Lilly is 14 months now!

Lilly just turned 14 month today and she just has been blossoming the last few weeks that I have to write an update on all the great things she can do. Otherwise I will never remember her early accomplishments. And how will I be able to brag about them then!
So here it goes...
She has been walking since 11 month and started throwing the ball then.
Now she loves to kick the ball with both feet while running after it. She also started to head bang the ball after Opa showed it to her.

She is so observant and sees all the birds, airplanes, even bees. She also saw the fishies at the Ashland pond after I showed them to her. She wanted to go catch them!

She has been clapping hands to the beat for a while now. Now she also counts her toes and loves to tickle them! She will also spin and say 'kreisel, kreisel' anything with a hole in it. It's the cutest! She also likes to twist flowers or little sticks between her thumb and pointer. Also VERY cute!

And she is becoming a big talker - both in German and English. A few of her staples are: mommy, daddy, book, buch, palme, picture, bear, kreisel, opposites, oopsy daisy, nase, music, alli (gator), peekaboo, up and down, buy, hi, oma, ina, tante, meema, papa, bottle, water, wasser, durst, milk, milch, pretty

And a great anecdote while I still remember it...

The first time she really said a word (other than momma and dadda) and really meant it was when we went to Florida to visit Grandpa Sol and Uncle Fred. We were just shopping and there was a little book with fishies that I thought Lilly would like. So I handed it to her to look at and then I took it away to see if she really wanted it or not. She was sitting in her stroller and stretched and stretched to get to it until she said 'book'. I was totally stunned because I didn't even realize that she new what that word was let alone say it. From then on I knew that her vocabulary must have been pretty big already even though she couldn’t say them all. And to this date she can point out so many things if you just ask her to. Amazing!

Fresh Friday Finds - Owls and Rings and Things

Looking thru my favorites for this week’s Fresh Friday Finds, I realized that I could do 2 themes - owls or rings. So I though to just combine the two.


I so want this Ring! I want it more than any of the other things I ever blogged about! Can someone please answer my cries!!! It is so cute how it looks at you and with the striking colors. It would go well with all my embroidered felt necklaces...

And I also love this adorable Owl Gocco Print Set. One is cuter than the other. My Dad actually collects all things owl. So he would love this set. I might have to get it for him for X-mas. It is interesting, we just now coming to terms with the fact that my Mom actually loves Elephants, my Dad Owls and I Horses. Now that we know, we really took off collecting them and they always make great presents.



Now for the fainter of hearts, I found this elegant little Spring Blossoms Ring. It is different with the little jingle and the soft colors, yet it is not as bold as the owl ring. I once had a ring that jingled and I loved the feel of it.


And another cute pair of Love Owls. These are wood with decoupage. I think I will start collecting owls. They just have such nice faces. This shop actually has so many different animals and they are all so cute. They even have horses and elephants. So something for all of us - at least in my family.

Wordless Wednesday - Always reserved for Lilly

Lilly is 'helping' me create some necklaces with my yarn! I just wonder: Who is going to clean up?

Another Front Page

Finally we were on the front page again. This time with products from 2 of my shops. Great! And I really like this treasury. Even though I do not look forward to fall (I'm really an endless summer girl), these colors are very pleasing. Maybe I should ask my sister to make more patches in that color combo. Get ready for the fall season!

Fresh Friday Finds - Home Edition

Hey, I'm an Interior Designer, so of course I'm also always on the look out for the perfect home accessories. This week, I found some for the zen, the funky, and the cute home. Or, as in my case, all of the above!


Can you believe these Pebbles are real?! I could not believe that such crisp images are possible on stone. Hooray to sandblasting! As an Interior Designer, I can think of sooooo many uses for these. They even have pebbles with little duckies perfect for next to the sink. How cute is that! And I can only imaging how great the feel in your hands. Get me one, get me one now.


These Coaster are hilarious! When you put a glass on them, it will look as if they are holding your glass in their (wide open) mouth. Most definitely a conversation piece.


This Illustration is so calming to look at. So peaceful and sweet! The artist Annette from Norway does so many different characters in this style, it is hard to choose just one. I might have to get the sticker set at some point or I just get a blond girl print for Lilly's room. Got to stay in character!

Wordless Wednesday

Boston Common and its duckies!

Custom anyone?

We are just working on another custom piece right now. The customer liked our look wanted a necklace in darker colors. And I was thinking anyway that we should try to make some items more tone on tone and subdued. A bid hard for us because we just like bright colors so much!
So my sister embroidered several coordinating designs on felt, while I cut them to size and prepared a cord with clasp to stitch them on to. But before finishing the piece, I took this picture of how it would look like to send to the customer for approval. She said: "Thank you, it is perfect!" (We are happy to hear that!) And now I can finish it and have it ready to go.

Fresh Friday Finds

I just realized that I'm all into orange right now! Most of my new favorites this week spurt lots of orange and one of my items even is in a cool orange treasury. Really think this one should hit the front page, don't you?!

So here is the first of my orange finds. Never seen an orange Octopus, but I just adore this one. Such nice curls! This would be great in anyone's play room.


And then I found this orange T-shirt Yarn that looks so juicy! Seeing this, I just want to start knitting. I haven't done it in about 15 years, but this yarn just looks too good to pass. I love the whole idea of t-shirt yarn.

Finally, I came across this perfect little orange Pouch Wristlet. You know you can never have enough purses and such! And even though my mother claims that I don't look good in orange, I try to ignore her because I think this is too cute and stylish to be out of place.

Wordless Wednesday

My sister and I are working on a tutorial so everyone can enjoy the fun of embroidery and felt! I was taking pictures of my sister while she was working on this flower hair clip. When it was done, I put it in Lilly's hair and she just LOVED it. Later on, she took it off and kept putting it back on her head. Of course it fell off all the time but she was persistent - just wanted the flower in her hair!

Want to win?

I am running a giveaway that is being hosted at Custom Creations by Sydnei for this felt necklace. If you would like to enter the giveaway, just go over to her blog and visit my shop. While you are there, check out the other contests she is running. Good luck!