Masters!

Escaping the Christmas-approaching craziness, I visited a wonderful exhibition, From Gauguin to Hopper, in Villa Manin, close to Udine.

 

My favourites were the self-portrait of Van Gogh, pine trees of Cezanne, Bonnard's sunset at Saint Tropez, Gaugin's Martinique, Monet's Antibes,  Courbet's wave ... and many more. Such masterpieces!

Of course no photographs from the actual exhibition. But some from Udine and Gradišče. 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Christmas cards

All the Christmas cards are on their way, so I'm revealing this year's mystery.

I'll start with one of the initial designs:

By pulling the first string, the pattern folds into two separate presents:

By pulling the second string ...  

... the other paper piece folds into a decorated Christmas tree!

Pure Christmas magic :-) 

Winter fog

Sometimes a half-hour drive makes all the difference ...

 

From down there, where I live -   

- to up here, where the sun shines.

Oh well. 

Oh dear!

Seriously? 

None of the actors, producers, technicians ... anyone ... on the set noticed the exponents in the subscript?!?

Noone?

Christmas is approaching...

... rapidly!

The town is already fully decorated, so it's time for me to follow. 

This year I've made a super simple but very Christmassy wreath.

I'm happy. 

Macha swiss roll

Inspired by the recent success of the matcha cake, I used the same almond sponge to make a (much simpler) matcha swiss roll. It was soaked with yuzu syrup, filled with mascarpone cream and raspberries. Delicious!

And yes, I know, the sponge broke because I added too much grounded almonds. But the taste was so much better, I was willing to sacrifice the looks :-)

Christmas card spoiler

I am super busy cutting, gluing, sewing ... :-)

 

 

And no, I'm not making little piggies. I'm making Christmas cards. 

 

I am just using pink to sketch and plan as I know that these sheets won't be used for anything else ;-)