You can find more blessings at Anki’s new and improved site, do make sure to check!
{vase by Lenneke Wispelwey – photo’s by me}
My holiday is almost at its end, monday I will be back in the office as usual. Things will pick up where they left off. I had a great couple of weeks off; took things easy, read magazines and books and had an entire day to myself (an absolute luxury with an almost two year old). I even got to be a little bit creative and did some things I wanted to do for ages. Just small things, but they mean a lot to me.
You can still join my Alphabet Bags giveaway so please do!
Count your blessings is an initiative of Anki of Zilverblauw. For a list of the other participants please check here.
{the photo of Rachel Khoo comes from her site}
It’s been an emotional week. My grandmother died at the respectable age of 91. Yesterday we said goodbye and I talked about my favorite memories as one of the grandchildren. I tried to pay homage to the special lady she was. She was no ordinary grandmother. She was eccentric and funny, she traveled a lot, had an identical twin sister. It’s hard to fit a whole life into a ten minute talk, but I hope she felt the love. We will really miss her. Fortunately there were other things to be happy about, things that made me want to count my blessings even more. It’s all about appreciating the little things in life and being as fair and softly as you can be…
There were many other things to be grateful for, but I will post a CYB post again soon. For now I wish you all a happy Sinterklaas celebration and especially for everyone joining the #creasint giveaway on Twitter. I am super excited to open my little parcel!
It’s been a while since my last CYB. Not because I don’t have any blessings to count, but actually because there are so many to choose from and also because I was super busy. You know, with stuff. So for this CYB I just wanted to post some photo’s of my little boy: the light yesterday was so beautiful in our living room, the sun was out all day. Nothing like today’s fog and cold. Still getting to know my darn camera. O, and needing Photoshop and a tripod.
Other blessings include:
For more blessings and a list of participants please take a look on Anki’s blog.
It’s high time to count my blessings, because the last couple of weeks have been filled with exciting new things like MTB 2012, but also other fun things like the Shopping Night Haarlem and the Illustratie Biennale. I can strongly recommend both occasions. I had the most fun shopping at eleven p.m. Isn’t that the most weird thing, like the shop has been opened especially for you! At the Illustratie Biennale I was most impressed by the presentation of this new game called Ibb and Obb. The design is amazing! You can watch the trailer here. Other interesting speakers included Illustrik and Siegfried Woldhek. I also loved the work by Kate Bingaman Burt!
Other blessings these last weeks:
{I Candy car in the Zijlstraat – Shopping Night Haarlem / II logo Illustratie Biennale 2012 / III My first order from Paper Stories / IV Thrift finds}
{Do you want to read more blessings? Please check Zilverblauw for the full list with participants!}
Recent blessings:
{Studio Mela via Etsy}
{Do you want to read more blessings? Please check Zilverblauw for the full list with participants!}
Recent blessings:
{Do you want to read more blessings? Please check Zilverblauw for the full list with participants!}
We had a death in our family this week. My uncle died at 67 from cancer. It made us all very sad. He was a sweet man. It made me think about all our holiday’s when I was young, playing with my nieces and nephew and the long walks we made.
We really have to count our blessings, life is too short.
{If you want to read more blessings; you can find all other participants on Anki’s weblog Zilverblauw}
Since I’ve been blogging I’ve got acquainted with so many Dutch and international amazing fellow-bloggers and I’ve been in awe of so much creativity and crafting genius. I feel so little in comparison and try to focus on my little corner of the World Wide Web where I let loose my creative spirit without aiming to get ahead of myself. It is sometimes hard to not try to be the best, especially for such a control freak such as me. Still, I started blogging really to remember my blessings, to remember and honor things I find inspiring, to record a life fleeting by. Most of all I started for myself, not even expecting any readers. If I reach anyone out there I still find that the most amazing thing ever. So it is time to give thanks and count my blessings. I’ve been honored to join the list of fellow-bloggers counting their blessings on Zilverblauw. Let’s start a revolution one blessing at a time! Here are some of my blessings of the past few weeks.
{1. a great inspiring book by Barbara Tammes (Blueprint for your Castle in the Clouds} {2. my gift for Valentine’s day- a bit early - gift wrapped by the lovely online webshop Nils & Olle} {3. A thank you card from the lovely and talented Nikki} {4. The keys to our new house!!}
Do you want to read other blessings? Please do have a look here (some blogs are only in Dutch):
Effie, Martine , Maartje , Philomeen , Debora , Belinda , Marit , Froukje
Anne , Arnika , Marielle , Judith , Maartje , Maureen , Marie-Lu , Aukje ,
Jolanda , Marlous , Saskia , Sacha , Carla , Tess , Sjaantje ,
Isabelle , Marjan , Mickey , Mieke , Margriet , Marieke ,
Barbara , Anouk , Linda , Kitty , Zeeuwse mama ,
