Let’s play Craft It forward

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Let’s play craft it forward! I joined in with Kerrie’s Craft It Forward a while ago and she sent me the renowned fabulous ‘Smile’ print, handmade by her! Kerrie has this lovely blog called Seventy Tree (one of my daily reads) so you can probably imagine how happy I am with this cool addition to our interior. Thanks so much Kerrie!

The principle of Craft It Forward is quite simple actually, here’s how we play:

I will send one of these five handmade (by me) little deer to the first five people that comment on this post. They must then post what I have sent them on their own blogs and pass it on (send something handmade to the first five people to comment) and so on. It can be anything, as long as it is handmade by you. It must be sent out by the end of 2011 (or somewhere in the beginning of 2012, since there’s not much left of 2011 ;-))

So…let’s play Craft It Forward!

I’ll confirm my five craft buddies in my next post

(assuming someone wants to play :)).

Stinky

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I’m currently reading the Moomin Comic Strips written by Tove Jansson. Stinky, the ‘furry mammal’ that lives in Moominvalley is my favourite character.  He’s a villain, he has an unbearable stench (which explains his name) and attempts to make the Moomins break the law ever so often (like in the picture above, where he persuaded the Moomins to let him use their cellar for one of his scoundrelly plans).

In Copenhagen I found the perfect substitute for my favourite action figure: a Stinky magnet. (‘Cause let’s be honest, since I’m turning 30 this year, I can’t seriously buy real action figures for myself anymore, can I? ;-))

Count your blessings

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 Pfew, busy times! Nevertheless, I’m overall busy with fun stuff and that’s a blessing huh?

We are so blessed with our White Lady. Our quiet Sunday mornings when we drink coffee (real Italian coffee made with our little old-school Bialetti coffee machine) along with a giant piece of speculaas (my favourite Dutch treat). The launchparty we photographed together (meeting friends and having lots of fun dressing up). Dinner with two of my oldest and best friends. Going to the cinema with my cousin. And the Autumn weather that gives cuddling up with a cup of hot chocolate that extra cosy feeling.

Anki started counting her blessings, Anne, Arnika, Belinda, Debora, Esther, Frederieke, Froukje, Iris, Judith, Leontien, Maartje, Maartje, Mariëlle, Marit, Martine, Marie-Lu, Maureen, Mireille, Saskia, Sacha, Suus, Tabitha and I joined her in this series (please let me know if I forgot someone!).

50mm

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Been playing with the (fixed focal length) 50 mm lens. I never really used it, but after the launchparty we became good friends. This lens makes it possible to shoot pictures with a massive depth of field, which makes images (often) a lot more interesting than the entirely sharp ones (it took me ages to translate this by the way, does anyone know a good photography-dictionary?).

The more I make pictures, the more I love it. The more I do it, the more I learn, the more I like the pictures I made. It’s just that simple!

P.S: The pictures me and my husband made at the Appracadabra launchparty are online now! Check them out here!

Succulents and doilies

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I’m quite fond of succulents. I am in fact a bit of a plant lover (not to be mistaken for a tree hugger) and I’m the happiest girl on the planet if you let me dig in dirt, preferably in the drizzling rain. Which is strange for a girl who usually washes her hands about 40 times a day and in whose home you could eat from the floor (without getting sick). Psychologists will definitely have an explanation for this behaviour, but that’s not the point of this post.

Anyhooow.

A while ago, some people gave us succulents in a very very ugly flowerpot as a present (with a risk of sounding ungrateful, but it really was beaten with an ugly stick*). Since I wouldn’t even think of throwing away the biotope in it (and hey, the flowerpot might also look better if I painted it green!), I pulled those out and put them in my lately thrifted bowl, together with some stones I took home from our trip to Denmark. On Pinterest (my latest addiction) I found this great tutorial for a table runner made with vintage doilies. I love that the doilies made by our beloved late-grandmothers are now united in one contemporary piece of home decor.

After all, much better!

*) Must thank mister Austin Powers for that fab line.