Sleepytime

 Hello,

September is slowly saying goodbye while in the meantime autumn will officially start this coming Sunday. Or in other words: Time to dust off the candles, get out the cuddly blankets, make yourself a big cup of coffee/tea/hot chocolate/whatever and to make yourself comfortable with all of this plus a good book. *LOL* Halloween is also coming nearer and don't make me start to think about that certain holiday at the end of the year which is coming nearer and nearer without showing any mercy for a certain flutterybeary whose name shall not be mentioned due to reasons of discretion but who is really in need for any good point in the Golden Book. Saying this... I bet none of you will be surprised at all that Rosey and I did not miss our chance to earn ourselves a few good points at the beginning of September when it was time for updating Birgit's calendars. 

But apart from threatening holidays at the horizon autumn is a time for filling expressions with life and meaning like coziness, comfortableness, snugness, the Danish "hygge" or the German "Gemütlichkeit". And what could ever be cozier or "gemütlicher" like cuddling up in bed? Okay, I admit it... I don't know if I'm earning myself the award for "Best topic bridge in a post" now... however... I wouldn't say no! *teehee* Yes, this post is about beds and to be more exact about beds for the North Pole project. But we also thought we could use this for some trip down memory lane showing first a parade of beds Birgit has created or in some cases used over the years. And we're starting *drumroll please" with the best and most beautiful of all these beds - mine! *LOL* Do you remember at all it is changeable? This is the strawberry version in Strawberry Cottage...

... and this is the (sorry, I need to say it this time) Christmas version in Christmas Cottage. And of course you can not only see my beautiful, terrific, awesome, fabulous bed but also the cuddly bed of my trusted furry mate Wuff.

And although it's only coming along in one version my little sis' too received her bearsonal dream bed made by Birgit for Flower Cottage.

Another lovely bed is offering rest for any beary being exhausted after having fun with all the toys in the playroom of the Beary House.

The next one we want to show is the bed our friend Ilona made for Bowler and his snowball home. It was completely made by her - except for the toppings on the bed's posts which were added by Birgit.

Link to Ilona's blog: https://minimumloon.blogspot.com/

And as you would expect our magical friends go to rest in some very special beds. This is the bed of Magica de Spell in the Old Witch Tower - a photo from the archives when Arthud Skullington was still jinxed into a toad and Purple hadn't joined the other teenage dragons yet. 

Next in line is the bed of Mysteria de Spell and Borthud Skullington (a bought piece from an English miniaturist who is no longer selling)...

... followed by the bed of our beloved herb witch Gertie Gumthrop.

And we shall not forget the bed of Orlin Mc Twizzle which can be found in the roof top garden of Gertie's retirement home. And don't you worry about Orlin... as a root gnome he enjoys being outside even in his sleep. And you should also keep in mind that the leaves in his bed's canopy come from a magical rambler... they will never allow any teardrop to reach Orlin or his bedding. 

We also thought it would be nice to remember the tiny beds in scale 1:48 - from left to right in Pumpkin Cottage, Strawberry Hut and Flower Hut.

And with this we're finally hopping over to the North Pole where Einar and Ylvi are looking forward to have the sweetest dreams in their future bedroom in the stunning sleigh bed being made and given to us as a gift from our friend Ilona. 

And sleigh beds seem to be in fashion at the North Pole as Soot and Crystal also have sleigh beds. And as they share a room with Lasse Birgit painted their beds to match with the colour scheme of his room. 

Time for a little riddle: Are you able to guess which bed belongs to whom??? *LOL*

And now we can finally start with the creation of Lasse's bed. Birgit wanted to have something very special for him so it was a stroke of luck that she received a kit for a stunning bunk bed created and given to her by her friend Rosanna (who we sadly lost to Instagram). This is the photo from last year's "Christmas gifts on parade" showing the kit (and some yummy candy which vanished a long time ago):

Birgit knew exactly what she wanted to do with it... it started with gesso and the lovely metallic blue she already used for Lasse's cabinet and the sleigh beds for Soot and Crystal.

She also had some kind of glittery fabric of almost the same metallic blue in her stash and used it for Lasse's mattress. And of course she used the same silver metallic paint she had already used for the cabinet and then added a few stickers from her stash which give another good hint of the special theme Lasse's room will be dedicated to. 

Birgit also happened to find some bedding matching this theme. The red cushion was part of this offer but it will get a place in the bedroom of Lasse's parents.

Bedding set found at Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/de-en/shop/PrettyMiniaturesShop?ref=yr_purchases

And as it was just the fabric being sewn together Birgit stuffed it a bit to make it extra comfortable for Lasse...

... and she also attached a few lights (not fixed yet... which is also true when it comes to the bed's front wall).

As you can see Lasse is sleeping at the top of the bed which means that the compartment below offers plenty of space for... eh... well, let me put it this way... as some might say a bit of Birgit-touch... or as others would say a lot of Birgit-craziness. Whatever it may be called... this will be part of a future post.

Yes, we're almost at the end of today's post. But if anyone just started to believe that this would finally be a post free from even more boring pictures of BiWuBearies in the garden you rejoiced too early! *grin* Sorry, but who are we to leave without one more volume of our *coughcough* beloved series "And once more many pictures of BiWuBearies in the garden". Here comes episode No. 93940 - being a "late summer garden" edition:

And now we're saying goodbye for today and for September - with one last picture we would like to share. These tiny guys are in fact a birthday gift Birgit gave to herself. These busy baking elves are totally cute, aren't they? And it's easy to see that Birgit had Einar in mind who will be happy to receive a scene with baking elves. But apart from being tiny and cute these little guys are fascinating just regarding the material they were made of - can you guess it?

Yes, they are made of wood... and even more they are wood art from the Ore Mountains. Very special pieces... which we will see again some day somewhere in the North Pole project. And that's all from us... really... however... we would still wish you all the best for the remaining days of September and a good start into October! ;O)

Hugs

Flutterby & Rosey

Juni / June

 Hallo,

nun wird's aber Zeit, dass wir uns mal wieder melden. Birgit mag immer noch nicht so recht an ihren Basteltisch zurück kehren und hat auch viel im Garten zu tun, aber ein bisschen was zum Füllen eines Juni-Posts haben Rosey und ich dann doch gefunden. Und Ihr wisst ja... wenn gar nichts mehr geht, dann eben eine weitere Folge unserer *hüstel* Erfolgsserie "Und schon wieder jede Menge Bilder von BiWuBärchen im Garten". *breitgrins*

... once more it's time for us to drop by again. Birgit is still not very much in the mood to get back to her working desk and she also has a lot of work in the garden these days but Rosey and I still managed to find something to fill a June post. And you all know... if nothing else goes then it has to be another episode of our *coughcough* successful series "And once more many pictures of BiWuBearies in the garden". *broadgrin* 

Dazu kommen wir gleich, aber beginnen werden wir mit einem Detail vom Bärchenhaus, das wir noch nicht gezeigt haben - und mit dem wir uns auch erst mal von diesem Projekt verabschieden werden, denn die Renovierung ist ja nun abgeschlossen. Grund genug, Euch noch mal alle Räume im Ganzen zu zeigen. Und ein Rätsel haben wir auch noch wieder im Gepäck... ja, so gesehen wird dieser Post ein bunter Blumenstrauß aus diesem und jenem. Und beginnen werden wir wie gesagt mit der letzten noch fehlenden Ergänzung für das Bärchenhaus, das noch in Birgits Irgendwann-für-Irgendwas-Kisten geduldig auf seinen Einsatz wartete. Ein kleiner Bausatz von Arjen Spinhoven für eine Wetterfahne, die einfach pefekt für das Bärchenhaus ist.

We're coming to this soon but first we're starting with a detail for the Beary House which we have not shown so far - and with this we're going to say goodbye to this project for the moment because the renovation is done by now. Reason enough to show you once more all the rooms altogether. And we also have another riddle in store... yes, regarding all these things this post will become a flower bouquet filled with this and that. And as I already said we're starting right away with the last missing addition for the Beary House which was patiently waiting in Birgit's Sometime-for-Somewhat-boxes for its showtime. A little kit by Arjen Spinhoven for a weather vane which is just perfect for the Beary House.

Link zur kommerziellen Webseite von / link to the commercial website of Arjen Spinhoven: https://arjenspinhoven.nl/en/

Fertig sieht das so aus:

When finished it looks like this:

Und an Ort und Stelle:

And in place:

Und damit zu einer letzten Tour durch das Bärchenhaus - das am Anfang der Renovierung so aussah:

Let's now start with a last visit at the Beary House - which looked like this before the renovation started:

Wie Ihr wisst, sollte daraus ein helles, freundliches Haus mit maritimem Thema und den Kernfarben weiß, rot und blau werden (also den Farben unserer Landesflagge) - und das Ergebnis sieht nun so aus:

You may remember that the intention was to turn it into a bright, friendly house with a maritime theme and the major colors being white, red and blue (which are the colors of our home state's flag) - and the result looks like this:

Tschüß Bärchenhaus - und hallo Folge 93929 von Ihr-wisst-schon-was... *lach*

Bye Beary House - and hello to volume 93929 of You-know-what... *LOL*

Ein Bild haben wir noch - und Birgit sagt, wenn sie dafür einen Titel finden müsste, würde sie sich für "Glück" entscheiden... *lach*

We still have one more - and Birgit says if she needed to find a title for it she would decide to call it "Happiness"... *LOL*

Mit "Glück" hat auch das Wenige zu tun, das an Birgits Basteltisch entstanden ist: Glückwunschkarten!

