New Go-Card out this week

Part of a series of colours. White here. Pink+Blue here :-)
I predict there will be some of these in give-away-packs too...
Go Card

Lots of great stuff at Design;Defined
Happy Tuesday!

Sunday thoughts, and past week's to-doings

Hello :-)
It's been a while.
What have you been up to?

In this part of town there's been
work, and in between ...


making necklaces...




beading our new door sign ...


... knitting, and relaxing
—and I went to see The King's Speech (at the cinema, which is a big deal for me ;-)

There hasn't been much blogging. Alas. Not time for everything.

Oh yes, another thing I've been doing, is a bit of internet-shopping. For the longest time, I have had Keri Smith's Nonplanner Datebook on my wish list, and last week I found a European website which carried it, and I ordered it right away. Can't wait to flip throught its pages!

What is your best online buy ever?
I'll have to think about mine ...

Still plenty of time to enter giveaway :-)

Mellow Ms Madeleine

New music just in! :-) It's soothing—late Sunday breakfeast—softness and slow pace. Yes, Ms Madeleine Peyroux danced herself into my ♥ with this:



(and yup--, it's a real plastic cd! ;-) Call me ol'fashioned—I like having the booklet, and the case and... Yeah, I know!)

This stuff jumped me Saturday! And I spend the day making necklaces.
I'll post pictures later. Gotta go work now :o)
Satya Jewelry

The Daily Purl

Thank you for your sweet congrats, and for wanting to participate in 500-post-giveaway :-)

YOU*RE INVITED . ·*· .·¨

I want to celebrate my 500 posts of blogging with a giveaway—as a symbol of my grattitude for everything you guys generously give every single day through your daily wonders and beauties, in words and images.

THANK YOU!
For your creativity and ideas. For your willigness to share, for your visits and for your always sweet and encouraging comments. You guys are the best!

Please leave a comment to this post to enter the giveaway, from today until Friday, June 17th, where I (& Random.org) will draw

3 WINNERS
who will each get a snail mail package containing

✶ »Scraps« - mine & Elsebeth's book - in English or Danish (your choice)
✶ Emphera for making collages
✶ An original (made by me)
✶ Postcards (made by me)
✶ ...and additional hand made goodies

I hope you'd like to play
Good luck to all
xo


note:
A side effect of Blogger's little summer cold the other day was that your comments on the last two posts have disappeared. I'm sorry I didn't get back to you before this happened.

Do you feel lucky, punk??!!

YES!
I do. I feel very very very lucky.
My friend brought me rhubarb yesterday (before our walk). And a recipe.
Yum! So good.



And the earrings! Yes. Here they are. I really love them.

and this post...

IS MY POST NUMB#R 500!!

A lot on my mind(heart) indeed. Over the years.
I want to celebrate with a giveaway, and I have gathered emphera for collages, some postcards and likes, and I want to giveaway a couple of our books »Scraps« too.

Because I am forever thankful. For what we do here in blog-world. For being part of this—of sharing and chatting and playing and inspiring, giving and receiving. Makes my heart jump with joy, makes me want to stand on roof-tops screeaaming: I FEEL SO LUUUUUCKYYYYY! I am in constant awe of all the beauty, the wisdom, the sweetness, the presence ...
I could go on, but I think you catch my drift ;-)

So with rhubarb still sweet in my tummy, and a beautiful evening waiting ahead (with infinite possibilities), I bid you

Happy Thursday

and hope to see you Saturday, where I shall launch the giveaway, with pictures, and I think there will be confetti too

xo

(much on mind) Part Two

but before I do...
I have to mention these two ladies I met Saturday on a Spring Fair in Odense:

Blåmejsen
who - among much other stuff - makes these awesome dougnuts!!! Baby rattle, felt kitchen toy, pin cushion. And downright lovely:

Doughnuts made by Blåmejsen

and
Jack Of All Arts
who makes vintage jewelry. I purchased a pair of Barbie shoes earrings from her (which I'll have to post later, since it's evening and light is travelling elsewhere).



All this great stuff is made by Rie

I have to do this in parts ...

... because I have so much on my mind and I really should be working, not blogging, and and and ...
Usually, I happilly accept the fact that I have 24 h a day. It's a lot, when you think about it, and planning will get one far. But today I'm not standing quite so strong.

So. I think I'd like an extension. Please.

I haven't decided if it should be an extended day, week or even month. Just know that there are all these faboulous things I want to make, and do and see and read and listen to, and I can't seem to find enough time forrit all!
You could argue that I should choose, but you wouldn't, if you knew just how wonderful stuff we're talkin' about here.
... the big mini-hama name tag for the front door
... the first season of The Wire
... the Nikos Kazantzakis book I borrowed (thank you for the inspiration, M)
... the John Irving
... the Gangaji
... the Chopra
... the artjournalling I'm yearning to do
the magazine, the yarn, the cross stitch cushion, the illustrated postcards, the blogs the music the audio books the pins the art the company the ...

