Early Autumn Walk....

Today my youngest sister and I took a  walk through a nearby piece of woodland called Amelisweerd (in Bunnik, Utrecht)
The weather was wonderful and  the scenery too! Everything was still very green and at first we mentioned it was not autmny enough, but soon we began to see all kinds of beautiful mushrooms everywhere.

I Always love to see how the sunlight shines through the leaves!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After about an hour we visited a little cafe.

 

Coffee  and date and walnut cake on the left, carrotcake and tea on the right.

 

 

 

On the way back to our bicycles we took a peak at the organic flower and vegetable garden. Stupid enough I was so in "ahw" , I forgot to make an overall picture

Just part of it

 

When we walked past a few rows of chard (snijbiet) I saw how the sun set the red stems alight and of course I did take a picture of this! Isn't it amazing? No colour enhancement or photoshop!!

 

 

 

It was a lovely morning indeed!!

 

 



Too long overdue!!! A little update.

Has it really been 3 months since I updated my Blog? How time flies. Summer has come and gone and Autumn is setting in with rain and more rain.
September 14th I booked a stall at a fair in my neighbourhood and it was a sad affair. I barely sold anything and I had reduced the prices of many articles. I had small cute things for very little prices.
But I could not tempt the public. People tend not to buy anything when the weather isn't helping a bit.
It drizzled, with now and then a little dry spell. But when gusts of winds blew my items across the stall I gave in and put everything in the plastic containers and went home.

It was such a letdowm that I haven't crocheted even one stitch since. I've got stock enough. And to think I made many lovely sets of coasters.

 

 Autumn Colours

 

I even made a set of Halloween coasters

 

 

 

I didn't set up the stall as I Always do (with white, long tablecloth like sheets) because everything became wet from the rain. I used a plastic cover sheet to line the stall table.

The sign in the background is from the stall behind me. It promotes a political party.

 

 

My helper in the stall, 14 year old niece Emma

 

 

Some details on the stall

The heart earrings were made by Emma

 

 

Now I want to concentrate on more season related items and I really have make some more items for the fashion industry (for dolls that is LOL)

For LittleFee

 

 

For Lati and PukiFee

 

 

And of course for Blythe Dolls

 

 

Well, that's it for now. I will be back soon. Things to do!!

I'll keep you posted (more often I hope)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summer is approaching...

Here in Holland we are slowly beleiving it is going to happen; Summer is approaching.
It's been lovely, Sunny weather for a good week now, not too warm, and everybody is enjoying it immensely!

 I've been enjoying my  (nearly) 4 weeks of work and went to Rome from may 27th untill June 2th. My sister and I were amazed by all the sites to see. The Colosseum was just around the corner and you can't say that very often. We visited many things like the Colosseum, Forum Romanum, Palatine, the Vatican and the Pantheon.

In between all those things we saw pittoresque little Streets, visited a small market, went to a shopping mall called Cinecitta Due (near the Original studio's) and tried to do as the Romans do.

Which is a nice saying, but very hard when you are an independent, efficient, quiet traffic rules respecting, what you see is what you get, Dutch citizen.

Let me explain; the traffic was horrendously busy. Nobody respects zebra crossings. Some Romans do NOT respect green lights AND zebracrossings. We had the constant urge to check the menu for hidden prices. And with this you had to watch out for bad pavements, they were sometimes as bad as the ruins we visited. But overall it was worth the visit. LOL!!

Here are some piccies;

Typical Italian form of transport, opposite of our Hotel Solis

 

 

Me (left) an my sister inside the Colosseum

 

 

The Trevi Fountain, tucked away in the corner on a small square.

 

 

Mosaic in the Vatican

 

 

The famous balcony where the Pope stands on special occassions

 

 

The most beautiful vegetable stall I  ever saw!

