Excitement & some jobs / Begeisterung & ein paar Aufträge

Wenn Ihr meine Aktivitäten auch auf facebook verfolg, habt Ihr vielleicht mitbekommen, dass ich vor ein paar Tagen vor Vorfreude ganz hin und weg war, weil ich mir endlich meine Traum-Visitenkarten bei MOO bestellt hatte...

Nun, sie sind heut angekommen:

If you follow me on facebook too, you might have noticed that I was getting complete nuts some days ago, about these lovely business cards one can make over on MOO and that I finally ordered some for me.

Well, they arrived today:

Been busy/ war fleißig

Diese hoffentlich bald zukünftige Reste-Tagesdecke habe ich schon im vergangenen Winter angefangen. Sie soll kunterbunt werden und dereinst auf Eriks Bett zum Einsatz kommen. Ich häkle sie mit halben und ganzen Stäbchen immer in der Runde, allerdings hatte ich sie am Anfang nur in Reihen gehäkelt, was im Nachhinein unpraktisch war, jetzt aber irgendwie witzig aussieht, wie ich finde! Zwischenzeitlich sind noch Apfelgrün und Schwarz als breite Streifen rundherum dazu gekommen.

This - hopefully soon to be scrap-plaid I started sometime during the last winter allready. It should be very colorfull and become the new plaid for Eriks bed. I crochet with half double crochet and double crochet in rounds, although I had started crocheting in rows, what after a while doing so, I found a little uncomfy to do but now I really like how that contrast looks. Meanwhile some aple-green and black rounds were added also.

Vorbereitungen Teil 1 / Preparations Part 1

Auch wenn dieser Winter bisher bei weitem nicht so abenteuerlich war, wie der Vorangegangene, habe ich doch auch, wie so viele Andere, langsam Lust auf Frühling. Also rasch mal ein ganz einfaches Aldi-Arrangement zusammengestellt und nach mehr Sonne lechzen...

Although this winter wasn´t as hard as the last one, like many other people I start to want some springtime. So I just grasped some spring flowers during my weekly grocery-tour and now just have to wait for more sun...

Gesammeltes.../ Collected...

Wir beginnen links oben:
Lets start in the upper left corner:
1. ein Versuch in Amigurumi, einäugiger Alien, der kleine Bruder von Herrn Glubsch
1. a trial to amigurumi, one-eyed alien, the little brother of Mr. Pop Eye

2. Reuse your Stuff Longshirt, entstanden aus 2 alten Shirts und einer Handvoll Knöpfe. Davon mach ich auf jeden Fall noch ein paar :)
2. "reuse your Stuff" Shirt, made of 2 old shirts and a handfull buttons, I really will make some more of these :)

3. Noch einmal der Poe-Tree (au weja, ich kapier das Wortspiel erst jetzt! wie peinlich...)
3. Once more the poe tree (gosh, I get the play on words only NOW, how embarrassing...)

4. Die ersten Gewürzgläser aus Babygläschen, könnten ebenfalls unter der Rubrik Reuse your Stuff laufen. (Anm. d. Tippse: tun´se jetzt auch)
4. the first finished spice jaws made of babyglasses, should be part of the resuse your stuff series ( note: NOW they do ;))

5. Babymütze in Gelb/grün/blau, erhältlich bei DaWanda

5. Yellow/ green/blue striped baby hat, available at DaWanda

6. Ich hatte im Baumarkt eine halb-tote MiniPampelmuse gefunden... hier die erste Ernte, und, verdammt, sind die sauer!!!
6 I had rescued a half-dead Grapefruit plant in DIY superstore, that´s her 1st harvest in her new home, and, hell, these are so sour!

7. Auftragsarbeit für Frau A., ebenfalls aus der Reuse your Stuff Serie: eine Gürteltasche aus Cargohosen. Bessere Bilder kommen sicher bald, nicht wahr?

7.Customized order for Frau A., another item from the reuse your stuff series: a beltbag made of cargo pants/ combat pants. I assume ther will be some better pictures soon, right?

8. Noch eine Babymütze, diesmal in Bonbonfarben, ebenfalls zu erstehen bei DaWanda

8. Another baby hat, candy colors this time, also available at DaWanda

9. Herr Glubsch, er war der Preis des vergangenen Gewinnspiels. Gewonnen hat ihn Ina, na wie gut, dass bei uns auch Familienangehörige an den Gewinnspielen mit machen dürfen ;).
9. Mr. Pop Eye, this was last sweepstakes price, won by Ina, who fortunatelly benefit from our rule, that everyone, even my own family can take part of my sweepstakes ;)

10-12. ein weiteres Reuse your Stuff Longshirt
10-12. another Reuse your stuff shirt

13. Reuse your Stuff - Minigürteltasche... auch bei DaWanda zu finden

13. Reuse your Stuff mini belt bag, also available at DaWanda

14. Im Kinderzimmer hängt seit Neuestem eine Namens-Wimpelkette
14. There´s a pennant garland hanging n our nursery since a few days, and it has the baby´s name on it 

15: Meine eigene "Reuse..." Gürteltasche, die Erste der Serie.
15: My own "Reuse..." belt bag, the first of this series. thats where this very idea was born.

