recently | creative

A little peek at something I've been working on since I got home - a new design for our range of hand painted bags (& aprons). Very much inspired by Polish/Baltic florals, papercuts (wycinanki) & folk art - hopefully the first design of several we will be producing. I've drawn, re-drawn, scanned, enlarged, printed the design & it is now ready for me to cut out a stencil, before we can start painting.

I'm really enjoying drawing these stylised florals - I kept this one quite simple, but have also been having fun with more intricate designs - & along with some other influences/inspirations from my travels, they should start appearing in all sorts of mediums...

cześć | Łódź

A few tumbled images from a couple of days in Łódź...

1. Manufaktura \\ 2. Open-air Museum of the Łódź Wooden Architecture \\ 3. Manufaktura \\ 4. Piotrkowska Street

a few good things...

1. little treasures from my travels (more on that soon).
 2. pretty flowers on the kitchen table.

3. freshly baked Anzac biscuits - quick & delicious.

4. reading a mystery story or two.

5. I bought this scarf in Paris - it went nicely with all my blue, purple & grey clothes.

6. winter sun-showers.

7. birthday cake & celebrations.

dzień dobry | warsaw

First stop in Poland, from my tumblr...

1. Stare Miasto { Old Town } \\ 2. Wilanow Palace \\ 3. Foggy morning in the city \\ 4. Łazienki Park \\ 5. View from the Palace of Culture & Science.

five things | home

1. Hugs, warm welcomes, familiar faces & lots more hugs.

2. Been doing lots of baking since I got back - not that I did without cake-type goodies while I was away, but I really enjoy the making process too. Firstly, lemon & poppyseed cupcakes, Mum & I baked a biggish batch of honey cookies, then buttermilk cake with sultanas (recipe here) & finally cheese scones with dinner the other night.

3. Rainy days, cold winds, cosy fires, lots of blankets, hot tea & winter sunshine.

4. Sorting through lots (& lots!) of photos, remembering, having fun starting to play around with a few - figuring out how & which ones to show & share is kind of a challenge, but it's a fun sort of thing to have to decide (how many photos of Paris is too many? is there such a thing?).

5. Cuddling the wiggly, snuggly, super-cute fur ball that is Holly, who loves having her belly rubbed, is super happy when you say 'Hello' to her & was (thankfully) excited to see me when I got home.

guten tag | munich & berlin

While I'm still sorting the photos I took with the camera, I thought I'd run with one of Kathryn's ideas & share a few of the iPhone photos I posted on tumblr while I was away - first up, Germany...

1. Schloss Nymphenburg, Munich \\ 2. sunset from my window, Munich \\ 3. Alexanderplatz, Berlin \\ 4. view in Hohenschwangau, Munich \\ 5. French Cathedral, Berlin \\ 6. Schloss Sanssouci, Berlin

Happy Birthday Kathryn!

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Today is the birthday of my awesome sister Kathryn, so Happy Birthday gorgeous, I love you!

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