crazy stormy sunny days

with the faintest bit of fall lingering in the air

in the foggy mornings

my tomatoes and rosted vegetables are certainly autumn coloured already

TINY BOUQUET #19 SUMMER PLEASE DON´T LEAVE

using again some of my favorite aster daisies

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also got a bunch of dahlias from my favorited bearded old lady at the farmers market

to take pictures of the new jewellery collection with

they turned out quite cool looking in spite of those funky flowers

well - of course my sister K is an excellent jewellery model

with those slim limbs and her hands are perfect, too

i hope to update the shop this weekend - there are some very special pieces

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already glued together the broken porcellain bunny

it´s alright now

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have a great week everybody

as blue as it gets...

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wow - this heat lately - unbelievable

spent those hot days with a house full of sisters (and one of their boyfriends)

eating 

(the first apple pie of the season - it tasted like my grandmothers strudel, now i have a food memory)

and playing with the cats

(look at those crazy eyes - i love them to pieces)
K worked for days in the garden, lots and lots of weeding and planting
a whole mint bed and so much flowers

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work is crazy right now

but it doesn´t really pay off yet

so i´m a bit frustrated once in a while and stressed out

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NINA put up a lovely longingly blue post

and asked me to do a TINY BOUQUET #18 ALMOST BLUE

but it turned out a bit lilac

oh my cats...

it´s like hell trying to catch their mother in a trap

she already freed herself with supercat power since the door wasn´t closed completely

this is how they´re watching me working in the garden 

and how they look turned into NECKLACES

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brought back a little something from Paris 

a almost too sweet cookbook (with gilt edging)

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don´t use my plastic mixing bowls anymore

those vintage porcelain or earthenware ones are much more beautiful and easier to clean

and i have lots of them waiting for their turn

this one is used for WHOLE BEAN VANILLA COOKIES (without the whole bean - with powder instead)

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found a little cutting

it has already grown a little root

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also i was promised some cosmos for my garden next year

can´t wait

yep - i did went a bit flower crazy this weekend

but there are not that much plants in bloom (or pretty leaf) in July and August in my garden

and i had to change this

maybe reading THE ENCHANTED APRIL made me do so even more

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the weather is bliss right now

so much sunshine and not too hot

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i was in kind of a mood lately

but then i took the sunday off (i guess all self employed tend to work weekends, too)

including an afternoon nap and flat bread with zuccini and blue berries (found in the new BRIGITTE)

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does anyone know what to do with this very capricious pelargonium?

can only show you it´s shadow since the leaves turned almost all yellow

but it´s still such a beauty and i don´t want to loose it

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also: plant jewels - a new thing we´re working on

 

this is for my sister K

who is currently finishing her thesis

(it´s off to the printer tomorrow)

on The Invasive Neopyhte Rose Rugosa in Costal Areas - Investigations on Control Methods

she´s becoming THE go to expert in Northern Europe for sure

just look at my little "flower installation" to find out one method she was researching:
sheep grazing (actually really hands on researching - tending the shep herself)

TINY FLOWER THING #17: CELEBRATORY INVASIVE BOUQUET

(first time ever a little box filled with a flock of tiny wooden sheep comes in handy)

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she´s coming home this weekend

hope there´s still a bit of unburned granola left over for her

to keep her from falling into that black hole after graduation

i´m going to find little tasks for her

like learning macrame (i´m in need of some sturdy strings for hanging baskets)

and planting flower bulbs 

(awesome TULIPA TURKESTANICA and BLUEBELLS - can´t stop dreaming about them after watching BRIGHT STAR)

a day in the workshop is a good day

(although this one didn´t end so good - just burned a whole batch of homemade granola

like really burned it

now the whole house smells awfull and i´m in a very bad mood

maybe i shouldn´t skip lunch

this makes everything go wrong...)

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we made a few wedding bands this year

this one is for a girl who wanted to add a bit of bling to her day

(no real diamonds though)

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also we work on some quite exhausting little things

adorning castings with tiny lines makes your hands sore

so at least i have to stop every five lines or so and get a different grip

but i love it 

and never get as frustrated as i get in front of my computer

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sometimes i bring cake to the workshop

not today - maybe i should have

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a bit of redundant flowers for K

who tries to kill every tiny redundant word from her thesis right now

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blackberries from my garden

planted by the very patient friend of my grandmother

who´s also in charge of the little vineyard here

as you know i got adopted by a stray cat and her two babies a while ago

those guys are hungry and wild

like really wild

this morning for the first time mama cat didn´t hiss when i was filling up their little plates with food

she was actually meowing - such a cute little voice she has

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i´m kind of afraid i´ll drive her away next week when i´m getting her spayed

with a little help of a cat trap browed from the animal shelter

this is going to be pretty scary...

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some evenings i can´t sit at my porch table

since it´s literally taken

but i love them of course anyway

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now they inspired me to make some little CAT NECKLACES and CAT FACE NECKLACES

maybe this way i can earn a bit of extra cat money 

(as i told you - they are really hungry from all that roughhousing in the garden)

i promise i wont spend it on crazy cat lady stuff like THIS plate or the bits and pieces above
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a bit about WSAKE on the lovely PAPER HEART WEDDING blog
thank you so much
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also: a HUGE thank you for your comments
feed back is so great since i work alone a lot
and don´t know what to think about what i´m doing any more sometimes