more vacation sewing

My plane to Hong Kong leaves in one week.

I'm working on some last projects and bags to make my trip comfortable.

First of all I needed a new bag for my macbook. I still have my old one (made 2 years ago) but since I'm planing to bring the mac on the trip I really needed a new case. I want to blog each day because I will have free internet in my hotel this time.

I used one of my treasured linen fabrics from my stash for the mac sleeve.

It'a a very simple design but shows the lovely fabric so well.

I used lots of batting so I'm hoping that my mac will survive the trip.

Every woman need lots of bags. And it's already a little tradition to travel with a handmade bag.

In 2008 I made this bag for my Japan vacation and last year I traveled with this bag to Hong Kong.

This year I used the 241 tote pattern from noodlehead.

It's a really lovely pattern and I was happy to use the red fabric finally. I bought it a few years ago to make a bag out of it but never decided on a pattern.

I'm not sure if I'm able to fit all my stuff in this bag so I'm making another bag this weekend.

Keep your eyes open for handmade bags  on my blog.

The bright colors go nicely with most of my clothes.

It's getting cold here in germany so I got myself some new and warm muk boots.

The are so comfy and super cute. I'm ready for snow now !

new hair

66/ 365 new hair, originally uploaded by crafting with loove.

I was sick having dark hair. I went to the hairdresser today and asked for blonde hair.
Getting my hair back in blonde colour is hard because of the dark brown I had. I got blonde highlights and a new cut.
I love my new colour and cut. Perfect for spring !!!

The hair looks a bit reddish. The hair dresser told me that we can turn it blonder every time I go there.
Bigger picture here

oufit

scarf: bought in Dresden last year
jacket: H&M
pants: killah
shoes: lacoste

Stripes make me look fat !

Mr. artistic is not a big a fan of my outfit from today. He said that nothing matches ?!

 

A normal (boring) week

Sometimes it's really hard for me to find something to write about on this blog. My weekend and weeks are always the same and I don't want to bother anyone with my boring life.

Who is reading this blog ????

 I have no stories to tell about raising kids or cakes I made . Some weekends or weeks I'm just hanging around after work and do nothing. I watch TV , read blogs and try to kick my ass to be creative or productive in any way. But most of the time it doesn't work.

Now I'm sitting again in front of my laptop and try to summarize the past week.

Monday: I went to work. I went jogging after work and relaxed at home while watching old "Made" episodes on my laptop.

Tuesday: I went to work and recieved a lovely package from Loki. I spend the evening again watching MTV "Made".

Wednesday: Again work in the office. I met for lunch with my friend Katja and went jogging again. Found out that my car might get broke.

Thursday: I had several meetings at work and worked on a flyer. I found out that my car is OK. It wasn't a big thing (knock on wood). I had a doctors apointment to get my lungs checked. X-rayed again but gladly everything is fine. We rushed to mr. artistics parents home to spent the weekend with them

Friday: I slept a bit longer. Finally I got up and went jogging. I hang around and watched TV untill we went for birthday dinner (mr. artistics mom).

(outfit for birthday dinner)

Saturday: I had a good night's rest again. I went grocery shopping. Did a bit of sewing (not because I was in mood it's because I had to finish it) and watched TV. I dyed my hair dark brown again (sorry no blonde this time) and went to bed early.



(grocery shopping outfit)

Sunday: I went jogging with mr. artistics parents. One hour car ride untill we arrived back at home. Discovered that MTV US published all the "Real life" episodes. My evening are filled with escaping from reality for the next days.

So my week is borring and the same EVERY WEEK !!!!

Today I was a lucky day because I found a lovely package from my dear friend Lala. She sent me the cutest handmade things ever and I'm already wearing Matroschka (that's how we call the wooden dolls in east germany) necklace.

Everything she sent is so darling and even the envelope looked like a piece of art.

(lovely mail from Lala)

Good news from Mo because the Hoppel bag I made for her finally arrived.

(Hoppel bag)

I hope that all of you had a good start into the new week.
I'm off to see my psychologist today.

gastroscopy

I had my first gastroscopy in my life today. I was a bit scared because I wasn't sure what will happen. The doctor asked me if I want to sleep while he was doing it and I said "Yes, of course!".

I choose the "small" narcosis because I don't want to be awake while somebody is checking my stomach.

The nurse prepared everything and the doctor entered the room. He is a really nice doctor with a soft voice and friendly face (he is around 40+).

He made a comment about my colourful shirt (which was a gift formyself for my birthday this year) and I told him that if I have to get up that early (OK ...it's a lie because it was the same time I usually work already for more than an hour) I want to make everybody happy with seeing me with  a super colourful and bright shirt.

(ignore the mess and spy the shirt)

I woke up around 15 minutes later and everything was done. The nurse told me to get up and have a rest untill the doctor is ready. My belly felt puffed up and I still hope that I didn't fart while I was asleep *crossing fingers*.

The doctor told me that everything was OK but he will get the complete tests in 2 days. He will call me when something was bad with the tests. I asked for a sick certificate and gladly he gave me one. I didn't feel sick or anything but due to the narcosis I wasn't allowed to drive the car.

Mr. artistic picked me up (which was pretty hard because he had to get up early) we went back home.

 I found a little wound on my lip. Must happened while the doctor removed the tube. Except of this little issue I'm feeling fine !

(Dr. Hoppel)