<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669</id><updated>2012-01-31T05:15:21.301+01:00</updated><category term='wreath'/><category term='Alterity button jewelry'/><category term='lila'/><category term='Orchid and Gray colour palette'/><category term='peonies'/><category term='blog award'/><category term='leather'/><category term='bags'/><category term='Entre Card'/><category term='ballet'/><category term='DIY'/><category term='wedding'/><category term='sand'/><category term='Naschkatze'/><category term='blouse'/><category term='small business'/><category term='Hermes'/><category term='just me'/><category 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term='Brigitte'/><title type='text'>Do you know Mollie?</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;No, not a kitty cat&lt;/b&gt;, but if I ever have another cat she will be called Mollie :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Nein, die Rede&lt;/b&gt; ist nicht von einer Katze, aber unsere nächste wird auf jeden Fall so heißen :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I'm referring&lt;/b&gt; to this exciting new lifestyle and craft magazine from the UK chock full of all things handmade. If you love craft, you'll love this magazine! Inside you'll find a range of contemporary craft from around the world, vintage finds, amazing tutorials, designer features and a look inside the homes of the craftiest people around!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ich beziehe mich&lt;/b&gt; auf das relativ neue DIY Magazin aus England. Neben Handmade, Lifestyle und Living Themen gibt es jede Menge DIY Anleitungen, Vintage Schätze, Shopping Tipps rund um Stoffe, Bänder, Garn und Co. sowie trendy Deko-Ideen und Designer Portraits! Wer "Handmade" mag, wird dieses Magazin lieben. Hierzulande bekommt man (frau) es im Dawanda Kiosk.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Meanwhile&lt;/b&gt;...I've submitted my blog to this popular German ladies' magazine called Brigitte. I'm in the running for the "Kreativ Blog Award 2012" (creative blog award 2012). I know that many of my dear readers have voted for me already - &lt;b&gt;Thank you, lovely people&lt;/b&gt; - but could I ask everyone else to &lt;i&gt;please follow the link and click on the red heart &lt;/i&gt;once? I would so appreciate it. It only takes a couple seconds. And you don't have to log in or anything. I'm up against hundreds, so every "heart" counts :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ganz spontan&lt;/b&gt; (untypisch für mich) habe ich mich bei Brigitte.de mit meinem Blog beworben. Ich weiß, dass viele meiner lieben Leser und Blogfreunde bereits für mich gestimmt haben - &lt;b&gt;ich danke euch vom Herzen&lt;/b&gt; -&amp;nbsp; und ich würde mich so sehr über jedes weitere Herz freuen :) Dafür müsst ihr euch nicht anmelden, lediglich den obigen Link klicken und das rote Herz klicken. Aber natürlich nur, wenn euch mein Blog auch wirklich gefällt!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Calling all fabric junkies&lt;/b&gt; - enter my giveaway to win a gorgeous fat quarter bundle and cute bag pattern. Only until the end of this week!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;An alle Stoffjunkies&lt;/b&gt; - ich verlose ein wunderschönes Stoffpaket und Taschenschnittmuster. Nur noch bis Ende dieser Woche! &lt;br /&gt;
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Habt eine schöne Woche. Macht's gut!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7670403510741232373?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7670403510741232373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7670403510741232373&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7670403510741232373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7670403510741232373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2012/01/do-you-know-mollie.html' title='Do you know Mollie?'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--2wph6xEiec/TyainR2EdPI/AAAAAAAACZM/by8KHjLad10/s72-c/MollieMakes10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6699635507373302001</id><published>2012-01-29T08:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-29T08:00:04.810+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunday Spotlight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jewelry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artisan feature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catherine Marche'/><title type='text'>Sunday Spotlight : Kalicat</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Today's spotlight &lt;/b&gt;shines on jewelry designer Catherine of &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/kalicat"&gt;Kalicat&lt;/a&gt; ! This mom of two, who lives and works in London trained at Central St. Martins and Hatton Garden. Catherine specializes in 18 carat gold and sterling silver and customizes her bespoke pieces with precious gemstones.&lt;br /&gt;
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Catherine enjoyes making things with her hands including knitting, illustrating, crafts, pastry, oil-painting and plenty more! While raising her children she asked herself which job would allow her the flexibility of taking care of the family as well as expressing her creativity. Many ideas came to her when suddenly she had a Eureka moment - her passion for jewels (looking at them, buying them, wearing them!) led her to study the art of jewelry making.&lt;br /&gt;
Her unique craft is constantly evolving and she gains confidence by attending advanced classes to further hone her skills. She loves experimenting with styles and mixing pieces to create unique, elegant pieces. Catherine uses lots more precious gemstones and is not afraid of being playful with her craft.&lt;br /&gt;
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The designer's most memorable accomplishment was being shortlisted as a finalist for a jewelry award by Holts Academy of Jewellery as well as for the Precious Award. Among her other accomplishments are getting the Getting Started Award from the Goldsmith Company as well as having her jewelry published in books, including the New Encyclopaedia of Jewellery Techniques by Jinks McGrath!&lt;br /&gt;
Catherine is also the co-founder of the Jewellery Designers Collective. &lt;br /&gt;
The biggest obstacle Catherine faced was attending full-time training, as the cost of childcare was horrendous! Therefore she ended up going for degrees that only required two-days-per-week attendance. Catherine's advice for artisans starting out is to set goals and stick to them, even if it means going to bed late. Also do not take on more than you can deal with and make sure you always have a back-up plan! Don't hesitate asking the opinions of other professionals, as friends and family might not be as open so as not to hurt your feelings :) Overall, have fun and enjoy the creative process!&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;***Special offer = Catherine very kindly offers readers of Duni's Studio a 10% discount with coupon code DUNI10 available until Valentine's Day from her website &lt;a href="http://shop.catherinemarche-designs.com/"&gt;Catherine Marche Designs &lt;/a&gt;***&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Heutiger Interview Gast&lt;/b&gt; ist die talentierte Schmuckdesignerin Catherine von&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/kalicat"&gt; Kalicat&lt;/a&gt;. Die in London lebende zweifache Mutter fertigt Gold bzw. Silberschmuck kundenspezifisch an und integriert dabei gerne kostbare Edelsteine.&lt;br /&gt;
Catherine ist vielseitig begabt; sie strickt, illustriert, malt mit Ölfarbe, backt, fertigt Kinderspielzeug und noch viel mehr. Ihre große Leidenschaft gilt jedoch dem Goldschmiedehandwerk, und mit zwei kleinen Kindern suchte sie nach einer passenden Arbeit mit flexiblen Arbeitsstunden. Außerdem war ihr eigenständiges Arbeiten sowie die Möglichkeit ihre Schöpferkraft freien Lauf zu lassen sehr wichtig. Und so entschied sie sich für ein Studium zur Schmuckdesignerin an der Central St. Martins und Hatton Garden in London.&lt;br /&gt;
Ihre außergewöhnlichen Stücke entwickeln sich immer weiter und ihr zunehmendes Selbstvertrauen untermauert sie mit fortgeschrittenen Designkursen. Sie liebt es mit verschiedenen Methoden zu experimentieren und lässt ihre einzigartigen Stücke gern mit leuchtenden Edelsteinen erstrahlen. Catherine hat keine Angst davor spielerisch mit ihrem Handwerk umzugehen!&lt;br /&gt;
Die Designerin ist schon mehrmals in die engere Wahl für einige renommierte Awards gekommen, u.a. für den Holts Academy of Jewellery und Precious Award. Darüber hinaus hat sie den Getting Started Award von Goldsmith Company bekommen und eines ihrer bezaubernden Schmuckstücke hat es in das Buch New Encyclopaedia of Jewellery Techniques von Jinks McGrath geschafft!&lt;br /&gt;
Die größte Hürde, die Catherine zu bewältigen hatte war ihr Vollzeitstudium und die Verpflichtungen ihrer jungen Familie gegenüber unter einen Hut zu bekommen. Die Kosten für die Kinderbetreuung waren enorm! Schlussendlich entschied sie sich für einen Kursus, den sie nur an zwei Tagen die Woche besuchen musste.&lt;br /&gt;
Und hier noch einige Ratschläge für aufstrebende Schmuckdesigner: Ziele setzen und auch durchziehen,&amp;nbsp; die eigene Belastungsgrenze erkennen und danach handeln, ehrliche Meinungen von anderen aus der Branche einholen und nicht zuletzt Spaß haben und die kreative Freiheit geniessen!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;***Sonderangebot für alle Duni's Studio Leser = Catherine bietet euch einen 10%igen Rabatt auf alle Artikel ihrer Webseite &lt;a href="http://shop.catherinemarche-designs.com/"&gt;Catherine Marche Designs&lt;/a&gt; unter Angabe des Codes DUNI10 gültig bis zum Valentinstag***&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I enjoyed this interview very much. Thank you for your time, Catherine!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Vielen Dank für das Interview, Catherine!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Catherine's &lt;a href="http://kalicat.etsy.com/"&gt;Etsy shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Catherine's &lt;a href="http://kalicat.dawanda.com/"&gt;Dawanda shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Catherine's &lt;a href="http://shop.catherinemarche-designs.com/"&gt;website / Webseite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Catherine's &lt;a href="http://kalicatdesigns.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog / Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I found&lt;/b&gt; some cute handmade items! Hope you like them too!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hier habe&lt;/b&gt; ich ein paar nette Geschenkideen für Valentinstag gefunden!&lt;/div&gt;
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1. &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/lesfrotteurs"&gt;crochet heart earrings / gehäkelte Herzchen Ohrringe&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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2. &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/WildGooseChaseCards"&gt;Kitty card with heart balloon / Karte mit Katze und Herzballon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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3. &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/imeondesign"&gt;Paper fortune cookie / Glückskeks aus Papier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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4. &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SoapRhapsody"&gt;heart soaps / Herzchen Seife&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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And some more sweet ideas for Valentine's in this gorgeous Etsy treasury curated by &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BijouxdelloStregatto"&gt;bijouxdellostregatto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Und in dieser Etsy Collage von &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BijouxdelloStregatto"&gt;bijouxdellostregatto&lt;/a&gt; gibt es noch mehr süße Valentinsgeschenkideen&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hi there friends!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo Mädels!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I'm so excited&lt;/b&gt; about US Designer Tanya Whelan's newest fabric collection "Sugar Hill" and I'm the first &lt;a href="http://www.stoffe-borken.de/"&gt;shop on Dawanda&lt;/a&gt; to have it!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Und weil ich so happy bin&lt;/b&gt;, dass sie endlich da ist habe ich ein Bonbon für euch: ein Sugar Hill Stoffpaket (4 FQ) &lt;i&gt;und&lt;/i&gt; ein hübsches Taschenschnittmuster!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;This giveaway ends Sunday, 5th February at midnight CET&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Winner will be drawn randomly on Monday 6th February&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Diese Verlosung endet am Sonntag, 5. Februar um Mitternacht CET&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Don't miss&lt;/b&gt; your chance to win four generously cut Fat Quarters and a bag pattern -&amp;nbsp; and even if you don't sew, this would make a wonderful gift for a friend who does!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Mädels,&lt;/b&gt; diese einmalige Chance dürft ihr euch nicht entgehen lassen - und auch wenn ihr nicht nähen könnt, dann ist dieser Preis ein tolles Geschenk für eine nähende Freundin!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ich wünsche allen ganz viel Glück!!!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7022847516192756295?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7022847516192756295/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7022847516192756295&amp;isPopup=true' title='87 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7022847516192756295'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7022847516192756295'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2012/01/sugar-hill-giveaway-verlosung.html' title='Sugar Hill - Giveaway / Verlosung'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y3aXY-Cz7M8/TxvRDYteyZI/AAAAAAAACX4/X4eicGrz9t8/s72-c/SHgiveaway.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>87</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6199182356331597645</id><published>2012-01-18T17:13:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-22T15:46:59.884+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><title type='text'>Etsy treasury roundup</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I'd like to&lt;/b&gt; express my thanks to all the wonderful Etsy sellers who featured my work recently!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ich möchte&lt;/b&gt; mich bei allen Etsy Mitgliedern bedanken, die meine Produkte in ihre Collage aufgenommen haben!&lt;br /&gt;
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From / von Tina...&lt;br /&gt;
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Do visit &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/parltradet"&gt;Tina's shop&lt;/a&gt; and check out her amazing jewelry creations! &lt;i&gt;Schaut doch mal bei &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/parltradet"&gt;Tina im Shop&lt;/a&gt; rein - sie kreiert originellen Schmuck! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AsteropeBC"&gt;Connie's shop&lt;/a&gt; you will find a gorgeous selection of beaded jewelry and accessories! &lt;i&gt;In &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AsteropeBC"&gt;Connie's Shop&lt;/a&gt; findet man wunderschönen Perlenschmuck und Accessoires! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Peggy creates beautiful sparkly ornaments and accessories which she sells in her &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LovePeaceSparkle"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;i&gt;Peggy fertigt hübsche, glitzernde Ornamente und Accessoires und verkauft sie in ihrem &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LovePeaceSparkle"&gt;Shop&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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and last but not least from /von murMurMarket...&lt;br /&gt;
You can find unique batik apparel in her &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/murMurMarket"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;i&gt;Bei &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/murMurMarket"&gt;murMurMarket&lt;/a&gt; findet man orignelle Batik Bekleidung!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I love&lt;/b&gt; browsing fleamarkets and here's my latest find!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ich gehe&lt;/b&gt; gerne auf Flohmärkte und diesmal war etwas für mich dabei!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Some may&lt;/b&gt; remember this candy dish, found at a flea market two years ago...&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Einige werden&lt;/b&gt; sich an diese Bonbonschale erinnern - vor zwei Jahren auf einem Flohmarkt erworben...&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;The adorable&lt;/b&gt; pink handmade coasters are from &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hennasboutique"&gt;Henna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Die süßen&lt;/b&gt; gehäkelten Untersetzer sind von &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hennasboutique"&gt;Henna&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Matching &lt;/b&gt;the colour of my pink cupcakes!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Farblich&lt;/b&gt; passend zu meinen pinkfarbenen Cupcakes!&lt;/div&gt;
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xoxo&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-3898561393008013505?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/3898561393008013505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=3898561393008013505&amp;isPopup=true' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/3898561393008013505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/3898561393008013505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2012/01/vintage-handmade-new.html' title='Vintage, handmade &amp; new'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pckTa89AkN8/TxLq_luqPAI/AAAAAAAACXQ/sU_TpFouD44/s72-c/Teaparty3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-5862764157958672523</id><published>2012-01-14T14:32:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-14T14:32:23.902+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='special order'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Topaz Horizon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kundenwunsch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby seat harness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Babysitz'/><title type='text'>Baby Seat Harness</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Most Mommies&lt;/b&gt; will know what this is straight away, but when &lt;a href="http://www.topazhorizon.com/"&gt;Frances &lt;/a&gt;first approached me with this special order I honestly had no idea what it was (being childless myself). This &lt;a href="http://thismamamakesstuff.com/tutorial-this-mamas-fab-travel-chair/"&gt;tutorial&lt;/a&gt; answered all my questions. Whatever you may call it - travel chair, baby seat harness - this contraption keeps your baby securely strapped in the high-chair that restaurants provide when you're eating out. &lt;br /&gt;
Frances chose a whimsical fruit'n'veg cotton fabric for the outside and a complementary brown polka dot cotton fabric for the inside. There is a soft layer of batting inbetween. I quilted the top to make it even "puffier". I think it turned out pretty cute!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Wer von euch &lt;/b&gt;weiß was das ist? Die Mütter unter euch werden es bestimmt wissen oder zumindest erahnen. Ich muss zugeben, dass ich (kinderlos) keine Ahnung hatte, als ich diesen ganz speziellen Auftrag von &lt;a href="http://www.topazhorizon.com/"&gt;Frances &lt;/a&gt;erhielt. Doch diese &lt;a href="http://thismamamakesstuff.com/tutorial-this-mamas-fab-travel-chair/"&gt;Anleitung&lt;/a&gt; hat mich dann aufgeklärt. Wie immer man diese Vorrichtung nennen mag, es dient dazu das Baby im Kinderhochstuhl, welcher von den Gaststätten zur Verfügung gestellt wird, sicher festgeschnallt ist, wenn die Familie mal außer Haus isst! Frances hat sich für die Außenseite einen witzigen &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/26729029-2-Fat-Quarter-Stoffpaket-Designerstoffe-USA"&gt;Obst und Gemüse Baumwollstoff&lt;/a&gt; in grün und für die Innenseite braune Polkadots gewünscht. Dazwischen liegt eine weiche Wattierung, welche ich zusammen mit dem Hauptstoff abgesteppt habe. Also, ich bin mit dem Resultat zufrieden.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Thanks &lt;/b&gt;for stopping by today - hope you're doing great!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Vielen Dank &lt;/b&gt;für euren Besuch&amp;nbsp; - hoffe euch geht es gut!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-5862764157958672523?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/5862764157958672523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=5862764157958672523&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5862764157958672523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5862764157958672523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2012/01/baby-seat-harness.html' title='Baby Seat Harness'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nVUDlnCnCA8/TxF9JAJ_iEI/AAAAAAAACW4/-BYXvixBWbI/s72-c/BabySeatA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7107520729618502811</id><published>2012-01-12T13:31:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-12T13:31:42.706+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='by the numbers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nummernspiel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='just me'/><title type='text'>Me - by the numbers</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;please excuse&lt;/b&gt; my absenceon this blog, but I'm currently busy with a very special custom order for &lt;a href="http://www.topazhorizon.com/"&gt;Frances&lt;/a&gt;. More on that later.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;bitte entschuldigt &lt;/b&gt;meine Abwesenheit hier auf dem Blog, aber es hat einen guten Grund, denn ich arbeite gerade an einem ganz besonderen Projekt für &lt;a href="http://www.topazhorizon.com/"&gt;Frances&lt;/a&gt;. Mehr dazu später.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Now on to&lt;/b&gt; the fun stuff! I saw this "Me, by the numbers" post on &lt;a href="http://memoriesforlifescrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;Edi's&lt;/a&gt; blog and she encouraged her readers to do the same. So, here's mine!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Nun zum &lt;/b&gt;lustigen Teil! Auf &lt;a href="http://memoriesforlifescrapbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;Edi's&lt;/a&gt; Blog habe ich diesen "Me, by the numbers" Eintrag gesehen, und fand die Idee witzig. Also...hier könnt ihr mich von eins bis zehn näher kennenlernen!&lt;br /&gt;
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One ♥ older brother who lives in the US / älteren Bruder, der in USA lebt&lt;br /&gt;
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Two ♥ myopic eyes / extrem kurzsichtige Augen&lt;br /&gt;
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Three ♥ languages I speak / Sprachen, die ich spreche&lt;br /&gt;
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Four ♥ cats that shared my home and warmed my heart / Katzen, die mein Leben bereicherten/bereichern&lt;br /&gt;
Muffin RIP, Tiffany RIP, Samson RIP, &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2010/07/sammy-turns-six-today.html"&gt;Sammy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Five ♥ Etsy teams I belong to / gehöre zu fünf Etsy Teams (ähnlich wie Dawanda Gruppen)&lt;br /&gt;
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Six ♥ years spent in my favourite city in Germany (Düsseldorf) / Jahre habe ich in Düsseldorf gelebt, meine liebste Stadt in DE&lt;br /&gt;
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Seven ♥ colourful cardigans I own, I love them / bunte Strickjacken, die ich besitze - ich liebe sie&lt;br /&gt;
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Eight ♥ the age I started my first handmade project - a tiny quilt for the bed (of my doll) / so alt war ich als ich zum ersten Mal Nadel und Faden in die Hand nahm - ich fertigte einen kleinen Quilt für das Puppenbett&lt;br /&gt;
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Nine ♥ apartments I lived in before moving to our house /Anzahl der Wohnungen bevor ich in dieses Haus gezogen bin&lt;br /&gt;
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Ten ♥ (actually more than that, cheated a little here!) capital cities I've visited around the world / Hauptstädte, die ich bislang besucht habe (musste schummeln, denn es sind eigentlich mehr)!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;You're welcome&lt;/b&gt; to play along and let me get to know &lt;i&gt;you&lt;/i&gt; a little better!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Wer Lust hat&lt;/b&gt; kann mitspielen und gleichzeitig lerne ich &lt;i&gt;euch&lt;/i&gt; auch näher kennen!&lt;br /&gt;
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It's a drab Monday and it took all my willpower to get up this morning. Will this rain ever stop?&lt;br /&gt;
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Ist es bei euch auch so nasskalt? Ich mußte mich heute morgen echt überwinden aus dem kuschelig warmen Bett zu steigen.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Remember&lt;/b&gt; the &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/vintage-retro.html"&gt;knitting dolly&lt;/a&gt; I wrote about? Well, during the holidays I actually got use it. Amazing how much you can get accomplished when you don't have access to the internet ;-)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;It may&lt;/b&gt; look complicated, but trust me, it was so easy, an six-year-old could do it!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;One of my goals&lt;/b&gt; or rather challenge for this year is to relearn how to knit. Last time I knitted was twenty years ago.&lt;/div&gt;
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So I bought myself this book. I liked the cover and the title, but especially the subtitle that mentioned &lt;i&gt;absolute beginner&lt;/i&gt; :) Once I'm familiar with the basics again there's plenty of inspiration on &lt;a href="http://4ccccs.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sandy's&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://willowswelt.blogspot.com/"&gt;Willow's&lt;/a&gt; blogs!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Meine Herausforderung&lt;/b&gt; für dieses Jahr ist das Stricken wieder zu erlernen. Das letzte Mal habe ich vor zwanzig Jahren gestrickt. Also habe ich mir ein Buch besorgt, um die Grundkenntnisse aufzufrischen - dieses gefiel mir vom Cover und Titel besonders gut, und inspirieren lasse ich mich von &lt;a href="http://willowswelt.blogspot.com/"&gt;Willow&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://4ccccs.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sandy&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I'll be starting&lt;/b&gt; off with a simple scarf, but with patience and lots and lots of practice I might be able to make this cardigan one day...&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Als Einsteiger&lt;/b&gt; fange ich erstmal mit einem Schal an, aber irgendwann in der fernen Zukunft, mit viel Geduld und noch mehr Übung, vielleicht auch mal dieses hier...&lt;/div&gt;
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Trotz Schmuddelwetter wünsche ich euch einen schönen Tag!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hi friends!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo Freunde!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I'm forever&lt;/b&gt; trying to find ways to use up all my fabric scraps (I have plenty). &lt;br /&gt;
Scrunchies are an easy and quick way to use up those scraps!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ich suche immer&lt;/b&gt; nach neuen Ideen aus Reststücken (davon habe ich unzählige) etwas zu nähen.&lt;br /&gt;
Scrunchies sind einfach und schnell gemacht!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;There are plenty&lt;/b&gt; of tutorials on the net explaining how to make these, but here's my mini-tutorial just in case you can't find one: &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Im Internet&lt;/b&gt; gibt es ganz viele Anleitungen, wie man diese Scrunchies (Zopfhalter) macht, aber falls ihr keine findet hier meine Mini-Anleitung:&lt;br /&gt;
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1. cut fabrics strips 4" x 20", cut elastic 8 - 10 inches (let's face it, some ladies just have a lot more hair than others!)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Stoffstreifen schneiden ca. 10 cm x 50 cm, Gummiband zurechtschneiden ca. 20 - 25 cm (machen wir uns nichts vor - es gibt halt Frauen, die viel dickeres Haar haben als andere!) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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2. fold the fabric in half lengthwise, right side in. Sew the long edge starting/stopping 1 inch from each end. Turn tube right side out.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Den Stoffstreifen der Länge nach zur Hälfte falten, rechte Stoffseite innen. Die lange Seite nähen, dabei am Anfang und Ende ca. 2cm offen lassen. Den Schlauch auf rechts ziehen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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3. fold the tube so that the short ends come together, pin right sides together and stitch all around. You should now have a circle with a gap on the side for inserting the elastic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Den Schlauch nun so zusammenlegen, dass die kurzen Enden recht auf rechts liegen. Rundum zusammennähen. Du solltest nun einen Kreis haben, mit einer Öffnung zum Durchziehen des Gummibands.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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4. Hold one end of the elastic and thread the other all the way through the circle using a safety pin. The fabric will bunch (or scrunch!) up as you go along. Overlap the elastic and secure with a couple of stitches. Close the gap by hand with small stitches.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Das Gummiband mit einer Sicherheitsnadel durchziehen, dabei ein Ende festhalten. Der Stoff wird beim durchziehen "gerüscht" (scrunch). Die beiden Gummibandenden überlappend fest zusammennähen. Die Öffnung per Hand mit kleinen Stichen schließen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;And now you can wear it!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Und jetzt einen Zopf binden!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Store in pretty container on your dresser!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hübsch aufbewahren!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Or put in a cute box and give to your friend!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Oder nett verpacken und verschenken!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Happy sewing!&lt;br /&gt;
Viel Spaß beim Nähen!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-259856517349814928?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/259856517349814928/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=259856517349814928&amp;isPopup=true' title='41 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/259856517349814928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/259856517349814928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2012/01/fabric-scrap-scrunchies.html' title='Fabric Scrap Scrunchies'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dcd3Ga0J1Qs/Twa6vk9paRI/AAAAAAAACVg/m2Cm6RpTPBg/s72-c/ScrunchA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>41</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6512386483294795024</id><published>2012-01-02T17:14:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T17:14:41.609+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Meet me at the movies!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I don't know &lt;/b&gt;about you, but I find that gifting the male members of my family particularly difficult. Also, unlike women, they don't hint at what they might like...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Also ich finde&lt;/b&gt; die männlichen Mitglieder meiner Familie besonders schwer zu beschenken, ihr auch? Anders als Frauen geben sie ja (meistens) keine Hinweise...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I finally&lt;/b&gt; found something that the hubby might enjoy, seeing as he's the biggest movie buff ever!! What's better than enjoying fresh buttered popcorn while watching the latest blu-ray movie on his 3D flatscreen in the mancave? That's what I thought anyway, plus I really liked the nostalgic look of this gadget, and since it's red, it fits right into our &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/kitchen-part-i.html"&gt;kitchen &lt;/a&gt;colour scheme :-D &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Dann habe ich&lt;/b&gt; endlich etwas passendes für meinen Mann (leidenschaftlicher Cineast) entdeckt - diese witzige nostalgische Popcornmaschine. Was gibt's besseres als frisches Popcorn und die neueste Blu-ray DVD? Fast wie im Kino! Zudem passt die Maschine gut in unsere &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/kitchen-part-i.html"&gt;Küche&lt;/a&gt; :-D&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Red&lt;/b&gt; seemed to be the recurring theme this holiday ~ even Sammy got something red! It's a snackball. The purpose of this ball, which is filled with my cat's favourite snacks, is &lt;i&gt;activity&lt;/i&gt; for indoor cats.&lt;br /&gt;
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Die Farbe Rot fand sich auch in Sammy's Weihnachtsgeschenk wider ~ ein Snackball. Da unser Kater träge ist hoffen wir, dass dieser Ball ihn zu etwas mehr Bewegung animiert.&lt;br /&gt;
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Take care!&lt;br /&gt;
Bis bald!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-6512386483294795024?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/6512386483294795024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=6512386483294795024&amp;isPopup=true' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6512386483294795024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6512386483294795024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2012/01/meet-me-at-movies.html' title='Meet me at the movies!'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yOFzeE3HFRc/TwHVUa0JR6I/AAAAAAAACVA/iNGuQ2ZGo7Q/s72-c/Popcorn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-3705893821001237517</id><published>2011-12-31T15:32:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-31T15:32:56.449+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Wishing you a...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hi everybody!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo ihr Lieben!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;just got back from this beautiful (and famous) city. Did you know that the Christmas Market here dates back to 1434 and is officially the oldest one in Germany?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;bin gerade zurück aus dieser wunderschönen (und berühmten) Stadt. War auf dem ältesten Weihnachtsmarkt Deutschlands...na? schon erraten wo wir waren?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thank you&lt;/b&gt; so much for all your kind holiday wishes ~ I hope you all had an equally nice time!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ganz lieben&lt;/b&gt;Dank für eure netten Weihnachtsgrüße ~ ich hoffe ihr hattet ebenso schöne Feiertage!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The nostalgic&lt;/b&gt; huts of the Xmas Market offered everything from beeswax candles to traditional sweets and woodcraft from the Erz Mountains region. Although everything was lovely I was particularly drawn to one hut that sold rows and rows of colourful handpainted Matryoshka Dolls. I remember having one of these as a child - no idea what happened to it -&amp;nbsp; but I still find them absolutely charming! I finally settled on a ruby red one. It's an original one, so it wasn't exactly cheap! My Christmas present to myself :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The Russian lady that manned the hut gave me some good advice: &lt;i&gt;never&lt;/i&gt; twist the dolls to open, simply pull the top straight up and off. This will prevent the wood from splitting!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Der Dresdner&lt;/b&gt; Striezelmarkt (so nennt man den hier) ist einfach wunderbar nostalgisch. Es gibt alles von Bienenwachskerzen und traditionellen Süßwaren bis hin zu Holzkunst aus dem Erzgebirge.&amp;nbsp; Zu der Hütte in der reihenweise handbemalte russische Matroschkapuppen zu kaufen waren fühlte ich mich wie magisch angezogen. Ich hatte als Kind eine, die ging aber verloren. Nachdem ich ausgiebig geguckt hatte entschied ich mich für die rubinrote. Davon gab es nur eine Einzige, und deshalb nicht gerade billig! Ein Weihnachtsgeschenk an mich selbst :) Die russische Verkäuferin riet mir die Puppe beim Öffnen &lt;i&gt;niemals &lt;/i&gt;zu drehen sondern stets das obere Teil abzuheben - sonst könnte das Holz nämlich reißen. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Gut zu wissen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Normally&lt;/b&gt; there are five dolls...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; Normalerweise&lt;/b&gt; gibt es fünf Puppen...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;But &lt;/b&gt;mine has two more!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;Aber &lt;/b&gt;meine hat zwei mehr!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Well&lt;/b&gt;, that's it from me today. I'm looking forward to catching up with you and visiting your blogs shortly! See you soon...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nun&lt;/b&gt;, das wars heute von mir. Ich komme euch sehr bald besuchen! Ich hoffe ich habe nicht zu viel verpasst! Schöne Grüße...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-747032926668049705?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/747032926668049705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=747032926668049705&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/747032926668049705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/747032926668049705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/home-again.html' title='Home again!'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9PLaFs5rafE/TvxcF0DQ2YI/AAAAAAAACT4/aXjFGcdOg_I/s72-c/Dresdenwinter.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1686310472781452884</id><published>2011-12-22T09:00:00.040+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T09:00:14.971+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasons greetings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday'/><title type='text'>Home for the holidays</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;I'm currently on vacation, so this is a scheduled post. I don't have internet access except if I find an internet cafe somewhere, so I may not be able to respond to your comments / Ich bin im Urlaub und habe leider kein Zugriff auf das Internet, es sei denn ich finde ein Internetcafé; dieser Blogeintrag ist voreingestellt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="color: red;"&gt;Dear blogfriends, dear readers old and new...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: red;"&gt;wishing you a joyous holiday season ~ may the peace and joy of the holiday be with you throughout the coming year! Merry Christmas and take care always,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: red;"&gt;Liebe Blogfreunde, liebe LererInnen alt und neu...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; ich wünsche euch allen ein wunderschönes Fest, angenehme Stunden in fröhlicher Runde, aber auch Ruhe und Zeit zum Entspannen...weihnachtliche Grüße,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1686310472781452884?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1686310472781452884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1686310472781452884&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1686310472781452884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1686310472781452884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/home-for-holidays.html' title='Home for the holidays'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NTENWUNYOFw/Tu77CnIH-mI/AAAAAAAACTs/gPcqnDPYM6w/s72-c/XMAS2011Card.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1731682791960665653</id><published>2011-12-18T12:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-18T12:01:30.936+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='loopschal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nähen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cowl'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nicey Jane'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heather Bailey'/><title type='text'>Things that warm the heart...and neck ;-)</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;For days &lt;/b&gt;it's been cold and dark with rainstorms. My flight leaves tonight and I hope it isn't delayed because of the weather.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Seit Tagen ist es kalt &lt;/b&gt;und dunkel. Die letzen zwei Tage hatten wir Regenstürme. Hoffentlich beeinträchtigt das meinen Flug heute abend nicht! &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I received&lt;/b&gt; the most gorgeous, incredibly soft, comfy and light-weight micro fleece the other day. The print is called "church flowers in pink" and it is from popular designer &lt;a href="http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/"&gt;Heather Bailey's&lt;/a&gt; nostalgic Nicey Jane collection! Heather only recently gave birth to her third child, so instead of designing a new collection she launched a few prints in anti-pilling fleece quality to make up for it. Good job she did too! The fleece just called out to me to make a cowl...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ich habe endlich&lt;/b&gt; den langersehnten &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/26098973-Micro-Fleece-Blumen-pink-Designer-USA"&gt;Micro Fleece&lt;/a&gt; aus der nostalgischen Nicey Jane Kollektion von der beliebten US Designerin &lt;a href="http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/"&gt;Heather Bailey&lt;/a&gt; erhalten! Der ist super-kuschelig, leicht, anti-pilling ausgerüstet und einfach nur traumhaft schön. Premium Qualität eben. Davon musste ich mir schnell für die Reise einen Loop nähen...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; *&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;And these&lt;/b&gt; are the things that warm my heart on cold winter days...hot cocoa, books, my cat Sammy, handmade cuteness :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Wenn's draußen eklig&lt;/b&gt; kalt ist, dann bleib ich drinnen...mit gutem Buch, heißer Schokolade, Sammy und erfreue mich an süßen handgemachten Dingen :)&lt;br /&gt;
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1. &lt;a href="http://weddinggawker.com/"&gt;via&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt; 2. fascinating book I'm reading / faszinierendes Buch, welches ich gerade lese 3. Sammy 4. &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/nfall2rt"&gt;knitted heart brooch / gestrickte Herzbrosche&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Off to pack&lt;/b&gt; the last things now! Take care and see you back after Christmas!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;So,&lt;/b&gt; nun muß ich die letzten Dinge in den Koffer packen. Komme nach Weihnachten zurück!&lt;br /&gt;
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Macht's gut!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1731682791960665653?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1731682791960665653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1731682791960665653&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1731682791960665653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1731682791960665653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/things-that-warm-heartand-neck.html' title='Things that warm the heart...and neck ;-)'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kbDjkfrWtZg/Tu28R7Sg6hI/AAAAAAAACTM/KTORZTGD0sA/s72-c/HBNIceyJaneimage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-9056389789283079812</id><published>2011-12-17T09:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-17T09:48:32.524+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasuries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade gifts'/><title type='text'>Etsy treasuries / Etsy Collagen</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;A huge thanks&lt;/b&gt; to these wonderful people who have included my items in their Etsy treasuries recently!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ein riesengroßes Dankeschön&lt;/b&gt; an die wunderbaren Menschen, die meine Produkte in den folgenden Etsy Collagen aufgenommen haben!&lt;br /&gt;
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By Tammy of &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheStitchingCoop"&gt;TheStitchingCoop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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By Christine of &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SariBlue"&gt;SariBlue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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By &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/ArtisanGroup"&gt;The Artisan Group&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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By Linda of &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SeasonOfTheStitch"&gt;SeasonsoftheStitch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Do click&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;on&lt;/b&gt; the individual pictures - you might find the perfect gift there! I will be closing my Etsy shop tomorrow, since I will be travelling next week, and I will only have sporadic access to the internet.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Die einzelnen&lt;/b&gt; Bildchen sind anklickbar - vielleicht ist ja das perfekte Geschenk dabei! Ab nächster Woche bin ich dann weg und werde aus diesem Grund meinen Etsy Shop vorübergehend schließen.&lt;br /&gt;
Habt ein wunderschönes 4. Adventswochenende!!&lt;br /&gt;
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Have a great weekend!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-9056389789283079812?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/9056389789283079812/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=9056389789283079812&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/9056389789283079812'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/9056389789283079812'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/etsy-treasuries-etsy-collagen.html' title='Etsy treasuries / Etsy Collagen'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-5491871839873145836</id><published>2011-12-15T12:41:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-15T12:41:24.662+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sweets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Naschkatze'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sweet tooth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='chocolate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='candy'/><title type='text'>Naschkatze...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pw7jNY4Zelw/TunaeFeyZ6I/AAAAAAAACSs/39XLAc6mVi0/s1600/Candy3a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pw7jNY4Zelw/TunaeFeyZ6I/AAAAAAAACSs/39XLAc6mVi0/s640/Candy3a.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;...means&lt;/b&gt; "sweet tooth" in German, and it seems I'm turning into one! The displays and variety of Christmas chocs and sweets at supermarkets are getting bigger each year. Funny how they are always located at check-out, tempting the unsuspecting buyer (me). &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Normalerweise&lt;/b&gt; bin ich gar keine...aber bei der riesen Auswahl an Süßigkeiten, die jedes Jahr größer und vielfältiger wird kann auch ich nicht widerstehen...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6-RpqHnSank/Tunba-4BfRI/AAAAAAAACS0/O9kITEylEVU/s1600/Candycane.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="478" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6-RpqHnSank/Tunba-4BfRI/AAAAAAAACS0/O9kITEylEVU/s640/Candycane.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;these candy canes are only for decoration! / diese candy canes sind nur zur Deko!&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpD3_8oayd0/Tunbq9Rl62I/AAAAAAAACS8/WVsxX9slwks/s1600/Candy2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="484" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpD3_8oayd0/Tunbq9Rl62I/AAAAAAAACS8/WVsxX9slwks/s640/Candy2a.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Are you &lt;/b&gt;looking forward to Christmas? Only ten more days to go (nine in our case).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Freut ihr&lt;/b&gt; euch schon auf Weihnachten? Nur noch neun Tage!!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wXJ25XiFX4c/TuncNRt1YBI/AAAAAAAACTE/paKtK3kDe0E/s1600/Angel1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wXJ25XiFX4c/TuncNRt1YBI/AAAAAAAACTE/paKtK3kDe0E/s640/Angel1.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;my little cheeky angel&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Thanks&lt;/b&gt; for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Vielen Dank&lt;/b&gt; für euren Besuch! Habt einen wundervollen Tag!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-5491871839873145836?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/5491871839873145836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=5491871839873145836&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5491871839873145836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5491871839873145836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/naschkatze.html' title='Naschkatze...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pw7jNY4Zelw/TunaeFeyZ6I/AAAAAAAACSs/39XLAc6mVi0/s72-c/Candy3a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-2143705187494365077</id><published>2011-12-12T17:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T17:27:05.524+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wreath'/><title type='text'>Last minute DIY Xmas Wreath TUTORIAL</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZDXvQ6rcvAQ/TuYj3GmMkcI/AAAAAAAACSc/A2JMKdOuv0k/s1600/Wreath4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZDXvQ6rcvAQ/TuYj3GmMkcI/AAAAAAAACSc/A2JMKdOuv0k/s640/Wreath4.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;This &lt;/b&gt;is an easy project that would be fun to do together with your kids!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dies&lt;/b&gt; ist ein einfaches Projekt, welches durchaus mit den Kindern gemeinsam gemacht werden kann!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;What you need / Was man braucht&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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long green strip of fabric, enough to cover the wreath (from craft store)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;langer grüner Stoffstreifen, genug um den Rohling (Baumarkt, Handarbeitsladen) vollständig einzuwickeln&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
fabric scraps in coordinating colours&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Stoffreste in weihnachtlichen Farben&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
wire garland (mine has red beads and golden stars)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Drahtgirlande (meine hat rote Perlen und goldene Sterne)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
ribbon&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Bänder&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
pinking shears&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Zackenschere&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
glue-gun (only to be used by the grown ups!)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Heißklebepistole (Umgang bitte nur die Erwachsenen!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zLjlLgqY8Fg/TuYl44BYmfI/AAAAAAAACSk/RnXmCyTBhaQ/s1600/WreathA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="598" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zLjlLgqY8Fg/TuYl44BYmfI/AAAAAAAACSk/RnXmCyTBhaQ/s640/WreathA.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Step 1 / Schritt 1&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Cover the entire wreath with the heated glue from the glue-gun (this is the part for the grown-ups). Wrap the green fabric strip around it covering completely. Let dry for a few minutes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Den Heißkleber gut auf dem Rohling verteilen (bitte nur die Erwachsenen). Den grünen Stoffstreifen diagonal um den ganzen Rohling wickeln, bis er komplett bedeckt ist. Ein paar Minuten trocknen lassen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Step 2 / Schritt 2&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Wind the wire garland around the entire wreath.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Die Drahtgirlande ebenfalls um den ganzen Kranz wickeln.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Step 3 / Schritt 3&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;With pinking shears cut strips from fabric scraps and tie a knot in the middle to make "bows".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Apply a little glue on the back and secure to the wreath. You can make as many bows as you wish. Leave to dry a few minutes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mit der Zackenschere kleine Streifen von den Stoffresten schneiden. Mittig verknoten, so dass eine Art "Schleife" entsteht. Etwas Heißkleber auf die Rückseite auftragen und fest an den Kranz anbringen. So viele Schleifen machen, wie gewünscht. Ein paar Minuten trocknen lassen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Step 4 / Schritt 4&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Tie a ribbon to the top middle of the fabric covered wreath. Attach a bow and some extra ribbon to finish!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Oben mittig ein Aufhängeband anbringen. Zusätzlich mit einer Schleife verzieren!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;And now it's ready to hang in your favourite place for all to admire :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Und nun kann er dort aufgehängt werden, wo ihn alle bewundern können :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Have fun!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Viel Spaß!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-2143705187494365077?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/2143705187494365077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=2143705187494365077&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2143705187494365077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2143705187494365077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/last-minute-diy-xmas-wreath-tutorial.html' title='Last minute DIY Xmas Wreath TUTORIAL'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZDXvQ6rcvAQ/TuYj3GmMkcI/AAAAAAAACSc/A2JMKdOuv0k/s72-c/Wreath4.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7375380222014383558</id><published>2011-12-10T13:33:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-11T09:11:31.706+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='crochet art toys'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunday Spotlight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='printable'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artisan feature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MissusD'/><title type='text'>Sunday Spotlight: MissusD</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Today&lt;/b&gt; I have the pleasure to introduce to you the artisan Kathleen, who owns &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/missusD"&gt;MissusD&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MissusDPaperie"&gt;MissusDPaperie&lt;/a&gt; on Etsy. Kat, who hails from sunny Singapore, currently lives in Munich, Germany. She's an architect turned fibre artist with emphasis on crochet. In her main shop you will find a variety of limited edition handmade designer art toys and objects for Kidults as well as beautiful crocheted Vintage lace covered rocks. Her second shop specializes in printable stationery and digital art.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bS3Uis924Rs/TuIB_-QlbEI/AAAAAAAACSE/RUA7CRQUeBo/s1600/Kat1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="532" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bS3Uis924Rs/TuIB_-QlbEI/AAAAAAAACSE/RUA7CRQUeBo/s640/Kat1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Panda Amigurumi&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;When Kat moved to Germany she didn't know exactly what she would be doing, but she definitely needed to express her creativity in some way. Every day brings new inspiration, and she likes to act on what she gets inspired by. This is reflected in the diversity of items in her shop(s). Listening to feedback of her fan base has helped her slowly understand her signature style. She says it's a wonderful thing to interact with her audience using her work! And it has actually widened her circle in Germany. She came to this country without any contacts or business experience. In the course of her work she has come to understand what it takes to build a creative business and how she would like to interact with people. Looking back, she has really lived her life passionately, and that is the most valuable part of doing what she is doing now.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OBFvziXgrd4/TuIExWQ7lkI/AAAAAAAACSM/7g99z_9BHEk/s1600/Kat2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="478" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OBFvziXgrd4/TuIExWQ7lkI/AAAAAAAACSM/7g99z_9BHEk/s640/Kat2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;One eye alien plant Amigurumi / Einäugige Alienpflanze&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Her main obstacle is the language barrier in Germany. She overcomes it with a lot of bravado and help from her friends. Of course, it also helps that a lot of Germans speak English well!&lt;br /&gt;
For all those planning to set up their own handmade business, Kat kindly shares this advice: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;If you are passionate, never give up. Setting up a business is not easy, especially if you are in Handmade. Don't sell yourself short. Learn from the experience of others. A little bit of humility and sincerity often opens up doors and hearts. In Handmade, mutual support is very important, keep encouraging each other!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;printable poster&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Heute im Rampenlicht&lt;/b&gt; ~ Kathleen, kurz Kat auch unter &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/missusD"&gt;MissusD &lt;/a&gt;bekannt, ihrem gleichnamigen Shop. Die aus dem sonnigen Singapur stammende Architektin lebt derzeit mit ihrem Mann in München. Bei ihrer Ankunft in Deutschland war ihr noch nicht ganz klar wie ihre berufliche Zukunft aussehen möge, jedoch wusste sie, dass sie kreativ tätig sein wollte. Vor diesem Hintergrund gründete sie gleich zwei Shops - im ersten findet man liebevoll gehäkelte Eigenkreationen; in ihrem zweiten Shop namens &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MissusDPaperie"&gt;MissusDPaperie&lt;/a&gt; spezialisiert sie sich auf ausdruckbare Papierwaren und Kunstdrucke. Die handwerklich begabte Kat verleiht&amp;nbsp; ihren ulkigen Amigurumis eine Einzigartigkeit, die besonders "Kidults" (Kunstwort, Kombination aus Kind und Erwachsener) anspricht.&amp;nbsp; Darüber hinaus ummantelt sie leidenschaftlich gerne Kieselsteine mit Vintage Spitze.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Sie liebt den Austausch mit ihrem Kundenstamm. Das Feedback, dass sie erhält motiviert sie zu neuen Kreationen und so hat sie über die Jahre ihren eigenen Stil geprägt. Rückblickend sagt sie, dass sie immer ein aktives und mit Leidenschaft gefülltes Leben geführt hat, und diese positive Lebenseinstellung fließt nahtlos in ihr Kleinunternehmen.&amp;nbsp; Als Hindernis empfindet sie in einem fremden Land ein Kleinunternehmen zu führen&amp;nbsp; die Sprachbarriere, aber diese meistert sie mutig und mit Hilfe ihrer Freunde. Natürlich hilft es, dass so viele Deutsche Englisch sprechen, erzählte sie mir mit einem Schmunzeln! Hier noch ein paar Tips, die sie anderen Gewerblern im "Handmade Business" mit auf dem Weg geben möchte: tu das was Du tust mit Leidenschaft, verkaufe Dich nicht unter Wert, lerne von den Erfahrungen anderer, Bescheidenheit und Aufrichtigkeit öffnen so manche Türen und Herzen (potentieller Kunden), und Erfolg im "Handmade" beruht oft auf gegenseitige Unterstützung!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thank you for the interview, Kat!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Vielen Dank für das nette Gespräch, Kat!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.missusd.com/"&gt;MissusD Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/missusD"&gt;MissusD Design &amp;amp; Craft&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MissusDPaperie"&gt;MissusD Paperie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7375380222014383558?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7375380222014383558/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7375380222014383558&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7375380222014383558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7375380222014383558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/sunday-spotlight-missusd.html' title='Sunday Spotlight: MissusD'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bS3Uis924Rs/TuIB_-QlbEI/AAAAAAAACSE/RUA7CRQUeBo/s72-c/Kat1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1764722455882152142</id><published>2011-12-08T10:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-08T10:46:21.312+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nähbuch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tanya Whelan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='craft book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new fabric'/><title type='text'>Sew what you love...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;...is the title&lt;/b&gt; of designer Tanya Whelan's first craft book!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;...ist der Titel&lt;/b&gt; des ersten Nähbuches von Tanya Whelan!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tanya Whelan&lt;/b&gt; is a US fabric and sewing pattern designer currently living in Belgium, and some of you might know that I adore her fabric collections. Most of my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/peridotbyduni"&gt;Peridot&lt;/a&gt; line is made from her fabrics! I was thrilled when I found out about her new book. It's due for release end of this month. Here's the blurb from Amazon:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;Grand Revival designer Tanya Whelan’s vintage modern aesthetic has made  her fabrics and sewing patterns some of the most admired by sewers and  quilters everywhere. In her first book, she presents a stylish  collection of 30 easy-to-make sewing projects that are achievable by  sewers of every skill level. Ranging from a pretty pleated clutch to a  flirty French-inspired day dress and super-cute soft baby toys to a  mistake-proof design-as-you-go quilt, each project comes with  step-by-step instructions and illustrations, inspiring photographs, and  helpful tips. These projects and patterns for children, adults, and the  home are guaranteed to work well and produce a beautiful end result.  Included are 3 pattern sheets enclosed in a handy pocket, providing  everything you need to start stitching something you are sure to love.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;*&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tanya Whelan&lt;/b&gt; ist eine amerikanische Stoff- und Schnittmuster&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Designerin&lt;i&gt;, &lt;/i&gt;die mit ihrem Mann und drei Kindern zur Zeit in Belgien lebt.&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Dies ist ihr erstes Buch - allerdings nur auf Englisch (Inhaltsbeschreibung via Amazon s.o.). Es kommt voraussichtlich Ende Dezember raus und beeinhaltet 30 entzückende Nähprojekte, u.a. für Kinder, für die Großen und Deko für das Zuhause. Es ist auf jeden Fall für jede Nähstufe etwas dabei!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;And in January&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;I will reveal some more exciting news pertaining to Tanya. Stay tuned...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Und im Januar&lt;/b&gt; habe ich noch eine spannende Neuigkeit betreffend der Designerin...&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;have a wonderful day!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;habt einen wundervollen Tag!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1764722455882152142?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1764722455882152142/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1764722455882152142&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1764722455882152142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1764722455882152142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/sew-what-you-love.html' title='Sew what you love...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9xbYHt4kL7k/TuCB4N9wRjI/AAAAAAAACR8/0Ax_s88WCNY/s72-c/TWFirstBook.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4266322432880406276</id><published>2011-12-05T18:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-05T18:47:09.976+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retro'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clothespeg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Strickliesel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='buttons'/><title type='text'>Vintage &amp; Retro</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hello.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;the&lt;/b&gt; week has only just begun and I'm already tired out. Today too many things happened at once and all of them needed my attention. I'll let you in on a secret ~ I'm not a very good multitasker. I much prefer doing things one after the other, but alas it wasn't to be today...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mädels&lt;/b&gt;, heute war nicht mein Tag. Irgendwie kam alles auf einmal und alles musste jetzt und gleich erledigt werden. Puh, die Woche hat gerade erst angefangen und ich bin schon erledigt!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I'm&lt;/b&gt; going to show you a couple of things that I found at craft and fleamarkets, and that always help to cheer me up! Many moons ago my favourite teacher gave me a knitting dolly. Who remembers these? Mine was blue with a red hat and I loved it! I spent hours knitting the wool into long strings, and I do believe that all of my family received coasters that Christmas! So when I spotted this knitting dolly I knew I had to have it for the sake of nostalgia. I &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; plan on using it when I have the time...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Retro knitting dolly&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kennt &lt;/b&gt;ihr noch die Strickliesel? Meine Lehrerin hatte mir damals (da war ich acht) so eine geschenkt. Die war blau mit einem roten Hut. Ich habe sie über alles geliebt und konnte stundenlang damit diese "Wollwürstchen" stricken. Ihr wisst schon was ich meine, oder?&lt;br /&gt;
Wenn ich mich recht erinnere haben meine Familienmitglieder das Jahr zu Weihnachten alle spiralenförmig zusammengenähte Untersetzer bekommen... ;-) Ich habe keine Ahnung wo meine Strickliesel geblieben ist, aber eins wußte ich als ich neulich diese hier entdeckte - die muß ich haben. Und ja, wenn ich mal viel Zeit habe werde ich es nochmal ausprobieren...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;And &lt;/b&gt;I couldn't resist buying these Vintage buttons, so cute!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Und&lt;/b&gt; diese Vintage Knöpfe mußten auch noch mit, so süß!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cleaning&lt;/b&gt; my chest of drawers the other day I found these half forgotten Vintage hankies! These are destined for a craft project!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Beim&lt;/b&gt; Aufräumen meiner Schubfächer habe ich diese wunderschönen Vintage Taschentücher wiederentdeckt! Diese sind für mein nächstes DIY Projekt bestimmt!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;retro clothes pegs used as ribbon holder&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;I hope&lt;/b&gt; these pictures brought about a smile or a nice memory from your childhood. I feel better already just looking at my "Strickliesel" ! But before I can even think about trying it out I must head to the kitchen to cook dinner. Will this day never end?! Hope your Monday was less stressful.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Und wie&lt;/b&gt; gefallen euch die Dinge? Vielleicht haben ja die Fotos die eine oder andere schöne Kindheitserinnerung geweckt. Auf jeden Fall hoffe ich, dass euer Montag weniger hektisch war wie meiner. Und der Tag scheint kein Ende zu nehmen, denn jetzt muss ich in Richtung Küche das Abendessen zaubern :) &lt;br /&gt;
Bis bald!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4266322432880406276?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4266322432880406276/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4266322432880406276&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4266322432880406276'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4266322432880406276'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/vintage-retro.html' title='Vintage &amp; Retro'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RCNjzMORaKU/Ttz72Da8vHI/AAAAAAAACRc/7fLIi32SS7I/s72-c/Strick3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-5200932330442887601</id><published>2011-12-02T10:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T10:15:29.529+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dawanda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Geschenke'/><title type='text'>Holiday Gift Guide ::: Geschenkefinder</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hello friends!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo Freunde!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I love making &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; receiving handmade gifts! There is something truly special about a handmade item, and anyone who has ever attempted at making and selling their own product will agree that it is also a lot of work. I feel good about buying gifts from other small businesses, knowing that each item has the maker's personal stamp on them. So much more fun than mass-produced don't you think?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGb1qm27VkU/TtiPJJ5RxGI/AAAAAAAACQk/doah_t8pD_s/s1600/buy_handmade.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGb1qm27VkU/TtiPJJ5RxGI/AAAAAAAACQk/doah_t8pD_s/s1600/buy_handmade.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Ich liebe handgefertigte Dinge zu verschenken &lt;i&gt;und&lt;/i&gt; auch zu erhalten! Handgemachte Geschenke sind einfach einzigartig, und jeder der schon mal ein eigenes Produkt entworfen, gefertigt und verkauft hat, weiß wieviel Arbeit drin steckt. Deshalb kaufe ich gerne von anderen Kreativen, in der Gewissheit, dass ich kein billiges Massenprodukt erhalte. Macht Spaß und alle Beteiligten freuen sich :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Still looking for gifts?&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Immer noch auf Geschenkesuche?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;for female relatives, friends or colleagues ::: für die weiblichen Mitglieder der Familie, Kollegen..&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g0ftljhmBIU/TtiR7R35UBI/AAAAAAAACQs/VZjc_DROmZM/s1600/XmasguideA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="486" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-g0ftljhmBIU/TtiR7R35UBI/AAAAAAAACQs/VZjc_DROmZM/s640/XmasguideA.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1. &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/hennasboutique"&gt;set of crochet coasters / 4er Set gehäkelte Untersetzer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/belleterre"&gt;2. bathsalt / Badesalz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;For geeks and cat lovers ::: Für Geeks und Katzenliebhaber&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ik03RmQ0y78/TtiTPzeRVZI/AAAAAAAACQ0/wCEQfGDbrW8/s1600/Xmas2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="484" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ik03RmQ0y78/TtiTPzeRVZI/AAAAAAAACQ0/wCEQfGDbrW8/s640/Xmas2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheWallaroo"&gt;3. binary code heart print / Binärcode Druck&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/matouenpeluche"&gt;4. cat art print / Kunstdruck Katze &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;For Vintage button lovers and baby girls ::: Für Vintage Knöpfe Liebhaber und kleine Mädchen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e-nmNIEmXNc/TtiT5wlZd5I/AAAAAAAACQ8/m880_hJVbuA/s1600/XmasguideC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e-nmNIEmXNc/TtiT5wlZd5I/AAAAAAAACQ8/m880_hJVbuA/s640/XmasguideC.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/tatteredroseart"&gt;5. shabby chic tray with vintage buttons / shabby chic tablett mit Vintage Knöpfe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Ebruk"&gt;6. baby hat with teddy bear ears / Babymütze mit Teddybärohren&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Of course&lt;/b&gt; there are plenty of other wonderful handmade items to choose from at &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://en.dawanda.com/"&gt;Dawanda &lt;/a&gt;and &lt;a href="http://www.artfire.com/"&gt;Artfire&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Natürlich &lt;/b&gt;gibt es noch viele, viele mehr einzigartige Dinge bei &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/"&gt;Etsy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/"&gt;Dawanda&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://www.artfire.com/"&gt;Artfire&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Happy browsing! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Viel Spaß beim Stöbern! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-5200932330442887601?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/5200932330442887601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=5200932330442887601&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5200932330442887601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5200932330442887601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/12/holiday-gift-guide-geschenkefinder.html' title='Holiday Gift Guide ::: Geschenkefinder'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XGb1qm27VkU/TtiPJJ5RxGI/AAAAAAAACQk/doah_t8pD_s/s72-c/buy_handmade.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-8141377654838936579</id><published>2011-11-29T11:50:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-29T11:50:03.729+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='new fabric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clutch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stoffladen'/><title type='text'>Polkadots &amp; Lace</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi! How's everybody doing?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I finally finished off some projects, including this pink polkadot clutch. It's a girly-girl kind of a purse with a lace ruffle flower on the front.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hallo&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;Mädels, wie geht's euch so?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Nachdem diese Clutch schon ziemlich lange ohne Bügel herumlag, habe ich's nun endlich geschafft, den besagten Bügelrahmen anzubringen. So gern ich diese Art von Taschen mag, so muss ich zugeben, dass das Auftragen des Klebers (und die anschließende Sauerei), der unliebsamste Schritt zur Herstellung dieser Tasche war! Der Kleber hält aber bombenfest :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;As most&lt;/b&gt; of you know I really love polka dots...and pink...and lace! So this clutch really epitomizes my personality :) I have to admit, that I don't make this type of bag very often, perhaps due to the fact that attaching the frame is such a fiddly and sticky job - literally. But the glue I use is the best on the market and after it's dried, fabric and frame are well and truly bonded.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Romantic fabrics......romantische Stoffe....&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In the collage&lt;/b&gt; below you can see that the images were snapped on two different days. We have pretty inconstant weather at the moment, so I tend to snap away so long as it's bright!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;In der nachfolgenden&lt;/b&gt; Collage sieht man, dass die Fotos an zwei verschiedenen Tagen gemacht worden sind. Es ist so wetterwendisch, dass ich einfach drauflosknipse so bald es etwas heller ist!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lZUWE_EmeiQ/TtS2kkdmOWI/AAAAAAAACQc/tMDX3MZlUfk/s1600/PinkpolkapouchA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="478" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lZUWE_EmeiQ/TtS2kkdmOWI/AAAAAAAACQc/tMDX3MZlUfk/s640/PinkpolkapouchA.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh,&lt;/b&gt; and before I forget ~ I'm sponsoring a &lt;a href="http://shape-moth.blogspot.com/2011/11/giveaway-sponsored-by-dunis-studio.html"&gt;Fat Quarter Giveaway here&lt;/a&gt;. It ends this Friday, so you still have a chance to win!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ach ja&lt;/b&gt;, und bevor ich's vergesse ~ ich verlose 4 wunderschöne Fat Quarter von Joel Dewberry. Noch habt ihr eine Chance, denn die Verlosung läuft noch bis zum Freitag. &lt;a href="http://shape-moth.blogspot.com/2011/11/giveaway-sponsored-by-dunis-studio.html"&gt;Hier geht's zur Verlosung!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks for visiting and good luck to those participating in the giveaway!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Vielen Dank für euren Besuch, und viel Glück an alle, die bei der Verlosung mitmachen!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-8141377654838936579?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/8141377654838936579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=8141377654838936579&amp;isPopup=true' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8141377654838936579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8141377654838936579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/polkadots-lace.html' title='Polkadots &amp; Lace'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jvsMQOmIeGk/TtSy-78_aYI/AAAAAAAACP8/DCEAc8RCz8c/s72-c/pinkpolkapouchB.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-945372543139361881</id><published>2011-11-27T07:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-27T07:55:26.819+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunday Spotlight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bags'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kirschbits'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artisan feature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purses'/><title type='text'>Sunday Spotlight : Kirschbits</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;When I first&lt;/b&gt; joined Etsy one of the first people I "met" was Vanessa Kirsch. We struck up a rapport, and so I have the great pleasure of introducing her to you today! Vanessa is a trained graphic designer from Venezuela, married to German photographer &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/matkirschphoto"&gt;Matthias Kirsch&lt;/a&gt;, and now living in the northern part of Germany with their son. Vanessa's shop &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Kirschbits"&gt;Kirschbits&lt;/a&gt; was born from her curiosity and desire to try out new materials and developing ideas to actual products, combining creativity and sewing skills taught by her seamstress mother. After experimenting with knitting and painting, Vanessa found that she is most passionate about sewing, thereby following in her mother's footsteps!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Vanessa says creating is like breathing for her -- even if she is super busy, not a day passes without finishing one of her many projects or starting on new ideas. There's a constant stream of ideas running through her mind and sooner or later she must realize them! She keeps motivated by learning new techniques and the challenge of sewing beautiful yet practical bags from a simple sketch. Vanessa continuously works on improving new found skills, and tends to create bags that are useful as well as beautifully handmade. As a designer she always feels the need to create things that have a purpose beyond just "looking nice". She creates all types of bags, from shoulder to crossbody, handbags, wristlets, messenger and zip pouches ~ bags are obviously Vanessa's &lt;i&gt;forte&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;reversible tote / wendbare Schultertasche&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Vanessa's most memorable accomplishment was designing a custom bag to the specifications provided by a lovely customer. He loved the result so much, that he immediately ordered another bag to store his rollerblades! He was totally impressed by Vanessa's skills that he ordered yet another bag - a huge challenge, as he wanted to recreate a piece of art from a famous architect onto the fabric. Vanessa crafted a masterpiece of a bag and loved it so much it was difficult for her to give it over to her customer! &lt;i&gt;We can all empathize with that :) &lt;/i&gt;Her efforts were rewarded when the customer sent her a photo carrying this amazing bag on his trip through Norway!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The bag designer's biggest obstacle to grow her business is time ~ juggling her household, her duties as mother, dealing with day-to-day business issues as well as coming up with new ideas and implementing them is a constant challenge. One other obstacle is the lack of opportunities in her region to showcase her products at special events or craft markets. Vanessa's advice to crafters just getting on board: &lt;i&gt;believe&lt;/i&gt; in yourself, your product and business! Try not to procrastinate. It's satisfying as well as motivating getting things done on time! Keep everything pertaining to your business in order: your work space, material and tools of your trade, bills, accounting;&amp;nbsp; To-Do lists help not only prioritize business issues but daily life too! This will save a lot of time and will help to find what you are looking for at the time you need it.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Heute ist es &lt;/b&gt;mir eine große Freude &lt;i&gt;Etsy Germany Team Mitglied &lt;/i&gt;Vanessa Kirsch vorstellen zu dürfen. Die Venezolanerin, gelernte Grafik Designerin, verheiratet mit dem deutschen Fotografen &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/matkirschphoto"&gt;Matthias Kirsch&lt;/a&gt;, lebt heute mit ihrem Sohn in Schleswig, im hohen Norden Deutschlands. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Vanessa sprudelt nur so vor Kreativität und liebt es zu stricken, zeichnen, malen, nähen und häkeln. Doch ihre größte Leidenschaft gilt dem Nähen von außergewöhnlichen Taschen. So tritt sie in die Fußstapfen ihrer Mutter, eine versierte Schneiderin, die ihr auch sämtliche Nähkenntnisse beigebracht hat. Vanessa experimentiert gerne mit neuen Materialien und Methoden. Für die Taschenspezialistin ist die Nützlichkeit des Produkts so wichtig wie die Formschönheit. In ihrem Shop &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Kirschbits"&gt;Kirschbits&lt;/a&gt; bietet sie alles von Schultertaschen bis Messengerbags, sowie Clutches und praktische Zippertäschchen an, und ist auch für kundenspezifische Sonderanfertigungen offen.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Sie erzählte mir, dass eines dieser Sonderanfertigungen nicht nur eine riesige Herausforderung war, sondern auch ihren größten Erfolg darstellte ~ ein Kunde, welcher von ihrer Fertigkeit begeistert war, hatte einen ganz besonderen Auftrag. Er wünschte sich die Kunst eines berühmten Architekten auf Stoff in der Form einer Tasche festzuhalten! Dies wurde Vanessa's Meisterstück, und es fiel ihr ziemlich schwer das fertige Stück dem Kunden zu überreichen. &lt;i&gt;Das kann ich sehr gut nachempfinden :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Als Kleinunternehmerin, kreativer Kopf, Mutter und Ehefrau fällt es ihr nicht leicht alles unter einen Hut zu bringen. Die begrenzte Zeit, die ihr zur Verfügung steht ihre vielfältigen Ideen umzusetzen sieht sie als großes Hindernis. Ebenso die Tatsache, dass ihre Region kaum Gelegenheit bietet ihre Produkte auf speziellen Events, z.B. Handarbeitsmärkten zu zeigen. Zum Schluß hat Vanessa noch ein paar praktische Tipps für Kleinunternehmer: &lt;i&gt;Glaube&lt;/i&gt; an Dich selbst, Dein Produkt und Geschäft! Organisiere Dein Arbeitsplatz; ebenso Dein Material und die Buchhaltung. Schieb die Dinge, die zu erledigen sind nicht auf -- es ist ein gutes Gefühl wenn man nacheinander die Aufgaben von der To-Do Liste abhaken kann und motiviert weiterzumachen! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thank you for the interview, Van. It was a lot of fun!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Vielen Dank für das Gespräch, Van!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Kirschbits"&gt;Vanessa's Etsy Shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/Kirschbits"&gt;Vanessa's Dawanda Shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.kirschbits.de/"&gt;Vanessa's website /Webseite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-945372543139361881?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/945372543139361881/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=945372543139361881&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/945372543139361881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/945372543139361881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/sunday-spotlight-kirschbits.html' title='Sunday Spotlight : Kirschbits'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6_2Rhr2PXeQ/TtC6J7YOjbI/AAAAAAAACPs/JP8Ap_O3drg/s72-c/Van3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6147653028296007919</id><published>2011-11-25T10:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-25T10:24:35.291+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gifts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weihnachten 2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade gifts'/><title type='text'>Santa's workshop :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi there!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I hope my US friends enjoyed Thanksgiving and you are not feeling too stuffed ;-)&lt;br /&gt;
Guess what? Only 29 days till Christmas (or 28 in our case, since we celebrate on Christmas Eve). I'll be spending the holidays with my mom.&lt;br /&gt;
My tiny home office currently resembles Santa's workshop as I'm putting the finishing touches on gifts and writing the last of the cards. As every year I like to get this done early, so that come December I can sit back and relax while watching everyone else frantically rushing from one shop to the next! I tell you, it's a great feeling crossing that off my to-do list ahead of time.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hallöchen :)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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nur noch 28 Tage bis Weihnachten! Dieses Jahr verbringe ich die Feiertage bei meiner Mutter, und werde auch schon eine gute Woche vorher fahren. Bei mir sieht's momentan aus wie "Santa's Workshop" :) Bin aber total froh, dass alle Geschenke bereits verpackt, beschriftet und teilweise nach Übersee versandt worden sind. Also ich kann mich im kommenden Monat bis zu meiner Abreise entspannen. Alles erledigt! Und ihr?!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sg9eD8UY0Qk/Ts9aaPSWSII/AAAAAAAACPc/0eY5qLfLp1k/s1600/Gifts4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="484" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Sg9eD8UY0Qk/Ts9aaPSWSII/AAAAAAAACPc/0eY5qLfLp1k/s640/Gifts4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh,&lt;/b&gt; and if you are still looking for unique and affordable gifts, The Artisan Group has compiled a wonderful selection in their &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/theartisangroup/2011-artisan-group-holiday-gift-guide/"&gt;Holiday Gift Guide&lt;/a&gt; on Pinterest. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Have a wonderful day!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Habt einen wundervollen Tag!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-6147653028296007919?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/6147653028296007919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=6147653028296007919&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6147653028296007919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6147653028296007919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/santas-workshop.html' title='Santa&apos;s workshop :)'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-S5W8OP98hKs/Ts9XhCiylvI/AAAAAAAACPU/FgmhAYFrf00/s72-c/Gift4a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-71634497007135255</id><published>2011-11-22T15:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-22T15:05:54.924+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sammy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='just me'/><title type='text'>Thank you blog friends!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi friends&lt;/b&gt;! I hope you all had a great weekend. I know most of you (living in the US) are busy preparing for Thanksgiving. I did not do much other than packing the last of the handmade gifts and browsing through my blog archive. I started this blog in 2008 mainly to showcase my handmade items as well as promoting handmade in general. Along the way it became much more than that. I found myself blogging about all sorts of topics from traveling to recipes, and my cat &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/rest-easy.html"&gt;Sammy&lt;/a&gt;. I shared anecdotes, pictures of seasonal flowers in the garden and even wrote about my hospital visits, which were frequent in 2009/10. Right from the beginning I connected with people in the blogosphere and enjoyed (and still do!) the interaction. And even though not all of what I blog about is happy I'm amazed and truly appreciate that some of you, whom I consider to be my friends, have stuck around all these years, through good and bad times :)&lt;br /&gt;
So, this is my way of giving thanks to my dear readers who have become my friends. Thank you! I truly appreciate our friendship.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://manddraponisanimalrescue.typepad.com/"&gt;Michelle&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://beadedtail.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sharla&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://annssnapeditscrap.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ann&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://artfulrising.com/"&gt;Erika&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://dianewantstowrite.blogspot.com/"&gt;Diane&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.randomcreativeart.com/"&gt;Rose&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://duckandwheelwithstring.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://nfallondesignstudio.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancy&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://mysweetthree-kristin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Kristin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://athenaworkman.blogspot.com/"&gt;Athena&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://hotrocksglassjewels.blogspot.com/"&gt;Susan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I know there are many, many more lovely bloggers out there whom I interact with on a regular basis. Know that I appreciate every single one of you and love reading your comments!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;At the weekend this was my attempt at making hot cross buns. They are nothing like those that Ann made (I'm sure she must be cringing at the sight of these!). They tasted okay, but somehow turned out a bit tough, plus the marzipan on top broke! Oh well. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hallo Mädels!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;ich hoffe ihr hattet ein schönes Wochenende. Ich habe die Zeit genutzt die letzten handgemachten Nikolaus- und Weihnachtsgeschenke fertig für den Versand zu packen, etwas zu backen (s.o. - leider nicht wirklich gelungen, aber schmeckten okay ;-), und in meinem Blogarchiv zu stöbern. Kaum zu glauben, dass ich schon seit 2008 blogge. Irgendwann kam die Frage, wieso ich eigentlich nicht auf Deutsch blogge? Keine Ahnung. Zu Beginn des Jahres fing ich dann an meine Posts zweisprachig zu formulieren...und die Freude war groß, als ich dann die ersten deutschen Kommentare erhielt! Ich machte also weiter und habe in den letzten Monaten so viele nette neue deutsche Blogger kennengelernt. Der Austausch macht mir riesig Spaß und einige von euch sind mir richtig ans Herz gewachsen :)&lt;i&gt; Danke&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://luemmaisa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://verenasschoenewelt.blogspot.com/"&gt;Verena&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://syllovesshabby.blogspot.com/"&gt;Syl&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://mamimadeit.blogspot.com/"&gt;Petra&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://valen-tonia.blogspot.com/"&gt;Martina&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://my-german-gemuetlichkeit.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mareike&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://emily-fay.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marion&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.lilledekobutik.de/"&gt;Jette&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;I'm looking forward to my 5th year of blogging! * Sehr bald starte ich das 5. Blogjahr. Darauf freue mich!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-71634497007135255?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/71634497007135255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=71634497007135255&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/71634497007135255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/71634497007135255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/thank-you-blog-friends.html' title='Thank you blog friends!'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4grBSKNOelI/Tsulc_tl5ZI/AAAAAAAACPM/KcFxODl7JGQ/s72-c/buns.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7619280698335267671</id><published>2011-11-20T09:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-20T09:00:21.489+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mixed media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunday Spotlight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Denmark'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artisan feature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scandinavia'/><title type='text'>Sunday Spotlight: Eeli-Ethel Polli</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Today&lt;/b&gt; it's my pleasure to introduce to you native Estonian Eeli, who currently lives with her Danish husband and two sons in Denmark. Eeli grew up in an artist family and started to paint at four years old. Later she studied art at the University in Tallinn.&lt;br /&gt;
Eeli has worked as a news graphic designer and illustrator with fifteen years experience, but she craved being her own boss, to use her time doing something she really loves, like painting and designing! So in May of 2010 she opened her &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/eeliethel"&gt;Etsy shop&lt;/a&gt; specializing in original, contemporary art and abstract paintings on canvas. As a mixed media artist Eeli incorporates newspaper, acrylic paint, paper clips, old letters and photos into her work. She is fascinated by colours and uses a unique layering transfer- and watercolour technique on her paintings.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Eeli is continuously learning new techniques and improving her technical skills. She is excited about growing her business which she built "from scratch". Going from zero income to selling her art work counts as her most memorable accomplishment, as well as overcoming her fear of making a living as a full-time artist. In her own words: "every time I make a sale I jump around and cheer like a child". &lt;i&gt;And we are cheering you on, Eeli!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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And what's the biggest obstacle concerning her business? Time-management! She makes lists to remember and prioritize tasks. After all, there are only so many hours in the day!&lt;br /&gt;
Eeli's advice for newbies is if you are passionate about your work go for it. Why wait? There may not be a tomorrow. She says to start small and grow your business over time. Set goals and remember to re-evaluate them along the way. Learn from mistakes (we all do them), learn from others, be consistent and most importantly don't give up! Having an own business is hard work, but it is worth it :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;Heute&lt;/b&gt; möchte ich die gebürtige Estländerin und Künstlerin Eeli hier vorstellen. Eeli lebt mit ihrem dänischen Mann und ihren zwei Söhnen in Dänemark. Mit nur vier Jahren fing sie an zu malen. Kein Wunder, ist sie doch in einer Künstlerfamilie aufgewachsen. Später studierte sie Kunst an der Universität von Tallinn.&lt;br /&gt;
Eeli arbeitete fünfzehn Jahre lang als Grafik Designerin und Illustratorin für Zeitschriften sowie eine Nachrichtenagentur. Ihre Sehnsucht etwas Eigenes aufzubauen und ihre Liebe zur Malerei motivierten sie schließlich einen &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/eeliethel"&gt;Etsy Shop&lt;/a&gt; im Mai 2010 zu eröffnen. Eeli spezialisiert sich auf originelle, zeitgenössische Kunst. Oft bindet sie Zeitungen, Acrylfarbe, Büroklammern, alte Briefe und Fotos in ihre Werke ein. Sie ist fasziniert von Farbe und entwickelte ein Methode Wasserfarben schichtweise auf die Leinwand aufzutragen, welches ihre Kunst plakativ wirken lässt.&lt;br /&gt;
Eeli verbessert kontinuierlich ihre Techniken und führt ihr kleines Unternehmen mit Enthusiasmus. Sie erinnert sich gern an ihren ersten Verkauf und freut sich über jeden neuen Verkauf wie eine Schneekönigin. Eeli erzählte mir: "jedes Mal wenn ich eines meiner Werke verkaufe springe ich herum wie ein kleines Kind!" &lt;i&gt;Wir freuen uns mit Dir, Eeli!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;Außerdem ist sie stolz darauf, ihre Angst ihren Lebensunterhalt als Vollzeitkünstlerin zu verdienen, überwunden zu haben. Die Künstlerin gehört zu den Menschen, die Listen machen und priorisieren, um ihre täglichen Aufgaben in den Griff zu bekommen. Ihr Rat für Anfänger: Einfach loslegen! Denn wer weiß schon was morgen ist? Arbeitet zielstrebig. Und Fehler machen wir alle. Nur lernen sollte man daraus! Von anderen aus der Branche dazulernen. Am Wichtigsten ~ nicht aufgeben! Ein Kleinunternehmen zu gründen und führen ist harte Arbeit, aber es ist den Versuch wert und lohnt sich allemal :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Thank you for the lovely interview, Eeli!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Vielen Dank für das Interview, Eeli!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Eeli's &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/eeliethel"&gt;Etsy Shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Eeli 's &lt;a href="http://www.eeli.dk/"&gt;website &amp;amp; blog / Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7619280698335267671?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7619280698335267671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7619280698335267671&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7619280698335267671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7619280698335267671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/sunday-spotlight-eeli-ethel-polli.html' title='Sunday Spotlight: Eeli-Ethel Polli'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rrCPdvJnCoQ/TsUo1TYGUlI/AAAAAAAACOk/K4GA_mm0HCs/s72-c/Eeli2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1239881841538737962</id><published>2011-11-18T11:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-18T11:17:22.229+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='feathered friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Symbol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fischreiher'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='just me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Grey Heron</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I shared&lt;/b&gt; these on Facebook, but I just had to share them here on my blog as well, because sighting a grey heron is a very rare thing! This elegant bird landed atop a tree in the garden very early yesterday morning. What a balancing act! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diese Bilder &lt;/b&gt;hatte ich schon auf meiner Facebook Seite gezeigt, aber ich musste sie einfach nochmal hier posten, denn einen Fischreiher zu Gesicht bekommen ist eher selten. Dieser wunderschöne Vogel landete gestern frühmorgens auf einer Baumspitze im Garten. Sehr graziös!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The heron&lt;/b&gt; has symbolic meaning in many cultures.The native American Iroquois tribe believe the heron is a symbol of wisdom and a very good omen. I'm currently in a "sick phase", so I sure hope seeing this graceful bird is a lucky omen for me...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;It stayed for a few minutes and then spread its wings and gently glided away.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Der graue Reiher&lt;/b&gt; spielt in vielen Kulturen eine bedeutsame Rolle. Für die Iroquois ist dieser elegante Vogel ein glückbringendes Symbol. Ein gutes Omen. Daran halte ich fest, denn mir geht's momentan wieder nicht so gut und die Präsenz dieses Vogels ermutigt mich...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Er blieb nur wenige Minuten, dann breitete er die Flügel aus und flog leise davon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Wünsche euch allen einen wundervollen Tag!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1239881841538737962?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1239881841538737962/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1239881841538737962&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1239881841538737962'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1239881841538737962'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/grey-heron.html' title='Grey Heron'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YIbhs5DGmrM/TsYraNZiMJI/AAAAAAAACO8/q5I3UzRU6DU/s72-c/Reiher1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-8084294487808632750</id><published>2011-11-16T14:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-16T14:23:17.087+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabrics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stoffe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bänder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Amy Butler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='haberdashery'/><title type='text'>Bänder, Borten &amp; Co. .......Destash</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;One of my cabinets&lt;/b&gt; in my tiny home office is filled to the bursting point with all sorts of haberdashery ~ binding, piping, webbing, trims and notions of all kinds and in all colours! I've been sorting through it all, discovering a few things I didn't even realize I had. I've decided to destash some of the items I will probably never use, and I'll be listing these in my fabric shoppe soon!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Wie bei allen Leuten&lt;/b&gt;, die viel nähen hat sich auch bei mir über die Jahre eine Menge Kurzwaren und Zubehör angesammelt. Eines meiner Schränke ist bis zum Bersten gefüllt! Beim Aussortieren habe ich einige Dinge entdeckt, von denen ich gar nicht wusste, dass ich sie habe! Aber zuviel ist zuviel, und so werde ich mich von einigen Kurzwaren trennen und diese zu einem rabattierten Preis anbieten, z.B. Schrägbänder, Gurtbänder u. ähn. Wer auf Schnäppchenjagd ist schaut einfach mal in den nächsten Tagen im &lt;a href="http://www.stoffe-borken.de/"&gt;Lädchen &lt;/a&gt;vorbei!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;I could really use an organized space such as this!..Ich brauche so ein gut organisiertes Zimmer wie dieses!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/87538786476518142/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="494" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/87538786476518142_zQJaT3TL_c.jpg" width="370" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: center; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.everythingetsy.com/2011/03/7-great-craft-spaces/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;everythingetsy.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Dunja&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;What else is new?&lt;/b&gt; Well, I received this gorgeous fabric from Amy Butler's newest collection called Lark. It's bohemian-inspired with Asian influences. The colours really pop. This fabric is destined to be made into tunics for my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/peridotbyduni"&gt;Peridot &lt;/a&gt;line.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Was gibt es sonst noch Neues?&lt;/b&gt; Ich habe einen wunderschönen Stoff aus Amy Butler's neuester Kollektion Lark erhalten. Diese Stoffe sind bohème und asiatisch inspiriert; kräftige Farben und ungewöhnliche Muster zeichnen sie aus. Eines dieser Stoffe werde ich zu Tuniken für meine &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/peridotbyduni"&gt;Peridot&lt;/a&gt; Linie verarbeiten. Die US Designerin habe ich im April diesen Jahres &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/04/cologne-trade-fair-celebrity-sighting.html"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt; kennengelernt. Ja, das bin ich mit Brille ;-)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;images courtesy of &lt;a href="http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/mainmenu.php"&gt;Amy Butler Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;And&lt;/b&gt; I also received a lovely set of romantic fabrics, one of which I'm currently using to make a sweet little clutch. Hope to show you some pictures soon.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;*&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Des&lt;/b&gt; Weiteren habe ich noch einige romantische Stoffe erhalten. Ich bin gerade dabei einen davon zu einer süßen Clutch zu verarbeiten. Ich hoffe ich kann euch demnächst hier Bilder davon zeigen.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Take care!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Macht es gut!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-8084294487808632750?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/8084294487808632750/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=8084294487808632750&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8084294487808632750'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8084294487808632750'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/bander-borten-co-destash.html' title='Bänder, Borten &amp; Co. .......Destash'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-g9Mn-Pj55aM/TsOvLV2G_WI/AAAAAAAACOU/VtmjTYHM7dg/s72-c/HabDash.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1591777207681966153</id><published>2011-11-11T14:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-11T14:26:35.449+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Einzelstücke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nähen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zip pouch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Täschchen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duni Buesken Handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OOAK'/><title type='text'>Postcard Pouch</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;To answer &lt;/b&gt;your questions in my previous post: Yes indeed! The new sewing machine had been delivered and thank goodness for that! I am getting acquainted with it, and I know we will become best friends :) My bedtime reading consists of the manual and leaflets that came with the machine.&lt;br /&gt;
And after my long sewing hiatus I'm oh-so-proud to have finally turned an idea that has been swirling round in my head for ages into this...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;***&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Im letzten Post&lt;/b&gt; habt ihr mich gefragt, ob ich denn tatsächlich die neue Nähmaschine bekommen habe. JA!! Ich bin überglücklich und habe mich schon mit meiner neuen Maschine angefreundet. Die letzten Abende war die Bedienungsanleitung meine Bettlektüre :) Und nach dieser langen Zwangsnähpause bin ich so stolz, dass ich wenigstens eine der vielen Ideen, die mir im Kopf&amp;nbsp; rumschwirren, umgesetzt habe...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;The lighting is disastrous. It's grey and foggy outside, so these pictures are as good as they get. The pouch is made from pure natural linen. Any irregularities are unique to linen fabric and add to the charm. The twine is stitched on and is part of the overall design. It is fully lined with a delightful rose print.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;This is a OOAK&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;piece&lt;/b&gt;. Measurements: 8" wide to 9.5" wide at the bottom. 8" tall. 1.5" deep. It retails for approx. USD 33,70 plus shipping. I will be offering it here on my blog to anyone interested first before listing it in my shop in a couple of days.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;***&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Das Licht ist nicht das Beste. Draussen ist es grau und nebelig. Besser bekomme ich die Fotos diesmal nicht hin. Der Oberstoff ist reines Leinen. Kleine Noppen oder Unregelmäßigkeiten sind teil der Leinenstruktur und keinesfalls Stofffehler! Die Kordel ist mit kleinen Stichen aufgenäht. Das Täschchen ist vollständig mit einem schönen Rosendruck gefüttert.&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dies ist ein Einzelstück&lt;/b&gt;. Ich biete es zunächst hier auf meinem Blog für Euro 24,90 zzgl. Versand zum Verkauf an, bevor ich es in ein&amp;nbsp; paar Tagen im Lädchen einstelle. Maße: 20 cm hoch, 20cm bis 24cm (unten)&lt;/div&gt;breit, 4 cm tief.&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thanks&lt;/b&gt; for stopping by today! I hope you're all doing great! Have a fab weekend :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vielen Dank&lt;/b&gt; für euren Besuch! Ich hoffe ihr seid alle trotz des trüben Wetters wohlauf! Wünsche euch ein entspanntes Wochenende :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1591777207681966153?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1591777207681966153/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1591777207681966153&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1591777207681966153'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1591777207681966153'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/postcard-pouch.html' title='Postcard Pouch'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6nRwXmvjv2c/Tr0bbmCbnPI/AAAAAAAACNI/DoUHgDGdEvY/s72-c/PostcardA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4171703410086152545</id><published>2011-11-07T15:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T15:20:01.876+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='white'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pinterest'/><title type='text'>Just white...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi there!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo Mädels!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;How &lt;/b&gt;was your weekend? Almost all the leaves have come down from the &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2010/10/autumn.html"&gt;big tree&lt;/a&gt; in our garden revealing the houses on the other side. The typical morning fog is back. So while I'm waiting for my new sewing machine to arrive I spent mine indoors reading. And browsing &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;. I have a whole board dedicated to the "colour" white. I love white in fashion and interiors. Here are a few of my favourite pins:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;♥&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ich hoffe&lt;/b&gt; ihr hattet ein schönes Wochenende:) Fast alle Blätter sind am WE vom &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2010/10/autumn.html"&gt;großen Baum&amp;nbsp; &lt;/a&gt;abgefallen. Dementsprechend sieht es auch im Garten aus! Der morgendliche Nebel, so typisch im November, ist zurück. Ich habe viel gelesen und mal wieder auf &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt; gestöbert. Ich mag die Farbe Weiß sowohl bei Kleidung als auch Interieurs. Ich habe ein ganzes mood board dieser Farbe gewidmet. Hier einige meiner Favoriten:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;white ruffle tablecloth / weiße Rüschentischdecke&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/265758189/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="600" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/87538786476551326_TfBsV58G_c.jpg" width="486" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.abeachcottage.com/top-popular-posts" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;abeachcottage.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Dunja&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;white claw foot bathtub / weißes Bad mit freistehender Wanne&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/453497358/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="354" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/87538786476599364_u62tKIae_c.jpg" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.luphia.com/blogspot/200907/white8.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://luphia.blogspot.com/2009/07/white-character.html&amp;amp;usg=__cAx1_i_wMozVQflbbv2YAOYBA7I=&amp;amp;h=354&amp;amp;w=500&amp;amp;sz=58&amp;amp;hl=de&amp;amp;start=0&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;tbnid=PHFYa9FN0o9m2M:&amp;amp;tbnh=125&amp;amp;tbnw=167&amp;amp;ei=JIy2TqPIN4-LhQfZ362HBA&amp;amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3Dwhite%2Bvintage%2Bchairs%26hl%3Dde%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DPq3%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:de:official%26biw%3D1360%26bih%3D636%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Dimvns&amp;amp;itbs=1&amp;amp;iact=rc&amp;amp;dur=549&amp;amp;sig=116960567425403711755&amp;amp;page=1&amp;amp;ndsp=23&amp;amp;ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0&amp;amp;tx=90&amp;amp;ty=80" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;google.de&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Dunja&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;white dress - I can make this! / weißes Kleid - kann ich sogar nacharbeiten! &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/111482443/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="830" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/87538786476515567_dJNTQwYF_c.jpg" width="553" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.burdastyle.de/burda-style/damen/tunika-kleid-hohlsaumspitzen-tuniken_pid_186_4615.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;burdastyle.de&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Dunja&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I was thrilled &lt;/b&gt;when French photographer Yann from &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PhotographyDream"&gt;PhotographyDreams&lt;/a&gt; picked my snow white Pajama Set for his Etsy treasury called "enjoy the silence". Thank you, Yann!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;♥&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ich habe mich&lt;/b&gt; sehr gefreut als ich mein weißes Pyjama Set in Yann's Etsy Collage wiedergefunden habe. Yann ist &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PhotographyDream"&gt;Fotograf&lt;/a&gt; und lebt in Paris. Dankeschön, Yann!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/treasury/NTc5NzYzM3w5NjIzNTcwOTU/enjoy-the-silence?index=1"&gt;Check out the treasury here / Hier könnt ihr sie ansehen.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;One &lt;/b&gt;of my favourite images from Yann is this one....&lt;b&gt;Eines &lt;/b&gt;meiner liebsten Fotografien von Yann ist dieses hier...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh!&lt;/b&gt; The doorbell has gone ~ I wonder if that's my sewing machine being delivered! Till next time, take care!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Oh!&lt;/b&gt; Da hat's geklingelt ~ ob das wohl meine neue Nähmaschine ist? Tschüssi, bis zum nächsten Mal!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4171703410086152545?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4171703410086152545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4171703410086152545&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4171703410086152545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4171703410086152545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/just-white.html' title='Just white...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v17kQIddHLo/Trfn892marI/AAAAAAAACLg/KMuqtUGvsTA/s72-c/YannPendaries.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1311826897046642623</id><published>2011-11-06T08:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-06T08:40:50.732+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Schmuck'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunday Spotlight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kleinunternehmen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artisan feature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jewelry artisan'/><title type='text'>Sunday Spotlight: Dita Maulani</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hello&lt;/b&gt;. Today's featured artisan hails all the way from the garden city Bogor, Indonesia. Dita is the owner of the Etsy shop &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Maulani"&gt;Maulani&lt;/a&gt;. This young woman has always been crafty and loves anything handmade. Motivated to try out new crafts she started making whimsical necklaces for herself. Turns out they were a big hit with friends, and this encouraged Dita to open her first online shop in 2009. She sells her items both internationally and at local handicraft markets.&lt;br /&gt;
Since then Dita has expanded her range to include rings, earrings and brooches. Depending on her mood, she creates pieces that reflect her ethnicity or her youthfulness in fun, geometric shapes. Feathers are a recurring theme in her jewelry, often times incorporated into necklaces and earrings. Her first sale - her needle felted necklace - became her bestselling item. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Dita would love to expand her business to include accessories like scarves and headbands, but says a low income is the main hindrance to grow her business. Ever energetic, Dita can't keep her fingers from creating for long! She's passionate about it and believes that despite money issues keeping a positive mindset, believing in her craft and sticking with it will eventually result in the outcome she's hoping for. Dita's advice for others just starting out is to keep in mind the importance of branding your items, keep perfecting your craft and above all perservere!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hallo&lt;/b&gt;. Heutiger Interview Partner im Sunday Spotlight ist Dita Maulani, aus der Gartenstadt Bogor, auf der Insel West Java in Indonesien. Dita hatte schon immer spezielles Interesse an DIY Projekten. Nach einer Zeit des kreativen Experimentierens began sie originelle Halsketten mit witzigen Details zu fertigen ~ zunächst nur für sich selbst. Der Anklang unter Freunden war gross! Das motivierte die junge Frau 2009 ihren ersten &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Maulani"&gt;Online Shop&lt;/a&gt; zu eröffnen. Ihr Sortiment hat sie in der Zwischenzeit erweitert, und so findet man bei ihr alles von mit Federn verzierten Ketten und Ohrringe über geometrische Halsketten bis hin zu folkloristisch inspirierten Schmuck. Sie verkauft ihre Ware sowohl international als auch auf ortsansässigen Märkten. Wäre da nicht das in Handarbeitskreisen universelle Problem des Geldflusses würde sie sehr gern ihr Geschäft um Halstücher und Haarbänder erweitern. Nichtsdestotrotz bleibt Dita ihrem langfristigen Ziel treu. Konzentriert sich auf neue, sehr individuelle Schmuckstücke. Gerne fertigt sie auch kundenspezifisch an.Wo andere hätten längst aufgegeben zeigt diese Frohnatur außergewöhliches Durchhaltevermögen, eine positive Einstellung und Freude an ihren Kreationen - drei Eigenschaften die sie auch jedem "Neuling" in der Branche empfiehlt!&lt;br /&gt;
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Dita's &lt;a href="http://facebook.com/yellowponyonlineshop"&gt;Website / Webseite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dita's &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/Maulani"&gt;Etsy shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Dita's &lt;a href="http://wonderlostshop.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog / Blog&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks for your time and the fun interview, Dita! Vielen Dank für das fröhliche Interview, Dita!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1311826897046642623?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1311826897046642623/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1311826897046642623&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1311826897046642623'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1311826897046642623'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/sunday-spotlight-dita-maulani.html' title='Sunday Spotlight: Dita Maulani'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s__s4jifY2Q/TrU9GT39vuI/AAAAAAAACLI/wjf4oVKscyA/s72-c/Dita1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-3973921613553524339</id><published>2011-11-03T09:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-03T09:37:55.557+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasuries'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vichy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gingham'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wäschesack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laundry bag'/><title type='text'>Pretty Pink Gingham</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi everybody!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo Mädels!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Well,&lt;/b&gt; looks like I'm not going to get my sewing machine back in a while. Apparently the spare part that the repair shop is waiting for needs to be imported from Thailand. I am suffering sewing withdrawal! So...I've made an executive decision and purchased a new one :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Meine Nähmaschine&lt;/b&gt; ist immer noch in der Werkstatt. So wie's aussieht warten die auf ein Ersatzteil, dass aus Thailand importiert werden muß. Das kann ja noch Wochen dauern. Also, mir reicht's. Nach einer ausführlichen Beratung habe ich gestern eine neue Maschine bestellt. Nächste Woche wird sie geliefert. *freu* &lt;br /&gt;
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Freuen tue ich mich auch über meine neuen LeserInnen &lt;a href="http://christinchen184.blogspot.com/"&gt;Christinchen&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://morgetauundabendroete.blogspot.com/"&gt;Fräulein Vintage&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://grandmasguidetolife.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carli&lt;/a&gt;. Schön, dass ihr zu mir gefunden habt. Nice to meet you ladies!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;More gingham goodness&lt;/b&gt; in this sweet Etsy treasury curated by Ania from &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/miniart"&gt;miniart&lt;/a&gt;. The images are clickable and will take you straight to each seller's item. Lots of adorable stocking stuffers in this one! Check 'em out :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Weitere süße Vichy&lt;/b&gt; Dinge gibt es hier in dieser Etsy Collage von &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/miniart"&gt;Ania&lt;/a&gt;. Wenn man auf die einzelnen Bildchen klickt kommt man direkt zu der Produktseite des jeweiligen Etsy Verkäufers. Ich finde hier sind einige Sachen dabei, die gut in den Nikolausstiefel passen :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Have a lovely day!&amp;nbsp; Habt einen wundervollen Tag!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-3973921613553524339?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/3973921613553524339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=3973921613553524339&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/3973921613553524339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/3973921613553524339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/pretty-pink-gingham.html' title='Pretty Pink Gingham'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-c5jq2RVO3Ig/TrJQJsNyZ8I/AAAAAAAACJg/05U3ME-EgBc/s72-c/PinkVichy2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7741053090580901720</id><published>2011-11-01T11:00:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T11:00:01.092+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scandinavian Stitches'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Finnland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nähbuch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='patchwork'/><title type='text'>Scandinavian Stitches</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lQneBevrico/Tq-9hIxzVcI/AAAAAAAACJQ/6mheKG5Y-9A/s1600/Stitches1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lQneBevrico/Tq-9hIxzVcI/AAAAAAAACJQ/6mheKG5Y-9A/s640/Stitches1.JPG" width="476" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;This cute little&lt;/b&gt; soft cover patchworkbook is ideal for beginning sewists determined to learn the basics in handstitching, appliquéing and quilting. Written by popular Finnish artist and teacher Kajsa Wikman, who also publishes a successful &lt;a href="http://syko.typepad.com/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt;, it is filled with twentyone whimsical projects including Kajsa's trademark happy appliqués.A fresh, modern take on folk art and scrap-friendly too! The projects are categorized into the four seasons and are ideal to bring a little fun and colour into the coming long winter nights.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/24281661-Scandinavian-Stitches-Patchworkbuch-Naehanleitung"&gt;Das Buch gibt es hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VyvM7A5vmzs/Tq-_0nDiNUI/AAAAAAAACJY/hurdtHizwV0/s1600/Stitches3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scandinavian Stitches&lt;/b&gt; ist ein süßes, skandinavisches Patchworkbuch mal nicht typisch Tilda ;-)&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;Geschrieben von der bekannten Finnländerin Kajsa Wikman beinhaltet es 21 herzallerliebste Projekte im zeitgemäßen Folk Art Stil. Die Anleitungen sind im gut verständlichen Englisch und ausführlich beschrieben. Jedes Projekt ist bebildert und Vorlagen gibt es auch dazu. Ob applizierte Kissen, Babyquilts, Stoffkörbe oder niedliche Dekohäuser - es ist für jeden Geschmack und jede Nähstufe etwas dabei! Die liebevolle Machart des Buches verleitet immer wieder zum Durchblättern. Die Projekte sind so süß und bunt-fröhlich ~ gerade richtig für die kommenden langen Winterabende!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7741053090580901720?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7741053090580901720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7741053090580901720&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7741053090580901720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7741053090580901720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/11/scandinavian-stitches.html' title='Scandinavian Stitches'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lQneBevrico/Tq-9hIxzVcI/AAAAAAAACJQ/6mheKG5Y-9A/s72-c/Stitches1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4936124709028183770</id><published>2011-10-30T08:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-30T08:44:11.267+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anna&apos;s Adornments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunday Spotlight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artisan feature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='jewelry artisan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Parltradet'/><title type='text'>Sunday Spotlight: Pärlträdet</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Today&lt;/b&gt; I have the pleasure to introduce to you Swedish jewelry artisan Christina, owner of the Etsy shop &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/parltradet"&gt;Pärlträdet&lt;/a&gt;, which means "bead or pearltree". &lt;i&gt;What a wonderful name!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christina was trained in the visual arts and worked as an illustrator for advertising for more than fifteen years before discovering her passion for jewelry making. In November 2008 she walked into a bead shop one day and was delighted by all the possibilities. From that day forward she was hooked, learned how to create pieces of jewelry, then opened up her first online store. (in fact Christina has several on Etsy by now).&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Earrings with exchangeable earwires / Ohrringe mit ausstauschbaren Ohrhaken&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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She started out designing pieces for her own use, while simultaneously studying the pieces of jewelry that the women around her wore. She soon discovered that there were a variety of tastes to cater to! Christina's jewelry keeps evolving as she listens to her customer's needs and requirements. This custom service is what makes her handcrafted pieces so special. She always endeavours to create beautiful, wearable pieces that could suit many women who do not necessarily share her own taste. Christina's &lt;i&gt;forte&lt;/i&gt; is making earrings, and she offers this wonderful service of exchanging the earwires with screwbacks to accomodate those women without earholes! &lt;i&gt;Now that's what I call great customer service!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Making jewelry combines many of Christina's interests: designing, working with colors, handiwork, as well as a basic knowledge of materials. She loves combining practical knowledge with playfulness in her design projects. She very much believes that jewelry should not only look beautiful but be comfortable to wear. She developed her line of stretch bracelets for women who find it difficult to close the clasp by themselves (or who might have arthritic hands).&lt;br /&gt;
When asked what her most memorable accomplishment was, Christina replies modestly: " I have not been in business long enough; simply selling a piece of my handcrafted jewelry to a customer who gives me great feedback and is very happy with her purchase is an accomplishment for me."&lt;br /&gt;
Having an online store on Etsy has been one continuous learning experience. Christina is currently in the process of stocking her shops and adding a new line of fun and less expensive jewelry for younger women. Christina says in order for her business to become really successful, she needs to "lock herself in a room" and do a series of&amp;nbsp; highend pieces, and then come out and promote them extensively. Time is a crucial factor in accomplishing any of this, she says.&lt;br /&gt;
Here are Christina's tips for anyone starting out in handmade jewelry: 1. design a great product - something that you can believe in, but also something that appeals to buyers. 2. get feedback from the kind of people who would be potential customers. 3. build your shop with the buyer in mind 4. make the shopping experience easy and fun!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Heute &lt;/b&gt;möchte ich euch die schwedische Schmuckdesignerin Christina vorstellen. Christina betreibt &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/parltradet"&gt;Pärlträdet&lt;/a&gt;, was so viel bedeutet wie "Perlenbaum". &lt;i&gt;Was für ein schöner Shopname!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Die in der bildenen Kunst ausgebildete Designerin arbeitete mehr als fünfzehn Jahre als Illustratorin in der Werbebranche bevor sie das Entwerfen von Schmuckstücken für sich entdeckte. Eines Tages im November 2008 betrat sie ein Perlen-und Schmuckzubehör-Laden und war sofort von den unzähligen Möglichkeiten der Schmuckherstellung begeistert. Von jenem Tag an widmete sie sich dem Schmuckdesign und eröffnete kurz darauf ihren ersten Internetshop. (mittlerweile sind es einige mehr!) &amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
Nachdem sie das Handwerk zur Schmuckherstellung erlernte entwarf sie zunächst nur Stücke, die ihren eigenen Bedürfnissen sowie ihrem Geschmack entsprachen. Indessen studierte sie den Schmuck den die Frauen in ihrer Umgebung trugen, und stellte fest, dass sie ihre Kollektion den diversen Geschmäckern entsprechend anpassen musste. Auch heute bemüht sie sich stets den Kundenwünschen gerecht zu werden und genau dieser kundenspezifische Service ist was ihre Kunden zu schätzen wissen. Ihre handgefertigten Ohrringe erfreuen sich großer Beliebtheit, vielleicht auch deshalb, weil Christina je nach dem ob die Kundin Ohrlöcher hat oder nicht, den Ohrringhaken mit einem Clipverschluß oder solche zum Schrauben austauscht. Das ist ein großartiger Service, den sie ihren Kundinnen kostenlos bietet!&lt;br /&gt;
Beim Schmuckdesign achtet Christina stets darauf, dass er nicht nur ansprechend aussieht sondern auch tragbar und komfortabel ist. Vor diesem Hintergrund kreierte sie ihre Stretch-Armbänder, die problemlos - auch von Kundinnen die von Arthritis betroffen sind - getragen werden können, da sie ohne "fummeligen" Verschluß gefertigt werden. Zur Zeit arbeitet Christina an einer Kollektion für junge Menschen. Bunt-fröhliche Stücke in einer erschwinglichen Preislage. Die größe Herausforderung ein erfolgreiches Kleinunternehmen zu führen ist (wie bei den meisten) wieder der Zeitfaktor. Mit einem Schmunzeln erzählt Christina, dass sie sich gerne mal in ihr Arbeitszimmer einschließen würde, um dann ein paar ungestörte Tage neue Stücke anfertigen zu können...&lt;br /&gt;
Auf die Frage was sie bislang als größten Erfolg empfindet antwortete Christina bescheiden: "die Tatsache, dass meine Stücke gekauft werden und ich anschließend tolles Feedback von den Kundinnen erhalte ist für mich Erfolg genug"&lt;br /&gt;
Abschließend ein paar Tips für zukünftige SchmuckdesignerInnen: 1. entwerfe ein großartiges Produkt von dem Du überzeugt bist. 2. immer Ausschau nach potentiellen Kundinnen halten 3. Dein Shop aus den Augen der Kundinnen betrachten und dementsprechend optimieren. 4. mach es für die Kundinnen so einfach wie möglich bei Dir einzukaufen!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Thank you so much for your time, Christina! Vielen Dank für das Interview, Christina!&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Christina's main shop /Hauptgeschäft &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/parltradet"&gt;Pärlträdet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Christina's &lt;a href="http://annasadornments.blogspot.com/"&gt;blog / Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4936124709028183770?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4936124709028183770/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4936124709028183770&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4936124709028183770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4936124709028183770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/sunday-spotlight-parltradet.html' title='Sunday Spotlight: Pärlträdet'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_eahljVSJpM/Tqwd-l4cE0I/AAAAAAAACIw/uDThIhJzrtI/s72-c/Parltradet3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7521227274024164516</id><published>2011-10-27T11:42:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T11:42:59.227+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zuhause'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='just me'/><title type='text'>Zeit der Gemütlichkeit...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Roughly translated&lt;/b&gt; as "time to get cozy at home". Well, the days are getting decidedly shorter and this weekend it's time to turn back the clocks. I'm not entirely sure whether that's a good thing. Sammy hates it. This is also the time of year when it is getting increasingly difficult to take proper (product)photos. I hope I can manage somehow this winter.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Meine Lieben&lt;/b&gt;, die Tage werden deutlich kürzer und dieses Wochenende ist ja Zeitumstellung. Bin mir nach wie vor nicht sicher, ob das eine gute Sache ist? Sammy gefällt's nicht! Bei dem schwachen und kalten Licht wird es auch immer schwieriger gute (Produkt)fotos zu knipsen. Hm...mal sehen ob ich's irgendwie hinbekomme. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Two days&lt;/b&gt; ago I checked my Blogger stats and was astounded to see I got around 950 pageviews on that day! Luckily &lt;a href="http://annssnapeditscrap.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ann&lt;/a&gt; kindly pointed out to me that one of my tutorials made it onto &lt;a href="http://totallytutorials.blogspot.com/2011/10/tutorial-how-to-make-ruffle-bib-top.html"&gt;Totally Tutorials&lt;/a&gt;! Ah, well that explains the increased pageviews then :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Fellow crafters listen up:&lt;/u&gt; I bought some ad space on a well known small business site. That was 12 days ago and even though I re-sent my ad twice it still isn't anywhere on that site! All my messages to the owner of this site via email, twitter and even on her blog have been left unanswered. Do you think I should try to get my money back? &amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vor zwei Tagen&lt;/b&gt; hatte ich mich gewundert, dass ich ca. 950 Zugriffe auf mein Blog hatte! So viele waren es ja noch nie. Durch die liebe &lt;a href="http://annssnapeditscrap.blogspot.com/"&gt;Ann &lt;/a&gt;habe ich dann erfahren, dass eine meiner Anleitungen es auf &lt;a href="http://totallytutorials.blogspot.com/2011/10/tutorial-how-to-make-ruffle-bib-top.html"&gt;Totally Tutorials &lt;/a&gt;geschafft hat! Na, kein Wunder also :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;DaWanda-Verkäufer aufgepasst:&lt;/u&gt; Die "Spaßkäufer" sind wieder unterwegs. Kennt ihr die? Kaufen, nicht bezahlen und schon gar nicht auf Nachrichten antworten. Viel Ärger um nichts. Grrr.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: #741b47;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Not to end&lt;/b&gt; this post on a sour note, I received a very sweet personal email from &lt;a href="http://thefarmchicks.typepad.com/"&gt;Serena&lt;/a&gt; a.k.a The Farm Chicks yesterday and it lifted my spirits immediately. &lt;b&gt;Have a cozy day!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Naja,&lt;/b&gt; genug geärgert. Ich glaube ich sollte es Sammy gleichtun, ein heißes Getränk machen und es mir mit einer Kuscheldecke auf dem Sofa gemütlich machen...wie der Titel ja schon besagt :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Liebe Grüße...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7521227274024164516?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7521227274024164516/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7521227274024164516&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7521227274024164516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7521227274024164516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/zeit-der-gemutlichkeit.html' title='Zeit der Gemütlichkeit...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VKUHGdMIFgc/Tqkdcc6_5LI/AAAAAAAACII/9L9a4sMIvr8/s72-c/Heide1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-2502933774969683742</id><published>2011-10-26T09:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-26T09:26:33.970+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='French Knickers'/><title type='text'>Another Etsy treasury......Neue Etsy Collage</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Thank you&lt;/b&gt; to Jessica and Holly of &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/chezjolly"&gt;chezjolly&lt;/a&gt; for including my French Knickers in this sweet treasury!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Vielen Dank&lt;/b&gt; an Jessica und Holly von &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/chezjolly"&gt;chezjolly&lt;/a&gt;, die meine French Knickers in diese schöne Etsy Collage aufgenommen haben! &lt;i&gt;(Schade, dass es so eine Funktion bei Dawanda nicht gibt, würde auf jeden Fall Spaß machen)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Wünsche euch einen wunderschönen Tag!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-2502933774969683742?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/2502933774969683742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=2502933774969683742&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2502933774969683742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2502933774969683742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/another-etsy-treasuryneue-etsy-collage.html' title='Another Etsy treasury......Neue Etsy Collage'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4127022427416504565</id><published>2011-10-23T10:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T10:48:23.709+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunday Spotlight'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artisan feature'/><title type='text'>Sunday Spotlight: e.m.papers</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;Today&lt;/b&gt; I'd like to introduce you to Eleanor who runs &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_768200995"&gt;e.m.papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/people/empapers"&gt; on Etsy&lt;/a&gt;. Eleanor, a California native who currently resides in Munich, Germany says the greatest motivator that led her to her craft was getting back to designing work that she liked (as opposed to the work she did for her corporate job) as well as create a business that she could run on her own terms. Her own wedding helped her figure out which products needed to be developed! &lt;br /&gt;
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Starting out with greeting cards Eleanor has branched out into new products including calendars with a special focus on wedding invitations and sets. She also figured out a way to make the text editable on her templates, which gives customers more ability to customize e.m.papers printables. &lt;i&gt;What an ingenious idea!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Eleanor says her most memorable accomplishment was creating her "Garden Party" wedding set, based on her very own wedding invitations. This item became her best seller, and in a very real sense allowed her to quit her day job! When asked what the biggest obstacle in growing her business was, and how to overcome it, Eleanor replied: "having enough time to do everything, run the business, manage my online stores, do production work and take on custom orders all while coming up with new designs. At the moment I am just starting to hire help, especially with production."&lt;br /&gt;
As someone who's been in this business for quite some time Eleanor kindly shared a couple tips for people just starting out: 1. get your products out there and get started, rather than wait for everything to be perfect. 2. be aware that running your own small business is at least 50% marketing, so be ready to spend a lot of time getting the word out about your products!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;Heute&lt;/b&gt; möchte ich Eleanor von dem &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/empapers"&gt;Etsy Shop e.m.papers&lt;/a&gt; vorstellen. Die gebürtige Amerikanerin lebt mit ihrem Mann derzeit in München. Die gelernte Grafikdesignerin gründete ihr Kleinunternehmen aus dem Wunsch heraus selbstbestimmend ihren Shop zu leiten und vor allem eigene Ideen umsetzen zu können (was ja im Angestelltenverhältnis nicht immer möglich ist). Eleanor gestaltete zunächst Grußkarten, erweiterte dann ihr Sortiment mit Kalender und hat sich über die Jahre als Spezialist für Hochzeitseinladungen und Sets etabliert. Das Besondere an ihren Printables (druckfähige Karten und Sets) ist, dass der Text editierbar ist. So können Kunden am eigenen PC ihre Wunschkarte mitgestalten. &lt;i&gt;Was für eine geniale Idee!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Der Bestseller in ihrem Shop ist das "Garden Party" Hochzeits-Set, welches auf den Einladungen ihrer eigenen Hochzeit basiert. Der Abverkauf lief so gut, dass sie davon leben und ihre Tätigkeit in einem Großunternehmen "an den Nagel hängen" konnte. Als ich sie fragte was sie als größte Herausforderung ihrer Arbeit empfindet, sagte sie: "zeitlich alles unter einen Hut zu bringen - Administration, die täglichen Internetgeschäfte, Kundensonderanfertigungen, Produktion und nicht zuletzt das Entwerfen neuer Produktlinien." Vor kurzem hat sie eine Hilfskraft eingestellt, die für die Produktion mitverantwortlich ist. Zu guter Letzt wollte ich von Eleanor wissen welchen Rat sie für Neulinge hat, die gerade dabei sind ein Kleinunternehmen zu gründen: Einfach loslegen! Nicht erst warten bis alles perfekt ist. Und jeder sollte sich bewußt machen, dass man (frau) mindestens die Hälfte der Zeit mit Vermarktung seiner Produkte verbringt! &lt;br /&gt;
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Eleanor's &lt;a href="http://www.empapers.com/"&gt;website/Webseite&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Eleanor's &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/empapers"&gt;Etsy Shop&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/empapersdeutsch"&gt;Etsy Shop Deutsch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Thanks for your time, Eleanor! Vielen Dank für das Interview, Eleanor!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-family: &amp;quot;Courier New&amp;quot;; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /&gt; &lt;br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4127022427416504565?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4127022427416504565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4127022427416504565&amp;isPopup=true' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4127022427416504565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4127022427416504565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/sunday-spotlight-empapers.html' title='Sunday Spotlight: e.m.papers'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZEHK-9_A_xw/TqLpIsSnpkI/AAAAAAAACHw/Cc3RvvmL1B0/s72-c/eleanor1A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6405955273707520397</id><published>2011-10-19T14:00:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T14:00:12.656+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='romantic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='roses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='romantisch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wellnesshose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rosenstoffe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lounge wear'/><title type='text'>Roses &amp; Ribbons</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi there!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo ihr Lieben!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLdrhJQyQ0k/Tp6y39T8QSI/AAAAAAAACHM/Eq46qbvuEk8/s1600/RR1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLdrhJQyQ0k/Tp6y39T8QSI/AAAAAAAACHM/Eq46qbvuEk8/s640/RR1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;The good news&lt;/b&gt; is a batch of gorgeous romantic fabrics arrived in my little fabric shoppe the other day. I got all excited because they actually look even better in person! The bad news is my sewing machine broke down (which my newsletter readers already know), so I was only able to create a single new lounge pant. I love the way it turned out though. Girly details like a ruffled fully-lined back pocket and pink crochet lace ties are what makes these romantic pants so special! See more pictures&lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/83842846/romantic-lounge-pants-shabby-chic-womens"&gt; here&lt;/a&gt;. Those who love Cath Kidston and Laury Ashley will definitely love these - the difference is they are handmade with love ♥&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ich freue mich&lt;/b&gt; immer so sehr wenn eine neue Ladung Stoffe&lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/Rosenstoffe-Shop"&gt; im Lädchen&lt;/a&gt; eintrifft, besonders wenn es romantische, mit zarten Rosenmotiven bedruckte Stoffe wie die obigen sind! Ich bin nun mal eine romantische Seele. Leider hielt die Freude nicht lange an, denn meine Nähmaschine wollte ganz abrupt nicht mehr nähen...(meine Newsletter Leser wissen dies ja bereits). Glücklicherweise habe ich es noch rechtzeitig geschafft ein neues Design umzusetzen. Das Besondere an dieser Wellnesshose ist nicht nur der traumhafte Stoff, es sind mädchenhafte Details wie die gerüschte Tasche auf der Rückseite sowie das pinkfarbene Bindeband aus Häkelspitze. Mehr Fotos &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/83842846/romantic-lounge-pants-shabby-chic-womens"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;. Diese Hose ist sicher etwas für alle die Cath Kidston oder Laura Ashley mögen, mit einem Unterschied - sie ist mit Liebe von Hand gemacht ♥&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;So, I'm desperately&lt;/b&gt; waiting for the return of my beloved sewing machine. I'm sure I'm driving the repair men crazy by calling them every two days ;-) &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Nun warte ich&lt;/b&gt; händeringend auf meine Nähmaschine, die momentan in der Werkstatt ist. Bestimmt treibe ich die Techniker oder Mechaniker oder wie immer die Menschen heißen, die Nähmaschinen reparieren zum Wahnsinn mit meinen Anrufen. hihi ;-)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Last but not least&lt;/b&gt; a big welcome to my lovely new readers &lt;a href="http://swappinghowdies.blogspot.com/"&gt;Birgit&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://gretemarlene.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mel!&lt;/a&gt; Thanks for joining! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;An dieser Stelle&lt;/b&gt; möchte ich meine lieben neuen Leser &lt;a href="http://swappinghowdies.blogspot.com/"&gt;Birigt&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://gretemarlene.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mel&lt;/a&gt; begrüßen! Schön, dass ihr zu mir gefunden habt!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Best wishes, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Liebe Grüße, &lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-6405955273707520397?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/6405955273707520397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=6405955273707520397&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6405955273707520397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6405955273707520397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/roses-ribbons.html' title='Roses &amp; Ribbons'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TLdrhJQyQ0k/Tp6y39T8QSI/AAAAAAAACHM/Eq46qbvuEk8/s72-c/RR1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7056840870481370486</id><published>2011-10-18T09:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T09:13:28.858+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wäschesack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laundry bag'/><title type='text'>Love lives here :)</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;My retro laundry bags&lt;/b&gt; were featured in this super cute Etsy treasury by &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LewisCooper"&gt;Lewis &lt;/a&gt;of SLC Designs. Thank you Lewis!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Meine Retro Wäschebeutel&lt;/b&gt; wurden in diese wirklich süße Etsy Collage von &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LewisCooper"&gt;Lewis&lt;/a&gt; / SLC Designs aufgenommen. Herzlichen Dank Lewis!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fKPL14fiz3Y/TpwoEDcMZ0I/AAAAAAAACHE/8Ya1yPk-cS8/s1600/Jewelry3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fKPL14fiz3Y/TpwoEDcMZ0I/AAAAAAAACHE/8Ya1yPk-cS8/s400/Jewelry3.JPG" width="298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;The time&lt;/b&gt; has come to announce the winner of my &lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;handmade jewelry roll giveaway&lt;/span&gt;! Big thanks to all the participants; there weren't all too many, so your chances of winning were pretty good!! Now watch the video below to find out who the lucky winner is! &lt;i&gt;I have included the YouTube link in case you can't view the video in Blogger.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Der Tag&lt;/b&gt; ist gekommen an dem ich die Gewinnerin &lt;span style="color: purple;"&gt;meiner handgefertigten Schmuckrolle&lt;/span&gt; ankündige! Ein großes Dankeschön an alle die mitgemacht haben!! Es waren ja nicht &lt;i&gt;so&lt;/i&gt; viele, die mitgemacht haben - gute Gewinnchancen für jeden also! Im nachstehenden Video ziehe ich das Gewinnerlos aus der Box! &lt;i&gt;Falls ihr das Video nicht in Blogger sehen könnt habe ich darunter den YouTube link eingefügt.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://1.gvt0.com/vi/qcs-5LdMfMU/0.jpg"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qcs-5LdMfMU&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qcs-5LdMfMU&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcs-5LdMfMU&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;And the winner is....und die Gewinnerin ist&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;SUSAN WOODS &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congratulations Susan!&lt;/b&gt; You're the lucky winner of my handmade jewelry roll. I will contact you shortly via the email address you left in your comment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Herzlichen Glückwunsch Susan!&lt;/b&gt; Du hast gewonnen! Ich werde Dich via Deine im Kommentar hinterlassene Email Adresse kontaktieren. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;To all other participants ~ don't be sad. There will be other giveaways on my blog in future :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Alle anderen Teilnehmer bitte nicht traurig sein. Es gibt hier bestimmt nochmal eine Verlosung :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Take care and have a great week ahead!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Macht's gut! Wünsche euch einen schönen Wochenstart!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: magenta;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: purple;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1720172744663993873?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1720172744663993873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1720172744663993873&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1720172744663993873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1720172744663993873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/we-have-winner.html' title='We have a winner!'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fKPL14fiz3Y/TpwoEDcMZ0I/AAAAAAAACHE/8Ya1yPk-cS8/s72-c/Jewelry3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7813813092843021358</id><published>2011-10-15T10:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-15T10:47:51.416+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='headband'/><title type='text'>DIY Holiday Headband - TUTORIAL</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gVAmgUlCzKs/Tpk9XKG3HKI/AAAAAAAACGU/wV6ylk41aPs/s1600/HolidayHB.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gVAmgUlCzKs/Tpk9XKG3HKI/AAAAAAAACGU/wV6ylk41aPs/s640/HolidayHB.JPG" width="478" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Here's &lt;/b&gt;a fun project anyone can make. No sewing machine required!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;You will need:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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old headband (mine is a cheap one from the supermarket)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/22635397-Weihnachtsstoff-Kumari-Holiday-Dena-Designs"&gt;holiday-themed fabric&lt;/a&gt; (two long strips 2" wide)&lt;br /&gt;
needle and thread&lt;br /&gt;
pinking shears &lt;br /&gt;
good quality fabric glue (mine is Gütermann HT2)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Haarreifen mit Stoff &lt;/b&gt;und Rosette. Ein einfaches DIY Projekt!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;Was man braucht:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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ein alter Haarreifen (meiner ist aus dem Supermarkt)&lt;br /&gt;
Zwei Stoffstreifen ca. 5 cm breit (mein Stoff ist &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/22635397-Weihnachtsstoff-Kumari-Holiday-Dena-Designs"&gt;Kumari Holiday&lt;/a&gt; von Dena Designs)&lt;br /&gt;
Nadel und Faden&lt;br /&gt;
Zackenschere &lt;br /&gt;
Textilkleber (meiner ist von Gütermann HT2)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Step 1 / Schritt 1&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Take one strip&lt;/b&gt; and cut along both long edges with pinking shears. Starting at one end of headband fold under and secure with a dab of glue. Overlap the sides and glue. Tip: make sure to wait approx. one minute until the glue becomes tacky - it will stick better. Then start winding the strip around the entire headband, overlapping and gluing as you go. Secure the end as you did on the other side. Let dry.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Einen Streifen&lt;/b&gt; entlang der langen Kanten mit der Zackenschere schmal abschneiden. Den Strefen an einem Ende des Haarreifens einschlagen, mit Kleber fixieren. Tip: Kleber jeweils eine Minute antrocknen lassen - so klebt er besser. Seitlich einschlagen und festkleben. Den Steifen diagonal und überlappend um den gesamten Haarreifen wickeln und dabei Stück für Stück festkleben. Das Ende wie gehabt fixieren. Trocknen lassen.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Step 2 / Schritt 2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Thread a needle &lt;/b&gt;with coordinating thread. Make sure it is long enough! Take the second strip of fabric and knot at one end. Then start twisting the strip. When you have twisted about an 1.5 " wind around the knot and secure with small stitches from underneath. Continue twisting, winding and stitching until you get to your desired size of the rosette. Mine is about 2.2" in diameter. The fabric will fray a little, don't worry about it - it adds to the charm. Cut off excess fabric and stitch the end to the underside of the rosette.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Eine Nadel&lt;/b&gt; mit einem langen, farblich passenden Faden einfädeln. Den zweiten Stoffstreifen an einem Ende verknoten. Dann den Streifen in sich drehen und um den Knoten legen. Ca. jede 3-4 cm von unten mit kleinen Stichen vernähen. Dann weiter drehen und festnähen bis die gewünschte Rosettengröße erreicht ist. Meine ist ca. 5.5 cm groß. Keine Sorge um die losen Fäden, das ist so gewollt und trägt zu dem Shabby Chic Stil bei :)&lt;br /&gt;
Überstehendes Ende abschneiden und von unten vernähen.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Put a dab &lt;/b&gt;of textile glue in the back center of the rosette as well as on the headband where you want it to be positioned. Count to sixty. Then press rosette firmly in place. Leave to dry completely.&lt;br /&gt;
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Now your new &lt;b&gt;holiday headband &lt;/b&gt;is ready to wear!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Und schon ist der &lt;b&gt;neue Haarreif &lt;/b&gt;fertig zum Tragen!&lt;br /&gt;
Have fun! Enjoy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7813813092843021358?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7813813092843021358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7813813092843021358&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7813813092843021358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7813813092843021358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/diy-holiday-headband-tutorial.html' title='DIY Holiday Headband - TUTORIAL'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gVAmgUlCzKs/Tpk9XKG3HKI/AAAAAAAACGU/wV6ylk41aPs/s72-c/HolidayHB.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-2389355581929822081</id><published>2011-10-13T11:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T11:31:14.606+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='performance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='winter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ballet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='classical dance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nussknacker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nutcracker'/><title type='text'>The Ballet</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi friends! Hallo Freunde!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Phew&lt;/b&gt;, my day started off with a bit of a scare when I couldn't access my blog! Apparently it was a servor error. I tell you, I'm truly lost without my blog ;-)&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Puh,&lt;/b&gt; heute morgen hatte ich mich aber erschrocken, als sich mein Blog über zwei Stunden nicht aufrufen ließ! Anscheinend ein Server Problem. Ich sage euch, ohne meinen Blog bin ich verloren ;-)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thank goodness &lt;/b&gt;everything seems back to normal now. A big HELLO to my lovely new readers! Thank you for joining, and I hope you'll enjoy reading my posts!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Zum Glück &lt;/b&gt;scheint jetzt alles wieder in Ordnung zu sein. Ein herzliches HALLO an meine neuen Leser! Ich begrüße euch ganz lieb und hoffe ihr bleibt ein Weilchen!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Temperatures&lt;/b&gt; have really dropped in the last few days. The cold season is truly upon us! Most of you know I'm not a fan, but one thing I do like about winter are the classical ballet perfomances that usually take place this time of year. It was a tradition in my family to visit either the Nutcracker or Swan Lake each year. These days I live too far away from any opera house, so I compensate by watching the performance on TV. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Es ist ziemlich&lt;/b&gt; frostig geworden die letzten Tage. In der kalten Jahreszeit werde ich immer leicht melancholisch. Geht es euch auch so? Vielleicht liegt es daran, dass ich mich an Früher erinnere, als ich mit meiner Familie jedes Jahr in die Oper zu einer klassischen Balletaufführung - entweder der Nussknacker oder Schwanensee - ging.&amp;nbsp; Auch wenn ich heutzutage nicht jedes Jahr eine Aufführung "live" sehen kann, so gleiche ich das mit einem Ballettfernsehabend wieder aus :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;There is something&lt;/b&gt; magical about the ballet. I used to dance, but had to stop after 12 years due to my weak ankles. Wearing those toe shoes wrecked havoc on my feet and ankles. I was looking through my ballet photos and realized that I didn't have one of my school! Of course I never thought to take any pictures of my ballet school back then. I found this one via google. &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sorry I couldn't find a source to credit this picture to. Apologize in advance! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Zwölf Jahre&lt;/b&gt; was ich im Ballett bevor ich leider wegen schwacher Fußgelenke aufhören musste. Das Tragen der nicht gerade weichen Spitzenschuhe hat Spuren an meinen Füßen hinterlassen. Neulich, auf der Suche nach alten Ballettfotos, musste ich feststellen, dass ich gar keins von meiner Ballettschule habe. Via Google habe ich das Obige gefunden. &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ich konnte leider den Namen des Fotoinhabers nicht finden, sonst hätte ich selbstverständlich auf ihn verwiesen. Sorry!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Do you get&lt;/b&gt; melancholy in wintertime? Are there any holiday traditions you have kept up over the years?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Und was macht&lt;/b&gt; ihr traditionell zu dieser Jahreszeit?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Have a lovely day!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Habt einen wunderschönen Tag!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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p.s. don't miss the &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/dunis-studio-giveawayverlosung.html"&gt;Giveaway&lt;/a&gt; (ends October 16th)&lt;br /&gt;
P.S. &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/dunis-studio-giveawayverlosung.html"&gt;Verlosung&lt;/a&gt; nicht verpassen (bis 16. Oktober)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-2389355581929822081?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/2389355581929822081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=2389355581929822081&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2389355581929822081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2389355581929822081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/ballet.html' title='The Ballet'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o1DiVg3wzkM/Tpaib52UD1I/AAAAAAAACF8/cV0Js_tEvVM/s72-c/Ballet2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-8159904948487238815</id><published>2011-10-12T14:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T14:19:39.030+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gift guide'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holiday'/><title type='text'>Slate &amp; Pumpkin</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hello everyone!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo ihr Lieben!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I curated&lt;/b&gt; a new treasury! Do check out these amazing handmade items...you might find that certain gift you've been looking for.After all, it's not long till Christmas :) Happy browsing!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hier habe ich&lt;/b&gt; eine neue Collage zusammengestellt. Alles Artikel von talentierten Etsy Verkäufern. Es lohnt sich auf die einzelnen Bilder zu klicken - vielleicht findet ihr ja das eine oder andere Geschenk in den jeweiligen Shops...denn es ist ja nicht mehr lange bis Weihnachten :)&lt;br /&gt;
Und Etsy gibt es ab sofort &lt;b&gt;auf Deutsch&lt;/b&gt;! Viel Spaß beim Stöbern!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-8159904948487238815?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/8159904948487238815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=8159904948487238815&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8159904948487238815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8159904948487238815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/slate-pumpkin.html' title='Slate &amp; Pumpkin'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-8915922973676083998</id><published>2011-10-08T13:37:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-08T13:37:31.242+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='stationery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cath Kidston'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='polka dots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='floral'/><title type='text'>The written note...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi there!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I don't know about you, but I love receiving and writing letters. I mean &lt;i&gt;real&lt;/i&gt; letters, the paper kind. I know that most people email, "tweet" or "facebook" these days, which I think is fine, but it doesn't hurt to write a personal note every now and then. It's a small gesture that signifies to the receiver &lt;i&gt;you're special; I chose this card/note specially for you, and I sat down, thought of you and smiled while writing my message to you. &lt;/i&gt;But maybe I'm just old-fashioned like that!&lt;br /&gt;
Anyway, those who know me know I love stationery! I was delightfully surprised when I received a package containing this adorable notecard set from a friend. Those in the know will recognize it's from Cath Kidston. It's hard to come by &lt;i&gt;anthing&lt;/i&gt; CK here in Germany. Big, happy smile on my face now :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hallo zusammen!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Früher als es noch keine Emails, Twitter oder Facebook gab konnte ich stundenlang in einem Schreibwarenhandel verbringen, die vielen schönen Papiere und Karten bewundern, immer hin-und-hergerissen, welches der Papiersets ich nun mit nach Hause nehmen wollte...mit Blümchen? Ton-in-Ton? Liniert oder doch lieber blanko? Hach, es war eine herrliche Zeit. Und vielleicht bin ich ja etwas altmodisch, aber ich liebe es immer noch, das Briefeschreiben ~ bekommen tue ich sie (die Briefe) natürlich auch sehr gerne :)&lt;br /&gt;
Letztens kam ein Päckchen von einer lieben Freundin für mich an, die meinen Geschmack sehr gut kennt...ein wirklich süßes Papierset von Cath Kidston! Was habe ich mich gefreut, wo doch CK hier so schwer zu bekommen ist. Zumindest hier in meiner Gegend. Draussen ist es grau und es regnet, aber beim Anblick dieser schönen Papiere strahle ich trotzdem :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Lastly,&lt;/b&gt; I'd like to thank &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TrueNorthKnits"&gt;Anna&lt;/a&gt; for including my one and only pouch in this lovely birdy-themed Etsy treasury! &lt;br /&gt;
Bevor ich's vergesse möchte ich mich an dieser Stelle herzlich bei Anna bedanken, die meine einzige, übriggebliebene Kosmetiktasche in die von Vögelchen inspirierte Etsy Collage aufgenommen hat!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Ach&lt;b&gt;, &lt;/b&gt;und vielen lieben Dank &lt;a href="http://luemmaisa.blogspot.com/"&gt;Melanie&lt;/a&gt; für die Antwort auf meine Frage! Muß demnächst mal wieder nach Holland ;-) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Da fällt mir noch etwas ein...einige meiner deutschen Leser konnten meine Kontaktmöglichkeiten hier nicht finden. Kleiner Tip: rechte Spalte unter "Connections" gibt es einen Button, der sieht aus wie ein Briefumschlag (passt ja zum Thema heute). Draufklicken :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Wishing everybody a wonderful weekend!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Ich wünsche euch allen ein wunderschönes Wochenende!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-8915922973676083998?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/8915922973676083998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=8915922973676083998&amp;isPopup=true' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8915922973676083998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8915922973676083998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/written-note.html' title='The written note...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dI2evQ_dUxY/TpAuzKx1ssI/AAAAAAAACF0/6LAzlY-ifQA/s72-c/Paper4A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-989597199416934096</id><published>2011-10-06T16:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T16:45:18.271+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabrics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stoffe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Herbst'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='link party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sarah at Modern Country Style'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Autumn Colours</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hello, lovely readers!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #b45f06;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Hallo, ihr Lieben!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I'm linking up with &lt;a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sarah @ Modern Country Style&lt;/a&gt; for her October "FALL in love" link party.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hier mein Beitrag für die "FALL in love" Link Party von &lt;a href="http://moderncountrystyle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sarah @ Modern Country Style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;At this time&lt;/b&gt; of year supermarkets stock yummy dark chocolate covered gingerbread in heart, star or pretzel shapes. I really love these, and I know I shouldn't be eating a whole lot of them, but to indulge in one or two with a steaming cup of coffee when it is cold and rainy outside is pure bliss...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Jetzt gibt &lt;/b&gt;es ja wieder die leckeren Lebkuchen zu kaufen - besonders die mit dunkler Schokolade überzogen - kann ich nicht widerstehen, obwohl ich ja nicht so viel Süßes essen sollte *räusper*. Aber wenn es draussen windig und kalt ist und zudem noch regnet gibt es nichts Schöneres als heiß aufgebrühter Kaffee und ein oder zwei dieser Naschereien...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Autumn-inspired fabrics &lt;/b&gt;and me! This was taken on one of the rare sunny days we had and I happened to be wearing a brown Tshirt which sort of fitted right into this autumnal theme.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Herbstlich inspirierte Stoffe&lt;/b&gt; und ich! Das Foto von mir wurde an einen der raren sonnigen Tage gemacht. Zufällig hatte ich ein braunes Shirt an - irgendwie passend zu dem Thema "Herbst".&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Enjoy the season!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Herbstliche Grüße,&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-989597199416934096?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/989597199416934096/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=989597199416934096&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/989597199416934096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/989597199416934096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/autumn-colours.html' title='Autumn Colours'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9nNB9D1uokc/To27tU60FVI/AAAAAAAACFg/fRIFTgGZHYQ/s72-c/Gingerbread1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-8190167763248305707</id><published>2011-10-05T09:34:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T09:34:21.938+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kitchenware'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lilledekobutik'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muffinförmchen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='small business'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pottery'/><title type='text'>Goodies from Lilledekobutik</title><content type='html'>I like supporting small businesses, whether local or international, and I always keep my eyes and ears open for little shops that may offer just what I've been looking for. Exactly this happened when I came across &lt;a href="http://www.lilledekobutik.de/"&gt;Jette's shop &lt;/a&gt;recently. There they were...the little pastel coloured ceramic baking forms I had been wanting for years! And I also got myself a little mixing bowl for those special fruit sauces that I am fond of making. I am really happy with my purchases and even happier with the service. Jette is just an all round lovely person and the communication was excellent. My nicely packed parcel arrived in no time and she was so thoughtful to add a little gift. The personal touch is what makes buying from small businesses so special, and I really enjoyed the whole experience.&lt;br /&gt;
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Als Kleinunternehmer finde ich es selbstverständlich andere Kleinunternehmen zu unterstützen. Schließlich sitzen wir ja alle im selben Boot! Ich bin immer auf der Suche nach neuen, kleinen Shops, die genau meinen Geschmack treffen. Als ich neulich auf &lt;a href="http://www.lilledekobutik.de/"&gt;Jette's Shop&lt;/a&gt; stieß war ich sofort begeistert. Genau dort habe ich die von mir schon lange gewünschten pastelligen Muffinförmchen gefunden! Und die kleine Rührschüssel finde ich auch so praktisch. Sind sie nicht toll, diese Teilchen? Jette ist eine so liebe und kommunikative Person; die ganze Kaufabwicklung verlief so unkompliziert und hat total Spaß gemacht! Das bombenfest verpackte Paket kam auch blitzschnell und alles war so liebevoll verpackt. Liebe Jette, an dieser Stelle ein dickes "Dankeschön" , ebenfalls für das Gratisgeschenk - so süß und vor allem kann ich's sehr gut gebrauchen :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Useful&lt;/b&gt;, not only for baking...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;Auch&lt;/b&gt; für andere Dinge praktisch...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Filled &lt;/b&gt;with candy.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt; Mit&lt;/b&gt; Bonbons gefüllt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Thanks for stopping&lt;/b&gt; by today and I hope you have a wonderful day. Just a quick reminder if you haven't already - &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/dunis-studio-giveawayverlosung.html"&gt;enter my giveaway&lt;/a&gt; - and win a handmade jewelry roll!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Vielen Dank &lt;/b&gt;für's Vorbeischauen und herzlich willkommen an alle neuen Leser! Ich wünsche euch einen angenehmen Tag und falls ihr es noch nicht wisst - &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/dunis-studio-giveawayverlosung.html"&gt;ich verlose eine handgefertigte Schmuckrolle!&lt;/a&gt; Nicht verpassen :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-8190167763248305707?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/8190167763248305707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=8190167763248305707&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8190167763248305707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8190167763248305707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/goodies-from-lilledekobutik.html' title='Goodies from Lilledekobutik'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3ptwYiI1q4A/TowCg7fiWiI/AAAAAAAACFQ/dbB0ohdo5B4/s72-c/muffincups1A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6497202879835165662</id><published>2011-10-02T09:56:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T09:56:29.227+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nähen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Verlosung'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duni&apos;s Studio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duni Buesken Handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='giveaway'/><title type='text'>Duni's Studio Giveaway....Verlosung</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f3LRUQNEmc8/TogUbO_EpXI/AAAAAAAACE8/5tR-qwsXw60/s1600/Jewelry3A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f3LRUQNEmc8/TogUbO_EpXI/AAAAAAAACE8/5tR-qwsXw60/s640/Jewelry3A.jpg" width="478" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;I thought&lt;/b&gt; long and hard about this prize, and I figured since most of my readers are female and I'm assuming most every female owns a piece of jewelry or two I'd give away a &lt;b&gt;jewelry roll&lt;/b&gt; ~ designed and handmade by me! I chose a designer cotton from the brand new "Heirloom Collection". It has two zippered pockets for storing necklaces and earrings plus a ring holder. The entire roll is lined and thickly padded to keep all your precious jewelry safe! It ties up with a velvet ribbon and is perfect for taking on trips!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Ich habe&lt;/b&gt; lange über den Gewinn nachgedacht und habe mich dazu entschieden eine &lt;b&gt;Schmuckrolle&lt;/b&gt; zu verlosen ~ von mir entworfen und genäht, denn es ist nicht zu übersehen, dass meine Leser zum größten Teil weiblich sind und ich kenne keine Frau, die nicht wenigstens ein Schmuckstück in ihrem Besitz hat! Für die Rolle habe ich den Designer Stoff &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/21815433-Joel-Dewberry-Heirloom-NEU-Rose-Bouquet-Sky"&gt;Rose Bouquet Sky &lt;/a&gt;aus der brandneuen "Heirloom Kollektion" verwendet. Ich habe zwei Fächer integriert die genug Platz bieten für Ketten, Ohrringe und Co., und die mit einem Reißverschluss zu schließen sind. Die Rolle ist zweifach weich gepolstert -- so bleiben eure kostbaren Stücke alle heil :) Außerdem gibt es noch einen praktischen Ringhalter. Mit den zwei Samtbändchen lässt sie sich ganz einfach aufrollen.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b style="color: red;"&gt;The contest&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; is open worldwide. Everyone welcome! All you need to do is leave a comment on this post and contact details, if I can't reach you through your blog or website.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Spam comments will be deleted.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b style="color: red;"&gt;An dieser Verlosung&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; darf jeder mitmachen, egal wo er wohnt! Um teilzunehmen ganz einfach einen Kommentar zu diesem Post schreiben und ggfs. Kontaktmöglichkeiten angeben (bei anonymen Bloggern/ wenn ihr nicht über euren Blog oder Webseite zu erreichen seid). Wenn ihr mögt könnt ihr das erste Bild verlinken, ist aber kein Muss! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Spam wird von mir sofort gelöscht.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I will reveal&lt;/b&gt; the winner on 17th October. Good luck to all!!!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Die Gewinnerin&lt;/b&gt; (oder Gewinner) wird am 17. Oktober bekanntgegeben. Viel Glück!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-6497202879835165662?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/6497202879835165662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=6497202879835165662&amp;isPopup=true' title='63 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6497202879835165662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6497202879835165662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/dunis-studio-giveawayverlosung.html' title='Duni&apos;s Studio Giveaway....Verlosung'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f3LRUQNEmc8/TogUbO_EpXI/AAAAAAAACE8/5tR-qwsXw60/s72-c/Jewelry3A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>63</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-2169936791548594887</id><published>2011-10-01T09:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-10-01T09:14:51.273+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blogger'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sammy'/><title type='text'>Thank You!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hello there! &lt;/b&gt;Just a quick post today to welcome all my lovely new blog followers. I'm thrilled! Finally 500 (plus a buffer zone). I'd say it's time for another &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;giveaway&lt;/span&gt; ~ I haven't done that in a while. Something handmade obviously. It's going to be so much fun! Stay tuned... :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Although Sammy doesn't look it he's really thrilled too ;-) / Auch Sammy freut sich mit ;-)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hallo liebe Blogfreunde&lt;/b&gt;! Ein herzliches Willkommen an meine neuen Leser! Ich freue mich wahnsinning! Endlich 500 (und ein kleine Pufferzone) und deshalb gibt es hier sehr bald eine &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Verlosung&lt;/span&gt;; hab schon lange mehr keine gehabt :)&lt;br /&gt;
Das wird bestimmt ein Spaß! &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;have&lt;/b&gt; a wonderful weekend, my friends!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Habt&lt;/b&gt; ein wunderschönes langes Wochenende!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-2169936791548594887?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/2169936791548594887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=2169936791548594887&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2169936791548594887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2169936791548594887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/10/thank-you.html' title='Thank You!'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JD5BgHvNRdQ/Toa9H3TxQBI/AAAAAAAACE4/zIKbS1uYkpg/s72-c/CuteSammyFace.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4123130852307721093</id><published>2011-09-29T14:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T14:19:01.417+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gifts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>It's a boy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;A very dear&lt;/b&gt; friend of mine recently gave birth to her first child ~ a little boy! She just moved to England and I plan to visit her next year. I can't wait to meet the little guy, plus I get to explore Devon; I've never been!&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Eine liebe Freundin&lt;/b&gt; von mir hat vor zwei Wochen entbunden und es ist...ein Junge! Sie ist vor kurzem nach Devon, England gezogen, wo ich sie nächstes Jahr besuchen werde. Ich freue mich schon auf den Kleinen! &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I made&lt;/b&gt; a little something for her...&lt;i&gt;(I hope she doesn't sneak a peek)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Zu diesem&lt;/b&gt; freudigen Anlass habe ich etwas genäht...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;(hoffentlich schaut sie heute nicht auf mein Blog; es soll ja eine Überraschung sein)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;baby slippers / Babyschuhe&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t7Y8gV49qF0/ToRfNKt0EyI/AAAAAAAACEw/174LOSJpQKI/s1600/Bib2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t7Y8gV49qF0/ToRfNKt0EyI/AAAAAAAACEw/174LOSJpQKI/s400/Bib2a.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;bib / Lätzchen&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Vintage&lt;/b&gt; teddy (over 30 years old!) is demontrating the fit :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;Hier musste&lt;/b&gt; mal der über 30! Jahre alte Teddybär herhalten :)&lt;br /&gt;
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I&lt;b&gt;t all comes&lt;/b&gt; in this matching fabric gift bag...&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;Dazu ein&lt;/b&gt; passender Geschenkbeutel...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;fabric gift bag / Stoffbeutel&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Welcome&lt;/b&gt; to this world, little J.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Willkommen&lt;/b&gt; in unsere Welt, Kleiner!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4123130852307721093?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4123130852307721093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4123130852307721093&amp;isPopup=true' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4123130852307721093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4123130852307721093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/its-boy.html' title='It&apos;s a boy!'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BCPiJBRBd7U/ToRezvpHs8I/AAAAAAAACEs/2x-_HaVZF9w/s72-c/Bib3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-137708352389417899</id><published>2011-09-27T19:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T19:32:29.069+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabrics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stoffe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nähen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kitchen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shabby chic'/><title type='text'>Kitchen Part I</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dY-tOBI0VPE/ToIBPwndcVI/AAAAAAAACEc/pPgrFLnHg1A/s1600/Kitchen3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dY-tOBI0VPE/ToIBPwndcVI/AAAAAAAACEc/pPgrFLnHg1A/s640/Kitchen3.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;The other day&lt;/b&gt; I received a parcel from sweet and talented &lt;a href="http://syllovesshabby.blogspot.com/"&gt;Syl&lt;/a&gt;. I just love her &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/shabby-chic-by-s-gervais"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;! There are so many beautiful handcrafted items to decorate your home with...I adore everything, especially this wonderful handpainted "Kitchen Box" which has taken pride of place in my kitchen. I love this box so much it's inspired me to redecorate our kitchen! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Letztens&lt;/b&gt; ist ein heißersehntes Paket von meiner lieben und talentierten &lt;a href="http://syllovesshabby.blogspot.com/"&gt;Syl&lt;/a&gt; angekommen. Darin befand sich eine handbemalte "Kitchen Box" im Shabby Chic Stil. Kennt ihr schon den &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/shabby-chic-by-s-gervais"&gt;Shop &lt;/a&gt;von Syl? Ich bin total begeistert von ihren handgefertigten Dekoobjekten...aber diese Kitchen Box in weiß/rot hat's mir angetan, so sehr, dass ich mich kurzerhand&amp;nbsp; für eine neue Küchendeko entschied - passend zu der Box! Die Kissen waren schnell genäht...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;New&lt;/b&gt; cushions...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s7nIVfLEdpY/ToIFC4_wFmI/AAAAAAAACEg/Dc30XQ1fhd0/s1600/Kitchencushions1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s7nIVfLEdpY/ToIFC4_wFmI/AAAAAAAACEg/Dc30XQ1fhd0/s640/Kitchencushions1.JPG" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;In dem Paket&lt;/b&gt; war noch eine Überraschung drin ~ Englische Zeitschriften!! Oh, was habe ich mich gefreut, wo ich doch hier gar keine Möglichkeit habe solche zu bekommen. Das war äußerst aufmerksam und sooo großzügig von Syl. Ganz lieben Dank dafür&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt; ♥&lt;/span&gt; Du hast mir eine Riesenfreude damit gemacht :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Die Stoffe aus USA gibt es &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/18744433-Blumenstoff-Tanya-Whelan-Darla-Rose-Fuchsia"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt; und &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/18744053-Streifen-Tanya-Whelan-Darla-Rose-Stripe-Red"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Also, new curtains&lt;/b&gt; are in the making! I'll show you in Part II of this kitchen post :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Neue Gardinen&lt;/b&gt; sollen die Fenster schmücken, aber die sind noch nicht fertig. Die zeige ich dann in Teil II dieses Küchenposts :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;And Sammy?&lt;/b&gt; He was fascinated by the ribbon that Syl used to wrap the parcel, which coincidentally was black with white lace (Sammy's colours). How cute! &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YAuLn-pvZO8/ToIHzvSH5nI/AAAAAAAACEo/wmcZnpj1I8U/s1600/SammyB%2526W.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="296" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YAuLn-pvZO8/ToIHzvSH5nI/AAAAAAAACEo/wmcZnpj1I8U/s400/SammyB%2526W.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Und Sammy?&lt;/b&gt; Der war &lt;i&gt;besonders &lt;/i&gt;begeistert von dem Bändchen mit dem Syl das Paket liebevoll geschnürt hatte...ob das wohl an der Kordelfarbe lag? Zufällig schwarz mit weißer Spitze, passend zu Sammy. Wie niedlich!&lt;br /&gt;
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Stay tuned for Part II....Teil II folgt....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-137708352389417899?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/137708352389417899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=137708352389417899&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/137708352389417899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/137708352389417899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/kitchen-part-i.html' title='Kitchen Part I'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dY-tOBI0VPE/ToIBPwndcVI/AAAAAAAACEc/pPgrFLnHg1A/s72-c/Kitchen3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-3951505579675609038</id><published>2011-09-27T12:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T12:26:52.981+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shabby chic'/><title type='text'>Shabby Chic IV</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I was&lt;/b&gt; included in yet another shabby chic Etsy treasury! Curated by &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheFairyTree"&gt;The Fairy Tree&lt;/a&gt;. Thank you so much!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;In dieser &lt;/b&gt;Shabby Chic Collage von &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheFairyTree"&gt;The Fairy Tree&lt;/a&gt; findet sich auch eine meiner Schlafbrillen wieder!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Have&lt;/b&gt; a wonderful day!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Habt&lt;/b&gt; einen schönen Tag!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-3951505579675609038?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/3951505579675609038/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=3951505579675609038&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/3951505579675609038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/3951505579675609038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/shabby-chic-iv.html' title='Shabby Chic IV'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1485127069043157364</id><published>2011-09-25T10:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-25T10:45:40.873+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade in Germany'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='the Artisan Group'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pressedossier'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='press pack'/><title type='text'>Going to Hollywood</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;No&lt;/b&gt;...not &lt;i&gt;me&lt;/i&gt;...but my press pack is!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Nein&lt;/b&gt;, nicht &lt;i&gt;ich&lt;/i&gt;...meine Schlafbrillen und das Dossier für die Presse aber!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;But&lt;/b&gt; let me start from the beginning. Last month I was invited by co-founders Valerie and Nikki to join The Artisan Group, an exclusive art promotions group. Among their many activities these hard-working ladies also distribute your handcrafted items to the Press and help with every step of the process. So what exactly goes into a Press Pack? Obviously the handmade item, in my case ten of my sleep masks and pouch, which are easy to ship and handle. Each one includes contact details (my business card), and the whole package should be accompanied by a press release.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Also&lt;/b&gt;, mal ganz von vorn. Letzen Monat wurde ich von den zwei lieben Mädels Valerie und Nikki eingeladen die "The Artisan Group" Gruppe beizutreten. The Artisan Group unterstützt Kunstgewerbler mit Werbung/Promotion ihrer handgefertigten Produkte, u.a. leisten die beiden Hilfestellung bei der Zusammenstellung eines Pressedossiers. Was gehört da eigentlich rein? Natürlich das handgefertigte Produkt, in meinem Fall zehn meiner Schlafbrillen inkl. Beutelchen, da diese leicht zu verschicken sind. Außerdem jeweils die gleiche Anzahl an Visitenkarten und natürlich die Pressemitteilung. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Apart&lt;/b&gt; from sewing the items, I punched out little tags and handstamped them...that was kind of fun! The finished items will be shipped as soon as I get the green light from Val &amp;amp; Nikki...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Abgesehen&lt;/b&gt; vom nähen der Ware, habe ich kleine Tags ausgestanzt und bestempelt...das hat Spaß gemacht!&lt;br /&gt;
Und bald gehen sie auf die Reise... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;It is an amazingly &lt;/b&gt;beautiful day today, so I will be spending it out in the garden soaking up the sun as long as it lasts! Wishing you all a wonderful and relaxing Sunday! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;♥♥♥&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Es ist mal ausnahmsweise&lt;/b&gt; wunderschön sonnig draussen. Ich werde den Tag im Garten verbringen und die Sonne geniessen, so lange sie noch scheint! Wünsch euch allen einen entspannten Sonntag - vielleicht scheint bei euch ja auch die Sonne!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1485127069043157364?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1485127069043157364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1485127069043157364&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1485127069043157364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1485127069043157364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/going-to-hollywood.html' title='Going to Hollywood'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yif50YTFVME/Tn7jE4OeISI/AAAAAAAACEM/RLJ7rHeD1j8/s72-c/TAG3A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4155314937710289569</id><published>2011-09-21T12:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T12:07:32.609+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Einzelstücke'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bags'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taschen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duni Buesken Handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DB Exclusives'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handgefertigt'/><title type='text'>Duni's Studio Bags</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Remember&lt;/b&gt; the bags? Some of my loyal readers will remember that my sewing forte are the OOAK bags, and while I have closed down my online selling site for these, due to a deliberate shift in products not to mention time constraints, I will be offering exclusive one-of-a-kind pieces made from unique fabrics (plus the occasional Vintage bag) right here on my blog in future!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Da der deutsche&lt;/b&gt; Text auf meinem Blog relativ neu ist, wissen viele von euch bestimmt nicht, dass ich mal mit der Fertigung von Taschenunikaten angefangen habe. Ja, Taschen zu entwerfen und in reiner Handarbeit zu fertigen war meine Stärke :) Doch aus wirtschaftlichen und zeitlichen Gründen, habe ich meine Produktpalette verändert. Trotzdem gilt meine "erste Liebe" immer noch den Taschen und deshalb habe ich mich entschlossen meine Einzelstücke (und auch die ein oder andere Vintage Tasche) direkt hier auf meinem Blog anzubieten.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Here&lt;/b&gt; are the remaining bags that are still available...&lt;b&gt;Diese&lt;/b&gt; Taschen sind noch zu haben&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VCuSqJFwnY/TnmxCeJEj3I/AAAAAAAACEE/DPAtHJ6cEc0/s1600/BigBagS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VCuSqJFwnY/TnmxCeJEj3I/AAAAAAAACEE/DPAtHJ6cEc0/s400/BigBagS.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1. Travelbag and Purse Set / Reise-und Handtaschenset Cinnamon Spice&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2. Designer vintage drawstring handbag, ca. 1980, excellent condition / Echtleder Vintage Beutel, ca. 1980 sehr guter Zustand&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;3. Shoulderbag / Schultertasche Jungle Queen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;4. Travelbag / Reisetasche Rain Forest&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Please&lt;/b&gt; contact me directly dunibagz (at) freenet (dot) de if you are interested in any of these. All, except the Vintage one are handmade by me from premium home decor weight designer cottons. Prices range from USD66,- to USD190,- (excl. shipping)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bei Interesse&lt;/b&gt; einfach eMail schicken dunibagz (at) freenet (punkt) de. Alle, bis auf die Vintage Tasche sind von mir aus hochwertigen Designerstoffen handgefertigt. Preise von Euro 49,- bis Euro 140,- (zzgl. Porto)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My &lt;/b&gt;pièce de résistance...white wedding clutch made from recycled leather with crystal clasp and detachable chain ~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mein&lt;/b&gt; Glanzstück...weiße Hochzeitsclutch aus recyceltem Leder mit Kristallverschluss und abnehmbarer Kette ~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thank you&lt;/b&gt; so much for stopping by today! I really appreciate it! Until next time!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lieben Dank&lt;/b&gt; für's Vorbeischauen, und ich freue mich über jeden neuen Besucher! Bis bald mal wieder!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Have a great day! Habt mir einen schönen Tag!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4155314937710289569?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4155314937710289569/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4155314937710289569&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4155314937710289569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4155314937710289569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/dunis-studio-bags.html' title='Duni&apos;s Studio Bags'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8VCuSqJFwnY/TnmxCeJEj3I/AAAAAAAACEE/DPAtHJ6cEc0/s72-c/BigBagS.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1201911453967150940</id><published>2011-09-19T13:49:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T13:49:07.736+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lila'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purple'/><title type='text'>Hello again...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Thank you&lt;/b&gt;, everyone, for your kind comments to my previous post. I appreciate them SO much! I feel somewhat better today, but must be careful about what I eat. Sadly, I had to cancel the &lt;a href="http://helloetsy.com/"&gt;Hello Etsy&lt;/a&gt; meeting in Berlin ~ I'm catching up via their livestream ~ and it would have been lovely to meet my fellow team members there, but it was not to be :(&lt;br /&gt;
Meanwhile, I'm happy to be included in this beautiful treasury. Thank you, &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/kokopelligirl"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Vielen, lieben Dank&lt;/b&gt; für eure Genesungswünsche zu meinem letzten Blogeintrag. Schon beim Lesen eurer lieben Kommentare habe mich ein Stück weit besser gefühlt. Danke dafür! Es geht mir in der Tat wesentlich besser, dennoch muss ich in der nächsten Zeit sehr darauf achten was ich esse. Leider konnte ich nicht an der &lt;a href="http://helloetsy.com/"&gt;Hello Etsy&lt;/a&gt; Tagung in Berlin teilnehmen (versuche über die Livestreams mehr zu erfahren), und liebend gern hätte ich die anderen Team-Mitglieder persönlich kennengelernt. Sollte nicht sein :(&lt;br /&gt;
Trotzdem freue ich mich, dass meine Püncktchen-Shorts in die obige Collage aufgenommen wurde. Ein kleines Trostpflaster sozusagen. Vielen Dank an &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/kokopelligirl"&gt;Cheryl&lt;/a&gt; , die diese Etsy Collage zusammengestellt hat!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1201911453967150940?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1201911453967150940/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1201911453967150940&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1201911453967150940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1201911453967150940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/hello-again.html' title='Hello again...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-5879669476988961749</id><published>2011-09-16T15:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-16T15:16:11.772+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blogging break'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bedrest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bettruhe'/><title type='text'>Blogging break</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hey&lt;/b&gt; there, friends! &lt;b&gt;Hey&lt;/b&gt;, meine Lieben!&lt;br /&gt;
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just wanted to let you know that I'll be taking a short break from blogging. I haven't been feeling too well these past couple of weeks; maybe I should have gone to see the doctor sooner...seems I have a bad case of gastritis and need some bedrest.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Fabric Roses &amp;amp; Ribbons / Stoff Roses &amp;amp; Ribbons &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/product/22464821-Blumenstoff-Verna-Mosquera-Ribbons-and-Roses"&gt;hier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Ich lege eine kurze (Blog-)Pause ein...um ehrlich zu sein fühle ich mich schon seit ein paar Wochen nicht so wohl und hätte wahrscheinlich eher zum Arzt gehen sollen. Nun ja, ich habe eine heftige Gastritis und benötige ein paar Tage Bettruhe. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;take care...see you soon; macht's gut...bis bald&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-5879669476988961749?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/5879669476988961749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=5879669476988961749&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5879669476988961749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5879669476988961749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/blogging-break.html' title='Blogging break'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-seqKSu1i1wU/TnNKABPCyaI/AAAAAAAACD4/kf_CfPE4mzk/s72-c/Teabreak1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1068745607294620530</id><published>2011-09-14T15:15:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T15:15:02.540+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Herbst'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='decoration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='apples'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='autumn'/><title type='text'>Fall apples....Herbstäpfel</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;As I &lt;/b&gt;mentioned a couple of times we didn't have much of a summer this year. Depressing, I know. Especially for someone like me who &lt;i&gt;needs&lt;/i&gt; the sun to regenerate. This past week we've had rainstorms and even a minor earthquake (4.4) in our area! So, I've been hanging out on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt; a lot lately, admiring images of gorgeous fall decorations and apples - one of my favourite fruit. Thought I'd share...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Wir&lt;/b&gt; hatten ja dieses Jahr leider keinen richtigen Sommer, und das deprimiert mich ein wenig, denn ich gehöre zu den Menschen, die &lt;i&gt;absolut&lt;/i&gt; Sonne brauchen, um zu regenerieren. Nun hatten wir in der letzten Woche dann wieder Regenstürme und ja sogar ein Erdbeben (4.4)! Was tun, um die Stimmung zu heben? Wunderschöne Bilder auf &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt; anschauen...z.B. habe ich einfach mal "Herbst" und "Äpfel" in die Suche eingegeben und seitenweise großartige Bilder bekommen...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/182632167/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img 550'="" border="0" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/182632167_TWbsSaCN_c.jpg" width="550 height =" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=1213335666491748669" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;None&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/giosmama26/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;D'Nese&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/194798567/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img 415'="" border="0" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/194798567_dKiu0O0Z_c.jpg" width="554 height =" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://www.google.de/imgres?imgurl=http://www.pastryvoyage.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/cimg8131.jpg&amp;amp;imgrefurl=http://www.pastryvoyage.com/%3Fpaged%3D4&amp;amp;usg=__OFD-TY1OtJHPrjK1vIZXrYxMBIk=&amp;amp;h=1728&amp;amp;w=2304&amp;amp;sz=760&amp;amp;hl=de&amp;amp;start=192&amp;amp;zoom=1&amp;amp;tbnid=YVdBH2vaI9FpQM:&amp;amp;tbnh=129&amp;amp;tbnw=179&amp;amp;ei=8qdwTpXVNIjCswaq1YGEBw&amp;amp;prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfall%2Bapples%26hl%3Dde%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3DnDq%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:de:official%26biw%3D1352%26bih%3D628%26tbm%3Disch%26prmd%3Dimvns&amp;amp;itbs=1&amp;amp;iact=hc&amp;amp;vpx=948&amp;amp;vpy=289&amp;amp;dur=473&amp;amp;hovh=194&amp;amp;hovw=259&amp;amp;tx=137&amp;amp;ty=109&amp;amp;page=10&amp;amp;ndsp=21&amp;amp;ved=1t:429,r:5,s:192" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;google.de&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Dunja&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/175504129/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img 923'="" border="0" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/175504129_NfFvN0I0_c.jpg" width="553 height =" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://theardentsparrow.blogspot.com/2011/09/autumns-ardor-apples.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;theardentsparrow.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/annacunningham/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Anna&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1068745607294620530?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1068745607294620530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1068745607294620530&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1068745607294620530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1068745607294620530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/fall-applesherbstapfel.html' title='Fall apples....Herbstäpfel'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6361071962800079629</id><published>2011-09-11T14:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T14:14:01.669+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DIY'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='refashion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shabby chic'/><title type='text'>Refashion Blouse</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;First off&lt;/b&gt;, this is NOT a tutorial. &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Achtung&lt;/b&gt;, dies ist KEINE Anleitung.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I just wanted to show you the many possibilities of changing a simple button down blouse into a one-of-a-kind blouse! I bought mine (spontaneously) years ago in an outlet store for peanuts, but when I got home I found it didn't suit me at all. Plus it had an unidentifiable stain on the front. No more impulse buying!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diese&lt;/b&gt; schlichte Bluse habe ich vor Jahren in einem Outlet gekauft. Leider musste ich zuhause feststellen, dass sie mir überhaupt nicht passte und außerdem war vorne ein nicht identifizierbarer Schmutzfleck. Nie wieder Spontankäufe!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;The first&lt;/b&gt; thing I did was to remove the rather severe-looking collar. Then I cut off the bottom half, removed the button placket (the stained part), sewed it back together and re-attached it to the top half. I sewed a channel and inserted a soft elastic thereby altering the shape of the blouse. I wanted to create an empire waist to make it look more feminine.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Als&lt;/b&gt; erstes habe ich den ziemlich strengen Kragen abgetrennt. Dann habe ich die untere Hälfte abgeschnitten, die untere Knopfleiste samt Fleck entfernt, wieder zusammengenäht und anschliessend wieder an die obere Hälfte genäht. Da ich die Bluse tailliert haben wollte, habe ich einen Tunnelzug genäht und ein weiches Elastikband eingezogen. So sieht die Bluse wesentlich femininer aus.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Lastly&lt;/b&gt;, I added a bit of lace as "cap sleeves" to the armholes and exchanged the buttons to shiny pink ones!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Schließlich&lt;/b&gt; habe ich etwas Spitze an die Armausschnitte genäht, Flügelärmel sozusagen, und die Knöpfe ausgetauscht. Die sind jetzt rosa und glänzen schön!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I've &lt;/b&gt;always wondered if anyone else does this...turn old/boring/ill-fitting clothes into something new. Would love to see &lt;i&gt;your&lt;/i&gt; creations :) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Das&lt;/b&gt; Umändern von alter/langweiliger/schlecht passender Bekleidung bereitet mir viel Freude - es würde mich interessieren wer von Euch lieben Lesern das auch so macht? Zeigt her Eure Kreationen :)&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-6361071962800079629?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/6361071962800079629/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=6361071962800079629&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6361071962800079629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6361071962800079629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/refashion-blouse.html' title='Refashion Blouse'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-h0HNbHDPCfQ/TmygxiBggII/AAAAAAAACDk/UGjwB28a7l4/s72-c/ShabbyBlouseD.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7389934794498256019</id><published>2011-09-07T14:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-07T14:50:49.589+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='custom made'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nähen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peridot by Duni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sonderanfertigung'/><title type='text'>Bright &amp; Cheerful...Bunt &amp; Fröhlich</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I feel&lt;/b&gt; terrible about neglecting my blog lately, but I do have the perfect excuse...I've been really busy working behind the scenes, i.e. completing orders for &lt;a href="http://www.eleanorjeanboutique.com/"&gt;the boutique&lt;/a&gt; and finishing this recent custom order...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;In letzter &lt;/b&gt;Zeit habe ich das Bloggen vernachlässigt, aber es gibt einen guten Grund...ich habe unendlich viel genäht, z.B. für &lt;a href="http://www.eleanorjeanboutique.com/"&gt;die Boutique&lt;/a&gt; und dieser Sonderauftrag...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A81m6SnEMUA/TmddeeKmzQI/AAAAAAAACDM/8pYH1VaFkxI/s1600/Bunt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="588" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A81m6SnEMUA/TmddeeKmzQI/AAAAAAAACDM/8pYH1VaFkxI/s640/Bunt1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Although&lt;/b&gt; "shorts season" is officially over, not so in Australia, which is where my customer hails from! She's very much looking forward to spring and summertime, and wearing these custom made bright and colourful ruffle shorts! For these shorts she chose a fun floral fabric and I edged each pant leg with a cute red gingham ruffle.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Obwohl&lt;/b&gt; bei uns der Sommer nun endgültig vorbei ist, erwartet man andererorts sehnlichst den Frühling und Sommer. So auch meine australische Kundin, für die ich diese Rüschenhose kundenspezifisch angefertigt habe. Dabei hat sie sich für ein bunt-florales Muster entschieden und als Kontrast eine rot-weiße Vichyrüsche an die Beinabschlüsse gewünscht.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I like&lt;/b&gt; bright, colourful fabrics. They cheer me up on rainy days and make me look forward to creating!&lt;br /&gt;
