Monday, February 28, 2011

Crocheted Recycled Rug


Don't you love it when you tidy up and you find a project that is almost finished but not quite ...
But it needs just a bit more work - and you are done!
You get this awesome feeling that you have finished something even though you have only been working on it for a little bit. 

I LOVE that.



Happened to me with this rug. I started it a long while ago and it was supposed to become a BIG rug. *cough* 
Well, a girl can dream right?!
After a bit I gave up changed my mind.

"Really? Why?"

I decided it will become a small rug. :-)
And what does it get used for?


Perfect for tiny feet ...


;-)

Tiny feet in the bathroom!

Oh, almost forgot. It is made out of cut up shirts! Just cut them into strips, join the strips ... and you have yourself some nice "yarn" that you can crochet into some nice rug with a huge crochet hook!

It is FUN!


"Hey Mommy, could you stop taking photos and play with me?"

Sorry, gotta go ...

Edited:
I completely forgot ... I have made a similar rug before. The one I have made before is circular and bigger. You can see it HERE.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Tea Time Buttons

I actually wanted to write a "real" post today. Not just buttons.
But blogger is not my friend today. It takes forever to load and uploading photos is just ... well, no fun.
So, just buttons today. I will write a proper post at the weekend! :-)
But at least the buttons I am showing you are kinda special ... to me at least.




I am LOVING them. :-)

You know that I love everything tea-related. I can not believe how cute these turned out ...


I did put them into my SHOP. But you know ... I think I could live with it if they do not get sold. ;-)



I really would love to sit down and make a whole bunch more ....

Tea anyone?



Thursday, February 24, 2011

Love ...


I can not tell you how much I love these two!
I am in a strange mood right now. Feeling so thankful for my two kids. Feeling rather inadquate as a mother. But still happy to have the chance to try my best ...
I better do not write much more today. Otherwise you will think I was drinking or something ... :-)
Which I was not! Just so you know!

Oh, and by the way. Not as cold as the last couple days ... but still cold over here. :-)


More button goodness coming up tomorrow ... and hopefully some crafty bits, too.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

COLD

It is REALLY cold overhere. 

The strange thing is - the skye is blue. 
Wonderfully blue ... and there are only few cute white clouds.
And the sun is shining.




But still so COLD! 
FREEZING!

I made these buttons after having been outside for one of my walks with little man. I do not know why ... but somehow I had to make clouds ... :-)
They are in the STORE now.

Monday, February 21, 2011

PURE fabric love

I guess you all know that 
 I love fabric. 

Well, most of us do, right?
But a few weeks ago this fabric love peaked into something ... NEW to me. :-)

While browsing through the word wide web I stumbled on a sale on


I went to check it out - even though I did not intend to order anything.
I mean it would  be kinda crazy to order fabric from the US when you live in Germany. 
After all ... I would have to pay high postage and costums ... 
And I spend too much money on fabric already especially since I have so much fabric that I have not used yet. 
But when I saw the fabric - and the prices - I could not resist! 
I started calculating like a maniac and arguing with hubby and myself.
Actually hubby said I should just order! So I was kinda arguing with myself most of the time ... :-)
It took me a whole evening to actually decide to just do it!

Oh, and I can only highly recommend All above fabric if you want to buy fabric online. 
AWESOME costumer service!!!
Seriously! 
As I was really unsure what I was getting myself into I contacted Melanie via facebook and asked about the postage ... and how much I could buy for it. She got right back at me with really helpful answers.

Wanna know what I got?

I ordered this beautiful printed dark brown botton knit that you can see on top of the bundle. 
Love it. 
Yet, have no idea so far what to do with it. 
Maybe some cute dress type of thing or top for my daughter ...


And you can already see what else I ordered:


It is some of the PURE fabric by Sweetwater. 
You have to check out their blog by the way ... It is called 


and wonderful!


To be completely honest I never really understood how people could be so much into fabric from certain designers. 
When someone on a blog asked for your favourite designer I simply drew a blank. 
I did not have one! 
I know if I like fabric when I see it. And I guess I have a certain "type" of fabric that I like ... 
But a designer? Nope. 
Until I saw the fabric line called  
PURE


It was love at first sight! 

Seriously!!!! 
I am not kidding! 
I had no idea a person could love fabric that much! 
So when I saw that fabric at All above fabric - and when I saw that it was ON SALE! 
I kinda felt like the stars aligned to TELL me that I HAVE to order it! 

I HAD NO CHOICE! :-)
It was meant to be!


When the package arrived a bit later - I was so so so so happy. 
Even though I ended up having to pay customs fees I still had saved about 50% compared to if I would have bought the same fabric here in Germany. 
(Which I would have never done. WAY too expensive!)

AND I just love it! It is so pretty!!!!!


I hope you are not getting sick of the pictures by now. I know they all look the same ... I could look at them for hours! :-)
But now the question is - what to do with it???

