doll house

I have been working on renovating a doll house for the girls. Its not finished yet but on its way. I get distracted easily and Minna loves to play with it as it is anyway!

here is the parents bedroom with the babys cot.

its at night time and I have a lamp outside the window.

The next two are taken with natural light.  I love the fabric for the baby in the cot. I only had that tiny bit so just managed to make a wee sleeping bag!

I really need to finish the other rooms. Its a lundby dollhouse from the 70's my friend gave to me. I had plans to make my own ...but no I am not that patient or handy with the wood. Christian made the double bed which you can't see much of bit it is lovely!

wigs...are they fun??

Christian went to Dubai for work again recently. He always comes back with presents which is so much fun for the girls and me!

This time amongst the gifts was a wig....we really weren't sure about it...in fact Viola thought it was most scary, I am with her on that...still being the cruel mum I am I popped it on her head for a photo anyway...not a happy child!

Minna was a little less reluctant and even managed a smile!

But honestly they looked like something had crawled out of a bog.

I asked Christian what he was thinking...?? He reckoned they'd have fun dressing up with it! Hum.

more bats....

We have two new members of our family! Twins, they were born very early and everything is going very well. They are beautiful!

So I am making them a bat each, they names will be embroidered across the body.

Its fun to be making again!

I have an exhibition soon which I have to feel ready for....I am but not mentally!



Enjoying the Autumn? The smells of the forest after a rain and the glittery sea with an overcast sky. Magical! Then I get Minna screaming how the wind is upsetting her, help, get a hat on, tie the hair up...!

Summer hols

Can't believe our summer hols are nearly over...boo hoo...

We have had 3 weeks together and enjoying it still...we spent 10 days in the UK and it was so amazing to see the girls develop so much in such a short time. We loved seeing our family and catching up with dear friends! All lovely not long enough, it never is... except it was for Minna who was starting to miss home and began to rebel somewhat!!

Here are the girls in my sisters garden in London, naked and happy playing with the bees and a basin of water!

Minna with glittery stickers on her head and sporting a fun and necessary water gun!

Violas hair looks great with my sisters blue wall in the background!

My super ace sister looked after the girls whilst Christian and I went to see Limbo, a circus recommended by Alice and Charlie!

We visited Hannah in her amazing studio!

The girls did a spot of cleaning!

And we admired Hannahs most fantastic wallpapers! Well done a true inspiration to us all!

 We caught up with friends at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park too!

Minna by a giant Hay bale..

We also caught up with friends in Greenhead park, also worth a visit!

And we ate out locally with me mum and dad and went for a little walk beforehand to look at the 'moos' !

Now we have a few days left and will spend it as much as possible on the beach at home! lovely, if it stops raining....!

hope your summers are super relaxing xx

Sculpture by the sea

At the moment for the whole of June there is a massive exhibition called 'Sculpture by the sea' in Aarhus. it's so amazing with around 60 sculptures along the beach. it makes for a lovely walk.

this piece is called Snake and moves around in three places really elegant and beautiful. I love the kinetic ones. its really tall too, perfect by the sea to blow it around.


this is the 3rd year the exhibition has been running. It shows first in Australia then over here.

Its so refreshing to have some interesting art to ponder over. Although we only saw half of it with my mum the other day...Viola wanted to walk, and she always chooses the opposite direction to us! Typical 16 month! and Minna wanted to sit in the pushchair, that was ok!

this on is called Bubble no.5. you can see Aarhus harbour in the background.

we had an ice cream half way through our trip.

and we saw the crown prince of DK as he declared it open that day!! Always nice to see a bit of royalty!
Check out more on www.sculpturebythesea.com

Exhibition in Rønde Library

Here is my exhibition at the Library in Rønde.

I took my mum today and she enjoyed the space and said she was proud of me which is always lovely to hear! Especially when none have sold! Not to worry I have another exhibition to show them off at in October, this one ends in 2 days...

There are 16 pictures all in all and I really enjoyed the deadline to make them in!

Well hope you are all having fun in the early Summer feeling, the baby birds are chirping and when it rains it smells so fresh and lovely!

more embroideries...

here is a little wolfie for my nieces birthday in a weeks time, it was fun playing around.

And here is another completed picture for my exhibition which is happening soon.

I didn't win the competition I entered, but was pleased with the selected winners as there really was some weird and dodgy stuff and the winners deserved to win I think!

this piece looks a little like the cats are going through the washing machine. poor mites.

I have had 2 days off work this week (holiday) and have so enjoyed getting on with the various jobs both creatively and householdly that it makes me more than ever want to work part time!

hope you are all enjoying some warmth! Minna got slightly sun burnt yesterday, crikey, slapped on the sun block today!