I wish you all a...

Thank you for visiting my blog and I look forward seeing you all in the new year.

my dear friends...

excellent agreement..

Spending time with family and friends is what christmas is about, and to day we are having some dear friends for dinner.  My husband takes care of the menu, (he is such a great cook), and I get to decorate!! ...what an excellent agreement ;)

Today we are having our traditional christmas menu.

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Menu

Marinaded herring

Brown bread & smoked salmon

Roast pork with home made cabbage,

pickled cucumbers and potatoes. Cheeses with figs.

Beer and some christmas snaps.  Expresso and belgian chocolate

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I wish you all a merry christmas and thank you for visiting my blog.

Oh you lucky dog...

Some are busy getting everything done

and some are just chilling on the sofa!

Oh, you  lucky dog... :)

silk ribbon embroidery...

From the moment I saw the first silk ribbon embroidery items I was hooked.

I wanted to learn how to do it, how to make all kinds of roses, I love roses. 

 After reading about it, looking at tons of pictures, trying out different 

techniques for coloring the ribbons, believing I could do it, 

 even though I have never been a big fan of embroidery, 

my first silk ribbon embroidery items are ready!!  

my silk ribbon embroidery turned into these (beautiful) pillows

by a very talented professional seamstress..

silk ribbon roses & linen..

soon to be someone's heart...? 

(I hope to be able to sell these items in my web-shop, opening soon!?)

thank you for stopping by...

going for red...

Just started to decorate the house for the holidays ahead

and  thinking should I go for red ??

candles & cookies...

Now It's all about candles & baking & making home

made christmas presents & amaryllis bulbs...

& simply enjoying this time of the year!!

have a nice week :)

new stuff called STUC...

I have been trying out this new product we are starting to sell along with our lime-paint, (www.kalklitir.com). It is a special mix called STUC, (lime, cement etc.) and we use the same dry pigments to add color to it as we do to our lime-paint, here on this table top,  I used my favorite  color,  san saccaria ;)  The process to mix it is similar to the use of our lime paint, i.e. you only mix water to the STUC.  First you have to give the area one coat of a special primer, (we sell that too ;)  which dries in approx. one hour, and then you need 2-3 thin layers of STUC. Then when the STUC is dry, (already the next day), you can give it one 

(or two) layers of wax-oile (we sell that one too ;) to protect it and keep it nice and smooth.

  You can use the Stuc on all kinds of things, stone floor, old tiles, walls, glass, wood etc.  as long as the surface is "dead"  (i.e. not mowing or expanding ;)  I have already tried it on our old  porcelain sink in the bathroom, (will do a post on that late) among other things, and I have to say,

 I'm absolutely thrilled about this new stuff called STUC!! 

yes, I also put some STUC on the base of this wooden lamp ;)

If you are interested in trying out this new

product you can contact us via :  audur@glera.is

Thank you for stopping by....

painting & patinating...

More "faux vintage"

These are few of my decorated bowls I've been doing

 using transfer technique. Still using these 200 year old 

wallpaper cuts I found, editing the prints on my computer,

painting and patinating  and then baking them in the oven

to get the look I like ;)

I am planing to open a web shop to sell the things I make,

( handpainted pillows, bowls, decoupage items, limepaint etc. )

 hopefully it will be soon... in the meantime you can always

send me an email if you are interested in buying ;)

( email : audur@glera.is )

Thank you for stopping by....

glue & glitter...

I'm using copies from old wallpaper again, but this time 

to decorate old and rather ugly metal trash can, 

(but trying to make it look vintage ;) 

& gluing carrara marble glitter

(martha stewart)on things to use

for christmas decorations,

so

glue & glitter all over the place now!

thank you for stopping by...