Les paroles!

J'adore N'oubliez pas les paroles!

And it does not happen often that I know the lyrics and the contestants don't.

Especially if it is the Maestro's round.

Especially if we're talking about La Reine Margot.

But I knew the lyrics to the "Je voudrais la connaitre" and she didn't.

Ha!

Tiger jewellery

More tiger-inspired fashion: I made three necklaces for three birthdays.

I had so much fun making those :-)

Tiger dress

Another birthday party, another tiger dress.

 

Yes, yes, I know. Leopard robe.

With gold ribbons around the sleeves, neckline and the hem :-)

Kayaking and cycling time!

The next weekend was dedicated to kayaking.

Charity kayaking. 

Let's just say that we, as a family, combined, finished as many laps as the 'winner'.

Oh well. 

Next year we'll be better :-)

 

Photo by MiniMojcek Nr. 1

And I started Suffering again!

Sorry - Systming. 

I will never ever get over this stupid name change!

Hiking time!

A lovely summery weekend. 

Somewhere in the Slovenian mountains ;-)

Music time

As much as I enjoyed watching the Olympics, I missed my daily dose of 'Les Paroles'. Now that they are back, it's time to post another songs-I-m-currently-listening-more-often-than-others post. Here we go:

Gaëtan Roussel & Adeline Lovo - Crois-moi!

Joseph Kamel, Julien Doré - Beau

Eddy de Pretto - Kid

Joseph Kamel - Celui qui part

Vianney, ‪Zazie - Comment on fait

 

There are also a lot of French classics on my list. 

But they deserve a separate post :-)

Sewing time

MiniMojcek Nr. 2 wants to learn how to sew. However, all the summer courses we found were full - and not quite what he wanted. He had no interest in sewing pillows or simple bags...

He wanted to sew shorts. With a pocket. With a zipper.

So he learned how to sew shorts with a pocket with a zipper in seam.

And the fabrics? His choice, of course.

Chilling

The summer heat is becoming unbearable.

So we are looking for places to chill.

And we find them :-)

A new word!

Today I learned a new word: 

Makittaqanngitsoq 

Which in Inuktitut literally means: "a person who has never mastered the kayak roll".

So, basically, me. 

I can only do the first half ;-)

A beauty

One casually goes to the city centre to do some Saturday shopping... 

... and sees such a beauty.

A Ford GT 40.

Summer heat

Since we got back, the summer is in full swing.

But I was not made for a heat like this.

So we found a cool spot to chill... and climb.

Japan!

And in case you were wondering where I got Japanese fabric?

Well, in Japan, of course :-)

Jinbei

I can't believe I haven't posted anything for over two months. 

Because I've been busy. 

Because I've been away :-)

One of the things I did recently was a lovely jinbei shirt for Mr. Mojcek.

I had some super comfortable Japanese fabric:

Luckily I had a suitable thread at home :-)

The pattern is super simple, so it didn't take long and this comfy was finished.

I still need to iron it though. Oh well.

Circles

Yesterday, I was one of the around 15 000 people walking in circles.

Or rather in one circle.

A big one.

A 32,5 km long one.

Around my home town.

Another blue dress

I said I was going to be ready this summer!

Another blue dress I made:

It looks way better with a "belt" in the picture, but I still think I will wear it without.

Mail!

I got this in my mailbox today.

TODAY!

I am used to getting Christmas cards in February, sometimes even March. 

But May?

That's a first.

So Merry Christmas everyone :-) 

Blue dress

From one of the fabrics, I made a light, airy and flowy summery dress.

 

I didn't have a pattern, but sort of copied one of the dresses I bough a few years ago during one of our many stays on Elba.

This year I am going to be ready for summer.

:-) again

Remember my post from February - now it's time for an update:

I already used 2 out of 3 fabrics.

I used the concert tickets.

I used the plane ticket.

 

But in the meantime I acquired:

5 new fabrics

another concert ticket

new plane tickets

Me happy :-)

Crazy weather

I cannot go past the crazy weather we're having.

Not my home town - but not that far either:

15. 4. at 14:00: 27 C

16. 4. at 16:00: 0.2 C

An almost 27 degree difference in one day.

My hometown was not much better, from 25.3 to 0.5.

Oh well. 

Tiger kimono

When your close friend celebrates his 50th birthday, he deserves a present. 

And since he's practicing karate for quite a while now, he'll be getting a tiger-kimono. 

 

With a corresponding belt. And yes, he's got a green belt, so a jungle belt it is.

 

And black velvet collar.

I did my best in pattern placing and pattern matching - it's not perfect, but not bad, methinks.

I hope he will like it. 

And use it.

At least once :-)

What a weekend!

Mountain bike season opened ✓

Climbing season opened ✓

SUP season opened ✓

Grill season opened ✓

Hammock season opened ✓

Mosquito season opened ✓

Opening of the kayak season is somehow delayed, although I don't quite know why. Maybe because we're busy doing all the other things :-)

 

Yann, again.

There are some songs/compositions that hit just the right notes.

This is one of them:

Yann Tiersen, Kerdrall

And yes, I saw him live. 

Perfection.

Except his new hairstyle which I just cannot approve. 

Sorry, Yann.

I've been away :-)

I'll let the images speak.

 

 

Because again, my senses are completely saturated.

A quote

I recently learned a quote by Kurt Cobain:

"They laugh at me because I'm different; 

I laugh at them because they're all the same."

:-)

Recently I acquired:

3 different fabrics

2 concert tickets

1 plane ticket 

Me happy :-D

That time of the year

It's that time of the year again.

It's sewing time:

It's crafting time:

It's woodworking time:

 

 

And it was totally worth it :-)

National day of culture

This year I celebrated the National cultural holiday abroad, in Ravenna, Italy.

Casually walking around mosaics dating from the year 450.

Yes, 450.

They did have a questionable fashion sense back then...

 

But with this calendar they could predict Easter for the years 532 to 626.

 

 

Plenty of new mosaics around the town.

 

And other sorts of modern art as well :-)

Reupholstering kitchen chairs

After ten years, the kitchen chairs really needed new fabrics.

And as you can guess by now, I am not a beige person.

 

So the chairs are no longer brown and beige, they are brown, yellow and green :-)