Happy New Years Eve!

i don´t have any resolutions for next year

but i hope it´s going to be a good one for everybody

today i´m having CRESCENT JAM AND CHEESE COOKIES

while listening to CHAMPAGNE CHARLIE

lazy days

hanging around in pyjamas

thinking of making CINNAMON BUNS

cold and snowy

but sunny once in a while

Merry Christmas to you!
found the dress for today...
a few presents for my sisters
print by STUDIO VIOLET

the last days...
full of Christmas things

these are probably the last STARS i´m preparing for christmas

or is there anyone in need of some more?

we get out the first pieces of vintage ornaments now

and yes, we love pink ones

i´ve heard mice love chocolate, so i fed her some sprinkles
yesterday i had my forth MRI
this time to check out my intestines
everything´s looking great
but still no clue what´s causing the inflamated vertebras
the girl prepping me was so calm and steady
and really kept me from freaking out because of disgusting contrast medium,
being strapped down on a stretcher,
surrounded by all this life saving but scary medical technology
didn´t even mind to stop breathing when she told me so over the headphones
i hope the universe has some kind of rewarding system for those people
an extra slice of luck or something like that
now i´m concentrating on finding the perfect christmas party dress

little fan snacking on black lentils

we humans turned them into SPICY SQUASH SALAD WITH LENTILS

my new hanging-around-dress

a little mouse - now turned into a necklace

for someone who appreciates them a lot

christmasy silver swarf from filing

today the lovely HOW TO SET A TABLE print arrived

still so so white everywhere around here

hurry up German (and eventually EU) readers

if you want to get your orders in time for christmas

especially the CUSTOM MADE ones

never ending snow

guess i have never seen this much

a bit obsessed with little trees

- adorned with the EMBOSSED HEART NECKLACE

worked on a new packaging idea

now all the tiny necklaces can be used as a special greeting card, too

quite handy for christmas...

apparently i´ve been good this year

St Nicholas brought not only chestnuts to roast every evening...

right now i prefer the brown silk version

of the BAKED GOODS NECKLACES

although the red one is pretty festive, too

white and quiet everywhere

frost pattern, red trees and berries

oh so busy right now

we have way more snow than in Innsbruck back in those old days...

i have to get out my vintage cutter for serrated picture edges again

(hope M doesn´t mind that i call it MY cutter...)

it´s so white everywhere you have to wear sunglasses

thank you so much for featuring the SILHOUETTE CHARM

at ALL THE MOUNTAINS, Amy!

it´s such an honour!

(if your thinking about getting one of those for christmas

- hurry up so you get it right in time!

new beads - new love

i really have a thing for those grey ones

packing some things for a job interview

and my sparkling vest

very cosy for these snow storm days

still snowing

we found some christmas tigers for our nephew - don´t show him yet,N!

a huge glass bead parcel arrived today

so amazing to discover all those new shades and shapes

thank you big time, Sara!

first snow
quite cold in the workshop

setting up a work bench in the kitchen now

hello there, high tech chain of LED lights!

you have to wear sunglasses at night to work with them

should i keep this mosaic style scarf?

i know i got more than enough...

TINY SILVER STAR NECKLACE

these black and white pictures have nothing to do with it

but at the checkout counter of a drugstore

i found both seasons of PUSHING DAISIES

good for me

but actually i think those should be sold at pastry shops only

it´s a pitty they were canceled after just two seasons

and i turned my favorite cookie cutter into a NECKLACE

dear W,

pretty please make us at least two more of these silver mirrors

we need them to check our complexion

and look at our hair from behind

and the clock down left

yeah... we need that, too

we promise we´d be good

and we get you an other dangerous looking black coat

if you want to

anyone wanna join this wishlist?

please please do some sewing for me, E!
(the lovely WIKSTEN PATTERN just arrived)
got a couple of new lamps - this vintage one is on my nightstand
SILHOUETTE CHARM flyers
not sure what to do with my wood made of tiny pressed birch leaves
maybe a postcard?

today WSAKE is part of the great WHERE WE BLOG FROM serie

over at ILL SEEN ILL SAID

thank you so much for having me, Jane!

it´s such an honour!

have a look HERE

a salting bunny is a bit odd, i know

those holes in the head - cruel

but i couldn´t help it - the red Thumper had to come home with me

(K already got a yellow one)

stamping wrapping paper

Tiny Heart Necklaces

and our embossed alphabet

WSAKE HOLIDAY SHOP

we just added a lot of new necklaces to the shop

to get you in a christmassy kind of mood

a few jolly things to give to loved ones and to yourself

bold festive red and snowy white vintage glass beads

a lot of sparkling silver and - for the first time - tiny bits of gold

as always everything is handmade and one of a kind

come on over

thank you so much for your nice comments lately!

i´m still waiting... don´t know what´s gonna come out...

i´ve got some lovely stuff from some lovely bloggers shops in the mail

can´t wait to show you...

down right a postcard from Studio Violet

and i´ve added some variations of the Silhouette Charm to the Shop

working with feathers again, the dark kind

(would you like to get this table cloth for your little blue kitchen, K?)

the doctors acted a bit scared about the new nailpolish i got this weekend

apparently real nails this colour are a very bad sign

now i´m waiting for their verdict

hoping they come up with a way to find out what´s wrong

without drilling into my vertebra

actually i decided to live on chocolate croissants

but today i´m turning these beauties into Beer Baked Beans

tomorrow i´ll get my inflamed vertebras checked out by some specialists

i´m a bit scared though

maybe i´ll take Little Laughing Dog with me to cheer me up

( yesterday i listened to Gigi

now i´d like to throw some langue de chat at a rich guy

who wants to start a scandolous affair

anyone?! )

yesterday i got loads of shirts and sweaters from 0941

the best kind of clothing, the kind you wanna live in

softest fabric, most flattering cut, hand dyed for a one of a kind look

manufactured in Italy

i did some prints for their summer 2011 collection

you can see it HERE

what am i gonna wear today?

the second season of The Killing started two weeks ago

very exciting

they are featuring the best dark circles around the eyes

and Lund has a new red sweater

makes me wanna knit while watching

got inspired by my favorite vintage cookie cutter

you just wait and see

trying to take better pictures of the Custom Made Silhouette Charm

not completly satisfied yet

an other plate from the 50s collection

we turned some of our apple crop into Maple-Brandy Apple Butter

and since we don´t have pecans around here

i substituted those Rosmary and Thyme Candied Pecans with walnuts and almonds

delicious nevertheless

an autumnal nailpolish called "chop-sticking to my story"

don´t know what that means...

again - pink and violet shades

i´m mostly wearing neutrals, so i need some colour

not sure what to knit with that wool though - it sits around for over a year now

my favorite Necklace

i need your help with this one:

tiny gold plated baked goods on a string of red silk

- necklaces for christmas time -

too cute? too much?

shall i go with grey silk instead? or offer both possibilities?

hope you all have a sunny autumn friday!

the forth piece of the layer collaboration

at first slots were made into the copper

than the whole surface was coated with enamel

which was taken off again to leave just the slots filled

i guess i´ll turn it into a pendant...

an other tiny heart necklace is on it´s way

a quite belated birthday present...

thinking of putting some of these in the christmas shop

with a red string of silk instead of the brown one

those grapes really looked stunning, but tasted not like you would have expected

this crazy patterned fabric is a tote bag i got from a drugstore

and my most beloved Silk & Glass Necklace

since pumpkin season just started i´d like to share my new favorite recipe

PUMPKIN PARMIGIANA

adapted from E&T

1 Butternut squash (about 3 pounds)

- diagonally halved, peeled, stem and seeds removed

olive oil

100 g breadcrumbs

2 onions - chopped

2 cloves of garlic - chopped

2 cans (800 g) peeled chopped tomatoes

salt, pepper, sugar, chili

375 g mozzarella - thinly sliced

2 big hands full of grated parmesan

2 twigs rosmary - chopped

slice the upper halve of the pumpkin in 2 mm thin discs

lay them on a tea towel, sprinkled with a bit of salt, for about 30 min

pat dry

grease a baking tray with olive oil and put the pumpkin slices on it

roast for a few minutes in the oven at 200 degree celcius

until slightly brown

cut the other pumpkin halve in tiny cubes

steam onions and garlic in a bit of olive oil

ad tomatoes and pumpkin cubes

simmer for 20 min

season with salt, pepper, sugar, chili and rosemary

grease a big heatproof dish, sprinkle with breadcrumbs

start with a layer of roasted pumpkin slices, then mozzarella, parmesan, tomatoes and breadcrumbs, repeat two or three times

end with a layer of pumpkin slices, topped with mozzarella, parmesan and breadcrumbs

bake in the oven at 200 degree celcius for about 40 min

a few weeks ago i got this beautifully made catalog

about students work from the Troxler class

at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart

although i left a year ago now, some of my work - posters and books - is included too

i´m very happy to be featured in this amazing book

it turned out really great, Eva-Maria and Benjamin!

see a few more pages HERE

have to heat up my scarf now before leaving the house

wintery work - just white with a tiny bit of red

i´m tired from the first day at my new little job

guess i have to go to bed right now...

started reading Revolutionary Road two days ago

awful but true so far

hurry up if you want to get your Little Black Cat right in time for halloween

in the meanwhile you can prepare some of the Meringues Bones

she likes to nibble on

she has a seriously scary sweet tooth

working on some christmasy necklaces

even made some Tiny Stars for the golden girls out there

all in the shop in early november

this time - a little bit of blue

guess what: i´m a lucky girl - i won the Mountains Tea Towel giveaway

over at Fine Little Day

it is so so pretty

thank you so much, Elisabeth!

some of the enamel pieces for collaboration: layers

i´m not sure what i´m gonna do with them - pendants? brooches?

(these are the other participants: Kathryn Clark, Inklore and Three By Sea)

some new but vintage glass beads

and a golden bag

little pudding molds - one of my finds from a long weekend of flea marketing

i guess they are from the 1920s to 30s - correct me if i´m wrong

finally started to work on this amazing project - october collaboration: layers

decided to begin with a bit of enamel work

since this is all about layering colour and texture

Capri by Essie was my favorite summer nail polish

but it´s pretty perfect for autumn, too

another plate from my 60s collection - at least i think so

apparently much of my tableware is way older than i thought

i have to train my time ranking skills

if it weren´t for the cherries it would make a classic autumnal plate
oh - have you seen those making of Mad Men pictures?

Little Laughing Dog and Black Cat are kind of getting along now

last bits of pink in the yard

and the Arrow Necklace with a little dash of pink, too

halloween is lurking right behind the corner

and a little eerie creature has just left the workshop

climbing up the trees, observing every move we make

- especially every move Little Laughing Dog makes -

he´s quited frightend by her fearsome habits

meet Little Black Cat

she wants to be taken out to some scary party

recently i discovered by adding a little fatsuit

i could easily become a Gerard Depardieu mimic-a-like

not sure if or how i could profit of that fact

very effectiv flea market visiting

got tons of vintage glass beads and other stuff

like crazy coloured turquoise jug

working on scary things...i´ll show you soon

quiet days around here

Mad Men has come to Germany - not that i´m watching it

since my former roommate

( congratulations again to your new own flat, especially to the washmachine!)

convinced me to watch series in their original language some years ago now

and i have to admit - i watched A LOT

and i owe all my English skills to that fact

(i know they are quite small, but anyway...)

