i shouldn´t eat so many strawberries

but who could resist homemade woodland strawberry icecream?!

not me...

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also a sunbleached geranium flower and a bit of shadow

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last night i was listening to the first summer rain and some distant thunder

a lovely sound

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now off to more work

as you can see

i´m really into my assignment to myself

and made TINY BOUQUET #3 FOAMY EXPLOSION

divine smelling elderflower and coral bells

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made a chunky version of the DROP RINGS

which turned out just right

and the girl i made them for really seemed to like it

which made me very happy

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started reading THE SEALED LETTER

quite the page turner

also reading - and dearly loving - KINFOLK

European readers can order it in Alessandras SHOP - she offers free delivery, yay

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hope you all enjoy a sunny long weekend

(went swimming yesterday for the first time this year)

 

o wow

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my head is still buzzing from this wonderful weekend in Berlin at THE HIVE

(and from a severe migraine on the train drive there)

so many amazing, pretty, successful girls and blogs...
so impressive and well organized - and the food was just great

i didn´t take any pictures at the event - i´m not very good at it

but you´ll find loads on all the participants blogs

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afterwards i took my small town self shopping in the big city

eating fries and frozen yogurt 

looking at those huge ugly-awesome buildings

quite stunned

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then i visited K in Potsdam

the most lovely city with all its parks and allotment gardens

she made me a wildflower bouquetfor my birthday (and shortbread)

and i turned it into TINY BOUQUET #2 BUTTERCUP

using her bunny salt shaker (mine is RED)

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it was so nice to meet you all

hopefully we stay in touch

thank you for your kind words

ok - i´m keeping the shorts

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this is me and my first ever birthdaycake

a chocolate May beetle

(i think it was made by my grandmother)

since i was on my first only-potatoes-diet back then

i doubt i had a slice

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but popcorn is okay

also Barbie style sparkle nail polish

and The Help on my own little help to step on 

in case i want to look out of my bedroom window

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just decided to go on my little trip to Berlin WITHOUT my computer

which is almost unbelievable 

whoa

this is probably my strangest birthday so far

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the first one without my grandmother showing up the day before

carrying the first PEONIES of the season

and my mum spending it in the hospital trying to adjust her bloodsugar

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but W went to the playground and made me a sand cake

- he helped me afterwards baking a real one, too -

an apple rhubarb tart with a rustic spelt crust

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my friends were all most lovely

THANK YOU SO MUCH

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i took myself to the garden

and made me a tiny bouquet

(no, this is not my kitchen counter top and a pipe

it´s a window sill and a little cable)

now i want to become a doll house florist

no kidding - have to get out all those little vases

i´m thinking about doing 30 tiny bouquets before 30

a nice assignment, maybe themed ones, too

any ideas?

 (should i keep this crocheted shorts?!)

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striped elderberry

from Flower Decoration by Constance Spry

picture by Paul Laib

(got this book when my grandmother died

and looking at it

somehow this bouquet seemed like the most strangly beautiful thing to me)

this weekend a squirrel threw a walnut at me from the rooftop

i got completely drenched in spring rain biking to a dinner with friends

was almost nauseous working on my desk filled the first peonies and lillies of the valley

wow - that smell - intoxicating

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also:

a flowery punch

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the book from the last book club meeting

(not a very likeable main character featuring the worst pick up line ever

"i think i´m a manic depressive"

but a great read)

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VERY CONSTRUCTED RING in the shadow of the one not dead fig tree

our garden suffered some loss in this cold cold winter

tears were shed already
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i´m planning a trip to Berlin in two weeks
(attending THE HIVE - do you come, too?)
and i´d appreciate any tips since i haven´t been in such a lone time

hello there!

i finally put all those things in the shop

we´ve been working on since a loooong time

there is even more to come

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but for now

meet the FAKE CRYSTAL collection (ear studs - for the first time!)

the DANGLING RINGS

and the VERY CONSTRUCTED RING

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and that´s not everything

the WEBSITE is updated

and our first LOOKBOOK is up

(blog reader probably know  some of the pictures

but somehow the blog is our lookbook anyway)

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and you can subscribe to the WSAKE NEWSLETTER

to not miss out on anything

(there is a summery limited edition coming up - lots of colour)

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and some weirdly coloured carnations for you

i miss my grandmother

sitting on her patio

reading, eating, working

taking care of my cuttings and seedlings

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she would have loved to see the sun bringing all her plants back to life

warming the little lizards

smell her blooming trees

hear the birds sing

i hope she still can somehow dream of all this

feel it from afar