Spring Buzz!!

A big THANK YOU to all the lovely comments on my previous post. Hope everyone had a wonderful mother's day yesterday. Mine was great, the kids presented me with their gifts before breakfast, it kind of surprise me as DH isn't around for three weeks now, so it's really their own. Chris made something from school and with the help of his sister he bought a necklace, while Grace bought a nail polish and some bath products. I was really touched and a HAPPY mom!!!
It was around 12 pm when we arrived at MIL's place, thought we were the last but we came in together with the youngest sister of DH with her kids. Her hubby is also at sea this week. After half an hour came the eldest sister and the only brother with their partners. We had quite fun catching up. When the eldest and the brother left, i and yougest SIL were really surprised to see it's nearly 4pm and no mood to go home and prepare dinner so we decided to take her MOM and the kids out to dinner. Our kids are on the same age and they get along very well so they really had fun. Really a pity i forgot to take pictures as this outing doesnt happened often.

After a wonderful day and kids are in early as school begins, i printed this new freebie from
OakHaven Designs. and start stitching. I didn't expect i will finish it at once last night though. I change one of the colours and the recommended colour fabric. Now i don't know how to finish it off, thought at first into a scissor fob but it's bigger than i had expected. Any ideas????


Here's Grace and Max. We took some pictures yesterday morning at the dyke, since Max is coming with us to MIL's place we had to take that route.







ah, my first picture without my glasses. It's more than a month now since i started wearing contact lens again after about 8 years. It feels fine, only i have to remove it if i am going to stitch and coming online.

I hope you all have a wonderful week.

Hardanger table runner...

...is DONE!!






Burda Magazine
Bellana evenweave 20ct.
DMC perle threads









The big book of Small Doilies
Bellana evenweave 20ct.
DMC perle threads





A very Happy Mother's Day to all Mom's out there! As only me and the kids...oh and Max still with us, it will be a quiet one. We will go to MIL's place in the morning but would like to be back in time for lunch as i want to prepare something for us here at home. Thought of taking the kids out but hubby is coming home later next week so we better wait.
Have fun!!!

pinblock & Anna magazines(old issues)

This is the stitched piece for the pinblock, the SAL at stitch-creations that i've joined not so long ago. It's a pretty quick stitch. For anyone interested you can find it on her blog.




I've used 14ct aida and GAST-cherry wine. I do like how it turned out and i am sure this will remain at my table filled with pins as i used pins quite a lot, for counting the stitches especially for a bigger project.




We have quite a big plan for renovations later this year or next year, it is still a while but i'd better start clearing out some craft magazines(Dutch)
These are old ones from year 1998-2002 and not complete. I didn't subscribe to it just bought it once in a while. Thought to through them all out but maybe someone have interest with it. You can have it. Just send me a note or leave a message here. Please, i prefer someone who lives here in Holland as posting packages outside Holland is very expensive.

[[The magazines has already taken]]






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I hope everyone's having a good week. Thanks so much for stopping by. I areally appreciates your visits.

Hardanger update

I finally had the courage to work on the finishing of this hardanger piece using the hemstitching technique and so far it is going well. Hope to be finish with it soon so it can be use, only this was intended for our kitchen table before which was smaller than what we have now.


Also finished all the inside parts for this one and now ready for cutting the outer part.

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Went to picked up Max yesterday, and will be here for a while i think. Hopefully, the weather clears up as it's been on and off rain and quite windy.




Bought these hosta's more than a week now and just transfer them into a bigger pots. I'd rather not put them on the ground as my garden is pretty small.


It will not take long and this peonies will pop up!!

Thank you all so much for all the lovely comments over my last post. I really appreciate them all. Hope you all are having a good week.

Love grows into a flatfold

Love grows flatfold
Oakhaven designs
28ct white evenweave
DMC threads
Finished the stitching the other day and prepared the materials for finishing into a flatfold yesterday afternoon while waiting for the conference.
I've just finished it off though i am not that happy with the ribbon i had used but when i went to the craft shop this afternoon they don't have any other choices in black, not much in red either so...this is it!


Love the fabric though which i've received from Wanda last year.

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Sunny and warm, a good coincidence that the outside swimming pool opened it's door today! I had to wait in line to get the subscription for Chris though and now Grace wanted one too. When i had ordered one a couple of weeks ago she said she doesn't need it as we are going away for a month in July but that is a long way yet and the swimming pool is open until half way os September.

Chris, the darker one playing with his niece and a couple of their classmates.




Chris spotted his sister with her friends and joined in the group.
So, here we've spent the whole afternoon. After dinner, Grace had helped me mowed the backyard as she wants to go to town afterwards. The shops are opened longer(until 9pm) every vriday. While she went to the cosmetic shop i went for groceries. Now i don't need to get up very early tomorrow for that.

Thank you so much for the comments over my last post. From the news this evening, there are 7 dead already including the man who drove the car into the crowd. Still 8 people are in hospital.

Heel veel sterkte aan alle familieleden die iemand hebben verloren!

A sad queensday!

Probably everyone knows or heard of what happened today during the parade. I was visiting my mother in law as i haven't been there for about a week and she've called twice lately how we are. We were watching the parade on TV so we had seen what had happened. Please click here for more news about the tragedy. It was before midday and still lots of activities will be followed but for the place the Royalties are visiting are all cancelled and i heard some in other cities too.
The activities here on the island was mostly for the children so it has carried on and the bonfire too. I hadn't stayed long where the activities was this afternoon as i want to watch the conference that was scheduled at 3:45. By that time, there are 4 deads and 5 seriously injured but still they couldn't say what was the motive behind this act. This is really sad, I feel for the family and friends of the victims who are affected by it.

We came in late and had to shower and take the kids to bed and it's now over midnight but i just want to update here before turning myself.


Here's a few pictures i've taken at the bonfire. From this bulk(woods,plants..) lots are pulling some for their own fire. Some groups had really prepared themselves with some drinks, foods and good company!
We left at around 11pm, had to force the kids though as i find it's too late.








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Thank you all for stopping by and all the lovely comments on my previous post. I really appreciate them all.
Hope you all are having a good week.

April x'mas ornament SAL & baby card

Let IT Snow ornament
Country Cottage Needleworks
JCS 2008
Zweigart Belfast naturel 32ct.
DMC threads

This was stitched a while back but i wasn't in the mood for finishing as i wasn't sure how to finish it off. Now i do want to complete it before the month ends!


Here are the collections each month since January.




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Where Grace and her friend babysit once a week had their 3rd baby last weekend so i made a quick card which Grace dropped it this afternoon. Her friend is on holiday in Spain at the moment but when she's back early next week i am sure they will go and visit.


It's Queen's day here in Holland tomorrow. Before, we have small parades for the children, Grace had participated a few times when she was small but since last year they didn't organize it anymore. I think it was something about the band, there was not many members to divide for the villages.
But they have some kind of games and other activities for the children in the afternoon so that's where the kids are going and in the evening we have a "Meierblis "(a large fire)' just nearby here. Hope i can take a few pictures to tell more about it next post.

Thank you all for stopping by for a visit and all your lovely comments. I deeply appreciate them all.