a little piece of art

Some of you who are reading my blog might know about the great painting skills of my husband aka mr. artistic.

He is an awesome artist who spoils me rotten with super lovely, unique and special artwork.

He made some really special shoes and painted the most perfect headphones for my birthday.

A few days ago I begged him to paint a little Blythe bag for me and as always he didn't disapoint me at all.

He used acrylic paints and sealed everything with clear acrylic to make the usable every day without worring to much.



The bag is 5,5 x 8 x 2,5 inch and made from syntetic leather (no animals where harmed to make this bag).

The dolly bag turned out super cute and the best is he is sharing his art with the whole wide world.

He allowed me to add the bag to my shop.

handmade

I have no idea how to name this post so I just thought handmade would be nice since I'm talking about handmade stuff.

My head is always full of ideas but when I'm home from work I'm always to lazy.

I just hang around on my sofa and watch olympics.

In my head I'm working on 100 projects but in real life I have several projects unfinished waiting on my desk.

I keep buying fabrics for my 100 sewing plans. But all I do is folding them nicely and put them in my fabric shelf.

Do you know this problem when there are to many projects flooting in your head and you can't kick your ass to start ?

Gladly I finish some projects...but very slow.

A friend of mine asked for bag since she saw this post. I told her that I would definetly make her one but she has to pay for the fabrics since it's a big bag and good fabrics are not cheap at all.

I gave her the adress of my fave online fabric shop and she picked 3 fabrics.

I ordered them and after the usual one month wait they arrived.

I finished this bag in one day. It's an awesome pattern by i like orange too and pretty easy to follow.

The bag is really big but who doesn't like big bags ?!

Another quick project was this little coaster or wall hanging.

I made it as a little thank you gift.

 I really love those patchwork houses and I have another patchwork house on my to do list. But since I already told you about my long to do list you know this will take forever.

For the christmas in july project I made a postcard bag for my partner Ellen. Ellen is originally from the US and is living and working in Amsterdam.

 

She really loves to travel so I thought a bag for her postcard and notebook would be nice.

I used some of my fave linen fabrics for the top and the inside pockets are made from a lovely vintage fabric.

The little bird charm matches the style and vintage button so nicely so I had to add it for more cuteness.

Spicing up the kitchen - We are moving

The kitchen is the must ugly room in my home.

It's one of the biggest rooms in the flat but we rarely use it unless we cook or wash the dishes.

We have an awesome big dinning table in the kitchen but refuse to eat there.

The kitchen is to ugly to stay there any longer than we need.

We bought the kitchen second hand when we moved to Göttingen in 2005. The kitchen was already ugly and higly used when we bought it but now the kitchen is falling apart. 

We have to fix sth. nearly every months.

We won't get a new kitchen in the near future since we are not staying that long in Göttingen anymore.

Yeah you heard right.

Mr. artistic will move to another city early 2013. I already told my boss that I don't want a new contract for 2013 so now it's official.

From january 2013 I will be jobless and need to find a new one....in BERLIN !

I'm not sure if you knew but I'm originally from a small city 80 km away from Berlin. Most of my family lives in that area and some school friends are living in Berlin too.

Now we just need to find a job for mr. artistic. I finished university in december 2011 and still didn't find a job. He is turning 32 this year and really need to start working.

But that's another story. Back to our kitchen "problem".

I always wanted to spice up the kitchen since a few months and I added sth. handmade nearly every week. The kitchen is looking more and more cozy but I have to admit that I don't believe that I will ever eat there ;)

I made a quick cover for the washing machine. 

The top of washing machine is getting dirty pretty quick since  it's near the stove. With the new cover I don't need to clean the top of the washing maschine everytime we use the stove. I just need to wash the cover and everything is pretty and clean.

Our toaster was the one on my list. We don't use the toaster every day so it's collecting dust pretty quick. I already had a cover for mr. toaster but it was a really ugly brown one.

When I saw the cute fabrics with the german words (even if the german on the fabrics makes no sense at all...lol) I knew that I have to buy them to spice up the kitchen.

They are fun and go perfect with a simple linen.

Because I was already in sewing mode I had to make a quick cover for the water boiler as well. I used linen and another fabric with german words.

I really love the look of linen and fabric in my kitchen.

It makes it look fun and fresh.

When I went to fabric shop with my sis two weeks ago we spotted a lightblue tablecloth with white dots.

It was only 3,49 €/m so I had to buy it for the dinning table.

We still use the kitchen only for cooking and washing the dishes. But now we can do this in pretty kitchen.

Thank you...the long overdue Post

Today it's time to say THANK YOU !

In the past months I recieved lots of lovely mails from dear friends to cheer me up.

I treasure every gift and I'm getting teary again when I think about all the love and thoughts which were put into these gifts <3

Mo my dear friend from Hong Kong spoilt me with awesome handmade gifts and fun toys.

