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video of the week: here i dreamt i was an architect by the decemberists

handmade gift ideas: sewing

in my last post i showed off my favourite crochet gift ideas, for this one i wanted to show you my favourite sewing projects. this post is smaller but just as cute, don't you think?



a cute lavender teabag by lupin. find more of her tutorials here.


anna panda plushie, more great tutorials at mollychicken.blogs.com.



this is an oldie but a goodie: a tutorial for how to make a black apple doll.


see more:
* how to make cute clocks, a rug, rose petal applique etc.
* crochet gifts

winter wonderland + giveaway winner!

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when i woke up this morning a view like this, well minus the deer and a bit less snow, greeted me outside the window. i'm not a big fan of snow, it's pretty but it's cold and wet and i have nothing to wear. if only i could stay in all day and watch it from the window, that would be lovely.

i didn't have a lot of participants in my last giveaway. i'm a bit bummed out but i didn't provide a very inspiring picture so i was kind of expecting it. however, i have drawn a winner and i hope she will like her price.

the winner is...

*drum roll*

KATJA! please send me your address katja and i'll get that parcel on it's way.

the winner was drawn randomly and fair. blow kisses to all participants! thank you all for your answers, they have helped a lot and there will be a lot of positive changes in my etsy and blog next year if not sooner, and good luck next time darlings!

"bind me, gag me, take me to the bunny ranch"

via we heart it.

i feel a bit like this bunny today. drained, calm, and er.. fluffy?

plans for the week:
- workworkwork
- finish that order for cherry cherry already
- write that letter already
- work out

yeah, that's it. before i can do anything else all those needs to be taken care of. oh, who am i kidding?

ps: last chance!

hurry hurry!

1. maedchenmitherz has a cute giveaway here, hurry up and enter because it ends later today!

2. sass and craft has a really cute giveaway too. find it here.

3. and while you're at it, enter mine as well! you have another 34 hours to enter!

video of the week: to the east by electralane

one year

today is a sad day for me. in just a few hours it's exactly one year ago a good friend of mine passed away. i thought today would be horrible, but the anticipation has been much worse. i've waited in fear for this day, expecting the worst, but today was pretty much like every day.

top 5 things i feared i'd do today but haven't:
- cut my own hair (that's always been my no 1 "solution" to bad days, that's always made it worse)
- cry in public
- get myself drunk
- get myself drunk and cry in public
- feel exactly like the day i found out what had happened

none of it happened and it doesn't seem like it will within the next few hours either.

i'm still not sure how i want to document it all though, a way to celebrate the friendship we had. i've only lost one other person, my grandmother, that i felt close to and i'm still waiting for inspiration to make something out of it, you know? have you lost someone? did you document it somehow? did you make a mini album? did you get a tattoo? do you have a shrine? what have to done to make sure you never forget? i really want to hear your stories!

GIVEAWAY #2

i was so excited to see so many participants in my last giveaway so i decided to make this one extra juicy. this time around you'll have the chance to win a cute ear flap hat, a bow head band, a flower headband, a pair of arm warmers, two demo cds from the band sad monkeys and an adorable own ornament! pretty sweet huh?! share with your friend or keep it all for yourself, it's your call!

here's how to enter:

- comment here and let me know what you want to see more of in either my etsy shop or on my blog!


for additional entries:

- for an extra chance to win you can follow this blog and leave a comment here to tell me that you do. if you already follow this blog that's great, just let me know!

- for another extra entry you can tweet on twitter about this giveaway with a link to this page, comment to tell me you have done so with the link to your twitter.

- for yet another entry, blog about this, comment here with the link to the post. please use the giveaway photo in your blog entry.


good luck!!!

last day to enter is november 30th, and the giveaway winner will be announced december 3rd!

last week and this week

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last week was fantastic, best week in ages perhaps. mini vacations are the best and i definitely needed this one. editors were just okay, but the maccabees, who were warming up, were great so i was very satisfied. the maccabees 'no kind words' is still my favourite song and definitely the single of the year. only bad thing about last week was that i didn't get as much blogging done, but that means more for this week (probably/hopefully/maybe).

the plans for this week, some work, lots of play:

- getting the order for cherry cherry done
- writing a letter to an old friend of mine
- having another GIVEAWAY!! i wanted to have it today but when i got home from work it was too dark to get photos, but tomorrow!
- get the very last two xmas gifts done
- start a new pair of socks for myself