the development of our prototypes is a little bit frustrationg right now

so i made you something simple and sweet for Valentines day

a COOKIE HEART PENDANT 

and the SHOP is full of cute little somethings

for your loved ones

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tried to brighten up those dreary days with lots of ranunculus

and a green variety of mimosa

pink scarfs and a metallic zebra patterned jacket also help a bit

(my sisters detest the latter)

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look!

i give you my heart

take it!

mittens knitted based on this PATTERN

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do you also have the craziest dreams right now?
dreamt of a color changing kitten
and me singing in my drummer boyfriend´s punk band
which is insane since i really can´t sing (does that matter in a punk band though?!)
and i still have to find that drummer

thank you so much for your well wishes

i decided it´s time to feel better now

my stomach isn´t totally convinced about that

but we´re working on it

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i´ve realized that the BRANCH TEA WARMER goes quite well with the ARABIA RUSKA dishes

you can still find it a lot on flea markets and ebay

but try to not touch it with cutlery it does make a hellish sound

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finally gave Paula´s WHITE WINE AND FENNEL SEED BISQUITS a try

to me they are heavenly - white wine, olive oil, fennel - quite hard and crumbly

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slowly returnung to the workshop

working on some prototypes

and a custom made silver FOX

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i want to add one more thing since i got a few angry mails:

we had to raise our prices at the beginning of 2014

we didn´t do this trying to earn more money

but simply because thanks to you we´ve grown a bit and of now we have to pay VAT

and since we don´t work with a lot of profit margins

there was no other way than to add this percentage to the existing prices

we hope you´ll understand

the prices will not increase any further
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a sweet post about WSAKE on SFGIRLBYBAY

after those busy months

time is slowing down in the workshop

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last year ended on such a happy note

this one started a bit painful - for me

a full blown return of the back pain

(there´s soon an end to that since my magician physiotherapist returned from his holiday)

in combination with an unsettling stomach ache

hopefully someone finds out soon where it´s coming from 

and what can be done about it

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this kind of sucks the energy right out of me

and all i want to do is come up with ideas and plans

since i really like the fresh feeling of a brand new year

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since a lot of you enjoyed E´s performance

i will ask her to do one every time she comes visiting

right now she´s a bit stressed out writing and painting her thesis

but it´s going to be all right

she´s not only a fun performer but also an excellent writer

her first publication being on the beauty of smallness

she forgot the very small elephant i made her for Christmas

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to a - from now on - better new year

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an interesting  BASIL CAKE

super constructed jewellery by UNCOMMON MATTERS

knitted these MITTENS from WIKSTEN already twice

love the pattern and the colours of this SCARF

(in case someone from Germany is about to place a TOAST order please let me know)

a PINK TEA POT

my sister E is doing a little HAPPY NEW YEAR performance for you

because that´s just what she does

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to a wonderful 2014

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it´s about time to wish you all a very merry Christmas
and thank you for your kind support this year
you guys have been so amazing
we could not have wished for sweeter clients and readers
so here we want to say thank you looking as saesonal angelic as possible
(i´m sporting yet another fabulous sweater from my friends from 0941
W´s Christmas coloured affair was found in our late grandmothers closet)
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it was so nice to meet some of you at our Christmas market last week
we had so much fun
and since some of you really liked the baked goods

i thought i´d share the recipes

PANFORTE from Fräulein Text

(got a MERINGUE RING from her shop)

since i didn´t have everything on hand i just used all the dried fruits and nuts in my pantry

and it turned out just fine

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the Honey Cake was adapted from Jamie Oliver

(i posted a HONEY CAKE RECIPE not long ago but this one is so much better)

100 g butter

75 g dark sugar

25 g agave syrup

75 g honey

100 g molasses

zest of 1 orange

150 g spelt flour

spices as you like

10 pieces of candied ginger, chopped up

candied cherries - so very frivolous

2 eggs

heat butter with sugar, syrup, honey, molasses and orange zest

until melted

add spices, ginger and cherries to the flour - mix well

add the butter-sugar-mixture, followed by the eggs

in case the dough is too dry add a bit of milk

pour into a lined and greased baking tin

bake for 40 - 60 min at 160C

50 g cherry jam

25 g molasses

6 pieces of candied ginger, chopped up

heat everything and pour over the warm cake
(i´ll try a to bake as version of this without the eggs
as i type and i do hope it turns out al least edible)
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my TRUFFLE WOMEN over at MARLEEN´s blog
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so many pretty things
to make these days very merry
tiny ceramic hearts from PAULA - still waiting to be put up
a hot pay from ALESSANDRA
cushion covers from RIKE
and a whole stack of Christmas card, including a very special one from RITVA
thank you so much!!!
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also:
wedding bands for a Christmas wedding
and sweet potatoes with marshmallows
those made us almost sick and will not be made again