Holiday

A quick Instagram-hello to keep this blog a little bit alive...
Bf & i are enjoying 2 weeks off work, no holiday trip this time but instead a lot of day trips in Belgium. And they are good fun as well, especially in this nice summer weather.
Flea markets are everywhere and i found some nice things, a lot of postcards and wooden figures for my collections!

Finally also some time to write back to some people who have been waiting for a while...
And more mail of mine arrived here and here.

From my full shopping bag on Etsy i managed to choose some new pretty tapes!
There's a mt tape expo in Singapore right now, wish i could attempt some of the workshops..
(and buy some more pretty tape ;-) )

I'm off again! Enjoying outside life some more...
Ohhh and some days ago, suddenly a cat appeared in our garden, friendly right from the start!
I think he's here to stay, he behaves like he has always been here and comes for cuddles all the time...
So we're back to 4 cats!

 

Have a wonderful week!

 

 

Happy mail

A bit behind with showing my happy mail...

Some time ago i won a giveaway on Coco's blog! I received this beautiful handmade lunchbag, i love the yellow... And she was so kind to add a lot of seeds! Thank you so much Coco, i'm a big fan of handmade creativity, so you made me happy :)

 

 

Lisa went on a trip to Porto and sent me this postcard, love the explosion of colors!

Makes me want to leave right now... oh and look at the stamps, pretty cool huh?

I really think Belgium has boring stamps compared to other countries...

 

And i also received another letter from Heidi, she always uses pretty papers from magazines to make envelopes. Another pretty postcard to add to my collection, and yummy tea! Thank you Heidi!

 

 

It's my birthday on monday, but that's a busy workingday so instead we'll pretend it's my birthday this weekend :) And this afternoon i'm having a little birthday party with all 42 kids at my work!

Have a sunny weekend!

 

 

Wooden friends

They're on my desk everywhere, my wooden friends on pencils or pens! I love to have them around, they turn my desk into a happy space.

These pics are taken last year, i've got some new friends in the meanwhile. Will show them too in a later post.

 

I've been so absent in blogland lately, i try to follow all your blogs though and leave a comment here and there...and hopefully i'll soon find some more inspiration & time to blog more often again!!

 

Summer started already, so did the summerholiday since yesterday and we kicked off at work with a mudday!! Boy did i have fun with the kids :-)

 

Fleamarket finds

I'm so happy the outside fleamarket season is here again, lots more good bargains to find and outside is just  more fun than the dusty often smelly inside locations..
These are some finds of last sunday, i'm so happy with the Pinokkio! Maybe you can't really tell from the picture but he's quite big, and i just love his long nose!
All the wooden puzzles pieces are ready to turn into magnets and ofcourse i had to buy these postcards :)


The book was a present from friends, it's full with nice DIY-ideas. 'Fabriek Romantiek' was originally a tv program i liked to watch.

Can you believe it's almost summer? I for one can't! It's almost my birthday again and i wonder where those last 12 months have gone to?? And on top of that it looks like autumn outside....

Homesickness

Time for some news.. it's been a while!

We've been back from Thailand for more than a week now and the enthusiasm for blogging is missing... We've had such a great time, and yes! Since i'm back i've been feeling homesick..
So many great things there to long to, nature, weather, friendly people, yummy food & shakes, oh and not to forget: 'Odette'tje the cat' ♥ (we became friends right the moment we met and she even slept in our bungalow and i bought catfood for her!)
On top of it, the weather here has been terrible most of the days which made it even worse..

Soo only one thing left to do, make plans for next year  and in the meanwhile look a lot at our pictures :)

 

 

 

Green

* Do you enjoy all the fresh green in the garden? I know i do!! I really feel happy watching all the plants and flowers in our garden. Everywhere you look a new surprise!

* Mail of mine arrived here

* My patchwork chicken is finally finished! Happy with the result, but i think i want to try make another one with fabric i choose this time :) Lots of work, but most of it i really enjoyed.
In the meanwhile the chicken in our garden is still sitting patiently on her (20!!!) eggs...

* My friend gave birth to a beautiful baby girl with a very pretty name: Ella! What a cutie :)

* Time to do some more packing now, almost up in the air!  Have a good weekend!

 

 

 

Happy mail

My poor blog has been neglected a lot lately, april is such a busy month so far.
The Easter holiday was very busy at work, my mom was in hospital 2 times (the second time unexpected, there were complications after her surgery so she needed another surgery.. she's geting better now!) and i didn't feel good myself. Suffered a week from this bad headache which made me feel sick and moody..

Luckily there's the postman who puts a smile on my face from time to time!
Here are two happy snailmail surprises, the first from Ruchama and the other one from dear Barbara!

Ruchama doesn't have a blog, i think i mentioned that before, but she did start a blog about snailmail with some of her penpals! It's written in dutch but maybe the others can look at the pictures? You can find the 'Postfabriek' here! i admire Ruchama's envelope-making-skills! She always manages to make beautiful envelopes with gorgeous illustrations, receiving mail from her is an honor!

 

Barbara is enjoying a holiday in Thailand right now, i had to laugh when i heard she planned a trip there! Her Thailand-time is almost finished and then it's my turn :)

She spoiled me with some beautiful postcards, washi tape & other happy surprises! Thank you lots!