Picturesque Month ~ 07'14 (Honeymoon included)

Man, I really got to catch up with these! Good thing I still have a couple of vacation days left, because I don't want to drag it out to next year. So here we go, July:

The husbands friend and brother were still living with us for a couple of days after the wedding, so we did some sightseeing in Berlin, including a trip to the aquarium.

Then I tried to get back to healthy living for a while, but failed miserably. I regained a little more than 5kg after the wedding, god damnit. I was feeling so good, too. Stupid thyroid hypofunction...

~ Got our wedding photos about three weeks after the wedding.
~ Partied with some friends at the Berlin Fashion Week and ran into Evil Jared from the Bloodhoundgang.
~ Worked on those tetris shelves which I can't wait to show you guys, you know, after getting done with the remaining three months of pictures.

And the we went on our honeymoon in denmark! It was rather spledid.
~ Packing footsie ~ Ferry footsie ~ Baltic Sea footsie ~

~ Did loads of bikeriding, since neither of us drives a car and the countryside was really beautiful.
~ What did I just say? Can you see tiny Ken on the top right side?
~ And again. Can you see tiny me in the center enjoying the sea water?

~ Horsies! Our vacation home was right next to a riding school and there were so many pretty horses!
~ Danish houses.. so cute!
~ There's our vacation home. Very pretty and we were so lucky with the weather!

We took a day trip to the middle ages center in Nykobing Falster, t'was mucho funno! It's always fun for the husband to see european history and at this place all the employees pretended like they were from the middle ages! So weird. Too bad the food wasn't from the middle ages...

~ Just loving those danish straw roofs! You can see them in some parts of Germany as well, but not so much around Berlin.
~ Our way from the vacation home to the beach, a beautiful boulevard.
~ The husband said that the cycling done on this trip should be enough for at least the rest of the year. He doesn't like cycling much... it's too bad, really.

~ Cause I love me a cycling trip! I want to take a trip from Berlin to the Baltic Sea someday, I guess the husband will sit that one out.
~ Brought two books on the trip, Bossypants by Tina Fey and the new Bridget Jones, finished the first and got halfway through the second, not without crying of course...
~ Man, it's been ages since my last trip to the Baltic (or any other kind of) Sea. I won't let that happen again! Just love swimming in the open water and drying off in the white sand. So much fun!

Reminder: 12 Days of Halloween

Last year I did a 12 days of Halloween for you and of course all of the crafts/recipes are timeless, so here they are again:

1 Haunted Castle

2 Faced Suit

3 Eyed Pumpkin

4 Spooky Spiderwebs

5(0) Shades of Orange

6 6 6 Devilish Dips

7 Deadly Sins Punch

8 Troublesome Testtubes

9 Infected Syringes

10 Batman Cookies

11+ Instagram Pictures

12 Flying Bats

Happy Halloween & Goonight out there, whoever you are... muahahahahaaa

Harry Potter Swap on Craftster Part I

Two years ago I participated in my first Craft Swap on Craftster with the theme The Walking Dead. You can check out what I made here and what I received here.
More than a year later I felt like doing another swap, so I checked out the Swapping Board and found the Back to Hogwarts Swap. I signed up and got partnered with a fellow crafter from Belgium. And here's what he sent me:

The first item I checked out was this amazing suitcase filled with goodies that I would carry around with me when I would go on Terrortours adventures! Terrortours is a shop in Diagon Alley that offers adventure holidays for witches and wizards.

There was a silver dagger against Werewolves, a cross and stake against Vampires and some vegan chocolate against the terrors of Dementors.

Then a candle to scare off creatures, some Doxy Poison Antidote, a Seeing mirror to look around corners (Do not use to look for Basilisks!) and a jar full of Bezoars in case someone gets poisoned.


There was also a pouch with Tibetian Shimmering stones light the darkness and some Stoned Phoenix Tears to heal minor injuries. The booklet was the Terrortours Survival Kit Handbook: They do not take responsibility for accidents, but early deaths will get refunds!

The next item was this awesome Ravenclaw bag:
I can always use more bags and this one is pretty cool. The husband said that it also reminded him of the House Arryn from Game of Thrones, but the Prefect badge makes it pretty clear that it's Harry Potter related to the ones in the know. I'm pretty sure that I would never have been a Prefect at Hogwarts, but I will have lots of fun pretending to be one.

Then I looked inside of the bag and at first I thought it was just some cardboard to make it stand up straight, but no! It's a labyrinth boardgame!


This is actually one of my favorite boardgames from my childhood and now I own the Harry Potter version! So cool! Can't wait to play a round with my fellow Ravenclaws in the common room.

Last, but not least, I got a jar of Polyjuice Potion.
    
Just kidding, the real stuff is way dangerous and only for Advanced Potion Makers! It's a candy jar!

And there we have it. The creativity of my fellow Craftsters never ceases to amaze me. Couldn't have asked for a better partnership and I can't wait till he gets my package. I really hope he likes the stuff I made and I will share with you as soon as the Muggle post delivers.

And here's the scary bit; I made an unboxing video... If you watch it all the play please tell me what you're thinking! Never again or get a better camera you chump or meh, could be worse. It's really weird talking into a camera by yourself and if noone cares about it I'd rather leave it be. Gah, alright, here goes nothing: