Is there a word for that horrible feeling as your bags slip s-l-o-w-l-y off your shoulder while you're carrying something heavy and you have no place to put it down, and you still have 5 minutes walking in the snow until you finally get home?

Cake-in-a-bag, in a drawer.

My friend Luke likes to have a sneaky piece of cake with his coffee.

Dangerous imaginings of wooly doom.

Now feeling somewhat wary of what this new crochet addiction could turn into....

Crochet your way to warmth this winter.

Give a man a scarf for Christmas, he wears the scarf. Alternatively give a man a ball of wool and a crochet hook for Christmas, he gets obsessed with youtube tutorials and counting stitches and nothing can pry that crochet hook out of his fingers until he has run out of wool or needs a cup of tea.

Berlin bikers.

Spotted on the streets of Berlin.

Year of Open Source meets my lust for DIY.

2013 is going to be the year when Sam's Year of Open Source project collides spectacularly with my obsession with DIY. Hellooooooo Open Design!

While Martin's away, the Kefir will play.

So Martin has gone back to NZ for a wee holiday, and we have the (dubious) honour of looking after his Kefir bug. It soaks in milk, and we are drinking it a teaspoon at a time as Martin warned us that too much of could possibly lead to explosional durchfall. Sam is going to try to use it as a sourdough starter. I'll keep you updated...

A post-Weihnachtsmarkt observation.

Weihnachtsmarkt with Conor. Christmassy cheer!

Skyping friends in New Zealand is good empirical evidence for warps in the space/time continuum.

A bit of photoshop experimentation...

I am hopefully going to illustrate a friend's children's book, so I am experimenting with colour etc. Thanks photoshop! Naturally Conor, Sam and I are drinking Berliner Winter, so perhaps not quite so suitable for children...

Selling Cards at the Nowkoelln Market. 1°C. Snow. Tea.

So many thanks to my darling friends Silvie, who brought me apple and cinnamon tea. and Julia who brought me black tea with lemon, and to super darling Sam who came once with a hot water bottle and hot chocolate, and came back again with another hot water bottle and a thermos of tea! And of course thanks to all those lovely people who bought some Christmas cards. Send some christmas joy! Or at least, a silly picture.

A Very Dairy Christmas!

Here is the very special Christmas card I was commissioned to make for The Dairy - a delightful Kiwi cafe in Berlin. They're sending it out to all their favourite customers and clients. I can do one for you too!

Christmas Cards!

Your Nan will love you even more if you send her a card with a hand-drawn drunken Santa... Go on....

Individual cards €1.50
5-Pack €5
All come with their own envelopes. All you need is a stamp and a friendly message.

Christmas cards are for sale for the next few weeks at:
Rag and Bone Man, Briesestr. 9, 12053 Neukölln
The Dairy, Raumerstr. 12, Prenzlauer Berg

On the 2nd December:
I have a stand at the Nowkoelln Market on Maybachufer. Please do come along. There may also be cake and hot Berliner Winter to drink...
Maggie and Johanna will be selling on behalf at the Michelberger Hotel Christmas Market on Warschauerstr., for those of you in Friedrichshain.

Or email me! I have paypal! judith.carnaby@gmail.com

Wielding a knife on Halloween... with Kimberlee's supervision of course.

Georgie and I decided the trials and tribulations of Downton Abbey mirrored many of our daily struggles, such as: how much cheese is too much cheese? and are sparkly gold platform high heeled ankle boots acceptable Berlin party shoes? (click for full image)

Berlin is wearing her autumnal dress, and so am I...

Sorry to my hundreds of fans - I have been super busy for the last couple of months... I will try and catch up on the backlog of drawings as quickly as possible, and also start afresh from today. (Hot tip: keep an eye out for drawings from my trips to Florence and Paris..!!)

Susannah is a wundertourist, never-ending amounts of walkpep.

Sam's sister Susannah arrives to stay for a few days, delightful!

Ich bin eine Berlinerin (until 2013). Ja!

Garden time!

I was once described by my friend Pip as 'Martha Stewart on crack'. Safe to say that I feel like I've found my calling in art direction.

Nicky's opening at pool gallery was a great success!

http://nickybroekhuysen.com/

Paula had our trailer so it was a shoulder-tiring haul of our ladder across Kreuzberg to work today...