strandgut

soaps

2008-05-08T10:46:04Z

:: i made me a new green chalkboard :: i'm really into shades of green :: :: it has been quiet around here :: i have been sick and i had a project to finish, so being sick was not really on the menu, which made last week kind of a strain :: phew :: :: finally, finally, spring really set in here in the last couple of days :: almost unbelievable blue skies after all that winter grey :: i have spring-enjoyment on the top of my list for the next couple of days :: didn't have that much yet, because i was sick - so annoying with blue skies ! :: :: here are some tunes to enjoy :: new notwist :: there is a beautiful new video for 'where in this world' featuring sandra hueller and august diehl :: hidden in a very elaborate flash page :: can you find the video? :: hint : you have to look for something that looks like a map-design :: i love their whole new album :: :: for an easier click please go here :: :: a lovely spring week to everyone who stops by ::

season's opening

2008-04-21T11:50:10Z

:: first ice-cream this year after spring opening :: on sunday :: :: do you sometimes wonder about genetically altered food ? :: it's a scary thing to me but i couldn't really say why :: i just didn't know enough, i noticed :: i just saw this documentary :: the future of food :: a movie to make you a lot smarter on the issue :: i hope the the milk in the ice-cream above came from a happy cow... :: :: to round this up on this beautiful spring day :: here's a classic earth-saver-song for you :: :: happy spring ! ::

on my desk

2008-04-18T17:39:39Z

:: another post today :: i just couldn't decide :: so there's two for you :) :: :: here are two beautiful photography links to enjoy :: :: first :: beautiful food photography from munich by :: coco lang :: :: and also this :: from cologne :: :: christopher muller :: :: look at these still lives :: :: i am in love with this photo :: and this :: :: happy weekend! ::

dishes

2008-04-18T17:23:21Z

:: i know i had this one on flickr before, but i couldn't resist having it here :) :: it's the reworked slide version, too and i like it much better than the first ::

2 pillows in the sun

2008-04-17T11:46:59Z

:: hi ! :: :: bringing to you the past 1 1/2 weeks in review :: :: last week on monday was my birthday, where i had a good time and some really good food ;) :: :: i am very lucky, because i got so many generous presents :: :: among other things (!) i got two (!) new donna hay cook books, a new bell for my bike and a glam pink jelly-pen :: :: this makes me feel really well prepared for my next year in life :: :: in the meantime deadlines pile up here :: :: a new assignment came in, that needed to be planned out and prepared :: :: also, i'm hard at work on my portfolio :: :: in the meantime, i haven't really been able to answer any e-mails... :: :: but i also had some good running time :: :: and i'm sooo glad, there finally have been a few sunny days so far :: :: i really love cloudy skies :: i don't think i could live here if i didn't :: :: but it's just so much nicer to run errands in the sun than in the pouring rain :: :: and i can't believe it's thursday already ! :: :: time flies :: :: also this :: just yesterday i had a really cool encounter with a very large crow on my tiny balkony :: we both sort of hadn't really noticed one another and all of a sudden it was sitting at arms length just across where i was standing in the door and looked me straight in the eye in amazement with beautiful eyes that looked like shiny black buttons :: i think it was thinking wether i was seriously thinking i could share this space with her :: anyway, it decided to grace another spot with its dramatic appearance and took of a moment later with beautiful blue-black wings :: those birds really are so beautiful, but really: they are large! :: :: hope you are well ::

officially spring!

2008-04-04T18:38:49Z

:: first tea outdoors on the balkony this year :: it's already on the draw-back since i took the photos a few days ago, but still it made an apearance :: :: i don't know about you, but i'm glad it's friday :: i had a busy week :: i'm about to go out with my man t to go rent a movie to ring in the weekend :: with my birthday coming up i have some nice baking preparations coming up over the weekend :) :: :: also this :: some link love :: :: katya de grundwald :: :: also this gorgeous flickr find :: :: julia stotz :: feels just like home :: :: here's a peek :: 1. [leaves 'n bike] 2. Kitchen on a Sunday Morning 3. dreamer 4. {cinnamon & pinecone} :: i might be around here next week only scarcely, because projects here currently pile up a bit and there's just a lot going on :: please bear with me :: :: happy weekend ! ::

your average teabag on a late afternoon

2008-04-02T20:31:05Z

:: popping in here a bit later than expected... :: :: thank you all for the kind words on the upcoming book project, which is still taking it's little path with this or that unexpected turn... :: :: i had a beautiful weekend :: we had a friend over for a visit :: we enjoyed the first real spring days :: i was blown away by atonement, which was to my surprise :: initially i didn't even want to see it :: did you see atonement and did you like it? :: :: it might sound strange to write about the weekend *mid* week on a wednesday, but since then the week has swept past me :: time flies - but in a good way :: :: thank you tracy for awarding me ;) :: :: sweet dreams to everybody ::

something to share

2008-03-28T14:58:14Z

:: hello :: :: some news to share :: you might have heard about this already, as we were so lucky to be featured on some fabulous design blogs and others :: if you haven't heard about it, then now you did :) :: this is a beautiful book project that has been brought to light by jen of nectar and light :: :: if you click here :: then you'll see there's an anne on the list and that's me :: jen has been so kind and trustful to invite me to this :: :: this is a book brought up to bid the polaroid goodbye :: i'm very happy to say that i'm a part of this project and feel honored to be in the company of so many great polaroid artists :: i put together a little collage of some of the participants, so take a peek below :: :: this is a project that has already made quite some turns to all of our amazement already :: can't tell you anything yet, but it is for sure exciting... :: :: so, i figure you might want to stay tuned with us :: :: for a list of the participants and to sign up on our mailing list please go here :: 1. whitedress 2. Poor Devoe 3. Untitled 4. Untitled 5. acceptance 6. 11 7. radio 8. Untitled 9. Roid Week: Monday 10. african beads 11. ciabatta & chai 12. baby steps 13. sunday cleaning 14. Untitled 15. back home 16. a birthday to remember 17. Untitled 18. going... 19. ....apparition...... 20. Untitled 21. her :: there's two more ladies participating, who's photos the mosaic maker didn't recognize :: to give you the full picture please go :: :: here :: and :: here :: :: happy friday ::

talk to your soul

2008-03-21T15:23:52Z

:: today is a holiday here :: it's a quiet day to unwind and contemplate :: that's all i'm doing today :: i'm happy i got some things done and finished in the past couple of days :: i'm leaving with a clean desk for new things to come next week :: :: i'm back here around tuesday next week :: : a happy easter and a really good egg hunt to everyone who celebrates ::

bread

2008-03-20T18:08:20Z

:: hello :: :: lately i have been inspired by ah-yi :: i made this bread she suggested :: it was super easy to make and was super easy to eat :: i added a handful of pumkin seeds and a touch more salt as my own :: seriously, this was such a delight :: highly recommended ;) :: :: the recipe is here :: :: here's also a little film how to make it :: :: ah-yi also teaches you how to weave :: and she recently had a shop update with some amazing prints :: i'm seriously thinking of giving this scarf a try... :: :: what an inspiration :: thanks so much ah-yi ::