look how beautiful SLIDE BRACELETS, RIBBON BRACELETS, BEATEN BRACELETS

and DANCING BOWLS look at ATELIER SOLARSHOP in Antwerp, Belgium

we are so happy to have found such a nice place for them

amongst so many great artists and designers

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the actually really delicate FAKE CRYSTAL RING looking quite bombastic

in the new BRIGITTE - he´s very happy there

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planning on adding a few christmassy things to the shop at the beginning of November

cards, garlands and merry little pendants (for little money, too)

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hope you all hab a lovely weekend

mine was full of fog, QUINCE JAM and brass dust

thought i was done with the cold

but the cold wasn´t done with me

almost got a bit panicky thinking this is never going to end

still coughing and sneezing along

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read a nice interview with florist Thierry Boutemy in the new edition of THE PLANT

he says he is inspired by cuckoo clocks

there are a few in this house and i´m going to look very closely at them now

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vintage twine and heart shaped cookie cutters from the flea market

and quince making the apartment smell wonderful

and a nice compote

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went out a bit to get some fresh air to get healthy soon

took a walk by the river and made the TINY BOUQUET #24 PRETTY SICK (added some redundant pictures of it)

turnes out everything down there is covered in dog poo

so i took a few steps down into the river to get my rain boots clean again

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W made me a flower storing device

now you can´t see it anymore

to many geraniums on it wintering in my hallway

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made PUMPKIN BREAD

it turned out way to sweet for me 

(so sweet i had to lay down after having a slice, but maybe that was the old again)

even though i had already halved the sugar

so in case you want to give it a try to, use even less

was a bit under the weather the last days

but i wasn´t too sick to read a bit
eating cold grapes from the fridge enjoying the autumn sun on my bed

Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt - for my English Reading group

i really like it and found a few lines that went great with my angora sweater:

On one of our dates, Marit wore a shaggy pink sweater that shed like a collie in Spring. 

I must have held her close when we said good bye, because on the following morning, 

I discovered taht my jacket was all but pink from clinging fibers.

that is when he realises he is in love with her

nice

i would be able to recreate that exact moment

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TINY BOUQUET #23 NEEDLES

using the SMALL CAN VASE

this is for a very lovely girl

TINY BOUQUET #22 FOR OLGA

i used the tiniest vase - inspired by her equally TINY WOODEN CUPS

to thank her for the most beautiful things coming all the way from Russia

look at these beautiful drawings

making it easier to say good bye to blackberry season

(K called my consumption beyond all measure)

last thing i made with them was spelt flat bread with cream cheese covered with blackberries, sprinkled with brown sugar

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there were many more of HER BEAUTIFUL LITTLE THINGS in the envelop

finding their place all over the flat now

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playing around with a CAN VASE and some pink fall leaves

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watching one of those evil looking little kittens have his daily dose of milk

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tiny striped cucumbers

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apropriate sneakers for a silver smiths daughter

a bit on gardening and PIN rings

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things i´ve learned so far: 

- patience is the number one virtue in a garden 

now i always get the smaller flower pot available to become even more patient

- it takes up to 20 years to graft mistle toe onto an apple tree 

and many more years until this little parasite gets little berries himself

- you can get those berries to use for grafting on a garden dump

not any garden dump, a cemetery one

which is also a good source for miniature thujas and ceders around chistmas time

to grow an eerie looking dollhouse wood with

and to get the weirdest collection of strange single tulips in springtime

- wisdom from the chief gardener -

who already did an amazing job unraveling 4 cubic meters of Virginia creeper

until there were only those two twines left adorning the house

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can´t wait what he comes up with in Spring

when we try to get a rockery hidden under ivy and spruce tree stumps back to shape 

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W made a Pin number star shaped punch for our PIN RING 

and now we´re thinking about the option to actually get an important number engraved inside the ring

the design is one of his from the 70s

and he wanted to adorn it with a bit of a secret

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got a huge apple crop? 

make the APPLE MARMALADE CANDY 

one of the best sweet things i ever tasted 

sent half of it to E but it got lost in the mail

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got those lovely vintage hanging baskets for my birthday back in May

now i finally got to teach myself how to macramee those strings

it´s a fun and quite easy thing to do

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what do we think of Lana Del Reys pink angora sweater?

almost choked on the fuzz

but it is kind of hot - temperature wise