tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82767362367209608342024-02-22T09:08:37.987+01:00:: family creativa ::family life in sweden :: crafting & creating :: exploring & learning :: sharingmariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-61140596401548997102013-05-06T10:23:00.004+02:002013-05-06T10:23:33.898+02:00moving -> come visit me!<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8692364611/" title="prick by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="prick" height="500" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8542/8692364611_bd24f6fba4.jpg" width="500" /></a>
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I'm on a journey ... Not a real, physical one.<br />
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But, I'm doing something new. And I needed a new "home" for all of the good stuff.<br />
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<a href="http://www.marianenita.com/">www.marianenita.com</a><br />
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is my new blog. Please come visit me :-)<br />
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<br />mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-19371687236106567322013-04-22T13:09:00.000+02:002013-04-22T13:09:16.814+02:00Baby clothes + fabric paint = cute giftThis makes a cute and customizable gift for a baby.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8669466264/" title="body by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="body" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8403/8669466264_e5ed51dace_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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<b>You need:</b><br />
Plastic sheet or plastic pocket (or use freezer paper if you prefer)<br />
Tape<br />
Fabric paint<br />
Pen<br />
Scissors or knife<br />
Iron<br />
Sponge and/or paint brush<br />
Baby clothes (begin with washing them)<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8668363305/" title="body4 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="body4" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8401/8668363305_e7441cb9a4_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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Draw a picture (or find one on the internet + print it) and tranfer it to the plastic sheet with a pen. Cut it out with your scissors (I often use sharp nail scissors or embroidery scissors) and tape it to the fabric. I recommend putting an old newspaper (or similar) inside, to prevent the fabric paint from "bleeding" through.<br />
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Use a sponge and/or paint brush to apply the paint. After a little while you can remove the stencil (and if you want to you can rinse it under warm water to remove the paint and then use it again with other colors). Let it dry for a day (or according to the manufacturers instructions) and then iron it.<br />
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Ready to use, or give away :)<br />
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<br />mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-46179167677554368322013-04-18T11:12:00.000+02:002013-04-18T11:12:46.022+02:00On a rainy day :: Spring arrivesI woke up in the middle of the night and heard a familiar sound, yet it took me a while before I realised what it was: rain. We've had an extremely long winter and not until now spring is, slowly, arriving.<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8659289205/" title="IMG_7829 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8099/8659289205_2dc0ef62a7_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="IMG_7829"></a>
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Those past few days the weather has changed every day. From sunny to very windy to rainy. The snow is melting, the streets are cleaned up, and we see spring flowers in bloom. There's still ice on the lake, but only the birds walk there now.<br />
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Today I have to leave the lights on. Outside are dark clouds and heavy rain. Annabel is asleep and I've had a <i>chokladboll</i> (chocolate ball) that Nora made yesterday evening and a cup of tea. During my pregnancy I hated tea (still I missed it), but now I drink several cups a day of different kinds of tea ;-)<br />
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Days like this one are cosy and nice in a certain way. I feel I don't really have to <i>do</i> anything; I can let myself just <i>be</i>. I read a bit, email with a friend, and feel sleepy - and it's just okay. It's actually perfect.