The weird thing is; this might stress me out completely. But doesn't. I'd just really like to (all-of-the-above).



Had coffee with my good friend this afternoon. We sat by the pond. Walked and talked. And watched the peacock act out, then settle down. Wonder if he'd like more time to do cross stitch ...

I really have to work now ...

Rest of the yoga images

Hello and happy Thursday. :-) Wishing you sunshine and smiles, lollies and laughter.

Got a lotta work, so I haven't been blogging for a week now :-(
I miss it. I hope to be visiting soon.

I hope you are well

Inky Fingers

Been drawing. Love this process so much.

Adore this hand stitched book cover

... and how this invitation is stitched at the top

My post #500 is coming up soon—must celebrate with a little give-away :))

Enjoy your Thursday :-)

Going up?

:-) Have you had a bit of holiday? (I thankfully did :)

Yesterday evening, we went for a walk through the city, and these silent ships sailed across the sky. What a beautiful way to end the mini-holiday this easter has been.


Days have been warm, evenings light, and the Magnolia is in full bloom. All of it in delicious soothing silence.

I hope your easter has been just as you wished (or even better).

I'm in love with Vivienne Fletcher's art. There's so much gorgeousness, I can't choose. Please tap the little arrow at the bottom to see more of each category.

And this japanese telephone add—mesmorizing!

Easter cut-outs

According to tradition, before Easter we make »Gækkebreve« (Easter letters), writing an Easter poem and finnishing the letter with a little riddle for our names. If the receiver quess who it's from before Easter, you owe him an Easter egg, if he doesn't, he will owe you one.
This year I owe two Easter eggs :-D

If you want to make gækkebreve like these ones, you shall fold a square piece of tissue paper four times, and cut it like this: I made the small holes using a puncher
(click image to see bigger)
:-)
More gækkebreve here and here

No more Easter for now (I think :-)

Home made chick choc's ;o)

more pictures at Clemmensen & Brok
:-)

Arty Friday

Thank you for your views and thoughts on how to make more time for creativeness. It was very inspiring to read. I haven't yet figured out how to bend it, but I believe it calls for some re-arranging. Somehow.



On another arty note, a friend & I went to Arken (Danish modern art museum) Friday, and saw Olafur Eliassons light installation Your Blind Passenger; a 90 meter long foggy tunnel, with changing light. An amazing experience.


You can read more about the exhibition and see a little film of the making of the tunnel+interview with the artist here, if you like.


I took these pictures (above) inside the tunnel. Of course they do the installation no justice, but perhaps gives an idea.
Pretty cool.

I hope your weekend was great :-)

Olafur Eliasson

Book inspiration

Two new books arrived; Save 7the Date (a book on calendar design) and 1000 Artist Journal Pages. Both gorgeous and hugely inspiring.

I am warming up to do some more journal pages. I miss the ol' Dear Diary days, and I've been thinking how to make time to get started again with something similar. My (work)life was pretty different back then—I had a 9 to 3 job, which gave me plenty of time to do other stuff in the afternoons and on weekends. Now, running my own business, I work way more hours, and differently; with less structure, and weekends often included.

So more structure would be one way to give myself time to art journal. Say, I stopped working Friday at noon, and journalled. Hmm, I wonder if that would work ...

How do you make time on a regular basis to make stuff?

(love all these different expressions. So personal. Yum)

Calendars:




There's Flora! In fact I learned about Save 7he Date on her blog, since she was featured. I like Floras work very much.

...

Painted cardboard easter egg at Clemmensen&Brok :-)
Are you making easter-stuff this year?

Sweet felted easter eggs (and other crafty things)
Pretty egg print

Does this mean ....

What a weekend! No. First things first -- been sick all last week. It was bad, but it was good. I regularly need to remind myself that too much work is (way) too much, and that I should respect time to relax and un-work. Used to think this was a decision I had to make once, and go with it -- turns out I need to make this decision regularly.
My body helped me this time, by making me unable to work. And this is good. Felt bad, but sick does that I s'pose, and I'm fine now, so
:-)))
Anyway. Didn't work this weekend, which brings me back to the beginning; WHAT a weekend! Sooo much sun, and chirping birds and more sun. Absolutely wonderful. Dare I ask...? Does this mean end of winter for now?? Man, I hope so

:-))
This made me laugh today
and this is so beautiful
Hope you are well ·.·*·

...followed by Working Sunday

What have you been up to today?

Fancy a pull-apart cinnamon roll?? From Joy the Baker, via Slagt en hellig ko.
Mmmmnnnn... :)

Friendly Friday

I've been working on some illustrations on yoga and mindfulness, the next couple of days I'll post some of them. I was inspired to change my header, seemed like time for a change. Dunno ...
Been listening to this guy: Thomas Holm

Please see Barbara-Rose Pierre Paul's Pins. I love ALL of her boards! Flawless taste. Amazed.
...
Ran 5 km today, and had liqourice icecream. Such a friendly Friday; hope yours was too.