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Some creative books and magazines I can highly recommend.

April 20, 2012


Heyy, happy Friday! :) Today I’m sharing some of my current favourite reads with regard to creative content, so here’s what I recommend:

The Handmade Marketplace by Kari Chapin: This book provides an amazing overview about what it means to run a creative business and gives insight into the amount of time and effort it needs to successfully sell handmade items. Althought I read it after I had already run my own independent business for about two years, there was still a lot of useful advice in this book that was new to me.

Tolle Taschen selbst gemacht (rough translation: How to make fantastic bags yourself) by Miriam Dornemann: This book is only available in German and is full of awesome sewing patterns for all kings of bags, purses and pouches. I simply love it!

Burda easy magazine (the current edition for summer clothes): I recently bought this magazine which includes lots of easy sewing patterns for casual summer clothes. It’s for beginners, but there are also lots of nice patterns which can be used by people with advanced sewing skills. I already sewed a pretty skirt and it turned out beautiful! :)

Mollie Makes magazine (the original English edition): I think most of you may already have heard of this awesome magazine (of which there is now also a German edition available), it is full of lovely DIY projects, gives insights into the lives of other creative people and shares lots of pretty eye candy. I rather prefer the English edition, because I love the language so much. :)

Sew! by Cath Kidston: This is one of the first sewing books I ever bought, it’s perfect for beginners (also available in German) and the instructions are very clear and easy to comprehend. What I love most about this book are the layout and the colorful pages which are full of bright and colorful photos. There are lots of projects inside this book I sewed myself, so much fun! :)

I hope this list is useful for some of you, maybe you want to share links to your favourite creative books in the comment section!? :) Any favourites? Have you read any of those books and mags I posted above?

Wish you a lovely weekend!
Lu

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Easter weekend.

April 16, 2012


Hello! :) How has your weekend been? I recently haven’t been able to check alll of your pretty blogs or to comment on your posts, because I’ve been busy with the start of the new semester and with meeting some of my friends. :) 

On Easter my friend Jenny came to visit me and we were having an awesome girl’s weekend. :) Last weekend I visited my friend Hanna in Darmstadt and met Vivi of Matz ab, we had a great afternoon with lots of chatting (photos coming soon :)).
So here are all the photos of my amazing Easter weekend with Jenny.

Before Jenny came to visit me, Flo and I went out for a walk in the woods and had to say good bye for the weekend, because he left me for a men’s weekend with his best friends. :)
I prepared the apartment, bought fresh flowers and herbs for cooking.

Mogli has still been lovesick, he’s the cutest dog on earth. :)
My friendly neighbour gave us some eggs she got from her grandma’s chicken, they were sooo delicious.
Lots of fabric scraps I collected during the last years, they are so colorful.

Jenny and I made a bike tour through pretty Potsdam and visited Peacock Island. It’s an island beetween Potsdam and Berlin with lots of beautiful peacocks. :)
We’ve also been at the former border between eastern and western Germany, a place of history.


We took tons of photos and wore colorful outfits. Jenny wore my handmade turquoise hat, it perfectly matched her outfit.
On Saturday, we met Anja for a long shopping tour in Berlin. <3 We’ve been to Frau Tulpe, one of my favourite fabric stores in Berlin, and we had a shopping break at Cupcake Berlin and ate the most delicious cupcakes. <3

The three of us went to, Humana, a huuuuge second hand shopping store, where we saw the most amazing bridal dresses. We tried them on for fun, it was hilarious!!! :) I especially love the photo of us girls in front of the mirror, wearing those amazing, old, vintage dresses. <333

Thrifting was lots of fun!
In Berlin there’s a new pub, they reconstructed Mac Laren’s Pub which most people know from the How I Met Your Mother series. :)
In the afternoon, we took lots of fun photos at an industrial area in Friedrichshain.

