Big day today: we discovered the first egg!
The clever girl moved both fake eggs into one nest; so cozy!
Luckily we were all home to celebrate this happy occassion.
Who dunnit and will there be another egg tomorrow?
Having chickens is fun!
May 25, 2012
May 13, 2012
Ode...
... to the girl that made me a mother almost 11 years ago <3
May 05, 2012
Flowery goodness
50 cents, that's all this beauty cost me on Queensday. I was smiling when I spotted it and even more when I was holding it in my claws hands. I'm so easy to please.
Bleeding heart, being all pretty and elegant. The garden is looking so green and lovely. If only we would have some warmer and sunnier weather then there would surely be a flower explosion.
May 02, 2012
No kids Wednesday
The kids are away for a few days, so in between work we are free to do whatever we want. Today we went to Den Bosch, which is a great city in the south of Holland. Just a little shopping, roaming around and some good food: nice!
April 30, 2012
Sunny Queensday
What a great day. A perfect Queensday.
The weather was so unbelievably nice! We haven't had a very good spring yet and I want more of this warm, lovely sun, please!
The free market in our town was massive and we all had a really good haul.
Some of the vintage fabrics...
I hit the ribbon jackpot <3
Not pictured are books, a teapot, a tray... etc etc
When we were tired from the free market we went back home where we spent hours in the sun: reading, eating, drinking. Dinner outside in the garden... yes, a perfect day.
April 29, 2012
Welcoming the girls
The girls have arrived! Yes, we finally have our chickens! We went to pick them up on Friday and they have settled well now in their new place.
And having chickens is so much fun already... thankfully it is exactly what we imagined. The children love them and Simon especially seems to be a natural with them.
They are about 16-18 weeks old now, so still quite young. However, we may find the first egg in the upcoming weeks... so exciting!
We had our first escape on the first night already. We have a naughty chicken on our hands! Her adventure ended well and we all tucked them in for the night.
I keep going outside just to look at them and that's exactly what I'm going to do now :)
April 24, 2012
Ottobre Ruska raglan blouse
I made a blouse for Amber using an Ottobre pattern (autumn 2008). It wasn't commissioned by her, so I knew I was taking a bit of a risk by just sewing for it her. The lady is developing her own taste and is known to be quite demanding.
The fabric I used came from my stash. I love it and I've been holding onto it for years. The owl application was Amber's choice, I bought that and a few others in a drugstore the other day.
The blouse came together pretty easy and I'm satisfied with how it turned out.
However, little Miss thinks it's too wide... so I will contemplate whether I will think it will be worth making alterations.
PS I only allowed the uncombed hair because we are on school holiday. And even then... a disgrace ;)
April 19, 2012
Under the weather
Just him and me and lots of cuddles today.
April 18, 2012
Bright bulbs
And a pretty song:
April 17, 2012
Quite possibly the easiest top ever
I drafted, cut and sewed this top together in sewing class yesterday, which means in exactly two hours.
There wasn't even really a pattern, just a few instructions on how to draw the pattern piece and the measurements. The front and back pieces are identical: the lazy me was having a thoroughly enjoyable time!
I hardly ever sew anything for myself and I felt that this easy top might help me to get over my hesitations. And I do believe it worked, because I'm really happy with how it turned out :) At least, I enjoyed wearing it today.
The knitted fabric is quite nice and even nicer since it cost just 1,80 for 2 metres. I like a good bargain!
So, I think I'm just going to make another top like this (different fabric obviously), or make it into a simple dress. My sewing machine is finally seeing some action again!
PS This is my 600th post!
