introducing...

yes, once again i will celebrate a handmade christmas...and i will share it with all of you offcourse :) it is going to be a month and a half party full of preparations, gifts, decorations and other fun stuff like lists of gifts for all ages. i will start my posts in november and you are welcome to join me in the celebration!

Last year i did a 5 week newsletter, but this year it is all going to happen here on the blog. i promise it will be fun and it might even include a freebie or two for you ;)

in the meantime...

obsessed

i have been in a cross-stitching mood lately. this might be this years christmas presents :) more about that in the next post, it is only 2 months until christmas you know, so we have to get started :)

the perfect autumn day...

it was the most perfect fall day! me and the dogs took a lovely morning walk in the woods by the water. the leaves were at their best, a color burst, the air was clear and crisp. it was a moment of what one of the caracters from Astrid Lindgren´s books would say: i felt the life in me! ("Jag känner livet i mig!!!")

be right back!

hi there! i am still here, no worries. i just have had a very stressful week so far with lot´s going on both at work and here at home. i will be back with some normal blogging very soon, i just have to get caught up with a few things! in the meantime...

you can go here to see fun handmade things!

i am so inspired by this garland!



it is miss lisa dickinson that made it!

you can go here to see a few of the photos i have found all over the internet that is fun, beautiful and inspiring!


be right back!

updates :)

do you remember my list of projects that i posted a few days ago? well, here it is with a few updates:

want to do:

* a huge photo mosaic

* a photoproject using morning and night shots

* a yarn bowl (check)

* make another quilt

* learn how to make art canvases (kind of check)

will do:

* red berry garland (check)

* mini-mini pumpkins

* fall decorate (check)

* a fall inspired photowalk (check)

* a chalkboard project

must do:

* paint our windows

* catch up on my memorykeeping

* a birthday suprise for my sister

and then here are some new scrapbook layouts!






the story: i wanted to preserve my daughters own handwriting on this brithday wishlist.




the story: our passion for soccer games :)




the story: and this is about my daughters passion: horses...or should that be obsession ;)

exciting news!

i have some exciting news to share! yesterday we bought our plane tickets to Holland!!! we are spending a few days before christmas with a very good friend J in Rotterdaam. ah! we fell in love with that little country when we visited holland and france in 2008.

so, now i have a request for you familiar with the netherlands and/or live there... is there something that we must see or do while we are there? we will get there saturday 19th and leave 24th. during these days our friend J has to work a few and then we need to entertain ourselves :) we will be in rotterdaam, but if i remember right holland is not a very large country! so, please leave comments on this post or email me: lisa.mrs@gmail.com.