having fun...

Wow, how time flies by when you are having fun!
These past weeks, I've been busy in my workshop

hand painting roses on textiles (linen, cotton etc.).

I really, really love doing this,

The next step is to get one good

seamstress I know to do her magic,

(e.i. make it into pillows)

I'm always mixing up new colors

to try out

beautiful samples of silk, taft,

velour etc. are just about all

over the place right now!

color testing..

when ever I'm working, he's there,

and he's always so cool :)

Now I'm planing to put up a small

pillow/show in my workshop

( and hopefully sell one or two ;)

Thank you for stopping by.

White linen pillows...

New crispy white linen pillows with our initials

hand painted on them! I´m still working on

my "new bedroom look" and this is what

came out of last days work. I must say

things have been running rather

slow around here, but

I do love when I get things done!!

A (new) lamp shade also got a make over

(These hand painted boxes, I did

some years ago, fit well in the room now

plus they are great for storing things,

like summer shoe's... ;)

I still have some things to do

before I'm finished, but I

am getting there ;)

keep on lighting the candles...

I bought this hanging candle holder just before

Christmas and I decorated it with pine branches

and red ribbon. We used it a lot so I just couldn't

take it down with everything else and put it in

the storage for next time!

instead I re-decorated it using

white feathers and paper flowers

here in Iceland,

there are still a few months until we will start

seeing longer days with spring flowers

so I will keep on lighting the candles

and looking forward to the spring!

thank you for stopping by...

pink & appropriate...

I think it is only appropriate for me to start

the new year with a little blog about a

DIY/pink project.

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This time it´s the bedroom...

I felt the room needed to be more

feminine!! .....so what did I do?

I just added a little pink color to the room and

v o i l a !!!

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I had bought this statue of Jesus some months ago,

It needed some work, and Jesus got a pink dress!

plus I made him this wooden pedestal

to stand on.

I painted this old console table white, and put up a mirror that I

had made long time ago and bought this nice pink glass

for candles.

Then my mother gave me these old jewelries, they

belonged to my beloved grandmother, I made

this tiny pink pillow for them to sit on.

I will guard them well.

Made new pillows for the bed, some pink ones,

(but still have two big ones to make ;)

This hanger I made, from old wood, simply got

painted white and then sanded to give

it that old, used look.

I think displaying jewelry's and pink summer dresses

is good for me, specially when it's so

dark and snowing outside!

And this old chair got some

white paint & pink cover!

Here you can see what Jesus looked like

when i got it from a flee marked

(I still have Marie to do).

It's made from porcelain, so I painted it with

several layers of gesso (old recipe), and then

it was sanded down again, just to make it

look more like clay or stone, and finally

I painted and sealed it.

p.s. must tell you that my husband did approve

on these pink changes in our bedroom,

and YES, it's definitely better ;)

Happy new year to you all and,

wishing you...

A big thank you to all my followers

and everyone who has visited my blog.

Love auskula

white & red...

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Few

things I have

been making in december,

and as you can see I have used

white & red a lot, which is new for me,

..........but I must say, I kind of like it..........

;)

this old wood...

I was fortunate to get my hands on this old wood recently.

It comes from an old carpenter that used to collect

all kinds of old things like wood, doors,

windows, etc. and he often wrote on them where

they came from, on this he wrote Bægisárkirkja!

which is an old church buildt in 1858. The church has

been renovated through the years (1931,1954 and 1983)

and this old wood has probable been replaced with

a new one.

I am really grateful to this old carpenter for

having kept this for all these years.

(Bægisárkirkja 1858)

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