Rainy Day… not for me!

Okt 28th, 2009

I have a cold and can’t go to work. The antibiotics do a great job and I start to become bored. Yesterday I slept all day so I was wide awake at night so I started a little project. A cute little mobile for my baby niece. I’ve seen this once somewhere online and thought it can’t be that difficult.

That’s what I needed:  sheets of felt, leftover thread, scissor, magic marker (I didn’t use the embroidery hoop but when I took this picture I thought I would)

material

Freehand drawing of a cloud and some waterdrops.

clouds and drops

While I did the handstitching I thought next time I’ll sew with the machine. But it was midnight and that would have been a little too much in the middle of the night. And the handstitch gives it a nice crafty touch. The whole mobile looks like a big doodle :-)

the doodle cloud

My initial idea was to stitch my nieces’ name on the waterdrops (a letter per drop) but… I already mentioned that it was around midnight, right… so I added letter beads on the drops

beads

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Frankfurt Street Art

Okt 23rd, 2009

Being a big fan of street art – graffitti, stencil, stickers etc. – I take pictures of them whenever I stroll thru the city.

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No cupcakes but cookies.

Okt 22nd, 2009

Last week I was in a cupcake mood when I saw all these delicious pictures on the Sprinkles website.  But then the weekend came and I didn’t find everything I wanted to decorate the cupcakes so I tried my new cookie-inscription-machine from Brigitte.  There was a recipe in the box that I tried… and now I think the dough wasn’t that good. OR it was me again messing the cookies up by not following the instructions carefully. The dough was too sticky in my opinion though I did it EXACTLY the way the recipe said. Cutting and pressing the letters in the dough was difficult then. And at the end I was too impatient while the cookies were in the oven so that half of them turned out kinda dark. They still tasted good and the imprints were readable on most of the cookies. My new mission is to find a new dough that is less sticky and that doesn’t rise too much in the oven so the letters are more readable.

dough and cutter

cookies

detail

all three

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Lovely letterpress

Okt 21st, 2009

Letterpressed stationery or greeting cards are so special. Imagine… you come home from work, open the mailbox and find a handwritten card from a dear friend with a nice design, all customized… just for you.  It will put a smile all over your face.

I searched the net for some nice examples. Get inspired…

1. Boxed custom stationery with matching envelope 2. Personalized recipe cards by The Petite Press 3. One for you, one for me… interactive post card 4. Scarlet blossoming flower mini notes 5. Squirrels in love :-) 6. JOY holiday card; even round shapes rock! 7. Holiday card with envelopes 8. My favorite: personalized bookplates 9. Funny tags

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Quote of the week

Okt 16th, 2009

That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world.

Happiness isn’t good enough for me. I demand euphoria!

from Calvin & Hobbes

Happy Weekend to everyone!

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