Peter = 1 year !

Peter turned 1 today, unbelievable that it has been a year gone already. I can remember the day he was born like yesterday, I don´t have the feeling that it has been that long. They grow up so fast.
I have him some sandforms and some cupcakes to give to the other children in his daycare group. They really enjoyed celebrating his birthday, the weather was also great, so this is a great day to turn 1.

Finger painting

I received these photos in an email, aren´t they gorgeous? Sometimes it is even hard to the hands. I think this is a great artist who painted them.

Nic 3 at school

Yesterday Nic celebrated his birthday for the first time at school. He really enjoyed going to school with the cake I made him. I put the cake in a basket which I decorated with balloons so it looked very festive.

In the basket was the cake offcourse, some partyhats for all the kids, napkins, and a little toy for all the kids.

As you can see, Nic really enjoyed his 15 minutes of fame.

And yes, all the kids are wearing an uniform, and when the weather is good, they are outside, since they have a philosophy that fresh air is good for kids. It is a so-called ´open air school', even in winter the windows are open.

Nic turned 3

Today Nic turned three! This is him this morning unwrapping his gifts. We will have his birthday party next saturday, so for now, it is just our presents, a trip to the ice cream parlor and a special diner.

Time goes so fast...

Swap

I received this very nice pink purse from Ruth (http://miladocreativo.blogspot.com/). The inside is lined with a nice soft pink fabric. And the rose soap really smells nice.

This is what I sent Ruth, a bear (she asked for a bear or bunny) made from a Wee Wonderfuls pattern, some chocolades, a belgian strawberry jam, some ribbon and other small goodies.

Grab bag

I saw the pattern for this bag in a copy of Better Homes and Gardens Creative Collection - Quilts and more. I got as a christmas gift. I found it easy and fun to make. Not hard at all, and it really looks great. I think I will use it as a lunch bag.

While Peter was sleeping and Nic was playing on the V-tech, I found some time to assemble the bag. Niels was working on my jeep. Result = quality time for mum!

How cool is this idea for showcasing small fabric pieces over at the purl bee. They even have a tutorial up, so we can also make some ourselves. I think it is a great idea also for people hat don´t quilt. great idea!

Wow

Isn´t this throw just gorgeous. I wants me to start crocheting. I must find someone that can teach me how to make this blocks. They are just wow!
The throw is sold by Pine Cone Hill (http://www.pineconehill.com/)> I also love the colors.

This weeks WIP´s

Monday I felt so bad that I went to the doctor, who diagnosed me with bronchitis. I was allowed to go to work this whole week and I had to stay indoors. So... what beter to do than some quilting.

Hillary Lang from Wee Wonderfuls gave me a great idea with her doll quilts. I started with the pink roses quilt, after that the tree and I finished with the hexas. Now they all need binding. I think I will put myself in front of the TV and do some serious quilting before the boys come back home.

Check out these gorgeous handbags, wow!!!! I just love the laptop bag, OK, I also love the other bags, so… Just to greedy on the bag side of live.

http://www.oovoodesign.com/corset.html

Birthday

We celebrated our birthday yesterday. I always wanted a bal Masque, I asked everybody to dress up for the occasion. We had a wonderful time.
DH wanted to dress up as Rubens, and I must admit, we were born in a wrong century (clothes-wise).

Spaceboy Glenn

I made spaceboy Glenn this weekend. It is my first try at Hillary Lang´s second pattern book. But I think he turned out OK. I just have to finish some details on his spacesuit, but I will do that this coming week. We had guests over, so no time to sew.

Mijnes

Aren´t these designs wonderful. I really like their color use and the nice, simple designs. You can find more of this at http://www.mijnes.com/

Princess

Isn´t she gorgeous? I think this little doll is precious. I saw her lying in a box with other toys on sale in a local children´s boutique.
The lady said she was the last doll. She sold these dolls with a little wooden bed and a lot of little quilts with underneath all of that a small green crocheted pea.
But since his little lady had noo bed, she was tossed in the sale bin...
So I will make her a lovely quilt and I asked my dad to make a nice little bed for her. What do you think?

Back home

We are back home from our ski holiday in Austria. Snowconditions were disappointing, so we spent a lot of time in the swimming pool or as you can see for yourselves in the playground.
But it was a nice holiday, we had a great time going with the kids to Mayrhofen by train, trying to learn Nic how to ski, etc.
Had enough time to do some stitching, so a nice vacation.

Gimme your stuff

What a great idea, I like to swap, so here it goes:

What I can get here in Belgium:
- Local (craft) magazines and newspapers
- chocolates and Belgium cookies, such as Jules destrooper
- lace
- handmade stuffies (look at my blog)
- let me know what your are looking for and I will see what I can get overhere

What I would like to receive:
- Cute Japanese/asian postcards/stationary
- Mini magnets and a little board to put them on (I saw these cute boards on http://item.rakuten.co.jp/p-creation/c/0000000296/)
- Craft magazines (quilting/cross-stitching/stuffies), especially the Japanese ones like Cotton & Paint
- Handmade stuffies
- Cute fabrics and notions
- cute little stickers
- special cookie cutters


I am not interested in:
- foods

Tag quilt

For those of you that read my blog. If you are trowing away old clothes, could you please remove the tags before you do so.
I would like to make a tag uilt, and I started to collect all the tags out of my old clothes and blankets, and other stuff with tags, but I really need a lot before I can make the quilt.
So next time you throw something away, please think of me. TIA

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I like to wish you all the best in the New Year. May all your wishes come true.
And I hope you all have a very crafty 2007 with lots of new great ideas.

Holiday Greetings

Wishing you all the best in 2007 and a wonderful Christmas.

Christmas ornaments

These are some christmas ornaments I made as gifts. they are inspired by Hillary Lang from Wee Wonderfuls.
They were really fun to make so I hope their new owners also will like them.