http://www.merulapie.com/blog Merulapie | Contemporary homeware, gifts & art Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:16:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...where have I been? Still here in Dusseldorf, moving from one apartment to another. It's been an exhausting month. We were in Scotland for Christmas and the start of our happy holiday turned into a nightmare trip. Thanks to the heavy snow here in Germany we had the journey from ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=212 8.45am Wake up to baby Lucy babbling. Hear a little thumb-sucking. See a few wee fingers rise above the moses basket. 8.48am Get up and am greeted by a gummy baby. Happy and thumping her feet in excitement. One of my favourite things about having a baby is that they really ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=199 It's nice to be wandering around Wordpress again, finding my way into the rhythm of writing more than a few words. I realise my last post was in May. My life really has changed in six months. Lucy Alice Black was born on Sunday 5th July. 6lb, 15oz with a ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=190 For the first time on this blog, here's my Day In The Life as chosen by my lovely friend Claire from Miso Funky. Saturday 9th May. 6am Wake up. Baby Black is gently dancing. Sun is shining. Fall back asleep. 10am Wake up. Baby Black is kicking. Grey clouds looming. Rain is coming. ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=185 Come and meet Merulapie! We'll be at Raspberry Beret market tomorrow (Saturday 27th March) from 12-5pm. It's on at Nuarts, 2nd floor, 48 King Street, Trongate, Glasgow. And on Sunday 29th March we'll be at the Glasgow Craft Mafia market at Mono, King Street, Glasgow. The market is on from 1pm-6pm. ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=163 Dusseldorf is full of pretty architecture and sweet details. In any city it's worth taking time and paying more attention to the street you wander down; you never know what you will find. I've always been a doddler (ie walking slowly and rather clumsily) but being pregnant slows me down ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=154 We're into March but the well publicised 'big freeze' (a phrase coined by most paranoid news reporters) is still making most of us cling onto our bobble hats and mittens. In the spirit of all things cold and wintry, I was delighted to see the launch of Freeze Frame; a website created by ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=139   Thanks to my lovely friends Panda San and Bunny San over at Super Cute Kawaii,I've had the honour of being introduced to the charming Monsieur Le Bun. This kawaii connoisseur invited me to write a guest blog for Super Cute Kawaii, so I've picked out my favourite kawaii goodies from ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=135 Well things have been a little quiet on the blog front since October, I'm sorry for taking so long to post! Never fear, the Pay It Forward will still be going ahead, I've still got plenty of time left...As for creative news, well we've been working on various creative projects, ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=127 I received a lovely gift from Alice. We framed the print and sat it next to my orange Penguin Classics. I think it will go nicely in the hall. I love the gocco ship prints - it's lovely to have some nice notecards to send out to friends. So how did I ... http://www.merulapie.com/blog/?p=120