16. Paul, mein allererster Versuch in Amigurumi.

16. Paul, my 1st amigurumi ever.

Alle gezeigten Dinge wurden von mir selbst gefertigt, bei einigen habe ich Anleitungen aus dem Netz genutzt, bei Fragen dazu oder auch sonst schreibt doch einfach einen Kommentar :)

All shown items were made by me personally. For some I used online tutorials and/or patterns. If you have any questions about this or just want to say Hi, feel free to leave a comment :)

♥ Mone♥

Quick note for english readers

Unfortunately again the bilinguality of this blog lacks of ease of use. It seems to be a negative side effect from changing the blog´s layout again. Since I´m on vacation at the moment and my scheduling almost is about visiting family and friends long time not seen and my online time is limited, I hope you can forgive me, if I ask you to simply scroll down in each post you´d like to read. Pass the German, the English versions still are there, below the German ones. I´ll try to fix the old posts as soon as possible, upcoming posts will work fine again. I saw this error appear once before some time ago, so everything WILL work as planned again. Thanks a million times for your patience :) To keep you guys curious for the next updates *attention: spoilers ;)*: 2 new bags had been ordered lately, both will be customized orders. I´ll share the work in progress with you, of course :) Today a trip to the nearby small and cute town of Schortens is scheduled, where we´ll meet my lovey friend and maid of honor Meli. She happens to be a wonderfull young gold smith and will take care of my wedding ring today (which we made ourselfs in the same goldsmiths 4 years ago), in which we plan to include a tiny stone. Pictures will follow :). So, stay faithful and feel free to come back any time soon :) Love, Mone

Wickeltaschen-Startersets neu im Shop/ diaperbags complete sets available now

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Diese beiden Taschen sind neu im Shop: 

Märzhimmel

Hilfe benötigt: Welches Label nehme ich? /Help needed: which label should I choose?

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I need your help with this guys, since I´m not that good in making decisions :)

I just played around on Dortex, which is a german online store for sew- in and self adhesive labels, because after changing the name of my little atelier I "need" new ones. Here are my 3 first tries, which do you like most? Please leave a comment on this blog (below this post). Or, if you want to play around yourself feel free to send me your results :) thanks a lot!
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♥ love♥ Mone

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Ich bräuchte hierbei mal Eure Hilfe, da ich mich bekanntlich ja immer nur schwer entscheiden kann. Da ich nach der Umbenennung meiner kleinen Werkstatt neue Etiketten brauche, hab ich grad mal auf Dortex rumgespielt und 3 Beispiele erstellt. Welchen davon findet Ihr am besten? Bitte hinterlasst doch einen Kommentar unter diesem Post. Wer Lust hat, kann natürlich auch gern selbst ein Etikett in einem entsprechenden Shop erstellen und mir das Ergebnis schicken ;) Vielen Dank für Eure Mithilfe! Hier nun meine 3 Versuche:

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♥ love♥ Mone

It`s set! - Es ist beschlossen!

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Ok, it´s official, it´s set and now I´m finally allowed to shout it out into the aether: We will move to BERLIN!!!!!
(to learn more about this update... keep reading ;) )

So many things happened during the last few weeks, it´s hard to summarize all of them... ok, lest sort things out: one by one:

1. My colleague and so damned cute friend (at least from my site a fantastic ally in all crafty crimes ;) ) Tascha ordered a diaper bag, made of a diabetis causing cute baby-animal printed fabric by Buttinette. It´s going to be (oh my, am I allowed to tell it here?) for her own baby *girl*, who will meet the world in June. @ Tascha: I only know 2 folks who read this here and who know both of us (to tell names: Sonja and Kirsten), so please tell me, if I´d better should delete this ;) )

2. After my World of Warcraft Giuld Mistress and beloved friend Kio received the wonderfull message, that she had become a big sister, to my big surprise, she also ordered something made by me: a comfy big baby-supplies bag for her stepmothers buggy. After a Sunday´s afternoon full of pink fabrik googeling and eye hurting baby designs, we decided to go for a "Bambi" theme; with all it´s clishès. She immediately ordered a carious causing sweet fabric over Dawanda, designed by Michael Miller:

I don´t know the actual name of this design, but - despite of all the steampunk and gothic sceme I´m usually into - I totally adore it! The whole bag is set up around the bambi story thing, so we´ll have mushroms, little fawns and so on all over it. I believe this will be damned cute! Today I presented my first 2 thoughts of how the bag might look when finished to her and Kio decided to go for my 2nd draft. A brown-pinkish bag, together with a patch with the little girl´s name on it, which I will create in Gimp and print it out on fusable foil. The bag will be reversable to match both: mothers and daughters needs and favours. I so hope that my work will make Kio happy and she will be proud to give it as a present to them!
It´s the same with Tascha; I´m so nervous and I so desperately hope that she´ll love my work, because I really apreciate her opinion and also Kio´s. Perhaps it´s more difficult and delicate to work for friends, than it is for "customers", whom you don´t know in person, and with whom you don´t share a life. For customers you give all you can and all you have, and you a addicted to their feedback and you have sleepless nights untill you know, they like your work (or not). With your friends it´s much more difficult: you want them to love your work, and; worst case scenario (which is totally reality here, by the way) if they are awesome crafters by their own, you want your work to be stunning and making them say "WHOW!". They are your friends and you only want them to pay for the best stuff ever - not for something cheap. You know, they can judge your work. That´s a hard piece of work. I know, I can achieve this, but both, Tascha and Kio, are that much important to me, that I´m so damned afraid of not being good enough, because they know their crafts very well, that it´s frightening me a bit. But at the end, I´m indescribable honored to be asked to make their babies first gifts, and, as you know, I´d really love to have my own little bundle of joy, it really is bringing me to tears! Thank you 2 sweeties, I´ll do my really, really best to make both of you happy!

