party time

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it's been some time since posting
I was organizing the party for my birthday

I like dress up parties
and everybody did its best

the eye I did for M.
clearly inspired by Dali

the cake I did for S.
inspired by this recipe
but used my own chocolate cake recipe

if you count the roses you get my age 

find the balance

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Happy New Year
may wishes come true
and that you find the right balance in life

the pola I shot during the dancing on new years eve
for quite some time the balloon stayed on the lamp
it's the best pola I ever shot

festive treas

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it's nearly christmas
and for once I decorated a bit
the best christmastree for a tiny apartment
I found in the thrift store
it's from Denmark

have a nice time and enjoy friends and family and cookies

before and after-some projects

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a cut out of an oilpainting where some parts are good and others less good

the overpaint of an old onion "basket"

the upholstery of a saarinen tulip stoel look a like with calfskin

again on sourdough

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I have to admit
it was not easy
after a long journey in sourdough baking
I know now how it works for me
the last loafs of bread got really good
I mean
round
bold
with air bubbles bigger then 2 mm
a crust that broke

I have learnt
that the starter really needs to be strong
that I have to feed the sourdough starter every week at least once
if I don't bake a bread, a part of it goes in the trash
that the dough may not be too sticky
that it needs time to double in volume
I do it now mostly through a whole night and bake in the morning
and I have to listen to my belly, the recipes are mostly not correct
and this book is shit-sorry-it's fool of mistakes

Grittibänz

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a little childhood memory
the man for Santa Claus
for once no sourdough
butter and sugar and yeast
mmmh...
Miezi likes them too!

Grittibänz

ceramic cups

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I have a small collection of ceramic cups
most of them from thrift stores
I like when the edge is raw but thin
I like when they are simple and irregular
my favorite for tea third picture left

last picture from elle decoration uk december 2014, p. 172

vintage textiles

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from the fleas the last weeks

Kuba raffia cloth with cowrie shells and plastic beads embroidered
from DR Congo

a salomon printed curtain in halflinnen-like the eyes, actually I saw only them and not the roosters!

a very weird black printed curtain, it's almost too much, you really need a big room for this

more green

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found some more objects in green the last weeks
and yes, I'm collecting plant pots but only in shades of green and black
and it seems that it's the colour of the coming season in interior

the small painting I found in an antique shop in Antwerp
it shows definitely a landscape from the canton of Berne
the house is typical for Emmental-yes where the cheese comes from!
it feels good to bring something like this home

new sheep

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I already did it once
2 new black sheep
washed and dryed
would like to make a blanket out of them
felting is not really my kind of stuff
but maybe weaving it in a fabric or knitting it in
still have to think about it

I like the curls and dreads
like how archaic it feels to wash wool like this

had this in my mailbox today
don't like the music but her clothes and the woods