Archive for the 'Christmas' Category
• 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.
No Comments December 13th, 2008• 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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4 Comments December 7th, 2008• It starts to feel a lot like christmas…
The last days I’m aware of the short days here in The Netherlands, and together with the first christmas fair I visited, my inspirational thoughts are all in a christmas theme. So I had to buy some christmas goodies, the ribbons I bought at the christmas fair and are from East of India.
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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.
