Every year, we have a sand-sculpture in Blankenberge, this year the theme was Disney.
more here
and for closure of this post ;-)
vrijdag 9 september 2011
Some progress
I've made a bit of progress on my newest WIP. It's not exactly a small piece but not really BAP-size either, but it might still take me a while to finish this one; since I only get to stitch a couple of hours per week.
Every year, we have a sand-sculpture in Blankenberge, this year the theme was Disney.
more here
and for closure of this post ;-)
Every year, we have a sand-sculpture in Blankenberge, this year the theme was Disney.
more here
and for closure of this post ;-)
woensdag 17 augustus 2011
Pics, Pics and more Pics (part two)
Soooooooooooo, here is the stitchy part of the update!
Yes, the long awaited pic of the baby afghan is finally here. What fun I had pulling out all the threads (not!)
So here it finally is: Farm Animals Baby Afghan by Dimensions (designed by Barbara Mock)
29" x 45"/ 73 cm x 114 cm
A finish also means a new start! I had planned to start the Christmas-sock for Jelena put didn't have the kit with me on vacation. I did have another one with me, here is what I have so far:
I did already get the encouraging comment that I had done only a little bit on it, and that there is a lot of work left on it :( Yes, I know, my stitching does not go that fast anymore. My days are filled with walking little circles with my daughter :)
Give-aways:
Daffycat is hosting a give-away, go check it out!
Yes, the long awaited pic of the baby afghan is finally here. What fun I had pulling out all the threads (not!)
So here it finally is: Farm Animals Baby Afghan by Dimensions (designed by Barbara Mock)
29" x 45"/ 73 cm x 114 cm
A finish also means a new start! I had planned to start the Christmas-sock for Jelena put didn't have the kit with me on vacation. I did have another one with me, here is what I have so far:
I did already get the encouraging comment that I had done only a little bit on it, and that there is a lot of work left on it :( Yes, I know, my stitching does not go that fast anymore. My days are filled with walking little circles with my daughter :)
Give-aways:
Daffycat is hosting a give-away, go check it out!
dinsdag 16 augustus 2011
Pics, Pics and more Pics (part1)
When in need of photo's my friend really comes to the rescue! Thank you very much for the pics of Jelena's birthday-party.
First a pic of the big cake I made for Jelena's birthday :)
It's made out of 3 biscuits on top of each other:
- regular biscuit with crème au beurre filling
- chocolate biscuit with strawberry-mousse filling
- regular biscuit with crème pattisière and kiwi.
I did make a change to the biscuit-recepy, but that's my secret ;-).
All decorated with rolfondant and marsepein. The decorations were 'glued' onto the biscuits by home-made edible 'glue' :-)
Next to this big one, there were also strawberry cakes, flan bresilienne and misérable, and Jelena had her own special cake with fruit and pudding.
After the cake it was time for presents!
Nancy, my apologies ;-) there's no pic with cake all over her face, but I hope this one (with spaghetti-sauce over her face) can make up for it :-)
I've been on vacation at our coast, here Jelena was taking a walk on the beach:
And when it was finally warm enough, she had to try out her new bathing-suit
Since she's now a big girl, I've been cooking some 'special' dishes
(the second one is courgette-gratin) It was very yummy!
here she had her first professional haircut
playing and sharing:
Hot-air Balloon
I gave a gift-certificate for a flight by hot-air balloon to the god-father of Jelena, here are some pics of his trip
And I hope this works:
MOV00895.MPG
(ps. she did not get hurt during the making of this video)
Stitching: to follow in part two (not tired of all my pics yet?)
First a pic of the big cake I made for Jelena's birthday :)
It's made out of 3 biscuits on top of each other:
- regular biscuit with crème au beurre filling
- chocolate biscuit with strawberry-mousse filling
- regular biscuit with crème pattisière and kiwi.
I did make a change to the biscuit-recepy, but that's my secret ;-).
All decorated with rolfondant and marsepein. The decorations were 'glued' onto the biscuits by home-made edible 'glue' :-)
Next to this big one, there were also strawberry cakes, flan bresilienne and misérable, and Jelena had her own special cake with fruit and pudding.
After the cake it was time for presents!