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8659287169/" title="lillfisa3v by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8659287169_7baa006e59_c.jpg" width="603" height="800" alt="lillfisa3v"></a>mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-63223509529027397802013-04-16T14:08:00.001+02:002013-04-16T14:33:06.483+02:00How to make neater stripes when knittingI recently learnt something new at my knitting class.<br />
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I took the class with some of the mom's of Nora's friends. Our leader, Alice, is a sweet old lady who used to teach knitting, sewing etc at schools, but is now a retiree. We met at her house (and yes, she used to treat us with tea or coffee and cake) ever second week earlier this year.<br />
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She knows so much about knitting (and, as she said, the opportunities in knitting are endless, so she's still learning new things), she's like a living knitting encyclopedia.<br />
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When class begun I had already knitted half of the first sock, the one to the left. Alice taught me how to make the stripe look better: First <i>and</i> last row with the new color, <b>only knit, no purl</b>.<br />
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Really simple, and as you see it makes a huge difference and looks much more neat.<br />
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Shared at Frontier Dreams</a> :) <br />
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Ps. Yes, it's 1 knit, 1 purl on the left sock and 2 knit, 2 purl on the right one. I had forgotten the first one at home when beginning the second one, and didn't remember correctly ... mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-27068224164022927582013-04-15T18:49:00.000+02:002013-04-15T18:49:36.213+02:00What we've been doingThis is what my - our - life has been like lately.<br />
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mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-72509706190672682502013-04-13T11:48:00.000+02:002013-04-13T11:51:20.351+02:00Photographing children: creating a calm backgroundI love to shoot pictures of my children and with newborns it's so easy (they don't run around! ;-) ). I wanted to share a few easy tips with you on how to improve your photos. Just simple things that doesn't require special equipment or skills.<br />
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I want to begin with talking about the importance of the background. As fun as it can be to see your piles of clothes, toys, furniture and cats in the background, it's most of the time disturbing your eye. A calm, simple background help us focus on the motif in the photo: the baby/child.<br />
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Do you want to know how I created this green background?<br />
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<b>I put a blanket on our bed.</b><br />
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It's as simple as that :-)<br />
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You can try with different kinds of sheets, fabric, curtains, blankets etc. White is classic. Try pastels, patterns, gray, neons - It's fun, easy and inexpensive to play with backgrounds. Use what you have at home.<br />
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Don't put the baby too close to the background, as you'll see all wrinkles etc on the fabric/blanket then. I shot with f/5 to make the background even more blurry, but if you've got a more simple camera you can see if you have a portrait setting on it (use to look like a head). Focus on the eyes to make them the most sharp part of the photo - you want to draw the attention to the eyes, as that's where people naturally look when they meet someone or see a photo of a person.<br />
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This is what it looked like "behind the scenes":<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8640699040/" title="IMG_7772 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8115/8640699040_3b0e11b379_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="IMG_7772"></a>
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<br />mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-48242454238045539932013-04-07T13:41:00.004+02:002013-04-07T13:43:47.764+02:00My children's namesHow did you choose name for your children?<br />
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Nora has been one of my favourite names for many, many years - long before I met Magnus, long before I even knew I wanted a family. I think I first fell in love with the name when I was ~10 years old and went to the theatre with my best friend to see Ibsens Et Dukkehjem (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Doll%27s_House" target="_blank">A Doll's House</a>). Nora is the main charachter in the play.<br />
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Nora is also from a book I read and loved when I was young: Maria Gripe's "Agnes Cecilia - en sällsam historia" ("Agnes Cecilia" in English).<br />
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So when I met Magnus, I said that if we have a daughter, I want her name to be Nora. Actually, I said I want her name to be Nora Nenita. If he liked it. And he did ;)<br />
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Nenita is my middle name too, and my aunt's first name. It's spanish.<br />
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When I was pregnant with Annabel we decided Magnus was the one to choose a name. But when I mentioned Annabel, he fell in love with that name to ... and an Annabel it is. I suggested we'd take a middle name from his family, so her name is Annabel Eva - Eva from her grandma.<br />
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Annabel is a very uncommon name in Sweden, but it's not an unknown name. There's a song about Annabell Olsson that I think most of us have heard, at least when we were children. It's written by Lennart Hellsing who's written many popular Swedish songs, poems and books for children.<br />
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Here's the text, followed by a (terrible) google translation: <br />
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Annabell , Annabell,
<br />Annabell Olsson,
<br />hon sitter och drömmer,
<br />när månen går opp.
<br />Hon vandrar i trädgårn,
<br />och luktar på blommor,
<br />och sjunger bland liljor,
<br />och rosendeknopp.
