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!

the pebble necklaces are coming along

finishing a few glass bead ones too

and heart necklaces - they´re soon available in THE SHOP

got sugar-roasted sunflower seed in the yellow heart paper bag at the fun fair

have a nice weekend everyone!

this post is for those with a huge plum crop - or for plum lovers in general

we tried so far:

amazing PLUM DUMPLINGS

unbelievable delicious PLUM CHUTNEY

on the list PLUM GALETTES

and we had this cake three times so far:

PLUM CHEESECAKE

base:

90 g Graham crackers (Leibnitzkeks), crushed

75 g ground hazelnuts, slightly toasted

20 g sugar

60 g butter melted

line a large springform pan with parchment paper

combine the ingredients, fill them into the pan and press them with the back of a spoon down on the bottom of the pan

bake 12 minutes at 160 degree Celcius

let cool completly

but in the fridge for 20 minutes

filling:

900 g plums, pitted and halved

60 g butter, soft

100 g sugar

pinch of vanilla

pinch of salt

2 eggs

375 g curd cheese

35 g semolina

20 g vanilla custard powder

125 g creme fraiche

beat butter with sugar, vanilla and salt till foamy and pale

add eggs

mix semolina and custard powder

add to the mixture with curd cheese and creme fraiche

beat well

fill into the springform pan

arrange halfed plums like shown above

bake at 175 degree Celcius for about 40 minutes

enjoy

very sweet weekend

we got amazing baked goods from Sardinia made with lots of marzipan

from a neighbor who was on vacation there

Ss blackberry torte

since we are in such a sugary mood - i´m going to post a plum cake recipe tomorrow

i´m making jam... a lot of jam... apricot, peach and pomegranate,

peach and honey melon and now plum

received this beautiful CATALOG a few days ago

and amongst the most amazing posters - there´s mine

we got ourselfs a bit of equipment to drill into hard stone

so i´m working on a few pieces of pebble jewellery

i´ll show you soon...

the little giveaway arrived in AUSTRALIA

a few heart necklaces are soon available in our LITTLE SHOP

working on some cross stiching pattern

made THESE from our overwhelming fig crop

the custard turned out amazing, but i used the wrong tart dough

since i´m fiddling about with a new plum cake i might as well do a fig cake version, too

summer is definitly leaving

the last mint twigs are drying

doing a bit of paper cut

but i´m not sure if i´ll actually gonna use it

just had these mafalde pasta - imported from italy for my brithday from a friend

(who is hopefully soon my business consultant - if that´s the proper word...)

have a nice weekend! you too, K!