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My pathetic attempt at baking. Also this cake was a total fire hazard. I think we used about 15 matches trying to light it! I think after the mid twenties you have to accept your fate and move on up to number candles, unless of course, you are in possession of a flame thrower.

Heiko's birthday was this week. He said he had a good day even though the car broke (now fixed) and one of the licence plates went missing (we have to replace it tomorrow.)



P.S. Ricky showed me an article about the new release of the Moomins movie, but those voiceovers are not my cup of tea. I much prefer the english or german narrator.

If you're a Moomin or stop animation fan: you can buy the DVD set or watch the episodes here at the official site.

shop update

I've just updated our shop with 3 drawings.



ice cream
Click here to go to our Shop!


3 letters


zwillinge

Also, I'm on Twitter, now. I will probably just use it for site updates/shop updates/shows: http://twitter.com/lillypiri

Autumn

pumpkin harvest

We bought the orange pumpkin from a nearby farm, but the rest I grew myself. I think the big one is called 'Queensland Blue' and the two others are called 'Crown Prince'. Both are supposed to have really good flavour. Total weight this year was 7.25 kg.


Here's the pumpkin at night.


& the halloweenies.

About 25 kids visited this year, which was way more than expected! I nearly ran out of lollies.

tiny shop update

I've just listed two pen drawings for sale in our shop:


my rhino
(click here to view shop)



waiting
(click here to view shop)

I'll be clearing out my archives the next few months or so, so I will probably list some more drawings soon.

o hai!

So, we've been back for a week or so now, but i've been super busy with other things!


Here are some photos from our trip to Berlin for Illustrative 2009 :)

Here is Heiko's Totem that he had been working on for months!


& some of my other favourites from the Illustrative:

Damien Poulain


David Polonsky



Haroshi



110 Special Black



Good Wives & Warriors


Roman Bittner


For more photos, check out our flickr set.


P.S. Trabi Safari super bonanza:

'Til next week.

The growing pile of paintings.


Heiko left James Gurney's blog open in the browser this week and it's really worth having a gander at! He shares work processes and all kinds of interesting information about drawing/painting. I was (still am) a huge fan of his Dinotopia books when I was in primary school.


P.S. Any Berlin suggestions before we go? (little shops or places to eat?)

pear tree notepads = shop update!

Hooray!
These arrived today:




Go to Big Bear Studio on Etsy to buy.
I've just put a few up, but I will update my shop again soon, probably after we get back from Berlin on the 18th. I have to help Heiko with some work before we go. :)

sunday forest