Applique!

Last week I have been trying my luck at sewing this cute Dragonfly Applique on a Baby Bib. Even though it's a time consuming project, I loved every minute of it!! Here's the result!!

Purple and cameras

My little boy loves purple and cameras. As it was a rainy day today and I had some time on my hands, I made him this special shirt! He loved it! Of course my favorite Fabri-Tac was within reach!

Birthday Cakes....

In our household October is the Birthday month, so baking cakes is all we do! It's so much fun!! Here are the results...

Roller Fun!

Working with felt is just one of the greatest things! The material is very easy to work with, it comes in great colours and you can make almost anything! Yesterday I tried my luck on a new trendy keychain. The detailing was quite time consuming, but I love the result!

Bling Bling....

My little girl just loves bling bling. She asked me to decorate her new sneakers. With some Gem-Tac and crystal Rhinestones (size 20) I whipped up these. At first I thought it would take me a lot of time and effort to finish them. But it only took 2 hours to complete them. Tomorrow I will post the finished pair!

Hairclipholder Ballerina Girl....

Today some new hairclipholders were on the schedule. Inspiration: Pink and Ballet. It resulted in this Handmade Exclusive Ballerina Girl Hairclipholder.

Fast Finish Decoupage

Today I've tried out one of our new Beacon products. As I had a little birdhouse laying around for quite some time, I decided to give it a go. First I made a selection from my Eskimo Kisses paper pad to decorate the birdhouse with. I was surprised how easy it was to apply to the wood. Apart from wood it can be used on many types of surfaces like plastic, glass, paper mache, cardboard, ceramics, metal and more. You can create wonderful gifts and great home decor items such as jewelry boxes, pottery, picture frames, decorative plates and much more. As it is perfectly safe for children to use it's great fun to do a project together! Fast Finish Decoupage is now available in our shop!

I might add some more fun decorations like ribbon, trims, felt flowers, etc.. but here's the result so far...

Britannia rules the waves!

I just love the British Flag also known as the Union Jack. It's a combination of the three flags of the United Kingdom's countries England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The intense color scheme in combination with the great pattern makes this flag a great source of inspiration. Union Jack inspired products are quite popular at the moment and are making a huge impact on interior designs. However, just stick to only a few items in your interior, do not overdo it! Less is more!

Some more buttons....

Some more fabric covered buttons. The fabric has a floral print in red, white and pink! You can do so much fun stuff with them....e.g. decorating clothes, scrapbooking, card making, hair accessoiries, etc...

Handmade fabric covered buttons...

Today I had some extra time on my hands, which is very rare. A couple of weeks ago I bought some ligth cotton fabric, so I decided to finally do a little project with it. And here's the result ... a couple of cute fabric covered buttons...

Happy Easter!

Yesterday the kids and I have been baking Easter cookies. We had great fun and they even taste good. The recipe of the sugar cookies I found in Peggy Porschen's Cake Chic. Love her books!

Happy Easter!

Beautiful Holland!

One of my favourite times of year is Spring Time. Spring flowers are blooming and the sense in the air is fabulous. The beautiful colours of the flower fields surrounding our house are very inspiring to me......

Cupcakes....

This weekend I tried my luck on some cupcakes for a baby shower. Instead of using a heavy Crème au beurre I used some Royal Icing covered with a typical Dutch decoration "wit met blauwe muisjes". Quite happy with the result!

Cliphanger...

A fuchsia heart with an embroidered name and some Candy Cane Ribbon resulted in this cute Cliphanger for a little girl called Frederique. From now on she will never have to search for her hair clippies again!

Hope...

Hope, Strength & Love to everyone affected....

Cliphanger

My little girl has a big box filled with hairclips. Everyday she is digging through to find a pair of matching clips to complete her outfit. To save her some time in the morning, I made a haircliphanger to store all her favorite hairclips. As of today also available in my webshop. Handmade! Only available in very small numbers to keep them a bit more exclusive.

Crochet Flowers

This weekend I bought a simple striped t-shirt for my daughter. To add just a little color I made some crochet flowers which I glued on with my all-time favorite glue!

I just love the result. And my daughter does too!

Heart Swap Part 2

Below my contribution to the Heart Swap: Greeting Cards, Fabric Buttons, Gift Tags (heart & round shapes), a keyring and some Love Bird Ribbon.

Heart Swap

In December Annemarie twittered about a Heart Swap organised by Katrien. As it seemed great fun I joined the fun. We were assigned with a Swap Partner and by the beginning of March our hearts had to be sent to our Swap Partner. There was only one requirement, the heart had to have a ribbon attached to it so it could be displayed somewhere around the house! Below a picture of the wonderful gift that Elza sent me. An embroidered heart, a box of heart shaped chocolates (which we ate already), heart tissues and a fun card! Thanks so much!

Tomorrow I will post the hearts that I've sent to my Swap Partner!

Have a great Sunday!!

Beannie Pillow

Today it was sunny ... but icy cold. A great day to start on a special pillow for a little boy! For the pillow itself I used a heavy piece of terry cloth. After having finished the pillow, I picked out several boyish looking scraps of fabric. The cut out letters were then ironed onto the terry and to secure them I sewed them on by using a simple blanket stitch. It turned out wonderful and it was great fun to make!

Followers

Just had some time on my hands to figure out how to add the "Follower" gadget to my Blogspot! You can find it in the upper left corner!

Toadstool Hanger...

The "Love Bird" keychain is finished. A picture will be posted soon!

As it was so much fun making it, I immediately tried another one. With some felt, few scraps of fabric and some Tilda Wintergarden Ribbon I managed to make this cute Toadstool Hanger. Just add a ring and you can attach it to nearly everything; your bag, keys, make-up bag, etc.... just be creative!

Little Keychain Project....

Going to try out a little project that I have been wanting to do for quite some time now. Embroidering a keychain! The theme will be "Hearts" and "Love Birds". A picture will be post as soon as it's finished!

Above materials: Love Birds Ribbon, a square of fuchsia felt, pink checked fabric, a large keyring and a bottle of Fabri-tac.