my birch trees during a storm this sunday

road my bike as fast as i could to escape it

(after it ended a cute baby shower very abruptly)

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and then the sky looked baby blue and pink again

.

since i´m wearing THOSE SHOES all summer long

my toes look quite pale

and yes, i put something called circus confetti on my nails

.

just recently i discoverd matcha powder

so far i´ve only put it into cakes

it goes very well with an olive oil one too

and all kinds of berries

and lots of flours

.

got up extra early and saved two hydrangeas who didn´t like their spot at all

now they´ve switched places

the pink one started to turn its leaves up instead of down

which is a good sign

made me happy

so i put on my marni shorts from h&m 

(unfortunatly those sandals hurt so very much)

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 i told you i´m into yellow now

a TINY BOUQUET made of chocolate cosmos, 

an old variety of yellow and brown cosmos and persian carpet zinnia

again in a vase by OTCHIPOTCHI

.

sent off some special FESTIVE PENDANTS to ZIERRAT UND GOLD

Nina is updating her shop very soon...

this heat seems to turn everything yellow

i´ve come to like this colour

.

but my first William Morris rose was peach coloured

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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

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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

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have a wonderful sunny weekend

here it is:

our small summer collection

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GOT TALENT postcards

(things the jury says on Britain´s Got Talent)

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VASE CAPS for any kind of jug

.

CORAL PENDANT

.

silvery WAVED RINGS

.

BLUE BELL NECKLACE

.

a lot more LITTLE FRAME shapes

.

olive and fern WREATHS PENDANTS

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dangling CHANGE EAR RINGS

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delicate DOTTED RINGS in silver and brass

.

we´ve also added some more floral elements to the CHANGE EAR STUDS

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have a wonderful sunny weekend

 

what i like about this summer so far:

(he had us waiting a loooong time)

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having my sister visiting me for weeks

soon to be joined by an other one

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adding apricots to almost every meal

especially savoury ones

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basil blossoms

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the smell of linden trees and Virginia creeper in full bloom

even more wonderful at night

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a new stall at the farmers market:

a young couple selling their delicious sheep milk products

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"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

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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

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dried rose petals and bee pollen - like in HEIDI´S yoghurt bowl

(thank you for the reminder, ALMA)

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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

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a new stamp for my packaging

looks a bit childish, so i just ordered another more grown up one

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a TINY BOUQUET made with the first tiny hydrangeas and succulent flowers

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the first currants from the garden

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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

took a trip to Stuttgart this weekend 

to visit a farewell exhibition of my professor and his students 

PERLEN FÜR DIE SÄULE 

so nice to see all my classmates again
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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

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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

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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