Thanks Kristen for including my Paris remnants set in your selection for the Finders Keepers gift guide.
Today is her birthday finally, 8 years already she is growing up to fast.
Tomorrow Mila will be 8 years, saturday is the party so you can imagine that there is a lot going on. Last minute shopping, a party dress to finish and treats to bake and decorate for her classmates. The little birds are made by Sofia and Mila, they are made out of fondant and will be used to decoarte the cupcakes we plan to make. The painting of the two birds I made and is part of her birthday present....
Mila will have her party this coming saturday so there are some more craft projects going on here, we started making a bird pinata, normally I use balloons to make the basic shape but after seeing this tutorial of Giddy Giddy I thought it could be a great way to try to make a small bird pinata. We will fill it with chocolate eggs and than cover it.
Yesterday was a bit hectic so I totally forgot to draw a winner for the give away, thanks for all your comments. The number generator choose number 8, congratulations Suus, please contact me and send your adres! If you would like another chance to win something you can see my give away at the lovely blog Kickcan and Conkers.
Time is really going fast and it's time to send out the invitations for Mila's bird party. The drawing of the branch and the sweet little girl on the back are made by Mila, the birds are little pins ( to wear to the party) made out of delicate fabric, felt and some vintage lace, Mila cut the wings then I sewed them and then she cut off all the loose ends. I really like working together on these projects and get the girls involved....this makes it so much more personal dont you think.
I don't like wasting fabric and I love making these tissueholders because they are usesful and a perfect project for using my smaller pieces of fabric. So every now and then I make a few and now you can get one for free, there are two ways to get your hands on one of these.
Let me introduce to you our new family, this is Timmie and he is about 5 years old and a very sweet and cudly cat, as you can imagine Sofia and Mila adore him.
Lots of sun in our garden, a perfect moment for taking some pictures of the colourful object the girls and their friends created in their holiday. They will be selling these at a fondraising day at their school to collect money for children in Sierra Leone working in the diamond inustry. I helped out a bit with ideas and sewing the bags (old table cloths) but they did most of it themselves!! I think and hope they will raise a nice amount, the market is at the end of the month and of course I will keep you posted on their succes! 
Yesterday was a nice suprise in my mailbox, the new issue of Kleinformat, I really like this small kids design magazine and was so happy when flipping the pages I stumbled on my Paris Rabbit set, this issue is full of ideas and pretty pictures including the house of one of the ladies from House of Dots!If you are in the Netherlands you can get the magazine here
Lately I have been very busy with tyding my workroom and trying to organize my stuff better and finishing up project that have been neglected far too long. One of those projects was the stool of Sofia's desk, it still needed a nice soft cover like the one Idid for her sister some time ago (see here). For the fabric I used a piece of fabric designed by Kristen Doran, I saved it for a special project! Sofia was very pleased to see I finally finished it! 
Yesterday I baked & iced more than 100 pink cookies for my man for his work mates because today it's his last day at his job. 
My father is celebrating his birthday today and this is what the girls (and I) gave to him. The girls made the lovely 3d ( as they call it) drawing/collage together and I baked some Macarons and filled them with a white chocolate lemon ganache the girls decorated the origami box I made and wrote some really sweet cards too.
My Paris set blue is part of the Long thread etsy friday favourites, I love blue and this mozaik looks so pretty don't you think. I'm also feeling a little bit blue because our school holiday is almost over, this week went by way to fast....
This morning I made a few of these fabric birds with Mila, they will be part of her birthday invitation.
Since some time I have been following the blog of Abbey, in February she made 20 handmade valentines in 20 days, such a creative project!! Now she is doing it again, this time she has sponsors and I'm one of them, above you see the project of today, did I tell you that she is giving away these and all of the other 20 projects? Go to her blog and see what she's up to and leave a comment perhaps you're the lucky winner of these lovely books!
You know I like online magazines....especially when one of my products is in there!! Here you can see my "I love Paris doll" in the new issue of Sweet Paul, nice to share a page with Jurianne's boats and esthex house storage bag! Read the issue here....
Playing around with some vintage pieces of fabric, old hungarian fabric from my grandmother turned into a skirt, a small embroidery cloth transformed into a apron. I really like dressing up my dolls.
