Trieste in Advent

Last year we went to see Advent in Zagreb, this year we went to Trieste. Not as special, but not bad nevertheless.

Christmas cards

Almost all the Christmas cards have been posted, so I can reveal this year's mystery.

 

Folded 3D cards.

Not only did I change the colour for a bit of variety, every person got the mountains/town of where they live :-)

I am quite happy, especially considering that they are my plan B as the plan A didn't work. Oh well.

Christmas card teaser

I know I am tremendously late with this year's Christmas cards.

But I am slowly catching up! So the ones going abroad have already been posted, while the home-town cards are being made now.

And yes, my desk is a complete mess ...

Away again

About a week after returning from Portugal, I was off again. 

To the South of France.

When can I start calling it my second home?

Away

One of the reasons why there were no posts in November is that we took a lovely autumn break and went to Portugal.

Still beautiful, still fascinating, yet way more crowded than ever before...

If I counted correctly, this is the seventh time I visited the country.

But I will visit it again, for sure :-)

And no, I haven't yet had the courage to try wave surfing, my men, however, loved it!

Antibes

Not that I need any reminders on what a wonderful place Antibes is - but I am nevertheless happy I got this painting at the flea market :-)

It goes surprisingly well with other pictures and maps on my wall, showing Southern France, Nice, and Biot ;-)

December?

Whoa, December caught me off guard!

But I am catching up as quickly as I can.

First was the Christmas wreath.

Admitted, more in tiger than standard Christmas colours, but hey, I never was standard :-)

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 :-)