wide-eyed-tree

Valentine's Day

2012-02-14T09:08:00.001+01:00

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy mail

2012-02-13T17:03:00.000+01:00

Letter from Lily with a new paper clip for my collection and this lovely pull-out fish card :)

Second mail is from the talented textile designer Karina who contacted me some time ago to do a mail swap. I was very happy about being able to be part of her little project called textile letters . Go, have a look at her sites! She is such an interesting person with an unique style. I love all the things she sent me.

And more...

2012-02-13T10:39:00.000+01:00

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Blogger has changed suddenly, so I am a bit confused right now. I hope I'll get the routine soon. I'm back in Vienna. It was a nice time in my hometown, but now it is also good to be back again. Lot's of things to do. I wanted to show you the last bunch of envelopes that I've made. Some really nice mail was waiting for me, will show you pictures of it soon!

Winter in my hometown

2012-02-11T08:45:00.002+01:00

Some pictures of the way where I walk with the dogs every day now. The landscape is so nice to look at, but the wind is icecold (still -14,9º). Now I am looking forward to come home again. Wish you a wonderful weekend!

Burning down the house

2012-02-10T10:56:00.003+01:00

Some more envelopes.

Something else: 2 days ago I had really blessing in disguise! I noticed a strange smell and suddenly saw that there was a blanket lying too close by the tiled stove. It was already smoking when I found it and had a big burning hole. I'm so happy that I saw it fast enough. Right away I had this song on my mind :)

Envelopes

2012-02-07T15:24:00.003+01:00

Thank you for your kind words to my blog anniversary! I hope I will be able to blog for a long long time :) ||| It snowed over night, I was already two times out to shovel snow. Oh yes, a house is much more work than a flat, but I enjoy it anyway. ||| As you can see, I made a new pile of envelopes out of magazine paper. It's always nice to recycle.

1000

2012-02-05T18:48:00.002+01:00

This is my thousandth blog entry, can you believe it?! My seventh year of blogging and still I don't get bored of it :) Time to say thank you to all of you who are stopping by and supporting me in so many ways. Thank you! Well, actually I planned to make a giveaway when I reach the blog entry number 1000, but because I am not at home at the moment, this will have to wait. Anyway, enjoy the rest of your weekend and "see" you again soon!

Housesitting

2012-02-04T18:53:00.003+01:00

I'm at my parent's home at the moment, looking after their dog, cat and home while they are on holiday. Sunny is also with me. You can imagine that there is a lot of action with 2 dogs and one cat :) In the morning I found an old craft magazine of my mum. It is from 1941! I really like the fashion of that time. At the moment I am working on a bigger project. I hope I will soon be able to show you what it is. Have a good weekend, everybody + stay warm!

Rocking chairs rock!

2012-02-01T15:26:00.006+01:00

A friend who studied graphic design with me ages ago commented on this picture that all that is missing now, is grandma's rocking chair and not long time later, I got a big parcel with this rocking chair in it. Definitely the biggest mail I ever got! Now only grey hair and glasses are missing, right?

Thank's a lot, Otto! It's fun!

New stamps

2012-01-31T13:55:00.006+01:00

2 new stamps I have made for myself and my little online shop.

Bye bye Christmas tree

2012-01-29T10:31:00.003+01:00

I'm slowly getting better. Not so our Christmas tree. His time has come, now he is waiting in little pieces for his cremation. He was a good tree! ||| My new rug is getting bigger and bigger. I am using all my wool rests for it. That means a lot of threads to be sewed up in the end. But I think it's worth it.

Bf's B-Day

2012-01-28T12:40:00.008+01:00

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Today is my bf's birthday and I made him this fancy cake. This kind of cake has a long tradition in our family. My mother made it for everyone's birthday every time since ever :D and we never get bored of it! I will definitely go on with this tradition :)

Do you have some kind of traditions in your family?

Happy January Mail

2012-01-27T13:53:00.004+01:00

1|| Lisa's New Year card was the tiniest mail I ever got, I nearly overlooked it in the mailbox. Small letters are so cute! I love the screaming colors she uses!

2|| Lily is spoiling me with surprises constantly. I nearly can't keep up sending her something back! As I had problems with the post lately, the little package for you is on it's way now again!

