lack of light

Sometimes the sun makes it through the thick layer of clouds.

I bought few baby plants from a garden centre,
the choice is a bit boring though, big yawn...

I found that 1950's plant holder a little while ago, 
I finally decided to sand it down and keep it natural. 
My poor Pachira Aquatica is recovering, 
it just needed more water and more light. 
Apparently when the lower leaves dry and fall 
it's because the lack of light. I lack light too :)

I also bought on-line a Ceropegia woodii (string of hearts),
it's the first time I purchased a plant on the web, 
I wonder if it's a good thing.,
but you cannot find that plant anywhere around here.

Good night.

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Renilde's potholders in the webshop.

kits for the mouse house

As promised, despite the lack of sunshine ( to make better photographs), 
the first batch of kits for the mouse house are in the shop.

Thank you Justine for the mention.

Have a nice weekend!

shop update

A little update in my shop.
More handmade things will be added soon.
Hope you like it,
Thank you 
:^)

PS: The little mouse house props are next...bear with me.

in the kitchen

A brief sunny moment.
Thank you dear friend for the trivet :)

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Cereal magazine
Gather journal
 

getting there

Lots of work to do with the mouse house props...
I hope they'll be in my shop by the end of the next week, 
it all depend from the light, it seems that winter is 
bouncing back with vengeance!

Japanese patterns books to make our clothes.
It's a labour of love, but I'm never bored.

more little props

Remember these parcels?

They arrived to destination.

Here the props styled by Xenia and below the photos 
I took before I posted them.

In the last image Harrietta the mouse wears a lovely 
necklace that was in this tiny parcel.

Thank you Xenia, Anna and Elsa the mouse!

*A little production of props for the mouse house
 is on the making, it will be soon in my shop.

And yes, thank goodness for the "messy world wide web",
as Xenia pointed out.

mmmmm

You know, sometimes I start my posts with "mmmmm", 
then I add the images and only after that I write; then, 
of course I delete the mmmmm.  Because of a technical problem 
(that I was never able to solve and still can't) I have to put 
words before the images, but to me it works the opposite way,
 first come the images then the words. 
Sometimes I have no words to start with so I take time.

Anyway, all I wanted to show you today is that I'm 
sewing a top with a beautiful woven fabric I found in 
he bargain chest of a nice fabric shop, I can't wait for 
the warm weather to wear it. I want to make more clothes for
 myself and Anita. 

I've also finished a scarf and the cabled hat, because this 
winter is so cold that I needed something warmer to go out. 

I took that image of the sky only 15 minutes ago 
(in mid morning) when the thick dull grey blanket of clouds 
opened up and revealed a beautiful blue and the sunshine,
 it totally made my day.

This post started with mmmmm.

it's cold

It's cold outside. I'm knitting another cabled hat, this time is a bit thicker. 
I'm using an Aran wool from the Yorkshire region.

The ethereal garland is from Eau de Nil, I love how the light is captured 
and bounced between the disks.

I'm slowly stitching another cushion and making a new quilt.

Looking forward to meet old friends this Saturday.

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Yesterday evening I've watched two films. The first one I quite like it, 
the second one I like it a lot and watched few times since it was released: 

"Please give" and "Living in oblivion".

a bunch of creatures

Hello,

I'm preparing a workshop I will do in march in a wool shop in the Cambridgeshire area. 
It's an amigurumi workshop to be precise. Since it has an Easter theme,
 I decided to make some bunnies, egg cosies, birds and I'm now working 
on speckled eggs and few carrots... I can't tell you how much fun I'm having! 
it's like magic, first you have a ball of cotton and then a character is born, 
and no matter how hard I try to make them exactly the same it never happens, 
each one comes out with it's own personality!

For the egg cosy I made my own pattern and you can find it here or in my Ravelry page, 
for free (the pattern and the egg cosy are not for re-sale, not for business, 
for personal use only, there's a copyright on it.).

For the bunnies I used this free pattern but then I modified it slightly.

For the birds there's a free pattern here, but I didn't used it, 
instead I've guessed it and they came out fine.

If you live near Cambridge and would like to know details about the workshop 
just drop me an email.

The egg cosy will be also on sale in my shop for those who eventually 
would like to buy them.

I'm anticipating Spring time because I have enough of winter now.
Sorry winter, you last too long ;)

  (\_/)
  (0_0)
C(")(") 

the birds will probably join the Circus!

blue butterfly

For me the best antidote to nuisance is to get my mind 
and my hands busy doing something that makes me happy.  
I started to play with scraps of fabrics and hand-sewn 
them together, embroidered and knotted it here and there,
as soon as I started to stitch my moodiness disappeared!

This seat pad is called "blue butterfly". 
The butterfly has been identified by different cultures as the symbol 
of the metamorphosis, the restlessness of the mind, 
major change in the course of one's own life, personality or way of thinking, 
it is the symbol of free of expression. 
I thought it's perfect to symbolize my feelings and state of mind
I like the name the ancient Greeks gave it to it: ‘psyche’.

On a more mundane note, the cushion will be for sale in my next 
shop update, I can't tell you right now when it will be, 
since here we are experiencing a second round of flu! 
this year hit us really badly.

Also please excuse my English, is not my first language 
and though I've been livng here for more than a decade I 
still find it a not so straightforward language,
sure you'll excuse me and understand me, thank you :)

Thank you for your support, it really gives me energy!

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minä perhonen 13s/s collection

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a monarch butterfly emerging from chrysalis