just a reminder!

today is february the 10th and i am doing 2010´s second 10 on the 10th! are you with me?

happiness in a jar

my husbands 35th birthday was this past weekend. we celebrated with a family/friends dinner and just had a good time, nothing fancy. i bought him fresh flowers for the day and i realized that buying him flowers is almost as good as getting flowers myself :) you know, i bought the flowers that i did want to have in the home :)
at first i just quickly put them in a tall vase to get them in water. but then yesterday i decided i wanted to get more out of one bouquet of flowers = devide them into several small containers! and there is how i got this happiness in a jar :)



it makes me crazy happy to see this on my dining room table! during summer i always have flowers in from my garden, but since we have had snow since before christmas, i am guessing the garden flowers will take their time this year :) to have fresh flowers inside this february house is just pure joy right now!



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someone wanted me to post a ling to my birthday wishlist again!

scrapbook saturday ~ hybrid edition

for these 2 layouts i used bits and pieces from the february digital kit from 2peas.



my big little girl! i used little bits and pieces from the table for this one and the sewingmachine!



i printed the free download calendar from here and made a mosaic at bighugelabs.com with a few of my wintery photos i took during january. i then cut the mosaic up and added a glue dot to the back. for the mini garland i used my mini circle punch to punch out from misc patterned papers, cut the circles in half and placed the halfs as a garland (i have yet to sew along the garland), embellish and voila, done.

scrapbook saturday ~ delayed

scrapbook saturday will be scrapbook sunday this week, because we are celebrating my husbands 35th birthday!

it was snowing...

it is snowing from Lisa Ottosson on Vimeo.

10 on thursday ~ birthday wishlist!

since my birthday is coming up i am going to make a little hint for my peeps through this list :)

1. subscription to studio calico monthly kits

2. Martha Stewart's Encyclopedia of Crafts

3. Chalk Cloth

4. Fujfiilm Instax MINI 7s White Instant Film Camera

5. cutie cookie cutters

6. iron on pen

7. butterfly paper punch

8. gc to panduro hobby

9. the happiness project

10. or...peace on earth ;)

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and the winners for the felted heartpin giveaway are

Nanna said

Oh, my...I would LOVE to be chosen to win this pin! I love needle felting and have not ever tried it...but I want to!

and...

Kirsten W said

Oh I LOVE these! I've only tried felting a little bit, but I didn't know you could use a cookie cutter to give it shape. Neat idea!

so, yay Nanna and Kirsten! email me your adressess and the hearts will go out next week!

february projects ~ and a giveaway!

happy february friends! i love february, can it be beacause it is my birthday month?! maybe :) to celebrate that this lovely month has just begun i´d like to share a little project with you.



have you ever tried some needle felting before? it is so much fun and a fast project. you´ll need some needle felting foam, but i used regular foam as in matrass foam. and you´ll need a felting needle. the needle is kinda long with a wooden handle and the actual needle has small torns on it and when you stick it down through the wool it takes it (the wool) with it down in the foam. i hope that makes any sense!



you can make any shape ofcourse, but for this project i used a heart shaped cookie cutter to help me form my felt heart.



i have learned that if you add a little piece of wool as you go it makes the best felting. i also keep sticking down the needle for quite some time, so that the shape gets firm.



voila! i put a pin on the back and will use it as a pin on my jacket!



oh, 1,2,3,4 hearts that means i do have some to spare! and that would mean a little heart giveaway! lucky you! if you´d like to have a chance to get a felted heart, leave a comment on this post and i will draw 2 winners by wednesday! hipp hipp hooray!