Blythe, Käthe Kruse and some chatter...

One thing is as clear as always: Life is what happens while you make other plans. I had some plans for this blog this year, yes I really had! But what should I say:

- I prefered to spent time with family & friends
without taking pics and documenting it

- I finally moved into my very own flat this summer and had a lot to do with decorating and to acclimatise

- I had a really busy time at work, too

All this made this blog fall into a deep sleep again. But I do not regret anything. It was a try and maybe when I am old & grey and will receive a pension, this thing here will develop to something constant and with a guiding thread?! I think that's okay, because the most time I have the feeling I am writing it just for my own joy and nobody else is reading it.

Now that I have more space in my pretty little flat at Ernst-Thälmann-Park and I picked up all my odds and ends from Minden, I bought this cool Ikea Fabrikör showcase and put it in my very long hallway. First it hosted the Blythe dolls, but I didn't like how they stood in two rows, so they moved back to the studio (yes, I really own a studio again!) and my Käthe Kruse collection moved in. 

These poor dolls slept in boxes in Minden for three years when I moved to Berlin. It was time to liberate them and after some days, where I asked myself why I have so many toys and dolls, and if I really want to be my flat a kinda toy museum, and if all this is true and for real... (yatter-yatter), I fell in LOVE with them again. Doll one (Puppe eins) is still my favourite doll and I adore this sweet little couple made with my mums hair. Also my cute tiny Herzelieb (made with a very small doll one head), with painted hair in its Little Red Ridinghood outfit, fills my heart with joy. 

So it could be you (unknown silent reader) will see more of Käthe Kruse dolls here again in 2019

I also rediscovered my love for vintage Käthe Kruse postcards. Fortunately I kept a few when I decluttered my little blue house in 2015! Here you see doll one (dressed as Michel and Margaretchen) arranged to a cute simple scene, how Käthe Kruse liked it. It says: How Michel cares for the future. 

I plan to hang some frames with postcards around the Fabrikör showcase...

As a last point here are two pictures from an afternoon walk with hot chocolate and Mischa my "So-called-Blythe" custom. We babysitted Pixi, my second granddaughter who arrived in July and enriches our life a lot. 

I wish you peace & harmony and a very good start into 2019 my dear silent readers and if you like you could leave a comment... I would really appreciate to hear from you, yours Nicola

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