Ardennes

It's been a while again.. but I have good reasons for that.. yes???... YES!!
1 thing I can't tell you but the others I can tell...=)))

I have been away.. and we had snow :) ;) ;) :)
Friday morning we drove too the Ardennes in Belgium, together with the family of DH. We all sat in one house a very beautifull and BIG house =)). We had a great time and with the snow.. really the time of our lifes..
Kids had so much fun.. the first time that Kira saw snow.
Here you can see some pic's of all the snow.

hihihi.. the kids really had so much fun, and so did we..
MIL&FIL... thank you so much for a great weekend

As a suprise... oke..( they hope I will do it) so it wasn't a big suprise I baked a pie They all loved it.. it was very tasty.. Dh tried that my nephew called ma aunty Pie..hihi I don't think we are going to do that AT ALLL =)))

I have a lot to show you all.
I have been sewing Xmas clothes for Noah, Kira and me... so beautifull, but not totally finished, need to attach the buttons.
And many more... but had bad light not good for pic's... but they will come!!

Happy stitching =))))

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The start of Christmas

Thank you all for your lovely comment about my kids... they made me :$ :$

Yes Sinterklaas is also really gone in my home.
And my Christmas things are growing in my living!!
The last 3 year I had branches above my dinner table, but dit it away after 3 year I was tired of it..
But what to do this year!
Kira loves grabs everything, so DH don't wanted a Christmas tree yet..
No Branches No Christmas tree.....mmm think :( :( :(..
After a lot of thinking this afternoon whent with Noah to the playground across and there is also a little soccer-playground with a lot of trees.. Trees that where cut..
To took some branches... and yes the branches are haning again above my table, but this time also in my front window
Two pic's of the branches in my front window... put there 20 light on battery in, and some transparant balls, and also some little snowmen and with little garlands... need to look at it for some day's maybe more need to be there.. Then also a big pic of my side window.. with Hello Kitty and Cars on the couch (sinterklaas presents)
And what is standing on my Television table...( the 20 light first where on the Etagere with the white balls)..
And you can see the still empty branches above my dinner table...

Then I have done a few stitches.
Part 3 of my Tweet Christmas SAL is doneI hope to finish this one togheter with the MS SAL before Christmas... I so like them!!

In my last post I forgot to show a pic of my Sinterklaas gift.. A crochet bookAll the yummmy yummy yummy I can bake, I now also can crochet... loved it... thank you Sinterklaas...

Today my sweet mailwomen came by and brought me something.... what will it be what will it be!!
Look at this
Sweet Miek and Nia send me these beautifull cards...
Miek wrote on it that I had token Noah's donut so she stitched a cookie for him...=)))
And look at that felt piece from Nia...
The both are such great crafters!! Jealous. =))))

Then I'm trying out a new kind of craft, That I did years ago by myself
I braided her her... TOO CUTE!!! =))) I'm trying to do it more often... I looks so cute!! so girlie girlie...

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Sinterklaas gifts

Hi all...
So Sinterklaas is back on his boat to Spain.. so take a rest from his hard work.. In a whole day he put gifts in all the shoes of all the kids in the whole Netherlands, and on 6th in Belgium, and in some other country's.

I wanted to make something fun for my kids and nephew's

It are felted name garlands and crochet balls, the balls of Gabriel I made with pompons.
For Kira is the Hello Kitty and Noah the Cars. They are now hanging above there doors in the hallway upstairs and with the pink and red crochet heart on Kira her door (Noah wil get blue ones next year), the hallway looks so great.. I only miss something above our bedroom, but the idea is already born -> but for next year..

For my two nephew's in Belgium I made the Bumba garland, and the oldest nephew on the other side on the county here is also crazy about Cars, so he also got a Cars..

I so like how they turned out.
There are also more people that like them.
Totally I have four -----> yes four orders..

One is already finishedThey loved the Bumba also..
This week I started up a little site (It's a Dutch Facebook) to show what I have made, and people can order from it. 5 minutes after the first pic was placed the first order came in.. .. so more of these are coming..
It's a lot of work, but so great!!


I'm just done with the most of the Christmas decoration that I had.. and cleaned up the whole house.. ( tomorrow not much time).
It's looking so great all the little lights.. love it..
But I see I need a lot more decoartion, but I wanne make it all... and I already had so many things I wanne make..
So need to see what will get done, and the rest I save for next year =))))

Then I will end this post with a CUTE collage..They are getting big so fast.
Both are sleeping for hours.. I'm going to do that too..
Have a great evening all!!

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Some stitches

Most of the things I'm making I still can't show for Sinterklaas.. wait a few more days..
But they are all finished, did the last part this evening, so next week when Sinterklaas is back home in spain, the pic's are to see on my blog.
Then can start on the things for January... busy.... many things to make, and I also wanne try to make some thing for Christmas, but still don't know If I have the time for it Because Kira her First B-Day will be in January and the house will change from white to PINK/RED for a few days... (can't wait)...=)))) But let if leave for a few weeks still... It's going to fast already..

This last week I have done a few stitches and done some crochet (It's almost Midnight so dark and bad time to take a pic)

Then this week I got it on my hips, as we say in here in Holland.
That means when you want something to do, you do it straight away... I have that some (MANY) times. ... DH gets very afraid when that happens... never know what will change...lol :)
I wanted to change my living a bit, so did... changes the toys for the kids, the furniture and my front window..
My hydrangea in my front window where almost dead, so put them away in the garden and put the plants from my back window in front ( now need to look for some new plants back window is empty ( oke a big lie my sewing machine and some sewing stuff is in it LOL =)))))))
This is what I did with my front windowIf you can see the sun was shining that morging ( having two days of rain now).
Those hearts are my crochet heart!!
I love the way it looks..
And my zwarte pieten are still hanging above my plants.. the hydrangea's where a bit smaller so you could see them better, but in a few days they are moving to a box again, so I let them hang..

That was my quick post! I'm of to bed It just turned midnight!!

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Here I'm again

I have been very busy the past week.
I had another try to sell somthing..... on 2 different days.
That also a reason I was so busy, because I was making some new things.
Not all I can show, because one of the new items is also a Sinterklaas gift, but the other things I can show

I made a few more hairpins and boy's cars.
Also tryed out a bow of a hairpin, but that's a work in progress...lol
I made 6 CUTE cupcakes, I love them so much... and PINK... who wouldn't love them...
I made another Christmas swing, and some Christmas tree hangings And made one more heart.. they are now hanging here, teh white on in my living, teh others on Kira her room

Everybody liked what I made, but nowone bought something :(:(.... oke that a bit of a lie... I sold 2 hairpins....lol..=))))))))(in 2 days..) But I had a lot of fun...
The first day I did got a order for a b-day garland, and on the second day a order for my new item..

While sitting there and standig there and sitting again and drinking a lot of tea, especially on the second day because it was so cold, so we drunk a lot of tea to keep warm... 2 euro for a paper cup of hot water... never doing that again... but because of the cold you want it... my botlles of cold water wasn't enough...lol..
The first day I did it togeheter with a colleague of DH who sold jewelry, and on the second day a colleague of mine who sold perfume..
Both days we had a great day... and while being there I crochet a bit on Kira's blanket... you remember that on... it's now a bit larger, 36 granny squares Kira her little hand...=)))))))
Look at how big it is getting.... Today I used it again when I was walking with Kira and Noah... Noah walks but Kira still sit ( but for how long...she love climming on the stairs) so put her blanket on her... lol... she likes the colors!!I hope this winter to make it big enough for het bed....

Then look at what the postwomen brought!!Don't look at the bad picture.. It is getting very fast dark here..
Dear sweet and talented Miek, made me a knitted donut... al kinds of PINK colors, with a brown bottum..
Miek thank you so much..
You all need to go and take a look at her blog (in Dutch)... She paints stitching fabric... and she can do that so beautifully.
She has done it for years, and know started it again after a breake...
Look out... you will fall in love.=))))))

That's it for today
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Sinterklaas has arrived =))))

Today Sinterklaas has arrived with his boat in the Netherlands.
For the new followers I try to explain what Sinterklaas is

Sinterklaas (Sint Nicolaas) is an old and very friendly man (just like Santa Claus). We celebrate his B-day on 5th of December (in Belgium on the 6th).
Sinterklaas has many helpers they are called Zwarte Piet (zwart = black, they have black faces).
Every year he comes with his boat half off November from Spain where he lives.
He has a big book, with al the childrens names in it, and there is written if you where a sweet and good child. If so, he comes on the night of 5 December with his Horse Americo on the rooftops together with the Zwarte pieten, to put gifts in the chimney.
He likes to give instead of receiving gifts for his Birthday.
From the time that he arrives till 5 December he can recive all the lists that the Children sent him with what they like to get.
Also in this time he visits al the towns and city's, here he will come in two weeks.
In the week before you can put your shoe before the chimney our backdoor, if you put a carrot or sugur cubes for Americo, you will get a little gift or Sinterklaas candy, also you can put drawing and all kinds of things and you wish list in your show..
In many growsery stores you also can put your shoe also on schools

It's a Holiday expecially for children and so much fun... Still I love it..
The not so nice thing about it is, that when children get around 8 year, they will find out that Sinterklaas is not real, and that's not so great, but still you can enjoy it then in a other way by making gits for each other and make it in a surprise.

