homemade@myplace

Well, what do you think? Some days ago, I've collected out all my little creations to check the amount of stuff I've been producing till now....Amazing, eh? The fact is that I've been invited to partecipate to a couple of bazaars as a vendor....!!! I'm so excited about this opportunity! I really hope to meet people that will be in love with my handmade things! You know, the cupboard is near to explode......! Cheers, xxx Alessandra

Buon Compleanno! Buon Compleanno! Buon Compleanno! Buon Compleanno! Buon Compleanno! Un abbraccio, Alessandra

I love my boys.... ...a lot..... ....and her, too!! She is Margot, our globetrotter cat!

Last year, when we first arrived in Jk, we had to live for a while in a very nice flat and I was "nicely" bored. Kids were at school and I was desperate in finding a new home and the search was not easy.....! After lunch, I usually used to sit on the sofa, maybe watching tv....It was a long time to stay there and doing nothing, so I started to knit some mitered squares (it was my first attempt!) from some acrylic yarn balls that I had in my luggage.... I didn't have a huge selection of colours with me (my yarn stash was still on the ship sailing from Egypt to Indonesia.....and I was hoping no pirate attack will steal my precious treasure!!!), but I eventually knitted a dozen of mitered squares! These squares rested in my knitting bag for almost a year! But yesterday I started to sew them together and....Would you like to see what have I done? I started in collecting a pair of squares, that I pinned to a little zipper and then I sewed them on with a do...

Ciao a tutti i curiosi! Today (finally!) I had no more excuses to delay the birth of my blog! So I sat with my husband in front of our laptop and we said : "Now!" and so handmade@myplace began......!!! I'm so happy and really scared at the same time, but this is something that I really wanted to start and I hope you will enjoy the ride with me!