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Abundance of Colours

Sunday, May 31st, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Family, Our garden | 14 Comments »

Tomorrow it'll be June. Today however, summer arrived! Gorgeous, right? The garden is an amazing place at the moment - we have flowers in all colours. Today the temperatures went up to around 23 degrees Celsius. Tomorrow is supposed to be even better... And my ...

Winners of my Valentine’s Give-Away

Monday, February 16th, 2009 Posted in Blogging, Give-away, Internet, Sewing | 5 Comments »

  I found this blooming shrub when we were walking in the park Saturday, and actually I just saved the picture for this occasion, because I thought it would fit the purpose wonderfully! So I wrote all the names down on little pieces ...

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 ...

Bibs and elephants

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 Posted in Sewing | 12 Comments »

I made a few bibs again - this time with elephants, flowers, matryoshkas, and little red riding hoods.     My beautiful little niece, Marlinde, was the target of one of them (the one to the right) - I really wanted to make it ...

White world

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Family, Frida, Sewing, Winter | 7 Comments »

 I woke up to a beautiful sight this morning. Our garden is covered in snow, the sun is shining, and moments ago I sent Mads and Ronja off with a sled to play in the snow.   So what am I doing back ...

Dolly daisy dress

Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Sewing | 19 Comments »

When I found this fabric at my local sewing shop a few weeks ago, it was love at first sight! I didn't get it at the time, mainly due to the price, but when I returned there this Friday, I ...

November in the garden

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Our garden | 9 Comments »

  November is taking control now. It's raining a lot, and there's quite a strong wind blowing as well - claiming the leaves from the trees. At the moment we're not spending very much time in the garden, though we should ...

The oilcloth project

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Ronja, Sewing | 18 Comments »

I have been wanting to try a tutorial from the U-handblog for quite some time now - just had to work up the nerve... She has lots of great tutorials there, but the one I had my mind set on ...