Moline

Still working on the bigger picture

Granny squares
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This is part of a mum(s) and me- project we started a while ago. My mum and me started these granny squares a while ago. She was crocheting with my wool, 100 km away and we exchanged wool and grannies from time to time. I now have to finish this all up, add some white bordering and a few more squares. And of course Pauline is helping in this mum(s) and me-project and is already waiting for the first cushion of this series to adorn her sofa (or maybe a potholder for the kitchen?)
These squares make me happy: looking at them and producing them - just try it out - it is so easy!

The remains of the day

The remains of the day
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Lately I added some more colour to liven up our daily routines. I never was a Yellow person except having had a sunny yellow dining room in our old appartment in Constance. but then I thought there was some Yellow missing here in our house, namely right in the middle of it.
There were health issues and they are still going on and see: no Yellow in the middle! readers who have heard of Feng Shui must have heard it before. I am practising it normally and it is so incredible how I seem to have forgotten about this yellow health issue in the middle of everything.
So then I looked for some pretty papers and artwork and it was easy to find some to brighten up our wall in a former dark hall area with nearly no light. I've been eyeing the Paris print from Irene Suchocki for a while now and got it for my Birthday (told my parents, I needed it as well as the Katie Daisy print on the right side!!!)
Now I am greeted every day by a cheering up wall whenever I pass (and that is VERY often!). And at night when we had our tea in the upstairs bedroom and in between brushing teeth and putting away the tea tray (the ttp://www.flylady.net/Fly lady style - thank you!!!), I stop and look and I am just happy then...

Summery

Summery
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Back again after a long break. We were away in July visiting the in-laws at Lake Constance, seeing friends and attending a wedding.
The time away from blogging was twofold: I enjoyed being away and out of reach and I missed the contacts.
So there are a lot of plans and projects on my table right now: Fall is approaching and I have to prepare some kits for the shop (AND re-open it!), All the photographs from our trip will have to be sorted and edited and some will go into a handmade album I made beforehand from the wonderful Studio Callico paper kit. this was a wise decision to start a subscription with the monthly kits because the paper and ephemera choices they have are just so inspiring for me right now.
And then there are so many plans about mini-albums. Last year I started photographing my feet in shoes from above because I somehow liked the idea to have reminders of my shoes for years to come. So why not start a mini-book? Said, done! (I'll share the progress. this book really has been on my table since I bought it a long time ago and the only reason why I did not make one of these little books was that I honestly could not decide with what to start because the ideas were racing through my mind).
And yes - summery! It still is and I love wearing open shoes with no socks and all these dresses, this is not so normal here in this country up North so maybe we should move somewhere warmer where we all can walk barefoot the whole day - the children would love that, for sure.
I will keep that in mind but for now I have to start organizing my summer memories! So long!