Nancy, my apologies ;-) there's no pic with cake all over her face, but I hope this one (with spaghetti-sauce over her face) can make up for it :-)
I've been on vacation at our coast, here Jelena was taking a walk on the beach:
And when it was finally warm enough, she had to try out her new bathing-suit
Since she's now a big girl, I've been cooking some 'special' dishes
(the second one is courgette-gratin) It was very yummy!
here she had her first professional haircut
playing and sharing:
Hot-air Balloon
I gave a gift-certificate for a flight by hot-air balloon to the god-father of Jelena, here are some pics of his trip
And I hope this works:
MOV00895.MPG
(ps. she did not get hurt during the making of this video)
Stitching: to follow in part two (not tired of all my pics yet?)
zondag 24 juli 2011
Baby Afghan: FINISHED
Happy dancing right now, I finished the stitching part of the baby-afghan. Now on to the real finishing (which may take some time, no acces to the necessary materials right now).
Pic of the stitching will follow (I was just so happy to have finished the stitching, I couldn't wait until I have the pic up and running to post about it!).
Pic of the stitching will follow (I was just so happy to have finished the stitching, I couldn't wait until I have the pic up and running to post about it!).
maandag 18 juli 2011
Baby Afghan: the final sprint
Baby Afghan: status update
Not yet the news I had hoped for, but since it had been quite a while since I've been able to get a stitch in (Jelena's birthday-party took much prep time), not surprising. But this weekend, I was finally able to get the afghan back out from under the dust it was gathering :-) I've finished another square this evening, now it's just ONE MORE left. I HOPE to get it finished this weekend (well, the stitching anyway, who knows when the actual finishing will be done). And since the weather is really autumn-like, she could really use it!
Party-time
Unfortunately, not that many pics too share, since my photographer of service (my brother) gave up after only a couple of pics :-( (apparently, there was a problem with the memory-card), boohoo! Luckily, someone else was happily taking pics, so maybe I'll be able to share some pics later.
It was a great day, my cakes looked and tasted good, so good they all asked if I had really made them myself (YES, I did!). Here's a pic of me coming with the big birthday-cake.
There was some others next to this big cake, but no piccies :(
Jelena looking at the cake.
And just to make you hungry, some pics of other cakes made for other occasions
this one is a little cake with the left-other cake batter and creme au beurre from the big cake.
and since there are never too many pics of Jelena:
Not yet the news I had hoped for, but since it had been quite a while since I've been able to get a stitch in (Jelena's birthday-party took much prep time), not surprising. But this weekend, I was finally able to get the afghan back out from under the dust it was gathering :-) I've finished another square this evening, now it's just ONE MORE left. I HOPE to get it finished this weekend (well, the stitching anyway, who knows when the actual finishing will be done). And since the weather is really autumn-like, she could really use it!
Party-time
Unfortunately, not that many pics too share, since my photographer of service (my brother) gave up after only a couple of pics :-( (apparently, there was a problem with the memory-card), boohoo! Luckily, someone else was happily taking pics, so maybe I'll be able to share some pics later.
It was a great day, my cakes looked and tasted good, so good they all asked if I had really made them myself (YES, I did!). Here's a pic of me coming with the big birthday-cake.
There was some others next to this big cake, but no piccies :(
Jelena looking at the cake. And just to make you hungry, some pics of other cakes made for other occasions
this one is a little cake with the left-other cake batter and creme au beurre from the big cake.and since there are never too many pics of Jelena:
zaterdag 9 juli 2011
maandag 27 juni 2011
1 year!!
Today was Jelena's birthday, still can't believe how fast that year went by! Last year this time, I was at the maternity-ward, looking in awe at that tiny little girl, wondering how something so precious could be my daughter.
We celebrated her birthday with my parents, brother and sister. Saturday she'll have her other birtday-party (can't have too many of those, right).
her grandma made her a crown by these instructions.
She was quite happy with her new bear and car
She also recieved a package by post. In it was the cutest bib I've ever seen! Thank you Annette!!
We celebrated her birthday with my parents, brother and sister. Saturday she'll have her other birtday-party (can't have too many of those, right).
her grandma made her a crown by these instructions.
She was quite happy with her new bear and car
She also recieved a package by post. In it was the cutest bib I've ever seen! Thank you Annette!!
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