december ☆

Just like last year no Christmas tree in da house, only a few pine- and eucalyptus branches.

The eucalyptus branch is a souvenir from the hotel in Essaouira where we stayed last October. The gardener was pruning the huge eucalyptus trees on the property and I asked him if I could have one to take home with me. The guy looked rather surprised, but he thought it was funny.

I have searched everywhere in the attic for our x-mas hares family this morning, but have not been able to find them yet. Well tomorrow I will make another attempt, because it's no Christmas without our cute traditional hares around.

For now we are okay with the a little extra 'green', a paper star and lots of candles in the run-up to Christmas.

Slowly getting into the Christmas mood...

snow snow snow

Over the weekend we had our first snowfall of the season.

Everyone was so excited about the snow yesterday! Snow photos and videos everywhere on Instagram and blogs.

Snow days can mean two things, either you want to stay at home or you want to go outside and hear your footsteps in the snow.

Yesterday, I preferred the first option, but this afternoon we had more snow and I dressed warmly to go out and enjoy the cold and beautiful winter landscape. Snow proof with woolen sweater, beanie, scarf, mittens, boots and I borrowed Pippa's fake fur coat, it was great to play outside...

gods own junk yard

Vintage neons, disco balls over a meter in diameter, a color explosion up to the roof. Gods Own Junk Yard, if you are a fan of neon and typography, you certainly must visit this extraordinary place in East London. l o v e ☆ l o v e ☆ l o v e

[the L I D O neon would thrive in our bathroom]

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Stars up, to brighten the season.

(stars on the locker has become our christmas tradition, i guess)

¯¯*¯¯*¯¯*a*snowy*x*mas*garland*¯¯*¯¯*¯¯

A new snowy x-mas garland in our attic room.

Actually, it's just my original wood & wool garland, simply added a bit of x-mas atmosphere with an embroidered snowy star...

star & stool

Monday morning and the sun is doing its utmost best to make a fresh start to the week!

The white x-mas star & wood & wool stool are looking awesome in this bright sunlight.

I simply love the combination of lots of whites & colors!

The stool I've made for Emmanuelle, will travel all the way to Switzerland and I guess the stool will have a white Christmas!

traditi☆ns

Christmas traditions.
S T A R S on the cupboard... and the cutest tree has become our new x-mas card!

woody & woolly

Today is another 'perfect' cardigan day!
It's about time to leave our woolen cardigans on the peg, right?!

more is more

more is more, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Remember this?

Look what I've found in the Christmas box on the attic; the stars of 2011! (and now I can recall, the yellow one I bought in the sale after Christmas...)

Well, more is more!

☆ étoile d'or

☆ étoile d'or, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

How a golden star can turn a simple grey sweater into a 'stylish shirt'.

süß für kinder

süß für kinder, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

Today mail from Germany;
the Burda Style June issue, including a cute article about the small label [wood & wool stool].

Last week I sent the right cream colored cardigan to the UK and it will soon be worn by a sweet London baby.

wood & wool wear

wood & wool wear, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

New; wood & wool wear!

Something completely different, although with my favorite ingredients.
The baby cardigans are made of 100% merino big wool and have two cute handmade wooden buttons. On the back a bright st☆r!

I've made two cardigans so far. The first one is made of madras yellow big wool with white sleeves and a pink st☆r on the back and pink edging. The other cardigan is made or white hot big wool with a bright orange st☆r on the back and indigo blue edging.

Now in my Etsy shop.

☆☆☆ + ÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔ = x-mas

☆☆☆ + ÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔÔ = x-mas, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

one tin star
one paper star
one star in the wood
plus nine small baubles
equals x-mas