birthday haircut

Only 2 days and I will turn 30.

Time for a new and fresh hair cut.

(before)

I went to my fave hairdresser. You can see Afi in the background (the blonde lady).

She always makes my hair.

(waiting for the dye to make my hair blonde again)

Before I met her I really hated going to the hairdresser.
It was really annoying to talk to someone you don't really know about stupid and random stuff for hours and hours.

(wet and fresh cut)

Afi is different. We can talk and we can also enjoy the silence while I read some mags.

She made my hair blonde again and decided that I have to grow my hair into a bob.

(all done and happy)

I already painted my nails for my birthday too.

Tomorrow I will pick up my sis from the train station.

She will stay with me till sunday.

This is definetly the best birthday present.

Two

Yesterday mr. artistic and I visited his family.

My little niece turned two.

I'm a very proud aunty and I enjoy every minute with her.

Gladly they live only 80 km away (same city like my parents in law) so I see her everytime we visited my parents in law.

My heart always beats faster when she is saying my name.

Me and mr. artistic taught her to make "high five" and she is only doing it with us.

She loves books and reading and you find her very often sitting on the couch and reading her books.

I gave her some handmade gifts for her birthday.

Her mommy asked me for some fun handmade gifts to decorate her room.

I bought some cute fabrics a while back and finally I used it for a little bunting.

I had a a few scraps from the bunting and made it into a little mini quilt.

 I stiched around each square with pink, yellow, green ore blue embroidery floss.

 It can be used as a little tablecloth for her table or as wall hanging.

Amelie decided to use it in a different way...as a little blanket.

Isn't she adorable ??!!

In my eyes she is the cutest and fun girl on earth <3

I already have a new sewing list for her room.

She needs pillows for her tiny chairs and maybe a new quilt.

This is the baby quilt which I made for her right after her birth.

She use it as a play mat right now <3.

It was my very first quilt and I cutted all the fabrics with scissors. Can you believe that?!

It took me hours.

But I have to wait untill Amelie gets a big girl bed to take the measurements.

Eleven Things

Eleven Things about me:

1. I love tiny salty pretzels but I hate the salt on them. I always peel the salt of so you find lots of salt around me when I snack pretzels.

2. My family moved into a small village when I was a teenager. The next bigger city was 20 km away and the bus stoped only 3 times a day durring weekday and never at weekends.

This means I had no chance to meet up with friends untill I was 18 and allowed to drive a car.

3. I'm shy when I meet new people but as soon as I feel comfortable around them I'm a really loud person.

4. I don't drink anything from plastic bottles because the santicizer is toxic for your body (and causes cancer).

5. My home is always a mess. I have tons of craft stuff and I'm still buying more.

I love all kind of crafts so I need lots of materials.

6. Sometimes envious of girls in my age or younger with babies. I'm not able to have kids of my own and I still struggle because of this.

7. Mr. artistic and me want to adopt a kid (because of 6.). We are hoping to adopt a kid from another country so it's time to save some money.

8. I'm going to Bad Homburg in 1 1/2 week for rehab (because of my breast cancer in 2009).

I will stay there for 3 weeks and I'm already excited. I will do lots of sports and other fun stuff.

9. I really want to learn how to knit but I have no patience. I tryed it several times but always gave up after a few minutes.

10. I really enjoyed my doll times (10/2006 - 12/2008). I met lots of lovely people through Blythe & BJD and I still talk to a few of them. Some of them turned into fantastic friends which I don't want to miss anymore.

11. I rarely drink coffee because it makes me feel crazy. My body is not used to the caffein so I'm feeling like being on drugs after a big cup of coffee.

Eleven things asked by fellow blogger my billie.

1. Be honest with me. Do you wear socks with your tennis shoes all the time?
Of course I wear socks because I read that the dye they use for shoes is toxic and causes cancer.
 2. Where are you from?
I was born in Nauen/ Germany and grew up in the east of germany (near Berlin).
3. Who is/are your hero/es?
My mom. She was an awesome woman. Full of creativity and love.
 4. What do you want to do with your life?
Due to my breast cancer I have no real plan for the future or my life. The most important thing is to be healthy so this is all I want.
5. What/who makes you happy.
 My cat, my hubby, my family and my hobby.
 6. Mac or PC person?
MAC <3
7. What are three of your favorite blogs?

I have so many fave blogs that I'm not able to pick only three.

8. What's your favorite food?
 Chocolate <3
 9. Favorite movie?
Lord of the Rings. Mr. artistic and I watch all three movies every year around christmas.
 10. Are you ticklish??
Yep :)
 11. What do you like most about yourself?
That I'm able to create sth. with my own hands.

Eleven questions I came up with for you!

1. What is your fave drink ?
2. Where is your fave place in your home ?
3. Best holidays you ever had ?
4. Are you a teamsport person ?
5. Best childhood memory ?
6. Do you still have music tapes ?
7. Fave music ?
8. 100 good friends or one best friend ?
9. Party people or staying at home ?
10. What is your biggest fear ?
11. What are your plans for 2012 ?

