Presents to myself from the Christmas Market
Plus bonus winter wonderland view from my living room window!
I got to be there for "baby's first christmas market" as I went to the market with a friend of mine and her baby. That was pretty cute! The market was gorgeous as well, though unfortunately it was bloody cold and my back stiffed up on me. That was less... pleasant...
The christmas market itself was great though! They always have very artistic stalls with lots of handmade stuff. I had so much fun looking at all the beautiful things! If someone handed me 1000€ I could have easily spent it there and brought presents for everyone. As it is, I only bought one present and some presents for myself. Because I can!
I got myself some very mori kei-esque decor. The first purchase was a felted fairy/fae creature in a brown garment with a hazelnut hat. They look so precious! The second was a medium sized wooden stamp. I've actually got a bit of a collection started here - I bought four such hand whittled wooden stamps years ago as a teenager, because they look so gorgeous. Actually, I have a stamp collection in general but these are extra special with the wood used and their natural look. The texture and shapes are very pleasing. I decided to add stamp number 5 to the collection.
On the second (and final) lap of the christmas market I also had to buy myself a big wooded plate stamp. It's SO gorgeous!! I couldn't believe my eyes almost when I first saw it. And it was surprisingly affordable, for it's quality and size. I would have estimated about double the prize. I decided I'm worth to spend money on and took the beautiful plate home! ♥
I'm planning to do a "stamping session" sometimes next year. Hold me to it!!
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Picture 1: A beautiful snowy view out of a window. You can see flat roofs covered in snow and many snow covered trees! A winter wonderland.
Picture 2: A hazelnut fairy/fae creature made from felt. They're wearing a long brown garment and a hat with two hazelnuts on it. Their scarf is a green hazelnut leaf.They look happy! They've been wrapped in plastic to transport them home safely.
Picture 3: A medium sized hand whittled wood stamp, with the pattern traced in white to show it better. The shape has a vague cone shape (like a tree cone) and the pattern is reminiscent of leaves and ferns. It's photographed on a knitted reddish-and-magenta coloured sock.
Picture 4: A close-up of a big wooden stamp - it's a plate about the size of two hands held next to each other. The pattern is again traced in white. It consists of interlocking flowers and ornamental shapes and leaves.
Picture 5: A weathered looking blue wall shelf is shown. It houses two flowerpots and a white bird cage, styled with fabric flowers and fake birds and crystals. There's some more decorative pieces scattered about. Newly added are the medium-sized wooden stamp, the hazelnut fairy and the big wooden plate stamp. I also grouped a little plate piled with chestnuts and acorns in front of the hazelnut fairy and wooden plate stamp. They just go together!
Picture 6: A close-up of the new addition of the hazelnut fairy and the big wooden plate stamp, with the little plate filled with chestnuts and acorns in front of it.
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I gotta sell this one I think. Anybuggy wanna make an offer before I put braincycles toward figuring out a cost?
Hood of Toyota RAV4 for scale (with lounging dashboard skeleton for lols)
May I offer you some texture in these trying times?
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First days of the handmade advent calendar swap
I've decided to collect pictures until I hit tumblr's posting limit! These are the first couple of little presents I've received from the handmade advent calendar I've got from our swap :) It's so fun to guess what I'll get each day and then unwrap it and see what it really is!
For the first couple of days I got: a spool of pretty white lace (thought it might be a candle, the way it was wrapped up), a sack full of rustic looking cookies which tastes very yummy and were flavoured with aniseed (which I really like!), stickers for your window (they're not really sticky, but only cling to glass - have been affixed to a mirror), stitch markers (have been on my wishlist), chocolate with gingerbread filling (haven't tried it yet) and two knitting needle cozies. They act as safeguards for your things knitted in the round (like socks or hats), so the needles don't fall of your knitted piece (especially useful when you want to transport said knitted piece in your bag).
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Picture 1 & 2: Show a close-up of a wooden spool of intricate white lace.
Picture 3: A close-up of a transparent sack filled with rustic looking finger-length cookies. There's a silver ribbon with a name tag holding the little sack closed-
Picture 4: A sheet of christmas themed stickers meant for your window. Some spaces are white, indicating those stickers have already been removed.
Picture 5 & 6: Pictures of all the pretty stitch markers I got (laid down on a lightly coloured turquoise towel). Two stitch markers have dark purple flowers attached to them, two stitch markers have black-and-white striped pearls with a little red bead in the middle and the other four stitch markers have pretty iridescent shimmery beads with light purple, green and golden sheens.
Picture 6: A bar of chocolate laying next to some unwrapped presents.
Picture 7: Two needle cozies, posed next to some knitting needles to demonstrate what the needle cozies are for. The bigger black needle cozy is decorated beautifully with golden machine embroidered phases of the moon and the smaller dark green needle cozy is decorated with an ornamental grey swirl.
Picture 8 & 9 show that the needles cozies are lined with a skull-and-rose fabric and a black-and-white star fabric respectively.
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