More puzzles

God, am I being repetitive... but when I get a jigsaw puzzle, I just have to solve it. This 1000-pieces one took me about eight hours.

If the winter will not come to Mojcek ...

... then Mojcek must go to the winter.

A perfect day.
Merry Christmas, everyone.

Christmas cards

Now that most of the Christmas cards have been sent (and hopefully received!), it's time to solve the card mystery.

First clue:

Second clue:

And the solution in silver...

and in green:


Yep, a pencil shavings tree. A tree has become a pencil and a pencil has become a tree. Now THAT is recycling!

Oh, if you'll ever want to make your own tree: Jolly silver pencil is the best. By far! Believe me, I have tested 21 different pencils.

Baby cap

We have a cap for MiniMojcek Nr. 2 but it is made of cotton and it is too cold for winter. So I copied the pattern and made a cap from polar fleece, using the remains of the fleece from the buggy blankets. A simple pattern, the side pieces cut 4-times and the central piece twice.


The finished product:




I could not resist putting the ears on the cap :-)

Yoga Mat Bag

After joining the local yoga-pilates class, I needed a bag for the mat. Using some left-overs from the laptop sleeve, basically I just made a tube, added a pleated pocket for the keys and the phone and a shoulder strap. Can't wait till Monday to test it!


The zipper of the pocket is a bit too bright but that was the only one I had at home. Oh, well.


But at least the pattern on the pocket matches perfectly!

Elegy for a Dead Admiral

There's been a lot on my mind recently. Something very good (hopefully, keeping fingers crossed) and something really bad... And everything in between. That's why I needed a distraction.

What can be better than a 1500 pieces jigsaw puzzle :-)

I got Elegy for a Dead Admiral by Jack Vettriano, who is probably my favourite contemporary painter. If I had to pick one piece that I like most, it would probably be this one (In Thoughts of You):

Borrowed from Berliner Bilder Galerie

Anyway, back to the puzzle. The beginning:


And the end:


The puzzle (By Ravensburger) is pure joy! Pieces fitting perfectly, with a huge variety in shape, obviously carefully made with great attention to detail. Love it!

Christmas-card teaser

With Christmas rapidly approaching, it's time to start making Christmas cards. Without ruining the surprise, I'm just posting a teaser. Can you guess what I'm making this year?


Well, no, you probably can't ;-)

More to follow in a month or so ...

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