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<br />Annabell, Annabell,
<br />Annabell Olsson,
<br />hon torkar ej disken,
<br />och bäddar som vi.
<br />Hon väljer bland pärlor,
<br />och trär dem på snoddar,
<br />i siden och sammet,
<br />hon dansar förbi.
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<br />Annabell, Annabell,
<br />Annabell Olsson,
<br />är inte som andra,
<br />som bråkar och slåss.
<br />Hon är en förtrollad,
<br />prinsessa från sagan,
<br />som råkat gå vilse,
<br />och bor här bland oss.<br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps">Annabell,</span> <span class="hps">Annabell,</span><br /><span class="hps">Annabell</span> <span class="hps">Olsson</span><br /><span class="hps">she sits</span> <span class="hps">and dreams</span><span>,</span><br /><span class="hps">when the moon</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">up.</span><br /><span class="hps">She</span> <span class="hps">walks in</span> the garden<span>,</span><br /><span class="hps">and smell</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">flowers,</span><br /><span class="hps">and sing</span> <span class="hps">among the lilies,</span><br /><span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">rose bulbs</span><span>.</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">Annabell,</span> <span class="hps">Annabell,</span><br /><span class="hps">Annabell</span> <span class="hps">Olsson</span><br /><span class="hps">she</span> <span class="hps">does not dry</span> <span class="hps">the dishes,</span><br /><span class="hps">and make the beds</span> <span class="hps">as we do.</span><br /><span class="hps">She chooses</span> <span class="hps">among</span> <span class="hps">pearls,</span><br /><span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">threading</span> <span class="hps">them on</span> <span class="hps">strings,</span><br /><span class="hps">in silk and</span> <span class="hps">velvet,</span><br /><span class="hps">she dances</span> <span class="hps">past.</span><br /><br /><span class="hps">Annabell,</span> <span class="hps">Annabell,</span><br /><span class="hps">Annabell</span> <span class="hps">Olsson</span><br /><span class="hps">is not like</span> <span class="hps">others,</span><br /><span class="hps">who</span> <span class="hps">argue</span> <span class="hps">and fight.</span><br /><span class="hps">She is</span> <span class="hps">an enchanted</span><span>,</span><br /><span class="hps">princess from</span> <span class="hps">the fairy tale</span><span>,</span><br /><span class="hps">who get</span> <span class="hps">lost</span><span>,</span><br /><span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">live here</span> <span class="hps">among us.</span></span> <br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/OfW59mnrUm4?t=20s" target="_blank">You can hear the song on youtube, here</a>. <br />
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<br />mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-39328828267538219542013-04-06T15:25:00.000+02:002013-04-06T15:25:08.013+02:00a girlI've been silent and I guess you know why.<br />
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The 26th was Nora's birthday (5 years old!). We begun celebrating it the evening before, not knowing if we'd be at home on her birthday. In the morning we had cake and gave her gifts. In the evening we went to the hospital, and on the following morning (my mom's birthday, by the way), our little daugther was born.<br />
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This is Annabel, a few days old. We're so in love with her :-)<br />
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<br />mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-30137453965678400022013-03-19T07:11:00.002+01:002013-03-19T07:11:16.037+01:00A silent week ...One might think I'm having a baby, not updating the blog for a week.<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/162538482/" title="Recieved: Roses, violets and periwinkle by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/70/162538482_0402e6d5b4_z.jpg" width="640" height="427" alt="Recieved: Roses, violets and periwinkle"></a>
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But no. I've actually told the baby to wait a bit more. We catched a cold. I'm quite okay, but Nora has kept us awake many nights with fever and cough. She's a bit better today and slept quite well tonight.<br />
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<br />mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-40130206434994337312013-03-12T11:44:00.000+01:002013-03-12T11:44:02.894+01:00We made bookmarksI wanted a simple and quick craft, so I decided to make a few bookmarks. Seconds later Nora joined me: "I want to make bookmarks, too!". She made one for grandma and one for herself. I made three and sent away all of them.<br />
<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8551515024/" title="bokmärken by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8237/8551515024_de9fa9ea52_z.jpg" width="640" height="298" alt="bokmärken"></a>
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It didn't take us many minutes to make them, but sometimes that's the best kind of craft.<br />
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Do you use bookmarks when reading? I often forgot to, but when I got a handmade one in August I started using it and since then there are bookmarks in about half of the books I'm reading (yes, I read many books at a time).<br />
