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

Etwas hiervon und etwas davon / A little bit of this and a little bit of that

 Hallo,

schon so lange September und der Oktober bereits in Sicht - da wird's ja mal wieder Zeit für einen Post von uns... Birgit hat im realen Leben immer noch viel um die Ohren aber sobald sie ein bisschen Zeit hat, dann werkelt sie bereits an kleinen Überraschungen für Ihr-wisst-schon-was (und für alle, die nicht gleich drauf kommen... fängt mit "W" an und ist ein Fest am Jahresende... mir wird ganz anders beim Gedanken, wie wenig Zeit mir nur noch bleibt, um mir Pluspunkte im Goldenen Buch des Weihnachtsmannes zu verdienen... *schluck*). Das ist auch eine Art Birgit-Tradition... immer wenn sie Ende August ein Jahr älter geworden ist, ist das für sie irgendwie der Startschuss, sich schon mal mit "W" zu beschäftigen. Weil wir Euch davon aber aus nachvollziehbaren Gründen nichts zeigen können, zeigen wir Euch heute eben etwas hiervon und etwas davon... und beginnen mit der wunderschönen Geburtstagskarte, die Birgit von Ilona bekommen hat:

... September is here since so long and October is even coming into sight - now it's for sure time for another post from us... Birgit is still very busy in RL but whenever she can spare a bit of time she is working on little surprises for You-know-what (and for all of you who don't get it at once... it starts with "C" and is a holiday at the end of the year... I start trembling at the thought of how little time is left to gain me some good points in the Golden Book of Santa... *gulp*). This is some kind of a Birgit-tradition... whenever she turned one year older at the end of August this means somehow the kickoff for her to start thinking about "C". And because it's easy to understand that we're not able to show you anything of this we're going to show you a little bit of this and a little bit of that today... and we're starting with the beautiful birthday card Birgit received from Ilona:

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

Natürlich mit Marjolein-Bastin-Motiv, weil Ilona genau weiß, was Birgit gefällt... *schmunzel* Das war auch letztes Jahr der Fall, denn da hat Birgit diese Bastin-Karte zum Geburtstag bekommen:

Of course once more with a design by Marjolein Bastin because Ilona knows very well what Birgit likes... *smile* This was also true for last year when Birgit received this Bastin card from her:

Link zur kommerziellen Webseite von / link to the commercial website of Marjolein Bastin: http://www.marjoleinbastin.nl/nl

Das Motiv ist natürlich perfekt für's Bärchenhaus, deshalb hat Birgit das nun auf Fotopapier gedruckt und gemeint, sie würde dafür ein schönes Plätzchen an irgendeiner Wand im Bärchenhaus finden.

This motif is of course perfect for the Beary House that's why Birgit printed it now on photo paper and said she would go and find a nice place for it on a wall in the Beary House.

Es gibt aber noch mehr Kandidaten, die einen schönen Platz an einer Wand im Bärchenhaus benötigen... Über die Jahre hat Birgit von unserer lieben Freundin Drora einige Geschenke bekommen, die nun endlich den ihnen zustehenden Ehrenplatz bekommen sollen. Da sind zum einen diese drei kleinen Spiegel, verziert mit winzigen Muscheln aus dem Heiligen Land...

And there are some more candidates who would like to have a nice place at one of the walls in the Beary House... Over the years Birgit has received some gifts from our dear friend Drora which shall finally get their deserved places of honor. First there are these three small mirrors decorated with tiny shells from the Holy Land...

Link zu / to Drora's blog: http://drorasminimundo.blogspot.com/

und dann diese wunderschöne Box (schon unsere zweite, die erste hat ja einen Ehrenplatz bei Gertie Gumthrop).

and then this beautiful box (it's already our second one, the first has a place of honor at Gertie Gumthrop's).

Darin waren sogar noch winzige Muscheln - Birgit hat die aber lieber festgeklebt und das Kästchen vorher mit blauem Samt ausgeschlagen und einen Hauch Goldfarbe drüber gelegt.

Inside were even some loose tiny shells - which Birgit fixed with glue after covering the box's inside with blue velvet and a touch of gold colour. 

Auch die Spiegel wurden noch etwas bearbeitet - etwas Frostfarbe drauf und bemalte Metallornamente et voilà... maritime Wanddeko.

