Cup of pins

I made this for a local antique shop to hopefully sell. It's an antique tea cup from Bavaria with a hand embroidered tea dyed linen pin cushion. The owner of the shop is sweet and was enthusiastic about it. So much so that she loaded me up with cups of all sorts to make more! Yay! I am finally crafting again! I had a goal this year to sell something that I create and it looks like I might do it (insert me patting myself on the back...).

Settle in

We are getting settled which includes the kids off to school. Peppers first day at German Kindergarten! She is happy to go and have her own friends. (I especially like my lovely reflection in the door!) I am nervous about the language. Will she learn or will she be lonely?

Even though we don't have our things, I am making an effort to "move in." I ordered this window cling from here and really love it. It does a good job shielding the view of the block behind us and I still get plenty of diffused light.

I absolutely LOVE papercutting (aka scherenschnitte). I have been visiting flea markets here on the weekends and came across this one for about $10. It's about 10 inches tall. It came in an ugly frame and I am hoping to redo it in a black oval frame. It's my favorite piece so far. The details are amazing. I would love more like this - fairytale inspired.

Long Summer

I am back... It's been a long move to Germany but we are here. Still missing our things but that's another story. I am missing crafting or more specifically, my sewing machine. I'm working on a crochet sweater and a couple of quilts but more on those later too. Instead of crafts I'll leave you with some pictures.

Have I figured this out?

I feel like this is sooooo trial and error here (emphasis on error). This is Lisa Hannigan "I don't know."

I realized after I posted that I was being a bit redundant. The video has a big title on it! Talk about a learning curve...

Makes me happy

I came across Julieta Venegas by accident and now I can't stop listening! I find I have Me Voy in my head all the time. That and I don't know by Lisa Hannigan. I could listen to these songs all day. They are often my inspiration songs. It makes me so happy to such amazingly talented people. It makes me want to take up an instrument.

Sorry it's just a couple of links this time. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to embed a yotube video here. Maybe one day I'll be able towork that out.

Table Runner Part Two

Finally the full picture of the runner I made for a friend. I posted about it here originally.

Front...

and back.

I am happy with the overall look and my friend loves it in her kitchen. That's what counts! I didn't make a label for it though. I have a tendency to write on the binding on the back instead. It's usually just a simple note with the date included.

Off to watch Shaun the Sheep with B!

Surprise

I love these bowls. They are from WMF and please me to no end. They originally came with a pirate picture in the blue and a princess picture in the pink. I tend to switch them out about once a month. Right now Hansel and Gretel reside in the bottom My friend got them for me here (isn't that a great friend!).  The kids get to excited to get to the bottom and find something new.

The kids also have these to go cutlery sets. I know it seems a bit over the top but it comes in handy when traveling. You don't think about the size of a spoon relative to the size of a kids mouth until you have to. We were at a restaurant recently and were given soup spoon size spoons and asked for something a bit smaller. The only thing the had was bigger! It was an entertaining meal watching a 3 and 5 year old trying to eat with a spoon the size of half their face.