I'm supposed to tag other bloggers but I'm affraid that I might get on your nerves.
If you want to play the game feel free to awnser my question and leave a message on my blog ^___^.

christmas mails

The new year is already 6 days old and I had still no time to blog about my christmas mails from last year.

Due to the holiday traveling and of course my lazy ass I'm a little bit behind to say thank to some lovely friends from all over the world.

A few ladies spoilt me with fun a cute christmas packages.

Each package was so unique and filled with love and creativity.

There was a lovely mail from Lala.

(tiny envelope with tiny christmas cards)

 

 

(Lala always has the cutest mails)

(filled with lots of fun and cute things)

I had a little christmas surprice mail from Mo and Sammie.

(cute handmade card from Sammie)

(a cute christmas ornament for my collection)

Jo surpriced me with a cute handmade gift and fabrics.

(owl coinpurse made by Jo and amazing christmas fabrics)

Another mail came all the way from Japan. Ayumi  outdid herself with a cute and fun mail for my tummy and my crafty hands.

(candy, fabrics and a cute handmade potholder)

(cute house pottholder)

I have so many lovely friends all over the world. 

Thank you so much.

I'm blessed <3

nail polish

I can't believe that I hated to wear nail polish on my finger nails untill last week.

It always felt like having tons of heavy stuff on my nails.

But gladly I'm no able to wear nail polish.

And since that days I can't stop buying new colors.

I still need to work on my skills to apply the nail polish in a perfect way.

A week ago I started to watch emergency room again. I used to watch it when I was still living at home and at school.

After 2009 I wasn't able to watch any doctor related series but now I'm able to watch them.
But I have to admit that I skip episodes with cancer.

Last week in my 20ies

Next week is filled with party and celebration.

I'm turning 30 in seven days.

I will take a pic of myself each day untill my birthday.

Today I had an appointment 2 hours after I finished work.

I had to kill time and ended up shopping.

I went to karstadt to buy some needles for my sewing machine and I looked for some yummy yarn.

I ended up with the quilting needles only (so expensive) and went straight to H&M.

In Göttingen we have a childen H&M and a woman H&M.

Because I found some good stuff at the children H&M last time I checked the children H&M first.

I had a 50 € gift coupon (thanks SIL) in my bag and I was ready to spend a few Euro for fun stuff.

When I entered the H&M the grey sweater screamed my name.

Since yesterday I was thinking about getting a simple grey sweater to wear over my blouses.

For 10 € of course it was mine.

When I was waiting for an empty changing room I saw a girl trying a lovely knitted sweater.

I turned around quick and started searching for the sweater.

Lucky me found the sweater on the sale rack for 10 € only.

Of course this sweater had to be mine too.

The sale rack had lots of other lovely clothes too.

I found a black sweater with little flowers which I bought in different colors a few months ago.

For 7 € it went on the "buying" pile immediately.

There was a grey striped shirt for 3 € which I didn't photograph. It's the same style like the black flower shirt only with short sleeves. Of course I had to get it too.

My closet is lacking checkered blouses.

When I found one for 7 € I hads to try it.

It's not slim fitted but goes lovely with skinny jeans.

For 37 € I got five lovely tops . What a great deal.

Now I really need to clean my closet to make room for these beauties.

Gladly my sis coming in a few days for my birthday so she can help me to donate some old stuff .

Have you noticed the blouse I'm wearing today ?!

I bought it more than 3 years ago from miss selfridge.

I found it in my closet today still with tags .

Do you have clothes in your closet which you never wore and still with all the tags ????

I still have a few clothes which I never wore. Sometimes I donate these without wearing them once .

new years party

It'a already 2012 and I still owe you the new years eve party report.

As I already told you me and my friends celebrated at the Maritim hotel in Berlin.

My older sis and I met with mr. artistic and my friends at Friedrichsstrasse near the Maritim.

We were lucky that the weather was nice when we left my sis home. We arrived at the location around 7 pm.

The party started around 9 pm with a yummy buffet and lots of beer and wine.

All the food looked so delicious.

I wish I had taken more pics of the other stuff than only the sweets. But I was the only person who took pics of the food. I guess the other people are used to see that lovely prepared food every day.

The had lots of different dishes and everything I tryed tasted heavenly.

After the plate of sweets I felt really sick. But everything looked so good so I had to take a piece of everything .

Sadly they removed the buffet around 11 pm already so there was no chance for a little midnight snack.

Because one of mr. artistic and my friends knows the hotel owner we were allowed to see the firwork from the rooftop.

Usually the normal party guests were not allowed to see the firworks. Only people who booked a room in the hotel and news years eve party.

Sadly I forgot the to take a pic of my outfit minus the coat.

The famous new years eve kiss .

The firwork was fantastic. Gladly it wasn't raining at that point.

Watch the firework video here.

My sis and I left the party around 3 am. 

The party was really nice (mostly because of the yummy food). Most of the people were much older than me. I think the average age was around 55.

I can see myself going to this kind of party in 20 years. For next year I would like to go to a place with younger people.