3rd: At the moment I have all my Opeth records running randomly, now "Burden" from the record "Watershed" is playing... A perfect backround to announce the other big news:
First of all, after nearly 2 years of lessons, desperate and break-ups, on February 16st I finally passed the final exam for my drivers licence! I went through it, only needing one try. Just like I did all the times before, when a final exam was ahead. I felt so fantastic afterwards! My sweet mom in law picked me up at the Wilhelmshavener Tüv (thats where the examiners for the practical examn are located locally here in Germany), we went for a late breakfast at a local bakery to celebrate this achivement and I just called hubby (who announced the big news with a "Oh no! My wife has her licence" to the audience in the backround) and to my workmates in the company by phone, who asked for gum trees at the roads imediatelly... but I was so damned proud of myself :) I took hubbies Mercedes and drove it to a supermarket of my favour and back again - without any issues. And since 2 weeks I finally can drive my own little cutie, which was dead because of an empty batterie and just got it´s winter wheels in time:
A little Opel Corsa B, I called him "James, the Auti" James after James *may the Gods bless him* Hetfield, who will ever be my absolute Master, and "Auti" which may mean "very little, but never the less damned cute car" in English, because it is so small - just like I am ;). I already tuned him up a little in nanshee-ways: with "MinRotta" a little plushie rat by IKEA, a plushie bat, also by IKEA, a plushie spider I had bought when I was in Ireland and a Wacken-flag on the hatrack. And, this wouldn´t be a topic fo the ChaosConCept-blog without it, I already found some fantastic sewing inspirations for it e.g in the book "sew&stow" by Betty Oppenheimer.
James had driven us to the last 2 Wacken Open Air´s but this year will defenitely be the 1st one, when I´ll drive him by my own! I´m so looking forward to this! Since this was nothing ever mentioned on my life´s plan - having a car and a licence- I´m double proud to have and to being allowed to drive it!

4th. as mentioned in my opener: we will move to our capital! It was planned and we (hubby and I) had discussed this in private since, oh my, I think, 2 years or so, I never was allowed to speak it out, but now the tables have turned.
I never mentioned it, because I was not sure about company policies and stuff like this, but, since I´m not ashamed to work for them (no, it´s quite he opposite: I´m happy to!) I think I can tell: Since 6 years I work for Sykes. They´re opening a new site in Berlin and hubby got the offer to work there. We had long and hard talks about this, but finally I decided: what do I have to loose? My position is something like a dead end, since "Mentors" (thats´s what I am at the moment) are a dying race in Sykes`new quality sceme, Berlin might offer some new opportunities for me as well, let´s give it a shot. And after all: family and my love come first - doesn´t matter what´s happening around them. I want to support my hubbies career, and if Berlin will bring him further, I´ll support him, what ever may come. So I will leave the local site at the end of this month - with both: a crying and a laughng eye. Laughing because of all the opportunities lying ahead of me and crying because of me being part of this company for 6 long years and all the friends I met during this time. I´m part of a really great bunch of people, the word "team" gets new definitions out of it! I´ll leave them behind for new chances, but I´ll always will remember the things they taught me! Thank you for that, folks! So, by the end of march, I´ll say farewell, but, if everything works out well, I´ll come back, only for a different project, but still Sykes :).
So, since last week we´re quite busy, packing boxes,arranging everything for the big move, we already resigned the rental agreement for our house, I started the search for a new home in Berlin already. I will keep you guy updated on the outcome. But these 2 orders will be done before we move!

I also will leave the last three and most important of my loves behind: Ines, Dani and Meli, my very best and deepest friends, the loves of my life and my anchors in bad times. But I stick to the believe, that the distance won´t kill the love and care for each other! I love you guys so much and I´m standing on this crossroad because of the confidence you´ve given me! I so much thank you and I so much want to keep you in my life! I so hope this will work!

Tons of love for all of you guys!
Mone
OK, nun ist es offiziell, es ist beschlossene Sache und endlich darf ich es ganz laut in den Aether posaunen: Wir ziehen nach Berlin um!!!
(Wenn Ihr mehr darüber erfahren wollt, lest weiter ;) )

Oh je, es sind in den letzten Wochen wieder einmal so unglaublich viele Dinge passiert, es ist schwer alle zusammen zu fassen; ok, versuchen wir´s: eins nach dem anderen:

1. Meine Arbeitskollegin und ganz nebenbei unglaublich süße Freundin und Verbündete in Sachen Crafts Tascha hat eine Windeltasche bei mir bestellt, die aus einem Diabetis-verursachenden Baby-Stoff mit superniedlichen Tierbabies drauf genäht werden wird. Die Tasche wird für ihr (Ohje, darf ich das hier überhaupt kundtun?) eigenes kleines Mädchen sein, das ich glaube im Juni ds Licht der Welt erblicken soll... ( @ Tascha: Ich kenne nur 2 Leute, die das hier lesen und uns beide kennen, um mal Namen zu nennen: Sonja und Kirsten, also sag mir bitte unbedingt, wenn ich das löschen soll!)

2. Nachedm meine World of Warcraft Gildenmeisterin und Freundin Kio die wunderbare Neuigkeit erhalten hatte, dass sie große Schwester gewrden sei, hat sie, zu meiner großen Überraschung und Freude, ebenfalls einen Auftrag bei mir gelassen: eine praktische, schön große Tasche für den Kinderwagen ihrer neuen kleinen Schwester Lilly. Nachdem wir uns einen Sonntagnachmittag lang unendlich viele und teilweise sehr gruselige Babystoffe und Pink-Anfälle angetan hatten, entschieden wir uns für ein Thema: Bambi, mit all seinen Klischees! Kio bestellte flugs einen Karies verursachenden Stoff über Dawanda, designed von Michael Miller:

Ich kenne den Namen des Designs leider nicht, aber trotz des ganzen Steampunk und Gothic Krams, den ich sonst so mache, ich finde diesen Stoff sowas von toll! Das gesamte Konzept der Tasche ist um die Bambigeschichte herum angesetzt, wir werden Pilze, Rehkitze, kleine Hasen und Stinktiere und und und haben, die Tasche wird voll damit sein. Ich bin mir ziemlich sicher, dass sie verdammt niedlich werden wird! Ich habe Kio bereits meine ersten Entwürfe gezeigt und sie entschied sich spontan für meinen 2. Entwurf: eine braun-rosa Tasche, an der zudem ein selbstgestalteter Patch mit dem Namen der Kleinen angebracht werden wird. Den werde ich in Gimp erstellen, auf Transferfolie ausdrucken und nachdem er auf ein Stoffstück gebügelt wurde, werde ich ihn mit braun-rosa Pünktchenschleifenband und ein wenig Kitsch veredeln. Die Tasche soll irgendwie wendbar sein um beiden Geschmäckern und Bedürfnissen gerecht werden zu können: dem der Mutter und dem der Tochter. Um so mehr hoffe ich, dass meine Arbeit Kio gefallen wird und sie sie stolz und guten Gewissens verschenken mag!
Mit Tascha ist es exakt das Selbe; ich bin so dermaßen nervös und ich möchte so unbedingt, dass sie meine Arbeit liebt, weil ich ihre Meinung wirklich schätze und wichtig finde, wie auch Kio´s. Vielleicht ist es tatsächlich schwieriger für Freunde zu arbeiten, als es für "normale" Kunden ist, die man nicht persönlich kennt und mit denen man nicht alltäglich zu tun hat?
Für Kunden gibt man alles, man tut, was man kann und hat oft schlaflose Nächte, bis man schließlich ihr Feedback erhält. Mit Freunden ist es wesentlich komplizierter: man will, dass sie einfach lieben, was man für sie gemacht hat, und, wenn man den schlimmstmöglichen Fall nimmt, (der hier so ganz nebenbei bei beiden Damen eintrifft) wenn sie dann selbst ausgerechnet auch noch überaus talentierte Crafter sind, die ihr Handwerk verstehen und ein Auge für die Details haben, dann hat man gar keine andere Wahl, als zu wollen, dass das Ergebnis einfach umwerfend ist und sie sprachlos macht vor Begeisterung... ohjee... ich und meine Ansprüche ;)
Aber, hey, immrhin sind´s meine Freunde, und ich will, dass sie nur das Beste bekommen und nur für das absolut Beste zahlen.

3. Im Moment habe ich mal wieder meine Opeth Sammlung random laufen, aktuell höre ich grad "Burden" Vom Album "Watershed"... ein perfekter Rahmen, um eine weitere große Neuigkeit zu verkünden:
Nach fast 2 Jahren voll von unzähligen Übungsstunden, Unterbrechungen und nahender Verzweiflung habe ich am 16. Februar endlich mein Führerschein bekommen! Die Prüfung habe ich gleich im ersten ANlauf bestanden - so wie alle Prüfungen bisher in meinem Leben. Danach habe ich mich so unglaublich fantastisch und erleichtert gefühlt! Meine süße Schwiegermutter holte mich danach vom Tüv ab und wir feierten das Ereignis mit einem späten Frühstük bei einem Bäcker, von wo aus ich erst einmal meinen Mann anrufen musste (der die guten Neuigkeiten mit einem "Oh nein, meine Frau hat ihren Führerschein! den anderen Anwesenden kund tat), und meine Arbeitskollegen, die spontan nach Gummibäumen an den Straßen verlangten... Aber ich war dennoch so dermaßen stolz auf mich! Zu hause angekommen, nahm ich spontan unseren Mercedes und kutschierte ihn zu einem Supermarkt in der Nähe - ohne Schwierigkeiten. Und endlich kann und darf ich nun auch meinen Kleinen fahren, der so lang nutzos rumgestanden hat, dass er schon 2 mal die Batterie aufgladen bekommen musste und auf den letzten Drücker seine Winterreifen bekommen hat:

Ein kleiner Opel Corsa B, ich habe ihn "James das Aut" getauft, James nach James *mögen die Götter ihn schützen* Hetfield, welcher wohl auf ewig einer meiner Meister sein wird, und "Auti" weil er so klein (und süß) ist - genau wie ich ;) Er wurde auch schon nanstylemäßig gepimpt - mit "MinRotta", einer kleinen Plüschratte von IKEA, einer kleinen Plüschfledermaus, auch von IKEA, einer lilanen Plüschspinne, die ich seinerzeit in Irland gekauft hatte und der allseits beliebten Wacken Flagge. Das alles auf der Hutablage macht James definitiv zu meinem Auto :). Zudem würde das GAnze kein Thema für das ChaosConCept-Blog, wenn ich nich zu allem Überfluss auch schon einige tolle Ideen zu Selbernähen für ihn gefunden hätte, zum Beispiel im Buch "sew&stow" von Betty Oppenheimer.

