Last week Pat Winter had a little contest on her blog. I didn't hesitate for one nano second to join and yesssss I was the first one with the right answer and so I was the lucky winner of this brooch:

It's lovely! Thank you so much Pat!



Me wearing it. Ok I cut of my head,
as the frog position of the camera doesn't flatter me at all!

Some people were disappointed that I didn't show a sneak peek of the 21 Easter tags. Well ladies, your wish is my command:



Are you satisfied?
Actually this is the backside!



Well, I leave a little to guess.
Wish you all a happy Friday!
Thanks for your visit & see you soon!
xoxo LiLi M.

Nog een korte Nederlandse vertaling;
Ik heb bij Pat Winter bovenstaande broche gewonnen. Bedankt Pat! Ik draag hem ook, maar voor op de blog heb ik mijn hoofd er maar afgehaald want de kikvorspositie van de camera flatteert mij niet echt, om het eens zachtjes uit te drukken.

Sommigen reageerden ietwat teleurgesteld dat ik niet eens een sneak peek van de 21 Paastags had. Ok, ok, hier gaan we dan; de bovenste foto is de achterkant en de onderste de helft van de voorkant, tsja er moet iets te raden over blijven.

Ik wens jullie allemaal een fijne vrijdag, een goed weekend, bedankt voor je bezoekje en tot snel weer, xoxo LiLi M.

Last week Pat Winter had a little contest on her blog. I didn't hesitate for one nano second to join and yesssss I was the first one with the right answer and so I was the lucky winner of this brooch:

It's lovely! Thank you so much Pat!



Me wearing it. Ok I cut of my head,
as the frog position of the camera doesn't flatter me at all!

Some people were disappointed that I didn't show a sneak peek of the 21 Easter tags. Well ladies, your wish is my command:



Are you satisfied?
Actually this is the backside!



Well, I leave a little to guess.
Wish you all a happy Friday!
Thanks for your visit & see you soon!
xoxo LiLi M.

Nog een korte Nederlandse vertaling;
Ik heb bij Pat Winter bovenstaande broche gewonnen. Bedankt Pat! Ik draag hem ook, maar voor op de blog heb ik mijn hoofd er maar afgehaald want de kikvorspositie van de camera flatteert mij niet echt, om het eens zachtjes uit te drukken.

Sommigen reageerden ietwat teleurgesteld dat ik niet eens een sneak peek van de 21 Paastags had. Ok, ok, hier gaan we dan; de bovenste foto is de achterkant en de onderste de helft van de voorkant, tsja er moet iets te raden over blijven.

Ik wens jullie allemaal een fijne vrijdag, een goed weekend, bedankt voor je bezoekje en tot snel weer, xoxo LiLi M.

Apparantly this was a spring break!

(Weer eens een Nederlandse vertaling onderaan)

I wasn't planning this, but my kids had a vacation last week, so I didn't make time to blog for a week. Instead of that we did all kind of fun relaxing things. Like watching dvd's, go shopping, went for a family visit, invited friends over, eat a lot of chip and candy, we did some painting and I made 21 Easter tags for Andrea's Vintage Easter mini tag swap. No photos of the tags yet, I will not spoil the surprise ;-).

I received my one world one heart prizes: lookie lookie:

This stunning art work comes from Erin Long. The photo doesn't capture the beauty of 'Midnight' the black cat. I love that cat, we used to have one like this ourselves, but our Sjimmy had a tad of white. The fiber art little quilt is soo beautiful with Midnight in soft velvet and the watercolor is so pretty too. The card is a photo card of the little quilt, how clever is that? Of course my wall of fame isn't ready yet (in fact we still have to start that project). But these are certainly going to hang there too. Thanks so much Erin!



At another talented artist blog I won these prizes. Pat Haight all the way from Alaska send me the cellphone heart shaped hanger, the stylish ice bear brooch and the moose fridge magnet. You will not believe this but these are all made of clay. In fact Pat had so many responses on her owoh prizes that she decided to throw in some third prizes and now you know which lucky lady won these surprises. Thanks a million Pat!



Another owoh prize? No, no this is another example of my former swap mate Wanda's generosity! She found an awful lot of beautiful lace and send me a few miles to make something out of it. Stay tuned to see what I am going to make! This lace is really gorgeous, thanks a lot Wanda!

My mailbox was happily doing overtime...I love that:



I received two of these wonderful winged messengers. I'm so proud to be a humble assistant in a great project of Susanna Gordon. Look over here to see what this is all about. This is just a try out on my balcony. I do hope we will have not too much wind this week. You will see more of the winged messengers asap!
Hope to see you all soon, hugs LiLi.

