more softies ...

it took me a long time, but I'm finally done with the new set of softies. I love making these, especially choosing what kind of dress or accessories each one should have. It's certainly a labour of love and attention to detail ...
I'm putting them for sale here and also at etsy when I have a bit more of free time. I couldn't decide whether I should name them or not, and in the end I decided not to, but now I'm not so sure .. what do you think ?

and I've been spring cleaning the online shop .. I've decided to remove all the past posts and build gallery pages for each category, to make it less confusing. I haven't been able to put in all items yet, but I'm getting there. And maybe start working on a new template one of these days ...
 

flea market treasures

I like this vintage french version of winnie the pooh so much better than the disney one ...




thanks T. for taking me shopping :-)
 

delicacies

portuguese and french ones ...


apparently me and F. must've been the only lisboetas that had never been to this store. Even F.'s father, who lives in Coimbra, had heard about it, and T. knew it already, so I asked her to get me a few tins when she went shopping for X.'s gift.


and when you go to Dijon, you must bring back some mustard, right ?

thanks to whoever left a comment on my previous post about the bagel shop, I'm definitely going to try that ...

and C., the recipe is on page 228. For those who asked, the book is this one.

 

working space

sorry I haven't been updating this blog as frequently as I used to, but due to some recent changes at work I don't have as much free time as before, and I've trying to catch up on all of my late orders as well... so if you're waiting for an e-mail or a reply from me, please be patient and I'll get there, I promise. I'm still reading all the blogs (bloglines has its flaws, but it's still very convenient) but just haven't been able to comment as much as I'd like to.
These last 4 days were actually a bit chaotic around here. A. went to Dijon for a conference (seems like a charming place, I'll post some photos when he gets back) which left me with lots of time for crafting, or so I thought.


Saturday was actually a productive day, since the rain made me stay indoors. I worked on a few orders and started the new set of softies, and even cut the pattern for a blouse I've been meaning to make for myself. All that, and I even baked - a recipe for bagels that I found on our bread recipes book (I love bagels, why don't we have them here in Portugal ?)
anyway, the rest of the days I tried to craft some more, maybe even finish knitting my somewhat cowl, but we had such great weather that any excuse was good for leaving the house. And the free time I had was spent finishing my contribution for a publishing project, which of course I left to the last minute.



Also for this purpose, I had to get some photos of my working space .. the problem is, I don't really have a working space. Our appartment is so small that I just work wherever there's free space, usually the living room floor or sometimes the kitchen table. So for the last few days, this is how our kitchen table looked like ...

 

works in progress

and a few more items available for sale here









and these are going to be available at a crafts fair in Porto soon (May 5th - 7th) at my friend Winkiemoon's stand (together with a lot of other wonderful crafts and goodies by our talentend friends)