Day 327

Clara was eagerly crocheting this week

and made herself a little pouch.

Doesn't matter that the hook broke.

Thank you and Goodbye!

Day 281-287

I used up leftover paint this week

and started paintings with them.

Thanks for being the foundation

for some brave painting

and Goodbye!

Day 208 - 209

This weekend's declutter: already upcycled felted slippers (blogged here), 

now totally worn out (no photo).

Thank you and Goodbye!

Day 165+166: Clay Clutter

The girls' clay experiments:

... or what is left of them:

Thank you and Goodbye!

Day 158: Modelling Clay

From the forgotten depths of the basement:

Modelling clay

Clara used to play with

(years ago?).

Hardened and too cluttered.

Thanks for the fun

and Goodbye!

Day 157: Give some Heart

From Clara's craft clutter,

kept sticking to my shoes.

Thanks and Goodbye!

Day 153: Ist das Kunst oder kann das weg?

A heap of the girls' drawings and paintings, 

found around the living room.

For them it's more about the process,

I am telling myself.

Thank you and Goodbye!

Day 135: Clara's Knitting

Clara asked for some wool the other day.

One skein of yarn became this:

A long snake of finger knitting.

As I think that it was more about the process

than the result for her,

I am releasing the snake
(even though it hurts my crafty mama heart a bit).

Thanks for entertaining Clara,

training her fine motor skills

and Goodbye!

Day 128-131: Needles

Recovering from a virus and a large family gathering 

threw me a little back on decluttering, 

but I am catching up.

I went through my knitting needles collection and let go of these for two reasons:

the wooden circular needle is broken and the others are just very cheap ones that came with discounter wool. Their tips are so sharp and badly manufactured that they make knitting painful. I have never used them.

Thanks anyway and Goodbye!

Day 110: Cut or Go?

Easter Sunday with all its sunshine, width, family and good food 

also saw me magic up a rearranging whirlwind in my studio. 

Not so much to declutter though.

These misshappen pants were the first attempt

for Christmas presents in 2012 (here).

I kept them, just in case,

for cutting them up and fabric recycling projects.

Will I ever do it?

Day 101: Pre-Easter Decoration Declutter

I bought a set to make paper flowerball decoration a couple of weeks ago.

It looked so easy and beautiful and I thought it would be fun making those ornaments with Clara. In reality assembling those balls was a pain and both Clara and me lost our nerves while doing it. I managed to make one flowerball in the end. And that will be the end.

Next stop: paper recycling

Thank you for showing us our patience limit

and Goodbye!

Day 84: Craft like in the GDR

This is a craft book for children I had while growing up in Eastern Germany,

given to me by my mother:

Actually it is not the original from my childhood, but one that I ordered second-hand from Amazon out of a nostalgic mood. Only to realize when it arrived, that we had the original in Clara's room - my mother had kept the original and had given it to Clara.

So I never unwrapped the ordered book and maybe anyone of you is interested in that book - I will give it away. Just leave a comment.

Thank you for filling that little girl with a love for craft years ago

and Goodbye!

Day 43: Inspiration Package

The packaging from my latest book orders still cluttered the studio floor.

Off to the paper recycling!

Thank you for wrapping the precious insides safely

and Goodbye!

For further inspiration I keep these stamped images:

(from an order of Phoebe Wahl prints)

Day 41: Sew many Leftovers

From my last sewing adventures:

Thank you for the fun and me-time

and Goodbye!

Day 40: Yarn Labels

I was a very avid knitter for a while. I still knit, but not as obsessed as I used to (but that can happen again). You are usually advised to keep the labels from the yarn you have knitted with, for later reference.

But you know what? I have never checked them. When in doubt, you can wash all wooly items by hand or with the wool-program of your washing machine. And I documented my knitted things on my Ravelry page.

So thank you for holding those wooly pleasures 

and Goodbye!

Day 39: The Studio

We are entering sacred space for the days to come:

my studio, as it is right now

The only thing I had the courage to touch today 

was this:

an empty thread spool

I have dozens of spools for sewing in all kinds of colours. 

I think, I kept this one for Carolina to play with.

She prefers the spools with real thread still on them.

More fun.

So thank you (probably former pink thread spool, because they go fastest)

and Goodbye!