Some days ago, I read an article on TechCrunch about a great site: yearbookyourself.com. It's probably the best waste of time you ever had, and it's a really good laugh! Just upload a photo of yourself (or of your friends) and the site morphs your picture - within some seconds you're in a yearbook of the 50ies, 60ies... I think what I liked most were the looks of the early 90ies, haha!

Here's what it did to me:

Unfortunately, the parcel arrived a bit too late (because I was too stupid to remember the opening hours of the post office), but Sina liked the bag and the monsters... And so - all's well that ends well :)

I don't know if you already read the blog post on jimdo.com? The whole Jimdo team went on a little "school trip" from August 1st until August 3rd. Here are some pictures from our trip, but I highly recommend to read the complete adventure report - enjoy :)

>> Click here to read the English version

>> Click here to read the German version

Last Sunday (this "last Sunday's work"-thing appears to become routine...) I started (and almost finished) my first piece of clothing. YEAH! Actually, it should be a birthday present for a friend (since it's her birthday in a couple of days), but then it turned out differently... Now I have to think my birthday present plans over, but it still remains some time for me - no problem so far :)

Concerning the summer top - I'm now changing it a bit, correcting the seams and the border - and then my room mate will be happy with her new top :) My pattern was Simplicity 3882, as a fabric I chose a pretty IKEA cotton fabric.

I often had the problem that I couldn't find my keys in those black holes, a.k.a. bags... To avoid some of the "panic attacs" my assumed lost keys caused, I needed something that could help me finding my keys anywhere in my bags. Something big...

At least, my problem was solved by a gift my room mate gave to me: A little crotcheted strawberry that could also be used as a purse. Just lovely!!

Another key chain thing: Last weekend, I finished the three key chains I promised to sew for my co-worker Alina. Another three birthday presents, by the way :) I gave them to her yesterday and she was really taken by them...

Here some pictures (again worst quality, I'm sorry!):

The perfect gift for people who like to roll their cigarettes: a tobacco bag! This handy bag does not only look stylish - it also prevents the smokers handbag or backpack from being full of tobacco crumbs :)

I made this one last Sunday:

Material | Facts | Figures :)

• Fabrics: two different cotton fabrics (I ordered the pink one at Frau Tulpe's Online Shop - highly recommended! :) )
  
• Size (closed): 19cm x 8.5cm (7.5 x 3.3 inches)
• Size (opened): 19cm x 23cm (7.5 x 9.1 inches)
• Very cute vintage button
• 61cm (24") string to close or rather to tie up the bag

So, if you need a quick gift for one of your smoking friends... feel free to ask :)

...and still no news. There's only little time left at the moment, so I hope it'll be a bit rainy on the weekend. Ok, maybe I should not wish for rain, but if the sun is shining I know exactly that I'll spend my weekend in the sun, watching football, hanging out with my friends... Not too bad... ;)

In the meantime I ordered some Simplicity patterns for my next projects (although the first dress is not finished at all, hmmm...) - but I saw some really cool creations made by Burdastyle members and I could not resist when I found the patterns:

What else..? There's some more stuff to do:

• 3 more birthday present orders for one of my co-workers
• cell phone bag for my room mate
• still my dress. Black-blue-grey... Aaaaah!
  

Enough for the moment, I guess ;)

Last week, my co-worker Janina asked me to sew a little bag as a birthday present for her sister. That's why I had to postpone the work on my dress a bit.

After a long night out, Janina and I met last Saturday to buy some fabrics for her sister's bag and found a beautiful red plaid fabric with a tiny nice flower print.

Here are some pictures of the finished bag (by the way, Janina seemed to like it - she ordered a second bag for one of her girlfriends...):

A little history of shopping frustration

Ok... Seems to be impossible to get a yellow cotton jersey in Hamburg.

And here are the results...

...they arrived! The ordered magazines are here! Actually, they arrived some days ago, but unfortunately I had no time yet to have a closer look. But today, I'm going to start..

I just wanted to introduce you to some friends of mine :) Some little creatures I made some time ago...

Those little friends are perfect as gifts. They are made really fast and they always put a smile on the peoples' faces when the wrapping paper is ripped off. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of every monster I made, otherwise I could show you a little monster army right now. But here are at least three of them, two key chain monsters and a monster bunny that is now sitting decoratively in my colleague Nadja's living room...

Today, I ordered two pattern magazines and can't wait to have them here: May edition of the Dutch magazine Knipmode and the summer edition of FastFashion, which is also a Dutch magazine. I don't speak Dutch, but I read a review of a German woman who also bought those magazines and who gave the advice to read out loud the instructions. Then it should be easy to understand everything. We'll see...

What else?

I just fell in love... with Built by Wendy! The designs are awsome, and I think I'll order some of her patterns as well. But first, I'll try to create some of those Dutch dresses. =)