Dolls Day

Today I had a wonderful day at Dolls & Decorations. Petra - the owner of the scrapbook store - always organises a special day for all Dollies when the new scrap kit is released. So once a quarter a large group of Dollies meet up in Almere. This Dolls Day was a bit different for me as I was asked by Petra to assist with a make & take. Along with Monique, Bonette and Ceciel we did 7 different make & takes. Daan (Diana), Jolande and Petra's sister were in the store to help Petra, and John was our caterer. And of course there were delicious home-made pies. I always enjoy these Dolls days as it is great to meet up with Petra's team and the members of the Dolls' message board.

Of course I also had to buy some new stuff too. It is not that I don't have anything at home, but it is always so tempting. I just can't walk out of the store without buying anything. I bought patterned papers, buttons and rub-ons by My Mind's Eye, masks, bling accents and clear stamps by Heidi Swapp, cardstock, daisy flowers by Prima Marketing, Paper Crafts magazine, and patterned papers and the beautiful Simply Stated & Pollen Dust clear stamps by Fancy Pants.

Petra asked me to make a layout or another project with patterned paper from the scrap kit. I was only able to make one layout as I didn't feel well at all this week. I used the new Tres Jolie line and Bohemia Embossed Chipboard from My Mind's Eye and a Hambly Screen Prints Overlay.

A Little Sneak Peak

I can only show you very little of a layout I made this week. The whole layout will be shown tomorrow or Sunday.

New Look

Fleur and Sanne both got a new look today. Fleur went to the hairdresser and had her hair cut a few inches. I think she looks beautiful with a shorter haircut.


Sanne had a birthday party of her friend Jet. They went to Coccinelli where they had a kids' party. The girls' hair and make-up were done. Sanne left her curls at the hairdresser. Her hair was straightened which gives her a different look.

Quiet

I am a bit quiet at the moment. Not much going on here. I am having a cold and it feels like I get the flu. Hopefully that won´t happen, because I have a scrap event on Saturday.

I started on a few scrap projects in the past two weeks, but I am stuck at the moment. Nothing to do with lack of inspiration this time, but with lack of pictures. I ordered lots of pictures and hopefully they will arrive soon, because I simply can´t scrap without pictures. There are people who can prepare layouts or mini albums and add pictures later, but I am not one of them. Of course I have piles of pictures, but I want to work with some recent ones.

The weather is beautiful at the moment. It seems like spring finally arrived. I made this picture in our garden today.

Take-Out Box

Not only the girls were creative today. I too made a little project. I scrapped a little take-out box to wrap up my mom´s birthday present. My mom was very pleased with the box as well as her present.

Artistic

Sanne and Fleur both wanted to create a little gift for oma´s birthday. Fleur (6) wanted to make something with flowers, and asked if she could use my EK Success flower punches. I helped her a little by cutting the grass and sky. She made a great Spring picture. And Sanne (4) made a picture of oma. I think she did a great job.

Fleur´s Art



Sanne´s Art

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to my mom who celebrates her 61st birthday today. I am sure that she will be surprised to see her picture on my blog, but I am also sure that she won't thank me for that. ;-) Have a nice day, mom!

Red Note

What a great week for our girl! She lost her 1st tooth, we had a 10-minute conversation with her teacher on Tuesday and she is doing very well in school, and today she got a red note from her swimming instructor. She now goes to the last phase. Swimming certificate A is getting closer and closer.

Lost!

Fleur had a loose tooth for more than 2 weeks, and today - during lunch - she finally lost her 1st tooth. She is really proud. I am sure the tooth fairy will visit us tonight.

Red, White and Blue

Dutch Dare #10 will already be posted tomorrow, so I quickly had to finish Dare #9.

The national flag of The Netherlands, with its three equal horizontal bands coloured red (top), white and blue is the oldest tricolour still in use today. However it was not the country's first flag. The first version of the Netherlands flag was orange white and blue. There are many speculations why the colour changed from orange to red, sailors at sea could see the red better than the orange which due to colourants tended to fade more easily, there was a lack of orange colourant, or perhaps the house of Orange was not as popular those days.
Most likely however is that the French changed the colours of our flag when the invaded our country in 1794

We would like you to create a lay out, or other little project using the colours of your flag.

When I read this Dare I knew immediately that I wanted to create a new cover for a mini book that I had in mind. I already created the cover of an album about 2 months ago, but I wasn´t happy with the outcome at all. The handmade album itself was okay, but the choice of patterned papers and embellishments didn´t represent my style. Not that I have already developed an own style, but the book wasn´t me.....if you know what I mean. The colors of this Dare´s theme fit much better with the pictures of the 1-day boat trip that we made in July last year. I haven´t had much time to scrap in the past two weeks, so I only created the front cover of the mini book. The rest of the book will be finished soon. I first need to order some new pictures.