finurlig giveaway # 2 - the winner!

With a little delay we found the winner today. What happened is that my little assistant was too tired for playing when we came home from kindergarten yesterday, so we decided to postpone the draw a little.

Today, then, she was in the mood. So we made a tea party. With all the names written on little doilies, each placed underneath a little cup. And with cakes, of course. An elaborate plan, if you ask my assistant.

When everybody had tea in their cups, my assistant chose one cup at random...

...and the name underneath was the winner :)

Linda K, please email me your address, and I will post you the tea spoons.
And thanks to everyone for playing  - always so nice to hear from you.

finurlig giveaway # 2

You know that I love flea markets and thrift stores and everything old, used and found.

I found this little set of 6 teaspoons at a fleamarket in a beautiful old house in Sweden this summer. The lady who sold them was 6th generation living in the farmhouse. The house was filled with old stuff from floor to ceiling, and the lady remembered stories about every little thing. We bought some very nice things - most of them are now in use in our own old house in Sweden - but this little set of teaspoons with roses will now go further on as a giveaway. The teaspoons can be used at tea parties in the kid's play-kitchen - or of course in your own cup of tea...

Leave a comment and I will choose a winner at random next Friday evening (Friday November 2) and post it here. 

finurlig giveaway # 1 - the winner!

My little assistant helped me find the winners of the giveaway today :)
Our procedure went on with the highest precision and greatest seriosity...

Yellow notes with names for the yellow necklace...

and rose notes with names for the rose necklace.

Winner of the yellow necklace is Mette from Carlas Café.

And winner of the rose necklace is Kate from the UK.

Mette and Kate, please email me your addresses, and I will post you the necklaces :)
And all of you - thanks for participating! So nice to hear from you.
Hopefully there will be another little giveaway soon.

As a sidenote, the tin is from today's fleamarket. The lady I bought it from told me that she bought it years ago in the Czech Republic at a fleamarket. Originally a candy tin, and the nice fruits and colours remind me so much of Zdeněk Miler's cartoons about the sweet little mole that we love seeing!

treadmill

A shot these photos of Frida Viola and I in the treadmill at the playground the other day. It was fun.
Being a family living in an apartment in the city with no garden, we visit playgrounds alot.

Lena Corwin posted on some fantastic playgrounds in New York.
Here and here and here are some of mine favourite playgrounds in Copenhagen.
Do you have any favourites or good places for kids you could recommend...?

And don't forget the giveaway # 1 - just leave a comment, winner will be found Sunday September 2 :)

finurlig giveaway # 1

I have been making this kind of simple necklaces with a mix of ceramic and wooden beads over the summer. I have been so happy to wear them and thought it might be time for a giveaway at the blog - something I have never done before :)
All you have to do is to write a comment and mark if you prefer the yellow or the rose necklace (two photos below). I will choose a winner at random next Sunday evening and post it here.
The necklaces are made with Chinese jewelry cord with a simple knot in the neck and small metal beads at the ends. You can click at the photos to see them enlarged.