Back home

The kids and I spent the last two weeks in the south of France, where we enjoyed the last summer days this year. We are back now to our everyday life, home and kindergarten. Greta is happy to play again with her toys and looking forward to see her friends tomorrow.

The Christmas mouse (in august)

Greta was recently going through my sewing books and found a mouse she desperately wanted. It is a Christmas mouse from "Jul med tildas venner", but it does not matter. We also had some accidents while I was sewing. The mouse was finished, but not the dress, so Greta took the mouse and my permanent sketch marker and painted some details on her arms and her body. Hopefully, I managed to wash them away, but the mouse does not look pretty enough now. I hope Greta will like to see it finished this evening.

Peggle people

The other day I found a wonderful site, I felt I would love to make all of the things from there. But then I postponed and postponed, until I got time this week. I made the peggle people and the cardboard animals and vehicles. Greta is coming back home tomorrow, I bet she will like it. The peggle people will also be happy living in a dollhouse Santiago made for her.

I think it is pretty clear I miss her. Every evening I make something for her. I sew, knit, make wooden toys, bought some books. I am excited to see her back home tomorrow.

What Greta wishes (or needs) for Christmas

1. Playsilks
2. Life jacket (or vest, how it is called in English)
3. Reindeen skin for winter outings in the forest
4. Bento lunch accessories
5. Goodbyn lunchbox
6. Around the world board game
7. Wallstickers
8. Mountain shoes size 25/26
9. Rubens Lolo doll
10. Ice skates

Insta-tuesday

1. I made a birthday present to our 2-year old neighbour friend last night. I think it is cute.
2. Greta is crazy jumping on the sofa
3. Veggie dinner: asparges soup
4. Trying to calm down my daughter with a quiet game of loto.

Yay! Another present for Greta

You know, I could not give her a naked doll. So here is a dress for Milton. Looking forward for Thursday! Can´t wait to see how she likes it.

Easter Thursday morning ...

we play with the Russian Dolls!

Milton is finished

This will be a present for Greta's birthday. One of them, anyway. I spent a lot of time knitting, and I am not completely happy with the result. Neither I am sure if I want to make more dolls like this one, I am pretty tired after this one. And the hair is a pain to make. Spent two evenings just with it. Now, this one is naked (well, in the panties), so I started making a dress for her, which is more fun than making the doll itself.


Anyway, I hope Greta likes the doll.
The doll is from Arne and Carlos knitted dolls book. Her name is Milton.

Saturday mornings

... are one of my favourite part of the week. Because even if Greta woke me up at 4am, some time around 7am I can go for a long and nice run, later I will have my shower and a morning smoothie, will make the house look like home, and will just enjoy watching a little child of mine, still in pajamas, play the whole evening with the cars or drawing one of her cute drawings.
Have a great weekend!

The first Tilda

I decided o try to sew a Tilda doll. This one is my first (but I am sure not the last). This is an angel that now lives at my parents'. Love to make presents!

I receive presents!

Did I mention that I have good friends? Today I received another present from my friend from Oslo. Thanks, Vika. An unexpected surprise on a woman's day. ))

Ongoing projects

Not all of then, though

1. Cross-stitching a picture (my friend gave me the kit as a gift)

2. Flowers in the snow

3. Lazy Katy

4. Milton knitted doll from Arne and Carlos.

Doll panties

I found this ineteresting tutorial this morning about how to make underwear for dolls :-)) I just had to try, since our doll has no underwear. This is very simple to make so we made three panties.

Peppa in her new panties.

Busy Monday

You know, now I don´t go to work on Monday. And Greta does not go to the kindergarten. What do we do then? Every week we invent different activities, sometimes we even go to the mall to eat ice cream. But I try to keep it simple. We usually have the clean part and the play part. Greta over time involeves herself in the clean part more and more. She tells me where to do the vacuum cleaning, puts things on the shelves, and today she even decided to clean the windows. Oh, yeah. The helmet... she also riges her mini micro at home :-))

The play part is always different, too. It might be a walk in the town, painting, reading, cooking, you name it. Today we played put the bunny to sleep. But we have so many bunnies that they do not fit to the Ikea bed anymore (all together, of course). That is why we made the bunny sleeping bag.

Oh-oh! Looks like I will have to kame another one....

Happy bunnies sleep in couples :-)

(We also have the eat and the sleep part of the day, which is always nice, too. And the swimming pool in the evening. Full package!)

Do I need to say that I love my Mondays now! Good bye the words "Oh... it is Monday again... :-("

{this moment}

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember
 

15. happiness

 

Quilt

Yes, yes! I did ny first quilt. A small one for the ikea doll bed. Nice, isn´t it?