Wednesday, July 21, 2010

I'm still here!

I've been neglecting my blog for so long, but I've finally got some of the urge for doing some creative work back, and feel like posting some stuff again :o)
I've started on an other 'Precious things' bag. It's nice to enjoy some sewing again!
This one is going to be a gift for a friend of mine ;o)



Some weeks ago, I got three little treasures. It's three gorgeous timbles. I got two of them from my mom from her little trip to Sweden, and one from a kind colleague from work.
I guess this is a start of my timble collection :o)



It's my second week of the Summer Holidays, and so far the weather has not been too good. It's been too many days with rain, so me and Hubby figured we could finally start the painting some of our furniture. It's an old cupboard we got from Hubby's parents about 15yrs ago, and it's not so nice looking anymore. But some paint can really do wonders!


We rubbed the whole thing, and we're painting it white. It will need to be painted with four layers till we get the paint looking nice, and we're done with two already :o) It looks great already! I'm so excited to finsish it, it looks so empty in our living room without it.

I'm off to do some sewing in my sewing room now, so I can get some progress done.
I'm working on the 'secret project', but I'm almost there, and will show you pics when I finish it ;o)



Wish you all a great day, and happy sewing,
Laila

5 comments:

Mona said...

det sticherymønsteret er bare utrolig lekkert. Hvem har laget det?. Kjekt å ha..... Det er nydelig vær i dag som jeg har tilbrakt ute i lysthuset sammen med malerkosten. Det var jammen varmt. Møblene kommer til å bli kjempeflotte. Ha en fortsatt super kveld.

Trollmor :) said...

Nydelig stitchery :) Koselig å se nye innlegg fra deg igjen ! Tida går så fort, og det kan fort gå litt tid mellom innleggene, ja.. Opplever det selv stadig vekk, hihi :) Ønsker deg fortsatt god ferie ! Nyt den ! Klem

LindaQuilt said...

Et flott sticherymotiv!

Jeg har begynt å stiche selv... nesten litt skummelt siden stingene nesten lever sitt eget liv: De blir jo ikke like lange. Det må enten være begynnerfeil, eller så må jeg bare leve med at SÅNN er det, og sånn vil det fortsette å være.

Jeg er heller ikke så aktiv på bloggen, men putler allikevel litt på med litt syarbeid. Og siden jeg sticher, tar det jo litt tid. Har dessuten flere halvferdige prosjekter rundt omkring, og de vil jeg ikke publisere....

Ha en riktig fin helg - kanskje en skikkelig sy-helg?

Liv Nora said...

Flott stitchery du holder på med. Ellers har du også en veldig fin blogg med mye lekkert !!

Darcie said...

The painting is indeed looking wonderful! Nice to see the two of you working side by side. ;-)

{{{HUGS!}}}

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