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My crochet cushions

I wanted to post a photo of the latest cushion that I made this summer for a friend's wedding, but then I realised that I hadn't posted any of the others either, I believe (excuse me if I'm accidently double posting ;))

So in order of creation here are the four cushions that I crocheted in the last 16 months. They are all granny squares, because that is just so very easy to do :)

Number 1.

Number 2.

Number 3.

Number 4.

If you'd like to see some more cushions that I made you can do so here.

Vintage ribbon lamp shade

I broke our glass lamp shade a while ago (while vacuuming, go figure!), so I needed a new one. Not wanting to spend much money on it and not wanting to search for a new one either, I decided to pick up a cheap lamp shade from the thrifstore and see what I could do with that.

(Said cheap, ugly lamp shade)

All I did was get out my prettiest vintage ribbons and bravely cut into them (go me!). I then attached all ribbons with sticky velcro tape. It took a while, but when I was finished I was super pleased with the result.

This project hardly cost me anything and I actually love that my ribbons are on constant display.

Mini kitchen

I sold our kiddie kitchen today. I was a little sorry to say goodbye to it, but the kids weren't playing with it and it was taking up space in the livingroom.

It was literally sold in a matter of hours, and for nearly the same price that I paid for it a few years ago...

This was the day that Linus got it for his birthday.

Homely snaps

We're all back to our normal routine. While I mourn the end of summer -although the weather is still really nice- I do find enjoyment in our daily activities at home, school and work.

Some of yesterday's snaps:

Tomato soup (it was good!)

Kneading

A little break with my girls. They look adorably ridiculous sunning themselves!

The final result. That should be enough for this week!

Bright bulbs

And a pretty song:

 

 

Scenes from today

Sewing a blouse for Amber

Caught this beast, obviously looking for trouble

Ugh (still there)

Dirty

I got my hands all sorts of dirty today, covered in soil and flour. Keeping busy doing such basic jobs literally helps me feel grounded. Creating something in whatever shape or way is so purely satisfying. I'm grateful for my drive to create, even though it can feel like a burden sometimes.

So more seeds were sown and more bread was baked. The house is a mess though and let's hope that I have the urge to "create" clean windows soon (gah, what will the neighbours think!) ;)

It's coming

Spring.

Undeniably.

Happy me.

I ordered vegetable seed for the garden and I went and got a truckload of soil at the garden centre. This afternoon I dug my way around the garden (blisters, muscle ache), all for the good cause of homegrown vegetables. This year I will be more successful at growing vegetables! Not a hard feat since last year's harvest was quite pathetic. Hopefully this will be a bad year for the snail...

Did I mention I was happy about spring approaching? So very happy.

Smell the roses

Well, there must still be some life in me after all, because today I found myself rearranging some of my treasures. I even wiped a little dust away! Isn't that Villeroy & Boch plate just gorgeous? One of last month's discoveries.

And it was undeniably spring-like outside. That does a body good, too.

Now the weekend ahead of us. Two birthday parties to go to, a baking session tomorrow and hopefully catching up on a lot of sleep. Sounds good to me.

Happy weekend!

Winter scene

Villeroy & Boch Heinrich West Germany "Winter"