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Birds

I am taking a bird course at the moment. Every day at six in the morning I start to listen to the birds (while I am still in bed), trying to figure out who is singing. Common blackbird (Turdus merula), House sparrow (Passer domesticus), Great tit (Parus major) and Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) are the most common guests. Others are singing but I don’t know them yet…

The birds inspired me to make a new stamp collection. I decided to carve all birds from Switzerland. (And some cool once like the puffin). It’s the perfect way to learn them, because I have to study each bird in detail before carving. They will be available in my shop soon.

Any suggestions what bird I should carve next?

 

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Supercraft kit #10

The last supercraft kit arrived a while ago, but I only had a look at it today. This time its about felt and wool to do cool stuff for the kitchen. In addition, there is a little booklet for your seasonal recipes!

I am not sure yet what to create, but I wonder if I can use this piece of felt to make a mountain pillow that I have wanted to do for a long time!

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Mushrooms and flowers

I have made these stamps a while ago, but I had a problem with the glue. The glue I used before, never worked well. After using the stamps for a while, the glue did not hold any longer. I bought a new glue the other day and this one is really sticky. Perfect for my stamps. So here are the new products, three mushrooms and three flowers, including one of my favorites Linnea borealis, a violet and a snowdrop.

 

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Yellow Owl’s Little Prints

My newest acquirement is „Yellow Owl’s Little Prints“ by Christine Schmidt. I love the design and all the products from Yellow Owl Workshop. They make greeting cards, stamp sets, ink pads (I use them all the time) and many more.

This new book presents little workshops for you and your kids. It’s organized in categories such as Celebrate, Play or Wear. At the end of the book there are many templates you can use if you are not the best drawer (like me). I look forward to start a project very soon, maybe to print a Sweater for my nephew or make adorable labels for the next birthday child.

 

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Hot Chocolate

What a day! It’s cold, rainy and no snow around to make it cosy. I have a cold and Mr. K is sick  in bed. It’s chilly in our flat and I am sitting wrapped in a blanket, drinking tea and trying to write an introduction to a paper on local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in central and edge populations of ruderal plant species along elevational and latitudinal gradients. (What?). I know.

All that can help here is a steaming hot chocolate with cream! It’s the easiest thing to do really. Put some milk in a pan. Add your favorite dark Chocolate. I like the Chocolate, which is not sweet at all. Warm and steer it until all Chocolate is melted. In the meantime whip some cream. Pure the hot Chocolate in a mug and add the cream. Enjoy! But careful, the milk is hot. I always burn my tongue on the first sip because I can’t wait:-(

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My second paper

Writing a paper can be a very long process, especially if it is one of your first papers. But finally it is out. This paper is about the field survey I did in summer 2010 in Scandinavia and Switzerland, where I made a lot of nice pictures. The reason is that I surveyed road sites for days and carried my camera everywhere around with me.

Please let me know if you would like to read the paper…

 

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