Moeders voor moeders

I'm part of a sew, crochet, knitting- group called the 'knappe knoopjes' or translated 'smart/pretty buttons'. We come together every 3 weeks to work on our projects together and chat the evening away. On our last get together, lots of participants helped to sew, crochet or knit for a non-profit organization called 'Moeders voor moeders' or 'Mothers for mothers'.
This non-profit organization is dedicated to families or single persons with children under 12 years.They help them with food parcels, clothing and more. The poorest children should not miss the fun times so they also help out with gifts for the children's birthday, Christmas, Saint Nicolas, etc.
They were in great need of dark blue and grey scarves and hats for primary school children to fit with their school uniform, so they called out for help for anyone who could help make 'em.
I too picked up my crochet hook and finished a scarf yesterday. It's pretty hard to photograph as it's quite long and very, very curly but I hope the child wearing it will love it and that it will keep her toasty warm. Well I suppose it will be worn by a girl as it's quite a feminine design. :)

Hand leaves

Another glimpse from the North Story...
Not much longer now before the new line will be in our shops!
Happy day everyone!

Flickr Favorites

1. napping, 2. Window (77/365), 3. ...

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/suricata/4002494852/in/faves-artmind_etcetera/

Wouldn't you love to nap all day long like that baby? I kind of feel like I need a napping day. I've been working lots and lots lately so I think I deserve a day off sometime soon.
And I want to spend it quietly with a book, some scones with tea and perhaps even my crochet hook. I also found the picture of the mammatus clouds very intriguing. I've never seen such weird cloud formation but perhaps it's better that way as they are usually accompagnied by tornadic storms.

Tiny bunny love

Custom made bunnies for a moss terrarium. I couldn't resist an inquiery to make a set of tiny bunnies like the singing birds. However cute they are, they won't be added to the assortment of my Etsy shop. :)
They make me smile, and you? Happy weekend everyone!

Tiny diamond

If you were curious what I have been cutting the other day... All tiny images like the diamond above. These screenprinted decals have been applied onto the tiny porcelain discs.
The image designs are from the hand of my collaboration partner Anna (LilaRubyKing). We don't want to spill the beans all at once and give you an overdose so bit by bit, the North Story will unravel... :)

Remember that we asked a while back if you preferred glazed or unglazed jewellery?
Thank you so much for all your response and opinions. It was a very close call and there were only 5 votes difference between the two.
Anna and I both leaned towards the unglazed jewellery so we decided to go unglazed. Such tough decission as decals are much easier to apply to glazed ware. I did run tests on the unglazed ware and it's definately a bit of a challenge but it looks so natural, different & unique that we're all jippetyjappety happy with the result. Not much longer now before we show more...

Flickr Favorites

1. 324/365: bottle it up, and breathe it back, 2. .,
3. tv on the radio:halfway home, 4. 327/365: for the old of heart and the young of age

I love these shades of blue. So gentle and soft and the images are really strong.
This mosaic was made a few weeks ago and I put it in my concepts. It's not really my mood at the moment but I was too lazy to make another one.
I love the road picture a lot. It reminds me of my favorite poem 'The road not taken' by Robert Frost.

Work in progress

Making porcelain lace hearts for a commission.
What have you been up to?