christmas

christmas is already over, time flies. I made these leaves for a garland, but made to few, so i quickly made corsages out of it, so we all looked very festive during christmas. Hope everybody had a joyful christmas.

handyman

My husband loves his moleskine notebook, you can keep little papers in it, but there is no room for a pencil. I saw this idea at whip up a long time ago. I loved it, so simple. I made my own version for Roel.

christmas ornament swap

made these for Kristel from vlijtig, hope she likes them. Jilles was so fond of them, he wanted to keep them, so maybe I will make some more...

little feet 2

the same pattern, other decoration with a smile..

recycle-a-shirt-bib

Sometimes when a shirt has a nice pattern and it doesn't fit anymore, it's a shame to throw it away. So I made this bib out of a nice t-shirt. I'm also thinking of making a cushioncover out of a t-shirt. But the shirt still fits Stije so I'll have to wait some longer.

cowboy bib

Also made this cowboy bib for my sister and brother in law.

little feet

I found a nice pattern for babyshoes here, very easy to make and you can decorate them yourselve, so fun to make. This first pair is for my sister and brother in law who are expecting a boy.

proud

Mostly I am proud of one of my 3 boys, but now I am a little bit proud of myself. I made a clutch out of one of the embroidery's my parents brought from France. It was a lot of work, but I am sattisfied with the result. I didn't use a pattern for it, it's my own design. I'm showing it of at a wedding next week.

Boys garland

For Jilles his birthday I made a garland. I found it more difficult to make a color and pattern combination for boys. I think I need to buy some more fabrics to make better combinations ;-).

new fabrics

Last week in Washington, I visited a fabric store. Josefien guided me, otherwise I would have been lost, the store was so big! Amazing. I managed to buy some nice fabrics and also got a beautiful Washington fabric as a gift, thanks again Josefien! I already used it to make a 'sinterklaas' gift, so I can't show it yet ;-). In the states they have a lot of reproduction fabrics from different periods, I like them very much.

quick treat

Jilles turns four today! Because we were on holiday and Jilles had to give his treat the next day, I made these little gifts (while suffering from my jetlag) some collorfull foamstickers, ricepuppets and a Jilles stamp (made earlier). Jilles was very happy with his treat.

finally made the pattern

I got the pattern for this fabric basket from vlijtig and finally made it, I find it hard to fit the innerpart to the outerpart, but I'm sattisfied with the result. I stuffed it with some sinterklaas candy (how irressistible this time of year!). It's also a gift for our friends in the states. I bought the fabric in the US in a webshop and now I'm taking it al the way back, funny how things can go.

short trip

This week we stay with friends in Washington, we're looking forward to see them. I made them some gifts. I will publish this post when we're already arrived, because otherwise they might see there gifts before unrapping. By the time it's is published hopefully Obama is in the white house, we can check that out ourselves, funny..

preparing for 'sinterklaas'

Sinterklaas is almost arriving. Jilles is already practising the songs and he is very excited. In preperation of his arrival I made this garland. It's so simple, I saw the idea at a fair.

new treasure from france

My parents suprised me again with new things they found at the "marché aux puces". Really fantastic, now I have to figure out what to make out of it. Even Stije and Jilles were enthusiastic about the tapestry.

inspiration

Last week I had to visit the designweek for work, because we opened an exibition. I had the chance to visit a few other exibitions. It always gives me inspiration.

I like the comic approach in the first pictures and love the fabrics and colors in the other collage.

personal cupcakes

Yesterday our colleague David suprised us with homemade cupcakes! He made them very personal with our names and because all the ladies are on a diet he made them low sugar and low fat! They were delicious.

dolphins

I went to "dolfinarium" in Harderwijk with Jilles en Tibbe (friend of Jilles) and we had a great day! The boys loved watching the animals, but the playground with the wooden ship was also very popular.

cup of tea

This very nice marimekko tea cup is a gift of a good friend. love the size and the print! Stije is also very fond of the cup, he keeps calling the red detail a ladybug!

new blanket

In one month Jilles becomes 4. He is very attached to a blanket I made him when I was pregnant. The fabrics I used for that blanket were very "baby-like". So I asked him if I should make him a new blanket for bigger boys, he was very enthusiastic, but I had to promise him I used the soft fabric (flanel) again for this new blanket. So I did, this is the result. I also made a big bag which he can use for his nightlight and dog, to take with him when he stays over with 'opa' and 'oma'.

autumn 2

I've never seen more beautiful red and white mushrooms, the shape, color, they were just perfect. Unfortunatly I forgot my camera. I was in the forest with a friend and his new born son Tristan, he suprised me with this picture made with his new I phone. I just discovered felting with a needle, this is my first project, it's more easy than wet felting! so I'm enthusiastic..

work in progress

working on it, but my velocity isn't how it used to be these days...hope it will be back again.

new old cars

Today Jilles got some cars from our very friendly neighbour's son (who is a grown up boy). It was a really nice suprise! and Jilles is very happy with his "new" collection of colorfull cars. and for the experts the collection consisted some really nice tonka and siku cars. Tonka is a nice and durable brand but hard to get these days.

autumn

Love this time of year, to sense and smell the change of seasons. Playing in the wood is still favorite. Today we really enjoyed the autumn sun.
It's been a while since I post on my blog, because our computer broke down and it took a while since we could download pictures, but now i'm back on track..

chocolate

I lost a lot of weight because of my illness. Since I love chocolate everybody is spoiling me with the most lovely chocolates. Roel brought me some really nice bars from new zealand, almost art. I think I will manage to gain some weight..

