December 1, 2009

Washington DC Temple Festival of Lights


Washington DC Temple Festival of Lights


Oh how I long to be there again this Christmas! What a marvelous time it was to serve there.
Sisters, I miss you all terribly and wish you a wonderful Christmas season!
Und natürlich eine schöne Adventszeit für alle meine Freunde hier.

November 23, 2009

Christmas Decorations

Here are some of the pictures promised last week. I am excessively happy over the sugary sweet Christmas garland. My sewing machine and I have somewhat of a love-hate-relationship, and it really undermined my sewing efforts gravely this time. The garland took forever. But I am glad it worked in the end ;). Happy Christmas season!



...and one little picture of a mouse resting on my keyboard. I wanted to post this picture a long time ago, but kept forgetting until now. The mouse was made of felt scraps I had laying around the house. Needle felted it in the end to make it more furry. It grew on me :).

November 19, 2009

Getting Crafty Again

New projects in the works:
-a Christmas garland (hopefully done by tomorrow)
-framed Christmas-themed pictures on our mantelpiece
-the mantelpiece itself is under some major decoration-construction right now
-cards and presents
... so many ideas but not so much time. I hope to be able to finish a lot of projects within the next four days. Pictures to come ;). I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas season.

**It´s beginning to look a lot like Christmas**

November 4, 2009

The Halloween Party


Here are some pictures of our Halloween party, including gorry meals ;).

October 14, 2009

Yay, connected to the Floo Network

With Halloween approaching, it is hard for me to not become too nerdy about it (hence the Harry Potter reference in the blog title). With our new -fake but absolutely cosy looking- fireplace, we are now able to travel in a fun wizarding fashion: by floo powder. Yes, you can tell I´ve just finished re-reading the final HP book yesterday and am amazed at how much I had forgotten. See, this is the book that I had only read once before and rather quickly too, as I was desperate to know the end. I still love the book. All of them.

We also started decorating the dining room for the Halloween party we´re hosting. We haven´t really planned much yet but couldn´t wait for the fun. I was crafting away while Dani looked up extra spooky foods and meals online. We had a blast looking through some of the ideas and recipes presented.

And lastly, this is for mom. I finished crocheting that little hat for Blythe... and a scarf. It was fun but ugh, don´t look at it closely. I think I am improving somewhat, though :).



October 6, 2009

The Muffinqueen struck again...

My muffins are done! Come have some... and the best thing is, they are without calories and you can cuddle with them as much as you like. I´ve always had a weakness for all things sweet, especially cupcakes and muffins. There´s the Muffin Queen design I came up with ages ago, for the Soul Food series of dishware,

and the Tea and Muffins in the Woods painting,
and finally the muffin softies. I fell in love with them but already partet with one. It´s a chocolate muffin for my sister´s birthday (among other things). The cat appeared out of felt scraps, in a muffin making break and never left again, so here is the little cat among her little muffin friends. Wheeee!

October 5, 2009

Works in progress

What I´ve been up to today... (to be continued):

October 2, 2009

Anniversary


One fun-filled year with the love of my life :). Thank you, Dani!

October 1, 2009

Sneak Preview


... a little illustration which is to be published in a magazine. Rough sketch... colors and poses might change. Depends on the editor´s say. But I am quite content with it...

Almost there...

I am keeping very busy lately, hence my poor excuses of one-line blog entries. My latest creative project needs to remain a secret, as it is going to be my sister´s birthday present. It was finished last night and her birthday is on Oct. 11, so you will have to wait with pictures ;). Now that the thing-which-must-not-be-named-yet is done, I really want to keep it for myself! Oh well.

Tomorrow Dani and I will hit our one year mark. I can´t believe we´ve been married for almost a year now! It seems much shorter ...time flies when you´re having fun :).

September 24, 2009

59.5 kg (got a bit slowed down in my efforts after Dani made us a HUGE bowl of Tiramisu, 90 % fat or more, and I couldn´t resist), woot!