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Going Downstairs

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in Frida, Sewing | 19 Comments »

Just wanted to show you Frida in her new dress - I think she's beautiful, but I may be biased...

Send More Sunshine

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in Frida, Sewing, Winter | 5 Comments »

The sun showed itself yesterday! Following days and days of nothing but greyness, it was quite amazing to see the long shadows that were cast on the snow. I was driving in the car with Frida, and she complained about ...

Feel Good Pants

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 Posted in Sewing | 31 Comments »

This last couple of evenings, I have been making a pair of pants for me - the second evening accompanied by my mother who has been visiting for three days - it's a good thing to have a creative companion. At ...

My Lucky Day

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Award, Blogging, Shopping | 10 Comments »

Yesterday was my lucky day. The mail man came by at work as well as at home - bringing all kinds of treats! First up, I had ordered some stuff from jcaroline creative a while ago, and I'm telling you, if ...

Out for a drive

Monday, February 2nd, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Family, Outings, Ronja, Sewing, The house, Winter | 4 Comments »

Yesterday, Mads and I went for a drive with the girls.   We used to do that quite a bit 5 years ago, when we were looking to buy a house, trying to get a feel of the different areas around Copenhagen. ...

Dress for the cold season

Sunday, October 19th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Sewing | 10 Comments »

A few days ago I made this dress for Ronja.   I used a pattern that I have used several times before, the Onion 20022, which is the same I used for Ronja's Kindergarten dress and Frida's Apple blouse. I used some baby wale corduroy ...

Water Lily Kimono and a cup of tea

Thursday, September 11th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Ronja, Sewing | 12 Comments »

For a while now, I have been wanting to try this kimono-pattern made by Amy from Habitual. Yesterday I got started with the pattern, and today I cut the fabric and sewed it up. Ronja chose the fabric for the ...

Frida below the apple tree

Monday, July 28th, 2008 Posted in Day to day, Frida, Holiday, Running, Sewing | 11 Comments »

At the last part of my running route, I always see two horses - well, there are quite a few horses on the trip, but these two are different. They are standing close to the road, having their grassy dinner, ...