Lucky me! Soap in the mail.....

Last week I was lucky as I pressed the "like" button of the Facebook page "Grønn såpe" and won a piece of home made soap.
Grønn såpe on Facebook
Today it was waiting for me at home as I arrived from a weekend at my parents.

Look at the nice package! It smelled wonderful... I tried it at once. It left a nice, clean feeling without too much scent or no residue. A very good soap! I will get more for sure....

Get your own here: Grønn såpe på Epla (Norwegian customers)

My choice was the soap named "Ruby" because it had cherry blossom fragrance.... (yes, you figure why!)

- Clean Linuz

A new toy....

Today, I was so lucky, lucky, lucky...... because my new kitchen machine arrived.

Yes, my dear dad got me a Kitchen Aid! I can´t wait to put it to use... today I just cleaned it and looked at it. :)

My first test will be to make matcha ice cream I think, so stay tuned!

I went for a black one to match the coffee machine!

I also got some lovely flowers from Mr. Linuz: Isn´t he the best?

Yes, it was my birthday - I don´t get these things every day....

Creative weekend

This weekend I went to a market in Oslo to sell my kumihimo jewelry. I always bring the mobidai to show people that I´m actually doing this by hand - and this is a big surprise to them.
Anyway, it was a nice day and I sold a few bracelets, talked to a lot of nice people and braided some cords. I´m working on some bracelets for legs, that´s always popular in the summertime + I made some earrings.

Here´s some new stuff:
http://epla.no/handlaget/produkter/225930/

And this is the market I went to:
http://www.sondagsmarkedet.blogspot.com/

Sadly, being away doesn´t help my garden.... and it´s been raining quite a lot the last week. I hope for some sunny days this coming week, in that way I can make up for lost progress and get my garden in shape. At least the tomato plants are still alive, with some flowers!

Earrings in the window (on chopsticks - they´re so versatile!)...

Planting and braiding!

Besides my everyday duties; work, husband, child, home, I find time for my two favorite things to do these days. Sunday we went to the local garden center to look for plants. The arrival of Austin roses was delayed, so I couldn´t get a replacement for my dear Heritage II who died this winter. Two very cold winters in a row has killed two lovely roses.... I still haven´t decided if I´ll get a Heritage again, or if I´ll try some other rose.

I´m looking here:
David Austin Roses
(but only a few varieties can be bought in Norway....)

I still got tomato plants, lavendel and a mint plant. They´re currently in my front garden (sunny side).

On the kumihimo front, I´ve made quite a few bracelets and some necklaces.

This one I like a lot:

Pink with blue flower

Most of my products can be ordered custom color and length, with a choice of silver or gold plated details.

:) Linuz