2, 3, 4 and 5!

I'm having so much fun opening de surprises every morning,
hidden in the Advent Calendar!

Day2: 3 bottles with some vintage lables.(beautiful)
Day3: a bottle carrying case (fantastic!)
Day 4: a Cath Kidsten box with the cutest plates
and 2 books (have a great idea to use it for, you'll see)
Day5: 2 antique sieves (if that is the right name for it)
and 3 Provence books, which I will use for the
Provence house of course.

Thank you Mercedes,xxxxx!

This is a little sneek previeuw of a little something

I'm working on...it needs some work yet, but I

hope to show it to you in my next post.

Advent Calendar 1th gift!

Yes, it is the 1th and I finaly was alowed
to open my first gift!!!!

Beautiful shabby chique candle holders,
Mercedes is famous for!

Thanxxx Mercedes!




I have also a little tip: The wick candle holders
in a waxine can, make beautiful chandeliers.



Use your imagination to make your version?
Would be fun to see, what you have come up with...

Christmas in the air?

After I did my household chorse today (and beleive
me,there were many) I thought I deserved some
time too for my hobby.

Because I really got into the Christmas mood,....
but I thought it would be too early to decorate
my house, I started to work on some mini decoration.

First I pimped my Christmas tree. I decorated it
last year, but it could use much more decorations.
I chose the Victorian style for the tree..some day
it will be part of a project I have in mind for a long
time. In an other post I will tell you all about it!




After I was finished for so far with the tree
I decided to make more decorations...now in
the style I would use in my own house.



Loads of white and silver..... Some decorations
I made years ago, like the snowmen wreath.
Today, I made some pendants to match. Don't
forget to click on the pic to enlarge!



Snowmen pendants.....




To make the metal wreath I was inspired by
Susanna. I used holly leafs.

Advent Calendar!

As promised, I'd show you what I'm been
doing lately.

Mercedes asked me a while ago, if I would like
to do an advent calandar swap with her and of
course I immediately said,YES!

We also wanted to surprise Sylvia and agreed
to make her one too! Mercedes sent her part of
the gifts and I made a guirlande for both of them.

This week I received my calendar from Mercedes,
and Oooh it's such a feast...can't hardly wait till it
is the 1th of December.

As I like to decorate my home at Christmas

time with whites and silver, the calendar is just

perfect! I hung it in front of my mirror in the

living room.

This is the calendar I have made for Mercedes and Sylvia.

On Sylvia's blog you can see how long it actually is. It was

fun making it, but much more fun for them to open the bags

for 26 days! (we added some extra,LOL)

Presents!

Despite the fact I'm still very busy with my
1:1 life, I've managed to make heaps of new
mini's.

The mini's I've made are not for myself, but for 2
dear friends. I can not give away to much, because
it will ruin the surprise. Soon I will tell you all about it!?!


Last week Karin came to visit me and we had so
much fun...there were also presents for me!




Look at all these Christmas goodies....can't
wait till it's Christmas!

I also got some nice mail from Sylvia....she

made me this wonderful patch work (knitted)

blanket. I will use it in a new project (again),

later I will tell you all about it!

If all goes well, the comming time I will have

more time for my mini hobby. I hope to post

more often en visit your wonderful blog's more

often too. I'm sorry that I recently fail at commenting

on your blog's and I hope I did not disappoint any

of you???

She is amazing!

As some of you know Sylvia is my dearest friend,
and she always surprises me with the most fantastic
mini gifts!!!!!

Look what she sent me, a basket filled
with wool and knitting needles...isn't that cute?
She also sent me all kinds of pieces fabric, I will
use them to fill a cupboard in my Provence house.



But there was much more, she knitted me a
hat and scarf....WAUW! Sylvia realy amaze
me everytime, she is so clever and can make
anything she puts in her mind!



And how nice does it look, with the duffle
coat Lissette made me!!!!




It is just so adorable!

THANXXXXXX.......Syl!!!!!

Arnhem Miniature Fair!

Yesterday Sylvia and I went to the Arnhem
miniature show.....and we had a great time!

Of course I spent way to much money, but
that is the way it goes.....

I also received some wonderful gifts.




This little basket, Sylvia wickered for me,
beleive me the picture does not do justice to
the perfection of it!



We also met Lissette, she made this wonderful
Duffle coat and toys....I'm realy in heaven!
I love the little details on the coat, the buttons
are amazing!




And these are all of my purchases.....some gifts for friends,
a lot of kits and some other wonderful items for my projects.

Later I will show all the items separately......I also will show
some more gifts I received from Sylvia's Lutje Boudel
and Janny- Art of Mini, but firts I have to make these
wonderful kits!