James hat usn bereits zu 2 Wacken Open Air´s gebracht, aber i diesem Jahr werde ich ih höchstpersönlich da hin steuern und ich freu mich schon riesig darauf. Wenn man bedenkt, dass ein eigenes Auto zu haben und es auch fahren zu dürfen, nie Bestandteil meiner Lebensplanung war, weil ich einfach nie das Geld dafür hatte, bin ich doppelt stolz darauf!

4. Wie oben schon angekündigt: wir werden in unsere Hauptstadt ziehen! Es war schon länger im Gespräc und wier(mein Mann und ich) haben seit langen viele Diskussionen darüber geführt, ich denke, das geht jetzt schon bald 2 JAhre so. Ich konnte nie offiziell was dazu sagen, aber nun ist Bewegung in die Sache gekommen. Zwar hab ich es nie hier geagt, unter anderem, weil ich mir nicht sicher war, was die Firmenpolitik etc betraf, aber, da ich mich ja nicht schäme, ehr im Gegenteil, denke ich, ich kann´s wohl sagen: seit 6 Jehren arbeite ich für Sykes Enterprises, ein Callcenter Unternehmen. Sie eröffnen grad in Berlin einen neuen Standort und mein Mann bekam das Angebot, drt zu arbeiten. Wir haben lang darübe beraten,aber letztlich stellte ich mir die Frage: was hab ich zu verlieren? Meine Position ist ein ziemlich totes Gleis, da "Mentoren", das ist, was ich im Moment bin, im neuen Syke Schema nicht mehr vorkommen. Berlin kann mir sicher mehr Möglichkeiten bieten, als meine jetzige Stelle. Also versuchen wir es dort mal ;)
Und letzten Endes gehen Familei und vor allem: die Liebe immer vor, egal was drum herum passiert. Ich will, so gut ich kann, die Karriere meines Mannes unterstützn, und wenn Berlin ihm hilft, dann sll es eben so sein. Daher werde ich zum Monatsende hier in der Firma aufhören - mit einem lachenden und einem weinenden Auge: lachend wegen all der Möglichkeiten, die sich auch fpür mich in Berlin auftun und weinend, weil ich in 6 Jahren in der Firma einen wirklcih tollen Haufen Leute kennenlernen durfte, die mir ziemlich fehlen werden. Mein Team ist einfach toll, ich kann nur hoffen, dass ich in Berlin etas vergleichbaren finden werde.
Das erklärt sicher, weshalb wir in den letzten Wochen ziemlich beschäftigt waren, das Haus ist bereits gekündigt, ich habe bereits angefangen, in Berlin anch einer neuen Bleibe zu suchen. Ich halte euch auf dem Laufenden, aber erst einmal werde ich diese beiden Bestellungen fertigstellen, und zwar bevor wir umziehen!

Was mir allerdings wirklich weh tut ist, dass ich die 3 wichtigsten Freunde hier oben im Norden zurücklassen muss und nicht einfach einpacken und mitnehmen kann: Ines, Dan und Meli; die Konstanten, Anker und wahren Lieben in meinem Leben bisher. Ich klammere mich an die Hoffnung, dass die Entfernung uns nicht trennen wird! Ich liebe euch zu sehr und ich kann heute solche Entscheidungen nur treffen, weil ihr mir so oft geholfen und mir Selbstvertrauen gegeben habt! Dafür danke ich Euch, und ichwill Euch allein schon deshalb unbedingt in meinem Leben behalten, ich hoffe einfach, dass das funktionieren wird.

*lieb Euch über alles!*
Mone

As Days go by - Die Tage vergehen

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...and I did not sew, glue, cut ot even prep something new during the last days. The last things I managed to get ready were 2 t-shirts on which I ironed a printed out Hypocrisy logo. Both were worn by my tomato and meduring the mentoned concert on sunday.

The stack of curtains I promised my sis in law to seam last week, is half way finished, my desk is a mess and I so look against the half finished plaid in its bag below the desk. But I promised myself to keep up my work asap. First of all I need to re-organize myself, I used to do great with making to do lists. It´s just like on Gilmore Gilrs, gosh!

Ok, at the moment my head is stuffed with thousands of other plans and tasks.
First of all, the deadline to pass the final driver licence test end in a few weeks, so I need to get it done and pass it. I will need to be allowed to drive a car (at least I think, I´m able to in general allready), because of some other(not official by now) plans, which will take place in the next couple of months. No failure possible and allowed - basta!

2ndly a dear coleague of mine has started her own scrapbooking project and wants to earn some money with it besides her day job in our office. She asked me a few things and since I´m not the authority in scrapbooking but know a little about where to get things like a blog, free space for picture storage and so on, I gave her some links and addresses and look forward to add and feature her here in a few weeks.