but i took some pictures of tableware from that period of time

so here we have a quite usual decor - the happy couple in Italy

in front of a ice cream parlour - a square cake stand

LITTLE LAUGHING DOG got a sleeping injection yesterday due to a minor intervention

so he just idled around with his unequal twin sibling Stuffed Laughing Dog

finally dozing off watching Gilmore Girls

on a very polite pillow saying "sleep well" in crocheted German

i´ll promise - no more plums for this year - these are the last ones

an other sunny day around the summer house

oh, and i actually took a picture of Little Laughing Dog and his wild bunch

here he´s chit-chating with Fine Little Day Donkey

and Slinky Dog - an ancient creature, a few houndred years old

it goes like:

"three right, three up - stitch stitch"

"bark saw saw saw"

i have no idea what it means

Glass Bead Necklaces

have you met LITTLE LAUGHING DOG yet?

he´s a Cocktail Sherrier, a rare but jolly breed - isn´t that right, K?

today he had a small meal of salt & vinegar chips and OLIVE BISCUIT COOKIES

(he can´t show you a picture of these - he didn´t refrigerate the dough long enough

so they didn´t keep their shape and turned out like one giant cookie

their looks would probably keep you from trying these - and you should

don´t forget - it´s all about inner beauty)

now he is of to play in the stormy birch woods

and meeting some of his cross stitch friends

interested in meeting them, too?

well, maybe i´ll manage to take a picture of them...

a post on trees

almost everything you see here is made by or of trees

(well, i don´t know how much of a tree is actually in a polaroid,

but it´s a polaroid of a tree)

is it okay to get wood heating material

and mourning for the trees of Stuttgart at the same time?

i don´t live there anymore

but i every time i went there by train

those giants where the first beautiful sign of this city, a swabian greeting

of course this is nothing

compared to the irreparable damage done to ecosystems every day

yet i am sad

and i feel sorry for those who got hurt trying to save them

W is harvesting and storing apples

it´s starting to get quite chilly outside although the sun is shining

but our little summer house stays cozy with a bit of candle light for heating

the red and yellow striped fabric is a very nice gift from Sara

S finally used it for some pillow cases

and GLASS BEAD NECKLACE S

this time it´s all about rose

there was a lovely package in the mail today

a vintage recipe binder from liberty of london - it´s the best

almost too pretty to actually write in it

i got it from her amazing shop

also showing a Glass Bead Necklace

and Strawberry Leaf Necklace

- almost to late for it now, there´s such a summery feel about it

big SHOP UPDATE today

come on over - have a look!

lots and lots of new necklaces - well, some of them you probably already know

since i posted about a few while i was working on them

like i already told you, i had an amazing time taking pictures of them

so you´re gonna see a lot of this pretty girl from now on

in the first picture she´s wearing a Silhouette Charm of her mother

look at her smile!

then a Silk & Glass Necklace

a Glass Bead Necklace

and a Triangle Pebble Necklace

yesterday i had the most amazing sunny fall afternoon in the garden

a lovely girl was over for taking pictures of some of my necklaces

she was very patient and even brought over a bunch of flowers

have you ever heard of such a model?

i sure haven´t

just a tiny blurry preview for now...can´t wait to show you more soon

and i got myself a book on card waving and a box of vintage saddler twine

now i have to work it out

that´s just a minor post about how much i like the colour purple, lilac, violet...

don´t even know the right word for it

but it makes me buy old-fashioned dried flowers on the farmers market

and cook something using plums almost every day now

this weekend i was invited over to friends for pumpkin tortellini

most delicious by the way

(tried to convince them to start a blog called

"The Fons, a dash of chayenne pepper and me")

and having a lunch made of pumpkin for the first time this year

i noticed it´s autumn now

so i decided to add a few sets of MAPLE CARDS to the shop

they are offset printed in black and gold and each one is watercoloured by hand

to give it the same unique look like the leaves blown of the tree

have a look in THE SHOP!