• DIY paper balls

These paper balls are inspired on this design by Heather Bailey. I made it a bit easier by creating a printable PDF template, you can print directly on the stock paper.
I made two sizes: large for a ball with a diameter of approximately 17 cm and a small one for a ball with a diameter [...]

• Merry Christmas

• Hanging Christmas wreath with lights

I’m so happy with my Christmas wreath hanging in our kitchen. I bought a faux wreath, lights and 3 bags of HEMA pompoms. I crocheted five pointy stars and luckily M helped to connect it all to the light point. It’s so great, you can now switch the lights on and off with the light [...]

• Merry Christmas

• Christmas card

Today I made our christmas cards, I want to keep them a surprise for the receivers, but didn’t want to withhold this idea for you. So you only get a sneak peak at the end result.
I hand stitched the decoration to the linnen and then scanned the fabric with a white paper behind it. The [...]

• Fabric wreaths in the making

Today was my first christmas themed workshop. All the girls wanted to make a fabric wreath. It’s so nice to have a fabric wreath that you can decorate to your own taste, and you can use every year again. Just a nice handmade piece made with love.
What I still have to learn, is how much [...]

• Christmas decorations

I have been making these christmas decorations as examples for my coming workshops. The fabric wreath is inspired on the beautiful wreaths of Holland Fabric House, the star is a design from Jenny from Allsorts, all others are my own design.
If you would like to come to my Atelier in Amsterdam to make christmas decorations, [...]

• A busy week…

Pfoe… last week was a pretty busy week for me. It started on friday 19th with my birthday, I invited my parents and parents in law for a birthday dinner. We had a great time, we even played with the wii I got for my birthday.
The day after, on saturday, I had invited 7 friends [...]

• Christmas themed swap

I did a lovely christmas themed swap with Marieke from VanMarieke. The beautiful ornaments she has send me got me inspired to start decorating the house, and do some christmas crafting. And right now I’m listening to christmas songs allready, the old ones with Bing Crosby singing.

• Wish my home looked like this…

Yesterday I was reading trough the ‘Country Living’ and I was struck by the article on Chris Myers’ home. Oh I loved it so much, I wish my home looked like that. I made a start with a few pieces of the Green Gate collection, so maybe if I just start adding the colors to our house…
 

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