So, the other day my daughter Sol (16) came to me with her old school bag and asked me if I could possibly repair and save it. As she have used that bag every single day at school the last three years it's possibly needless to say that bag was totally worn out. I told her I could possibly repair it but it wouldn't last long anyway. I told her she needed a new bag ...but true story, she didn't look happy at all. Now she's away at a last minute vacation just before school starts, and I decided I wanted to surprise her with a new school bag when she gets back home. Proud to say my girls are really into sustainable, earth friendly, reuse, repurpose and all that kind of things .... so making her a school bag out of a re-purposed dungaree ...
Just a card
I have this cupboard in my kitchen.... a cupboard filled with paint, paper, buttons, some fabric, beads, needles and thread, ribbons AND my old scrapbooking stash ... no, even if I don't scrapbook very often I can't seem to make myself move this paper-and-scrapbook stash I loved so much to another location for less used stuff .... and today was one of those days I was happy and inspired when I looked for something else in my cupboard .... and because I just packed up the shawl I created last week it was perfect timing. It was so fun to create this simple, cute card for a girl I love. It's all made of my old scrapbooking stuff ... patterned paper by scenic route, I think (but not sure) the little fairy is by Cosmo cricket, the pink ...
Pink crochet summer shawl
Sponsored by Hobbii Hellooooo my friends! Today I'm so happy and proud to finally be able to share the instructions and chart and pattern for the beautiful, light, warming crochet summer shawl I've been working on the last couple of weeks. You can read more about my process here. This pink summer shawl design is inspired by light Scandinavian summer nights and pink rose petals. The shawl is soft and airy but still warming. I was so very lucky to be sponsored with the beautiful NATURE 100% organic wool yarn in the color dusty pink by Hobbii. And I truly love this yarn! So easy to work with and the quality is the best. Besides I love that the yarn is organic wool made in a sustainable way. The pattern of this shawl is pretty simple ...
Heklet Rosa Sommersjal
Sponset av Hobbii English Here Idag er jeg HOPPENDE GLAD og ikke så lite kry. Endelig kan jeg dele oppskrift, instruksjon og mønster på det heklede sjalet jeg har holdt på med de siste ukene. Det har vært et stort arbeid å designe, hekle, skrive oppskrift på norsk og engelsk, så nå er jeg glad og jeg håper dere som leser bloggen min også blir glade og inspirerte og får lyst til å hekle sjal. Det er ganske enkelt, består kun av luftmasker, fastmasker og doble staver. Jeg har lagd diagram, lagd en liten instruksjonsvideo og har beskrevet framgangsmåten med ord, så det skal være noe som passer for enhver. Jeg har skrevet om sjal-prosjektet her på bloggen tidligere, og har du lyst til å vite mer om prosessen finner du mer HER. Dette er ...
Keeping the inspiration while working on larger creative projects.
The last couple of weeks I've been working on a large crochet summer shawl. I've made a previous post on this project too. You'll find it here. Today I'm finishingup the instructions and pattern in Norwegian and English (!!!) and they will be available shortly so stay tuned. When working on larger, more time consuming yarn projects like this one or knitting sweaters or anything like that people often ask me how I find the patience to finish such a time consuming project. And you know what... I have no idea (!). Lol. True story. While working on some big crochet or knitting project I always have thousands of new ideas popping up in my head. New ideas. New inspiration. But what keeps me going, finishing the project is probably the joy, ...
Love Nature
This post is quite spontaneous. Today I've been on a road trip with a friend of mine and while driving trough the beautiful landscapes, stopping here and there to take a closer look, take photos or find some geocaches I've been contemplating about how much this beautiful Mother Nature means to me. As my friend is a passionate geocacher (you can go see what this hobby is all about at www.geocaching.com ) she'll drag me out at least every once a week to go on road trips, walk in the forest, go to some lake, climb trees, go to some islands, walk in the park or climb mountains to find these little boxes with a note pad inside to write our name to tell "whoever" we were there and enjoyed the journey. So, thanks to my friend, the last couple ...
Dried yellow chilli
Good day! While working on some larger projects and preparing a description and pattern for the crochet shawl I've been working on for a while I wanted to share a fun little project with you. I loooove these useful and tasty homegrown, dried yellow chilli peppers. You might already have seen my canned yellow chilli peppers ... you'll find it HERE http://www.gudruns.blog/2018/07/canned-yellow-hot-chilli-peppers-💥/ I also saved some of the chillis from my friends garden to hang dry in my kitchen. I love making my own chilli powder or chilli flakes to use in my cooking. Drying whole chilli peppers are easy peasy. You just pick whole chilli grab a needle and thread and use the needle to "sew" the chilli peppers on to the thread. I ...
DIY Kaffe peeling
🇬🇧English👇🏻 Hei og god mandag! Idag tenkte jeg å dele oppskrift på en finfin hjemmelagd peeling-krem lagd av sheasmør, kokkosolje, eteriske oljer og kaffe. Hvordan er det med sommer-huden din? Er den klar for høstlige dager eller er den litt tørr og bitt av sol og bading og sommervarme? Det er aldri feil å skrubbe av litt døde hudceller for å gi huden fin glød og mulighet for dannelse av nye, friske hudceller. Denne hjemmelagde skrubben er både skånsom, effektiv og gir god næring til huden. Visste du at kaffebønner inneholder mye fett som er kjempebra for tørr hud. I denne peelingkremen er det også frankincense eterisk olje som beskytter cellene og er veldig bra for huden, hjelper mot arr og elding av huden og copaiba som forsterker ...
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