Yesterday Michelle over at Laundromat gave me this best blogger award. YAY, I FEEL LOVED!! I must say I was surprised and totally stoked to get it, as the whole little blog awards thing always seem to pass me by. Over the past few weeks there’s been one going through all the expats here like [...]
Money is tight in our household this year, after a big bad surprise from the belastingdienst (tax office) that I never got into here on my blog. I don’t plan to, but basically they screwed up and now we owe them over 2000 euro.
So we agreed that Valentine’s Day wasn’t going to be an [...]
I am now about to begin the 4th block of gail pan’s Christmas Wish BOM, and I’m so enjoying making them. The three above are the ones I’ve completed up till now, and the one below is my most recent. I didn’t think I’d enjoy embroidery as much as cross stitching but now I [...]
I’ve been wanting to learn to do embroidery for a while and when I saw the Christmas Wish BOM over at gail pan designs I thought it was the perfect opportunity to teach myself. So after a few online tutorials and YouTube videos I felt confident enough to give it a go. It came [...]
One thing that has been bothering me about my camera since I got it, is the camera strap around my neck. The nylon material it’s made with scratches the back of my neck, and can get quite uncomfortable. Also, one thing I noticed when I was out with my camera yesterday, because it’s black [...]
Today my mother sent me photos of the tea quilt I made her after she got it home and put it up. It’s kind of exciting for me because this is the first quilt I’ve ever made for someone as a gift that is on display somewhere.
She hung it in her dining room, which is [...]
No, unlike some places in Canada at the moment, it is not snowing in the Netherlands! As much as I love the snow, I’m glad… because I’m so not ready for it yet!
I am totally ready to do some Christmas crafting though!
A few months ago I ordered this cross stitch kit from sewandso.co.uk and have [...]
A few months ago I started working on a secret project. My parents were coming over and I knew my mother would be celebrating her birthday while they were here. I wanted to make something special for her. So I got to work on a quilt I had been wanting to make that I thought [...]
Well I’ve been working on the quilt sampler cross stitch I mentioned a little while ago and I think it’s coming along pretty well. The pattern called for it to be stitched across 2 stitches but I couldn’t be arsed, I just did it normally. It’s still coming out nicely anyway.
I have to admit, it’s [...]
Well, not me personally… but my mother’s cross stitch has! err.. or will be. There’s a pattern I’ve wanted to do for a long time called Aunt Verdi’s Porch by Paula Vaughan. I had mentioned it to my mother a few times and when I was home in Canada in October she showed me that [...]
I started this cross stitch years ago when I first came to NL. It landed in a drawer and came out once or twice but I never got around to finishing it until recently. It’s pretty manky and crumbled from 8 years of being worked on and then stuffed away but I’m hoping that once [...]
It’s hard to believe that Christmas is over already! I spent ages counting the days until it got here, and now it’s passed. Isn’t that always the way?
It was sort of weird on Christmas Eve because it didn’t really seem like Christmas at all. We ordered some Chinese food and I spent a while making [...]
For the last few weeks things have been really tight here financially. With our trip to Canada and our end of year bills, we were so broke we squeaked. Thankfully things turned around the other day when money we were waiting for had come in. I’ve been on a huge cross stitching kick lately and [...]
I got a mail yesterday from Faela’s proud mommy showing me how adorable she looks in the blanket I made for her. She also gave me permission to post a photo so I can show her (and the blanket) off a little!
I need to learn to knit more because I’ve seen soooo many cute patterns [...]
Yesterday afternoon Xander and I went to visit our friends Paule and Warnoud. While we were in Canada Paule gave birth to a beautiful little girl named Faela. I would post a photo of her but I forgot to ask them about it and I don’t want to put up pics of someone’s child without [...]
I’ve been stitching my behind off for the last few days. Once I get started I can’t stop and keep at it night and day. Especially with Christmas cross stitches, I love the finished product… shame I don’t get to keep them out longer though.
I’ve been working on the old toy store cross stitch for [...]
On Friday my husband and I had a total meltdown after dealing with our end of year bill from our energy company. Getting a bill for 800 euros just before Christmas really sucks ass. We can pay it, but it really screws up most plans we had for Christmas shopping and such, especially after just [...]
Lordy Lordy, do I love me some x-mas deco! Only 29 days till Christmas and I’ve given up on the idea of waiting until Dec 1st to decorate. I want my Christmas deco nowwwww! Ok, I admit, I’ve already started. So what?! It’s just a few ceramic houses…
For the last two weeks since we got [...]
I’ve finally dug out the sampler quilt I started making in my quilting class oooooh 1.5 years ago. I had finished all the blocks but they were just tucked away in a drawer waiting for me to do something with them. Since I quit work recently I figured this would be a great time for [...]
I can’t believe Christmas is actually here! It seems like just yesterday I was counting down at 23 days. It sort of makes me sad because I know New Years will come just as quick and then I’ll have to take down all my Christmas decorations. The house will seem soooo plain and boring then.
This is [...]
Tunnels of Blood (The Saga of Darren Shan)
by Darren Shan
