Flea market

I love weekends. They are like little holidays to me. And I sometimes like to have little traditions, like going to the farmers market getting fresh veggies, biking to a nice café to read in a book or the paper and stroll over the flea market to find some treasures or just to look at the funny and bizarre things they sell there. There is this all-year-fleamarket close by which I like to browse. It is very central which means that lots of people go there and it is sometimes hard especially when you are late to find something but every now and than it happens and I carry real treasures home.

I remember that I wanted to find something with this nice Catherine Holm pattern for a very long time. On one Saturday when my sister was visiting me we went to the flea market and I even told her about my hunt before. And there it suddenly stood, lonely and beautifully orange on a table. I got so excited and couldn't believe it and sort of run to the stall to have a look at it. I got it for a very good price and and I am still so happy about this find.

Yesterday we passed it too but as it was a Saturday in December and already cold there were not so many stalls there like in Summer. We just had a quick look at some of the weird stuff there, like this leg with flowers in it:)

I hope you have a fantastic weekend.

The sun just came out here and I look forward to going out for a walk later on.

/Maria

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On my way to work this morning I passed these amazing posters from the Thalia Theater, which I actually pass every morning and which I think are really eye-catching. Some of them remind me to Alfred Hitchcock and one particular reminded me this morning that I still have some gifts to make and get; Weihnachtsgeschenke in German.

So I decided to take a different way home to have a look for some things I had in mind...and I stumbled over a few blue lights...which I wanted to share..

Oh and speaking of Alfred Hitchcock. The Advent Calendar promised an Alfred Hitchcock night tonight.

Will watch "Strangers on a Train"...

/M

Little sewing project II

I got some more nice fabric printed from the talented Australian ladies from Ink and Spindle the other week. It took a little while until the package found its way to my mailbox here in Germany but when it came I couldn't wait to open it, to get the right zipper and sew the first pillow. So I finished it and I am very happy with it.

I really love the little doll next to it which is made by my boyfriends little sister. She is so talented and made it for me the last year. I love all the details on it, the little heart she stitched on it, the face and the of course the wool hair.

A lovely Tuesday to everyone

Maria

Something checked

a little owl with checked feathers

boyfriends shirt

A DVD

Part of the Advent Calendar

My summer dress from Copenhagen

Kitchen towel with salad

The checked shirt of the lead singer from Vampire Weekend

I got tagged from the lovely Dotti and she asked me to find 7 checked things.

So here we go.

Happy weekend to everyone

Maria : )

Advent

So it finally became December.

It does sound silly but sometimes when I need to write the date for any reason I need to think for a split second what month we actually have, (sometimes - very rarely- even which season: ).

I think it happens to me because sometimes time just seems flying by...There was this nice sunny beach day or Autmun walk which feel like yesterday and suddenly the cozy time of the year is knocking on the door..The time of Christmas markets, mittens, dark evenings with tasty hot water (tea) and self-made cookies...I sometimes wish things would last a bit longer...to enjoy them more...but maybe they are so special because you just have them for a certain time in the year ...

Anyways, speaking of baking, I am just about to make some "Lebkuchen" (gingerbread). I got the recipe from my grandmother and it has all sorts of good stuff in it, like walnuts, cacao, cinnamon ...I can't wait to get them out of the oven...

Here are some pictures of the Advent calendar I sewed the other week to really appreciate every single day of Advent and also give little treats

/M

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Like I already wrote once. I love Fridays evenings. They are the best.

It is something I look forward to the whole week.

And how nice is it to get picked up from work to stroll a bit through the city enjoy the first walk via the christmas market and a have a nice dinner afterwards.

We had an amazing dessert again. An almond tarte with rum fruits and honey icecream. They had pretty nice wallpaper in the washrooms there and I couldn't resist taking a picture : )

On our way home we passed this pretty nice shop in which they sell really great kitchen tools...

I did some more crafting on little projects this morning and we biked to the lovely café Herr Max in the afternoon to have a nice coffee and to read a bit. It is so cozy there and the cakes are sooo delicious too. The bakery is in the back of the café and you can see how Herr Max makes all the cakes...The cafè used to be a butcher and they kept the old tiles on the walls which I think are just the i-dot on this lovely place. You should go when you have the chance to come to Hamburg and also have a look at they nice drawings they sell there from: www.frauendermeere.de.

Oh by the way there is this amazing sewing magazine, called CUT which is out since this year. They will have an Advent calendar on their blog giving you every day tips what you could get or craft for the beloved onse for Christmas. When you need ideas just have a look and it seems the lovely ladies from Munich will even give out sewing patterns.

A lovely weekend to everyone

Maria

Little sewing project I

It is such November weather outside.

Dark at 4.30pm, rainy and cold. But it is great weather to get the sewing machine out and to start making little presents for Christmas.

I did this sewing class early this year as my skills became a bit rusty over the years. It was really fun and I couldn't believe that in the end of the course I would be able to hold a finished skirt with a zipper in my hands - oh and it even fits. I can only imagine that a course with this lovely lady as a teacher would be simply amazing too.

Anyways, ever since this course I pretty much stick to the formats: squares or rectangles - and so I did tonight. I made this little bag for my sister while listening to "Do Make Say Think" which is pretty relaxing music especially when the zipper is making slightly little problems : )

Just a couple more weeks left to create a few more rectangles or squares made out of fabric : )

Time is really flying ...I can sort of still feel the sand between my toes of the time when we were at the Baltic Sea late September...

Happy Wednesday to everyone.

Maria