What I won and what I made

I was so lucky to win Barnlil's give away yesterday, a Themis mobile by Artecnica

Take a look at it, isn't it a beauty? 

I am really looking forward to next week, when it will be hanging in my living room... can't wait! 

Two or three weeks ago I made these fine crochet balls. I was quite happy with the result and making them was easy and fun.

Still, I couldn't decide how I wanted to use them.

I had numerous ideas in mind, but none of them really convinced me and quite honestly I really liked the way they looked on my Kaleido tray! ;)

(by HAY) 

In the meanwhile though, I bought some wooden spheres at the local Søstrene Grene and... ta-daaaa:

Two of those spheres became this fine ornament!

(You can find the Perfect Sphere pattern here, it's free and comes in 10 different sizes)

This week's menu

I am so glad I have a menu plan! 

It is a super easy way to save time and money when it comes to food. Plus, it helps me keep track of what's in the freezer ( I tend to forget food in there for moths and months otherwise = not good!!)

I designed my own version with Microsoft Word, found some cute kitchen-related images on the web (via Google Images) to embellish it a little, printed it on a normal A4 piece of paper and eventually I laminated it... I guess it did not take more than half an hour! I use a whiteboard marker to write on it and it works really well!

It hangs on our fridge now and both Daniele and I love it! Everybody knows what's for dinner and we remind each other of some last minute shopping that needs to be done. An the smartest thing is that a post-it fits perfectly in the "shopping list" box. :D

If you don't have a menu plan yet, I can only say : what are you waiting for??? It does not have to be anything fancy... a piece of paper and a pen will do the trick (wink) and there's ton of inspiration to get on the web! I personally like Pinterest (here's my own Food board), foodgawker and Alletiders Kogebog (with Danish recipes) but once you start looking for new recipes, I'm quite sure it will be difficult to stop! 

For some more planning inspiration, you can take a look here.

Happy menu planning!

A .pdf version of this plan is available on request

Crochet hook case

Heartburns and pelvic pain really gave me a hard time last night...
Then I thought: "Dear body, you mess with me, alright... well, I just keep crocheting!!"
And here we have it: I finished this week project in two and a half days.
I got inspired by this wonderful blog and here is the pattern I followed (in danish), though I made some minor changes.
I can't wait for my Clover hooks to arrive!

I am quite happy with the result, as it is the first real "challenging" project I have ever crocheted.

I made some Owlz!

You can find this pattern here

Here, take a look if you want to make a little cute owl like this one!