And the little things Birgit created at her working desk lately are also related to happiness: Greeting cards!

 Zwei mal für Hochzeiten und zwei mal für zwei neue Erdenbürger - und einer davon ist ein neues Familienmitglied, denn eine von Birgits Kusinen ist zum 2. Mal Mama geworden. Und wenn Ihr aufmerksam auf das folgende Bild schaut, könnt Ihr nicht nur den Namen sondern auch das komplette Geburtsdatum erkennen. 

Two are for weddings and two for welcoming two new earth inhabitants - one of them being a new family member because one of Birgit's cousins gave birth to her second child. And if you're having a close look at the following picture you could not only discover the name but also the date of birth.

Habt Ihr es herausgefunden? Genau, die kleine Lilli wurde am 12.05.22 geboren. Und wo wir schon mal bei Rätselfragen sind - wisst Ihr, wie lange es gedauert hat, die Freiheitsstatue zu bauen? Na...??? Überlegt ruhig... 

Have you been able to find it out? Sure, little Lilli was born in 22, May 12th. And while we're already dealing with riddles - do you know how long it took to build the Statue of Liberty? Well...??? Just think this over...

... gerne noch etwas länger...

... take your time, no need to hurry...

... und... habt Ihr eine Vermutung? Was hören wir da? Tja, tut uns leid... leider falsch... die richtige Antwort lautet nämlich: 18 Tage! 

... and... do you have an idea? What are we hearing now? Well, we're sorry... sadly that's wrong... the correct answer is in fact: 18 days!

😮

Ja, da staunt Ihr, oder? *grins* Aber wir haben nicht nach der Bauzeit der weltberühmten Einwohnerin von Liberty Island gefragt, sondern nach der Bauzeit von dieser Version hier:

Now you're amazed, aren't you? *grin* But we did not ask about the building time of the world famous inhabitant of Liberty Island but about the building time of this version:

Die kommt auf eine Größe von 380 cm und besteht aus ungefähr 50.000 LEGO-Steinen. Gut gemacht, das Teil, oder? Und apropos "gut"... wusstet Ihr, dass der Name "LEGO" vom Dänischen "leg godt" abgeleitet ist, was so viel wie "spiel gut" bedeutet? Und angefangen haben die mal mit Holzspielzeug... aber dann ein paar Jahre später die Steine entwickelt, die wir heute alle kennen und aus denen man so schöne Sachen bauen kann wie diesen süßen Fratz...

This one comes along in a size of about 380 cm and contains of about 50.000 LEGO bricks. Well done, this piece, isn't it? And speaking of "well"... did you know that the brand name "LEGO" comes from the Danish expression "leg godt" which means "play good"? And they started with wooden toys in the beginning... but a few years later they created the bricks we all know today and which offer the opportunity to build lovely things like this cute fellow...

Link zur kommerziellen Webseite von / link to the commercial website of LEGO: https://www.lego.com/de-de/aboutus/lego-group/

... oder auch ganze Dioramen:

... or even whole scenes:

Ja, es gab kürzlich eine LEGO-Ausstellung in Neumünster, also nicht weit von unserem Wohnort entfernt - und die hat Birgit sich nicht entgehen lassen. Ein weiteres Bild haben wir noch: 

Yes. lately there was a LEGO exhibition in a town nearby our home - and Birgit couldn't resist to visit it. We still have one more photo:

Möge die Macht mit Euch sein! *lach* Birgit meint ja, der würde ihr vor unserer Haustür gefallen... *grins* Und damit wünschen wir Euch nun einen schönen Rest-Juni - und verabschieden uns mit dem monatlichen Kalenderfoto. 

May the force be with you! *LOL* Birgit says she would like to have this guy next to our entrance door... *grin* And with this we're wishing to you all the best for the remaining days of June - and say goodbye with the monthly calendar photo.

Ihr habt doch wohl nicht wirklich geglaubt, dass ich in diesem Monat aufgehört hätte, ein Gentlebär zu sein, oder? *breitgrins* Natürlich haben Rosey und ich unserer Birgit auch im Juni bei der Umstellung ihrer zahlreichen Kalender geholfen, denn... seien wir mal ehrlich... gewisse Feste am Jahresende, deren Name nicht genannt werden darf, sind gar nicht mehr so weit weg... und gewisse Flatterbärchen, deren Name aus Diskretionsgründen nicht genannt werden darf, können wie immer jeden Pluspunkt im Goldenen Buch des Weihnachtsmannes gut gebrauchen. ;O)

I really hope you did not expect me to stop being a gentlebeary this month... *broadgrin* Of course Rosey and I helped our Birgit once more with the update of her several calendars because... let's face it... certain holidays at the end of the year which shall not be named are not that far away anymore... and certain flutterybearies which shall not be named for reasons of discretion are as always in need of every good point in the Golden Book of Santa. ;O)

Liebe Grüße / Hugs

Flutterby