Meanwhile I received some links for more onlineshops, which will receive an order next month. Since I dicovered brads and eyelets used for scrapboking would do great on the enveloppes petit and grande (thanx to Kio ;) ) and I also can imagine some other projects involving them, I´m on fire as usual when I have an idea. And as usual too, I cannot wait, I want to get the new supplies imediately and start. But not this time, I will keep my books clean and keep being in the black. It´s not my fulltime job, its a hobby, and so I try very hard to restsit spending too much money on it.
Still I want to get the shop ready and running (but, surprise, I need to order supplies for making more stuff... what a doom loop.
So we´ll see what will be on my list for tomorrow :).



...und ich habe in den letzten Tagen nichts genäht, geklebt oder auch nur vorbereitet. Das Letzte, das ich geschafft habe, waren zwei T-Shirts, auf die ich ausgedruckte Hypocrisy Logos gebügelt habe. Diese beiden wurden von meinem Tomätchen und mir beim bereits erwähnten Konzert am Sonntag getragen.

Der stapel Vorhänge, die ich letzte Woche meiner Schwägerin umzunähen versprochen hatte, ist halb fertig, mein Tisch ist unglaublich unaufgeräumt und ich sehe momentan sogar gegen das halbfertig Plaid an, das in seinem Beutel unterm Tisch stehnt. Aber ich habe mir vorgenommen, all diese Aufgaben schnellstmöglich wieder aufzunehmen und zu beenden. Als erstes sollte ich mich besser organisieren, ich kam immer gut mit to do Listen klar. Es war fast schon wie bei den Gilmore Girls, oh je!

OK, im Augenblick hab ich den Kopf allerdings auch mit jeder Menge anderen Dingen voll. Als erstes läuft in wenigen Wochen meine Frist für die Führerscheinprüfung ab, ich muss das also schnell hinter mich bringen. In den nächsten Monaten werde ich einfach auf ein Auto angewiesen sein, daher kann und darf ich nicht durchfallen - Basta! (wobei ich denke, dass ich das schon recht gut kann, die Routine ist das große Thema)

Zweitens hat eine liebe Kollegin sich entschlossen, Ihr Hobby Scrapbooking zu einem Projekt zu machen und neben ihrem Hauptjob bei uns im Büro etwas Geld damit dazu zu verdienen. Sie hat mich nach einigen Dingen gefragt und auch wenn ich von Scrapbooking kaum Ahnung habe, so konnte ich ihr doch mit allgemeineren Infos hefen, z.B. wo man ein Blog und kostenlosen Speicherplatz für Fotos bekommt. Ich habe ihr ein paar Adressen und Links gegeben und hoffe, dass ich sie in ein paar Wochen hier verlinken und vorstellen kann.

In der Zwischenzeit habe ich auch einige Links für Online Shops erhalten, in denen ich im nächsten Monat auf jeden Fall bestellen werde. Seit ich herausgefunden habe, dass Brads und Eyelets, die normalerweise für Scrapbooking genutzt werden, hervorragend auf die enveloppes peitit und grande passen würden (danke Kio :) ) , bin ich Feuer und Flamme für die kleinen Dinger! Ich kann mir noch weitere Projekte damit vorstellen. Aber es ist wie immer: ich habe diese Idee, will die notigen Teile SOFORT haben und loslegen. Aber nicht dieses Mal, ich will keine Miesen machen und denke, ich fahre am besten, wenn ich immer bedenke, dass das alles erst einmal nur ein Hobby ist und ich nicht zu viel Geld dafür ausgeben sollte. (Wacken ist schließlich auch ein teures Hobby) Auf der anderen Seite möchte ich meinen Shop zum Laufen bringen und - Überraschung- dafür brauch ich noch einiges Zubehör... ein Teufelskreis ;)

Naja, wir werden sehen, was morgen auf der to do Liste steht...

Visste du ha en god jul?

(this is Norwegian and if you´re curious, what it means, just follow the link and translate it)

It´s the 29t of December by now, forgive me that I write that late and less this season. This were quite busy days for me, so I´d better start off right away :)...

First of all let me show you some lovely pics, hubby took auround our house during the last few days:




It snowed for more than 3 days and I really hoped, that it would stay cold and white till Jul. And guess what? It did! After many years of rainy, warm or stormy holliday seasons, this year we finally had a white one! This was one of the best gifts I got this year (despite that I hated to drive the car the last days ;) ) Unfortunately it melted again allready, only some small white spots are left on the lawn. But the weather forecast expects another wave of frost and snow for new years eve.

Now let me show you some of the things I´ve made for Jul this year, some were orders, some were gifts:
a bag for mom, made of two incredible IKEA fabrics, with inside pocket for keys, wallet or tissues. When I bought this fabric mom and I stood before it for quite a long time, pondering and laughing, because we could not imagine, what the hell the squirrel plans to do with the cheese slicer on that bird´s cave... free the birdie perhaps? Maybe one day I´ll write an e-mail to the designer and ask ;).

I made lots of the good pasta oil for friends and colleagues, nearly 3 litres. The receipe (in German) you can find in one of my first posts ever... If someone is interested in an english translation, just leave a comment here and I´ll do it!

This is a very bright coloured waiter´s wallet, which was ordered by a colleague.

What else news to tell?

Since the 24th I work on getting all programms, applications and files I have stored on my new laptop, which is a fantastic fast and even good looking little cutie:

I wished for something like this for Jul, but now I´m still amazed, that I really should get rid of my old, slow and very noisy pc. Now more lagging in Dalaran (what a feeling! Even on a mount I was able to reach the bank in just one try and way below the usual 3 mintues!) , no more brewing another cup of tea, while the pc is starting or only saving a file...

I still use LAN, but that´s not a big deal, since I´m quite sure, we will need to buy a new router when we move latest, and that one will have WIFI.
The current setting (on which I´m actually writing this just right now) is the new laptop, my old additional desktop speakers, a 2nd. screen for better working with photoshop or even playing and chatting at the same time and my good old 5keys mouse, because I cannot imagine playing with the touchpad, despite it´s "intelligent": you can rezise windows with 2 fingers, right click with 3 and so on... charming :)

Today, among other things, I checked out some multi messengers, little programs that connect you with several instant messengers in one place at the same time. Since I used to use MSN, but my girls and some other friends use ICQ I did want to combine both, plus twitter if possible, in only one skin and one login. Another reason was MSN itself: under Windows 7, which is the pre-installed OS on the laptop, the login to MSN using the Live Messenger did not work and after 3 days of searching for a solution I simply have had enough of it.

So I played around a little with several freeware solutions: first trying pidgin and finding the options not sufficient for me (I´m impatient and wanted to find cute skins immediately for example), plus the login to MSN again did not work.
So I installed Trillian Astra as second choice and found it perfect instantly: adding new connections is very easy, it even supports twitter; I can tweet from there directly. I checked the pre-installed skins and choose "Baroque" with a transparency of 80%. Looks classy and georgeous! A chat with mom went through perfect, no lags or delays in transmission... I just love it!
Ok, you need to register an Astra account, which is just another IM, but you can install the program on your phone as well, e.g. it´s even available as an app on the iPHONE store. From what I have seen so far, I only can recommend it. If you´re accidentially searching for a multi messenger, just check out the Trillian homepage. OK, enough advertisement for now.

I will work on the next little gift tomorrow. I´ll have to send out a little care package to one of my dearest friends, so I have to start with it asap... As usual ;)

New Years eve will be quiet, I guess, but maybe you, Girls (yea! YOU!), decide, that my plan was the best at last? Then it won´t be that quiet, sorry dear neighbors ;).

Later this night I will share some Jul photos, we had a great night with our family... and my self cooked dinner wasn´t that bad I hear ;)

Uh, before I forget: feel free to answer my question from this post´s title above and write it into a comment :) thanks a lot!

So long...
Mone

Haunted by a piggy bank and weekend plans

Of course it´s nothing special, you might think, but I´m a little proud to be honest, because my little piggy bank how to was kind of featured on Cut out+keep´s "Pick of the week":

How could anybody blame me, since I never had been honoured like this before :).

Tomorrow we will celebrate the 85th birthday of hubbys grand-aunt. So I´m busy with washing, drying and ironing the better pieces of my clothing. Meanwhile I plan my weekend activities and came up with the following plan:
1st: the polar fleece plaid for the master bedroom really needs to be finished, since hubby loves to leave the window open, even this time of the year.
2nd: It´s a shame and I really should be embarressed, but since 3 weeks or more my wallet, which I bought last august at a Dunnes store in Shannon/Ireland, is shreded and cannot be closed completely anymore. I should have sewed a new one for me long ago, but, I guess, most of you know, plans like this so often don´t work out. So again I put it on my to do list for this weekend.

The ordered wallet and pasta oil have to be delivered during the first week of December, so I have enough time left for this. The pattern is ready, I only wait for the auctioned leather to arrive here.

Let´s see, how far I´ll get with my plans...

Cheers
Mone

Happy Samhain!

While searching the net for some Samhain/Halloween inspirations I tripped over this gorgeous blog: Vintage Pallette Art. Just look at those amazing old photos and the crazy artwork by Lori Davis; I love this!

Recently I re designed this blogs layout and started with the shop all over again. It´s a little frustrating, because I´m not good enough in php scripting to feel comfy with the fantastic os-commerce tools, so I need to stick with my very old sharewared xaran shop. All web based solutions for free I´ve seen so far did not match my needs. So, If you know a provider, who offers an online shop solution, where I can add more than 1 damned picture per product, where I can manage and offer more than 100 products plus where I can fit the layout matching my blog and website and, most important: who offers a shop solution for free - please let me know.

On wednesday this cute baby finally arrived:
Goodbye my old mechanical ones, hello automated times! I allready managed to check her out a little, but, of course I developed my annual tendinitis just in time, s that I have to wait a few days, before I can start all over again. My 2 old sewing machines will end up at ebay tomorrow. They are in good conditions and well kept, don´t hesitate to bid on them! :)

A new order came up last week as well, so I ´ll also work on a new wallet design this weekend. This will be a kind of waiter´s wallet, with lots of pockets for cards and photos and a huge change pocket. The patterns we agreed on are 2 beautyfully retro-syled fabrics by IKEA called Malena, the 2 below this stack (image by IKEA):
Inside I will use thin and soft lamb nappa in a matching red or pink. This will be quite a task for my new Necchi I´m really looking foreward!

a 6-months summary...

