Domestic goddessing, but not much else...

Did I mention that I have one of these little friends now? I'm still getting used to it, but it's quite fun. It also led me to create yet more ribbon. Which isn't too bad, seeing as I'm all out, having sold it all at the last market. I kinda like this one. I used some in the cover of the book I'm in the process of binding.


Also, for the first time *ever*, I am the proud owner of some ridiculously cute japanese fabric. It's even more cute in person, and I just can't see myself ever actually taking a pair of scissors to it. Having said that, I managed to get myself to use a little bit of the three little piggies one for the aforementioned book, but only it allowed me to cut a straight strip of the top of the piece, so that it still looks whole. Nope, doesn't make sense to me either.

Anyways. Tonight I'm baking bread. Tomorrow I'll be baking more complicated things.

'part from that, not much.

Crafty weather

It's all shit outside. The rain just keeps coming down like nobody's business, and when it doesn't, the icy wind makes you want to stay inside anyways. Good weather to catch up on all the crafty business, if only the light wasn't so crap!

Anyways, I've been making Sauerkraut and did up another toy box for Nils, for create52. The Sauerkraut is being a bit confusing. Even now, two days later and after a vigorous re-mixing with some more salt, there's no sign of brine forming. I wonder if the cabbage was too old and didn't have enough water in it anymore. For the moment, it just looks and smells like cabbage salad. We'll see how it goes.

Nils' nursery keep asking everyone to label all of the children's belongings clearly, so I finally made the long-planned Nils ribbon. Next up is a fox equivalent to this cat. Also, I brought back an old battered kids book of mine which needs re-binding. I'm dithering about what to bind it in, though. Still looking for the perfect fabric.

Now I'm beginning to wonder, however, with the flat getting colder by the second, and Nils finally napping, and the rain drumming against the window, if this crafty weather isn't actually rapidly turning into sleepy weather.

Hmmm.

Happy new year everyone!

I had, like, the laziest christmas ever. We arrived in Germany on 21 December, and I think the first time I got up off the couch after that was 4 January, when it started snowing and we had to get the sledge out. Learned how to knit socks, though!

On the presents front I did quite well. Dr Mikenstein got me these super-lovely earrings, coz I'd favourited them on etsy and he went and found them without me saying anything. Nice, eh?

My mum got me a Roemertopf, because I wanted something to bake bread in. We tried it already, and it worked much better than the soup pot I've been using so far.

I came back with lots of ideas for create52, which I've been neglecting a bit recently...

Today, though, the winter's getting to me a bit and I'm feeling sleepy and cold and a little bit restless. So for now, I'm just faffing and not thinking about anything that requires brains.