Favourite Shops: flex! Nuremberg

One of the shops that make it worth to live here: flex! in Nuremberg's funniest, strangest and kiez-iest district Gostenhof. I come here for buying 60ies dresses, vintage shoes, unique houseware, books and also independent music (they have a highly recommandable shelf filled with stuff of MONO-TON, a cool local music store)...

A Must-Go if you live in Nuremberg/Fürth/Erlangen or the surrounding area!!! And for any foreign visitor hunting for good stuff, the whole quarter will be a relief from all the tourist-crammed alleys in the city center.
There is, besides more Vintage Shops, for example a very well-sorted and super friendly Women's Bookstore (lots of highly interesting literature by and for girrrrls and ladies, but also loads of non-fiction about feminism, lesbian and queer culture, women's rights blablaba, AND you always get a fresh coffee for free!). Moreover, a nice big music store (specialized in guitars and amplifiers, but also with pan flutes and other funny instruments and very helpful, well trained staff), several nice snack bars and veggie cafés AND the LIEBLING shop (a crafters' cooperation) which happens !!surprise!! to be one of my favourites aswell.

And the best: all the described shops are located only a few metres from each other, in the Kernstraße and the Fürther Straße, right next to the subway station Gostenhof.

Happy Shopping, everyone!

So Sweet.

I was in Berlin a few days ago, visiting Egg, and it was so GREAT. This is my city, I love that place, I love the funny people and all the crazy shops and tiny places and bla!
...and if I could I would have brought home MUCH MORE stuff... But I'm not greedy, no, and so I selected carefully.

(from top and left)
organic strawberry biscuits (absolutely mouthwatering) from Mamsell's


milk chocolate (irresistable package design) from Mamsell's

Moomin lollies for my moomin collection
(herat shaped in green and red)

My melody PEZ dispenser

Japanese Apollo rocket shaped strawberry chocolate bits
(you can see them on the packet front, they taste wonderfully and are so tiny! idealy for sweets decoration!)

Last three items are from a sweets stall at Mauerpark Flohmarkt, sadly I forgot the name of the shop, they had a huge assortment of super cool crazy sweets from different countries. VERY recommendable! :)

Isn't that couple SUPER DUPER CUTE? I love their smiles :)
The girl I bought them from at the flea market told me they were a handmade gift from a korean friend of hers and were made of wooden spools. I wonder how she could sell them, but well, good for me :D

Needle Love

My friend Tam has started to call me pincushion. She's damn right, but I don't have a choice, I am an addict. Needles and colours are what I would die for.... See what happened to my upper arm yesterday!


..and this was my inspiration: wonderful Design by Urban Threads' Niamh O’Connor.

I've been admiring their embroidery designs for quite a time, and when I found this beautiful wonderful swallow picture, I knew that I had discovered my next STITCH. The message is more than a tribute to neeldes and colours, it is one of the few sayings that describe my life perfectly.
Go there and buy some embroidery kits. Them girls are G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S.