Malinutten, where did you go?

I loved her concept, but she disappeared so all I have are the pictures. I need new clothes but I find it hard to find what I like (not priced like a cheap laptop) so this time I'll sew some. Did I mention I don't buy clothes very often? I don't. I don't need to buy clothes unless they are worn because I have a style, I don't buy trend. It's time to replace some garments now thought and my inspiration is Malinutten's clothes.

There is still a blog though. http://www.malinutten.blogspot.com/.

Sugar skull cake toppers

DIY blankets

In this northern part of the world we always run a risk of getting cold evenings, even in the hight of summer. If we're lucky we get a heatwave with tropical nights, but it's rare.

I got creative and made my own, and it's an IKEA hack on top of it.

It's the cheapest blanket available at IKEA with the cheapest quilt cover available at the same place. Two blankets and one quilt cover makes two swanky romantic/shabby blankets.

The batcomputer is none too frisky today, Batman.

This evening I have been working on Batman and Robin outfits for Chupa Chups. I spotted the idea to give lollipops superhero looks a while ago (here) and decided to make a Batman and Robin outfit for those lollipops. It's of course with the small ears on the mask and the less pointy black bat against a larger yellow background, just as in the original series.

 

Moss graffiti

Don't just grow  stuff in the ground, use the whole garden room. Moss thrives in many places where other plants can't or don't like to grow. In any shady part of the garden it's possible to grow moss in more innovative places than in the lawn.

The recipe I was taught when I was becoming a gardener was moss, some soured milk/yoghurt and some water. Whisk the moss and yoghurt well and add water until you get a paint like mixture and use an ordinary paintbrush to paint the surface you want to have moss on. If it's dry you might need to spray it with water. Quite soon you'll see the result of your work.

There's also a beer recipe where you whisk moss with beer, buttermilk and sugar and paint it the same way as with the recipe above. Some recipes say you should use a mixer, but I personally care too much about my mixer to do that.

More pages on the subject:
Stories from space
Inhabitat
Apartment Therapy
Craftzine

There are many other sites out there writing about this. Spreading moss by painting it on objects isn't exactly new knowledge and gardeners have known about this for very long, though it wasn't called graffiti (I dare to say centuries here) but it can never be repeated enough. Go forth and spread the knowledge!

Re::use IKEA hack

Dala horse earrings made from IKEA catalogues.

Trophies

My Darling have provided us with our fair share of roe deer skulls on plaques, and now they're all trendy. Time to put them up.