this afternoon, sitting in the kitchen with my daughter & working on cards for valentine’s day, the post arrived. a letter from freiburg – what a joy! inside, there were some yummy goodies (dried pineapple, mango & mulberries & two pieces of raw chocolate from keimling … delicious!). we ate these up instantly … i. e. me, i got one piece of chocolate & one piece of pineapple, my daughter guzzled the rest. furthermore, the letter contained wonderful images of food: fruit, greens, smoothies … so we spontaneously decided to make collages of it. this is what i came up with:

somehow this intensifies my yearning for summer ...

i put it up at the door of the kitchen cupboard where my son stores his food … let’s see whether this visualisation will have an effect on his choices …

thank you for this wonderful gift, dear ramona & charlotte!

moons ago i started to knit an elmar-tank top for my daughter. these days, looking through my unfinished projects, i found that the top would be much to small for her now. so i decided to transform it into something else … wanna have a look?

elmar elefant patchwork top - unfinished

... in-between ...

do you recognize him?

i found the idea for this cute little guy through ravelry and susan b. anderson’s blog.

guess i’m gonna give it as a birthday present to a friend of mine who will become 3 years old next week

yet another party

this is how our house looks like:

mice on the stairs

ghosts on the windowsill

bats at the window

this one is for my daughter – she has chosen the colours:

the days are becoming shorter, it’s getting colder – time to start knitting again

a few days ago friends of us were visiting us … and while the kids were playing their mothers sat in the kitchen sewing & knitting. although i found some unfinished pieces when searching my needlework utensils i could not resist to start something new when i saw the tutorial my friend brought along. so look what i have made: