I've been to Vienna. And I've seen a lot of art.
A LOT of art.
Some very old pieces, like this hippo ...
... or this 'kitten'.
And about another 2000 years younger these beauties:
And more beauties...
What a week.
I got little presents on Saturday, Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
And no, I am not celebrating anything.
Just presents from all sorts of people on all sorts of occasions.
I appreciate it :-)
I've had this colourful light fabric for quite a while now, but now was the right occasion to make a superlight superwide superflowy trousers. So I made them :-)
Just before flying to France, I made myself a new summery dress.
A lovely floral Jersey with orchids.
And as soon as one dress was finished, I acquired new fabrics :-)
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 :-)
You don't often get the chance to ride the bike with the best.
Well, with THE Best one.
I didn't.
Mr Mojcek did :-)
MiniMojcek Nr. 2 wanted to be a musketeer. So he was.
I made: the robe, the hat (altered a sheriff's hat as this was the only one I found in a shop), and the boots, while MrMojcek made the rapier.
My local museum has an exhibition on the history of fashion.
The exhibition is not bad - but it reminded me so much of going through my mother's/grandmother's closets :-)
Some pieces are exceptional, like this "aristocratic dressing gown" from the Countess of Lichtenberg, late 19th century.
And another fancy coat:
One day you're young - and the next day you have such a pile of papers to sign for the Ministry ...
Oh well...
Merry Christmas everyone!
And we've got six boxes of all sorts of home-made Christmas cookies.
Almost all the Christmas cards have been posted, so I can reveal this year's mystery.
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.
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 ;-)
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 :-)
More tiger-inspired fashion: I made three necklaces for three birthdays.
Another birthday party, another tiger dress.
With gold ribbons around the sleeves, neckline and the hem :-)
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:
