Archive for the 'Vacation' Category
• Les fleurs d’Île de Ré
I’m enjoying a vacation on Île de Ré, France. This island is beautiful, relaxed, and I think they hired an ‘island stylist’. All the shops, houses, restaurants, hotels, etc. seem to have the same beach-like look&feel, I love it!! The island even has it’s own glossy magazine…
5 Comments June 6th, 2011• Sailing the ‘Stad Amsterdam’
Last two weeks I have been sailing on the clipper ‘Stad Amsterdam’. Together with my dad and sister we embarked in Lisbon, sailed to Tenerife and from there to La Palma, la Gomera and back to Tenerife again. It was great! When you are at sea, you are disconnected from everything at home, also literally: [...]
10 Comments December 3rd, 2010• Colors of Marrakech
Last week I spent a holiday in Marrakech. The weather was great, it felt like an extra bit of summer. Most of the time I spent relaxing at the pool, I even did some embroidery what I’m only able to do in times of total relaxation and with plenty of time available.
A few times we [...]
• Snapshots of Alhambra – Granada
No inspiring blogs on Sunday this week, as I’m traveling trough Andalusia at the moment. Last week we visited the Alhambra in Granada, the pictures above are a few snapshots I have taken there. There is so much to see there, beautiful gardens, amazing mosaics and the blue sky with the Sierra Nevada with snow [...]
2 Comments May 10th, 2010• Serendipity
Serendipity is the last, but certainly not the least, Paris shop I feature on my blog. This one was one of the first that appeared on my ‘must visit’ list. Clare, from the Lulu Carter blog, insisted I had to go there, but I was already convinced by the pictures of this shop she had [...]
2 Comments December 3rd, 2009• Antoine & Lili
Antoine & Lili was on the recommendation list of Clare, from the Lulu Carter blog. And she was so right, I was so overwhelmed by the shops, I couldn’t buy anything (lucky for my wallet ;-)) On their website I found out that they have several shops around Paris. I have visited the ‘flag’ store [...]
4 Comments October 25th, 2009• First time in Paris
Last weekend I visited Paris for the first time, and I was overwhelmed… the big squares, oversized buildings, beautiful parks and off course all the lovely shops.
We spend 5 days strolling around, eating, drinking and relaxing. I also wanted to visit one or two museums, but the weather was so good, and the city itself [...]
• Greetings from Texel
Vacation is the perfect time for me for ’slow’ crafting, like cross stitching and crocheting. Those babushka dolls are from the ‘Made in France’ cross stitch and embroidery book. In the book they used white embroidery fabric, but I wanted to try unbleached linen for a more ‘rough’ look.
Those granny squares are a new row [...]
• Skiing in Austria
This week no crafting, it’s skiing and enjoying the beautiful winter weather in Austria.
I brought some yarn for crocheting and a felt project to finish, but till now I didn’t feel for it.
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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.