Wendy my oldest  friend (we met several times in real life already <3 <3 and know each other since 2006 ) from Hong Kong spoiilt me with super yummy candy, my fave tea and an amazing leather handbag in my fave style.

Helen my super fun friend (I always laugh so hard when we chat in real life...it's never getting boring with her) from Hong Kong as well sent my chinese herbs to help to raise my red blood cells and healthy tea.

Christel another old dolly friend from UK spoilt me with super cute snack boxes (which I use daily for work and always get compliments about them) and the most cutest band aid which I'm wearing right now while I type this <3

Natascha hosted a give away on her blog and lucky me won a super cute key chain (which match my bag perfectly) amd a handmade leather bracelet which I'm wearing nearly every day. 

Ellen was my partner at the christmas in july blog and sent some super amazing gifts. It was definetly feeling like christmas when I found the super cute photoframe and the fun cups.

Thank you you so much from the bottom of my heart <3

Playing with dolls

If you are following me in the last years you should have noticed that my crafty hobby includes different kinds of being creative.

I play with fabrics, paints and I play with dolls.

You heard right...I play with dolls. Don't worry I'm not crazy at all.

Playing with dolls is a very creative hobby. It's not that you "play" with them in a usual kind of way like you did as a kid.

Playing with dolls means to me...sewing and working with files and sanding paper.

Blythe is that kind of doll which can make you use all your creativity in different kind of ways.

They are fun and cute looking dolls which can be easily transformed in your mini me or any kind of dolls you like.

I started to love Blythe back in 2006. I bought my first doll from ebay from my dear friend Wendy.

At that point we didn't know each other but our passion for Blythe make us become real friends.

Now we know each other for nearly 6 years and Blythe isn't the main topic anymore. We talk about everything what happens in our life and we meet 3 times already (2008 in Japan, 2010 in Hong Kong and Singapore 2011 in Hong Kong again). 

Blythe brought me me even more friends like Serene, Mo, Jo, Helen and all these other lovely people I met in the past years.

In the past years I wasn't playing with dolls a lot but since BlytheCon Berlin I really enjoy "playing" with them again.

I got myself a few ne Blythe to try my carving skills. Working on Blythe is fun and easy. It means I don't need my sewing machine. Just my needle files and a good movie on my Mac.

I still have a a few Blythe which I'm working on right now. I'm still waiting for stuff to get them ready.

But finally this weekend I was able to finish one of my recent projects.

I really enjoyed the whole process and I'm more than happy with the finished doll.

 

I changed the look of this doll already 3 times.

I think this time she is keeping her new look forever.

I even drafted a new Blythe pattern for a skirt and a matching shirt just for her.

It's a long time since I made doll clothes and since I lost all my Blythe patterns (I have no idea where all my great patterns are ) it was fun to make sth. completly new.

I added the outfit to my shop. So if your doll is in need for a new outfit go ahead and grab it. 

I can really wait to finish a few more dolls. But I'm slow since I'm working on some sewing projects too.

I will keep you updated.

Brochette quilt

Do you remember this post ?

It was back in september last year when I finished my Marshmallow Brochette top from Threaded Mess.

I had this quilt top on to do list since such a long time and it's finally done.

 

But I have to admit that this quilt is already finished sincejanuary but I had no time or energy to post about this baby.

 

Since february we use this quilt quit often. It's a very cuddly quilt because I used some flannel for the backing.

I tryed to use color from the top and I really like the outcome.
I quilted it free motion with a loopy design.

 

It's the fave quilt of my husband because of the cuddly and warm backside.

 

I had to promise that I will use flannel for our big bed quilt as well. I already ordered the flannel but the top is still not finished yet.

It's the summer quilt along top from last year which still needs some aditional blogs to get a bigger size.

 

Untill this we are using the  picknick quilt and the brochette quilt to keep us warm in our bed.

You really need some extra blankets in germany because it's really cold and doesn't feel like summer at all.

To make the cold and rainy days I try to dress myself in bright colors.

I love this colorful headscraf because it matches so many outfits.

It looks good with blue, pink and yellow...or all three colors together :)

BlytheCon Berlin

I'm just back from the BlytheCon in Berlin.

I started my short trip to Berlin on friday. I packed my dolls and mr. artistic and took the rusty old Ford Ka for a 4 hour ride to Berlin.

We arrived pretty late because both of us went to bed really late the day before because of the soccer game.

awesome !!!, originally uploaded by crafting with loove.

Sadly I wasn't able to make it to the pre meet so I was really nervous meeting all the peeps at the BlytheCon on saturday.

Mirella

 I'm very shy when I meet people the first time so I didn't talk as much as I hoped.

I totally enjoyed every minute and it was fantastic to see the flickr peeps finally after so many years.

I really hope that there will be another BlytheCon in Berlin in the future.

Stellina

I have to admit that Blythe is growing to me again. Maybe I'm taking them out from the shelf much more often now.

Tomorrow I'm having my third Chemo. I wish I could hide and skip it. But no chance ...