Cute little pouches

One Saturday evening not so long ago, I dug out some old fabric scraps from my stash, grabbed a couple zippers and sewed up something cute.

This one already has a happy new owner, it was a good-bye present to a work mate.

For this one I used part of an old crocheted doily.

It is sitting pretty in my gift pile. :)

Just because...

..while digging through my box of patterned paper scraps I came across one that says: every drop makes a difference..

So naturally I had to cover my small purse sized water bottle label with it and loads of colorful paper scraps.

Took all of ten minutes, but it sure looks cute now.

*grin*

Something growing on my desk

After finding this image on Pinterest (oh and that is a whole other subject.. if you haven't taken a look and are crafty in any way, do so... I can even give you an invite if you'd wish. Just one word of warning.. it is HIGHLY addictive! ;) ) I just had to crochet this little slipcover for my pencil jar. It looks so dapper now.

I also have this new fly argaric mushroom growing on my desk... I saw something similar on Etsy and was going to buy it, but someone managed to snag it from right under my nose.. so I opted for the airdrying clay...

Its' real duty is to be the place I put my jewelry, before I take them upstairs to their real home in the jewelry box.

Yes, there is just ONE earring.. I've managed to misplace its' pair while cleaning up my desk.. how is that for irony! :P

Birthday cake fun..

Our little monkey turns two today. Julia's party was on saturday and I promised to bake a monkey cake for my dear niece. The recipe is from Martha Stewart.

Julia saw her cake and yelled "APA!" (monkey in swedish) and then let out a big laugh :D

She's such a fun little girl.

Our sweet monkey.

(we filled the cake with lemon quark and fresh strawberries...yum...)

We brought Niina's old play stove and to go with it: pots and pans and felt food I had made.

You can see which ones I made first, I used the blanket stitch, I then thre that one out and went for the whipstitch. Waaaaayyyyy faster.

I only had a pattern for the ice cream.. found that on Oneprettything.com. For the rest I googled pictures of felt food and just winged it.

It was a big hit.

I'm pretty sure she'll be cooking up a storm :)

Finally

Snowdrops. So dainty and lovely. One of my favorite things.

Next week will be crafts galore here in my Bloglandia. A post a day. Stay tuned :)

Granny squares!

I taught myself a new skill :)

I''m not keeping this.. it goes into my gift pile.

I wonder who will get this :)

Stadi Scrap osa 3 :D

No vielä saatiin yksi päivä tälle keväälle! Eli tervetuloa jälleen kerran koko päiväksi leikkimään:

7.5.2011

klo 10-19

-Missä?-

Paikka on Englantilainen koulu Helsingin Meilahdessa, Mäntytie 14. Kulkuyhteydet ovat hyvät niin omalla autolla, kuin julkisillakin. Raitiovaunut 4 ja 10 tuovat lähelle (nelonen ihan viereen), Mannerheimintiellä (pysäkki: Kuusitie) ja Paciuksenkadulla (pysäkki: Meilahdentie) kulkee huippumäärä busseja ja jos on junalla tulossa, niin Pasilan asemalta kun hyppää 58 bussiin, niin se tuo sieltä ihan perille.Kadunvarsiparkkitilaa on koulun ympärillä.

Klikkaa tästä , niin löydät kartan.

-Maksaako se jotain?-

Sisäänpääsymaksua ei ole :)

-Voinko tuoda lapset?-

Ainoa toive on, että sylivauvaa suuremmat lapsukaiset jäisivät kotiin hoitoon, jotta äiditkin saisivat stressivapaata laatuaikaa hyvässä seurassa.

-Kun nälkä iskee-

Tarjoamme aamukahvit, kuka ilmoittautuu vapaaehtoiseksi tuomaan kahvileipää? :) (kiitos Veera ja Xing!!!)