3|| And last but not least, the latest letter from Karolien. Enjoy!

THANK YOU, dear Blogfriends!!!

Books to give away

2012-01-26T12:25:00.003+01:00

Maybe it is a bit strange, but when I don't feel good and don't know how to calm my mind I start to put all things out of my cupboards and shelves and sort them out. I really have the feeling if I make space and order in the outside I will get space and order inside myself. So I decided to give these books away to someone of you who would like them. They are all in English and a very nice inspiration. The only downside is that you have to pay the postage (inside of Europe it is 15, 50 Euro for all books together). So if someone is interested, be fast and leave a comment. (The first one will get it)

The books: The crafter culture handbook + Craftivity + Amy Butler's midwest modern + bead simple. All books are as good as new :)

Magazine health program

2012-01-24T14:20:00.004+01:00

My cold turned into a painful sinusitis :/ so I ordered these magazines (gaarn & handmade Kultur) to distract myself from being sick.

This and that

2012-01-21T12:16:00.002+01:00

After years my white orchid decided to finally bloom again which really is a nice surprise. I printed one of my shirts and started a new crochet rug. Yesterday I also carved some new rubber stamps. Pictures will follow. Unfortunately I got sick, but at the moment it really seems it is hard to escape, so many people around are having a cold. Hope you are doing good and enjoy your weekend!

Rug parade

2012-01-19T21:33:00.000+01:00

Monstera

2012-01-17T13:09:00.003+01:00

My mother surprised me with this monstera plant. I wanted one since long time, but didn't find it in the shops. It's such a pretty plant. And yes, we still have our Christmas tree :D

Mountains & music

2012-01-16T10:15:00.005+01:00

Some more pictures of our mountain trip. I saw several hot-air balloons, but most of them have been very far away. I don't want to imagine how cold it must be up there. Something I haven't told yet, I am teaching myself to play ukulele. I have to say that though music is an important part of my life, I am not very musical. I love to sing, but I know I am not good at all, haha. My sister is teaching herself guitar, ukulele and now she even has a banjo. She sings great! I am very proud of her! Maybe someday I am good enough to play together with her :)

Winter wonderland

2012-01-15T20:21:00.004+01:00

Dear readers, sorry for all who have worried about my absence, I am fine, I have been on a trip to the mountains with my bf and Sunny. In contrast to Vienna there was incredible much snow! Making walks was not so easy. The snow reached up to my knees and sometimes even higher. We had a good time without tv and internet. Once we even built an igloo. You can see it on the last picture. It was big enough for us to sit inside comfortably. I hope you are all doing good! More pictures to come...

Crochet flower pins

2012-01-06T22:02:00.003+01:00

Before christmas I made these crochet flower pins with little ladybug buttons sitting on them. One I already gave my sister and the others I will possibly add to my shop. I think they go nice with winter coats or knitted pullovers or vests. Have a lovely weekend!

Vintage finds

2012-01-06T10:15:00.004+01:00

Now because Christmas is over I can finally show my recent vintage findings. Most of them were gifts. The wooden butter or soap mold (I'm still not sure what it is) was a christmas present for my mother and the 4 tiles with the fruit images I gifted my father. This beautiful knotted bag is still with me, I'm not sure if I will keep it or also give it away. Let's see...

:D

2012-01-05T10:48:00.000+01:00

Claudi in action :) haha, look at my left foot :D

Happy mail

2012-01-04T11:05:00.009+01:00

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A christmas package from my friend Irina with homemade noodles, a lot of tea, an organic energy drink for my bf, bamboo crochet needles and a mug with her cute girl Anica :)

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Snail mail from dear Lisa with pretty cards, a wooden heart and a vintage picture of the coast like the one where she grew up which I absolutely love. I'm looking forward to reply to your letter :)

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Last month I had the luck to win the calendar giveaway of Helke.

Here it is, isn't it pretty?

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Surprise mail from my friend Michael with a handmade friendship wristband.

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Surprise mail from Emmel with a beautiful drawing of a dog called Flor, (Is it your own dog, Ellen?) and other lovely cards and things.

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Pretty card from Lily with wishes for the new year.

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A BIG THANK YOU TO YOU ALL!

It is always such a pleasure to receive your mail!

