big bumps & nice food

Here we go in week 31 - 9 more weeks to go.

Still working on my last goal: Eating healthy. Last night, we cooked a broccoli soup with fresh organic broccoli and some other vegetables.

Still, I'm in love with wonderful treats like this one:

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OhYum has the nicest marshmallows in her Etsy shop. It's even more inviting to me since my only attempt to make marshmallows myself miserably failed.

Take care,
J

2 days left...

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Thursday will be my last day at work for a bit more than a year... Really, really strange for me - I have never really stayed home without any work. Well, I'm sure there will be work, but definitely a totally different kind than what I am used to.

For the next two months though I'll be staying home and I'll have lots of time to do whatever I want (J. has already carefully suggested to open my DaWanda shop again - I think he's afraid we'll drown in handmade stuff otherwise...). Well, the local fabric store and my favourite online fabric stores will be thankful.

Have a good week!

giving is gaining

One of my dearest and closest friends is not doing too well these days. She lives far away so I can't talk to her but on the phone. She's a sewing queen, too, so I figured this little package might cheer her up.

I think being creative, and - for me - especially sewing is great when you're not feeling well. It always helps to make your thoughts brighter.

Have a fab Sunday!

Ps. The bride's mother, a lovely, well-versed British lady, family mother and domestic pro said the cupcakes were "divine". That's by far the greatest flattery I could get.

olives & cupcakes

Who said it was gonna be healthy? We're just talking about pretty here, right? So I just needed a little butter and sugar for my wedding cupcakes...

I'm quite happy though about how they turned out!





My personal #1: Chocolate Chocolate Cupcakes:

Vanilla Vanilla Cupcakes:

Chocolate Peppermint Cupcakes (with mint flavoured candy in the dough and mint flavoured icing):

Of course, I had to taste each batch. As each of this cupcakes contains approximately 3568 calories and 92% sugar, I felt a bit sick afterwards and was very grateful for some black olives and pecorino cheese we had in the fridge...

Have a sweet friday night!

goal #3: check

Yes. We have a new closet. Finally, all my pretty dresses and skirts are no longer at dust's and cat's mercy, but have what they deserve: A nice house to keep them warm, dust free and cat safe.

Putting all of the clothes gently on hangers and into the closet, I once again realized how many of them I actually have (though of course I keep denying it in front of J). For now they don't fit me, so I will be patiently waiting until they do again - and then it will be as if I had soo many new clothes! :)

So, here are some before-after pictures for you:


P.s. Tomorrow is the big cupcake day! I still don't have anything like a cake stand or similar to present them... hm-hm-hmmm...

P.p.s. Goal reaching is going pretty well these days - I might have to come up with some more goals? Or maybe it's just by body that knows I won't and shouldn't be reaching any goals when the baby is here...

let's stay home

I've just ordered this print last week from ashelyg and I can't wait for it to get here.


It so expresses what I feel most of the days in this time, especially with the days getting more autumny.

I'm quite happy with my home at the moment.

goal #4, pt. I: check

Well, not a trillion, but - six. It's a start.

I always find it pretty amazing what can be done in just a couple of hours, when you're fully concentrated and dedicated to one thing. Today, I screenprinted two little romper suits my mum gave us - I never can just take white things, I always need to add something to them.
This literally just took a couple of minutes. Only a bit longer did it take to sew this snuggler, pattern taken from Lotta Jansdotters fabulous book:

This used up some of the fabric I got yesterday, so, as always, I have much fabric left over. Which I don't particularly mind, of course. I like the fact that the fabric gives the snuggler some kind of a Japanese kimono touch - and also, that we'll kind of have the same outfit since I'll use the same fabric for a dress for me. The fabric I used for the lining is some kind of super soft, strechy terry cloth which just seemed perfect for some little winter hats in different sizes:

Patterns taken also from Lotta's book.

A part of the white teddy fabric I used for a musical toy, which plays Pachelbel's canon in D major (I was lucky enough to find an online shop selling little music machines playing songs different from the usual that I can't stand listening to...).

I hope your Sunday was/is as good as mine!

Next week I'll finally have some nursery pics ready, so stay tuned...