Majootjes birthday/movement

Hi!!
How is your weekend? Mine is great. I am feeling a lot better now after a few days of flu and headaches! I am still tired but hé if that's all!
Yesterday it was Majootjes birthday and ofcourse we visited! Igor was working there all day to make a fence so Aika (the dog) can't escape! He picked me up at about 2 pm and we went over there again. I scrapped her a little book called "relax" with a cd inside with relaxationmusic and exercises, an insence burner and some lovely insence. I also made a little package as a birthdayrak from scrapfever with MME paper, lace and ribbon, brads, eyelets and chipboard to make an all girlie layout about her little niece. But then she got me presents as well!!! I got 4 little boxes of brads, lovely colors and bling bling, totaly my style so thanks again Majootje! And it wasn't even my birthday! We had a great time, took some pictures and tried to put together a tv table. 2 blondes and a not so abvious description (it was a do-it-yourself package) it took us over 30 minutes to get that little thing together but we laughed a lot! Here are some pics of Aika and us! Crazy funny silly lovely soft cuddle! (and normally I am afraid of dogs!)

In the mood!

For scrapping! I again finished some lo's with wonderful new MME paper, and 1 with some flowers from BG Mellow.



These were all fast lo's, unbelievable that I could do that! I consider myself a terribly slow scrapper, but this is wonderful! Once I got the hang of it they just kept coming! So you can probably guess what I am going to do now right?
xxx
ps Yesterday I got 1 exam again and this morning mailed it back so please keep your fingers crossed for me! Hope to hear the results very soon!

New Lo!

Hi again!
This morning I started scrapping with the new MME papers that I showed earlier on and this is what I came up with! I love it and it took me a long while to finish it. All those dots you see are actually very small strass stones. This is really difficult paper but I love it! I think Angela + MME is a good match as well ;-) (click to enlarge)


I am already picking paper from my stack to make a new lo! Love this stuff and it inspires me a whole lot today! Off I go again!
xxx

Order-update!!

Hi all,
Well holiday is coming to an end and I really DON'T like it! We had a great 3 weeks together and did a lot of fun stuff and I pushed a lot of my own boundries which is great!!! I am sad that Igor has to work again this monday and I am home alone again. But I am already looking forward to christmas as he will have another 2 weeks of again!
Yesterday my huge order came in which I am really happy with! The new MME came in! And ofcouse lace and ribbon, chipboard letters and christmas figures. Love them, well let pics talk for themselves! (click on them to enlarge)








Another update will follow soon!
xxx

Online crop

Hello!!!
Time really flies! It's already wednesday 2 pm!!

Yesterday evening we had an online crop again at a messageboard and this was the first one I actually participated in! The other ones I made afterwards. I loved the sketch and loved how it turned out as well.
I used Basic Grey Mellow which I found hard to use but I wanted to make a manly lo of Igor so I had to choose something else than pink or purple (cause that aint very manly now is it?) This is how it turned out:


Now I am working on a lo about me again (how selfish) with an old Basic Grey sheet of paper. I am kind of wanting to use my old paper as loads of new stuff is coming out this month and next! So looking forwards to the new MME!!!
I also scrapped some more cards with leftovers! So glad I didn't throw them away!
What are you up to now?
xxx

Update lifelist/Elsie challenge

So this is my list, the red ones I finished, the blue ones I am working on!
28. Have someone over for dinner
27. Spend more quality time with Igor
26. Start working out and keep it up!
25. Send at least 2 postcards a month
24. Set money aside for x-mas
23. Finish my current BOM and start a new one
22. Find a new penpall
21. Eat right!
20. Make more cards
19. Make a painting
18. Improve my photography skills
17. Decrease debt
16. Decrease Wehkamp to 0
15. Visit the sauna
14. Get ready to start my own practise
13. Get at least 3 certificates for bachs
12. Finish a current certificate so I can do my exams
11. Try out more new cupcake recipes
10. Take more responsability for my own happiness
09. Continue to improve/ get better from illness
08. Meditate and yoga more often
07. Get things straightened out in my head
06. Have a crop with Majootje!
05. Make 3 new mandala's for our hallway
04. Write in my journal more often
03. Get out more often on surprising trips (to find pic-ops!_
02. Take more walks
01. Start saving for an Ikea wardrobe closet!

What I did the last 2 weeks to work on my list?
* We started saving money for the Ikea closet we totally fell in love with and we are already halfway!
* Last week we went out taking trips on 4 of the 7 days
* I wrote a lot the last few days
* Through writing my head is getting clearer and talking to someone special is helping me big time too!
* Ok the last few days I didn't practise yoga nor meditation but before that, I spend at least 40 minutes per day on it!
* I tried out 2 new cupcake recipes
* I worked on my current certificate a lot (today) and 1,5 chapters are done!
* I passed the first exam of my diploma!!! (2 more to go, next one will be september 17th)
* We bought a new lens for our EOS 350D camera
* I made 4 more cards this week and send out 3 again!
* And I already bought a few christmasgifts already (instead of saving money)

That's quite a list I think so it's all working out very very well although it seems like hard work at times!
Leaving you with this and hoping it might inspire you to think about things you want to achieve in life as well!

