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yesterday, today, tomorrow

yesterday, was a nice day with ok weather.

yesterday, was a really productive day for me!


yesterday, was the last thursday on my summer vacation. 

yesterday, i had a hard time going to sleep. 


today, i went to a work meeting although i am still on summer leave.

today, i am finishing a few projects. 


today, i am about to cuddle a baby and a toddler!


today, my husband will be home from a short roadtrip.


today, it is raining and i can´t wait until i can light some candles.


tomorrow, i will begin to prepare for the new school year starting monday.


tomorrow, i will pack my daughters bags for her school trip.

tomorrow, i am beginning my new embroidery project.


how about you? 

summer minibook ~ an update

ok, so i saw the first yellow leaves today and that must mean that i have o finish up my summer minibook soon :)

here is a little update although i am not yet ready with it at all!

summer goodies to eat. i am still filling in that list! 

the little flap page is actually the backside of a beautiful postcard i got through a fun summer postcard swap! i journaled about that fun experience on there. 

there you have the very cool postcard!

i also included my favorite pie recepie.

i took the mini on vacation with me, but i didn´t really feel like working in it. here are some page about that vacation that i did when we got home. some are finished some are not :)

i am so happy that i have kept up with this mini! 

see my other summer mini updates

here, here and here

from pin to reality #3

yes, another take at from pin to reality is in store today! 

it is actually inspired by two different pins. 

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i love this little thing so much! and i knew i wanted to make something like it. but it wouldn´t fly to just have this cute little pillow in our decor...so i added another pinspiration:

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lavendar filled satches! i have been drying lavendar since earlier this summer and i also have some dried rose petals. ok, so i started to make the small satches with some heavier muslin fabric. easy peasy. 

then i made some patchwork, sloppy by choice! 

i then used my letter stamps that i usually use in my scrapbooking and ink to add the letters to a strip of the same fabric i used before. 

i then used some doublesided tape to attach the fabric strips to the patches. 

added dried flowers and some rice for weight and sewed the satches closed.

AND there you have a little gift for someone special, in this case a little suprise for my friend monikas sweet daughters! 

these pins were both from my overly full craft pinterest folder.


happy day! 

the simple things #40

wow, i almost can´t believe that i have been doing the simple things for 40 weeks! that makes me feel great, because that means that i have looked back on my week at least 40 times to see what simple 

things have mattered most those weeks. 

i wanted to show how i keep my photos from the simple things.

i made a super simple binder where i just put the photos that i print out. 

are you doing the challenge? are you doing anoything with your photos? please share! 

the mall

while on vacation i took a few supplies and a few unfinished projects, like my DC album.

 i remember walking on the mall very vividly. and i still feel (while looking at this photo) the sense of history of the many historical events that has been played there. i simply love how this layout came out. i love it!

from pin to reality #2

ok, friends, it is time for another edition of from pin to reality!

yes, i made a button just for these posts :) 

i told you i would have to!

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in my crochet pinterest folder  i have all sorts of yummy projects. i chose to take my hooks and a few of my leftover scraps of yarn on our vacation and this project was a perfect one for the hours in the car. when i saw the above photo i squeeled a bit i think, but first i didn´t really realize that it was in fact crocheted rounds. 

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i went on clicking through to the etsy shop where these treasures are sold, and then i saw that this is very doable (although i urge you to buy from the seller too!)

the rounds are really easy to make. i used a thinner kind of yarn (like i used for these) and my number 3 hook. 

first chain 3.

make a circle by going down in the first chain and do a single stitch.

now, do 10 double stitches around the chain.

close with a single stitch in the first double stitch like so.

cut and tie. now you have your first round. 

i found that 16 is a good number to get a nice weight to a necklace, but i guess you can go with both less and more. i put the rounds on a silver chain.

fun, eh!