Goodmorning lovelies – it’s Wednesday and I not only have a desk-photo to share but also photo’s of a new born baby in the family… yes, I became a great aunt! And it’s a special baby, I tell ya, ’cause my niece is a special woman… but more about that later.
First, here’s a photo of my desk. Not the full desk-surface but just a part. The part that holds new items.
I went to the printers yesterday to pick up the photos I had printed and while I was in town I also looked for fun embellishments to use for scrapbooking (yes, still making scrapbook-layouts when I’m not art journaling.) I not only found these lovely wooden letters but also the brush-holder. It wasn’t on my wish list but as soon as I saw it I realized I couldn’t do without it 😉
Among the printed photos were of course pics of my niece with her new born daughter (I can’t believe my ‘little’ brother became a grand-dad now…) who was born on November 10th.
My niece Lisa and her daughter, baby Alice Raven
My brother and his family emigrated to Canada and I haven’t seen my niece since she was 14… but I can tell from all the photos I received during the past years that she grew out to be a wonderful GOTHIC woman. She married a lovely GOTHIC man and now they have a lovely GOTHIC little baby… so what could a great aunt do but knit a GOTHIC little cardigan…
Baby Alice is very small so this cardigan is waaay too big for her but she will grow in to it and her parents were very pleased with this present. It was fun to make too!
I won’t make this blogpost too long as you ‘deskers’ have more blogs to visit, but I cannot leave without showing you at least one ‘artsy piece’. My creative friend and partner in crime (we teach workshops together) Jenny de Bode challenged me to create something inspired by the art of Elke Trittel
I created this art journal spread and although it’s heavely influenced by Elke’s art, the text makes it a ‘Marit-page’ so I’m pretty pleased with it.
This is the last week of November and as you may now, December is a special month because I will again (for the 9th time in a row) host the TOP 2000 BLOG PARTY at the end of the year. The fun starts on Friday, December 1st because that is the day that the voting for the songs on the 2017-list starts. I will tell you all about how to vote for your fave songs in an extra blogpost on Friday.
What you need to know now is just this: The Top 2000 Blog party is a FREE creative & musical party and YOU ARE INVITED. Find all the info about it in the top menu on this blog (HERE)
Have a lovely week y’all.
HI Marit, what a beautiful name they have chosen, and very suitably Gothic. Loved the cardigan you knitted. Awesome.Have a lovely week, Hugs, Shaz #18 XxX
Hi Marit, congratulations on becoming a Great Aunt (my Great Niece was 6 in August so welcome to the club). I adore that cardigan; perfect for the Gothic family. My brother is in Canada too and I have only seen him in person twice since he emigrated. Thank goodness for Skype. Happy WOYWW Sarah #9
That is a beautiful picture of your niece and Alice Raven (great name!). I adore that goth jacket you knitted for her, such fun and very different to pink!!
Hugs LLJ 13 xxxx
Great post!! Just love that brush holder, have to look out for one of those!
Beautiful baby and mother photo – and just love the cardigan! Very original.
Have a good week
Christine #19
congratulations, Great Aunt! She looks so beautiful and what a fabulous cardi Love your brush holder, how clever! Helen #2
Not long and you will be a great great aunt, time flies and the great thing about making /knitting for a little tykes is they grow out of it and it is almost underused.A clever family carefully puts it away and WOW, there it is for the next generation!
No post from me today I am in a funk partially due to computer acting naught. Now fixed but I hate wasting time on trivial necessities of life..
Congrats Marit, such a gorgeous baby. I love the cardigan, it’s just perfect though sadly I got even more excited about the brush holder!!! how sad am I Lol! Have a great and very creative woyww, Angela x12x
Those wooden letters will come in handy one day – it’s just very annoying when you find you’re a letter short for what you want to spell! Congratulations on becoming a great aunt! What a cute baby – I’ve never seen a goth baby before! She will rock that cardigan when she’s bigger! I ADORE your journal page – love the colours and that style and I can definitely see a bit of Marit in it! Happy WOYWW! zsuzsa #24
Beautiful baby! I think she will have a very interesting life, and will probably, as a teenager, rebel and will wear bright colors and lots of flowers! LOL! But she is a beautiful baby, and I love her name. The little goth sweater is SO cute!! Lovely art journal page as well, I love all the scribbly writing in the background. Thanks for sharing, Lindart #27