Chocolate Surprise

I'm sorry that I have been so quiet, but I have been busy with something new. They are called Chocolate surprise. Why? Because the flower is also chocolate. Surprise!




I can truly say that these cookies are the ultimate PMS remedy... Soooooo yummy!

They will make their appearance in the Mjammie shop soon! They are not pretty enough yet, so I need more practice to make them meet my standards...

Lacy crochet cuff bracelets

Inspired by an idea on the Vlijtig blog, I made a crochet cuff bracelet. Even though I am not into jewellery, this is something I would wear! What do you think?





It will probably show up in my shop in different variations... I really love it, and I hope you do too!

Another doily swap

Another Doily swap, this time an international one! The assignment was to crochet a doily and a flower and send them, together with a pattern, to your swap partner. So these are going across the ocean!






The doilies that will be made next are probably all kinds of exotic colors. I decided to use up my yarn stash befor buying anything new...

Stacked

Guess what this is...



It's one day of Mjammie cookies going in the mail tomorrow!!! So far, I have had at least one order a day, thank you all for that!!! And I am really glad that you like them!



And in the middle of mixing, rolling, baking, cooling, icing and packing, I have found the time to work on my swaps. I have to make something for someone who loves the eighties, so what could I make? How about a cross stitched eighties icon!!!





It's not finished yet, it will be a zippered pouch, and I will probably finish it tomorrow and send it out. I hope she loves it, I spent quite some time on it. I could not find black aida fabric, so I decided to hand dye white fabric. And then cross stitched all the aliens on.

Anyway, I rediscovered my first computer games. Anyone in for a game of space invaders?

Eat Your Heart Out!!!

Since I have had my sale, I sold nine boxes of cookies online and seven offline. Wow! And I am glad to say that people like them!!! So that calls for.... More cookies! ;-)





They are now in the Mjammie shop for a special sale price, incluiding free shipping! You get 15 cookies in a neat little box delivered to your home for just five euros!!! Or you can have them delivered to someone else, with a handwritten card... How thoughtful!

So Eat Your Heart Out!!!

Have a nice day!

Drawing Lab Monday (3)

Drawing my pet wasn't easy, since I have no pets. So I decided to use a video instead. The only pets I had were bunnies, so I drew bunnies.



Sorry about the poor quality of the picture, but my scanner refused to work with me since there was too much white! So I just made a picture with my camera...

Next week, I will be going to the zoo, apparently!

New cross stitch creations

The cross stitched house was turned into a key-pouch today. This is what it looks like now:




I also made a cross stitch chart from my birdie logo! Do you recognize it?



And of course I made that one into a pouch too, but this one is for personal use. If you want one, I can make you one though.



I made a pink lining... I love pink!



And this one has been in my head for a very long time now... If you remember these, we are probably the same age!!! I used to play this on my nephews Atari... Don't know what I will make with this one yet! But I love it anyway!!!



Tomorrow another episode of... Drawing lab monday!!! Yay!

Zakka cross stitch

Since my last post I have been baking. A lot. Yay! Both on- and offline the cookies have been really popular, so now I have to go and get new boxes. It has been a real ego-boost to read the comments and hear them from all of you in person!!! New cookies are on their way as we speak.

Meanwhile I have also had some time to work on some other things. I have been doing some cross stitching to make more pouches. Like this.





I love the simplicity! Don't you?

Mjammie cookie bakesale

Today I had to send out two boxes of cookies. I have now had three orders, so it's time to come up with some creative way of packing them. This is what it's going to be:



These are small boxes that I made for a special reason... Mjammie will be mentioned in Flow Magazine! So I decided to get a head start and offer a cookie sale!

If you go to Mjammie, you can buy a box with six adorable flower cookies for only 3 euros! It is a limited time offer, just to get more feedback and let people taste my yumminess... This is what you will get:




Get yours now! Please?

Cross stitch pouches

I'm sorry I didn't do the Drawing Lab Monday assignment, but I promise that next week I will be back with that. The problem was that I needed to draw my pet. And I don't have any pets! So I'm trying to figure something out.

Meanwhile, I made something new.





I have been into pouches lately, because you can never have enough of those. They are so useful! This one I made with 100% natural linen, lined with cotton and embellished with a crosstitched heart that I did myself... I do love it, but I decided to list it in the shop. It will be there tonight, together with some other new goodies, so check it out!

Laminated corner cover bookmark tutorial

You know what really ruins my reading experience and my day, while we're at it? If you are reading a book and the bookmark falls out... Especially if you were just coming to a really exciting part!!! And guess what... I have the solution!

And it's pretty too..






You will need some magazine pages you like (of course I used pages from Flow magazine!), a laminating pouch, a laminator and a knife or scissors.



Cut some strips of paper.



Fold them in half.



Place your corners (because that is what they will be, corner covers) in the laminating pouch. I usually make sure that the corners of the pouch are used, because they are nice and round. Also think about the sides that you want to stay open, you will cut them later, but it does matter how you place your strips in the pouch!



Now carefully pick up the laminating pouch and run it through the laminator. Try not to move the paper strips.



Now carefully cut the paper out. Leave the laminated edge on two sides and cut right to the paper on the other two sides.



Now you can slide your laminated corner cover bookmark over your page.



And voilà! If you close your book, the bookmark will stick out at the side and top! I will not guarantee that it will never fall out, but mine work like a charm!



Make different corners for your favorite recipes in a cookbook, or craft projects that you are planning to make, or doilies that you are planning to crochet.

I use mine for Flow magazine itself, because I could never finish that in one go!

The Oops! bag

The munchkin is potty trained! She has been for quite some time now. I don't take diapers along for her any more, but she does have the occasional accident. So I made her an Oops bag. So we have some clean clothes with us, but in a stylish way.

Anyone else want one?

What to do with Doilies

Unbelievable, but I am out of doilies!!! I sent my Doily swap packages, and I used some in other swaps, and today I used my last two to make these pouches...







They look very zakka, I love them! The smaller one I am going to keep for personal use, but the bigger one will be in my Etsy shop tomorrow!

Now I'm off to crochet more doilies... ;-)