For my crafty European customers I have a selection of cheerful fabrics to choose from in &lt;a href="http://www.stoffe-borken.de/"&gt;my fabric shoppe&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diese&lt;/b&gt; und weitere Patchwork-Stoffe aus USA habe ich &lt;a href="http://www.stoffe-borken.de/"&gt;im Sortiment&lt;/a&gt; für alle Nähbegeisterten, die es auch bunt-fröhlich mögen ~ sorgt garantiert für gute Laune :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I'm&lt;/b&gt; learning to manage my time more effectively, so hopefully I'll be back to regular posting &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; reading all my favourite blogs soon :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ich&lt;/b&gt; hoffe bald wieder regelmäßiger zu posten...und euch auf euren wundervollen Blogs zu besuchen :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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♥&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7389934794498256019?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7389934794498256019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7389934794498256019&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7389934794498256019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7389934794498256019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/bright-cheerfulbunt-frohlich.html' title='Bright &amp; Cheerful...Bunt &amp; Fröhlich'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A81m6SnEMUA/TmddeeKmzQI/AAAAAAAACDM/8pYH1VaFkxI/s72-c/Bunt1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-274714004205853094</id><published>2011-09-05T09:00:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-05T10:07:39.391+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='artisans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><title type='text'>Etsy treasury....Etsy Collage</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I'm honoured&lt;/b&gt; to be included in this fabulous treasury by curator justaspire. What a great start to the week!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ich habe&lt;/b&gt; mich sehr darüber gefreut, dass meine Shabby Chic Rüschenhose in diese wunderschöne Collage von justaspire aufgenommen wurde. So fängt die Woche gut an!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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have a lovely day!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;habt einen schönen Tag!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-274714004205853094?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/274714004205853094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=274714004205853094&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/274714004205853094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/274714004205853094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/etsy-treasuryetsy-collage.html' title='Etsy treasury....Etsy Collage'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-8122945591866557611</id><published>2011-09-01T10:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T10:48:39.990+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchid and Gray colour palette'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rosa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Orchidee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pink'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trendfarben'/><title type='text'>Orchid, Pink &amp; Gray</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;These &lt;/b&gt;are the trending colors seen everywhere these days...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Die Trendfarben&lt;/b&gt; Orchidee, Rosé und Grau tauchen derzeit überall auf...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/152433464/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img 209'="" border="0" src="http://d30opm7hsgivgh.cloudfront.net/upload/152433464_vskpIMNQ_c.jpg" width="554 height =" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;"&gt;Source: &lt;a href="http://michaelmillerfabrics.com/MMF/Swatch2.cfm?Gnam=Orchid%20Gray-%20Color%20Story" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;michaelmillerfabrics.com&lt;/a&gt; via &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/daniellenalley/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Danielle&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Interiors...&lt;i&gt;Interieurs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;in fashion...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;in der Mode&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Wedding cakes...&lt;i&gt;Hochzeitstorten &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;and even in my own home...&lt;i&gt;und sogar bei mir zuhause &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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what do you think about this color palette?&lt;br /&gt;
Wie gefällt euch diese Farbpalette?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-8122945591866557611?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/8122945591866557611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=8122945591866557611&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8122945591866557611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8122945591866557611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/09/orchid-pink-gray.html' title='Orchid, Pink &amp; Gray'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lqi_sgRFEJk/Tl9Fy1ZeErI/AAAAAAAACDI/Az7pi-aLqpI/s72-c/OrchidCollage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-2638249253297415223</id><published>2011-08-29T13:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T13:30:15.321+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Schlafbrillen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peridot by Duni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='project'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cute sleep mask'/><title type='text'>Bestseller</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;The bestselling&lt;/b&gt; item in my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/peridotbyduni"&gt;Etsy shop&lt;/a&gt; are my sleepmasks! They are selling faster than I can re-stock them. The funny thing is most people think these are easy to make. Actually, there's quite a bit of handsewing involved plus sewing the rounded edges takes a lot of practice.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Der Bestsellerartikel&lt;/b&gt; in meinem &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/peridotbyduni"&gt;Etsy Shop&lt;/a&gt; sind die Schlafbrillen! Ich kann sie gar nicht so schnell nachnähen, wie sie sich verkaufen. Viele meinen die sind "mal eben schnell" genäht. Tatsächlich müssen einige Nähte per Hand genäht werden und die Rundungen bedürfen eine Menge Übung. Nicht zuletzt bin ich Perfektionistin, und da muss nähtechnisch wie optisch einfach alles stimmen!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Obwohl &lt;/b&gt;ich das Nähen über alles liebe probiere ich gern mal etwas Neues aus! Neulich auf dem Dachboden fand ich diese zwei schlichten Rollschränkchen, ursprünglich zur Aufbewahrung von Videorekorder, DVD &amp;amp; Co...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;...so with &lt;/b&gt;the help of my hubby I cleaned them, removed the wheels, sanded and primed them, then added two coats of acrylic paint in pure white.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;...mit Hilfe&lt;/b&gt; von meinem Mann wurden sie geputzt, angeschliffen und grundiert. Anschließend wurden noch die Rollen entfernt. Zuletzt bekamen sie zwei Farbanstriche in reinweiß.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Voilà!&lt;/b&gt; My new cabinet now located upstairs in my own personal reading corner. The perfect place to keep my favourite magazines and books at hand! I'm very pleased how they turned out :)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Die zwei &lt;/b&gt;Schränkchen haben nun ihren perfekten Platz in der Dachstube (mein Rückzugsort und bevorzugte Leseecke) gefunden, meine liebsten Bücher und Magazine immer in Reichweite. Ich bin zufrieden :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-2638249253297415223?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/2638249253297415223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=2638249253297415223&amp;isPopup=true' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2638249253297415223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2638249253297415223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/bestseller.html' title='Bestseller'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2tLCni6QTIE/TltvtM26UcI/AAAAAAAACC0/3X-bxTkMfVk/s72-c/SleepCollage1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7860434912520654498</id><published>2011-08-26T10:46:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-26T10:46:45.921+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PeriDotbyDuni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wäschesack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='laundry bag'/><title type='text'>Fun Laundry Bags!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;As mentioned&lt;/b&gt; I was going to stock up on some more laundry bags, because 1. I only had three left and 2. it seems to be a popular search term on Google and Etsy! Plus, they are so much fun to make!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wie versprochen &lt;/b&gt;habe ich neue Wäschebeutel für meinen Shop genäht, denn 1. hatte ich nur noch drei übrig und 2. wird dieser Begriff auf Englisch sehr gern in der Google Suchmaschine sowie auf Etsy eingegeben! Es macht total Spaß diese zu nähen und sie sind eine willkommene Abwechslung zu meinen anspruchsvolleren Teilen!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Of course&lt;/b&gt; there are plenty of other uses for these bags ~ as one customer wrote ~ she stores her kids' stuffed toy animals in them. What a cool idea!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diese&lt;/b&gt; Beutel sind natürlich nicht nur für "dreckige Wäsche" gedacht ~ wie eine Kundin mir neulich mitteilte&amp;nbsp; benutzt sie sie als Aufbewahrungsbeutel für die Kuscheltiersammlung ihrer Kinder. Nette Idee, oder?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Etsy Germany&lt;/b&gt; is going live in a couple of weeks. I'm working on translating all my item descriptions right now. I'm excited for this development and hopefully more German-speaking customers will find me :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Etsy&lt;/b&gt; gibt es bald auch auf Deutsch! Ich arbeite schon fleißig an meiner Shop Übersetzung. Ich finde diese Entwicklung ganz spannend und hoffe dadurch meinen Bekanntheitsgrad (besser gesagt, der meiner Produkte) in deutschsprachigen Ländern zu erhöhen. Ich würde mich freuen, wenn ihr mich dann besuchen kommt :)))&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Happy Friday!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7860434912520654498?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7860434912520654498/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7860434912520654498&amp;isPopup=true' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7860434912520654498'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7860434912520654498'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/fun-laundry-bags.html' title='Fun Laundry Bags!'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CLXAFvxWaqs/TldaV9x8NCI/AAAAAAAACCs/3iraw1LzCzg/s72-c/LaundryRetrorose3a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7561023168751517396</id><published>2011-08-24T16:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T16:32:44.393+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joel Dewberry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabrics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heirloom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Schnittmuster'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stoffladen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Designer USA'/><title type='text'>Heirloom</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I never&lt;/b&gt; paid much attention to Joel Dewberry's fabric collection...until now! His latest ist called Heirloom; it comes in three colourways of which the Sapphire is the most beautiful (imho). Best of all, the designer has introduced his first pattern collection, including a vintage dress, maxi-dress, girls skirt and hobo bag...and even better, I will be stocking a couple of them! &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Die Stoffkollektionen&lt;/b&gt; des US Designers Joel Dewberry haben mich bislang nicht so sehr beeindruckt ~ bis ich seine neueste "Heirloom" Kollektion entdeckt habe. Sie ist einfach umwerfend. Es gibt drei Farbkombinationen, und ich habe mich für meinen &lt;a href="http://www.stoffe-borken.de/"&gt;Stoffladen&lt;/a&gt; für die "Sapphire" entschieden. Seht selbst...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Der Schwerpunkt dieser Kollektion liegt auf Rose Bouquet Sky (oben links) und zwei verschiedene Blockprints in rosa und purpurrot, dazu einige Kombistoffe in grün und dunkelrot sowie ein grün/lila Paisley. Einige davon sind bereits bei mir eingetroffen. Diese hochwertigen Stoffe eignen sich bestens für Patchworkdecken, Kissen und alle Art von Taschen. Ebenso Bekleidung ~ die wirkt dann aus diesen Stoffen besonders apart.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Darüber hinaus bin ich überglücklich drei seiner neuen Schnittmuster zu ergattern (sie sind in Deutschland nicht erhältlich), darunter ein Vintage Kleid (s.o.), ein Kinderrock und eine Hobo Bag! Freue mich schon, wenn diese aus USA eintreffen. Das Vintage Kleid reizt mich besonders, ich habe nur so selten Zeit etwas für mich zu nähen&lt;/i&gt; ;-)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Liebe Grüße,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7561023168751517396?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7561023168751517396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7561023168751517396&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7561023168751517396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7561023168751517396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/heirloom.html' title='Heirloom'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j3EL8EzrOvI/TlUI_ziErTI/AAAAAAAACCk/fI6I6UG9giw/s72-c/HeirloomSapphirecollage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-8486495290054004024</id><published>2011-08-21T10:06:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-21T10:06:39.681+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peridot by Duni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><title type='text'>Last days of summer...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Although&lt;/b&gt; we didn't have much of a summer this year (the sky is darkening as I write), I'm thankful for those few days that were reasonably warm and sunny! Speaking of summer...I've stocked up my shop with a couple more &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PeriDotbyDuni?section_id=7608889"&gt;summer shorts&lt;/a&gt;. These are the last ones, as I'm already working on new lounge pants for the coming season!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Während&lt;/b&gt; ich dies schreibe verdichtet sich der Himmel und regenschwere Wolken ziehen über die Dächer...tja, der Sommer lässt hier (in Westfalen) lange auf sich warten. Nichtdestotrotz habe ich noch einige &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/PeriDotbyDuni?section_id=7608889"&gt;Sommer Shorts&lt;/a&gt; in meinen Etsy Shop eingestellt. Dies sind aber die letzten, da ich bereits an süße Wellnesshosen für die kommende Saison arbeite!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;And&lt;/b&gt; now I'll grab a cup of tea and settle down with my copy of (interior magazine) Romance ~&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Und &lt;/b&gt;nun mache ich's mir mit einer Tasse Tee und der neuesten Ausgabe von &lt;a href="http://www.pressekatalog.de/Lisa+Wohnen+%26+Dekorieren+Special+Romance-ebinr_2087885.html"&gt;Romance&lt;/a&gt; gemütlich ~&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Happy Sunday to all!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Wünsche euch einen schönen Sonntag! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-8486495290054004024?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/8486495290054004024/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=8486495290054004024&amp;isPopup=true' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8486495290054004024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/8486495290054004024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/last-days-of-summer.html' title='Last days of summer...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AYdFxblNbLw/TlC6XNX5osI/AAAAAAAACCc/IU5x-RaOG0M/s72-c/Summershorts.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4062410786427037527</id><published>2011-08-18T15:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-18T15:52:13.745+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='just me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='birthday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='muffins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Banana &amp; White Chocolate Muffins</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Well,&lt;/b&gt; it was my birthday yesterday and I took a half day off. Unbelievably, the sun was out!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ich hatte&lt;/b&gt; gestern Geburtstag und habe mir einen halben Tag frei genommen. Erstaunlicherweise hatten wir sogar ein bisschen Sonnenschein!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;To&lt;/b&gt; celebrate I made a batch of banana and white chocolate muffins. These are quite sweet, but oh-so-yummy. Nice and moist with chunks of melted white chocolate inside.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zur&lt;/b&gt; Feier des Tages habe ich Bananen Muffins mit weißer Schokolade gebacken. Sie sind recht süß, aber sehr lecker, mit weißen Schokoladestückchen. Die Bananen sorgen dafür, dass diese Muffins kein bisschen trocken sind.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I'd &lt;/b&gt;love to share these with you, my lovely blog readers, but will share the recipe instead. Thank you for stopping by my blog these past 4 years and leaving your kind, inspiring and sometimes hilarious comments! I read each and every comment and I really appreciate them ♥ &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Meine Lieben&lt;/b&gt;, ich würde Euch gerne welche aufheben, aber garantieren kann ich's nicht. Dafür gibt es das (etwas von mir abgewandelte) Rezept zum Nachbacken. Ich freue mich wie eine Schneekönigin wenn ihr mich hier auf meinem Blog besucht, und Eure netten Kommentare versüßen mir den Tag! Danke♥&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;250 gr plain flour/Mehl&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 tsp. baking powder/1 TL Backpulver&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;pinch of salt/Prise Salz&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;grated nutmeg/etwas geriebene Muskatnuss&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;100 gr. white chocolate/weiße Schokolade&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;125 gr butter or margerine/Butter od. Margerine&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;125 gr. sugar/Zucker &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;500 gr. bananas/Bananen&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2 medium sized eggs/Eier Gr. M&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1 lime/Limette&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;mix&lt;/b&gt; the flour, baking powder, salt, nutmeg in a bowl. chop chocolate. beat sugar with butter or margerine until creamy in another bowl. beat in eggs. sprinkle lime over bananas and mash. add butter mixture to dry ingredients. fold in mashed bananas. fold in chocolate. stir well. pour into 12 muffin moulds (use non-stick paper mould liners) and bake in pre-heated oven for 25 min. (200°C)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mehl,&lt;/b&gt; Backpulver, Salz, Muskat in einer Schüssel mischen. Fett und Zucker schaumig schlagen. Eier untermengen. Schokolade hacken. Bananen mit etwas Limette pürieren. Mehlmischung unter die Fettcreme rühren. Bananenpüree untermengen. Zuletzt Schokostückchen unterheben. Gut umrühren. Teig in ein 12er, mit Papierbackförmchen ausgelegten Muffinblech füllen. Im vorgeheizten Ofen bei 200°C ca. 25 Min. backen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4062410786427037527?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4062410786427037527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4062410786427037527&amp;isPopup=true' title='31 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4062410786427037527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4062410786427037527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/banana-white-chocolate-muffins.html' title='Banana &amp; White Chocolate Muffins'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SMXri2mfr_o/Tk0R9jxpnVI/AAAAAAAACCM/3OXDuIXQyMc/s72-c/Bananamuffins1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>31</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4047135921567475043</id><published>2011-08-15T15:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-15T15:52:32.917+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Luxus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='just me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade soap'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handgefertigte Seifen'/><title type='text'>Indulgence...ein bisschen Luxus</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;The&lt;/b&gt; last few weeks have been quite stressful as I'm trying to adjust to my new work routine, juggling two shops, while stepping up the production side of things. A little indulgence was due! Besides, I received my tax refund, so I'm not feeling too guilty about purchasing these handmade Italian soaps. They smell divine...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Die&lt;/b&gt; letzten Wochen waren etwas stressig: zwei Onlineshops betreuen und gleichzeitig die Produktion meiner Modekollektion steigern ~ an dem deutlich beschleunigten Arbeitsablauf muß ich mich noch gewöhnen! Und manchmal tut es einfach gut sich selbst zu verwöhnen...z.B. mit diesen edlen handgefertigten Seifen aus Italien. Die habe ich mir gegönnt und sie duften himmlisch...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bye&lt;/b&gt;, until next time!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;bis&lt;/b&gt; bald mal wieder!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4047135921567475043?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4047135921567475043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4047135921567475043&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4047135921567475043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4047135921567475043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/indulgenceein-bisschen-luxus.html' title='Indulgence...ein bisschen Luxus'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rLmeptIhWgw/TkkjeKJw1AI/AAAAAAAACCE/NwSAashFAR0/s72-c/Seife_1' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-2094145606784199207</id><published>2011-08-12T07:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T07:41:56.676+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Koffiehuis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Green Gate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tableware'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Winterswijk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pottery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Netherlands'/><title type='text'>Dutch Impressions...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Sometimes&lt;/b&gt; it's nice to go on a day trip to another town. We decided to visit the charming Winterswijk located in our neighbouring country, The Netherlands. How convenient for us that it's only a half hour drive away :)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hin- und wieder &lt;/b&gt;gönnen wir uns einen Tagesausflug in eine andere Stadt; diesmal sollte es das kleine verschlafene Städtchen Winterswijk in Holland sein. Wie gut, dass wir nur eine halbe Stunde Autofahrt entfernt wohnen :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Dutch impressions&lt;/b&gt; ~ See the street sign? Did we go left or right? Can you guess?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Eindrücke aus Holland&lt;/b&gt; ~ Seht ihr das Strassenschild? Dreimal dürft ihr raten welchen Weg wir eingeschlagen haben!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;Unfortunately&lt;/b&gt; the weather was less than pleasant. It got rather windy and started to rain, so we proceeded to this quaint little café hidden in one of the many charming alleyways. Koffiehuis de Koets is family-owned and a welcoming oasis when it's dreary outside. They still operate an old-fashioned till and offer a wide selection of teas and coffees along with homemade cake. What's most unique about this café is that it's filled up to the rafters with pottery and tableware! And not just any, they have all the lifestyle brands like Pip Studio and Green Gate as well as some from local manufacturers. It's all very pretty to look at! Across the road they operate a store that has many more lovely home decorations, bathroom accessories, kitchenwear...I could go on.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Leider&lt;/b&gt; hatten wir kein Glück mit dem Wetter. Als es anfing zu stürmen und dann noch die ersten dicken Regentropfen fielen machten wir es uns im heimeligen Koffehuis de Koets gemütlich. Dieses Café liegt etwas abseits des Markttrubels in einer Seitenstrasse. Es ist recht klein, mit urtümlicher Kasse, altem Tresen und beherbergt bis  unter die Decke allerlei Geschirr und Keramik von den bekannten Marken wie Pip Studio und Green Gate bis zu weniger bekannten, aber dennoch sehr hübscher Töpferware aus Holland. Da geht einem (oder besser gesagt mir) das Herz auf !&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;They&lt;/b&gt; have a fantastic tea selection! &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hier&lt;/b&gt; gibt es eine reiche Auswahl an Teesorten!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Of course&lt;/b&gt; I couldn't resist buying something from their store. These two bowls were calling out to me to take them home. I mean, polka dots &lt;i&gt;and&lt;/i&gt; buttons? How could I resist? As for the pink nostalgic rose box...well, I obviously need that for storing my sewing supplies!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diese &lt;/b&gt;zwei süßen Schüsselchen musste ich einfach haben. Püncktchen &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;und Knöpfe? Da konnte ich nicht widerstehen! Und die mit nostalgischen Rosen verzierte Dose? Na, die musste natürlich auch mit! Wo sonst soll ich meine Kurzwaren aufbewahren?!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Have&lt;/b&gt; a wonderful weekend!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Habt&lt;/b&gt; ein schönes Wochenende!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-2094145606784199207?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/2094145606784199207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=2094145606784199207&amp;isPopup=true' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2094145606784199207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2094145606784199207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/dutch-impressions.html' title='Dutch Impressions...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hhaYdUbfWrM/TkPRAj0JIBI/AAAAAAAACB0/Cgg5hWmRjeg/s72-c/Dutch_Impression_Collage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-2829410873547505938</id><published>2011-08-09T09:19:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T09:22:32.136+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ruffle bib top'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rüschentop'/><title type='text'>Ruffle Bib Top - TUTORIAL</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;What&lt;/b&gt; to do on &lt;i&gt;another&lt;/i&gt; rainy day? Make a cheery ruffle bib top from an old sundress!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Was&lt;/b&gt; tun bei Dauerregen? Ein fröhliches Rüschentop aus einem alten Strandkleid zaubern!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;What you need&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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an old sundress that you don't mind cutting up! (mine is thrifted)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Important&lt;/b&gt;: the material must be &lt;i&gt;cotton jersey&lt;/i&gt; (stretchy T-shirt material)&lt;br /&gt;
Rotary cutter, cutting mat, long ruler&lt;br /&gt;
