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Clara had her birthday this week.

At her party she climbed up to new heights.

We love you.

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This week we celebrated Carolina's third birthday.

And how it turned out at the end of this busy party day it also became the birthday of Carolina's and Clara's new cousin. My sister was due with her first baby actually a couple of days later, but how many babys really care about their due date? - statistically about 4 percent. I quickly knit up this little baby hat (it is this pattern here) with wool my mother once gave me for Carolina and finished it right on time (what can be quicker then a newborn baby hat) to send it out to my little niece. Aunts do things like that.

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Day 365 of my year-long photo project,

see here, if you like.

And also coming to its end, the MATS online course,
in the final week the assignment was to design a hyper-lush zipper pouch,
where I used some photographs from our recent holiday on Gran Canaria.

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A collage for this week's assignment in MATS.

We were supposed to create an abstract collage for a 25-45 year old female, using limited colours (in my case pink, red and neutrals) and collected items. Plus including words, floral and geometrical motifs. Would I buy it?

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Do you know Suzanis? I didn't before this week's assignment in MATS. They are embroidered patterns from Uzbekistan. They served as inspiration for designing plates. Here are mine:

Wherever I am, pink travels with me.

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Actually lots and lots of moments (around midnight),

practicing my newly acquired fabric pattern making skills:

Made in Lilla Rogers e-Course Make Art That Sells,
under the theme "root vegetables and vintage casseroles".

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Can there ever be a painting without pink?

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a new painting:

Pink Moments of Thailand

It's been four weeks already since we came back from Thailand,

and now I found the time to show you these:

a wall in our first hotel room

Bangkok taxis

or better a bike?

tickets for the Royal Palace 

on the train to Hua Hin

new hat

such beautiful flowers!

Ko Tao Island

yes, these are eggs!

at a restaurant

fresh pomegranate juice

having fun with Mama ...

... and Papa!

water sports on Ko Tao

no sports

bying (and eating) loads of tropical fruit every day

temple time on Ko Samui

fancy pink hair, Blythe?

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My little pink camera broke this week ...

... and got an upgraded replacement.

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Back at home.

Back to painting.

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Off to the tropics!

With new pink sunglasses.

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... Clara and Carolina wrapping up their toys in the leftover fabric of my pants.

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Hollyhocks!

Pink in Japan

After experimenting with red and blue Japanese style, I needed a little pink again to bring myself into creative balance. I had bought a bamboo calligraphy pen a while ago at the art store and decided to play with it and some ink.

First try:

rather cliché, but good for getting a feel for the bamboo stick

and its special lines

inspired from the Orlik exhibition last week

and those amazing umbrellas:

And now I go back to baking in the sun outside.

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... a new rose in our garden.

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At the end of a pink week:

Happy birthday to me!

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... not so really pink ...

... but pretty.

Flowers gathered by Clara, Carolina 

and their cousins

at Grandma's birthday party.

(from her garden)

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... on the Autobahn this afternoon,

on the way back home.