Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone!


The large Christmas tree with plenty of presents waiting to be opened.

I got bags for my camera and lens plus two great books. Will write more about them later but just to make you curious: one is about interior design and one about fashion :-)


Our tiny Christmas tree was decorated with tiny seahorses, seashells and fish. If I haven't thanked you for the card yet, I'm doing it now.


And I even managed to bake six different kinds of cakes/pudding/dessert!

Christmas is just around the corner

So it's time to present this year's collection of Christmas cards!
First the materials:


Some trees from the back yard and dried flowers.


Derwent watercolour pencils. Wonderful stuff!

And the finished product:


They are pretty simple but I honestly did not have much time to create something more elaborate. Then again, I do think they are pretty. And something special :-)

Duvet

I never thought I would make a duvet, but I was wrong. See, our little one was constantly cold at night and we had to wrap him in two polar-fleece blankets plus a synthetic duvet. Even this was not enough (for him!) so I decided to make him a fleece overall (in the weeks to come) and a down feather filled duvet.

I got some wonderful cotton damask (it's the only fabric I can think of that is thick enough to keep the down) and the down feathers I found at my parents' house.


Sewing was somewhat tricky but everything worked out well and the little one is fast asleep as I'm writing this :-)

Four cats

Seriously now, how can you give me a jigsaw puzzle and expect me NOT to solve it right away?

Well, it took me six hours to solve this 1000 pieces puzzle.


Four golden cats by Rosina Wachtmeister (Momenti di Felicità):

Big Ben

When I'm not feeding the little one, doing the laundry, doing the dishes, ironing, cleaning or - doing the things I do when I'm not doing something else - I'm building houses. Well, not really. Just helping Bob the Builder :-)

MiniMojcek Nr.1 got this Construction set for Christmas last year and we still use it a lot (photos stolen from the Internet):

Mind you: these are real bricks not some cheap plastic stuff. I already bought some extensions (more bricks, more cement).


And the finished product:



Ha! I wish building real houses was as easy as this :-)