A finish, a start and a give-away

A finish

I finally finished the snow-globe SAL, so here's part 8

I'm really happy this one is finished, although it was fun to stitch, the globe was constantly almost the same, and I don't like stitching the same thing over and over again so shortly after one another. Now to find the time to really finish these globes...
With this finish, I have almost completed my goals for 2012 (admitted, it was a really short list...)



A start

A finish also means a new start! And now, not one of my list of goals (I'm making it more difficult for myself...), and one I hope to finish in a short time. Not that easy with a two year old in the house, but I will try!
Here's my new start, I'm sure you'll figure the theme out for yourselfs ;)

A give-away

As promised in the last post, I'm doing a give-away for my 100th post on blogger!
I'm giving away two magazines Borduurblad nr 7 and nr 14, a DMC-kit, and some small kits. This to one lucky participant. Just leave a comment you'd like to be included in the give-away. Sharing on your blog is not necessary, being a follower is not necessary (though both are nice ;)) When I reach 100 followers, another give-away will follow.

you have time until august 21th.



Once upon a time...

when I was a teenager, I had a little dog. So did my sister and brother. As we all lived at my parents, it seemed like we just had 3 dogs. I moved out of the house, taking my little Princesje with me, but she still went to my parents during the day, when I was at work, it still seemed like 'we' just all had 3 dogs together. Princesje passed away last year at age 14 and 2 months, Pralientje passed away march 1st at age 16years and 11 months, and we lost 'our' last dog, at age 14 and 1 month just a couple of weeks ago.

My brother got a new puppy in the house, Poppie! Jelena just adores this little one, and it's obviously returned.

What else have I been doing... mostly baby-preparations: clearing out the clutter guest-room to make place for the baby-furniture. Some clothes-shopping :) Buying the neccesaties to make the little presents for those that come visit, still need to put them together off course, that was a little early to start yet.
We visited an amusement park (Efteling) in the Netherlands. Although Jelena is still a little small to really understand it all, she did have some fun.

I also had some news from the work-front, the department where I work is going to be reorganised, so fun to have these changes happen while I'm in sick leave... :( It does bring some extra stress I did not need.


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Celebrations!

Whee, this is my 100th post on Blogger, so this will call for a give-away! I've had a lot on my mind lately, so haven't been able to get it organised yet, so just stay tuned...

And this little one turned 2

the presents...
THE birthday cake
flan-cake
blowing out the candle

some mini-cakes



Stitchy finishes
I finished the Box for Meari's class (see earlier posts) and finished part 7 of the snow globe SAL, yay me :) Stitching goes really slow, since there is a lot to do for the new arrival, and not that much time. I need to rest enough, and the days that Jelena is home (she only goes 2 days a week to daycare), there's not much opportunity for stitching ;)

Almost forgot, there were some other opportunities for baking ;) We had father's day and I saw this as a good day to ask the godparents of the baby, I wrote the question on a cookie - due to circumstances the godmother didn't get asked though (complicated business...). Jelena helped with making the cookies ;)








getting big!

Pregnancy is also going well so far, keeping fingers crossed off course! Thanks everyone whose also keeping fingers crossed, I'm sure all the positive vibes help :)

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Inca and Maya cultures finished!

I finally finished my WIP Inca and Maya Cultures. This was Lanarte kit, 43x 37 cm.

I forgot about a tiny finish last blog update: I made a cart for the occassion of the birth of my best friend's child. Since I didn't know the gender, I made a blue and a pink one. Forgot to take a pic of the one I used (forgetting things seem to be quite common lately!)

And the almost big sister, is also almost two years old! She wanted to take a step in mom's shoes :)

she also got her first ice cream cone since the weather is so hot, she didn't quite know what to do with it, and didn't end up eating any of it. Oh well...

Thanks everyone for the congrats on the pregnancy, everything is going well so far (positive fibes to keep things that way are appreciated though!), I feel the baby kick every day since I'm 16 weeks along :). I'm having a check-up for the blood-pressure soon, fingers crossed everything stays well.





EDIT: almost forgot, here's a pic of the cake I made for mother's day ( a biscuit with strawberry filling, creme freche on top, and roses made of rolfondant) and a pic of the gifts I got

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Snow Globe SAL 6/8

Snow Globe SAL 6/8
I finally finished the 6th part in this SAL, only took me a couple of months...

Box Finishing Class
Meari is organizing a box finishing class. I had a lot of trouble finding a box (didn't find one at all...) so my brother made one. Okay, it's not the best looking box in the world, but to me it is mostly about the practice of learning how do finish this. Here's the box and my stitching Mes Jouets
Hidden hints
I left two hidden hints in the last blogpost. Annette found the message, although since she understands Dutch, she did have a little head-start :) For the others, here's another 'hint'

This new Blogger-look is really taking some getting used too, why do they have to change this when you are finally getting the hang of things??
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It's been a long time ...

since my last update, shame on me. Unfortunately I didn't have much to update on. Due to some health-issues (will say more on a later update), I was on bed-rest, so stitching-mojo decided to take a vacation. He refused to return later! Even though he perfectly knows I still need to finish my snow-globe SAL. Eventually I could lure hem back with the promise of stitching on my other WIP: Lanarte Cultures. I've been stitching on this one for a week now. A before pic can be seen here, and now for the current pic:




And this is where I am on my Snowglobe SAL part 6/8:




Stitching-mojo still refuses to stitch on thise one however.





My first ever award
I recieved the Liebster award from Kate at http://theflyingneedle.blogspot.com/
Thank you Kate!


Some background: Liebster is a German word, meaning favourite, dearest or beloved and the Liebster is awarded by bloggers to other, newer bloggers, who have fewer than 200 followers, to spread the word and help the new(er)bies gain wider recognition. The award comes with four conditions that each recipient must satisfy when accepting:

1. Choose five up-and-coming blogs (with fewer than 200 followers) to award the Liebster to.
2. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them.
3. Post the award on your blog. List the bloggers you are giving the award to with links to their sites. Leave comments on their blogs so they know about the award.
4. Share 5 random facts about yourself that people don't know about you

Here are the bloggers I am passing the award onto: (I've tried to select 5 gorgeous blogs who didn't recieve the award yet, I hope I succeded)


Elena from http://stitchaddict-elena.blogspot.com/
Tammy from http://www.mycrossedstitches.blogspot.com/
Gretchen from http://gretchenaverette.blogspot.com/
Deigh from http://deighz.blogspot.com/
Denise from http://stitchingatgrandmashouse.blogspot.com/

5 random facts about me:
1. I followed art-class for about two years in my childhood.
2. I loved rollerblades as a child, until a had a bad fall.
3. I have way too many books in my house, and so little time to read them.
4. I love miniature-dollhouses
5. I don't wear make-up (although I probably should start to do that).




Blog-winnings
I won several give-aways in the last couple of months!:
From Mel I won this chart and floss + fabric




From Evalina I won this chart:




And Wendy made a beautiful mail-art:









Easter
Since Jelena doesn't get any chocolate yet, the easterbunny brought some toys. She asked for a horse, so that's what she got. She was really happy.



Of course, I also baked something for the occassion.






Other baking
Some pics of some other baking I did.








My pride and joy
and of course, no post would be complete without a (or several...) pics of my little darling, now would it??






oh right, I also got a new car!


virtual cookies to those who find the hidden message! ;)

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