Appletrees & jewellery in the making

It`s really cold outside right now (well, actually it`s rather cold inside as well) and I just love how beautiful it all looks. I especially love the look of the appletrees... Appletrees are such a good sign of how the seasons are changing and the beauty of it`s many different colours are amazing, which I think is why I like it as much as I do. And appletrees means apples & apples means things like applepie, cider, fruitsalad... The appletree isn`t just a pretty face you know :-)

I`ve finally have had some time to sit down with my pearls & I`ve tried do create some jewellery. Right now, it`s only jewellery in the making because I`m not really finished yet but here`s how it looks at the moment.

Pearls & Paper

My parcel of pearls and various christmas crafting items finally arrived today! I`m really excited to get crafting and I`m already imagining the jewellery, christmas decorations & christmas cards that I would like to make :-)

I didn`t photograph everything in the parcel but here`s the pearls and some of the paper. Isn`t the images on the paper beautiful? I love the old-fashion look of it & I think it will make lovely christmas cards...

A pumpkin

I`m really trying not to be such a perfectionist & instead focus on how fun and relaxing it is to create things. I`m still experimenting with the sewing machine & this time I made something for Halloween... I figured it would be better to do the Halloween stuff before all the Christmas stuff, it seems to be a more logical order somehow ;-)

If you want to get into the Halloween spirit, take a look at the wonderful things at Potterybarn, Ballard Designs (I love the Spooky Treat Bowl) & Stonewall Kitchen.
And even though it`s not Halloween, sia has a wonderful collection called Delightful autumn.

Christmas is coming early this year

I don`t know why, but suddenly I feel like it`s not such a bad thing to get organized and prepare my christmas presents/decorations now instead of a couple of days before Christmas Eve... It`s a strange feeling, knowing that I`ve got plenty of time to do it. Strange but pleasant! :-)

Here`s a Christmas decoration that I made the other day, mainly as an experiment since I haven`t used the sewing machine for years.