Paper bag styled books

Yesterday the lovely miss Emma was over. Or wait, she is married so she is not miss any longer. I am thinking hard to figure out what her title is then. I guess I am tired because my brain is not working.

Anyway we made these fantastic book. It took about half an hour and it looked super cool. They are brilliant as gifts for christmas or just to bring to a friend. I am absolutely in love with them. Will produce many! Emma is making instructions for them, and she even figured out how to make them even cooler while we were sitting there. She is our scrapbook rebel! Yes, there is even a little jingle that go along with that title.



I didn't decorate my book. I got too excited and suddenly couldn't choose what to do which resulted in me being paralyzed with too many options. I will finish it later with pictures and all. For now there is just a picture of the little man tucked inside one of the pockets of the book. I am so in love with this book. I need to meet more people who can show me such things!

Instead I worked a little on a wreath for my brother and sister in law. It is my first attempt to make anything wreath-like so I was quite excited. It is not finished yet, but I am like it so far. My husband got quite dissapointed when I told him it is not for us, so I am making one for us afterwards. It is a nice thing for the winter season, I think.


And finally, my sister came over and celebrated her birthday here, which was a blast. We managed to celebrate for two full days. We love birthdays!


Amongst other things I made her a bathroom rug as her birthday gift. I used 3 meters of cotton fabric which I tore up making strips of almost an inch each. I then sowed all those strips together and crocheted the rug. It didn't take too long and it was really fun to do. The little man also liked it. He had a great time with the rolled-up strips to. My husband was shocked that it was to be used as a bathroom rug. He wanted to use it as a wall decoration! If I could just make 3 more and then we could ... I stopped listening around that point.

Tillykke til Lisbeth

Hurra for Lisbeth!

Gratefullness

So recently I have been encouraged to write three things everyday that I was grateful for. Ever tried that? You end up with some pretty interesting things, and it makes you see life in another perspective.

The other day I woke up at 6 with a very awake Samuel. I tried to ignore it for a while, after all 6 o'clock is pretty early. Finally I got up and took him out to change his diaper. And then I figured out why he had woken up so early. His diaper had leaked, so parts of his little stomach was covered in poo, and he was cold and wet. I felt like a bad, bad mother! I changed him and got him dressed in some new, dry clothes, and woke up Mike to look after him while I changed all the bedlinnen on Samuels bed. That night I wrote on my list that I was very grateful for Mike who played with Samuel while I fixed his bed, and that I was grateful for my washing machine! I like having to change my way of thinking so instead of whining over me getting up early, smelly diaper and a huge load of washing, then to be grateful for the oppertunities I have instead - like the fact that I could immediately put the bedlinnen in the washing machine and in the evening it was dry and ready for new emergencies.
I highly recommend making such a list!

I have made quite a few stuff lately, but it is gifts for my sister in law, my sister and my friends daughter, so I can't really post the pictures until
I have given it. I am actually quite excited about the gift for my sister. My husband is totally in love with it and if he could have his way I would massproduce it and we would have this item all over our house. Curious? Pictures are coming on Wednesday, my sisters birthday!