Open-day at the Opera

We live in a beautiful german town: Dresden. It has many advantage: beautiful buildings, landscapes, many museums, great transports etc. On Sunday the 7th, the Opera (Semperoper) opened its door to visitors for free. We could visit the opera, listen to music, watch rehearsals, visit the workshops and many more things.

With T., 19mo, and N., 3yo, we didn't want to sit listening to a concert, so we chose the workshops option. A choice we did not regret! It was great! We visited where they make the decors and where the costumes are designed and sewn. 

Here are a few pictures of our visit and of what N. made:

It was a very exciting visit for the children and they were both exhausted afterwards. The next day, N. did chat again about it, still remembering the pretty tutus she had seen ^^

Recipe without words: Apple pie - Guest post from G. in France

 

Evening prayer box

Summer is always full of birthdays, this time it was my Goddaughter's turn to have her fourth birthday! I unfortunately did not have enough time to make her a lot of things nor anything big. I've bought her the tools to spool-knit and a book to make spool-knitted animals.I still wanted to make her something personal, very personal. My father-in-law makes small wooden jewelry and from him I got a small cross. Ideal for a little girl. Then I got the idea of a prayer box. After all I am H.'s Godmother, so it is part of my role to give that sort of gifts ;)

So I designed a miniature nativity scene and made it out of felt. It is tiny and it was pretty difficult to glue Marie's hands and Jesus's head!

 I then layered a tin box with a foam sheet. I've learned from it that using the hot glue pistol is a bad idea. It melts the foam! but on the other hand it stretched nicely.

On the inside of the lid I glued the "Our Father" prayer (in French), and on the bottom part I glued the figures. To the set I added a small candle and that gives you a prayer box.

Happy Birthday H.!

Needle-book

Small present for my mother's birthday. No pattern found online or anything, self-thought for once!

Orange leather, two KAM snap buttons, a pair of new embroidery scissors and the sheets are made of felt. Personalised with mother's initial, G.