... or the "same old song", to quote anothor song title by another great band - PAIN this time... by the way: While HE was doing this: we were doing that ;)

Yes, it was... uhm, let´s say quite satisfiyng having this fantastic artist in front of us and playing all the good stuff. For those of you, who are not into Metal that much, there is talk of Peter Tägtgren, who had held court with his solo/side project PAIN two weeks ago at the Wacken Open Air. But this blog isn´t about Metal or music in general, so, if you´d like to see more pics of strange guys floundering in mud, defenitively drinking way too much alcohol (at least some of them ;) ) and having a good time over all, then, feel free to check my flickr for this years photographical loot or see, what I and my beloved pals uploaded to our myspace pages ;)

But, how did I get the "same old song" thingy in my mind? Just, because, it´s allways the same: I plan, I set a deadline only to myself, for getting things done, like the shop or the never ending updating-my-homepage-nightmare or, most annoying, finally getting my driver licence. But there´s allways something strange happening. And, in this case(s), it did again. No dramatic stuff almost, but enough to receive setbacks in all the mentioned points. Anyway, here I am, and here I go.

So lets resume the past months since my last post in more pics than words, not that you get bored by reading all that stuff ;)

1st: newly sewed things:

new mobile purses, the orange one was an order, the brown one I made for myself.

Another "FeKa", as a birthday present for Dani this time. Unfortunately I totally underestimated the hard conditions in Wacken, so both front buttons need to be re-sewed now :(



a non-sewed tablerunner - non gothic, non victorian, just spring-like ;):

A ready-made Opeth longsleve; the band´s logo on the front and logo plus quote from the song "To rid the disease" on the back, both prints made with Photoshop and transfer foil (the shirt I wear on this pic):

the back:

The quote says "I have lost all trust I had in you..."

2nd: new soaps:
from the top to the bottom: coffee, honey (1st try) and vanilla-cherry. And no: one should not eat them ;)

Coco-soap in progress back in march:

OK - more pics and news will be shared tomorow - I promise. But for now, that has to be enough, I need to sleep; the holidays are over :(...

I wasn´t that lazy...

The last week was full of new ideas and musings, finding new great blogs and sites about crafting and, of course, making new stuff. For an order at my DaWanda shop I made a new herbal oil, with Provençal herbs and a new designed label for it. Sadly in the picture you only see the bottle and the new label, not the oil itself, cause the order was about 200ml of oil and the bottle I used was a little oversized:





Then I made new antique-styled paper for new labels, cause I have to design and print new ones for the soaps, which will be ready and dryed the next days. For this I used sheets of plain printing paper, stron black tea, some cold coffee and a sponge. With the sponge I patchy spread the tea (the leaves inclouded) an the cold coffee all over each sheet and let it dry:







After drying I took the sheets, joggled the leaves of, held them under running water and then scrunched them up. After this I ironed each sheet. Now they look like something between old laid paper and vellum. Looks great and is an chaep and easy way to get a stock of good and sylish paper for your labels. The finished paper was used for my old labels too, so her is an older picture that shows you the effect:





I think, I´ll write a little more exact tuotrial about it over the weekend and publish it here for you.

I also tried out a new recipe for a solid body butter bar , made of coconut oil, shea butter and scented with jasmine and orchid. It smells awesome, classy and maidenly at the same time and my very dry skin seems to be deeply gratefull for this extra of fat and moisture.
Yesterday I made another herbal oil, asian styled this time, with an exotic and spicy taste of chilly, black pepper, ginger, coriander and garlic, tinted with curcuma for a dainty yellow-orange colour. Today I´ll drain it, I´m very curious, how it will taste at the end.

Next week we´ll have our first wedding aniversary, so hubby and me make plans for a little trip. I´d love to visit Amsterdam, I never was there before and it´s not so far away from here. We´d like to go by car, so my main activity at the moment is, to find a cute, not to expensive b&b or appartement, where we can stay over the weekend and park our vehicle nearby for less than 30 euros parking fee per day. Does anyone of you have a suggestion or commendation for me? We´d like to stay over the weekend, arrival is planned for friday night and check out on sunday. Your tips are very wellcome :)

You can see, I am and was quite bussy, and there´s still more to come...

so long, have a nice weekend :)

pure suggar...

another job for me, the next measured mobile bag.
made for DaWanda, a lilac bunch of cotton candy, decorated with purple pearls, ribbons and flashy flowers. I think it looks cute in the literal sense. And I hope the new owner likes it too. the pics are not that good, cause I took them straight after finishing sewing, so the front pocket looks a little leaning, but it isn´t!

What else happened this week? I made this mosaic for Valentines Day with Flickr toys and ordered a copy in 50x60 cm. It now decorates our hallway and I love it :) So I hope your V-Day was ful of love, like mine was:

I ordered this book on tuesday and hope that it arrives today:

It´s not, that I don´t have "enough" books about sewing, but this one is special, cause it contains many declarations and tips for the different stiches on my sewing machine, some realy great ideas for new stuff and good step by step workshops for each piece... I had no choice, I had to buy it, and hubby said, it´s ok to do so... so I did ;)

So, my week was about spending some money and earning some, too. Next week my hubby will be on a business trip and this will be the first time, I have to stay alone in our house... We´ll see, how that feels like. The bad thing will be: I´ll miss him badly, the good thing beyond: I´ll have enough time to make all the DIY-stuff I planned, like some gifts for our wedding aniversary.
For now, I wish you a fantastic weekend :)