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.se/" target="_blank">Keep calm craft on ... :-)</a>mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-19010018823336976192013-03-11T14:07:00.002+01:002013-03-11T16:05:51.124+01:00Creative writing :: 8 ways to get unstuck ::No matter if you're writing articles for a magazine or poetry for your own pleasure, you've definetely got stuck some time. Maybe you don't write at all nowadays, except for to do lists and grocery lists along with scrambling down one or another appointment in your schedule. How to get back into a more creative writing habit? I have some tips for you.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8548740074/" title="IMG_7576 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7576" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8520/8548740074_ba7846b2c8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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1. <b>Write list</b>s. They are easy, no preassure writing, and very fun to do. They are fun when becuase you make them fun. You can list your favourite ice creams, your cousins (and sort them by age), your daily habits - or 10 things you would do if you were a superhero, places you want to visit, famous people you'd like to have lunch with etc.<br />
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2. Cut out a<b> picture </b>from a magazine, glue it on a piece of paper and start writing about what is happening, or what just happened, or what will happen next. Do not think too much - write what comes to mind. No one will read it anyway; the purpose is to start writing again.<br />
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3. Describe something or someone. It can be a person, something that just happened, a place, your lunch. Use your <b>senses</b> but choose only one and write down all words that comes to mind. If you choose smell, then write down all the smells that describe the situation/person.<br />
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4. Write a <b>letter</b>. Pick a friend or relative, or find someone online, and write a letter telling them about your day, your thoughts, or maybe about what they mean to you. A Kindness Letter, where you tell them all what you like about them, is always appreciated :-)<br />
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5. Choose a<b> theme</b>. It can be anything. If it's hard to choose, pick a newspaper and write about the theme of the first headline. Or choose something classic, like Love, Inner Peace, War or Family. Then set your alarm clock to something between<b> 3 and 10 minutes</b>. 10 is an absolute maximum, I would recommend you to go for 3-5 minutes. And then write! Don't think about spelling or grammar or even if someone would be able to understand what you've written. Just let your mind flow and write, write, write. Write as if your life was dependant on it. And stop when you hear the alarm. Yes, stop.<br />
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6. Write <b>diary</b>. Do the classic "today I ...", or more experimental kinds like exploring different sides of yourself. Do it a daily chore for a limited time (you might even get a new habit here) during a few minutes a day.<br />
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7. <b>Continue a sentece</b>. Pick the first - or last - sentence in a book (preferably one you haven't read) and continue it. Write only one page. No more, no less.<br />
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8. Write a classic<b> fairy tale</b>. But only with main points or <b>mindmapping</b>. From the beginning to the end.<br />
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Do you have any tips on how to get unstuck? Please share them in the comments below :)mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-10578002683308937962013-03-10T10:49:00.000+01:002013-03-11T10:49:57.597+01:00Gratitude SundayIt's March. It's the first month of spring. But it feel like spring only in the middle of the day, when the sun is warming. The nights have been colder than usual: -20 degress Celsius tonight (-4 F). Despite the cold weather, there are so many things to be grateful for this week. I'm joining <a href="http://woolymossroots.blogspot.se/" target="_blank">Wooly Moss Roots in Gratitude Sunday</a>.<br />
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- The first <b>spring flowers</b> outside our house. Snowdrops and winter aconite.<br />
- The end of the pregnancy is coming closer: soon our <b>baby</b> is here!<br />
- I've been outside, <b>sitting in the sun</b>, twice this week! All in all I've haven't been outside this many hours since two good days I had in the beginning of August. Yeseterday we went to the lake with my mom and her cohabitant/boyfriend (what do you say in English?). People were iceskating and skiing on the lake. I sat on a chair and just relaxed.<br />
- I've been <b>sewing</b> and I've finished a couple of things I was working on. Feels good.<br />
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Photos above are from Sunday by the lake :) Me relaxing in the sun, Nora eating sausage, and Nora + Magnus + my mom walking on the ice.mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-79991957103326156582013-03-08T17:37:00.004+01:002013-03-08T17:37:38.467+01:00Spring, sun and fir cone animalsFor the first time since I don't know when, I've been outside for more than 15 minutes. It was W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L!