Holiday update

So here I am again! Fully enjoying our holiday, doing fun stuff, enjoying each others company, being creative together, laugh a lot and visit fun places and most of the times forget the camera! What kind of scrapper am I? I should stick it to my wrist I guess! Anyway a new week starts today and because of the weather we didn't plan anything! Which means scrapping!!!
A few days ago Corinne Delis started with her workshop "finding you" that I am in. I completed the first assignment yesterday and here it is: (sorry for the bad pic)


I also worked on my list again which I will post in a second log today! I love to see progress in such a short amount of time!
Well of I go again!
xxx

New Fancy Pants

Ofcourse I really had to have the new fancy pants papers and I really really really want those words stamps! They are so great! Love them! They are quite expensive I thought but it's worth the money!
Here are 2 lo's I made yesterday and today. I especially love the second one called bunny love! The first one is a lift from one I saw on 2p


Have a great weekend all! We officially got our holiday now for 2 weeks yihaaaaa!
xxx

swap

hi there!
How are you? Today was a weird day with a lot of contradictions in emtions but it was a good day. I even scrapped! I made a lo about sushi with stuff I got in an envelopswap on scrapfever, it's not my style but I love it anyway! I did ad half a flower and a rubons.

Some more stuff

from my list!!! I finished the first exam to get 1 of the 3 certificates I want to earn before I turn 29! Now it is just 2 weeks and 5 days (max) of waiting whether I passed or not! When I passed I will immediately apply for the second on which will be 6 to 7 weeks away from now! So excited!

I also started on a mini-album I wanted to do for a long time now with pics of my grandfather. We called him "opa Jojo". When we called him for coffee he always answered with "jojo, will be right there" so that's why we called him that. Anyway he passed away in 2002 and he was my favorite grandparent! He was so funny and still so young at heart, crazy, foolish, creative (oh boy was he!), cuddly. It was very hard for me when he got his stroke and was disabled in many ways. It was hard to watch him stuggle, being tired all the time and wanting nothing more than "to go to grandma". I was relieved when he passed away for countless reasons but him not suffering anymore was the biggest one of all. Strangely enough I still miss him sometimes and can be sad and that's why it's so hard to make this little album or tribute to my grandpa. This is how I want to remember him

ps this was also sketch #2 from the online crop on scrapfever

Elsie Challenge

So Elsie challenged us to make a LO of, in my case, 28 things I want to do before I turn 29! That was a great thing to think about as I have lots of time to do so! So I started writing down what I want to do or achieve, but it's hard! This is what I came up with. The blue ones, are the ones I have been working on already the past week, the red one is finished!

28. Have someone over for dinner
27. Spend more quality time with Igor
26. Start working out and keep it up!25. Send at least 2 postcards a month24. Set money aside for x-mas
23. Finish my current BOM and start a new one
22. Find a new penpall
21. Eat right!
20. Make more cards
19. Make a painting
18. Improve my photography skills17. Decrease debt
16. Decrease Wehkamp to 0
15. Visit the sauna
14. Get ready to start my own practise13. Get at least 3 certificates for bachs12. Finish a current certificate so I can do my exams11. Try out more new cupcake recipes
10. Take more responsability for my own happiness
09. Continue to improve/ get better from illness
08. Meditate and yoga more often
07. Get things straightened out in my head
06. Have a crop with Majootje!
05. Make 3 new mandala's for our hallway
04. Write in my journal more often
03. Get out more often on surprising trips (to find pic-ops!_
02. Take more walks
01. Start saving for an Ikea wardrobe closet!

What I already did!:
* started a workout focused on my arms and belly
* I have been doing short meditations every afternoon and before I go to sleep
* I made 4 new cards and send out 2
* Wrote in my journal 3 times
* I am reading my studybook every day
* I ordered 1 exam that I will do next week (!!!)
* I found a new penpall
* I ordered a book about photography and am studying the manual of our camera as well!

It really keeps me going and helps me to get better and get rid of my panic! So it is also therapeutic! So thank you Elsie for this challenge, it really helped me and gave a little push in the right direction! She is such an inspirational soul and can't wait to see what she made of her new book, but I have to be patient untill november arrghhh!!! ;-)

Crop results

Yesterday we did an online crop on scrapfever. I was too busy talking to Majootje so I hardly did anything but finished it today! This is the result! The other woman in the picture is Majootje btw

Walk in the forest

This is a slideshow of the pics we took on our 2,5 hour walk in the forest here! Love the pics but have muscle-aches everywhere now!!! Enjoy

painting and thoughts

hello very good saturday to you!
Mine is ok although I had a very short night! My creativity and spirituality are floating like madness and I am enjoying it sooo much. People often say that when you do something relaxing with your full attention, things will happen in your mind, lightbulb-moments, ideas, answers, solutions to problems etc, well I share that opinion as I often have such experiences whilst I am drawing mandala's.

Elsie had a challenge on her blog about things to do before you reach your next year. In my case that is 28 things I wanna do before I turn 29. I made that list! Ellen Degeneres is often talking about her lifelist (working on it). I love that! Well I made my list and started right away! One of the things I wanted to do was make a painting! I have been painting but that was years and years ago (almost 10!!) and didn't have a lot of stuff, but every scrapper has dabbers and has at least 1 canvas so I decided to try to paint a Lilly that I love, and here it is. Now I added 1 thing to my lifelist...."take a course or workshop in painting" I totally couldn't remember anything of what I once knew about paintingtechniques! How bad is that? During the painting many things came in to my head, and most of them were great! I am sure I will make more in future, hopefully NEAR future.
xxx

Card-sending happiness!!

Sonja nominated me for some fun loving card-sending happiness!
I have to send someonea card within 7 days and make their day!!! I also have to nominate 5 other persons to do the same! So here we go!

I nominate... (drum role)
Majootje
Hilde
Nic
Marieke
Fauve

Love this one!!!
More info is found HERE