Nog even een Nederlandse vertaling: Had ik ineens zomaar ook een weekje vakantie genomen. De kids waren nl. ook vrij van school afgelopen week. We hebben alleen maar leuke dingen gedaan, lekker dvd's gekeken, geshopt, gekletst, op visitie geweest en ontvangen. Ach, het was heerlijk. Tussendoor heb ik 21 Paastags gemaakt voor Andrea's swap. Die zien jullie allemaal wel te zijner tijd. Verder maakte alleen de brievenbus overuren. Op de eerste twee foto's zien jullie de door mij gewonnen prijzen tijdens het one world one heart event. Een stoffen kunstwerk en een aquarel van poes Midnight door Erin Long en op de tweede foto een aantal kunstwerkjes van klei gemaakt door Pat Haight die helemaal in Alaska woont. Ik ben er heel erg blij mee bedankt dames. Al het kant kreeg ik zomaar van Wanda, die heel veel had kunnen kopen op een rommelmarkt. Ik ga er iets heel leuks van maken, wacht maar af. Op de laatste foto staat 1 van de 2 'winged messengers', gevleugelde boodschappers, van kunstenares Susanna Gordon. Kijk hier voor haar werk. Ik ga er hier in de buurt de boer mee op, tenminste als het niet te hard waait.
Ik hoop jullie allemaal snel weer te zien. Fijne week!

Apparantly this was a spring break!

(Weer eens een Nederlandse vertaling onderaan)

I wasn't planning this, but my kids had a vacation last week, so I didn't make time to blog for a week. Instead of that we did all kind of fun relaxing things. Like watching dvd's, go shopping, went for a family visit, invited friends over, eat a lot of chip and candy, we did some painting and I made 21 Easter tags for Andrea's Vintage Easter mini tag swap. No photos of the tags yet, I will not spoil the surprise ;-).

I received my one world one heart prizes: lookie lookie:

This stunning art work comes from Erin Long. The photo doesn't capture the beauty of 'Midnight' the black cat. I love that cat, we used to have one like this ourselves, but our Sjimmy had a tad of white. The fiber art little quilt is soo beautiful with Midnight in soft velvet and the watercolor is so pretty too. The card is a photo card of the little quilt, how clever is that? Of course my wall of fame isn't ready yet (in fact we still have to start that project). But these are certainly going to hang there too. Thanks so much Erin!



At another talented artist blog I won these prizes. Pat Haight all the way from Alaska send me the cellphone heart shaped hanger, the stylish ice bear brooch and the moose fridge magnet. You will not believe this but these are all made of clay. In fact Pat had so many responses on her owoh prizes that she decided to throw in some third prizes and now you know which lucky lady won these surprises. Thanks a million Pat!



Another owoh prize? No, no this is another example of my former swap mate Wanda's generosity! She found an awful lot of beautiful lace and send me a few miles to make something out of it. Stay tuned to see what I am going to make! This lace is really gorgeous, thanks a lot Wanda!

My mailbox was happily doing overtime...I love that:



I received two of these wonderful winged messengers. I'm so proud to be a humble assistant in a great project of Susanna Gordon. Look over here to see what this is all about. This is just a try out on my balcony. I do hope we will have not too much wind this week. You will see more of the winged messengers asap!
Hope to see you all soon, hugs LiLi.

Nog even een Nederlandse vertaling: Had ik ineens zomaar ook een weekje vakantie genomen. De kids waren nl. ook vrij van school afgelopen week. We hebben alleen maar leuke dingen gedaan, lekker dvd's gekeken, geshopt, gekletst, op visitie geweest en ontvangen. Ach, het was heerlijk. Tussendoor heb ik 21 Paastags gemaakt voor Andrea's swap. Die zien jullie allemaal wel te zijner tijd. Verder maakte alleen de brievenbus overuren. Op de eerste twee foto's zien jullie de door mij gewonnen prijzen tijdens het one world one heart event. Een stoffen kunstwerk en een aquarel van poes Midnight door Erin Long en op de tweede foto een aantal kunstwerkjes van klei gemaakt door Pat Haight die helemaal in Alaska woont. Ik ben er heel erg blij mee bedankt dames. Al het kant kreeg ik zomaar van Wanda, die heel veel had kunnen kopen op een rommelmarkt. Ik ga er iets heel leuks van maken, wacht maar af. Op de laatste foto staat 1 van de 2 'winged messengers', gevleugelde boodschappers, van kunstenares Susanna Gordon. Kijk hier voor haar werk. Ik ga er hier in de buurt de boer mee op, tenminste als het niet te hard waait.
Ik hoop jullie allemaal snel weer te zien. Fijne week!

Hello you vintage wallpaper lovers out there!
I tried to make some kind of business cards today. The background is vintage wallpaper I received from the vintage button swap. Printing these cards was a bit of a disappointment because the cards turned out more brownish.

We all love that beautiful paper with roses, or flocks in candy colors, we love the crispy edges. Did you know that before there was wallPAPER there was wall linen, like the linen of paintings? In dutch we use the word: behang, it is related to the english to hang, like hanging on the wall. So in our language you cannot hear whether this is paper or not. The word used for the older type of 'behang' is 'behangsel'.
Last week I went to see some antique behangsels/wallhangings.

