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The Third Candle (and how a cup of tea did the trick)
That was to be expected! I say Such a stupid ideaTo take a walk in the snow In your nightgown!It is day number threeThat you are in bed with a heavy coldWith fever and a running noseThat's what comes...
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Stars for a Seamstress
Like every year, I have been folding paper stars. Our mother used to make them, she always asked for paper strips at the printer shop (leftovers from when they were cutting out prints) and made dozens...
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The perfect Christmas Tree
I'm quite tired already of finding The most beautiful Christmas tree with you,I say. And I really want to go homePishposh, Kiki says. The most beautiful Christmas tree Is growing in the thick, thick...
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Feeding the squirrel, the deer and the fox
From the kitchen window I can seeThe squirrel climbing high up in the treeThe deer standing between beech trees and pinesAnd the old grumpy fox lurking in the bramble thicketEvery morning, at breakfast...
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The Fourth Sunday of Advent (and why we didn't decorate the Christmas tree at...
Today is the day! The Fourth Sunday of AdventAnd we are going to decorateThe Christmas tree at Smultron CottageNot quite yet, Kiki saysFirst I have to be doneWith all the Christmas cleaningThe making,...
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The Morning of Christmas Eve
And then it was the morning of Christmas Eve!I put on a warm coat and my woollen scarfAnd then I run down the meadowAlong the raspberry bushes, to Smultron CottageWhen I open the doorI stumble over the...
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A Merry Christmas from Smultron Cottage
And then it was Christmas Eve!Right after dinnerWhile everyone is busyI run down to Smultron Cottage Kiki sits bouncy Under the Christmas treeIn her prettiest dressAnd with candles lit Phew! Kiki saysI...
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And so the last days passed
And so the last days of 2013 passed.With sparkling vintage ornaments hanging from a branch under the ceiling With gingerbread cookies and colourful paper stars in our Christmas treeWith scenting...
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A Winter Rain
Oh dear, auntie Inger saysSuch a ghastly weatherWinter and not a single snowflake yetI am soaked to the skin!And then she folds together her umbrellaAuntie Inger always finds something to nag at Last...
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Getting warmed up for 2014
A new year, a new week, new ideas.We are still taking it a bit slow here (our house is a quarantine facility still, sneezing upstairs, coughing downstairs, even our cat snuggles under a woollen...
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A Colourful Remedy
Today was such a grey and drab day, a heavy cloud cover, pouring rain and biting wind. That sort of day that makes you want to stay in bed, reading, sleeping, eating chocolate. That sort of day that...
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St Knut's Day and how Kiki had Laundry Day at Smultron Cottage
Oh, Kiki!!! I sayIt is pouring with rainAnd you try to dry Your laundry outside!Pishposh, Kiki replies After all the scrubbing and rubbingI am just too tiredTo rinse all those sheets myselfA touch of a...
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The Sugar Sprinkle Fairy
We are late for kindergarten, as always on mondays. Eat up your breakfast already, I hear mommy say. On my plate there is an half-eaten sandwich with liver pâté.Three apple slices and a glass of...
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About making a doll for a child with special needs
I met Iren in 2009, back then a mother of two, when she contacted me to ask whether I could make a doll for Thalia, her youngest - and I did. It was a doll with blue eyes and blonde hair that was...
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Cherry Blossoms
In the afternoon I saw that the cherry twigs that I had picked two, three weeks ago, and put on one of the windowsills in the studio, all of the sudden had small white blossoms. My right wrist needed...
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Snowy Blankets
Soft snowy blankets. Perfect for making snow angels and for getting red cheeks.For taking the kicksled and for building snow lanterns.*** Two Little Mi sets and one Little Mo set, each with a soft and...
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The herrings won't bite
'Till later then', I say, 'Good fishing', dad says'I'll soon be back with three herrings and a codling if I am lucky'And I walk down to the pondWith a fishing rod over my shoulderAn old compote jar in...
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A late winter party
Three weeks ago, I turned 36 years old. After having posted a few photos of our party on my Instagram, some of my readers asked for a blog post, so here you are... I had been quite ill in the past...
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Scilla Blue
A Kiki doll in scilla blue - just like all those teeny tiny flowers that cover the meadow behind our house. She was a custom order and has already found a new home in the Netherlands...The weekend...
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Little Red Riding Hood
A Little Red Riding Hood needle book made by Wiske Wulff. I met Wiske in Amsterdam 2010 where I held a class in doll making, she was one of my students. Since then, we have kept in touch and I have...
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