 : I want to take time to create new products and in particular design original textile patterns with Olivier, so as to have our creations produced with our own fabrics. Thanks to my brother’s amazing skills as a craftsman, another idea is to develop a limited series of wooden toys…we will see !!!
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