Happy Birtday to Gunhild!

Sweet seventeen!

Gunhild is born on Midsummer Eve and looks like a Nordic Princess. I'm a very proud mother of course.... :-)

Goodies bought in Tromsø

Lovely fabrics bought in Husfliden in Tromsø.

My Birtdaypresent for Ruth; 4 x 30cm in blue-grey shades. She is very eager to use brown fabrics so I think she needs a little blue element :-)

I also found this stitcherypattern for Ruth. She is very keen on sewing stitchery and she is good at it as well.

Drawing to stitchery

Where does the time go?

Can you believe that it’s June already?

I don’t know if it’s the same for you but the time sure flies by for me.

Isn’t that a sign of getting old? I hope not because I have too much stash in my house and too many idees in my head.

But I'm too busy working,..... and regional policy, ..... and district of sports activities and policy, ..... and trainer in gymnastics, .....and mum to three girls, .....and wife? No housewife for me, that's for sure. And this weekend? I'm planning a daytrip to Randi Helene's cabin because she is having her birthday :-)

Great giveaway from sweet Oddbjørg arrived today!

After a long day with work and meeting in executive committee for my local government, I was really excited and pleased to find a parcel from Oddbjørg waiting for me at home :-) She has celebrated 2 years of blogging. In connestion with her blog anniversary she had a giveaway.Visit her blogg here.

Thank you so much for the gifts; I love them :-)

I got two fabrics, one little notebook and a CHOCOLATE. 

(My secret; I'm turning 48 today 22nd of April...... So this will be my first birthdaygift as well! )

Freebie: Two hearts to stitch

Two hearts to stitch for you (to celebrate my husbonds 51th Birtday today and Valentine's Day tomorrow).

Happy Birtday; Roger!!!!

And the lucky winners are......

I so appreciate all of you who stop by and read my page and leave such nice comments too! THANK YOU to all who take the time to follow me and my blog and I hope I can reach many more besides through this next year of blogging too!

 I listed all the names and some of you were busy visiting my blog every day :-)

And I found a Random Number Generator on the web, so here is the result from my drawing:

1.WINNER; 72 = Kristrun :-)

2.WINNER; 51 = Martina :-)

3.WINNER; 32 = Pokey :-)

And the prizes are:

1. Debbie Mumm fabric (2m), Mettler Metallic Thread and some buttoms.

2. 50 cm of each of these three Christmas Fabrics and some tiny little buttons.

3. 54cm black Christmas fabric, 38cm with Harlekin-patterned, 50 cm of gold and 4 Christmas-bears-buttons made of wood.

Since Kristrun was the first name I picked, she can choose between the 3 prizes, Martina can choose from the two left after Kristrun has selected one and Pokey will get the last available prize.

I will let you other know whitch prize they choose. 

Blog anniversary today;-great giveaway today

Happy blog anniversary to me!

And congratulation to Barack Obama!

With all the time and effort I place into my blog and my guilds blog, it's often easy to lose track of time.

This year’s selection of the Nobel Peace Price started an online outcry the second it was announced. For many people, including the recipient himself, is was a shock that hear that president Barack Obama was awarded. And Norwegians were among those who reacted most strongly against the decision from the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Not because Norwegians dislike or disapprove of Obama, rather opposite. But awarding him the Nobel Prize after just 10 months in office have been hard to swallow, even for Norwegians.

Tomorrow I will announce who the three lucky winners are......

Todays blogoversaries:

Binoculo Miope

Achados e Perdidos

Cards by Patty Tanúz

Cultura de Travesseiro

Strawberry Chocolate

El Doky

Elins kreative side

Soft-Net

Helado de Chocolate con Trocitos and they call me Mommy

Joluvero´s Weblog

El blog de Silpana

Metaphoricamente
My Scrappy Life
I think here
My World
Urban Girl's Almanac
Lost in Chick-Lit
No Yolk

Reminder of my giveaway

Here are the details and rules for my giveaway;

• If you leave a comment today and leave a comment everyday for the following 10 days (total 14) - I will put your name into the drawing 11 times.
  
• If you leave one comment on one post this week - then you get your name added once for the drawing. Or if you visit and comment twice - then you get your name in twice, and so on.
  
• If you post about my blog anniversary and giveaway on your blog, then I will enter your name one extra time (but please email me so I know you've mentioned the giveaway on your blog).

Get it? Start spread the news about the giveaway!


And 3 of you will be winners because like I said I have 3 prizes.

(Warning - you can't comment the day after a post and have it count! I will be checking the times/dates).



The first name I pick will get their choice of the 3 prizes and on down. So the third name I draw will get the last available prize.

I hope this isn't too confusing or complicated. Well, that's the way I do things I guess.

Reminder of my blog-anniversary giveaway :-)

Here are the details and rules for my giveaway;

• If you leave a comment today and leave a comment everyday for the following 11 days (total 14) - I will put your name into the drawing 12 times.
• If you leave one comment on one post this week - then you get your name added once for the drawing. Or if you visit and comment twice - then you get your name in twice, and so on.
• If you post about my blog anniversary and giveaway on your blog, then I will enter your name one extra time (but please email me so I know you've mentioned the giveaway on your blog).

Get it? Start spread the news about the giveaway

And 3 of you will be winners because like I said I have 3 prizes.

(Warning - you can't comment the day after a post and have it count! I will be checking the times/dates).

The first name I pick will get their choice of the 3 prizes and on down. So the third name I draw will get the last available prize.

I hope this isn't too confusing or complicated. Well, that's the way I do things I guess.

Blog anniversary in two weeks time; -great giveaway ahead

It occurred to me this morning that my blog anniversary is in two weeks time. December 10th 2008 was my very first post to Elins kreative side and I can't believe it has one been one year.

Those of you that are regular readers or friends know that I do tend to "over do" things. So I have decided since my blog-birthday is just around the corner, I will have a big extravaganza anniversary party for the next two weeks and I offer 3 different prizes!

December 10th is also the date for the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony. The Nobel Peace Prize has been called "the world's most prestigious prize". Alfred Nobel died on the December 10th in 1895, and it has been an established tradition ever since 1901 for the Peace Prize to be presented on that date at a solemn award ceremony. The Peace Prize award ceremony takes place in the Oslo City Hall, in the presence of representatives of the Royal Family, the Government, the Storting, and about 1000 other guests. Banquets in honour of the Laureates are held the same evening at the Grand Hotel, outside which there is a torchlight procession in honour of the Laureate. Last year my youngest daughter and I went to Oslo to participate in this torchlight procession, see blogpost here!

I so appreciate all of you who stop by and read my page and leave such nice comments too! I keep seeing that little counter tick away those numbers and it amazes me that people from all over the world really read my blog! THANK YOU to all who take the time to follow me and my blog and I hope I can reach many more besides through this next year of blogging too!

Here are the details and rules for my giveaway;

• 
  
  If you leave a comment today and leave a comment everyday for the following 13 days (total 14) - I will put your name into the drawing 14 times.
  
  
  
• 
  
  If you leave one comment on one post this week - then you get your name added once for the drawing. Or if you visit and comment twice - then you get your name in twice, and so on.
  
  
  
• 
  
  If you post about my blog anniversary and giveaway on your blog, then I will enter your name one extra time (but please email me so I know you've mentioned the giveaway on your blog). 
  

Get it? Start spread the news about the giveaway

And 3 of you will be winners because like I said I have 3 prizes.

(Warning - you can't comment the day after a post and have it count! I will be checking the times/dates).

The first name I pick will get their choice of the 3 prizes and on down. So the third name I draw will get the last available prize.

I hope this isn't too confusing or complicated. Well, that's the way I do things I guess.

The first week I will post about my prizes; one of the time. I think it will be great fun.

Good Luck! I hope we all have two happy weeks ahead. And I hope you'll join me here each day to see the giveaway- prize on display and make comments to me.

My brother is having birthday!

My brother is turning 49 years today. Big party next year in Bergen....?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, TRYGVE.

Love from

My disappearing nine-patch tablerunner is finished

Finally I finished this tablerunner. I used many different coffee-fabrics from Moda. These were precut in Charm Squares and this made it very easy to sew nine-patches. If you want a tutorial for disappearing nine-patch, visit Quilts & ACTs.

I made a label saying "sewn by Elin Synnøve 2009".

I freemotion quilted the tablerunner. I wanted the quilting to look like steam from friendly coffeecups.....

I used Mettlers Poly Sheen Multi col.9972 for the quilting.

I hope Merethe will enjoy her 40th birtday present from me.

HAPPY BIRTDAY TO YOU, SYNNØVE!!!

My wonderful daughter Synnøve is 20 years today :-)

I cannot give her any presents or cake because she is in Bali............., but she will get cake and presents when she returns home before Christmas!

Hugs from me to you, Synnøve.

I've got mail both from USA and England :-o)

Wednesday was my lucky day :-)

No bills in my post box that day. Instead an Australian Homespun magazine and.......

..........these cute boxes with 2 mini honey buns per box and one Jelly Roll. I bought these from Hancock's of Paducah. I simply love these fabrics from Moda. They advertise this Jelly Roll; "Leave your worries behind. Splurge! Have fun with it. Happy sentiments abound as you take in the fun and whimsy in Sandy Gervais' newest collection for Moda. Warm and bright. Sandy's citrus colors invite you to enjoy these fabrics. Premium 44" cotton. Honey Bun includes 1.5" by 44" strips of 40 fabrics."

And some goodies from my favourite shop in Gjøvik; Sømsenteret.

The mauve, the green, the red, the striped and the one with sheeps are all new arrivals. The other ones are sales fabrics :-)

And I had to have some batting as well :-)

And am I sewing? A little bit now and then.......

This weekend we are travelling up in the mountains with Ruth and her husband. I'm looking forward to go to their cottage, it is very cozy there.

But before I can take off to the cabin, I have to say;

Happy birtday to my sister ANNE!

Have a nice weekend everyone!