spring is in the air

As the weather is changing, 
the materials I work with change too.

today

I brought my pelargonium inside during 
the frosty days and look: it's blossoming!

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A floral designer home in Brooklyn

 

vitamin C

Vitamins are what I need now.

I noticed that in February I long for yellow -orange stuff.

Carrot and sweet potato soup with sunflower and sesame seeds.

Rays of sun around the home.

Renilde made a micro weaved carpet for our dolls house 

Forget the snow, if you have the chance, go and visit the 
Tropical extravaganza

in Kew Gardens.

my new pillow

The black&brown smyrna pillow is arrived,

and now it's on our wall above the piano.

Thank you Renilde.

Our living room faces north and it gets very little sunshine, 
but is not dark just has a diffuse light all over.

In the late afternoon we see glimpses of sun on the walls.

Have a good weekend.

keep knitting (and don't complaint)

February started cold but sunny, outside a thin layer of ice cover everything.

It's -3C here today but this house is warm and I can't complaint.

New items in the shop soon. 

blog love: here and here

knots

Knitting is like meditation.

I used merino wool to knit these mittens they are far too warm.
the pattern is from here

But you can find it for free here

The beads are for my next diy project, I saw it here
(follow the link and you'll find the source)

The third pic is because if I had superpowers I would be invisible.

a little more

much calmer now

what if

kindness will save the world?

Image Lilli, one of the most talented persons I know.

♥

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How old are you?

Thank you Paola

friday finally

The Forest poster from here
Pirum Parum postcard from here 
Little mirror with girl and bubblegum from here 
Have a nice weekend!

let's turn page

My mind is at ease when my hands are working.

Since I'm always making something, my hands are rough 
and my nails a disgrace!
I often get comments from people that suggest me that something
has to be done  for my nails, but I'm crap at manicure and I rather 
spend the money on some material than to go to a beautician!

Lately I've been busy renovating Anita's bedroom: with a tight budget
I just re-painted basically almost everything, even the dolls house
I made for her is now white.

For the walls I used "strong white" from F&B, a very nice greyish 
shade of white that reminds me of the colour of the flour.

In Italy I bought some beautiful linen (made of linen) and that is 
my next project: a quilt for her bed. What are you up to?

Below a hint of what I did.

The sun shines and I feel OK.