Happy Easter...

It has never been such a warm Easter in history they said on the radio today...I love these temperatures, even if it feels slightly odd to look at my kids splashing around in the baby tub on the balcony in April....when it feels more like a very hot July.

How was your Easter this year?  

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Blossom rains and broken i phones

Today (-and any other day this past week) was heavenly whether wise...Yesterday I decided in the spur of the moment to buy a new bike on my way home from work. I did not want to enter any inside of any vehicle to find my way home any longer. I wanted to breathe the air and to see the blossoms falling and feel the sun on my skin. My husband’s bike got stolen again recently. Apparently we live in a "we hate bikes outside the apartment building” type of neighborhood. Any bike of us that we leave outside for more than 10 minutes, to go up for a sec is mysteriously gone by the time we get back. It’s pretty frustrating I can tell you.

Any way my husband is using mine since his got stolen again. And I am going to work by metro and tram most of the time any way since I work about 10 km(sorry no idea how many miles that is) from home usually. But yesterday I felt this incredible urge it called “I NEED TO BE OUTSIDE BIKING NOW”!!! So I bought a new secondhand bike, she wasn't super expensive neither super cheap, but I think I did myself a huge favor :)))

The other thing is what just happened and is pretty frustrating as well is that while flying home on my new bike and while listening to the radio on my I-phone, it suddenly stopped. And I haven't been able to get it back on since, the I-phone itself I mean, not just the radio. I did not even have her for such a long time, maybe one year now, but I think even a commercially high profile gadget like this one has a longer life then just one year? I'm hoping it will get back on as mysteriously as it turned itself off....help me hoping please....

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Scraps...Scraps and more scraps...

I have this problem that whenever I make something with fabric i can't throw away even the tiniest piece of scrap after i finished my project...This has caused me to have bags filled with scraps, boxes filled with scraps, more bags and more boxes filled with scraps then I can store really. But nevertheless i can't let go...So I’m also always on the lookout for ideas what to do with my scrap collection...today i stumbled across the work of two lovely artists who know their way with scraps...

The patchwork flowers I found on Elisabeth's blog, they are by Ratzer

 These beautiful quilted leaves I found on Nina's blog, they are made by Kerstin Svendsen

   

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Sneak peek...

20 new paintings are on their way to my shop....They are inspired by these banners I made a while ago. This week my head was overflowing with flamenco's, butterflies, lions, birds, elephants, giraffes, a crocodile, a whale, a snail and a baby duck... For every animal I did research about their symbolic values and their typical characteristics. Then I let my instincts find a virtue that inspires. I looked for a beautiful virtue that we might meditate on every now and then....much like a mantra....to remind us that life is precious...

I will make them available as regular a4 sized prints,  AND…I’m so excited about this…..as prints that are mounted on wooden panels and that can be hung directly on a wall. They look so beautiful, almost like a real painting. These will all be listed during this coming week, starting from today. I will offer them in my LeLiLaLoo shop between my pillow collection. But.....I also have opened a new Etsy shop especially for them called Apple and Pie....I opened this separate shop to give them a clear stage, a stage just for my new babies :))

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Inspiration Thursday, instant love!

Today when I visited Lena Corwin's blog i fell instantly in love with something she wrote about. Laura Carlin, her work is rich and smart, it's elegant and incredibly imaginary...Love love love!!!!

~Oh, and if you like baby shoes that look so good you would like to eat them, go and pay a visit at Nina's blog and see her post on Collegien sock shoes. Be aware if you haven't had lunch yet :))

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New inside out pillows

 These are three new 'inside out' pillows, they are available in my shop right now...

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