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Knitted news

2012-01-03T18:33:00.003+01:00

Green socks, that my mother knitted for me when I was there. ||| Sunny's new jumper that I knitted two days ago. Did I ever mention that I love this little guy? :) :) :)

2012

2012-01-02T18:15:00.002+01:00

Hey you, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year with a lot of nice people around, with good food and comfortable evenings!

My year ended with kind of a shock. The forest near my hometown where we always use to go for a walk is gone! Completely chopped down. I nearly couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw it. It really made me sad. I don't know why they did this, maybe they make a plantation there, I don't know...

Oh and we still have no snow, it snowed a bit on New Year's Eve, but nothing stayed laying. It was good to have a little computer break, I also didn't watch much Tv, but I knitted a hood for myself and a new jumper for Sunny. When I came back to Vienna some really nice mail was waiting for me, I will show you some pictures soon.

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-24T11:29:00.002+01:00

A merry Christmas to you!
See you in the new year :)

Some more cookies

2011-12-22T11:43:00.003+01:00

Because last time was such a success some days ago I made some more cookies. They are already nearly gone :) Oh my, that's Christmas time...

Wrapping gifts

2011-12-21T11:54:00.002+01:00

Wrapping my last gifts. Feeling relieved and ready for Christmas to come :) Soon I will make a blog break, I will also close my shop for that time. I will hopefully come back with a free mind and lots of energy for new crafts. And I am wishing you the same!

Home

2011-12-20T18:16:00.004+01:00

Some more paper stars for the last window. ||| Stamps I've made for the handmade autumn gift swap. I think now every gift has arrived, it is really nice to see all the different packages all around blogworld. ||| Sun - always a sight for sore eyes.

Winking Sunny

2011-12-20T10:41:00.002+01:00

More animated GIFs...

Still no snow

2011-12-19T15:38:00.002+01:00

Some pictures of yesterdays evening walk. Still no snow! I can not remember that it ever in my whole life was like this before. There were times where we had only little snow before Christmas but it was never no snow at all.

I ♥ sparklers

2011-12-18T11:53:00.001+01:00

Christmas tree

2011-12-17T13:02:00.003+01:00

I don't have much time at the moment, but yesterday we collected our tree and that is always something that makes me happy. The smell of the fresh fir tree in the living room, I just love it! Today in the morning I decorated it and Sunny was busy collecting all needles to take them to the carpet. He does that also with all his toys every day :) I wish you all a lovely weekend!

Ps: Here you can see another lovely package I got from Lily. It contained the first Christmas card of the season with 2 cute ice bears. Thank you so much, Lily!

Autumn gift swap

2011-12-16T08:43:00.002+01:00

A while ago Mina invited me to join her handmade autumn gift swap project and yesterday I got my package. It is from Lotte, what a surprise! Thank you so much, Lotte, for all the beautiful things!

Snail mail treasures

2011-12-13T11:09:00.004+01:00

I got snail mail from Indra again, I didn't expect it at all! It was filled with great things from her trip to Tokyo. I feel very honored that she thought of me when she was there. She even brought me the current stamps!

Granny square blanket

2011-12-11T11:46:00.003+01:00

Do you have a lot of UFOs (unfinished objects) lying around at home? These granny squares have been waiting to be sewn together now for over 10 months. I'm quite happy with the result and relieved, I nearly thought it won't happen anymore. Have a wonderful 3. advent!

Ps: A special note for my little sister (it's her 17. birthday today):

I wish you all the best sweet Jana! Much love!

Baking

2011-12-10T13:40:00.005+01:00

Guess what! I baked! It's true! I can hardly believe it! I am 30 years old and the only christmas cookies I ever made was gingerbread back in 2002 and one time meringue with my friend Simi (you can see the movie here) back in 2007. Now on the 10. of december 2011 I managed my third time :) I searched for the easiest recipe that I could find, changed it a bit and it worked! I'm very happy 'cause you must know I normally have no patience at all in the kitchen and I am the queen of burnt food!

The recipe (for 2 persons):

50g sugar (I used brown sugar, I never have white one at home)

100g butter

150g flour

1 egg

cinnamon + cocoa powder {you can experiment here}

Knead all ingredients for the dough and place at a cool place for half an hour.

Roll out the dough and cut the cookies.

Bake in the pre-heated oven at 170 degrees for about 15 minutes.

Finished!

Happy snail mail

2011-12-09T08:55:00.002+01:00

Look what I had in my mail this week. A package from dear Barbara, isn't it great? Next to all the lovely pictures and postcards she even made me a pair of crocheted wristlets. They fit perfect! Thank you so much! I appreciate everything you sent me!

Cut & breakfast

2011-12-08T09:19:00.001+01:00

Finally Cut Magazine Nr. 6 is out!

Oh, what a good way to start the day :)

St. Nicholas Day

2011-12-06T16:29:00.005+01:00

Happy St. Nicholas Day!

Tinsel garland wreath with apples

2011-12-05T09:14:00.003+01:00

Last year I made this tinsel garland wreath by a tutorial from Creature comforts. When I put it out of my Christmas box this weekend I thought it would be nice to make a new one. And to mark the occasion I finally lit the candles of my secondhand candle holder that was waiting over 4 years on my shelve to be used. Have a good start into the week!

Gift tags

2011-12-04T09:29:00.005+01:00

Made some gift tags, Sunny seems unimpressed :)

Perfect, already 5 of you want to continue Craft it forward with me. Emmel, Mi Joya and Sewon, please send me your full address to wideeyedtree {at} gmail.com! [sen.siˈʝes] and the blue rabbit house, yours I have already. You will all find something in your mailbox soon :)

Craft it forward!

2011-12-03T11:02:00.003+01:00

Some time ago I joined Craft it forward at Studio Meez and yesterday I received a beautiful print of her little shop and 2 postcards. Thank you so much! I appreciate them a lot!

Now it's my turn to continue the game. I will send something handmade to the first 5 who leave a comment. Just tell me that you want to participate. After you get my surprise, you have to post about it and pass it on (send something handmade to the first 5 who comment). It can be anything (something sewed, painted, felted, a photography, anything you like), as long as it is handmade by you and sent out before the end of 2012.

So, who wants to take part?

Something else:

Today there is a Christmas special in my shop!

12% discount on everything!

Grey

2011-12-02T17:20:00.002+01:00

The other day everything was grey.

But you can see the contour of the monastery I went to school long time ago.

Naked trees

2011-12-01T16:35:00.004+01:00

Have been in my hometown again. No signs of winter anymore, on Tuesday the sun was shining so warm that we were able to lie down in the grass. It nearly felt like spring. The naked trees, so beautiful.

And the winner is...

2011-11-28T09:34:00.002+01:00

Random number generator picked number 14.
So the lucky winner of the giveaway Christmas card is Lily!
Congratulations!
I will send you the card as soon as possible!

For all the others:
Thank you for taking part, I will certainly make another giveaway sooner or later.

Signs of winter

2011-11-26T08:59:00.003+01:00

Yesterday I saw first signs of winter. It was very misty,

but the snow on the upper trees made a very nice view.

Giveaway is still open until tomorrow!

Paper star tutorial II

2011-11-25T20:23:00.009+01:00

I even found an easier version of making paper stars yesterday evening when I made further ones for my windows. And although there are masses of those tutorials out there (Anna Bruun showed me this site today), I decided to make another graphic of it. Here you don't need an extra circle to glue the pieces together, but the star seems less compact and solid than with the other version.

Flying stars

2011-11-25T12:40:00.004+01:00

Yesterday night some photo experiments with flying stars. Oh, they fall so quickly! But some I was able to capture :) | I would love to see pictures of your paper stars if you decide to make some. Happy decorating!

Paper star tutorial

2011-11-24T09:25:00.006+01:00

I'm happy, that you like my paper stars! Because some of you asked, I made a little tutorial for you of how I normally make them. Hope you like it. Feel free to ask me if something is unclear!

And don't forget the giveaway!

More stars

2011-11-23T10:05:00.001+01:00

More stars in my home :)

Christmas card giveaway

2011-11-21T10:56:00.002+01:00

*giveaway of one of my hand-printed Christmas cards*

Just leave a comment until upcoming Sunday.

On Monday I will pick a winner. Good luck!!!

Stars for my window

2011-11-20T15:34:00.003+01:00

Today I cleaned the window in my working room and decided to decorate it with selfmade stars. Like last year, but different colors & size. {Klick + klick} It is so simple, but so nice to look at!

