happy saturday

I was about to go to the flea market as I saw something
was waiting in my mailbox (can you guess, what it is?).
I was excited, but no time to go upstairs again - it had
to wait. Quickly I took a glance at my front garden. The
roses were blooming beautiful on the first plant and so
was the cotoneaster. It was full of bees and humble bees.
Mmhh... how I love the sound! bzzz..bzz...bzzzzz....



I didn't expect to find anything on the flea market.
Maybe you remember, I once said, flea market made
me sad. It did! The sad feeling was coming after I saw
a few tables. I already wanted to go back home, when
I saw something, that made my heart jumped. An
adjustable dolly!



My body doesn't have much curves, so that I could
never use a standard dummy. I was thinking of buying
this kind of dummy, but they were so expensive. So, I
was really excited, when I saw this. And somehow it
looked like a cage. I'm in love with the filigree of bird
cages, but I'm not fond of their purpose though (my
parents had birds in Jakarta, but they were in a big
aviary approx. 90 sqm with a garden in it - so it's not
comparable). This dummy is delicate, decorative and
useful - for 9 Euro: perfect!!

Back home I opened up the parcel. Have you guessed,
what it was? Yes, the happy package from Mitsy's
giveaway. I'm such an ace in the blog world *lol* I've
paused from the blog giveaway for a while, but as soon
as I attend one, I won again. But now I won't pause
anymore - why should I refuse my luck, right? :)
Thank you, Mitsy, for the isolated brooch, the scared
necklace (watch out this space - who knows, when
they'll appear there ;)) and the happy girls - my happy
girl is happy to meet her family ;) And thank you,
lovessunflowers, for your golden finger number! :)



After all the excitements I went to the DIY store. The
roses had mildew and the ilex has some yellow leaves,
with weird speckles on the back. I took a leaf with me.
The lady there said, my ilex must have fungus. She
handed me out a chemical thing, which would work for
both plants. As I asked her for something from Neudorff,
she said, that it won't work or one has to do it often, that
it's just as toxic as that other chemical thing. I hesitated
and came home with the chemical one. Ugh!!! At home
I regret it. I have to learn to stand behind myself and
stick to what I want to. Right? Yes! :)

Happy weekend to you!

P.S. Oh, talking about my luck.. I found a 5 Euro note in
the garden. But as I saw the daughter of my neighbor
standing there this morning, I was sure, it was hers. So
I asked her and she said yes. What a Saturday! :)

i won!

Yes, again! I'm such a lucky duck, that I'm already
afraid to take part on new contests ;)

Ingermaaike had started a contest on her blog in
October. We had to tell her, when we think the
snow will completely cover her goat. I guessed
Feb 13th, as according to my experience of living
in the Black Forest, the snow falls more in February
rather than in December. On Jan 25th her goat was
fully covered, so my guess was the closest.

Yesterday a package from Norway has arrived with
a cute snowman and a wonderful scarf inside! Thank
you, Inger!! Love them both :)

wheel of life

My father has always told me, that life is like
a wheel. Sometimes you are on the up-side and
sometimes on the down-side. He's SO right!

I was a lucky girl the last months - my up-side :)
I've won a cute glass pendant on Indigoluna's
blog post 'One World, One Heart Giveaway',
my treasuries were often on Etsy homepage,
my items were up there several times too and
I've won the drawing on HeliS' blog and got the
cute naughty girls pouch. What a lucky duck
I was!! ^_^


pendant by Indigoluna & pouch by HeliS

But now I'm on the down-side, I guess...
My MOO stickers turned out not as I've expected,
but it was my own fault, since I forgot to put a
background, so that they print the pics on black
background *sigh* My new leather cords are
pretty, but smell like fish!! So, don't know what
to do with them - maybe anything but jewelry
making. Another supplier delivered only half of
my order. And my new shoes, which I've bought
online too, is pretty on the front and very
comfortable, but it has a failure on the back (call
me a perfectionist, but a lonely hole is a hole) and
clicked if I walk, as if I'm walking on a bubble
wrap. I'll surely attract attentions of other people
for my walk rhythm :P

I can understand the feeling of people, who gave
other sellers negative feedbacks, better now - that
shouldn't lead me to do the same though ;) I just
feel so helpless and disappointed somehow. Asking
why they make the failure is like pointing at them
and judging them too. I did it - try to do it the soft
way, but the bad feelings remains... *sigh* Hope
they find solutions of the problems, that I can
happily be their returning customers again.

Oh my... why complaining? I still have my up-side,
for which I'm really grateful and happy!! My shop
is selling well lately. I've got two returning
customers (I agree with others, that returning
customers are the best compliments of one's work)
and I've seen some more customers are hearting
my new items. I'm a hopeless optimist, but the
hearts they give are already making me happy :)

So you see... always look on the bright side of life!
E.g. how lucky I was to find the real green berries ;)