carbon neutral

image source: kaufda.de

Just now I came across this campaign "My blog is carbon neutral" - a way for bloggers to help the environment. It started in Germany by the Mach's grün! (Make it green!) programme with the goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. By joining this campaign, Kaufda will plant a tree for your blog and thereby neutralise your blog’s carbon emissions for the next 50 years.

So that's the idea. Will you join us?
Every tree counts!

lomography

Last Saturday I went to lomography, at Friedrichstraße 133.
Very cool shop, definitely a must for every lomography/photography fan!


Though they sell チェキ cameras on their online shop, for some reason they don't have them in the shop. But they do have the チェキ films!

Now I really can't wait to get the camera :)

lemon gift bag

This is what I did for my friend Sa-Su's birthday.

This is the present, a shower gel from L'OCCITANE.

I wanted it to have a special packaging...

...so I made this simple lemon drawstring bag!

I made the bag with this mini sewing machine. Look at how small it is!
It can only sew a normal stitch, no interlocking whatsoever. Just straight through.
This is the only sewing machine I currently use until I get a "real" one someday soon :)

a long, expensive day

Yesterday was a sunny day, though pretty cold.
I started what turned out to be a long, expensive day at around 13:15.
At first I went to check out a few shops in Prenzlauer Berg area, and I met this handsome guy.

Aren't you cold, honey?

After that I was going to watch Avatar with a friend, but since there was still time I went to Manolo for a glass of hot white chocolate - which is actually melted white chocolate in milk, yumm...They have cool interior:

I love glasses with this shape ♥

Then there was the movie, in 3D, which costed us €14 each...
It was the most expensive movie I've ever gone to - at least it was worth it!
Next, dinner at El Reda, a Lebanese restaurant where we had some Kubideh, one of my favourite dishes.


Last, we went for some beer at Eschenbräu brewery.

It's common to see these machines inside a brewery in Germany.

The beer coasters have picture of the brewery's owner on them :)

It was really an expensive day, but I had a good company and a lot of fun, so it was worth it!

my creative space

Jo from Chubby* Hobby has inspired me to play along with My Creative Space at kootoyoo.

So here's what I've been working on lately and finally finished last night:

A fabric cover for my "everything book": it's where I noted everything I think is important for that moment: notes to self, ideas, sometimes even shopping lists...

It started with this simple MUJI notebook...

...doubled with thick cardboard for more firmness.
(I made the fabric cover a bit too small to I had to trim the paper cover a bit...)

The button on the securing elastic band is for extra cuteness :)

mouse pad tutorial

This cannot really be called a tutorial since it's too easy...
And I could swear I've seen a similar tutorial somewhere, but I can't remember where...
So here you go!

You'll need:
- a mouse pad (mine is from IKEA, old and battered)
- your choice of fabric (preferably something thin and glossy, but do experiment!)
- spray glue


1. Iron your fabric - you'll want your mouse pad to be free from creases.

2. Spray the mouse pad surface with glue - do this outside/a place with good air circulation!

3. Turn the mouse pad over onto the wrong side of the fabric, making sure that there are no creases, then press down hardly.

4. Cut the fabric closely along the edge, then wait until the glue completely dry - this is an important step, no matter how much you want to use your new mouse pad already :)

And you're done!

Actually the old mouse pad belongs to my boyfriend - he forgot to take it with him to Munich. Now I'm contemplating whether to give it to him back or to keep it for myself...what do you think? :D

living things

I love plants.
So I try my best not to kill them, but it doesn't always work.
Currently I have a pot of Spathiphyllum and a pot of yellow Narcissus.
Whenever the wheather allows, I take them to the kitchen to sun.


Today is very stormy because of Xynthia, and the yellow buds don't look very happy...

...also, the picture makes me notice how dirty my windowpanes are...