Whale fabric

2011-11-19T17:48:00.005+01:00

Finally I made something out of one of the pieces of fabric that I printed in summer. Two I already gifted away and this one I won't keep for myself either, I have someone in mind who may like it. Happy weekend!

My bf's world

2011-11-19T10:47:00.006+01:00

While browsing youtube my bf found a movie of himself at work. What a funny coincidence! We did not know before that this movie exists. I don't know if you already know that my bf is an excavator's operator. He is one of the few people I know who really love their job and I admire him. I like the world of construction sites and don't mind visiting them to have a look what's going on. And I even had the chance to try it out myself and steer such a big machine :)

Christmas stationery

2011-11-18T11:18:00.003+01:00

So nice to hear that so many of my readers are bed time lovers as well! Sunny is also one at the moment, he is sleeping nearly all day, I guess he feels that winter is coming. ||| I made this Christmas stationery and I also got such nice packages recently. One from a new blog friend Isidora from Croatia (have a look at her site, she is making lovely paper crafts & pictures) and one from sweet Anna who is recently making me smile with her funny posts about her wolverine. Thank you so much! Klick here to see the packages.

bed & buttons

2011-11-17T08:52:00.003+01:00

Did I ever mention that I love my bed! My favorite moment of the day is sleeping time, when I know the day is gone and I can let go everything. This might sound a bit negative, but it's not in my eyes. I have a very vivid dream world, so I am also looking forward to that. ||| Letters waiting for the mail box. |||And I made some deer buttons fitting to the stationery I made.

Cards with envelopes

2011-11-16T08:52:00.006+01:00

Thank you all for your kind words about my cards in the last post!

I appreciate them a lot!

Christmas cards

2011-11-15T10:05:00.005+01:00

Transformed my working room into a little Christmas card factory. Unfortunately Sunny dog had to stay outside, otherwise he would have walked all over the cards. More pictures will follow.

Deer stamp

2011-11-15T08:32:00.006+01:00

Carved this deer stamp to make Christmas cards for my shop and for private use also. Will show them to you in the next post.

SUNday

2011-11-14T12:48:00.001+01:00

Do you like trees?

Then you should go and listen what they have to say!

Thrifted crochets

2011-11-13T16:37:00.002+01:00

On the way to the park I noticed a new little thrift store where they had a lot of doilies outside of the shop in a basket. I could not walk by and got some of the smaller ones. They look so delicate like snow flakes. And now I can finally share also some pictures in Lotte's lovely Thrifted crochets flickr group :)

Birds & squirrels

2011-11-13T10:18:00.003+01:00

{music: Jon Brion • Cubes}

Here is the little movie I promised to show you.

Don't overlook the fluffy squirrel ears :)

Squirrels

2011-11-12T18:41:00.010+01:00

Today I went to the park to enjoy the sun and feed the birds again. This time even some squirrels came close. I had a good time watching their fluffy ears waving in the wind. So cute! I also made a little movie, that I will show you soon.

Saturday morning

2011-11-12T10:15:00.002+01:00

Sun is shining! Can you believe it?! And some sunbeams even came inside. Perfect for a Saturday morning. Have a great weekend!

Something new

2011-11-08T11:23:00.005+01:00

Carved some new stamps. I thought it's time for some christmas motifs and the Kitty I made especially for a friend who loves Hello Kitty (of course the Kitty is not for selling to safe the trademark). ||| My paper clip collection is getting bigger and bigger thanks to my sweet snail mail friends. Latest new clip is the dog bone and the one on the right side from dear Karolien. The full package you can see here in my snail mail set on flickr. :)

Forest movie

2011-11-06T18:02:00.004+01:00

{music: Cinematic Orchestra • To build a home}

Just an unspectacular movie of trees, leaves and a little Sunny in between with a beautiful song.

Whenever I am in a forest I have the feeling all the trees are soaking up my thoughts and free my mind. It's like a gift every time and I ask myself what I can give in return.

Forest

2011-11-06T17:53:00.002+01:00

It was quite windy today, but the sun was shining, so we made a long walk in the forest and when we came back to the city I found this gingko leaf in our street, but I couldn't spot the tree to it. I guess the wind has taken it on a longer journey. The thing next to it is just a very plain plant coaster that I made.