standard sewing machine, serger (optional)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;Was man braucht&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;ein altes Strandkleid (Longshirt oder T-shirt Kleid) welches euch nicht zu schade zum Zerschneiden ist!&lt;b&gt;Wichtig&lt;/b&gt;: es sollte möglichst aus Baumwolljersey, d.h. T-shirtstoff sein&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Rollschneider und Matte, langes Lineal&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Nähmaschine, Overlock (nicht zwingend)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Step One&lt;/b&gt; ~ start by measuring how long you want the top to be. Cut off the bottom with the rotary cutter. You can serge the new hemline if you wish, or just fold under about half an inch and stitch all around.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Schritt Eins &lt;/b&gt;~ die gewünschte Länge ausmessen und mit Hilfe des Rollschneiders das untere Stück vom Kleid abschneiden. Bei Bedarf den neuen Saum mit der Overlock ketteln oder einfach ca. 1.5 cm einschlagen und ringsherum absteppen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Step Two&lt;/b&gt; ~ cut the bottom part of the dress into 1 inch strips, three or five depending on how large you want your ruffle bib to be. The beauty of cotton jersey is that it doesn't fray, so you don't need to serge the edges! Use a basting stitch on your machine to stitch along one edge of each strip. Pull at the threads at each end to make the ruffles. Secure thread. Work out the center of the top and lay out the ruffles, starting from the middle. Play around with the strips until you're satisfied with the look. Pin an stitch down, layering slightly. Admittedly, this is a bit fiddly, but it helps to flip back the ruffles as you stitch the next layer.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Schritt Zwei&lt;/b&gt; ~ das unterere abgeschnittene Teil nun in ca. 2 cm breite Streifen schneiden, je nach gewünschter "Fülle" entweder drei oder fünf. Das geniale an Baumwolljersey ist, dass es nicht ausfranzt; so erspart man sich das Ketteln der Ränder. Mit der größten Sticheinstellung die Stoffstreifen an einer Seite einreihen. Beidseitige Fäden ziehen, damit die gewünschten Rüschen entstehen. Fadenenden verknoten. Nun die Rüschen mittig auf dem Top platzieren, angefangen mit der kleinsten in der Mitte. Die Rüschen nacheinander überlappend feststecken und steppen. Zugegeben, dieser letzte Schritt ist fummelarbeit, aber man kann sich's erleichtern in dem man bei dem Annähen der Rüschen die davor etwas wegklappt. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Step Three&lt;/b&gt; ~&amp;nbsp; (optional) add a strip of lace to cover the middle, or you could add a row of buttons or any other embellishment you like. Finish by ironing the top lightly to "set" the ruffles. Ready-to-wear!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Schritt Drei&lt;/b&gt; ~ (optional) die Rüschen mittig mit etwas Wäschespitze verzieren, oder man näht eine Reihe hübscher Knöpfe an, oder man läßt es so wie's ist. Das fertige Top leicht überbügeln dabei die Rüschen etwas flach bügeln. Nun ist es fertig zum Anziehen!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-2829410873547505938?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/2829410873547505938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=2829410873547505938&amp;isPopup=true' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2829410873547505938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/2829410873547505938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/ruffle-bib-top-tutorial.html' title='Ruffle Bib Top - TUTORIAL'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vg4_WrtrTf8/TkDY9VVwz1I/AAAAAAAACBc/GW6iqwr7S2g/s72-c/DIYrufflebib7.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-3870988735207577246</id><published>2011-08-06T09:07:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-06T09:07:13.236+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Katzen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sammy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weekend'/><title type='text'>Rest easy...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LfmNnc5Jys4/Tjzn4a9yViI/AAAAAAAACBY/b960j-qwsQw/s1600/Resteasy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="484" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LfmNnc5Jys4/Tjzn4a9yViI/AAAAAAAACBY/b960j-qwsQw/s640/Resteasy.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;"Wir sollten wie Katzen sein, indem wir nur das tun, was wir selber mögen" ~ Anon.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Happy Weekend!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-3870988735207577246?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/3870988735207577246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=3870988735207577246&amp;isPopup=true' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/3870988735207577246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/3870988735207577246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/rest-easy.html' title='Rest easy...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LfmNnc5Jys4/Tjzn4a9yViI/AAAAAAAACBY/b960j-qwsQw/s72-c/Resteasy.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-12730834919275824</id><published>2011-08-03T11:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-03T11:26:31.588+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='back to school'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='handmade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Schulbeginn'/><title type='text'>Etsy treasury...back to school</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I curated&lt;/b&gt; this school-themed treasury to cheer up all the school kids getting ready for a new term at school!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Diese&lt;/b&gt; Collage habe ich für die&amp;nbsp; kleinen (und großen) Kinder zusammengestellt, für die bald ein neues Schuljahr beginnt!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/script&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-12730834919275824?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/12730834919275824/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=12730834919275824&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/12730834919275824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/12730834919275824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/08/etsy-treasuryback-to-school.html' title='Etsy treasury...back to school'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6683862750338552517</id><published>2011-08-01T13:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T13:25:23.394+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='home life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vegetables'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gemüse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gewächshaus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='greenhouse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Harvested...Geerntet</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;With &lt;/b&gt;little to no sun at all this summer our peppers, although perfect in size, remain rather pale. These will add a bit of crunch to my made from scratch veggie pizza. The red and yellow cherry tomatoes from the greenhouse are for my pasta salad.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;yellow pepper/Spitzpaprika, black and yellow chili/schw. und gelbe Chili&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Unsere&lt;/b&gt; Spitzpaprika sollten eigentlich schön gelb werden, aber ohne die nötige Sonne sehen sie dieses Jahr leider blass aus. Als Belag auf meine hausgemachte, vegetarische Pizza sind sie aber trotzdem lecker. Die roten und gelben Kirschtomaten (aus dem Gewächshaus) sind eine beliebte Zutat in meinem frischen und leichten Nudelsalat.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Pastasalad with olive oil and balsamico dressing/Nudelsalat mit Olivenöl und Balsamico&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I've found&lt;/b&gt; a new creative outlet. I've joined &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt;. Now, instead of tearing out pictures of things that inspire me from magazines, I can simply create digital vision boards by "pinning" the things I see online - it's quick, easy &lt;i&gt;and &lt;/i&gt;addictive! I can organize the pins into themes, plus I can re-pin things I see and love from any other user! To find my pins &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/dunib/"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;. If you are already busily pinning, let me know so that I can follow yours too! Need an invite? Just email me dunibagz (at) freenet (dot) de and I'll see that you get in!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;thumbtacks by &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/yumyumbuttons"&gt;yumyumbuttons&lt;/a&gt; on Etsy&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nun&lt;/b&gt; bin ich auch dem &lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/"&gt;Pinterest&lt;/a&gt; Fieber verfallen. Was genau das ist? &lt;a href="http://blog.dawanda.com/2011/07/21/pinterest-social-shopping-wird-schoen/"&gt;Hier&lt;/a&gt; wird's ausführlich erklärt. Es macht unglaublich Spaß, regt die Kreativität an (und macht süchtig)! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Happy pinning!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4449684089473542087?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4449684089473542087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4449684089473542087&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4449684089473542087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4449684089473542087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/its-all-so-pinteresting.html' title='It&apos;s all so &quot;Pinteresting&quot;'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CtPyENMtr8g/TjPIC_puGpI/AAAAAAAACBI/odQfGN5YeHI/s72-c/birdythumbtacks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7922319285392817373</id><published>2011-07-28T15:31:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-28T15:31:31.104+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wholesale'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabrics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stoffladen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Patchworkstoffe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric shop'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Designer USA'/><title type='text'>My little fabric shoppe...Mein kleiner Stoffladen</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Everyone&lt;/b&gt; who knows me knows I love fabrics, and if you've been reading along to my blog posts you'll know that a couple of months ago I purchased my fabrics wholesale from USA, and it's been quite a struggle actually getting them here - from cancellations to custom duties, I never thought it'd be so complicated!&lt;br /&gt;
Anyhow, I have most of the fabrics in now - enough to work with and to implement an important part of my business plan. I've competely revamped my hitherto sadly neglected&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/Rosenstoffe-Shop"&gt;Dawanda shop&lt;/a&gt; and it's been reincarnated into a shiny new fabric and supplies shop! However, I only sell these fabrics to Germany and EU countries; it wouldn't make any sense to sell them to North America or Asia, because you guys can purchase them much, much cheaper :)&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jeder &lt;/b&gt;der mich kennt weiß, daß ich Stoffe, insbesondere die PW-Stoffe bekannter Designer aus USA, über ALLES liebe...und wer mitgelesen hat weiß auch, wie kompliziert die Abwicklung und Einfuhr dieser Stoffe ablief, mal ganz abgesehen von den Stornierungen, den Zollgebühren und den Lieferzeiten!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Nach etlichen Wochen habe ich nun fast alle Stoffe im Haus, genug um damit zu arbeiten und &lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;endlich meinen &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/Rosenstoffe-Shop"&gt;kleinen Stoffladen&lt;/a&gt; bei Dawanda zu eröffnen. Einige meiner lieben Leser aus Deutschland kennen meinen Shop ja bereits :)) Ich hoffe mit meiner Stoffauswahl dem Zeitgeist&amp;nbsp; zu entsprechen ~ auf jeden Fall sind Stoffe für (fast) jeden Geschmack dabei :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Neu sind die Stoffe von &lt;a href="http://joeldewberry.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joel Dewberry's Aviary 2&lt;/a&gt; Kollektion, besonders der helltürkise Stoff mit den Sperlingen ist sehr beliebt. Joel hat bereits eine Folgekollektion entworfen. Die nennt sich "Heirloom" und ist richtig spannend. Einige Stöffchen aus dieser Kollektion sollten (drückt mir bitte die Daumen) Mitte August bei mir eintreffen. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7922319285392817373?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7922319285392817373/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7922319285392817373&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7922319285392817373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7922319285392817373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/my-little-fabric-shoppemein-kleiner.html' title='My little fabric shoppe...Mein kleiner Stoffladen'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z3qWH5D1NPI/TjFfWN3g7_I/AAAAAAAACBE/pzZAsxVS5AQ/s72-c/JDAviary2Image.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-5377379167498331886</id><published>2011-07-27T09:55:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T09:55:34.927+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='randomcreativeart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bead artist'/><title type='text'>Treasury round up...Etsy collagen</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I always&lt;/b&gt; love the treasury round ups on &lt;a href="http://www.randomcreativeart.com/"&gt;Rose's blog&lt;/a&gt;, so I admit I pinched the title for my blog post today ;-)&lt;br /&gt;
Do check out Rose's wonderful blog and her extraordinary &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/randomcreative"&gt;beaded jewelry&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ich bewundere&lt;/b&gt; immer die Etsy collagen auf &lt;a href="http://www.randomcreativeart.com/"&gt;Rose's Blog &lt;/a&gt;und so habe ich heute mal ausnahmsweise ihren Titel für mein Post gemopst ;-) Rose kreiert originelle &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/randomcreative"&gt;Armbänder und Ohrringe&lt;/a&gt;. Ihr müsst unbedingt mal vorbeischauen!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;A huge &lt;/b&gt;thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MamiMadeIt"&gt;Mamimadeit&lt;/a&gt; who featured my Darla Rose Aqua summer shorts in this wonderful treasury!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Herzlichen Dank&lt;/b&gt; an &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MamiMadeIt"&gt;MamiMadeIt&lt;/a&gt; für diese traumhafte Collage!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;and to&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/martacreazioni"&gt;Marta&lt;/a&gt; who featured my shabby chic pink rose sleep mask in this cute treasury!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;und an&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/martacreazioni"&gt;Marta&lt;/a&gt; für diese bezaubernde Collage!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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wishing you a lovely day!&lt;br /&gt;
habt einen schönen Tag!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-5377379167498331886?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/5377379167498331886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=5377379167498331886&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5377379167498331886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5377379167498331886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/treasury-round-upetsy-collagen.html' title='Treasury round up...Etsy collagen'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6786679021046829715</id><published>2011-07-25T11:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-25T11:29:06.725+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ruffle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nähen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sewing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peridot by Duni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rüschenshorts'/><title type='text'>Ruffles and Lace...Rüschen und Spitze</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;This&lt;/b&gt; is my newest creation for my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/peridotbyduni"&gt;Peridot by Duni &lt;/a&gt;label. It is the most romantic pair of shorts yet!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dies&lt;/b&gt; ist meine neueste Kreation für mein &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/peridotbyduni"&gt;Label &lt;/a&gt;Peridot by Duni ~ sie ist die romantischste unter den Sommershorts!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Made&lt;/b&gt; from an airy polka dot fabric (Kaffe Fassett)...baby pink on white, and edged with a French ruffle and dainty white lace. A sweet pink and green bow embellishes the waistband.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Der&lt;/b&gt; süße Püncktchenstoff (von Kaffe Fassett) ist federleicht...zart rosa auf weiß. Die Beinabschlüsse sind mit einer aus demselben Stoff gefertigten Rüsche und feine weiße Spitze verziert...und ein süßes Schleifchen als Blickfang am Bund.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;I have &lt;/b&gt;some exciting news to share: a selection of my sleepwear and accessories are now available at Eleanor Jean Boutique in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles!&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Und&lt;/b&gt; eine spannende Neuigkeit möchte ich mit euch teilen: eine kleine Auswahl meiner Mode und Accessoires gibt es nun auch in Los Angeles in der Eleanor Jean Boutique :))) &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;have&lt;/b&gt; a great week!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;wünsche allen einen guten Start in die Woche!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-6786679021046829715?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/6786679021046829715/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=6786679021046829715&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6786679021046829715'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6786679021046829715'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/ruffles-and-laceruschen-und-spitze.html' title='Ruffles and Lace...Rüschen und Spitze'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z8X4fW4X8EM/Ti02jDLc0oI/AAAAAAAACA8/0JMK3_v9gDU/s72-c/ShabbyShortsCollage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-1766447142337543206</id><published>2011-07-24T09:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-24T09:41:51.555+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sonntag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zuhause'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sammy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='lazy sunday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='just me'/><title type='text'>where is summer?....wo bleibt eigentlich der Sommer?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aWeA7b_vCb8/TivMiy_bWpI/AAAAAAAACA4/xpi-xPCRV1o/s1600/Sammysnuggle.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="488" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aWeA7b_vCb8/TivMiy_bWpI/AAAAAAAACA4/xpi-xPCRV1o/s640/Sammysnuggle.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Brrrr...it is only 11°C (52°F) and raining outside. We will be staying indoors today, and snuggling up in a blanket!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Brrrr...nicht zu fassen - draussen stürmt und regnet es bei nur 11°C. Wir bleiben heute zuhause und hüllen uns in eine kuschelige Decke!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-1766447142337543206?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/1766447142337543206/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=1766447142337543206&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1766447142337543206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/1766447142337543206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/where-is-summerwo-bleibt-eigentlich-der.html' title='where is summer?....wo bleibt eigentlich der Sommer?'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aWeA7b_vCb8/TivMiy_bWpI/AAAAAAAACA4/xpi-xPCRV1o/s72-c/Sammysnuggle.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-6672262329300187047</id><published>2011-07-22T09:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-22T09:50:54.381+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DIY Top'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><title type='text'>DIY Designer Top - TUTORIAL</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I recently &lt;/b&gt;came across this designer top and thought to myself " I  could make that!" and that's exactly what I did. So here is an  easy-peasy tutorial for you to get that designer look for less!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Neulich&lt;/b&gt; habe ich ein hinreißendes Designer Top entdeckt, aber  statt es für etliche $$$ zu kaufen habe ich mir ein ähnliches selber  gemacht, denn es ist so einfach nachzumachen! Und wie das geht seht ihr  hier:&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;u&gt;You will need /&lt;i&gt;Was man braucht&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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1 plain cotton tank top, colour of your choice&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;1 Baumwolltop mit etwas breiteren Trägern, uni&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Variety of ribbons and embellishments, same or similar colour as top&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Einige hübsche Bänder und Borten in der Farbe des Tops&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Matching thread, sewing needle&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Passendes Garn, Nadel zum Nähen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Step One/Schritt Eins&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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make about 6 - 8 bows from the ribbon&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;etwa 6 - 8 Schleifen machen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Step Two/Schritt Zwei&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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plan the layout of the ribbons along one side of the strap&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;bevor ihr mit dem Annähen beginnt, das Layout der Schleifen festlegen&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Step Three/Schritt Drei&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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sew on the ribbons and embellishment by hand - FINISHED&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Mit der Hand die Schleifen an den Träger annähen - FERTIG!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;So einfach ist es ein Designer Top in drei Schritten selbst zu kreieren!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-6672262329300187047?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/6672262329300187047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=6672262329300187047&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6672262329300187047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/6672262329300187047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/diy-designer-top-tutorial.html' title='DIY Designer Top - TUTORIAL'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Sox9YKKxKkY/TikrDfUnrEI/AAAAAAAACAk/q6mws0IpZjk/s72-c/DIYTop6.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4107731293667156416</id><published>2011-07-20T08:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-20T08:54:15.823+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Etsy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pajamas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='treasury'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shabby chic'/><title type='text'>Etsy treasury...shabby chic III</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I didn't&lt;/b&gt; plan it, but looks like this week is dedicated to all things shabby chic!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Ich hab's&lt;/b&gt; zwar nicht geplant, aber diese Blogwoche scheine ich dem Shabby Chic zu widmen!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;My floral &lt;/b&gt;pajama pants were included in this charming treasury... &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Hier &lt;/b&gt;eine traumhafte Etsy treasury &lt;i&gt;(eine Collage von und für Etsy Verkäufer nach Themen zusammengestellt)&lt;/i&gt;, darunter auch meine rosige Pyjama-Hose... &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;There &lt;/b&gt;are so many beautiful items in the handmade world!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Es gibt &lt;/b&gt;so wunderbare Dinge in der Welt des "Handmade"!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4107731293667156416?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4107731293667156416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4107731293667156416&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4107731293667156416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4107731293667156416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/etsy-treasuryshabby-chic-iii.html' title='Etsy treasury...shabby chic III'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7205226301273076308</id><published>2011-07-18T13:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-18T13:13:34.547+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deko'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Syl loves'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Peridot by Duni'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shabby chic'/><title type='text'>I ♥ shabby chic...II</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I'm always&lt;/b&gt; looking for new and pretty ways to display my sleepwear...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Ich suche&lt;/b&gt; immer nach neuen Möglichkeiten meine Freizeitmode hübsch in Szene zu setzen...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;...and&lt;/b&gt; when I spotted these &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/shabby-chic-by-s-gervais"&gt;handmade shabby chic&lt;/a&gt; clothes hangers I had to have them!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;...und&lt;/b&gt; als ich diese&lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/shabby-chic-by-s-gervais"&gt; handgefertigten Shabby Chic&lt;/a&gt; Kleiderbügel entdeckte, mußte ich sie einfach haben!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;There&lt;/b&gt; was a surpise included in the parcel ~ a handmade and personalized gift that my lovely new blog friend &lt;a href="http://syllovesshabby.blogspot.com/"&gt;Syl&lt;/a&gt; made specially for me! &lt;b&gt;In&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;dem&lt;/b&gt; Paket war noch eine feine Überraschung drin ~ ein Geschenk, speziell von meiner lieben neuen Blogfreundin &lt;a href="http://syllovesshabby.blogspot.com/"&gt;Syl&lt;/a&gt; für mich angefertigt!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Isn't&lt;/b&gt; that vintage image just gorgeous? I love it! It is the perfect accessory for my &lt;a href="http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/i-shabby-chic.html"&gt;new bureau&lt;/a&gt;! Thank you, Syl, for brightening my day!!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;b&gt;Sind&lt;/b&gt; der Rahmen und das Vintage-Bild nicht wunderschön? Ich liebe es! Liebe Syl, damit hast Du mir eine Riesenfreude bereitet. Vielen, lieben Dank!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7205226301273076308?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7205226301273076308/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7205226301273076308&amp;isPopup=true' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7205226301273076308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7205226301273076308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/i-shabby-chicii.html' title='I ♥ shabby chic...II'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XKK54gSa1h4/TiQROGnxhpI/AAAAAAAAB_4/mICV0awEYmM/s72-c/Shabbyhangers.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-4894685361675814504</id><published>2011-07-17T09:00:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-17T13:15:59.258+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blog Designs by Sheila'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duni&apos;s Studio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog make over'/><title type='text'>Duni's Studio Blog make over...Duni's Studio neuer Look</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi everybody!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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as you can see my blog has undergone a complete make over! I'm almost done; it just needs a little tweaking here and there. Whadya think?&lt;br /&gt;
I had a specific design in mind, based (believe it or not) on a favourite plate of mine! Talented blog designer &lt;a href="http://www.blogdesignsbysheila.com/"&gt;Sheila&lt;/a&gt; did an amazing job implementing it! I had worked with her on my first blog template too ~ she provides exceptionally fast, efficient and friendly service. And I really appreciate her patience answering all of my questions :) Thank you, Sheila!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hallo zusammen!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
wie man unschwer erkennen kann, habe ich eine komplett neue Oberfläche für mein Blog bekommen. Ob ihr es glaubt oder nicht, das neue Design basiert auf das Muster meines Lieblingstellers! Hier und da muss ich noch einige Veränderungen vornehmen und die rechte Spalte optimieren. Die talentierte Blogdesignerin &lt;a href="http://www.blogdesignsbysheila.com/"&gt;Sheila,&lt;/a&gt; mit der ich nun zum 2. Mal kollaboriere, hat meine Idee super schnell und effizient umgesetzt. Vielen Dank, Sheila, auch dafür, dass Du so geduldig meine diversen Fragen beantwortet hast!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-4894685361675814504?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/4894685361675814504/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=4894685361675814504&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4894685361675814504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/4894685361675814504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/dunis-studio-blog-make-overdunis-studio.html' title='Duni&apos;s Studio Blog make over...Duni&apos;s Studio neuer Look'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-5370278093083359591</id><published>2011-07-13T14:14:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-13T14:14:44.276+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duni&apos;s Studio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blog make over'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Hi all!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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now that my readership has grown to include wonderful people from all over Europe I have decided to give my blog a complete make-over, as well as clean up the sidebars which have become too messy. Please be patient while I move things around and add new pages etc. Thank you!!!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Hallo ihr Lieben!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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nun da meine Leserschaft um einiges gewachsen ist (an dieser Stelle begrüße ich meine neuen deutschsprachigen Blogfreunde ganz herzlich) habe ich entschieden meinen Blog eine komplett neue Oberfläche zu verpassen. Also bitte ich um etwas Geduld während ich einige Änderungen vornehme. Vielen Dank!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-5370278093083359591?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/5370278093083359591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=5370278093083359591&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5370278093083359591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/5370278093083359591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/hi-all-now-that-my-readership-has-grown.html' title=''/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m7UxbvxXvXE/Th2LrTEMs8I/AAAAAAAAB_k/8MwY4hQqoUI/s72-c/Blogunderconstruction.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7477639630440728291</id><published>2011-07-10T15:27:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-11T14:20:31.154+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bureau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='vintage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sekretär'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shabby chic'/><title type='text'>I ♥ shabby chic...</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;My great-grandmother&lt;/b&gt; had one, my grandmother and my mom had one. And now, finally, after longing for one &lt;i&gt;for ages&lt;/i&gt;, I have one too! This romantic shabby chic bureau arrived the other day. It's just perfect! Can't wait to accessorize it with lovely vintage and shabby chic items &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/shabby-chic-by-s-gervais"&gt;handmade by Syl.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
From now on this is where I will be writing notes on &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CherryPinkPrints"&gt;vintage inspired paper&lt;/a&gt; and sketching designs for my sleepwear line. Best of all this is the place where I will spend time each day to simply stare out the window and daydream...&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;Meine Urgrossmutter&lt;/b&gt;, meine Grossmutter sowie meine Mutter hatten einen. Und nun, langersehnt, habe ich endlich auch einen! Die Rede ist von diesem romantischen Sekretär in antik weiß. Hier werde ich von nun an auf &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CherryPinkPrints"&gt;Vintage-inspiriertem Papier&lt;/a&gt; Briefe schreiben und neue Dessins für meine Homewear Linie skizzieren. Die eine oder andere Deko fehlt noch, aber da werde ich sicherlich in dem Shabby Chic Shop von &lt;a href="http://de.dawanda.com/shop/shabby-chic-by-s-gervais"&gt;Syl&lt;/a&gt; fündig!&lt;br /&gt;
Ist mein neuer Sekretär nicht ein Traum?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7477639630440728291?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7477639630440728291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7477639630440728291&amp;isPopup=true' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7477639630440728291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7477639630440728291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/i-shabby-chic.html' title='I ♥ shabby chic...'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exT9afZ6S48/ThmmCIpfFHI/AAAAAAAAB_g/IxG1Ly3i5aE/s72-c/shabbychictable.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1213335666491748669.post-7526289867141753437</id><published>2011-07-08T09:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T09:38:46.334+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wieder an die Arbeit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='back home'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zuhause'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='work'/><title type='text'>I'm back...bin wieder da!</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;I probably&lt;/b&gt; should have listened to my hubby when he told me to take along the laptop. I figured since I was only gone for a week, and my online shops were closed during that time I wouldn't need it. Boy, was I wrong!!!It made me realize how addicted I've become to my computer. It seems a big chunk of my life revolves around my online activities. I've missed you guys! &lt;br /&gt;
Back home I've replied to the most pressing emails, done three loads of laundry, packed and shipped the orders that were placed just before I left, cleaned, cooked and cuddled my cat Sammy, who is so relieved that things are "back to normal". Not that he had a bad time while I was away. I heard he got extra treats from hubby for being so patient ;-) And even though I told my husband not to worry about &lt;a href="http://www.entrecard.com/"&gt;Entrecard&lt;/a&gt;, he still took on the challenge and continued to drop almost every day I was away. He's amazing!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Wdibqpu-wto/ThavxRaZnbI/AAAAAAAAB_U/tMFqNr5q_nY/s1600/DoubleRainbow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I saw this double rainbow from my kitchen window. There is something so special and magical about rainbows. Don't you think so too?&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;double rainbow ~ doppelter Regenbogen, gesehen vom Küchenfenster&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kaum&lt;/b&gt; bin ich wieder zuhause geht es schon wieder richtig mit der Arbeit los. Vielleicht hätte ich doch auf meinen Mann hören sollen, als er mir vor der Abreise sagte ich sollte doch mein Laptop mitnehmen. Da ich meine Online Shops vorübergehend geschlossen hatte, dachte ich, daß ich ganz gut ohne Internet auskommen würde. Von wegen!!! Jede Menge Anfragen und Bestellungen sind während meiner Abwesenheit eingetroffen, die ich jetzt so schnell es geht bearbeiten werde. Unterdessen habe ich schon geputzt, gekocht, drei Ladungen Wäsche erledigt und verfasse gerade meinen monatlichen Artikel über deutsche Handarbeit für den &lt;a href="http://germanstreetteam.blogspot.com/"&gt;EGST&lt;/a&gt; Blog. Mein Kater Sammy ist überglücklich, daß ich wieder zuhause bin. Mein Mann natürlich auch ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Ich komme euch bald wieder auf euren Blogs besuchen, und darauf freue ich mich!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1213335666491748669-7526289867141753437?l=www.dunistudio.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/feeds/7526289867141753437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1213335666491748669&amp;postID=7526289867141753437&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7526289867141753437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1213335666491748669/posts/default/7526289867141753437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.dunistudio.com/2011/07/im-backbin-wieder-da.html' title='I&apos;m back...bin wieder da!'/><author><name>Duni</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14273071467750510363</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dNVWUbLPwT4/THj37qlF7mI/AAAAAAAABxk/BecNEALUIcc/S220/DuniFB.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http:
