Homemade christmas ornaments

This is what I have been making in my free time lately. Homemade christmas ornament. I making a lot of different ones. Some are to be gifts for my family and friends and some are to be sold on a local christmas fair. The are so totally fun to make! Too bad my free time is pretty limited and it feels like time goes on fast forward as soon as I sit down and start sewing.

The other thing I like to do in my spare time is reading, now I have started to read manga in japanese as a way to complement my japanese studies. Chi's sweet home is soo fun and cute! :)

In the forest

We took a trip to the forest, me,my cat and my fiance. It was a wee bit chilly but the air was crisp and refreshing. I love the colors of fall and how vibrant the nature looks. The forest floor was really wet with little puddles everywhere but it didn't rain. Our little kitty really enjoyed playing in the puddles and drinking the fresh water. We found a little hill and the view was really beautiful from up there.

Swedish little christmas hearts

Today I made some little red felt heart for a local christmas fair I'm going to be selling on. I embroidered merry christmas in Swedish on them and put magnets or brooch pins on the back. I will be making these for etsy too some with swedish text and some with embroidered patterns on. I will make som for my friends and family too. Simple and cute to put on the frigde or on a bag or hat or anywhere really :)

Tomato harvest

Today I harvested some fresh tomatoes from my garden. Home grown organic tomatoes taste so much better than store brought ones! Some of them are still green but they usually get red after a few days indoors. Due to our Swedish cold weather I had to pick them all before we get below freezing temperatures.

Red little amigurumi kitty

After a somewhat long break (I drowned in studies) I'm back here at my blog again. During the little spare time I have had lately I have been trying to at least make a fraction of my creative ideas come to life. The rest of the will have to wait until I somehow get the time to make them, but they are safely sitting in my scetchbook for so long. One little creature that I've managed to create is Little Amigurumi Kitty. Posing proudly next to my cat calligraphy painting. (Though the calligraphy is not made by me even if I wish I were that good !)

Secret World

My dear hubby wanted us to have something we can do together at home so he bought us two accounts in the MMORPG Secret World. I'm really thankful to him as the game is heaps of fun! I don't really know how to explain the pleaures of running around in an alternat reality killing loads of zombies, but it's really super fun. I nthis game they have also limited the PVP to the arena areas so there is no need to worry about being ganked while running around doing my zombie killing and mystery solving business. I also like how they have integrated the problem solving from adventure games into this game. Here a pic of my hubbys character while he is runnig around in the zombie filled town of Kingsmouth.

Homemade chili flakes

Chili flakes are easy to make at home. I first thought I would make it solely out of my homegrown chillies but I didn't have enought of them to fill a small jar. So I bought a bulk bag of dried thai chillies and mixed them up with my homegrown dried chillies.

 First I removed the stalks left on them then I put everything in the blender and crushed them up. Note to myself for next time: Don't inhale any chili powder that rises from the blender unless you enjoy a runny and sore nose for the next hour or so ! 

Here's the result: