Make over final!

Do you remember my sister wanted to redecorate the craft area for her kids a little bit. I offered to make a few bits and pieces to help her realise the little 'make-over'.

I can finally show you what I made to pimp the craft area in her living room:

Have a look on my sisters blog Cindy. There you will  see how she redecorated the craft area. I think the pink and white checked notice board looks amazing. Well done sis!

my crochet marathon...

I'm still working on my crochet blanket. 

I do hope it will not end up as a ten years project. 

But gosh, it sure takes a lot of time! 

In a few weeks time we will visit our family in the Netherlands for a few weeks. I'm really looking forward to that! It has been two years since I saw them. It will be great to be able to give them all a big hug soon!

Unfortunately the flight takes about 22 hrs!!! Oh, and I hate flying...yuck.

And as sleeping is no option for me I decided to do a 22 hrs during crochet marathon in the plane! 

Add another 22 hrs for the flight back and my blanket must be ready!

Fingers crossed I can smuggle my crochet hook into the plane. Luckily I do have a wooden one as well!

Wednesday we'll get the keys for the new home. I'm so excited! I have sleepless night remembering what it looked like again and oh believe me, I have redecorated the house about a hundreds of times in my mind! I drive myself (not to mention boyfriend) crazy!

I used this beautiful fabric to make these canvasses and the cushion for the new home.

Thanks for visiting my blog!

My patchwork blanket is ready!

Meanwhile we're still packing.

It took me 4 full days to sort all my craft stuff. 

I'm almost embarrassed to say that I needed 20 boxes to pack it all...

... and I did not even pack my fabrics and sewing machine yet!

When we arrived in Australia about 1,5 years ago we brought 35 boxes from the Netherlands. Needless to say that 30 of those boxes contained my stuff! We agreed on not bringing to much but there was no way I would leave my craft stuff (which was collected with great care over the years!) behind!

  

What can I say... crafting is my life!!!

In between packing...

In between packing boxes (we are already moving in 3 weeks time!) I just have to craft a bit as well!

(I think the last thing I'll pack up is the sewing machine; )

At the moment I'm making a patchwork blanket for the new home.

Just 100 more squares to go...

And we decided not to spoil our weekend with packing. Instead we went camping!

It was a beautiful, sunny but very cold weekend. Luckily we were well prepared as it got down to - 0.6 degrees. Covered in blankets, hats, scarfs and warm pairs of socks we sat around the camp fire in the beautiful woodlands around Creswick. It was lovely!

Another great thing about Australia are the Antique shops. No matter how tiny a village is, it always has a antique shop. We visited 5 this weekend! Oh, so much to see. Love it!

 

  

And yes, it's definitely Autumn on this site of the planet!

Allright....back to packing now!

Back in time!

The other day we were on the hunt for a Maccas (Australian for MacDonalds). 

But as always there's millions of Maccas on this planet, but if you are searching for one you can't find it.

We just gave up hope as we noticed a sign that said 

'real American Burgers here'.

Longing for a snack we decided to give it a try.

And what a discovery we made. It was as if going back in time. Amazing!

It felt like The King himself, Or Olivia and John would walk in any moment... lol.

(as you might have figured out, I've never been to America. 

I presume these restaurants are more common over there?!))

   

Anyway the burger was great!

One to share!

I love tulips!

Unfortunately they are sooooo expensive here in Australia.

But sometimes (if they are sold with a little bit of discount) I buy myself a few.

I thought I'd share one with you!

And this is what I discovered this morning. I'd already given up hope and forgot all about them!

But my hyacinths are back!!!  

And the good news is that they will move from our tiny balcony to a massive garden, 

because we found a new home! Yahoo!

That means I will be very busy the next couple of weeks. 

You won't find me on my blog too much probably. But I'll try my best to keep you updated!

Have a lovely weekend.

Let it flow!

I was asked to make some watercolour illustrations for a website a few weeks ago. I hardly have any experience with water colouring so that was a bit of a challenge. Unfortuanatly I can't show you the finished drawings but although it took me a bit, they worked out pretty good.

I'm a bit of a control freak so that is probably why I like working with acrylic paint so much. It's easy to focus on details with acrylic paint. Where as watercolour leads is own life. Whaaa!.... no painting in between the lines. 'Let it flow'... that's what I had to tell myself all the time.

But I got the hang of it and motivated by a friend 

(thanks again Nancy ; ) I'm giving it a go.

What do you think?

'my day in Fitzroy'

What was I thinking?!!?!

It took me one and a half year to discover paradise in Melbourne!

'Amazing' would be the best word to describe Fitzroy, the suburb me and my friend visited last Friday.

Gorgeous and inspiring shops, lovely cafe's, yummy restaurants, boutiques, modern design, vintage and antiques, fabrics...

... you can find it all.

Here's just a tiny impression of 'my day in Fitzroy'

And here are a few of my favourite stores. Some of them do have a blog:

http://cottageindustrystore.blogspot.com

http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/

http://www.littlesalon.com.au/

http://www.douglasandhope.blogspot.com/

This is what I bought. Paper Lanterns and wrapping paper from anna chandler design.