For me the most fun thing is ... I can make my own decoration... lol
Yesterday I got it all from the attic, and I have little bit a Sinterklaas house

From the things I made last year I made photo's, here they come

On the left you see my felten Zwarte Pieten, they are now hanging in my front window, the paper craft are hanging on Noah his window, and I made those little gifts and carrots.

With Sinterklaas we also have many yummy yummy candy, and one of it is pepernoten or also called kruidnoten... they are so yummy.
I made a wreath with it last your, put al the pepernoten on it with glue, and as you can see it survived

And this is how it's on my table
It's a bit boring, but I hope to change that.

I have not much to show.. I'm busy making Sinterklaas gifts for my nephew's and Noah and Kira.. After Sinterklaas I can show them to you... so be patient, It's worth it =))))

I have one little pic to show... I made 3 more hearts with crochet On the 6th of Decemer Sinterklaas will go back to spain and then it's time for the Christmas decoration... so a lot more to show then..
Have a great week, I need to work alot so not much time to craft

We are now busy counting the days till Sinterklaas will give us gifts... we are very sweet

Here Noah stripes the days..lol

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Who know's is the word in this post

I hope you all had a great Halloween, I had to work, and the kids are a bit to small.. but Maybe next year we celebrate it to... who knows ;)

I made some more pumpkins just in time... this almost needs to make room for the next Holiday Sinterklaas (Sint Nicolaas) and then Christmas, but first pumpkins, mushrooms and a leaf

Aren't they cute... next year I'm going to make more.. I love the patterns.. but maybe in the next weeks also... who knows ;)

Then started already on a Christmas felt craft
I'm not that satisfied with my cutting but that will change I hope... who knows ;P

At the moment it's Kreadoe the biggest hobby fair of the Netherlands.
Yesterday my MIL and I went to it..
We had a great day, we saw a LOT of great and new crafts techniqes, we where having so much fun with looking and talking about it that we didn't get the change to see it all or follow any workshop... So next year we are going back.
At the Kreadoe I also met Saskia and her lovely daughter Dominique.
and I made some gift for themI know saskia her badroom is purple, and Dominique, just got a new bedroom this week and it's red/blue/white and she loves owls, and when I saw this pattern on Ravelry I needed to make it for her. They both loved it so I'm happy ;):):):)
And I;m panning to make more... but who know's :P
I also bought/got lovely crafts from the fairI still didn't had a lamp hanging in my hallway (only a ugly lightbulb) I'm looking for THE lamp for years and I found it on the fair... a craft lamp... which I can change with my mood... lol. I have made pic's with the light on and off.. I can make it in 10 different shapes. I forgot the make a pic of the pieces, but it are 30 pieces... if you google Lampada Romantica you can see a lot of different piece, end with a differnt color lamp in it it will be a different lamp... I LOVE IT!!!!
Also you see a little pic of a box and a scissor.. The box are all kinds of shapes that I can use to decorate my cupcakes, and the scissor is for cutting felt... So I hope my next try will be better with this great new scissor..
Many new ideas, many new things I wanne try.. so who knows =))))

Then I've been making 2 memoboards.. but only have one on a pic.. Kira is sleeping and I forgot to make when when it was done (not completly :() But I have the one of Noah finally on a pic (but this one was done already a few months ago) ...lol
But last week we finally hang it up in his room You see it need a lot more crafts... but the start is there... see the cute little airplane.. lol... It was hanging on his lamp but it fell...
This memoboard still need buttons... But that will come with his time.. I'm loving it how it is now.. lol... Also for Kira I need to think about buttons (PINK)..
And I saw so many great patterns yesterday so .... who knows ;):)

That the end of this long post..
I just updated al my blog/clubs reading... It was a big job, didn't had many time last days... You all make so many beautifull things.. Love watching them..
Keep on going and .... who knows... wat we make more

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