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• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
I found some new inspiring blogs lately. One of them I actually re-discovered: WREN handmade. I totaly adore the crocheted necklaces she sells in her Etsy shop, so beautifully made. And I find a lot of inspiration for new creations in the colour scheme she uses. Flora Chang from Happy Doodle Land draws the cutest [...]
No Comments August 8th, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
Most of the blogs I favorite have photo’s full of colour and light, and innovative craft ideas and inspiration. So also todays blogs. The first blog I stumbled upon clicking from one blogline to the other, ‘Contemporary Embroidery‘. It really gave me a WOW moment. Karen’s embroideries are pieces of art. I especially love the [...]
No Comments June 20th, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
No blogs today but two Fickr accounts that I thought you should know of. They are so colourful. This first one is Sugarelf she makes and sells felt softies of the cutest kind. Her creations make me smile and appeal to my love for wool felt. 1. felt bunnies, 2. my little rose bush, 3. [...]
2 Comments June 6th, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
I know, it’s actually already Monday, but it feels like Sunday as we have a holiday here. Yesterday I went to the ‘Pinksterfair’ at the Olmenhorst in Lisserbroek. It was a few years ago I went there the last time, it was a bit more crowded now, but I loved it as much. There are [...]
1 Comment May 24th, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
Today I share two crochet themed blogs. Both ladies use a light color scheme that I love very much. And I definitely need to make the round footstool cover from ‘Where your heart is‘, that would be so gorgeous in our house. ‘Where your heart is‘ is written by Kathrin, she is a big fan [...]
5 Comments May 2nd, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
Pfew, just in time for my posting today. The weather was so nice, to good to be inside and blogging. Today I share two blogs on French embroidery and vintage finds. The first one, petit détails, I’m following quite some time now, the second one I just discovered today. Petit détails is the blog of [...]
3 Comments April 25th, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
Gee, it’s already a long time since I was here. I find it still hard to find a balance between everything I like and need to do (my office work, my little business byPetra, sports training, everything that needs to be done in our house, meet with friends, going out with M, watching movies, crochet, [...]
1 Comment April 18th, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
Today I want to share two blogs of blogging friends I have met in real live today. We got to know each other through the Blogging Your Way class of Holly Becker (Decor8) and Leslie Shewring (A creative mint). We were the only three Dutch students and coincidently living close together. We chose the Sunday [...]
2 Comments April 4th, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
Today I would like to share again two new blogs I discovered in the blogosphere: The first blog today is Annie at Home. Annie shares her live at home with two kids and her husband. I find her blog beautifully designed as well as the images she adds to her posts. You can find recipes [...]
3 Comments March 28th, 2010• Inspiring blogs on Sunday
During the last two months I discovered a few new inspiring blogs and have met new blog friends. Two of them I will share today: First the blog of Camille Scheewe. She is an artist and designer and shares her visual journaling, crafting, ideas and inspiration on her blog. I love her work, how she [...]
5 Comments March 21st, 2010My webshop
About me
I'm Petra, I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Besides my day job I’m running my own business: organising creative workshops and a web shop selling cute and colourful fabrics, ribbon and buttons.
In my spare time I love to crochet and sew. I’m always on the look for new inspiration on the web, in books and in magazines.