Dudok, Houttuinen Dordrecht

I didn't want to use a flashlight, because of the fragility of the 'behangsels'. You can see the 'craquelé', if you click the photos. These 'behangsels' are from around 1800, painted by Abraham van Strij, one of the famous Van Strij brothers from Dordrecht. The Dordrecht museum has recently bought five panels of 'behangsels', but unfortunately it was forbidden to take photos there. Here, at Dudok's the 'behangsels' are 'in situ' , which means at the place where they were meant to be originally. 95% of these paintings are vanished, either destroyed or exported out of the Netherlands. So these wallcoverings are quite unique.



Let's take a closer look. Though you could see in the previous photo that the light was bad, the colors are amazing. The panels which are hanging in the Dudok building at the Houttuinen in Dordrecht, where we were guests, thank you, are restored recently.





A detail. The gold is new goldleaf and in my opinion it is more beautiful when it will tarnish. New and young is not always more beautiful, hehehe!

And now a contemporary artist:



I won the month prize at Linnea Maria's blog 'Linnea på Landet'.
Linnea Maria's work is truly amazing. Look what she did with a simple piece of broken glass. The insect is a drawing of her hand, no reproduction!
I'm so happy with this piece of art. I'm making a wall of fame. This piece certainly belongs there! My husband was thrilled with this too!



Look what other lovelies she sent me too.
Thanks a million Linnea Maria!

The Pip room isn't finished yet and the wall of fame is still under construction but....



I wanted to show you this. I'm not always the last to decorate! I bought this cute guy this week. I think he will survive Easter!
Have a great Sunday, happy Carnaval (yes, the dutch word CarnAval!) or Mardi Gras!
Thanks for your visit, all your lovely comments and I hope to see you soon.
xoxo LiLi M.

Hello you vintage wallpaper lovers out there!
I tried to make some kind of business cards today. The background is vintage wallpaper I received from the vintage button swap. Printing these cards was a bit of a disappointment because the cards turned out more brownish.

We all love that beautiful paper with roses, or flocks in candy colors, we love the crispy edges. Did you know that before there was wallPAPER there was wall linen, like the linen of paintings? In dutch we use the word: behang, it is related to the english to hang, like hanging on the wall. So in our language you cannot hear whether this is paper or not. The word used for the older type of 'behang' is 'behangsel'.
Last week I went to see some antique behangsels/wallhangings.

Dudok, Houttuinen Dordrecht

I didn't want to use a flashlight, because of the fragility of the 'behangsels'. You can see the 'craquelé', if you click the photos. These 'behangsels' are from around 1800, painted by Abraham van Strij, one of the famous Van Strij brothers from Dordrecht. The Dordrecht museum has recently bought five panels of 'behangsels', but unfortunately it was forbidden to take photos there. Here, at Dudok's the 'behangsels' are 'in situ' , which means at the place where they were meant to be originally. 95% of these paintings are vanished, either destroyed or exported out of the Netherlands. So these wallcoverings are quite unique.



Let's take a closer look. Though you could see in the previous photo that the light was bad, the colors are amazing. The panels which are hanging in the Dudok building at the Houttuinen in Dordrecht, where we were guests, thank you, are restored recently.





A detail. The gold is new goldleaf and in my opinion it is more beautiful when it will tarnish. New and young is not always more beautiful, hehehe!

And now a contemporary artist:



I won the month prize at Linnea Maria's blog 'Linnea på Landet'.
Linnea Maria's work is truly amazing. Look what she did with a simple piece of broken glass. The insect is a drawing of her hand, no reproduction!
I'm so happy with this piece of art. I'm making a wall of fame. This piece certainly belongs there! My husband was thrilled with this too!



Look what other lovelies she sent me too.
Thanks a million Linnea Maria!

The Pip room isn't finished yet and the wall of fame is still under construction but....



I wanted to show you this. I'm not always the last to decorate! I bought this cute guy this week. I think he will survive Easter!
Have a great Sunday, happy Carnaval (yes, the dutch word CarnAval!) or Mardi Gras!
Thanks for your visit, all your lovely comments and I hope to see you soon.
xoxo LiLi M.

Puppy love tag book

What a pleasure to receive this little parcel in my mailbox!

Today the puppy love tag book arrived.
Karla Nathan hosted a puppy tag swap in honor of Twinks' little puppies.
She assembled a tag book for every participant.
And she had made a tag book cover for every tag book.
That must have been a awful lot of work.
But I'm so happy with the result!
Thanks Karla!



Let's take a closer look:

The tag book cover is made by the one and only Karla Nathan! You will probably recognize it from the button of the puppy love tag swap. The lovely embellishments were also attached by Karla.

This tag is called "On the wings of love" and is made by Jen Kershner.



This token of affection was made by Carla Fisch.



'I am there for you' by Sarah Elder.

Lovely vintage embellishment, ribbons and flowers. This tag was made by Dawn Gahan.




'Puppy Love' was created by Cheryl Stoneham.

And the the last one in the book:


Another 'Puppy love' created by Valita Baxles.

Thanks to all girls! I love all tags but together I adore them!



Click the photos to see more details!
Thanks again Karla for hosting such a fun swap!