Saturday

2011-11-05T15:09:00.000+01:00

Happy Saturday!

Leaves - round 6

2011-11-02T10:16:00.004+01:00

Most of them you probably have already seen here, only the laburnum leaves are new, but I want to show them all in that style. You can see them all together here on my flickr page.

Bits of a day

2011-11-01T09:56:00.003+01:00

Breakfast and letters waiting to be sent away ||| A THANK YOU stamp. BTW thank you for visiting my blog! ||| Sunny dog on a grey day. After 3 years I still can't believe how small he is :)

Sunday walk

2011-10-30T16:49:00.003+01:00

Today the sun was out for a few minutes and the grey disappeared. We made a walk in nature and saw this fire salamander. It's long ago since I last saw one. I even think I was a child when I last saw one in free nature. He was moving kind of clumsy, still it was kind of hard to get a good picture. He blent perfect in the colored leaves on the ground with his yellow/orange spots.

Preparing for winter sleep

2011-10-29T18:24:00.003+02:00

Before the weather got grey and dark I prepared some of my plants for winter sleep. Finally I was able to put the last plant cuttings I got from Lotte via mail in summer in soil and am very pleased about how fast they grow now.

Thank you!

2011-10-29T11:38:00.008+02:00

It's time to make a big post about all the lovely mail I found recently in my mail box. Here we go:

From Lisa with 2 new paper clips for my collection, a cow and a hippo. :) And this cool Barbapapa card. I loved the Barbapapas when I was a child! Thank you!

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From Indra with stamps of her second home Panama and seeds. Thank you also for the sweet letter, it's so nice to get to know you better!

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The next package contained the first giveaway that I ever won. It is made by Kelly and came the long way from Australia. Isn't it sweet?!

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And last but not least, another parcel from Lily who is spoiling me like crazy. I will show you the pillow case again when I found a fitting pillow for it. Again it is made with such a pretty fabric.

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I'm very grateful for all the things you are sending me! It is always a pleasure to open your packages, thank you so much!

Last few pictures

2011-10-28T11:28:00.002+02:00

Last few pictures of my walks near my hometown. The evening atmosphere was magical. All different colors appeared in the sky.

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2011-10-27T16:53:00.003+02:00

More green, more fly agarics.

Back

2011-10-26T20:21:00.005+02:00

Back from a little break. I was in my hometown, made a lot of walks in the forest, saw so many fly agarics like never before in my life and just enjoyed family & nature and being away from the screen.

Leaves - round 5

2011-10-19T15:14:00.002+02:00

Another bunch of leaves.

I wonder if I ever get bored of it :)

False foxtails

2011-10-18T09:34:00.004+02:00

I always liked foxtails, but I don't want to have a real one, so I decided to make some of plush for bags, keys or whatever. I think it's a nice autumn/winter accessory. Oh, and I used the banding I got from Lily :)

{will be added to my shop soon}

Slippers

2011-10-17T10:18:00.003+02:00

Since it is so cold, I thought it's time for a new pair of slippers. I'm wearing these kind of house shoes since my very early childhood. My mum used to make me regularly new ones and now I am glad that I can continue making them. They always give me a very cosy feeling of being home. And if I can't find them, I know where I have to look first, namely in Sunny's basket! He loves to steal them :)

Morran

2011-10-16T10:36:00.005+02:00

I'm sure most of you know Camilla Engman and her sweet dog Morran. She is collecting art for a book full of Morran until end of October. Everyone can participate, so hurry up, it is for a good cause! You can read about it here. This is my drawing and I already can't wait to see all the other artwork!

Strawberry fields forever

2011-10-14T10:08:00.003+02:00

Finished another Strawberry rug. It gives me immediately summer feeling back, even though I am quite happy with autumn. Have a nice weekend everyone!

Castle park

2011-10-12T11:18:00.003+02:00

Yesterday I was in the park again. For two reasons. First I wanted to make pictures of this beautiful bag that I got from Lily (it was in the package that Sunny inspected in the last blog entry). Lily uses really the most beautiful fabrics! I love cord and the mermaid fabric inside couldn't be any better! Second I wanted to feed the squirrels again, but still they were not very interested, but that doesn't matter, some ravens wanted the nuts instead :) I really love ravens, they are very shy but on the other side extremely curious! I like that combination :)

Inspector Sunny

2011-10-12T10:33:00.005+02:00

{music: Big bird in s small cage - Patrick Watson}

{You should listen to the whole song, it's really beautiful!}

Whenever I get a package, this is what happens.

Sunny always wants to inspect it first :)

Inside

2011-10-10T10:03:00.003+02:00

Weather is grey and cold, perfect for a cup of tea and taking up needlework again. My purple geranium which was in a quite bad condition after my vacation (I had to cut off most of the leaves), is edifying me with new flowers. What a grateful plant. Have a good start into the week!

Leaves - round 4

2011-10-09T10:46:00.005+02:00

Some new leaves, some old, but not showed in that way before.

I have 26 different leaf stamps so far.

Mail treasures

2011-10-08T19:07:00.005+02:00

I have to show you what has been in my mailbox recently. First of all a letter from Lily with this beautiful bird banding. She also sent me a postcard from her trip to Bratislava. She knows how to surprise me! ||| The second is from our honeymoonchild Jessica. She sent me a selfmade friendship wristband. Last one I got when I was a teenager. I have good memories with those kind of wristbands :) And what you can't see here, behind the card is a sachet with bonsai seeds! I'm really excited about that and hope I manage to grow one! ||| Last but not least a package from dear Lotte. Isn't it a feast for the eyes? I already have a wonderful little collection with doilies made by her. I feel really lucky! And because she knows how much I love shells, she collected these for me on her vacation in Zeeland. The little book was also filled with different findings from nature and even a little thrifted doily was inside. ||| A big THANK YOU to all of you!!!

Since I have a flickr pro account (thanks to my big brother) and I can finally show more than 200 pictures, I decided to make a set with all the snail mail I receive and send away. And I even made a group for all who want to share their love for snail mail with me.

So, that was a long post. I hope you enjoy your Saturday evening!

Elvis card

2011-10-07T14:31:00.000+02:00

I hope not! :)

Park

2011-10-06T07:55:00.004+02:00

Yesterday I wanted to feed the squirrels in the park, but because the weather is so good, there is still a lot food to find so they didn't seem to be very interested in extra nuts. Instead this bird was. Such a brave little fellow!

Nikolaus & Krampus

2011-10-05T10:14:00.004+02:00

It's time to show you a little project I've made some time ago. Greeting cards for the 6. of December. One with Saint Nicholas and one with his punishing companion. This night I got finally some good sleep, so I think I am over the worst with my flu. Thank's again for all your care!

So much sun

2011-10-04T15:45:00.002+02:00

Soaking up the sun with sun worshipper Sunny.

Some leaves I collected on my last walk.

Patience...

2011-10-03T09:11:00.002+02:00

First of all: Thank you so much for all your kind wishes for my recovery! Yesterday I replaced bed with nature for a short time. I really needed that a lot, but still I feel like a knocked down animal on the street. Patience is not my strongest point, especially when I can't do anything creative and just have to rest. At least Sunny dog seems to have his joy jumping around in the sun :)

Flu

2011-10-01T13:33:00.002+02:00

I'm pretty sick. Fever is keeping me up in the nights. Weather would be just wonderful at the moment, but I'm too weak to leave home. Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

Repotting

2011-09-28T08:18:00.002+02:00

Did some repotting yesterday. Also I started a new rug some days ago. Had a bad night unfortunately and am happy that it's a new day.

Elvis & Falco

2011-09-27T10:36:00.003+02:00

In case you get bored of all my leaf stamps, here is something different. Elvis & Falco. You probably all know Elvis, but do you also know Falco? This question goes especially to the not german speaking countries.

Yesterday

2011-09-27T08:54:00.003+02:00

Pictures of yesterday's evening walk. It's getting dark so early now, but I really enjoy the change of the seasons. I would not want to live in a country where it is always warm or cold. It's the change that makes life interesting.

Leaves, leaves, leaves

2011-09-26T10:39:00.005+02:00

Not much to tell. More leaves instead.

Sun day

2011-09-25T17:30:00.002+02:00

Blue sky today.

And even more

2011-09-24T19:12:00.001+02:00