Yesterday I poored these spoons during ceramic-lesson. Lovely, don't you think? Unfortunately not my own idea. It is one of the beautiful products of Mara Skujeniece. I discovered her work in this amazing restaurant Proef. I thought it wouldn't be a problem to copy it for my own use.
Tagged by Hilde: take the fourth picture from the fourth map on your computer and tag four bloggers. I just 'cleaned up' my computer because I'm switching to a new one. So there are only pictures of this year on it. This fourth-of-the-fourth-picture is made in my parents greenery. It is accompanied by the sixth picture. The ice-pattern on the windows was the reason for taking pictures. I tag: Flora, Blij als Mij, One Crafty Mumma and A Spoon Full of Sugar
Some time ago I got an order to make a doll for a little girl turning one. I was already thinking about designing a doll and this is a great opportunity. The birthday is in july, so there's time to do some research on the subject of dolls and softies. The Hijn-project was a first try. This lady is the following attempt. From this Japanese book. It features just one prototype of doll, with a lot of variations and a complete wardrobe. All very stylish. What I discovered, now I started to make dolls and animals, is that it is very hard to part from them. But I'll be strong and give this girl away. More about that later.
It had been a very long time since we spend a few days doing nothing. Here in Therme Vals we managed to do nothing but floating in the warm water of the pool outside overlooking the snowy mountains, read and eat. Just what we needed. If you ever come to Switserland make sure you visit this beautiful spa. In the meantime the girls had a great time with their grandparents.
On thursday my girls will go to my parents to stay there for five days. They've never spend more than one night without us. The little ladies are not nervous about it, but I am a little bit (in spite of the lovely trip we are going to make). I made them both a small friend to take with them. Made from a dear old vest and shirt. Enough hijns/brabbogs for a while.
You all guessed that the little fellow wouldn't leave our house. So a second one had to be made. With a striped suit this time. He has arrived in his new home and I heard that he and his new owner, Lot, are friends already. (the pattern is from a japanese craftbook with this isbn-number: ISBN452904114X)
Friends from the USA visited us today. So I made a, of course, fabric-basket for them. It was used to hold the cookies my daughters baked (with a little help). To accompany the lunch we made pear-roquefort- soupe from this book. Some recipes are simple, others complex but the result is always delicious.
This little fellow, hanging loosely against a tree, was made as a gift. But I'm not sure we want to be seperated from him. But then I would have to make another item to give away.....
Wow, so many comments on my last post already! Thank you for all your kind words. A give-away like this appears to be a good way to get to know some of the visitors of your blog.
Blogging is so much fun! When I started little over a year ago I never expected to have posted 200 messages so soon. And I still can't believe the amount of visitors to my blog each day. This calls for a celebration. A personalized-stamp-give-away. Leave a message on this post before the 15th of January and I'll draw a winner. The stamps you see here are on their way to a lovely family in Madrid.
Next monday christmas-trees will be picked up in the neighbourhood, so we had to dismantle ours. The girls did a perfect job without any damage. But it is worth the risk of broken pieces when you see how much they enjoy doing this important task.
