judging by my head ache
there is a change in weather and season on its way
it´s soon the time of year where i´ll start having a cup of tea to go with my aspirin
i´m like an old lady and feel it also in my bones - something creeping up may hip and spine
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but it´s still time to celebrate summer with an abundance of apricot things
tarts (crust made with sheep butter, spelt and buckwheat)
NINA´S and NICOLE´S apricot dumplings
(made mine with spelt flour and semolina and hazelnut with melted butter
the fruits were so big the dumplings had the size of the savory ones to go with a sunday roast)
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the nurseries are selling their withered plants for cheap
got quite a bit for next year
also a baby´s breath variety called flamingo
i probably have to fertilize it with alga and plankton to keep its pink colour
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found a couple of odd twig rings in the local Oxfam shop
i like weird jewellery
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working on some exciting wintery things
something really new to me
found a nice work/life rythm lately
but things on my to do lists are piling up again
including finishing my study
which is going to be so clean and clear
i just can´t wait
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my DOWN UNDER GUYS were featured in a Surfin´ Safari inspired post on the awesome blog GEMS

and next to them a plate by ALEX SICKLING i fell in love with

(also so amazing: PAPA BIRD PLATE and make sure to check out her TUMBLR)

so what´s even more awesome is that i was able to SWAP one of my WILD BUNCH GUYS for it
happy me 

thank you so much, Alex - and Mallory for bringing us together!

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should i get this DRESS?

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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CORAL PENDANT

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silvery WAVED RINGS

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BLUE BELL NECKLACE

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a lot more LITTLE FRAME shapes

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olive and fern WREATHS PENDANTS

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dangling CHANGE EAR RINGS

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delicate DOTTED RINGS in silver and brass

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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

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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 

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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

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an exciting new project including pink pepper corns

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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

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so many wonderful lists everywhere:

Julie´s ZETTEL and ALBUM

TI´S June

ALMA´S wonderful selections - always