And the mirrors too got a little makeover - a bit of frost colour and some painted metal charms et voilà... a maritime wall decoration.

Danach hat sich Birgit um die Stehlampe gekümmert, die früher im Esszimmer des alten Bärchenhauses stand.

Next in line to meet Birgit was the standard lamp which used to stand in the dining room of the old Beary House.

Leider kaltweißes Licht *seufz*.

Sadly with cold white light *sigh*.

Das lässt sich nicht ändern... das langweilige Aussehen aber schon. Birgit hat ein Stück blaue Faserseide genommen, 

Well, this can't be changed... but the boring look can be improved. Birgit took a piece of blue mulberry paper,

danach kam noch ein bisschen Farbe dazu und am Ende sah die Lampe dann so aus:

added a bit of colour afterwards and in the end the lamp looked like this:

Besser - und das kaltweiße Licht wirkt auch gleich angenehmer:

Better - and even the cold white light looks nicer now:

Und auch für das kleine Nachtschränkchen aus dem alten Bärchenhaus war es an der Zeit für ein Makeover...

And also for the small bedside table of the old Beary House it was time for a makeover now...

äh... Moment mal... 

eh... wait a moment...

Rosey: Entschuldige, ich muss Dich kurz korrigieren... Das hier ist kein Nachtschrank - das ist eine Schatztruhe!

Flutterby: Äh... öhm... vielleicht solltest Du mal über einen Augenarzttermin nachdenken???

Rosey (grinst): Nö, mit meinen Augen ist alles in bester Ordnung... aber ich mache mir Sorgen um Deinen Honigdetektor... oder sollte ich besser Erdbeerdetektor sagen? 

Flutterby: *???*

Rosey (grinst noch breiter): Ich glaube, Du wirst alt, lieber Bruder... Du erkennst ja eine Schatztruhe nicht mal, wenn Du genau vor ihr stehst.

Rosey: I'm sorry but I have to correct you... This piece is not a bedside table - it's a treasure chest!

Flutterby: Eh... well... perhaps you should better think about making an Ophthalmologist appointment???

Rosey (grinning): No, my eyesight is absolutely okay... but I'm worried now about your honey detector... or should I better say strawberry detector?

Flutterby: *???*

Rosey (grinning even broader): My, I suppose you're getting old, dear brother... you don't even recognize a treasure chest when standing in front of it.

Flutterby (strahlt): Die hat sich aber auch richtig gut als Nachtschrank getarnt, die Schatztruhe... Weißt Du, Rosey... manchmal hast Du direkt gute Einfälle. Oder (grinst) kann es sein, dass Du auch noch ein paar Pluspunkte im Goldenen Buch gebrauchen kannst?

Rosey: Phhhh... im Gegensatz zu Dir stecke ich ja meine Pfoten nicht heimlich in verbotene Keksdosen...

Flutterby: Ssssshhhhht... nicht so laut... man kann Dich ja bis zum Nordpol hören!!!

Flutterby (beams with joy): My, but this treasure chest disguised perfectly as a bedside table... You know what, Rosey... every now and then you come along with real good ideas. Or (grinning) could it be that you too are in need of a few good points in the Golden Book?

Rosey: Phhh... unlike you I'm not secretly diving my paws into forbidden cookie jars...

Flutterby: Ssssshhhht... not so loud... they might hear you at the North Pole!!!

Kleine Schwestern... man kann nicht mit ihnen, aber ohne irgendwie auch nicht... *grins* Und schon gar nicht, wenn sie so gute Einfälle haben wie zum Beispiel Kuchen belegt mit süßen, roten, saftigen, aromatischen Früchten als Flatterbärchenüberraschung in einer Schublade zu deponieren. Und nachdem der kleine Schrank nun leer war *kicher* konnte Birgit sich ihm widmen - und am Ende sah er so aus:

Little sisters... you can't get along with them but you can't get along without them neither... *grin* And especially not if they have awesome ideas like for example storing cakes covered with sweet, red, juicy, aromatic fruits as a flutterybeary surprise in a drawer. And after the small cabinet was fully empty *giggle* Birgit could start to work on it - and in the end it looked like this:

Passend zur Neugestaltung der anderen Möbel im ehemaligen Kinderzimmer... und jetzt auch ohne erdbeerigen Inhalt. *lach* Aber nicht nur Birgit hat fleißig gewerkelt, auch meinereiner hat selbstverständlich am Monatsanfang wie immer tatkräftig beim Aktualisieren von Birgits zahlreichen Kalendern geholfen. Ihr wisst ja - ich bin ein Gentlebär von Kopf bis Fuß (Und ein Gentlebär, dem im Kopf ganz schwummrig wird angesichts der wenigen Zeit, die nur noch zum Pluspunktesammeln bleibt... *schluck*) Diesen Monat zeigt unser Sprüchekalender ein ganz besonders schönes Bild - und einen Spruch von Novalis: "Die Liebe ist stumm, nur die Poesie kann für sie sprechen."

Matching with the makeover of the other pieces of furniture in the former nursery... and now without any strawberry content. *LOL* But not only Birgit was busy, of course I too have helped my Birgit with the update of her several calendars at the month's beginning. You know by now - I'm a gentlebeary from head to toe (And a gentlebeary who gets dizzy in the head regarding the little time remaining to gain me some more good points... *gulp*) This month our wisdom calendar shows a very beautiful picture - and a saying by Novalis who came to the conclusion that love would be silent and only poetry was able to speak for her.

Das ist zwar hübsch gesagt, aber ich möchte ihm da doch widersprechen. Man kann auch sehr profan ausdrücken, wie lieb man jemanden hat: "Pass auf Dich auf!" - "Bind einen Schal um, damit Du Dich nicht erkältest!" - "Ruf an, wenn Du angekommen bist!"... oder zum Beispiel: "Geht mal wieder an die frische Luft raus in den Garten!" Tja, und wenn Birgit auf so nette Weise ausdrückt, wie wichtig ihr ihre Bärchenkinder sind, dann bleibt Rosey und mir ja gar nichts anderes übrig, als in den Garten zu gehen und mit Folge 93917 unserer *hüstel* beliebten Reihe "Und schon wieder jede Menge Bilder von BiWuBärchen im Garten" wieder zu kommen. *grins*

This is nicely said but I still need to disagree. It's in fact possible to express in a very profane way how much you care about somebody: "Take good care of yourself!" - "Wear your scarf so you won't catch a cold!" - "Call me after you've arrived there!"... or for example: "Better go out to get them fresh air in the garden!" Well, if Birgit is expressing in such a nice way how much she cares about her beary kids Rosey and I can't help to go out into the garden and to come back with volume 93917 of our *coughcough* beloved series "And once more many pictures of BiWuBearies in the garden". *grin*

Flatterbärchen mit Biene / Flutterybeary with bee...😀

Und das war's auch schon von uns für heute - fast... wir möchten Euch nämlich noch gerne Neues von Mr. Iceman zeigen. Vielleicht erinnert Ihr Euch an ihn - Elizabeth hatte uns diesen besonderen frostigen Gesellen geschickt und Birgit hatte damals gemeint, sie wisse genau den richtigen Platz für ihn. Nun, überzeugt Euch selbst, aber wir finden, besser als bei Bowler hätte es Mr. Iceman gar nicht treffen können.

And now we're done for today - almost... before we're leaving we would like to show you news about Mr. Iceman. Perhaps you remember him - Elizabeth sent this special frosty chap to us and back then Birgit said she would know the perfect place for him. Well, check it out but we think that Mr. Iceman could not have found a better place than Bowler's home.

Link zu / to Elizabeth's blog: https://studioeminiatures.blogspot.com/

Die Beiden lassen es sich gut gehen bei einer schönen Tasse Eistee (was wörtlich gemeint ist... jedem das Seine... ich bärsönlich wäre da ja mehr für schöne süße, rote, saftige, aromatische Früchte, aber diese Frostwesen ticken halt anders *hihi*). Und das empfehlen wir Euch auch, nicht den Eistee auf Bowler-Art... aber dass Ihr es Euch gut gehen lasst. Habt einen schönen September!

Both of them are enjoying a nice cup of ice tea (which is meant literally... everybody to his/her likings... but bearsonally I would prefer for sure some lovely sweet, red, juicy, aromatic fruits, but well, these frosty guys find their pleasure in different things *teehee*). We would also recomend this to you, well, not ice tea the Bowler way... but enjoying yourselves and having a good time. We're wishing to you a wonderful September!

Liebe Grüße / Hugs

Flutterby