Lounaspuolen voi jokainen osallistuja hoitaa itselleen sopivimmalla tavalla. Kylmätilaa on, jos haluat tuoda omat evääsi (ja kola/energiajuomasi) ;) , tai 5min kävelymatkan päässä on K-market ja McDonalds. Ja kulkeehan tuo Pizzataksikin... edelleen ;)

-Mitä tarvitsen mukaani?-

Pakkaa mukaan materiaalia ja valokuvia tarpeeksi, mieluummin hiukan yläkanttiin, työkalusi ja villasukat tai tossut (kuka sitä koko päivän jaksaa hikoilla kengät jalassa!).Voit myös tuoda kirjoja tai lehtiä muiden selailtavaksi (muista merkitä nimesi niihin) inspiraatiota antamaan.

Ja kenelläpä meistä ei olisi ylimääräisiä tarpeita? Niitä hetken mielijohteesta tehtyjä ostoksia, jotka sitten pölyttyvät hyllyllä? Mulla on ainakin :D Tuo ne vaihtopöytään! Voit bongata sieltä itsellesi jotain omalle sivullesi sopivaa. Vaihtopöytä on ollut erittäin toimiva, viimeksi sieltä päätyi paljon omille sivuille!

-Miten ilmoittaudun?-

Tilaan mahtuu reilu 30 skräppääjää. Ilmoittaudu laittamalla sähköpostia minulle: susanna.tunturi@dlc.fi . Saat paluuviestissä tarkemmat yhteystiedot.

Lemon yellow...

Yesterday there was lemon yellow only on my umbrella...

The good thing about the rain was that it really helped to melt the snow. Well, not ALL of it.. but as we are getting more rain, it looks promising :)

Today the sun was shining prettily and by the time I got home I felt like baking something yummy. I decided on lemon blueberry crumble bars. I thought I'd share with you the little trick I use when grating lemon zest. I hate trying to get the stuck zest off the grater, so I cut a little piece of parchment paper on top and grate away.

Once your done (it'll take just two lemons, then you'll have to change it), simply peel it away and scrape off all that zest that would otherwise be stuck on your grater :)

Oooohhh yes.. they turned out sooo good!

I used this recipe :)

Signs of spring

April? Seriously? There's still soooo much snow on the ground..sigh...

However the sun is distinctly more warm. And the first freckles have come out ;)

There are also other giveaways.. like these daffodils in a pot brightening my kitchen.

And tulips, tulips, tulips!

There is hope that the snow and ice will melt.

And there is this :)

Someone's summer Chevy on the road.. so to speak :D

Legomen.. and women :D

I've always loved legos.
I don't see that I'll ever stop loving legos. Must be the coolest toy ever invented. I have a slight obsession over the minifigures that are sold in single packets.
Series four has landed. So I bought three bags the other day. I found David Beckham and Kiira Korpi, heh...

And for the very first time I got two of the same... if any of my local legonut friends want to swap one Mr. Beckham to any other legoman (from any of the series, if you happen to have doubles), I'd be happy to mail him to a good home. And just to be on the safe side, I'll show you who already reside here :D

Really.. what's not to love about these little lego brick jokes.

*grin*

I took out the exacto knife...

..as I got a great idea for a layout.

Sorry, I can't show it to you yet, it'll be almost two months until I can reveal the entire page to you.

I can tell you, however, that at some point I really wished I was cutting out some other state.. say like Wyoming, Utah, Colorado or even Kansas.. LOL! All that natural coastline..oh my.. plus those islands..

However I can say that it's all about the idiosynchrosies I came across in this place :D

Like how you can't turn left without turning right first while driving ..drove me up the wall..ha!

You Michigan folk.. what comes to your mind?

You locals might even recognize what I used to cut the state out of ;)

Swish and flick...

..oh if I only had a wand and painting walls could be completed with just a swish and a flick...

We've been working on the other house, aiming to get it ready in May.
On Sunday I didn't need to paint another wall (that was for yesterday..), but the fireplace.
We went for something a bit different.. metallic.
Graphite silverish..
These pictures show just the first coat on, so there is some blotchiness.

I like :D

The girls have been going around with headphones on lately. Saara with bunches of tunes as Glee versions (we both enjoy the show).

And more than a few times I've come home and heard Niina belting out Katy Perry's Fireworks..

Gotta love it.

Did you all see the moon this weekend?

It was the closest to earth it'll be in a while.

Amazing.

You can even see the crater shadows up top.