365 things to do...

There's a swedish blog, where they post a new thing to do every day - and the other day they had this clip on the blog; what he says in the beginning is that it is part of their "invent your own warm-up routine" and that it's supposed to be done in a group :)

Gör som Beyonce och put a ring on it


It certainly put a smile on my busy lips! Good idea for the next happy dance, perhaps?

Oh and another news headline today: We've decided on where to build! We've chosen our lot, and now we just need to decide what house to build ;) The lot is called something like Butterflower 3 if I translate...

Have you made a difference in someone's life today?

- I have! :)

I'm out doing my 3-week "internship" now, and after one week I have made a difference! There's this woman, who hasn't been allowed to have her food orally for three months (she has a feeding tube right into her stomach)- and noone's wondered why or if she could try having "real" food until I came along. I went digging through her file, and after consulting the resident nurse, we gave it a try. She had yoghurt, a banana and water - all different consistencies, and it worked wonderfully! No problems swallowing, no coughing or alike - so now she will be getting at least two small meals a day orally! She was so happy after that first meal - she loves food, and now she can enjoy the taste of it again.

I'm doing my first happy dance as a nurse! (Albeit still student nurse, but none the less...)I actually feel like I mattered - and it's a great feeling, I can assure you!

The promised pics!

Sorry about the delay, but with school and all... The pics got too big for Blogger, so I've made the biggest pics links to Photobucket instead - in case you were wondering :)

This portemonnaie is for my niece Amanda, who's turning 13! I've now filled it with nail fixin' things, nail polish, file and such - I hope she'll like it. (Kinda hard getting a good picture of the gorgeous curves in this one.) I found the pattern on the web somewhere, if anyone wants it let me know, and I'll see if I can find it again. (Most likely a link from something on craftster.org - and it was a french blog.)

Barbie looking warm and cozy in her new winter (bath)robe:


Barbie's vest (yes, knitted by me - my own pattern too!)


Vest from the back (who'd thought that Barbie would have too big a b*hind for her own jeans?!?)


And finally, the bag I made for S' niece - it's actually a cat toy bag, can you tell? ;) This one made me understand why homemade bags are so expensive to buy - it took forever to sew with the fleece lining, but at least I've finally made a bag that can stand on it's own. Fabric courtesy of Ikea :)

Have a nice weekend, y'all!

Dancing !

I finally have a finish to show - I've been thinking about Periphaeria Designs, and finally I decided what to do. A needle book and a scissor fob from "Protection" to match my new, purple scissors.



So, happy dancing!

As promised!

Pics coming here - now that I've gotten online at my dad's network and the pics have been loaded to the pc :)

Other than that, life's good - Hannah has found the sink in my parents' bathroom and all the bath toys, so she'll be busy for at least 15 more minutes. Which in turn gives me the time to post!

First, the stitching is done on my stitchers wallet (as charted at swappons):

I still have to figure out how the layout of the "inside" should be, so a new pic will follow when it has been finished.

Next, my sister's "bourse" with the heart stitcher from A mon ami Pierre:
Inside:
and a somewhat not clear pic of the outside:


And last, my newest nephew's toilet bag:

I think Christian is actually the prettiest baby I've seen - even counting my own "baby" H. I would've posted a pic of him if it weren't for the fact that his parents don't want him "online" just yet. You'll have to take my word for it!

Life got in the way again...

I promised you pics and left you hanging - here they are!

First, the SAL at Caro's place:


Second, the picture I made for my friend the computer geek:

Picture time!

I finally got my camera out - I even found the USB-cable so I could transfer the pics from the camera to my computer! :)

So, without much further ado, here are the pics of my little cartonnage-project. It was great fun, lots of fiddly bits (my favourites!) and a small mistake in the final stage, but hey, who cares - I think it looks great and so does little H too! I've already had to promise her I'd make her one as well, now I just have to find something to stitch for the lid!


A close-up of the lid:


and what does the insides look like? No need to keep you wondering, here's a pic with my laces in it:


If you're wondering about the specifics, all sides are 10x10 cms - my cutting mat has grids every 5 cms so that was very practical! ;) I used normal white kiddy craft glue - worked very well with a brush to get an even layer of glue on the surfaces, plus it dries clear. I'm not counting on this to last forever, so I wasn't too concerned with acidity and such - I'm a lot more picky when it comes to framing my xs pictures!
The chart for the lid is an extract from a freebie from Anne les petites croix called 9 carrés.

That's all for now, folks - please come join me again some time mid next week! :)

Found it!

So, now's the time for pics! Lots of Happy Dances here today... :D
First off, the HP bookmark and the thimble pod, not the best pic, it's just to give you an idea:


And then there's my L&L angel - I think she looks fab! The beading was a bit tricky, but yet not too difficult, even for a beginner like me. :) I wouldn't tell anyone to not stitch it just because of the beading, even if you're all new to xs - Marilyn makes really good patterns, not too hard to read. She hasn't been ironed or washed yet, if you look closely and see her wrinkles ;)


I also stitched up a small square from Sheepish Designs called Baby alphabet - it just took me two evenings, and I used a beautiful handdyed floss from Annicka Brial called Aurora borealis. I think it turned out really nice!


I still don't know what to do with all this stuff, but I guess I will find a use for it some day soon - christmas is coming, isn't it?

Moving pics to Flickr and a happy dance

I got this e-mail saying they were shutting down Yahoo! Photos, so I decided to move my account to Flickr not really knowing what I was doing... Being a computer novice, I just did as the system told me - and I must say, they have great people working behind the scenes... The move went without a hitch, and so far it looks very promising when you look at the user-friendliness of it all. I'll be posting more stuff over there now, at least my stitchy stuff!

I promised you happy dances, and here is - well, a rather old dance actually - of my mp3-case. I followed a tute on craftster.org and stitched on 14ct plastic canvas. Unfortunately I cut the wrong end when I tried to make the pieces match better together, so the fit isn't great around the on/off button, but it works. I have to have a long finger nail to push down the button, but since my nails are always long anyway it's not an issue. Hope you like it! :)
Front flap:
Front inside:
and finally, the back (a freebie pattern from dragondreams):

It's show and tell time!

I thought I'd show you my latest happy dance! I got my kreinik's and beads from my "mummy" in the US (thank you, Angela aka. Patternnuts! :) ) and could finally finish my L&L freebie angel! This is what she looks like now, not finished as anything yet - I think I'll frame her and hang her on the wall for christmas!

And then I couldn't resist showing you how the christmas stocking for Hannah is doing; I'm slowly but surely moving along... I don't know how this would've looked if I hadn't received the roller frame from my "stepmum" Tracy aka iagal - I still owe you a big thank you! :)

WIP's and happy dances

I finally got the camera with me, so I could upload some pics! *happy dance*

First off, here's the angel I stitched in remembrance of my fathers mother:

And then there's the stocking for Hannah (which I'm getting more used to now, the floss isn't THAT bad...) I took a pic of the chart as well, so you can see what it's supposed to look like! :)

Bye for now - it's dinner time!