Oh so lucky

or not...it's been a while since I published on my blog, but other things kept me busy. We had two funerals in one week, I had an ear infection (which still isn't over) during our holiday, our computer had an unwelcome virus (that's why I still can't download new pictures) and if that isn't enough our washing machine just broke down, and with two little boys I can tell that is a little disaster. To cheer up this message (and myself) a little I used pictures from our holiday last summer.

home at last

Roel was in Australia and New Zealand for work, tomorrow he will be home again. Sunday the weather was awful, rain all day, so my boys were very productive painters. I made a "welcome home" garland out of the paintings. I hope Roel likes the festive welcome made by the three of us.

forgotten birthday

I am not so good in remembering birthdays, a few weeks ago I forgot the birthday of a very nice colleague. So I decided to make her a namestamp, since I did a graphical course (last year) I'm into stamp making, I like it, it's fun and quite easy and quick result. She told me that as a child she never could find stickers, stamps or mugs with her name, so she was very suprised with her namestamp, at last she had one ;-). I also made some stickers with a bird stamp, one of my favourites.

one line

I always wanted to make a piece of ceramic with only one line, it's a quite stupid wish, but somehow I never made the right piece of ceramic for it, now I finally succeded and I am happy with the result. how simple can life be..

little girl

Florien is born, she is the daughter of a friend. Her eldest son is born on the same day as my youngest, even almost at the same time, so amazing! I made Florien a bag with her name, so she can put in al her girly stuff.

Tagged

By Pina. Here are the Tag rules:
Link to the person who tagged you (i.e. me). Post the rules on your blog. Write 6 random things about yourself. Tag 6 people (in my case four, because i'm quite new in blogland ;-) at the end of your post and link to them. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on their blog. Let the tagger (me) know when your entry is posted.

1. I can't walk out a fabric store without buying a fabric
2. I 'm addicted to "stroopwafels" (essepcially the karamel ones from Albert Heijn, how dutch!).
3. I love white flowers
4. since I'm a mom I really can't wait for "sinterklaas" to arrive, the excitement, happy faces, singing.
5. As a child I hated hiking, now I love it.
6. there is something with number 6, I love the shape, 6-6 is my birthday, my family consists of 6 persons (I have two brothers and a sister).

I tag birdnest, about taste and inspiration, paperseed and handmaid liset.

gift from France

My parents bought me this nice gift, they conquered it at a "marché aux puces". Ribbons, buttons and a sweet little book with felt figures. Now I have to figure out what to make with it.

a sunny day

a sunny day with family, my father turned 65 and we had a lovely day with sun, 10 little ones running around, sharing icecreams, swimming and ofcourse singing for opa.

blanket for the doll

with two boys we only have one doll among the toys, she has a hard time surviving between all the cars, so I decided she deserves a blanket. I made one out of a fabric I got from my mum. Stije loves it.

little bag for brushes

For my sisters birthday I made a folding bag for make up brushes (and mascara, lipgloss etc). I made one myself a year ago and since I am always using it for travelling I thought this should be a good gift for my sister. I hope she likes it. After finishing it I was thinking that I should have made the ribbons out of the lining fabric, next time better.

big brown bag

This weekend we visited good friends in Langweer who came over from the states. With easter, they visited holland as well and we had easter breakfast together, I made eggcovers for the children, so I decided it was time to make something for the mom. This big brown bag is the result, handy for extra luggage.

new colors

yesterday I bought some new felt...it colors my day.

monkey day

Because sunday was a rainy day, we decided to visit Naturalis in Leiden. We wanted to go there for a long time, but never went. It was great! Jilles enjoys books with animals a lot and here he could take a close look to all the animals. They had a game were children could feed the animals with different kind of food, when the animal didn't like the food, they shook their head and when they liked the food offered they opened their mouth, a nice way to teach children what different animals eat. The special exhibition is called like monkeys, like people (zo apen, zo mensen), which was really funny, asspecialy the mask, how simple can it be.

vlijtig gifts

this weekend we had a lovely day with friends (vlijtig), she made us some homemade cookies in a nice bag and a beautiful stamps for Jilles and Stije, which we can use together or separate!

We spend some time on the beach and the kids had a nice ride in the caroussel on the boulevard.

zipper

Yes, I made a felt bag with a zipper and lining! I am not so good in placing a zipper correct, but this time it turned out just fine. The lining is made of flannel, I love this material for it's softness.