Orange

Finally time for an update...
Loads of work, the end of the schoolyear, and an unexpected trip to Britain, I had my reasons to neglect my blog.
More about my little unexpected holiday later, but first: orange!

1. Fiery Beauty, 2. I'm a little teapot, 3. Birthday Cake., 4. Portrait, 5. Fresh Alabama Peaches, 6. e04d_1, 7. Benicio kissing Poppy, 8. my cat "HOOK" 's feet, 9. Untitled, 10. if this were pink it would be the world's most perfect dress, 11. age of empires sweardress over striped thrifted dress, 12. 十份-燈龍, 13. ginger cat, 14. Vintage Orange Shade, 15. clementine, 16. Bone China

A honey and bread breakfast this morning. And one of my favourite mugs.

A cute cup I bought on a flea market for 50 eurocents.

A notebook with all my Photoshop tips and tricks, I am no good at remembering computery things and this book is always lying next to my computer.

My Penguin pockets.

A cute teddy.
Sorry for the poor quality of the pictures, it has been raining for days, and there's almost no light inside our house.

And of course Spipsie, our sweet girl with the orange spots!

Yellow

1. vintage yellow MOP buttons, 2. "Tropelias de Lili", cover, 3. Not the ugly Duckling..., 4. threadbare ted, 5. cross stitch, 6. Frivol hat - close up, 7. Yellow Warbler, 8. Japanese05.jpg, 9. Untitled, 10. Chums, 11. Cooper's Shop (1847), Shaker Village, Pleasant Hill,
Kentucky, 12. Leaf Baby Quilt, 13. First Harvest, 14. Bob Staake - Yellow Umbrella Books, 15. perfect pear, 16. sweet dream...

While making this post, I realized I have almost no yellow flowers in my garden (at least no summer flowers), I have no yellow things in my wardrobe and very little yellow fabrics or yarn...
And it's not because I have a dislike for yellow, I just tend towards blues, greens and pinks, I guess. But more of that later, next week another difficult one: orange!

More whites

And finally...

I finished my quilt! This really makes my day, it took me soooo long... It's hand pieced and hand quilted, I've never tried doing this with a sewing machine.

White week

This is something I saw on other blogs, and now I am going to do this myself: work around one colour every week. I start with a mosaic (with the link to every photo to give credit to the talented people on Flickr), and for the rest of the week I'll post pictures in and around my house.
This weeks' colour: WHITE (although I believe white's not really a colour...).
If you want to do this challenge yourself, please leave a comment with a link, so that everybody can enjoy your pictures.

1. louise watching sophie, 2. calla coasters, 3. shoes, 4. sheep - nude, 5. white& white, 6. lamb, 7. pouring, 8. Dandelion, 9. White Bear , 10. Untitled, 11. on the lookout, 12. white advent, 13. potential, 14. Vintage White buttons on wool heart, 15. Clouds, 16. magnolia pincushion

Treats!

Yesterday, I received a parcel from the US, full of lovely presents!
Soft and beautiful merinos yarn, a tissue holder, two cat collars, cat treats and a nice card!
The tissue holder and collars were handmade, thank you so much, Carrie...
Here you can see Punt inspecting everything (cats are so curious!).

Mmm, what do I smell? (I opened one of the cat treats).

Look at all these goodies...

Great song...2 versions

Suits my mood today...

Late spring cleaning

Finally, I pulled myself together and started cleaning! The bathroom was my first target.


I didn't dust this Duck-collection, though, that's for the next time...

Have I already told you I'm a real soap-addict? This box smells of green tea, love it!

Strange weather

Outside it's hot and damp, inside the house it's chilly. Everything is growing fast now.


I like to sit here to catch the late sun.

The sky looks threatening here, but it didn't start to rain.

Punt thinks it's too hot...

April Journal

Cuties

I bought this lovely, lovely book here, and I think it is the cutest bear book I have ever seen. Go and see this shop on Dawanda, wonderful things!
Although it's in japanese, the tutorials look not too hard. But I am going to read some instructions on how-to-make-a-bear in english first. And when I find the time, I want to make me a darling bear!