Fall colors

Although fall might not be as colorful in BC as it is on the east coast, it's still breath taking. Last weekend I asked two friends whether they wanted to take a walk with me. It was also a great opportunity to take some pictures of the striped Noro scarf I knitted last summer. Katja was happy to 'model' the scarf :)







This cute squirrel was very patient while I took these pictures. I was surprised to see black squirrels when I came here, because we only have brown and red ones in Germany (at least where I live...). I've seen gray ones before but black?!
In my opinion all squirrels are cute and there are sooo many on campus :)

Have a great day and I hope you get a chance to go out and enjoy the lovely fall weather :)

ps: Did you take a look at the Brooklyn Tweed Lookbook for their new Loft yarn collection yet? It's gorgeous, the photographs are stunning and the patterns are breathtaking! 

Hello, November!

hello november - cozy movie nights, reading a novel or two, lots of tea and essay writing. exploring a new city and enjoying the lovely fall weather. (re-)establishing healthy eating habits and maybe some exercise. planning for christmas and filling the autumn book with great memories. thinking about my future and counting the days until i can open my first advent calendar present. knitting a sweater and feeling inspired by fall walks. welcome, you wonderful new month!

Christmas Quilt

My mom posted a christmas quilt tutorial on her blog. She started making the quilt last winter so I got to see some of the cute fabrics she used but I didn't see the finished quilt yet. I love the fresh colors and the cute cat fabric! I imagine it to be super soft as she used a fleece blanket for the back.

I can't wait to cuddle up in it when I'm home for christmas!

You can see more photos of the quilt and the tutorial here :)

Fabulous Fall Treasures

It's no secret that I love handmade. And autumn. And of course everything that combines the two :) I love 'window shopping' on etsy - it's really addictive! So I thought why not share some of the beauties I found in the past days with you?

'Fabulous Fall' by FroggedDesigns

Autumn Beauty Geometric... ThePolkadotMag... $38.00	New York City photograp... Raceytay $10.00	Gift box of 16 Assorted... Bokolette $24.00	Manzanita - Handspun Ha... SierraFloraAlp... $32.00
Chevron Triangle Scallo... finestimaginar... $15.50	One of a kind Japanese ... BHiveDesign $85.00	Cute Owl for Macbook/Pr... bizzibdesign $11.00	Yarn bowl, mint green, ... DarriellesClay... $34.00
Japanese Sunrise Etchin... grandmaswooden... $15.00	Card holder - Grape dot... octopurse $12.50	note pad-let's do t... MichelleBruseg... $5.75	IN STOCK - Stripes and... PorteenGear $125.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Om

It's not a secret that I'm a rather lazy person regarding sports. My excuse is that I don't have a stereoscopic vision, thus I'm really bad at all sports where throwing or catching objects is involved because I can't see where the ball/... is exactly. But as my eating habits have changed quite a bit since I moved to Vancouver (hello unhealthy cafeteria food!) I figured it would be a good idea to do some kind of exercise.
I signed up for a weekly early morning yoga class. It's Hatha Yoga and my instructor Heather is really sweet. It's the perfect start in the day and I sometime wish there was a yoga instructor waiting for me with a smile on her face every morning.
The class is pretty intense and we're already practicing for a headstand which kind of scares me...

Anyways, if you don't like competitive sports or looking for a 'calm' sport, I highly recommend giving yoga a try :)

What's In My Bag? // Vol. 3

I'm delighted to share another What's In My Bag? post today. Lately I've been using my echino bag excessively because it's big, comfortable and goes with all my coats and jackets I have here. I used to have really messy bags and it would take me minutes to find anything. I love to use small cosmetic bags to help me stay organized :)

Here's what's in my bag... book I'm currently reading, my Moleskine daily journal, two cosmetic bags, my strawberry project bag containing my current knitting project, tissues, water bottle, apple(honey crips, my favorite!), pen, purse, cell phone, keys.



In the cosmetic bags:
blister cushions, tampon case, glasses cleaner, disinfectant, lip balm + gloss, elastic, mints, chewing gum, lens pen and a snack :)


Looking for more What's In My Bag posts?
Volume 1
Volume 2 // Knitting Bag Edition

Hello!

Hello and welcome to my new home!

I'm super excited to finally share this with you. There are still a couple of dead ends and I'll do some fine tuning in the next couple of days - please bear with me. I decided to move from here to blogger for financial reasons. I'm a poor college student now so I try to spend as little as possible on 'unnecessary' items (I'm not saying that my blog is unnecessary - but saving a couple of dollars a month and still having my blog, just under another address, seemed like a good solution).

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