yummy shares!

Ok I wanted to share today! As everyone loves to see pics and lo's and all so I will today!
This is the 2nd confession of 52 I made yesterday. on the front it says that I LOVE bedslippers, bedsocks, PJ's and robes.

On the back it says what I did right this week so I will keep up with my resolutions as I am determend to do so all year!

These are some pics of yummy cupcakes I baked over the last 2 weeks, don't they look delicious?

carrot/walnut cupcake with orange frosting

Raspberry chocolate cupcake with ganache on top

I made this up on my own, it's a chocolate/orange cupcake with cardemom

and cinnamon

What else to tell? Well this month has been about thinking, rearranging and getting things in order which made a big difference in my life already. I changed a lot of things, made some big decisions and what do you now, I made them with the right intensions and they worked out just as I hoped they would. I met some pretty interesting new people who all seem to be in the same place as I am (not geographically) so we can learn from each other here! Love it!

This week is going to an exciting one for me, some stuff will happen that I really don't want to talk about right now as they get me nervous but it has a lot to do with our future and it even depends on it for a big deal so please keep your fingers crossed for us! It's out of my hands so I'll just have to have faith that all will turn out as it should.

Big hugs

angela

scrapped

again! I made a lo about my sweet little daisy!
Don't you just love this cute little face and she's so naughty!

I will make my confession of this week after this post. Already have a ton of ideas of what to confes! I will also update my 365 in a few minutes.

What's up here? Well not much yet. Still doing my thing, being busy with my resolutions and it's going sooooo well! I already lost 2 kilo's! I moved more (walked every day) ate better and threw out a diet I got a while ago, it didn't work, it only made me gain weight, so I am doing great!
This monday the man who's getting us married will stop by for a talk, I just have to make a few more cards, call the beauticien and that's about it! Just relax, only 1 month! (ok and a few days) Oh and this is what I got from Igor last thursday:

Paper, glue and binders for the bind it all! 12 pieces so I will have enough for a while now!
have a great weekend
xxx

December ABC

I saw this in a Dutch magazine, someone made a minibook with every letter of the alphabeth so I thought I would do this about our decembermonth as I made tons of pics that month. Well here are a few pics, it was a lot of work and the rest can be found in my 2peas album, so take a look!



This one I took today for my 365 challenge and I love how it turned out!

365

hi!
How's life in the new year so far?
Here it has been a rollercoaster of emotions the last days. Strange but I learned a lot already these past few days! yesterday my dad was admitted to hospital all of a sudden. Luckily it wasn't "serious" so he could go home again at about 10 pm. Now he needs examinations over the next couple of days.

Ok I have been reading this book for over a month now. I still can't concentrate very well and I don't think it's a book which is easy to read as well so I read a fewe pages and let them get to me.

Well I think I am a born pessimist and I am not proud of that and don't like it at all and I have been working on that for ages so this book is a good start but not doing it all for me (not enough) so I bought a Dutch "workbook" as well, maybe that will help even more. I will let you know ofcourse. What do you think of this book?

And then, getting to the title of this message, I entered the 365 challenge and I am still keeping up! I haven't uploaded my pic of yesterday yet and haven't made one today but I will!You can find my pics here
This is it for now, got loads to do for the wedding so I am off
xoxo

Confession #1

hi girls!!!
So this is the end of week 1 of 2008 already! I decided to make 52 confessions this year. A confession of what I did that week, or just something funny or weird. So I just finished my first confession and here it is:



I haven't been up to much this week due to headaches unfortunately but now I am doing ok. I decreased my dosage of meds again which is great ofcourse! I will get there this year! I am doing great with my newyears resolutions too! I walked 5 out of 7 days! Ate fruit every day etc! I am happy!

Oh I made some pics today of my pretty roses I got from Igor (sweetie!), I also got some great bathproducts! He's so sweet of buying me those things and makes me feel like a woman! And.... he got me a cute new bunny! Well she is 2 years now but she's cute and sweet and pretty and probably pregnant as well but I don't mind! My other bunny isn't so sure what to think of her. So she's seperated from him for a few weeks to see if she is or isn't having babys.





I almost finished my "december ABC" and hope to share that soon! Have a great day!
xoxo
ps I am so happy Amanda got her paperbag album I send her!

Happy new year!!!

Hi all!
Happy new year to you! May the new year have in store all that you are hoping for! I'm wishing you all the best with lots of creativity and inspiration!

Here are some pics of our new years eve, we spend at our friends after midnight, which was great! Most of the pics aren't that great so that's too bad. It was early this morning when we went to bed and I am a wreck right now! But that didn't stop me from writing this blog. I have slept just a few hours and I think i's naptime ;-)

New years eve

Hi Girls!

This is a bit of a "double" sided log. On the one hand I am so happy it's new years eve tonight. We call it "oud en nieuw" (old and new) here. A new year, a new start, a fresh start, new plans etc. But I am sad as well as our bunny Mr Bojangles went up to bunny heaven. His "palace" is empty, no big bunny coming to greet you, that makes my eyes water :-( We only had him since august 5th this year.

I am still not done with my resolutionslist, as I just really want to work with it this coming year. It's actually funny but sometimes confronting to mirror yourself! I just feel this year will be great in all ways possible! I really hope you will have this same feeling and may the new year have in store all that you are hoping for!
Big hugs and loads of love to you all!

My favorite photo's of 2007

Ok here are my fave's of 2007, well actually they are only pics that I took.

Do you feel that this time of year it's all about thinking? I have been thinking a lot the past few days about this past year, and what I want and wish for next year, how to achieve that, making new years resolutions but not the standard kind like "losing weight" (although I wouldn't mind) or exercise more (I know I should) but really like goals or achievements. Please tell me yours?!

xoxo

After Christmas

Well this is for me "the" day after Christmas as we were in a Christmasmood still, yesterday.


How was your Christmas? Ours was great! We had a Christmaslunch with our parents and sister+brother in law. We exchanged gifts and we loved each and every one of them!


Luckily our gifts were a succes too! I think my moms' present the most! I made a little book for her (scrapped ofcourse) with youth pics of here. Moved to tears she was!


The lunch was a great succes as well, they all loved the food and it was all done in time and nothing failed. So happy about that! Hardly had any Christmas stress this year, I am so grateful for that!


We had great conversations, good laughs and stupid me... I hardly made any pics! Strange for a scrapper, I know but too bad! Better luck next time ofcourse!


Here are some pics of our Christmasparty:

me in the kitchen making lunch

our lunch buffet
Lovely pie yummy!! Daisy under the tree watching the gifts

23rd day of Christmas

Do you bake Christmas cookies?

I just did the other day, cinnamon-orange ones they were great! I intend to do more so next year and give them away too!

Well some photosharing here today. Unfortunately the pretty white views are gone so non of them (sorry Jan) but some pics of the cards I made yesterday AND our wedding invitation! Everyone received it now so I can show it!

Here we go, please let me know what you think of them!

Oh and guess what I got for Christmas (ok a bit early!)

update list!

Ok so I made a "28-things-to-do-before-I-turn-29"list, and I still have a little over 3 months to go. I thought it was time to recoup a little (as it is that time of the year again!) so here's my list, all red things are done, all blue things 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 (this was the easy part with all the christmascards and invitations!)
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 (I got 2 out of 3 now)
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!

Well all in all it's not bad! Not there yet but I am getting there! Wow I am a bit surprised to be honest! How are your lists doing?
xoxo

day 22 of Christmas

What's the most important thing that you must do each Christmas season?

Well I think it's not to forget what it's all about. Also think of people who will have less or need help, give a little extra to those who need it most. Not just think about all the food en presents to buy and eat.

Can you believe it's just 3 days away? I love it! Looking forward to it! Well I have been all month so it better be good! The view from our window is still astonishing! It gets prettier every day!

It will be another day of being creative, waiting for my package (that was supposed to be delivered yesterday), cleaning the house and doing the laundry, pretty much boring hehehe Hope you have a more interesting day today!
xoxo

21st day of christmas

Do you have a family get-together during the holidays with extended family?

We will have a big Christmaslunch at our house this year with our parents and siblings and neighbour. Love organising Christmasparty's! I am all done by the way!! Got everything in the house, don't need to go out shopping no more! Got the last groceries and presents this morning! I am so happy! No stress, no worries! Love it!

I am also happy that I am all done and don't need to go outside anymore as it is unpleasantly freezing cold outside! After the shopping I did go out for a walk in the park with my camera as trees are frozen white and this will probably be as close as we get to a white christmas. So I had to capture that on photo! Here are some pics:

a frozen rozebud

a view over the pond
a pretty view, a white lane!
upclose and frozen

Day 20 of Christmas

Do you remember a favorite gift?

Yes I do! When I was (just) a little girl..... I got my first walkman! A red kiddy walkman and I was sooooo happy and proud! Within 2 days the battery died! My parents bought rechargables and every other day we had to put them in the thingy because we used it all day every day!

And I don't know if it was the same year or not but we got a whole lot of barbiestuff then too! A studio, hair salon, camper etc! Sooooo happy again!

This year my biggest gift will be the bind-it-all (if it arrives in time that is!).

I baked some christmascookies the other day. Cinnamon-orange ones and they are yummy but I really just HAD to decorate them! Here they are

Yesterday I also made 2 lovely magnolia cards! Didn't use an example, just figured it out myself and I am so proud (again) of them, that I really don't want to send them out but ofcourse I will!
This is what I came up with!:

christmas and weddingupdate!!!

Do you take neighbor gifts/treats to anyone, everyone, a select few?

Preferably to everyone we love or carry in our hearts but as finances don't allow that... we bought our parents gifts, our neighbour and friend, ourselves, our pets and that's about it! We also make gifts to give away to people who visit us near christmas.

Is your big meal on Christmas Eve, Christmas morning or Christmas afternoon?

Christmasafternoon this year! We will have a romantic dinner just the two of us on 25th and the 26th we'll have a christmasparty with family and make a christmaslunch!

How do you decorate your tree?

This year is the first actual "tree" year. Last year was a trial with the cats but they acted nice so this year we bought some lovely deco! With lights, ornaments and even home made chipboard ornaments!

Snow? Love it? Dread it? Tolerate it

YES PLEAAAASSSEEEE!!! The last year we had a white christmas was in 2001 so yes I'd love snow this year! It's freezing cold but no snow yet unfortunately boohooo!

So still making christmascards and they are nicer and nicer along the way! Too bad I have a fever now and not feeling all that well but hopefully it will pass. Great excuse as I actually had to go to the dentist today and I am frightened of that!

Weddingupdate:

Yesterday I mailed our wedding invitations, tomorrow I will post a pic of them. I promised a sneak peak of my dress well here we go! Please leave a comment!!!

xoxo