Bagels!

I tried to do bagels during the christmas break, it went ok. I didn't know that you boiled the dough? But that part worked pretty good, the dough was suppose to rise a bit more though. I made them with my favorite seeds, sesame:). I think that I will try it once more pretty soon, and maybe ad some more yeast... Well, the flour here in Berlin is not what it's suppose to be...so maybe I'm going to do really well with the bagel dough:). 

I'll see if I can find an english recipe to post here, I did mine from a recipe in Svenska Dagbladet.

Wake up, kick ass, repeat

2015, here we go!

I got this fantastic poster from my lovely friend, and actually also colleague:)! We have a new project that we work on with our firm, so the information on the poster is very much a must at the moment.arvid&olof

So, lets start the new year! I'm going to be writing posts three times a week to start out with, the fall was not that organized so the posts came really close or not close enough... I'm very much looking forward to the spring....I will start my indoor garden here in Berlin:):), and then in April move it to Sweden. I also have some nice sewing and kitting projects, can't wait. I will also se if I can manage to get the sourdough to work with me...took a new jar with me from my mom when I was home for christmas, I also have some new fancy Italian flour that I'm going to try out:)

Happy Monday!

Long and gray day in Berlin

Today is very gray in Berlin, haven't seen anything like it really....and I'm from the west coast of Sweden. I'm a bit in a "under the weather" kind of a mood, need to sheer me up some how. One of my best friends is coming to visit me tonight!! She is staying for a few days and I'm really looking forward to it, we have lots of things to talk about! But in the mean time I have to do fun stuff to pull me up, a new sourdough ground and bake cookies is on the agenda I think. I'm still not happy about how my sourdough bread turn out, I'm trying a new type of flour and hoping for that to be the solution:). I also thinking a lot about an office that a friend and I are planning to start up, very exciting! We have found a great location but need to get a hold of the realtor, I keep my fingers crossed that it's still available! 

So, this foggy and misty day, my thoughts wonder off to the spring and a very much wanted trip to NYC and this exhibition MOMA

Fall garden and new project

Last week in Sweden was foggy and misty, I love that! I could be inside and bake, read, do projects I can't do in Berlin and so on. I helped my dad one day with ripping up a carpet in one of the rooms, that was a lot of fun:)! It's great to see an immediately change when you work on something, I think it's same for me with gardening. I guess that's why I like to do things that are hands on in my spare time, just like a lot of people, I work a lot on my computer. 

I also had time to check out the rose bushes, that still has a flower!, check out the potato storage and be amazed over my parsley that looks better then ever, yay:)!

My next project here in Berlin is coloring fabric with vegetables...the first one is red cabbage that I found on this great website: Remodelista tablecloth-dyed-with-red-cabbage

Oh yes, batik!

This was fantastic, so fun! I have never colored fabric before and have never been near batik technique, but That's going to change:). I test colored two duvet, one with clips and one with string. If anyone is reading this...feel welcome to share any ides about how to color a fabric from black to light grey in batik, like a gradient. 

Weaving = bowl of comfort

I can do so many fun DIY projects when I'm in Sweden, not that weaving is a do it yourself project really.... it's art at it's best! I stopped by a local weaving "club" in Ulricehamn the other day with my mom, waving is a hobby of hers since way back. It was like walking into a huge hug of comfort! I don't know why, but those kind of places where 55-80 year old women meet and do arts and craft, they just come at out with a huge chunk of welcome. They know so incredibly much about handicraft and it seems like the most natural thing to do in the world, I can't wait to learn more about weaving and start up a blanket or a rug of myself. I can go on and on about this and how wonderful the feeling is, but I'll give you some pics instead:).

 

Batik...not

My plan for today was to color fabric with batik technique, my plan fell apart though. Since you have your hands right in the color, rubber gloves are a pretty good idea... And I did'nt have any. But, tomorrow is a new day and, Batik day!

It was really nice and frosty this morning, can't wait for the snow to come:).