Sunday, November 27, 2011

Celebration!




















 Today, I made this cake for my family.  I was inspired by a dutch magazine I bought this week.  There was a picture of a beautiful pie in it with these words written on the pie : WE ARE SO GOOD TOGETHER.  And indeed this is how I feel when I think of my kids and husband. 
Lately we've been a very busy family, even during the weekends.  And today, we were all at home so I decided to treat them well and I wanted to celebrate us just because we are a family. 




















Of course my cake didn't look as pretty as the one in the magazine.  But they didn't care!!  We really enjoyed our little celebration today.

I hope you had a lovely weekend too!!


Monday, November 21, 2011

Fair at the waldorf school


We had a very busy weekend.  It was the anual fair at the children's school.
With a bunch of lovely and very talented women we come together once a week to sow for this fair.  These are some of the things we made this year.


 




Of course we don't earn anything by selling this because the profit all goes to the school.  But we gain so much more.   Every week while we are working, we drink cappuccino, eat cake and have loads of fun.  There is always lots of laughter but also room for tears. It is so nice to be part of this amazing group!!

Ladies, thanks for being you every week again!  I think we did really well this year!



Saturday, November 12, 2011

Crochet light






















Yesterday I had the most perfect day. Over here it was a holiday.  Finally a day off without any obligations!!  So I slept in, had my favourite drink, a cappuccino with cinnamon, and did some crocheting. I'm trying out some new things.
Every year when the days get shorter and the nights longer, I have the urge of lighting my house just by using lots of candles.  It's so cozy!  So this year I'm crocheting around glass tealight holders or glass jars. 




















These are the ones I made yesterday.  I still have to practise a lot more and I'm trying out different patterns.  But I really love how the light shines through it.  So I will be making a lot more of these lights, I'm totally hooked. 

I hope you are all having a great weekend too!!

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Felt dog





















                                    Isn't he cute?



















For a while now my kids keep asking for a dog.  I really love dogs, especially this one, but I already have enough work with my children.  Everybody is trained over here and I'm not yet ready to start over again with a puppy.  So for now, I made them this dog!!  He doesn't need a lot of care, only a bit of dusting.  
I don't know if you can tell but it's a beagle.  Of course it is not the same as the real thing, but he definitely stole my heart!!