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The Wedding Post

Thursday, August 25th, 2011 Posted in Sewing, Special occasions, Wedding | 20 Comments »

Our little family has been going through a summer marked by some great events. It’ll come as no surprise to most of you, that many evenings and weekends have been occupied by wedding planning, and the making of the wedding gown ...

Midsummer Evening On The Water

Monday, June 27th, 2011 Posted in Sailing, Sewing, Special occasions | 10 Comments »

Last week we celebrated Midsummer Evening in Denmark. This being our first Midsummer Evening as boat owners, we wanted to head out on the water in the boat to see the bonfires on the beach from the seaside. These are ...

Midsummer

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Sewing, Special occasions | 13 Comments »

Last night we celebrated Midsummer Evening. The weather was beautiful, so we had invited good friends over for barbecue in the garden, followed by walking to the big bonfire just on the outskirts of the town, behind the church, by ...

Circus Elephant Baby Shoes

Friday, February 27th, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Internet, Sewing, Special occasions | 11 Comments »

I have long wanted to try the Cloth Shoe Pattern from Stardust Shoes and when a good friend gave birth to a little baby boy, I had to make these.     The tutorial is great, and I would definitely use it again. I ...

Valentine’s Treat for You

Saturday, February 14th, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Give-away, Sewing, Special occasions | 33 Comments »

I made a little something for you...   I'm giving these away, so I really hope you like them - and then I just hope you have a little one that needs one of them. The bibs have cotton on the front, and ...

Clowns and Angels

Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Family, Frida, Ronja, Sewing, Special occasions | 13 Comments »

Yesterday, we all went to Fastelavn - you know, the thing I told you about the other day. And Ronja was indeed an angel - here she is on the wings.      Saturday I had been making an outfit for Frida as ...

Friends from the internet

Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Internet, Outings, Special occasions | 10 Comments »

I know I mentioned, that I love the internet - but I really do! At the moment, Karen who has the wonderful blog My dharma...work in progress is visiting Denmark along with her husband and her beautiful daughter Ella. Karen and I got ...

Meet Mr. Pumpkin

Friday, October 31st, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Special occasions | 7 Comments »

Even though Halloween is not traditionally celebrated in Denmark, it has been gaining ground these past few years, and people have particularly taken in the tradition of carving pumpkins and placing them outside with lit candles to grin at passers-by. Many would ...