In this world of Made in China handmade products are heaven send. I hope that financially I’ll soon be better off and able to afford some handmade myself. In the mean time let me show you this treasure and then tire you with some issues.
The most sophisticated cupcakes I’ve ever seen…
On Ravelry we find [...]
Have we lost touch with our heart? Being generous, kind and compassionate seems a hard thing now a days. We are always in a hurry and get upset when someone doesn’t move out of our way fast enough (whilst walking or in traffic). More and more we react with anger and feel insulted by the [...]
There are people inventing all sort of strange and wonderfull things. I’m not sure how usefull some are, but I must admit I like the idea behind them. Two examples are to do with wallpaper.
Flowers appear out of nowhere…
First there is this heat sensitive wallpaper designed by Shiyuan that I spotted on The Style Files [...]
I always have cold feet, even when wearing socks in the house. Needless to say I’m a great fan of slippers of all sorts. Yet I had never made a pair. I came across this free Mary-Jane Slippers pattern on Ravelry. So I dug through my stash and found a yarn I liked and off [...]
At the moment my friend Louisa is back in Australia for her friends wedding. This girl from Oz is a lively, young, happy, smart girl I’m happy to call my friend. I’m missing her loads. So I thought to upload the gift I made her last month. Fingerless gloves.
Dreamy girl with fingerless gloves…
People that [...]
The first tip is about connecting to your body (in this case your feet) and the earth. Gardeners know we are all connected to the planet, because they see how it works, year after year. Everything you do in the garden effects so many things. Crop rotation, composting, watering, feeding these are the steps with [...]
We live in a very thought-orientated world. We sit at our desks and work with our minds. We study and discuss, read and write. We live in thoughts when reading papers and watching telly. We have an opinion on everything, because that is what we think makes us unique and who we are. We are [...]