In the evening, we had lunch at Knofi, a restaurant in Berlin Kreuzberg with delicious mediterranean food. Sooooo good! <3
As you can see, my dress collection is constantly growing. :) When we were in Berlin, I found another vintage dress, I will only have to shorten it a bit.
On Easter Sunday, Jenny and I had a delicious breakfast (we always eat lots of healthy and tasty food… :)) and gave each other little Easter presents. I made her, Flo, and Anja little fabric Easter bunnies and Jenny gave me chocolate, knitting needles, masking tape and nail polish. <3

My beautiful kitchen decor! :)
Jenny and I made lots of soap bubbles on my balcony and on Sunday, we ate frozen yoghurt at Yoli in Berlin.

We went to the Wall Park flea market where I found a pretty enamel bucket in pretty good condition and we enjoyed the beautiful weather. :)

Ohh, those vintage plates were so pretty!
In the afternoon, we went to an exhibition about DIY, there were some interesting projects and exhibits and we saw a pretty collier made by Fee of Fee ist mein Name. :)
Berlin’s Television Tower, the city’s most famous symbol.

Finally, a photo of Jenny and me while we were on the flea market and a snapshot of her, taking photos of Mogli. :) I love her hairstyle in the photo. :)
Hmmm, that was delicious, on the last day of our great weekend we had this for dinner, grilled cheese, fried eggs, corn, avocado and tomatoes. <3

I hope you liked those photos, I’m currently totally obsessed with Instagram. <3

If you want to follow me on Instagram and see all the photos immediately, you can find me as Luloveshandmade. :)

Happy week! :)
Lu

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DaWanda’s Mother’s Day Competition: Please vote for me!

April 15, 2012


Hey everyone, I hope you’re fine! :)
I’d love you to do me a little favour: I recently applied for taking part in DaWanda’s Mother’s Day competition where one could win half a meter of this pretty retro fabric from byGraziela. I’m one of the 50 people who won and received their fabric package and then the next step was to create a unique Mother’s Day present using this fabric. :)
I made those pretty oven clothes, you can see them on DaWanda.
Now everyone who has a DaWanda account can heart my item and in the end, the person with the most hearts will win the competition. :)
So if you have a DaWanda account, please log in and give me your heart! :) Of course you can also use this as a good occasion to create your own DaWanda account, maybe you wanted to shop something handmade anyway and then you can help me, too! :)
Thank you in advance!! :)
I’m soo excited about this competition and so thankful for DaWanda and byGraziela that they chose me to be one of those who could take part! :)
Thanks for reading and happy Sunday!! :)
Lu

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Outfits

What we wore // On the balcony.

April 12, 2012


Hey everyone! :) I hope you are fine! :) Last weekend my lovely friend Jenny came to visit me and we spent the whole Easter weekend together. :) We had lots of fun, made a bike tour, visited lots of sights, went on a shopping tour with Anja <3, went thrifting and to the flea market, we visited a DIY exhibition and cooked a lot. :) I’m soon gonna share lots of Instagram photos (my Instagram name is Luloveshandmade ;)), but until then, you can have a look at the photos we took on our balcony. :)
Jenny did our hair (look at her amazing hairstyle), we were both wearing colorful outfits and Mogli stayed with us all the time. He’s more than cute, isn’t he? :)
I love girl’s weekends, we had so much fun!






Merken

Merken

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The handprinted bunting tote is back in stock.

April 11, 2012


Hi out there! :) I hope you’ve all been having a fabulous Easter weekend! :) Mine was pretty awesome, I’m gonna share lots of photos soon…
I just wanted to let you know that one of my favourite items – the handprinted bunting tote bag – is back in stock again. :) I love things which are simple and colorful and you can find the on DaWanda. <3
Lu

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I'm Lu, I'm 34 years old and I live in wonderful Berlin. I am a Content Creator and DIY enthusiast and I am the founder and editor of Luloveshandmade.com where I share colorful everyday life happiness, handletterings, tutorials and other creative content. Apart from being a Handlettering Artist and running my own indie business, I'm a Content & Communications Manager. Read more about me and my creative work or visit my business portfolio page and have fun exploring this blog.

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