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

thank you for your sweet comments on my last post

now i´m thinking of having you all over

we would probably make a good eating team...

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i´m almost done with my christmas work

(well, i still have some ideas up my sleeves)

you can find a first sneek peek of my new cards HERE

(thanks to a LINK found on dear RIKEs site

they´re going to be printed ecofriendly - yay)

and - they are available for wholesale (just let me know if someone is interested in a line sheet)

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found my favorite SANDALS on the fair in Paris

perfect for picking flowers and all other things

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TINY BOUQUET #16 YELLOW IS NOT MY FAVORITE COLOUR

E was visiting for a bit more than two days

and we did spend a lot of time eating  - that´s almost all we did actually

and reading ELISABETH DALHOUSIE and FLAVIA DE LUCE mysteries in the sweltering heat

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as promised i made the LEMON VERBENA BLUEBERRY PIE

(couldn´t find a small enough dish, so the top turned out kind of shattered)

i won´t tell you the very small amount of time passing by 

while the pictures of the baking tray full of blueberry and cream biscuits and the one without them were taken...

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we also had melon granita, pasties filled with pumpkin, zuccini and all kinds of cheese, 

roasted sweet potatoes and radishes with spelt, she introduced me to Chinese cabbage

and i came up with "pie without the crust" - it´s kind of awseome

so far we had mascarpone with blackberries (thank you for that, dear Stephanie) and roasted peaches with ricotta

topped with herb sugar

we just couldn´t bake or eat another pie, so we just had the topping without the crust

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TINY BOUQUET #15 BEES DELIGHT

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E left in our grandmothers sandals

now i´m waiting for K to come to have an other feast