2.8.13





this heat seems to turn everything yellow
i´ve come to like this colour
.
but my first William Morris rose was peach coloured
.
last weekend we had a nice garden party
with quite a few cases of overeating (W and me being two of them)
so many nice people and so much good food
some of them traveled quite a bit to be here
(thank you so much JULIE and Rainer for coming
and trusting us with this lovely project)
somehow i´ve only managed to take a single picture
the one of the yellow vase filled with anemone japonica who doesn´t like to be cut
.
VASE CAPS with tiny garlic
.
my stack on UNRULY THINGS - thank you so much, Alyson
(i have to admit i never wear that many rings at once, 
it´s not that practical when handling tools and such)
.
the nicest write up on MISS MOSS - thank you very much, Diana
.
have a wonderful sunny weekend

19.7.13




here it is:
our small summer collection
.
GOT TALENT postcards
(things the jury says on Britain´s Got Talent)
.
VASE CAPS for any kind of jug
.
.
silvery WAVED RINGS
.
.
a lot more LITTLE FRAME shapes
.
olive and fern WREATHS PENDANTS
.
.
delicate DOTTED RINGS in silver and brass
.
we´ve also added some more floral elements to the CHANGE EAR STUDS
.
have a wonderful sunny weekend





 


16.7.13



what i like about this summer so far:
(he had us waiting a loooong time)
.
having my sister visiting me for weeks
soon to be joined by an other one
.
adding apricots to almost every meal
especially savoury ones
.
basil blossoms
.
the smell of linden trees and Virginia creeper in full bloom
even more wonderful at night
.
a new stall at the farmers market:
a young couple selling their delicious sheep milk products
.
"my" flower lady at the same market
i´m such a good customer she actually misses me when i won´t show up for a week
it´s old variaties of tiny cushion pink carnations at this time of year
.
yet another new crazy coloured hydrangea
with brownish foliage
.
listening to W play the cornet at street festivals
singing his crazy version of Running Wild
his Dixiland Jazz band also plays Blueberry Hill "despite" its being a hit
to me such a hill would be the most perfect one 
.
wearing:
DROP RINGS in silver and gold
TRIANGLE NECKLACE, a few black and white beads made of bone
and some vintage rhine stone jewellery
BURT´S BEES lip balm in Tiger Lily
a favorite new sweater
lost of white and blue dresses and shirts
.
an exciting new project including pink pepper corns
.
working on our little Summer collection
which will be ready by the end of the week
.
dried rose petals and bee pollen - like in HEIDI´S yoghurt bowl
(thank you for the reminder, ALMA)
.
Nigel Slater´s TENDER - both volumes - so wonderful
already made the gooseberry pie twice
adding a bit of buckwheat flour to the dough and using ghee instead of butter
which results in the most tender crumbly crust
NINA likes them too
.
a new stamp for my packaging
looks a bit childish, so i just ordered another more grown up one
.
a TINY BOUQUET made with the first tiny hydrangeas and succulent flowers
.
the first currants from the garden
.
what i don´t like:
mosquito pest
a brand new awfully itchy sun allergie
managed to kill some of my begonias by fertilizing them
.
so many wonderful lists everywhere:
Julie´s ZETTEL and ALBUM
TI´S June
ALMA´S wonderful selections - always





9.7.13

















took a trip to Stuttgart this weekend 
to visit a farewell exhibition of my professor and his students 
so nice to see all my classmates again
.
apparently i´m not used to those "big" cities anymore
got a huge head ache and had to leave the party way to early
balkan brass is not helping with a migraine
.
that´s probably how you turn out
when all you do is spending time in the workshop
or dugging around in the garden
(with a lot of help from my "garden assistant" and my sister)
most of one of my shadowy beds is now ready
and looks a bit hideuos with all those tiny plants
.
the first thing i did with my numbed brain in Stuttgart
was getting those Chloe flats on sale
the softest leather, the prettiest blue
unfortunatly only available half a size too big
but that´ll do
.
dried rose petals
pink hued grass and sorrel
a painted looking geranium
and a little glimpse of our tiny summer jewellery collection
we´re working on right now











28.6.13







Stella from KONGLOMERAT DESIGN invited me 
to contribute to her HELDENTARTE series
so here i present you:

HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT - CAKE
(don´t worry - i´m very happily not in love
and didn´t desperately pluck thousands of daisy petals
to find out he doesn´t like me after all)
.
75 g spelt flour
25 g buckwheat flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 pr salt
35 g brown sugar
100 g goat milk

mix the dry ingredients
add the milk
pour into a lined baking (20cm diameter) tin
bake for 12 min at 210 degree celsium

500 g rhubarb, cut in 1cm pieces
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp water

mix, pour on a baking tray
roast for 15 min at 175 degree celsium
let cool completely
spread on the cake

250 g goat cream cheese
2 tbsp brown sugar
rose water to your liking

mix and frost the cake
sprinkle with daisy petals







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