Taking some time off

France, here we come! We're going to a very luxurious little house, with everything but an internet-connection. Maybe I'll add some pictures and a note when I find a hotspot somewhere. Otherwise I hope to see you again after the tenth of august.

Just in case

As from tomorrow we will be spending some time in France. For this purpose I made some safety-bracelets for our daughters. It would be impossible for them to communicate in french when they get lost. They wouldn't even understand when they were asked for their name. The girls love to wear their new bracelets and we can be a bit more relaxed.

Have a nice day!

Another birthday-girl. Our neighbour and babysit Margo (without the 't'!) will be having her birthday next friday. We will be on vacation, so we gave her a little homemade present already.

Happy Birthday, Sara!

Janne just left for Sara's party. As a present she brought this treasure-box, filled with goodies. Sara's mother wanted to order a stamp earlier. I asked her to wait a few more weeks, because one of the treasures in this box is a personalized stamp. The flower on top of the present is again made with this tutorial.

Picnick

The thriftstore in our village is a great source of vintage goods. Almost every time I go there I find something really amazing. This time I came across a big handmade quilt.Perfect for our holiday-picnicks. I'm almost ashamed to tell you that I bargained about the price: I got it for €10 instead of €15.

Been busy

Right in the middle of our holiday-preparations my aunt brought us a bucket filled with 5 kilo prunes. If we could do something with those. Yes, of course. We made jam, sauce, confit and a prune-cake to give back to my aunt. And for the adhesives I made a little prune-stamp. All in one day! Pffff...

T for Tim

My cousin Femke gave birth to a son, Tim. Yesterday we received the birthcard and I quickly made this zakka-style bib for him. Of course, like always, I forgot to sew the lable between the two layers, so I had to come up with another solution.

Vacation is almost there

During lunchtime at work I came across this Kaleidocycle-template. Just upload 4 pictures and you can print out your own. I found this fun project on the link-page of Mojo & Co. A very beautiful selection of links to blogs and tutorials.

Without the kids

Although the reason for going to Amsterdam, a reservation in this interesting restaurant, was cancelled, we went to the big city anyway. Shopping, eating, relaxing. Finally I went to the little shop of Vivian Hahn (haarlemmerdeijk 102). It was on my wishlist to go there for a long time. She sells beautiful ceramics and cutlery. I gave myself this wonderful plate from Mara Skujeniece.

Appelhartje 2

Earlier I showed you some details of this doll. Eva has celebrated her birthday last weekend (congratulations!) and received this present from her grandmother. I hope 'Apple-heart' will become her favorite softy.

3x3,5cm

I was cleaning out the closets (something that unfortunately has to be done once in a while) and came across these little felt brooches. I made them for my daughters a while ago. But I thought it would be nice to show them here.

Tweet

Today I went to pick up the last result of my course in ceramics. Together with the little sleeping birds made by our elder daughter. I love the way they turned out. And so does she.

Two weeks to go

Taking pictures is hot in our house. Both girls take 'pretend-pictures' all the time. So we thought it would be nice to give them their own (very cheap, and pink!) digital camera for our holidays in France. Of course the pink plastic pouch that came with the camera's was not acceptable and I had to sew these cozy's.

In pink

Yeah, my first drop for the Toy Society has been found! Little rainbow has found a new home with a three month old baby-boy. Time for another drop, another Rainbow. This afternoon we left it in the parking space of the local hospital.

Spare half hour

It has been a while since I made some stamps for my own use. The recyle-stamp was on my list for a while. The other one is just for fun: little Rainbow bringing you some mail.

We love her

Inspired by the PIF I got from Wendy, I made this little pouch for Maud. She was Janne's first friend, our neighbour girl in Rotterdam. Happy birthday, Maud!

This week it is going to rain

Not much crafting going on here. Too warm. But I did go to the thriftstore last week. And I found these wonderful plates. Dutch and French antique. And no I didn't need more plates, but they will look so lovely on my earlier thrifted embroidered table-clothes. The French beans are from our own garden.

You too!

These baby-caps are already on their way to India (via Texas, US). Craft Hope has a project collecting caps, booties and blankets for childrens homes over there. For these beanies I used the pattern of a similar project at Mama to Mama. They take just 5 minutes to make.