Monday the 8th

Monday the 8th and I have started the countdown for our departure to Malaysia...As much as I love my job and decorating for Christmas, I need a break, a nice and long one! But before I go away on my trip I'm going to show you something here everyday. Today is the last pictures from the nice crafting from nature decorations that we made a couple of weeks ago:

a heart wreath made from moss both green and white and twigs with blue berries on.

and of course an amaryllis, a true Christmas flower with a little wreath and a red Christmas heart. This was so simple to make and looked to great!

The Christmas monster has stroked again...This time he broke one of the tree ornaments and dug a big hole in the pot where the little Christmas tree is....There was soil everywhere! Do you want him?

The first candle is lit

I'm going to try to post every day until we leave for Malaysia. I would like this to be some kind of advent calender were there is something new to look at every day until Christmas. Well see....
Today I'm going to show my advent candles that I made on Sunday! And some pictures from last Christmas:
advent candles 2007
the beginning of December 2007
Christmas flowers!

Going Christmas crazy

It's the 1 of December and the last month of the year is here!! Finally it's here and I can let out all my Christmas crafting! We had a perfect afternoon at my mothers yesterday. Crafting and celebrating 1th advent. Here are some of the picture from yesterday:

This is my mothers advents candlestick, with moss and white candles and numbers. Simple yet beautiful!

We made wreaths...

and almond and nougat candy (Mr j's contribution)

I made the numbers for my candles myself. Easy, with some steel wire. Unfortunately I can't show you my advent candlestick because all the picture I took of it turned out really bad. I'll show you tomorrow!

here's my brothers girlfriend candlestick! Cute with the berries and cinnamon sticks

This is the mess we made!

Fall break!

Picasso and I have been in the woods all weekend and had a really nice time! We have had a lot to eat and even more fikas. Here are some shots of our weekend:

Thank you to all who commented here on the Autumn party last week. As usual Artsymama hosted a great party in blogland. I enjoyed bloghopping a lot!
We have fall break here this week so I'll be posting and crafting a lot this week!

Autumn Gathering house party

Welcome to Sweden and to my home! Hope you'll enjoy your tour and find some inspiration!

Let's start in our living room. I'm working on two scarf's this autumn, one is going to be big and warm and the other is mostly pretty. The grey is in a natural sheep's wool and the pink/grey/white is from an etsy seller I bought it ages ago and it's so soft and pretty!

In my living room you also find a newly made lantern. This is the first product by me from this ceramic class. It's embellished with fall leaf!

Little acorns by the candles. The candles smells divine! A nice scent of apple and vanilla! Perfect for autumn!

Here we are in the kitchen window. With pumpkins and a homemade mushroom and cabbage flowers. All though they are a bit sad since they've been bitten by the cat...

On you way out to the front door have a look at my white acorns hanging in the candlesticks. They are made from a white porcelain clay and feels so soft in your hands.

On your way out you have to put your vote on which wreath you like the best, the white one with acorns or the brown one with the heart? Which one feels more like Autumn to you?

Thank you for stopping by!!

Autumn inside and out

On Sunday we took our bikes and went out in the lovely autumn weather! It was a clear crisp day. I found perfect acorns and leafs in all colours. We where headed to my mothers to have a Sunday dinner there with my brothers and my aunt. So the inside decorating is from my mothers house.

Of course, I had to wear my knitted boots on a day like this!

We also bring our cat with us. He loves riding in a basked wrapped in my jacket or a blanket!

Love this time of the year!

Here, have some apple chips!

Well. I'm still home so I might just as well post a little. Yesterday I felt a little hungry for something sweet and since I couldn't go out I had to look through the cabinet's...We had lots of apples from my mothers garden. So I made apple chips! A really nice and healthy snack( I would think this was some kind of commercial). Well, I cut them up in nice thin slices and put them in the oven on 75 degrees Celsius (about 160 F) in four hours with the oven slightly open (all according to a recipe I found on the internet). They turned out great! Crispy just like a chips should be! This morning the jar was full, now...not so much...
I'm having a cup of tea and a hand full of home made apple chips! You should try it too, without the sore throat...

Lovely September!

I hope you are having a good Saturday! The weather here is warm and a bit windy. But perfect for a nice cup of hot chocolate in the sun! I've been out shopping for birthday gifts and a goodbye gift. I'll show you what I chose another day (in case they are reading this):-)

Some nice September pictures!

Have a lovely Saturday night now!

More wreaths

Yesterday I had my day off again and spent it at my mothers crafting. This time I made a wreath but from rosehips. Here's a little picture list on how to make them:The berry of your choice may it be rosehip or rowanberries

You also need a sturdy steel wire and some pliers to make the shape you want. Here I made a heart with a little loop where the ends meet. This is both for assembling the ends and when you're are finished, to hang from. You also need a good cup of tea...;-)

Start slipping the berries on. When you are finished make a new little loop and join the two loops together. You can see it better in the heart wreath. To top of the wreath use a nice ribbon or as shown here, thicker hemp thread. (I couldn't find a better English word for it)

A nice red heart to all of you!

making apples

I made some apples yesterday from a pattern in a book I found at my mothers. These were so easy and quick to make, I think I'm going to do more! With these fabrics!

An apple slice, anyone?

I'm playing with the thought of making lost and lost and have a bowl full and even some for my neglected etsy...Do you want to have a look at my slowly progressing craft room, have a look here

Tomorrow I'm going back to work! ;-)

The tree!

I woke up this morning and the sun was shining! It was more late morning, early noon (we were at a Christmas party last night) but anyhow, it was shining!!

A little paper cone, new for this years tree. Maybe she'll have some candy in her later!

My little tree topper- an angel that I made a couple of years ago. And no, she is not hurt by being pined to the tree, she llikes it!

There are something that you can't see in this picture but I have a lot of glass icicles and my dangling hearts are there too. But there will be some more, it just takes some time to get it perfect! ;-) Keep enjoying your weekend!

Everything is starting to fall into place

Here comes the first pictures of our tree! I'm going to give it to you in parts, just because I still don't have a good picture of the whole thing yet... I thought I'd also show you my wrapping for this year as well. Lots of to do- things are done now. I've sent all my Christmas greetings, bought and decorated the tree and this weekend we are making the Christmas goodies! All the ingredients are bought and ready to become delicate Christmas candy! :-)

Christmas in my home

Yes, the Christmas decorating is slowly growing here. Here are two white Santa's sitting in my kitchen window and waiting for the snow to fall...I made these a long time ago and they are probably one of my first Christmas decorating in my own home. They are made in fleece fabric and are really easy to make.

Here's another decorated matchbox, this one looks a bit more Christmasy.

Yes, we have bought our tree! I'll see if the day will allow me to photograph it...

Have a good day!