What a month! Its been insane. Note to self- Next year leading up to Christmas don’t do anything!! I’m already sooo looking forward to getting back from our Christmas travels and enjoying bringing in the new year from the couch.. my dad always say’s ‘start the year how you want to finish it’ indeed! Christmas [...]

Posted on December 17th, 2008 by emma
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  I have also been slowly making some fabric hanging decorations using some Tilda fabrics, The shapes are mostly Inspired by woven paper Christmas heart baskets (julehjerte) another Danish Christmas tradition- which has been made famouse by Hans Christian Andersen. I particuarly love them made in red and white. Mr A think’s it fun to [...]

Posted on December 13th, 2008 by emma
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Today making moravian STARS and Tomorrow bathsalts and fizzies? with Mrs Lene (:  A traditional Scandinavian Christmas decoration. I think they look more ‘snowflake like‘ made with white strips.  I hadn’t created many before I started to experiment and made my Christmas hairband! I cant wait to make another with better qaulity ribbon. I had [...]

Posted on December 11th, 2008 by emma
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Why do I want to say ‘Yum Yum’!?! Mrs Lene, little man, and Mrs Lene’s lovely sister and I packed off last snowy Wednesday to Fabric Heaven (as Lene calls it..) Some of us spend our pennies on clothes, some spend theirs on shoes, but for some of us it is pretty paper and ink [...]

Posted on December 7th, 2008 by emma
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Last night I was at lene’s while her lovely sister was over and we made paper-bag style books and talked about the many projects we have sitting on the back burner.. believe me there are lots! Lene is super creative and stylish, she just finished making a lovely dress and after working on making the [...]

Posted on November 18th, 2008 by emma
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 As part of the activity for YW this week we made some Black Apple dolls from the amazing etsy wonder.  The cute pattern for this is FREE here. First pictures of mine I made last night, then the girls made some for part of their activity this week. I don’t think I can ever sit [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by emma
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While getting carried away with making fabric flowers I’m trying to make up my mind what to create next.

Posted on October 20th, 2008 by emma
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  For the 3rd birthday of a little girl that i truely adore. We asked her what she was wanting and the reply was a scooter and a ‘red bag’ Mr A recons he’s going to shop and find her a red bag- but I have other ideas. Surely it is more easy and possibly [...]

Posted on October 18th, 2008 by emma
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Potentially an i-phone case.

Posted on October 18th, 2008 by emma
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  I was gifted.. as in someone lovely shared their gifts with me in the form of a gift, My mother in law made me a pink flower pin cushion ((: She is coming up with quite some many ways to inspire me to use my artsy talents. TAK Helmi! x

Posted on October 18th, 2008 by emma
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