Making birthday gifts

One of the friends of the dollshouse group celebrated her birthday today. So I made some gifts, but could not show it before. She has several houses and a light house so I made some gifts with a nautical theme. Two clocks, some bookstands with tiny boats on them, a pillow, a framed starfish and a worn box for keys.

Dazzled by the beautifull birthdaygifts

It is already 2 weeks ago that I received a lot of birthdaygifts from my friends and I still feel a little dazzled! Everything was so beautiful.

Not only did one friend make accessoires for the countryshop, like the cork welcome mats and the sign but also a very sweet suitcase for a femine touch in a bedroom and lovely quilt for the shop

Another friend made some accessoires for the quilt shop, a ring for quilting and some stands to show the quilts...

The new quilt looks very good on the new stand, I'm very happy with these gifts since I might show them on a quiltshow in June. My little shop is almost to small again. But I do not think I will get planning permission for another extension...

 The third friend made these hat, bag, and lovely hangers in a romantic style. The hangers are decorated on both sides.

 Just to show the hangers a little better I hang them on the new quilt stand.

 And from the forth friend of the group I was given this toy box, it is filled with lovely toys!

 And she added two pictures for the countryshop....

So you can probably understand why I am still dazzled after two weeks... so many lovely/beautiful/detailed/magnificent/splendid gifts. Ladies thank you!!!

Knutselen tijdens de kerst Busy during christmas

Tijdens de kerst ben ik lekker alleen thuis en kan heerlijk knutselen. Het ondergoed is afgemaakt met een klein randje kant of een mooi lintje

During Christmas I was home alone, so time to time to finish some little things. First of all some underwear I started to make a long time ago. I just had to finish it by adding the lace.

De kleine koffer had nog geen handvat, de shaker dozen moesten nog gelijmd worden en de plantenbakken heb ik gemaakt voor de country shop. De foto's zijn niet perfect maar het geeft toch een idee.

The little suitcase needed a handle, the shakerboxes had to be glued and the planters are made for the countryshop. It was nice to finally finish some projects, especially the ones that were left for such a long time. The light is not good enough for pictures of everything in their place but hopefully I can do that soon.

Sintekerst 2011

Between 5 december and Christmas our dollshouse group celebrates Sintekerst. We make a gift for one of the members and have a wonderful morning and delicious lunch together. This year several ladies made/bought a small gift for everybody.

Here are the little gifts, a handy booklet for the shopping list at a fair, a mug and christmasbears will probably end up at the christmas market. The little heart and pictures will maybe go to the countryshop or a bedroom....

I've made this plantshelf and some brocante stuff to decorate and fill it. The planters are made from a pattern from Pilar and decorated with print I found somewhere on an internetsite, sorry I do not remember where. The storage jars for coffee and tea I made myself, but the prints where from internet as well.

These are the gifts I received. A big bag full of goodies, candles and a lot of parfumboxes. The boxes will go to the bed and bathrooms. The candles will find a spot in the countryshop.

Inside the bag where boxes with childrens toys, cookies, a fishpie, and nicely decorated fabric. The fabric might get turned into a pillow. The other items will find their way to different rooms.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Welcome new followers

Time flies in this busy time of the year, and I want to welcome the new followers.
Welcome Lady Jane, Maragverdugo, Jennifer, Patrizia, Elis, Ana Camara and Amary.

The tea keeps nice and warm inside the new tea cosy, the kitten is happy with the spilled milk on the floor.

Tijd voor thee Time for tea

Enige tijd geleden ben ik begonnen een theebeurs te maken en vanavond heb ik hem afgemaakt. Ik ben blij met het resultaat. Voor de foto heb ik de beurs even open gezet zodat de theepot gezien wordt, maar de beurs kan ook dicht. De workshop is van Loes Snoodijk 

Some time ago I started making a tea-cosy and tonight I finished it. I'm pleased with the result, even the teapot fits inside. I left the cosy open for the picture so that the teapot inside can be seen. But to keep the tea hot you have to keep the cosy closed of course. It is probably a typical dutch design cosy. It looks a bit like a very large stuffed handbag which you can open to put the teapot inside.

The workshop for the cosy is by Loes Snoodijk and can be found on http://members.ziggo.nl/miniloes/theemuts.doc, it is a dutch site.

Theepot in de theebeurs, het kastje moet nog afgewerkt worden
Teacosy with the teapot inside

Een tijd geleden ben ik naar de "Kladblogdag" geweest en heb ik meegedaan aan een pakketjes ruil. Het borduurpatroontje voor een kleedje heb ik nu af.

Some time ago I went to the "kladblogdag" and joined the kit swap. The embroidery I finished quickly but finishing the edges I left till tonight. So another finished project.

Geborduurd tefelkleedje
The tablecloth

Nu is het tijd voor een lekker kopje thee.

Now it's time for a nice cup of tea.