Kitchen garden

I'm so lucky to have a dad who can make everything! Precise and perfectly. Last monday he helped me to make a second wooden square for herbs and vegetables in our garden. Made, painted, placed and filled with plants within two hours! Thanks, dad.

Second life

This nice idea I saw somewhere on the internet: use pages from (secondhand) childrens books as wrapping paper or to make a cute envelope.

For Anne, Annemijn, Pepin, Brecht and.....

In the beginning it was hard to plan the stamp-business around my other activities as a working mom. But now I found a system and stress is reduced. Making stamps is fun again.

Gocco-fun

Last week I had a sore throat and fever. Not bad enough to stay in bed, but it cost me a lot energy to get through the week. So it has been a bit quiet around here. But yesterday I made new birthday-cards with my Gocco. 

Sorry, Hans and Stephanie

When I was answering a phonecall one of my daughters escaped from my view. And picked a lot (really very many) flowers from our neighbours garden through the fence. And since they were all without stalks we found a creative way to use them. We decorated our dinnertable with the cute yellow flowers. Looked really festive.

Made for playing

You probably already know, but Camper-shoes are fantastic! Both my girls needed new shoes for the summer. First we found these hip brown sandals for J. And N. got the flowery white shoes from her grandparents for her birthday. Camper also has great shoes for boys. And (wo)men. My brother walks in the same shoes as my daughter. Except his are not white with flowers :-).

For lunch

A new school/lucnhbag for J. This morning she told everyone who wanted to listen that she has a new bag. I've made it without a pattern. It has oilcloth inside. Perfect for carrying her lunch, in her new Shinzi Katoh-lunchbox, to school.

Treasures

Janne collects. Flowers, twigs, stones, shells. And her grandmothers help her and bring the butterflies, ladybugs and bees they've found. This box was bought filled with beads. But it appeared to be the perfect storage for the smaller pieces of her collection.

Unintentional

The colour should have been green! That's the thing with ceramics: you never know what the result is going to be. Even the other projects in the oven can have an effect on your work. But I'm not displeased with this brown colours at all. I'm now working on matching soup-bowls and coffee-cups.

Three

For weeks she was asking every morning 'is today my party'? On Easter-sunday she finally had her birthday. And loved the attention and presents. She didn't let go her new doll Pien all day. 

Zeeuws knoopje

A custom order as a present for a new mother. I didn't crochet for a while, so I enjoyed making this brooch a lot.

Eggwarmer tutorial

Today Neeltje celebrates her birthday at daycare. And since her real birthday is on easter-sunday we thought these felt hens brooding on chocolate eggs would be an appropriate gift for her little friends and the lovely ladies who take care of her. And for some quick last-minute-easter-crafting you can find my tutorial here. 

Carpe diem

Yesterday the weather was good. But friday the weather was great. We ate outside for the first time this year! With a little vase filled with springflowers from our garden on the table. Spring!

Dandelions

My youngest turns three on easter-sunday. So we invited our guests for an easter-lunch. This occasion asked for a new table-cloth. The idea and the fabric were waiting for a while. The textile-paint was not perfect for this job. It cluttered the stamp. But the result was not bad.

Accessories

Last year my girls didn't want to wear the headbands I made for them. But now headbands are cool in our house. I tried two different patterns. This one from Heather Bailey and the other one can be found at Between the Lines. Both good tutorials with lovely results.