I would do anything...

... to get a heartwarming smile from my baby!

That's why I made various mobiles to hang up all over the place.
At first I made a sweet birdie mobile. He loves it:





Then I got a little more ambitious and made a whole forest mobile for the babies room. We haven't tried it out because the crib isn't ready yet and I want to hang it above it. But I worked many hours to make the animals and some of them look really cute:



















Then I thought that a little mobile above the changing table would be nice. So I made a really fast butterfly mobile which the baby loves. After waking up in the morning he really is as merry as a lark when he sees his beloved butterflies:



And a few weeks ago I read that babies can only appreciate light and dark contrasts at first. So I made a very, very simple mobile with what I call coloured fried eggs ;-) He loves this mobile, too.
But I really have to say that he is fascinated by any mobile. It's really satisfying to make mobiles for this baby! Perhaps there will follow some more ;-)

Oh... I really forgot!

Hi there again!

Today it suddenly came to my mind that I still owe you some pics of my handmade Christmas presents. I know... it's almost Easter, but I had to wait until everyone got his presents. Otherwise I would have spoiled it. And to be honest, there's still one christmas present left in my house and will be handed out this month - hopefully :-) But I think I can take the risk to reveal it...

Last Christmas I wanted to make everything by myself, so I rubber-stamped some tea towels, made some mexican tortilla wrap seasoning (with paprika, chili, cumin, cinnamon, ginger, cilantro, salt and pepper) and some bathtub-teas. Therefore I made some little tea bags and filled it with rosemary - which has an analeptic effect, peppermint - to use if you have a cold for example, lavender and hop - because of its calming properties and calendula - which has curative effects.
This were really small little giveaways this year, but at least I took some time to make them by myself and to wrap it with love.

Here are the pictures:









And now I can declare Christmas to be over - finally ;-)
Next post will be a baby craft post again!

I'm back - and I have something NEW to show you!

Wow! It´s been a looong time since the last post! It seems like an eternity for me because since then my whole life changed.
And here´s why:




This is Lucas who was born in january and kept us busy the last eight weeks. And although it´s been said thousands of times it is true that you can´t really imagine how a child changes your life till you have one yourself. It means so much more work, stress, worries, sleeplessness, sometimes even dispair, but on the other hand the joy and happiness you feel is so overwhelming and above all you experience a love that you didn´t even know before. It almost hurts. ...
It really was said so often and yet... I've never imagined that it would feel like this :-) ...

In the last weeks before his birth I was busy painting his nursery. I had a forest room in mind but I didn't know if it would work out. All I knew was that I wanted to paint it myself and not to use any wall decals. And I painted... and painted... and was happy because it worked out... but I got a little stressed, because it took so long and the estimated birth date came nearer and nearer. - But fortunetly my friend Maike was right: Babies wait to be born 'til their nursery is ready :-)

Here are some impressions of the baby's room. I'm really proud of the result and can't wait Lucas to move in there. At the moment he still sleeps in our bedroom (that's also the reason why you will be missing the crib in the nursery - it isn't set yet).

Now look ... here's a general view (click on the images to enlarge them if you like):








And now I wanna show you some details.
I'll start with some painted animals and plants ...





















..and here is part of the decoration!

...granny's embroidered levelling board:


... a mushroom stool:


... a tree with two owls that were a showcase decoration in a fashion store before:



... some creatures :-)




... my selfmade felt garland:



... and last but not least, some of the lamps:








So...? What do you think? Do you like it as much as I do?
I still have some ideas to complete it... and of course I will show them to you when they're ready.
:-)

'tis the season...

I hope you're enjoying the holidays and relaxing a little so you can start the new year with a lot of energy and full of beans (do you really say so in english ? ;-) ).

I just wanna give you some impressions of my christmas activities although I can't show you all until I gave all the selfmade presents away.

And for the last cozy days of the year I have a beautiful suggestion for you:
If you like to read illustrated stories that'll warm your heart, enjoy
the very beginning of the Wormworldsaga! :-)

Merry Christmas everyone!

I'm so weak...

When I saw this fabric I urgently needed an excuse to buy it... and after a little thinking I got it:
I could make a little pouch for all the documents I'll need in the hospital... great! I bought a generous amount of it and made this:



(...and I'm so happy to have at least a yard left for other projects :-) )

Handmade Christmas Presents # 2

Today I finished these cute tiny embroidered lavender bags for a friend. I'm glad that some didn't look perfect enough to give it away - soooooo I can keep them :-)