Monday in my studio - Week 32
Week 32 has started like the weather, dull and broiling, with heavy thunderstorms and dark clouds, in marked contrast to yesterday when I spent most of the afternoon dyeing fabrics in the warm sun....
View ArticleWoodland Expedition
Every evening they wonder, why these two fellows are just so so tired. But if you'd spend all day on expeditions in the woodlands Hunting ladybugs and earthworms Hiding under lupin leaves, like huge...
View ArticleMonday in my Studio - Week 33
Week 33 started with bright sun, paperwork and then a basket full of doll limbs that needed stuffing. I won't lie - as a doll maker, stuffing doll limbs is the part of my work I am least fond of. As...
View ArticleWednesdays are Egg Days
During summer, wednesdays are the days I look forward to the most. I bring packages with orders to the small post counter at the supermarket in the village, and on my way back, I stop at Nytorp 2089,...
View ArticleA Birthday Party for the Cats, the Peacock, the Dog and the Chickens
Today we went to a fantastic birthday party. Our friends have a small farm, and every year, just before the summer holidays are over and school starts again, they invite family and friends to a party...
View ArticleMonday in my Studio - Week 34
Week 34 has started with me picking a quick bouquet in the garden, still in my nightgown, with six candles on a birthday cake, breakfast in bed, unwrapping of gifts and two birthday songs, one in...
View ArticleSome special kind of happiness: Loppislycka
In the past years as a German expat in Sweden, I have learned that, in order to feel loppislycka, a special kind of Swedish flea market bliss, you'll need sharp elbows, alert eyes and a proper...
View ArticleMonday in my Studio - Week 35
Another monday, a new week. Since 8 o' clock, I have been sewing, stuffed doll limbs, crocheted shoes and braided a little girl's hair for a photo shooting in the garden. At noon, when my eyes...
View ArticleNew in the webshop - doll clothes
Six clothes sets, a long-sleeve dress and comfy leggings, are waiting for you in my webshop. Each set is made of colourful organic/ GOTS-certified fabrics and with a lot of love and costs 50€ plus...
View ArticlePillow Parade
Yesterday evening I sorted boxes with old fabric scraps, when all of the sudden my fingers started itching. Oh, I thought, I should better not sew anything but see to it that this mess gets cleaned...
View ArticleMonday in my studio - week 36
Another monday, a new week that started with the nicest late summer weather. Already in the morning, I switched rooms, from my studio to a sunny spot in the garden, where I sat until now, stuffed...
View ArticleThe best thing about a little September rain
The best thing about a little September rain Is all the chanterelles toasts one gets to eat Kiki says And quick as a wink (While I am still counting raindrops) She has filled her little basket
View ArticleMonday in my Studio - Week 37
Another monday, a new week... I am preparing for autumn, making dolly dresses with tiny apple appliqués, watching the deer from my window, not only the porcelain ones, and trying to find a way to...
View ArticleScents of late summer - herbal sachets
The scents from our garden, gathered in small sachets, made from fabric that I dyed some time ago. Each of the sachets is filled with dried herbs from our garden, lemon verbena, mint, lavender, rose...
View ArticleA Mushroom Year
"Do you think it is a mushroom year?" I ask, a bit worried. "There is no doubt about it", he replies, pretending to be calm. "Yesterday the neighbour had to climb over three or four of these giants to...
View ArticleMonday in my Studio - Week 38
Another monday, a new week. An eventful weekend lies behind us. Elections in Sweden, an intense and inspiring work meeting with a band that is soon going to record in F's music studio, mushroom...
View ArticleRecipes from our Garden - Crispy Apple Chips
Autumn spoils us with warm September sun and a blue sky. We spend as much time as we can outside in the green, do garden work, take walks in the forest and pick mushrooms, berries and apples. Not far...
View ArticleSome blue, some green
Some blue, some green, she says. And I ask What kind of blue, what kind of green? And with a deep, deep sigh she says: Some blue, Like the September sky Like the high, clear sound of the hazelnuts...
View ArticleMonday in my Studio - Week 39 (and a little delay)
Another monday, a new week - and a blog post with a little delay. I have started week 39 with quite a project yesterday - sorting lots of props and material in my workshop. I have a little sunny...
View ArticleAbout flowers, dolls and a house in the woods
A couple of weeks ago, Sonja of Feingedacht, a German journalist and blogger, asked me for an interview about flowers, dolls and about our Swedish home. A lot of my readers have asked us to translate...
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