the weather is so beautiful right now
sunshine is the best
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although i don´t get to spend that much time outside
working on all kinds of new things
like LOOKING PENDANTS
made of iron and silver
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some new business cards arrived
printed on recycled paper - looking very good
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home made broth
due to histamine intolerance
the recipe was kindly shared by a dear friend of E
thank you for that!
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a new variety of snowdrops for our garden

for those of you in the Regensburg area:
0941 is hosting a PRIVATE SALE
on the 15. + 16.3., 11.00 - 21.00
Am Domplatz 7
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i´m going to show some of my jewellery there
including some brand new pieces
like the PETAL PENDANTS shown above
and the whole FAKE CRYSTAL collection
which has become huge by now
(pictures soon to come)
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drop by, say hello, have some sparkly
and get your hands on some lovely pieces at a great price

some of you have asked about these brass bracelets
so here they are - BEATEN BRACELETS
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hammered with four beats per second
by me for you
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W was curious about my speed
- he has way more power of course
and doesn´t have to peck away like a little bird -
so we tried to time me
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a few years ago i took "portraits" of all our sledge
those ancient tools have so much character
and those are the ones i used for the bracelets
they just wanted to say hello to you i think

there is a LITTLE EMBOSSED PENDANT giveaway
over at the lovely blog EMMADIME
so hop over and leave a comment to win
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the garments with prints made by me for 0941
are starting to hit the shops - and TV
it´s almost a year since i painted them
on a sunny Easter Monday on the garden table
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a dried ivy heart for you
it´s not meant to be poisonous just pretty

so busy right now
working on all kinds of jewellery
you could almost call it a collection
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but i always find a little time
to read a bit in GENTLEWOMAN
really - o wow!
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also a sneak peak at one of Ws designs
it´s awesome i think
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spring is coming - i hope you feel it too
took a long walk with a friend in the sun yesterday
i loved that

meet the VERY TINY RINGS
a smaller more delicate thing never has left our workshop
silver and tiny bits of ebony
we spend quite some time searching for tiny casts on the floor
since they really slip away so easily
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also working on a bit of hammered structure for some wedding bands
(makes beautiful arm muscles by the way)
on brass samples
looks nice with polka dot pyjamas
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had so much FUN at the carnival this weekend
(i even did the twist, E - well, kind of...)
i didn´t dress up in like 15 years
and now i´m hooked
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i think i was something like a mouse
my grandmother clearly a skiing bunny

lately i start the days shoving snow
and instead of riding my bike into town
i´m wheeling it
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should i work on a diamond cut brass FAKE CRYSTAL
to make some engagement rings?
but somehow i really do not like those cuts...
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yesterday i watched PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
and fell in love with it all over again
so since it´s Valentines Day
send a Mr Darcy my way
he doesn´t have to be that rich
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i´ll feed him with those SHORTBREAD HEARTS
(minus the rose petals - those have to wait for summer)
with this MASCARPONE CHERRY TOPPING
that´s right

went to a golden glitter party the other night
where a certain someone told me she´s getting married
- congratulations, dear T + J -
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and since i´m on it
- congratulations to J + A, too -
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it´s going to be a festive year
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and get well soon, E in Milano
(she requested such a note here...)

it´s TINY HEART NECKLACE TIME again
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those dashing valentines are my great-grandparents
(yes, she´s somehow holding up a fox fur stole)
they worked in a bookbinding shop
and climbed the Zugspitze wearing Lederhosen and a dirndl
later on her little bunches of garden flowers
became quite popular on the farmers market
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i never met her, but i´m named after her
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he told us the most exciting stories
about getting out of your nailed shoes on the Alps
when a storm comes up and hide them under a stone
so you wouldn´t get struck by lightning
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and he taught us how to do ski gymnastics
way up to his nineties
neither of us has skied til now... we´re a quite disapointing bunch

it´s so freezing outside
my brain feels numb
everytime i enter a warm room
the temperature difference being over 30 degrees
felt so dazed at the book club meeting the other day
i couldn´t speak a word...
(we read NOTES ON A SCANDAL
and it seemed i was the only one finding Barbara kind of funny)
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wouldn´t you love to join the EVEN CLEVELAND bookclub?!
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this is my great granddad skiing
he actually framed the picture in this angle
to give it a more daring look
clever, right?

put the first pieces of FAKE CRYSTAL jewellery in the SHOP

meet the TINY FAKE CRYSTAL RINGS

triangle, rectangle and square

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aquamarin and smoky quartz

waiting to be cast

playing around with them on different backgrounds

kind of like "giving them the ink"

as Cellini would have called it

(he actually painted their back...)

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do you have any ideas

what one could do against fungus gnat

i just ordered 3 millions of nematode larvae

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the best thing about working on prototypes?

i make them all my size

(in case nobody wants to buy them...)

a lot of fake crystals made of brass and ebony 

are on their way

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and a bit of baby´s breath

although i don´t know where this is going

E wont like it

since she detests acrylic colours and flower paintings

but i gave it a try

the daffodils were fun

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found a vintage magazine on "Frivolites"

a delicate kind of crochet

looks very complicated - i´m tempted to have a go at it

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watched LAST NIGHT

and now i have a crush on Guillaume Canet

but that´s okay

made shortbread with orange zest, dark chocolate and caraway seeds

from JAMIE`S GREAT BRITAIN

turned out very lovely

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so much sun around here

painting the Danube pink at sunset

happy birthday,K

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here are some bussis (kisses)

for your collection

put them in a matchbox before they disappear

quick!