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The morning was cold but beautiful. It was -9 degrees Celcius (F = 15.8), but it soon rose and after lunch it was warm and nice in the sun. Snow was melting and Nora and I were bored inside our flat. I asked her if we should go out. You should have seen her expression - I haven't suggested going out for many, many months because of pain and the cold weather. Of course I can't walk or play, but at least it was warm enough to sit in the sun while Nora played.<br />
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We made fir cone animals and played with them.<br />
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I always think it's so funny when people say "when I was little we could play with anything. We made animals out of cones. But children today ..." and then they say what they think "children today" only do (and that more often include a screen than cones and sticks and twigs). In some ways they might be right, but what I think is so fun when they say it is that they can be 20 or they can be 80. People said so also when I was little (and I disagreed because I've always been playing with nature finds). And, I actually don't think there's any time when <i>everyone</i> made and played with cone animal.<br />
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Most important of all: if children always sit in front of a screen and never play in nature, well, who's fault is it? Instead of complaining about what children do and don't, take them outside and play with them!<br />
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It's now soon evening and Nora and Magnus have made a broccoli- & feta cheese pie which is in the oven at the moment. Friday is the day when Nora decide the menu and cook with one of us. This year she's so far chosen to make this pie 95% of all Fridays (I think we've had one exception or so ...). I love the idea of including her in the planning, shopping and cooking - but I honestly don't like eating the same pie every single Friday ;-) But then, on the other hand, she doesn't always like what I cook on, let's say, a Monday.<br />
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And I feel like my batteries were loaded a bit in the sun and the fresh air. I so needed it. Spring, please come! And baby, too!<br />
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Shared at <a href="http://www.themagiconions.com/" target="_blank">Friday's Nature Table</a> :-)mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-48911363029487856132013-03-07T13:37:00.002+01:002013-03-07T13:37:23.398+01:00Snow is melting and I am happy<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8536848226/" title="IMG_7528 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7528" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8230/8536848226_9b33d53ef8_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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I said I was labile. Today I'm, strangely enough (because of a bad night and pain), in a good mood. Even happy. The sun is shining and even if it was a cold morning, now the sun is warming and snow is melting. Blue sky. I believe birds are singing, somewhere (I can't hear any from inside the house). I'm almost singing myself: <i>It's a wonderful, wonderful day. </i>I don't even understand why.<br />
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My craft room, the sunniest one in the flat, is a mess. The rest of the house too. And today I don't care.<br />
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Tonight I'll go to knitting class and begin my second sock in the red self striping yarn. I didn't go there last time, because of too much pain (and tiredness), but today I really feel like knitting and chatting :)<br />
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<br />mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-87478345248471893052013-03-06T12:10:00.002+01:002013-03-06T12:10:42.712+01:00not a dance on roses<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8526722065/" title="IMG_7476 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7476" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8246/8526722065_7b83a88f78_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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It's 14 days until the baby is due (but I suspect it might wait until Easter) and I'm the most labile mom ever. At least it feels so. I try to control myself, but it's so difficult. And afterwards I feel ashamed of myself.<br />
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<b>I don't want to pretend pregnancy is a dance on roses. </b><br />
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For me it isn't, at all. But I have good days and bad days, good moments and bad moments. One thing is for sure: I'm normally a very stable person, so my behaviour now isn't easy for any of us. I try to explain to Nora why I am this way now (those times when I can't control myself and over react or say something I immediately regret), I apologize to my husband, and they're both understanding. But still, we all want this baby to arrive soon, and me to go back to my normal self.<br />
