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Morning conversation between my 4 year old and 1 1/2 year old:

Noah: Ding ... Did you hear that Sophie?
Sophie: No. Agleeebbuwahau.
Noah: No, it's not!


Now, here is something new I've been working on. And it actually came out really close to what I had imagined. This is my lotus flower box. It actually doesn't show the box underneath, but I just wanted to share a quick snapshot; the box is already hanging in my bathroom. I have to say I love it and it makes me happy! That's all you can hope for!




And here are my new mugs - finally! I made 12, 1 broke, but 11 new cups, yay!
And it's good for brunches. I stamped in different words on each cup, so you don't get them mixed up. Now, I wish I would have dipped the cups a second time in the white. The black clay
does eat up most of the white. But it still looks nice. They are more tan than white. But I can always make new ones. They stack, too. I have to say, that is the most consistent set size and shape wise. I think I'm getting a little bit better.

one day late on my personal promise to post every sunday morning, but i'm sitting here
after a whopping 10 hours of sleep and a round of leg lifts sipping my morning tea
and everyone else is still sleeping. that rocks. heaven!
the above picture is of a little baby goat that still had a little dried up stump of her
umbilical cord attached. we saw it when we went to serenbe a couple of weeks ago.
very relaxing there!

i had a great weekend with something that i've been wanting to do for years: the druid hills
tour of homes and gardens. it was awesome. i went with my dear friend patricia who will
be leaving this saturday to go back home to vienna after two years in atlanta.
the weather was perfect, we walked the entire tour, no kids, and fantastic homes.
we took some pictures which are on patricia's camera, i'll have to post my dream kitchen
here soon.

my friend jeanette and i applied for the ice show in june and we were lucky enough to get in.
i'm working hard on making my new tree vases for it. maybe some tree napkin rings, too.
here is the info for the show:

Spring !

Finally, I'm trying to create a new tradition: Blog every Sunday morning.
Let's see how far we go with this. After great inertia over the winter, I have
finally overcome it and I'm creating a lot of new and exciting things at work.
I am also taking the opportunity to restock my kitchen with well needed items,
such as coffee mugs, serving platters, funky mushrooms for my garden, and last
but not least, with vases. I have created brand new tree vases; I pressed slabs
of clay onto a tree to get an impression of the bark and handbuild a vase with
a teeny bird as garnish. Can't wait to show all of this.





I have to say, I read my friend amy's blog regularly and she is so talented
and awesome, but her perfect blogging skills make it hard for me to even get
started. I think if I can't do it perfectly from the get go, I am turned off
and don't even want to try it at all. Silly, I know. O well, let's just write,
download pictures and try, try, try. And shut up.
And I still haven't uploaded anything new to my etsy site. Did you know, one
of my favorite things to do is beat up on me? Did you notice?
Anyway, I am all inspired by amy's blog right now, so let me download all of the
pictures I took at the studio and share them finally.
It's a beautiful Sunday morning, we have the full day ahead of us, blue sky,
nice wind, let's be all optimistic. And hey, preschool resumes tomorrow! :-)

Ok, I'm on my way, to catching up on sharing all the things I wanted to share:
my awesome easter decoration, that has been waiting to burst into life for the
past... uhm 11 years? I've always wanted to make a pretty easter branch bunch (?,
i'm sure there is a correct english term for strauch) like my mum has always done.
Finally, inspired by Martha I tried a technique with lace that I had bought for the
occasion. Honestly, the coloring part didn't work out for me, but spraypaint was
found in a cabinet and fortunately, blue and white worked out brilliantly.
And I made some cutouts, check it out:


And I'm also getting ready for Christmas, right, it's never too early to get ready. Here is another tradition I love: Advent's wreaths. The problem with the original ones is, the always manage to catch on fire, and since I have no intention on setting the house on fire anytime soon, I came up with this modern version:


I think I have shared everything that was on my list for now. I hope you (that is amy and jeanette, who are the only people reading this blog for now...) enjoy... :-) thanks for reading!
Next time maybe I'll manage to catch up with a few pictures of the Serenbe trip we took. It was pretty.
Yay, done!!!