I can not seem to be able to come up with a sewing project that would seem worth the fabric. 
Does that sound odd?
I do have a project in mind which is not sewing related at all. 
Which would only use a some small bits of each fabric. 
And when finished I could enjoy this ... project ... :-) all the time ...
Still, I would have to CUT it up. *ouch*
How can I do that????

I think I seriously need help ...

Saturday, February 19, 2011

A little midnight "hooooooot"


Tomorrow I will have to put the new owls in the shop ...
But now I really have to go to bed. Otherwise I myself will turn into an owl. ;-)
Good night!

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Look at my new bag!!!

 A while back I won a handbag from Johanna.
Her blog is called 


and even though she is German - she writes English, too! :-)

So go and check it out!
Especially if you are into handbags and/ or quilting! :-) 

But I am digressing. I wanted to show off what I won. I was allowed to choose a bag - any bag - from her store

What a treat!!!!

Look what I picked:



I am loving the fabric. So fun!!!

And the bag itself is just gorgeous!


It has the right size.
Is roomy.
It has a long strap so it can be worn across the chest.
Did I mention I love it?

I did not take a photo of the insight - the bag is surprisingly big so there is alot of my stuff in there!!!! :-) 
But the bag is lined with a beautiful red fabric with white dots! So pretty!!!

Thanks Johanna - for making that beautiful bag for me!



Sunday, February 13, 2011

Another tiny pincushion

Maybe you remember this tiny pincushion in a nutshell I made and posted about here ...


I made another one with an owl. Not sure yet whether I will add this one to the shop. The one above is already in  


Feel free to go there and have a look around ...


I also made a whole bunch of new buttons yesterday. Will show pictures soon ...

Have a great Sunday!


I am linking to these parties

Sumo Sweet Stuff Making  
Katie's Nesting Spot 

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Folded stars

January is over ... and I have not even posted ONE 

Bad!!!
So here it comes ...


I actually made these already a while ago. But somehow finding the time to type up posts becomes harder and harder.

Well, just shortly before Christmas ... and during Christmas actually ... I learned how to make these folded stars. 
They are made out of square papers and are just folded - and stuck together. 

You have to fold 30 pieces of paper. 

In Germany they are called Bascetta-stars. 

Anyone can tell me whether that is the same in the rest of the world?




This one is a star made out of special paper that has different prints/ colors on both sides. 
It looks really pretty, don't you think?

After I had made this one I was out of the pretty paper ... and I figured I could ge a bit inventive ...
So I ended up using this:


This is a rather old book with musical notes.




I love musical sheets. 

So I had to try whether it would look good. And this is how it turned out:


I totally adore it!


And as you have to cut the pages to squares there is always a paper strip left over. So what did I do?
I cut squares out of the left over bits ... and made a tiny star:



Here you can see both together:



This was so much fun!
I am actually working on another recycled star. 
No musical sheets though ... curious? ;-)
But it might take a bit until it is done ...


The folding and the putting together is really relaxing ... but the cutting of the squares is simply booooooring! :-)





Katie's Nesting Spot     

  


 








Friday, February 4, 2011

Need your help - WHAT are bean bags good for?

When I put up the post about the washable bean bags that I had made with hubby for Christmas Papgena from Papgena made it asked a very interesting questions:

What are they good for? What can kids do with them?

To some of you this question might sound strange. 
But not to me - I totally understand. 
There are no bean bags around here in Germany. 
And apparently also in other european countries. 

Before I started blogging I had never heard of them. And when I did hear of them - or rather read about them - for the first time I had exactly the same question. 

What are they good for? 
They are just a little cushion thingy with beans - what can they be used for? 
Why would kids play with them?

Now I really love them. I like that they are so called OPEN TOYS - which means that they can be used for ANYTHING a kid can think of! 

Of course they are awesome for throwing!!! :-)
And - the mommy likes that - they can be heated up and used for tummy aches! Much better than those big water bottles!

They can also be used for pillows ... but also for things like pretend-playfood for example. 
Yes, I KNOW it does not look like play food. 
That is the PRETEND part in it! ;-)
And it is good for kids to actually USE their imagination ....

Anyway, there are soooo many things that they can be used for ... so guys, help me out here and comment and tell what uses you can think of or your kids have shown you. Also of course if you have made beanbags before or know a link ... please share!

I hope we get a nice collection of uses for bean bags together to convince all Germans/ Europeans that they are an awesome toy and start a new trend overhere! :-)




Thursday, February 3, 2011

Stickhorse Pattern and Giveaway

Remember Marzipan the stickhorse?
Did you like him?

 
If you want a chance to win a handmade stickhorse 

which is even cuter than Marzipan  - but do NOT tell him,  he is gonna cry all week over that!

go on over to  
and enter her giveaway. 
You have until Saturday! So hurry!

Sorry that this comes so late. I meant to post this earlier ...

But even if you miss the giveaway - head on over anyway, as she has a pattern and AWESOME instructions on how to make your own stickhorse. 
So even if you do not win you could have your own. 
Or a whole stable full! ;-)

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