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Like this morning. Nora said she didn't want the slippers I made her, despite that she choose yarn, color and asked me to make butterflies. She said it calmly, it was just "a matter of fact", but I felt like crying. Or cutting the slippers in small pieces. Or telling her that I would never, ever knit anything for her. I didn't do any of that, luckily, but it took me three hours before I stopped feeling like someone had died (or worse). I over react. I understand what it comes from: 9 months of hyperemesis followed by pelvic girdle pain. And all those hormones, I guess.<br />
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Luckily I have some alone time today and can pull myself together. Magnus is at work and Nora is out in the nature with her friends, her backpack full of pancakes and fruits and carrot and hot chocolate. I will now watch a video on painting, have some leftovers for lunch, then work for a little while before picking her up and heading home again.mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-62916474401148993822013-03-05T09:51:00.002+01:002013-03-05T09:51:14.344+01:00Dragons & dinosaurs<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8529837453/" title="IMG_7504 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7504" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8529837453_cd5d93eb47_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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Our favourite craft is of the more eco friendly kind. We love to use the things we otherwise throw away/recycle to create new things. I have a box in which we collect stuff to craft and build and play with. We're never allowed to save more "crap" than what can fit into the box, which is a good rule (or else we'd save too many "might be useful one day"-things). Nora often go to that box and says she's about to make one or another thing.<br />
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The other day she said "let's make dragons". So we did. I have to help her with the glue gun (it's too hot for her to handle), but else than that she makes most of it by herself. I love to see her creative ideas and how she uses the material to build something new. I made the big dragon, she made the small and much cooler one :)<br />
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.se/" target="_blank">Shared at KCCO today.</a>mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-27888370916305192132013-03-04T10:39:00.003+01:002013-03-04T13:01:28.627+01:00Bunny comfort and a cradleWhen I was pregnant with Nora I bought a bunny for her. It was so soft och so nice to hold that I fell in love with it at the toy store.<br />
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Sometimes when I was feeling sad and alone (and I often were during that pregnancy, as I felt as "ill" that time as I do this time, but lived far from friends and family) I slept with that bunny in my arms. It comforted me.<br />
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Now it's one of Nora's favourites. She put it with it's kitty friend and some blankets in the cradle the other day.<br />
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I decided early that I'd buy a special softie for this baby too, during pregnancy. But since last time I've become much more aware of chemicals etc in toys and I couldn't make up my mind of what to give this little baby. I've been reading <a href="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Alicia's blog</a> for many, many years and now that she's been making the sweet <a href="http://rosylittlethings.typepad.com/posie_gets_cozy/2013/03/miss-maggie-rabbit.html" target="_blank">Miss Maggie Rabbit kit</a> I thought maybe I should buy it. A bunny for this baby too.<br />
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Friday was a bad day with a lot of pain and in the evening I was in a terrible mood. I checked out her blog and saw that she had just added the bunnies to the shop and before I knew it I had ordered one. The next morning they were all sold out. Much to my surprise this bunny has also been a comfort for me, even if it's not here yet. It's something to hold on to, and tonight, when I was awake (the pain wakes me up every 20 minutes), I thought of how I will sew the rabbit for my little baby. It was comforting. It almost made me smile :)<br />
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The cradle was built by my grandpa before I was born. Both me and my sister slept in it. Nora did not, she was that kind of baby who didn't want to leave her parents arms ;) She kind of still is, as she sleeps in our bed. This new little baby will also sleep with us during night so we put the cradle in the kitchen. I hope he/she will take daily naps there so that Nora and I can cook, create, eat etc all by ourselves for a little while every day. I think this baby might easier accept the cradle at daytime, as it can hear us being there all the time. Nora is never quiet ;-) But, we'll see. We don't know this baby yet.mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-88969046366399240052013-02-27T18:26:00.001+01:002013-02-27T18:29:14.284+01:00knitted + felted slippers<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8508679859/" title="tofflor by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="tofflor" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8101/8508679859_6e51ed978f_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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Do