VIOLETS

yesterday i took a little walk in my home surroundings, before my head would explode and make a mess all over my desk. so i followed my favourite path: first i pass the cemetery, but did not enter, which i usually do. too much shadow, i wanted to stay in the sun, as its freaking cold at the moment. icy almost! then i circled the huge stammheim prison, a state penitentary that got its fame from the RAF terror processes in the 70ties. Its placed, whereelse, in the Land of SiebenMorgen and the favourite walking path leads around it. Its obscene! the path leads to another area called Emerholz and there are many many little gardens, full with apple and pear trees, little huts, blossoming bushes, magnolias, birches and evergreens. the birds love it there and once you blend out the distant sound of the autobahn, its like a concert of birds. finches, sparrows, crows, robins, the little blue tomtit which i love so much, happy squirrels runnig up and down the trees - for me its like fairytale. well, there are no barb wire fences surrounding the little paradises in fairytale land, but i just ignore them. people here have a strong need for security i guess or even more and simple, to build up a fence to be separated from the others. to show what is their ground. anyway, i liKe to walk around there, its an image for being home in land before time. even though you get suspicious looks if you jus stop to look and enjoy or if you pick up blossoms or whatever. maybe hey thing this girl is a creep, standing there for no purpose watching birds. or:uhhh, she's getting her shoes all dirty, tsts! well, on my way back i found next to horse court under an old apple tree the first little violets!! i could not believe my eyes, its very early and way too cold actually, but of course i could not resist and picked some. they smell sooo incredibly good! spring is here.

AMIGURUMI AFTERNOON TEA

as i am not very creative today, just illin and chillin (harhar), i like you to meet some of my best friends: here you have mr. bunny, who i recently met at www.emeraldbumblee.dawanda.com, hosting a afternoon tea party for my bukubuku allstars and the weird frog.

in case you don't know bukubuku yet, here's a little story to tell: two winters ago i have met a little spanish girl with the most beautiful fawn-like eyes in my seasonal shop at the christmas market, near my studio. she came with all her amigurumi friends, sweet little brooches and whatnot and i was totally AMAZED how much love for the detail and respect for the material she gave to her handmade little treasures. i had so far never seen something like this before and so she totally got me addicted to cute stuff and, of course, her lovely work. the way she packs and wraps and treats her things are in a very japanese way . the wrapping is as worthy as its content. everything is just puuuurrrfect!! i fell in love with her ever since...
so, on this pic she has made the little pear bear and miss pinky fuzz, as well as the little chicken in his nest. she also got me into this blog thing and i thank her for that! please meet her at:

www.hellobuku.blogspot.com

concerning the weird frog: my friend ute gave him to me. i guess he was crocheted by an old german lady at a charity basar, way before the word amigurumi was spread. but, yeah, the other crochet chreatures have accepted him for one of them. party on, guys!!

SUN OR SNOW

ahhh, dou you see this? it looks nice, right? its the view from my desk into my little garden .what you don't see are the little icy crystals called snowflakes flying through the air from time to time. they give me a bad headache! no inspiration at all.... maybe i should fill the little birdhouses with seeds and just watch them go picky picky..

MOO minicards

look what i found in the mail today: my first order of minimoocards. and mini they are! tiny tiny mini. but i like em. i think they are sweet as little things to send with the orders, but this would be the first time i send out something NOT handmade! well, i think of them more a mouthwatering business card. and you see clearly that i have to improve my photoshop abilities, but well, can't be perfect in everything. oh and - yes, sorry, there was no time for manicure. i'm a crafty girl with messed up nails.

MY PRINT IN FRANKIE MGAZINE!!!!

aaaaahhhh this is sooooooOO cool: i just opened the mail box and found the march/april issue of australian frankie magazine with my poster in it! the hey bunnies are a centerfold now, HAHA!!

thats so awesome! the print came out great, i don't even dare to take it out yet. it looks sooo good.

and the best is: same issue features......KIM GORDON from Sonic youth. unbelievable, me and kim in one mag..haha! i feel honored. good company, also christina ricci is in.

check out the web:

www.frankie.com.au

stickerbags!

have you slept well? my head is giving me a hard time, it feels big and heavy. maybe the spring weather. before i hop to the shower look here, i had major fun with making these little sticker bags! they are filled with those little paper stickers, you have to moist on the back like stamps for a letter. we call them "spuckis", like "spit-ons"... each single sticker is handpunched and handprinted, some of them with even more than just one stamp. but i am not sure if i can sell this....
anyway, ITS FUN!

welcome spring!

my oh my, this has been a stormy weekend!! nonetheless the first narcissus started blooming today, right in the first days of march. so lovely!

yesterday i have been to munich to pick some of my artwork from a little gallery who did a show with me last year. afterwards j and me went to see the mark rothko show in the kunsthalle and, what can i say, his paintings are beautiful beautiful beautiful! sublime and inspiring. i wanted to start painting immediately and thats also why today i am hanging on my desk for hours already.
the only thing that really bothered me was the kunsthalle itself. the rooms are quiet nice actually, but the presentation of rothkos work- i don't know. too many paintings in one room, lot of concetration gets lost when you have to hover between all the audioguided art tourists, get distracted by screened life history and loud coffeehouse sounds from the lobby. to look at art has to be great entertainement today, spectacular, media enhanced etc pp. IT SUCKS! as if the paintings were not speaking for themselves. anyway, tomorrow i will go to the studio and paint!

today, i'll post some new fresh spring stuff in my shops! made this little notebooks with a lot of love for detail, hope somebody else will like them, too ..