 

 

 

 

Me on the Spanish Steps

 

 

 

 June 2th Day of the Republique, a National Holiday

 

 

 

 

Since Monday the 3th I've been back and doin all sorts of things. clearing out and throwing things which were long overdue to throw away. Just enjoying "simple" things, like drinking coffee on a bench in my front garden. Doing some groceries (and enjoying the order in our traffic) Thursday the 6th was the last day of our traditional 4 day Evening Walk (Avond 4 Daagse) where all kinds of people (but especially children) walk different lengths of kilometres every evening, to earn a medal on the last evening and their families are spectators, honouring them with flowers and treats. My brother in law and my two nieces walked 40 kilometres devided into the 4 evenings.

 

(From left to right)My brother in law Etienne, and nieces Lot (10 ) and Emma (14)

 

To finish my update here are some pictures of some bunting I've made (inspired by Lucy from Attic24) and some lovely coasters for my webshop ( www.teenyweenydesign.etsy.com )

 

Decoration for my livingroom

 



 

 

Coasters Cath (matching the colours on the mugs!) 

 

Coasters Rainbow (cross section 9 cm)

 

 

I do believe it is here...

SPRING, that is...

Today was a beautiful, rather Sunny day. I write Sunny with a capital letter S, since I respect the sun very much nowadays. it took forever but it is finally here!! No more frosty nights and I believe tomorrow, in some parts of the Netherlands,  it is going to be a mild 22 degrees Celsius!!
Pity I have to work tomorrow.

Yesterday, after a short cycle trip, I bought myself some Spring flowers and put them in a
vintage terrine on my coffee table.

Two varieties of daffodils and a hyacinth

I recently crocheted a garland which I put on my short curtains and I bought some candles in the same colours. I think it looks very nice.

I have been tidiyng my attic/craft room for short periods of time and threw away some thing I hadn't used for a number of years.

Here is a tiny part of the attic before and after

Looks nice, doesn't it?!! It is such a shame I have to go to work tomorrow, because I have been busy with all kinds of things today, and I'm on a roll;  Clearing out, washing, folding and ironing. Been outside plucking weeds from my garden. Too much for just today. Now I'm taking a break after photographing and editing the pictures of 25 little crochet birds, which I needed for an add in my webshop ( https://www.etsy.com/listing/123873983/create-your-own-birdy-garland )

I'll start making dinner now, and do some crocheting tonight if I still feel up to it.

Here are some things I made over the last week...

A festive garland for the coronation of our King Willem- Alexander on April 30th

Detail..

Some of the pairs of Baby Shoes...

And some pairs of hairclips

Well, as you can see, I really don't have time to go to my regular dayjob, LOL.

Waiting for Spring to arrive...

Here in the Netherlands everybody is complaining about the weather. When is Spring coming?
During the day it is about 4 or 5 degrees Celsius and at night it still freezes a couple of degrees. There is a firm wind blowing, which makes the whole outdoor experience feeling much colder than it really is in degrees.

After a heavy cold, blubbering and coughing away for about a week and a half,I feel better and I am starting to be creative again. I have made a new pattern for some boy baby booties. Since aIways make things for girls this was long overdue. They should resemble a sort of "All Star" basketball sneakers.

Here they are...

 

These were made for a little boy named Benjamin (hence the "B')

 

And, since the weather is so bleak, I have made several Garlands with colourful birdies.

(For sale at www.teenyweenydesign.etsy.com and for the Netherlands at www.pieterpeuter.nl)

 

I also am clearing out old things. I had a little suitcase, from when I was a child, filled with old and battered fashion dolls (Barbie size) I kept them out of sentiment together with clothes I made for them. Crocheted of course and not really very nice. I made them when I was a child so the quality was not great. But children might like them.

I put it all in a plastic bag, together with some other things I didn't use anymore, and gave it to a scouting group in my neighbourhood. They organize a sort of fleemarket every year.

I kept the suitcase. It is a foldable one and there is even a lable on it on which my father wrote our adress at that time. I couldn't make myself throwing that away as well. Even though I'm not using it anymore.

 

 

 

This is how it folds

 

 

 

 

And here are the little suitcases when we (my sisters and me, me on the left) used them for the first time.

I gues it must have been in the summer of 1971.

 

Happy times!