you remember<a href="http://familycreativa.blogspot.se/2013/02/slippers-and-boring-book.html" target="_blank"> the slippers I was knitting</a> on a few weeks ago? I finished them last week and felted them in the washing machine. They shrunk by 50% and are now as long as Nora's feet :-) Nora had chosen the yarn and now she told me she wanted pink and purple butterflies on them. I needle felted the butterflies and added some pink and blue glass beads. I put "sock stop" under them. The yarn and pattern are from Garnstudio. The yarn is Eskimo and you can find the pattern <a href="http://garnstudio.com/lang/us/pattern.php?id=5383&lang=us" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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I am very happy with the results. They're pretty and they're her size. Nora's opinion? "I don't think they're so comfortable." She does everything she can to keep her old slippers, that are about three sizes too small (she's walking on their heels) and has a big hole in the front (growing every week). But I think (or hope) she'll change her mind after using them for a week. Because that's what I told her: Wear them only one week and hopefully you'll get used to them, and if you don't like them by the end of that week, we'll think of something else. She agreed to that.<br />
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Today has been about walking - but in other ways. Nora and I went to my physiotherapist and I borrowed crutches + some other things that will help me and simplify my life. Now it's just a few weeks until the baby will arrive, and after that I will soon recover and be able to walk again. However now I will spend a few days learning to walk with crutches. I've never done that before.mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-64095336522696992332013-02-26T09:08:00.002+01:002013-02-26T09:08:25.772+01:00winter holiday<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8508680031/" title="pyssel by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="pyssel" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8378/8508680031_3b339070bc_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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It's Tuesday morning. Nora is on winter holidays all this week and outside it's just perfect weather for such a holiday: snow on the ground, frost on the trees, a little bit of sunshine. Had I not been 9 months pregnant I'd made us something hot to drink, some sandwiches and fruit to eat, and gone out in the nature. Maybe practiced a little ice skating with her too. But, because of pelvic girdle pain, I can only walk to the car and back and not so much more. Next winter, I tell myself. Next winter we'll do those things. This holiday we craft.<br />
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Yesterday we went to an "öppen förskola". It's a place where kids and parents can meet, like a kindergarten but still not at all. There's people working there, but the parents stay, and you can talk, play, eat, craft, maybe sing songs together or listen to a story. After coming home I was so tired. Nora was not. I finished a few knittings while she was creating. It was a nice afternoon.<br />
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Keep Calm Craft On.</a>mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-37450310621961644472013-02-25T10:45:00.000+01:002013-02-25T10:45:00.323+01:00knit a cat<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8467771006/" title="kattcollagefixad by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="kattcollagefixad" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8225/8467771006_dd89f41308_z.jpg" width="471" /></a>
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I knitted a cat and wrote a tutorial in Swedish. I feel a bit too tired at the moment writing it in English, but I wanted to share the photo with you.mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-40099955785856462512013-02-23T10:40:00.000+01:002013-02-23T10:40:00.498+01:00snack time<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8468128750/" title="fruktsallad2 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8244/8468128750_7c1d3cf45e_z.jpg" width="436" height="640" alt="fruktsallad2"></a>mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-19283188515811994442013-02-22T10:34:00.000+01:002013-02-22T10:34:00.698+01:00we make and create too much ;-)What do you do with all stuff you create?<br />
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Nora and I love to create little creatures, aliens, houses etc and she plays with them (at least for a while, until some new are created). She doesn't want to part with them. It's just that we've made so many things - and there are more to come. Sometimes, when something is broken and she hasn't used it for a while, I throw it away. However she use to remember the things we made and ask for them.<br />
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I love the process of creating. I love that she plays with it. But I don't love having hundreds of little creatures and their houses all over our flat.<br />
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I guess I'm not alone feeling that way. How do you handle it? mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-19455427674088438032013-02-21T09:56:00.001+01:002013-02-21T09:56:29.599+01:00what a newborn needs + needle felting"Have you prepared everything for the baby?", people ask.<br />
