Winter Girl

Happy 38th Birthday Monchhichi!

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:28:00 +0000

It is unbelievable, that the cute Monchhichis
accompany us since 38 years.

Happy Birthday Monchhichi!

Kadomatsu

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:57:00 +0000

Kadomatsu

A kadomatsu is a traditional japanese decoration
of the New Year placed in pairs in front of homes to welcome ancestral spirits.

Please click at the phototo watch my page about Kadomatsu.

Do you have a special decoration in your country at New Year?
In Germany we do not have one for that day.

Have a nice day!
Heike

Happy New Year from Heike

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:27:00 +0000

I wish you all the best for the New Year 2012.
I hope, all your wishes will come true.
Please click on the photo.
:o)

Christmas with the Monchhichis

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:42:00 +0000

My dear friends,

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

with my best wishes
from Heike

If you click on the photo you will arrive at my newest Monchhichi christmas page.
Please enjoy it!

Monchhichi in the Choco Marshmallow factory

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 01:25:00 +0000

Now I know it : Monchhichis are foodies :o)

Hi,

Some sweets inspired me today to take some photos of my Monchhichis.

Hope you like it.

Hugs
Heike

Happy Birthday Bebichhichi from Heike ♥

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 23:30:00 +0000

Wow, it is really unbelievable, that the cute Bebichhichis are 7 years old now. I remember, when they were published in 2004 and I got my first couple, which you can see here.

Happy Horses

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:14:00 +0000

Hello my dear friends,

I uploaded a new video today. It is about Happy Horses :o)

One day we found this horse family and
immediately began to film and take photos of them.

If you want to watch the video on my website in a bigger size
and see all my other videos, you can click at
"Heike makes videos"

best greetings
Heike

Monchhichi and Miffy Exchange

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:09:00 +0000

Today I have super new photos of my Monchhichi girl Emily in Japan. Emily stays at the home of my dear friend Kaoru.

This time Emily went to Nagahama Castle, visited Hikone town and met "Hikonyan". You should not miss the video of the dancing "Hikonyan"...very cute :o)

See you!
Heike

Loonas

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:38:00 +0000

Hi,
here is a new film, which I've made.

I've made this video out of the favourite photos which
I had taken of captive balloons during the past years.
These balloons are a common sight at my area,
mostly during summer, but sometimes at winter too.
Often they are passing at such a low altitude above my home,
that I can greet the passengers by voice.

If you want to watch the video on my website in a bigger size and see all my other videos, you can click at
"Heike makes videos"

Happy Halloween 2011!

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:40:00 +0000

Hi,

I published a new spooky Monchhichi Halloween page.
The Monchhichis love to dress themselves up for Halloween. :o)
I wish you all a Happy Halloween!

Heike

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Monchhichi and Miffy Exchange

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:54:00 +0000

Here are new photos of Emily in Japan.
She has a lot of fun to live in Japan at Kaoru's home.

Emily had a trip to Shiga prefecture by Sin-kan-sen

Emily had a cruise

Emily at Chikubu Island

Customized Monchhichis

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 16:38:00 +0000

Click on the photo to open Customized Monchhichis.

On this webpage I want to show, how you could customize your lovely Monchhichi by adding some accessories or doll clothes.
I always look for dresses and acessories mostly at toy stores or doll/teddy stores which could fit for my Monchhichis.
It is a huge fun for me to combine different dresses and accessories which I have found or which I got as presents from dear friends.
I hope I could inspire you with those photos.

Monchhichis are Globetrotters

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:45:00 +0000

Monchhichis love to travel around the world. At my Monchhichi website :
http://www.heikeandreagrote.de/globetrotter.html
you can see where my Monchhichis have been.

Heike's Monchhichi chain for Japan March 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:04:00 +0000

Please click here for mor information at my homepage

I enlightened a candle for Japan

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:33:00 +0000

Please click here for more information at my homepage

Petit Dolls by Heike Andrea Grote with Music by Ralf Grote

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:08:00 +0000

Here is a video out of my "Petit Doll" sketches and paintings with the nusic by my lovely husband.

"You are an artist", Suzi says so!

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:46:00 +0000

Painting by Suzi Blu.

During my travel through the internet for new inspiration in art I discovered lovely Suzi Blu. First I watched her videos , which are a mixture between modern art and teaching creativity course. I am still excited to view her little films which are edited in an amazing way.

Next step was to enlist me as student at Suzi Blu's Le Petit Academy . This was the first time for me to be a member of an online school. And it is GREAT! I joined the "Petit Doll Beginner" workshop and have fun since then. The principle is, that if you enlist yourself for a workshop you could download all teaching videos of this one workshop during a limited time (semester) of some month. After the workshop is closed, you can watch the videos still on your computer forever.

I like her way, to encourage people to do art: "You are an artist", Suzi says so!

You are my hero Suzi!

Here i s one of her many fabulous videos. I can recommend to watch more of her videos warmly to you.

Here you can watch the amazing art which my fellow students created :

Find more photos like this on Suzi Blu's Les Petit Academy

Good Vibrations

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:45:00 +0000

Good Vibrations from Helene Emain on Vimeo.

Do you remember Flat Eric?

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:35:00 +0000

Peter Gabriel "Here Comes the Flood"

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:48:00 +0000

It's A Photoswap 2010 - My swap partner Laya's photos

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:12:00 +0000

Here are the excellent photos of my swap partner Laya.
You can watch Laya's photos also at

my website

Flickr

More photos of this photoswap can be seen here:

Flickr group It's A Photoswap 2010

and

It's A Photoswap blog

Sébastien Tellier

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:14:00 +0000

This is too cool to watch. I like the music.

Sébastien Tellier - Look from Record Makers on Vimeo.

It's A Photo Swap 2010 - My photos

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:16:00 +0000

I took part at Rhianne's It's A Photo Swap 2010 . What it is about: Each photoswapper takes photos with a camera which contents a film to develop. Then the film is send to the swappartner. Both partners develop the other persons photos and post them on their blogs/websites. My partner at this photoswap is Laya.

Laya published the photos which I took out of a 35 mm film. I used my Nikon F50 reflex camera with a zoom lens of 28-200 mm. You can watch the photos which I've took also at

my website
or

my Flickr set
or
Laya's blog

More photos of this photoswap can be seen here:

Flickr group It's A Photoswap 2010
and

It's A Photoswap blog

My first ATC "An Angel For you" painted by Beth Meador

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:01:00 +0000

Here you can see the first ATC (Artist Trading Card) which I have received, created by my dear friend Beth Meador. This card is a treasure for me. I love the wonderful painting of this angel. Beth is legally blind and will eventually go completely blind. There is no way to know when that will happen, but she has had a decrease in vision over the last couple of years and is down to 1% of vison remaining. She has a hereditary condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa.

For more detailed information about Beth and Retinitis Pigmentosa please go to the ATC page of my website

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Heike Andrea Grote) — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:22:00 +0000

One of my favorite movies. It has an undescribable "flair". Do you know what I mean?. What are your favorite movies?