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Well, um, no? Or, is there that much to prepare?<br />
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The baby will sleep with us in our bed, so no need to prepare a bed. We just have to move our bed to the wall, but that is done in a few minutes.<br />
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We have found Nora's old baby car safety seat (I'm sure there's another word for that, but my English isn't that advanced ;-) ) so that we can bring the baby home safely. We have also found Nora's baby clothes and begun to wash them. I have some cloth diapers ready in the bathroom (we will need more, but there's no catastrophy if the baby arrives before the diapers, it is possible to use conventional diapers for a while after all).<br />
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Another family borrowed our stroller a year ago and we haven't brought it back home yet, but as I sell baby carriers and wraps we'll get along well until it comes home again.<br />
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I can't think of anything else we have to prepare. A newborn baby doesn't need so much.<br />
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So I needle felted this for the baby:<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8428920771/" title="ullhjärta1 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="ullhjärta1" height="426" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8232/8428920771_3081a29b33_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8430009424/" title="ullhjärta2 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="ullhjärta2" height="426" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8090/8430009424_5bb55be205_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8428920911/" title="mobil2 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="mobil2" height="426" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8507/8428920911_94f61ec550_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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<br />mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-85447796568627267432013-02-20T12:50:00.002+01:002013-02-20T12:50:28.307+01:00Self striping yarn and a magazine<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8489030122/" title="IMG_7360 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7360" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8489030122_43d6daa6a2_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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I've finished Nora's socks and her slippers. I'll just have to remember to take some pictures, and then I'll show you.The socks on the photo are for me (I think). I very seldom knit things for myself. I wonder why - I seem to be the one who appreciate knitted gifts the most ;-) Nora often likes what I'm knitting, until she's trying it on and exlaims "it's not comfortable!". Anyway, I cast on the red socks last Thursday on the sock knitting class and I'm trying a couple of new things, like making a stronger heel. I like that the yarn is self striping, it makes so fun to knit. "Just one more row", I say. <br />
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Except for the last chapter in the Confident Birth book, I'm not reading any book at the moment. However the last issue of Craftseller arrived two days ago. I haven't had time to really sit down and read it, I've only flipped through it a couple of times, but I hope I can read it any day now. Just so many other things and daily chores came in between (and I'm so tired in the evenings, I fall asleep together with Nora before ten pm).<br />
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More yarn along with <a href="http://www.gsheller.com/" target="_blank">Ginny</a>.mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8276736236720960834.post-52436724633134804702013-02-19T13:42:00.002+01:002013-02-19T13:43:58.661+01:00Hama bead snowflakes"I want to <i>make</i> something", Nora said yesterday evening. That was after a weekend full of play dooh that she got from my dad and his wife. She decided to make snowflakes out of Hama beads. She had a picture of such snowflakes and I was impressed at how soon she figured out exactly how to make them. I think they turned out quite pretty.<br />
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This morning she was still in a Hama bead-mood so she continued with the white beads on the star she begun a while back. She was so into it that she didn't want any breakfast (not that she's ever been a breakfast girl - opposite to Magnus and me).<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stelpalitla/8489031786/" title="IMG_7357 by maria nenita, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_7357" height="427" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8370/8489031786_bea25263d0_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
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<a href="http://frontierdreams.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Keep calm craft on.</a>mariahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175927674675156646noreply@blogger.com3