Paper flower

Remember the beautiful paper sculpture from the other day? I tried making a few small white flowers: they look lovely on our xmas tree!

It's winter!

When checking the weather forecast this morning I saw this:


And in Freemantle (Australia), where Mart's parents are, it said this:

Now: I'm really really reaaaaaly happy we'll be there soon with them (even if the jump from one season to the other might be a little intense in the beginning!).
But first we'll spend a lovely (hopefully white) Christmas in Switzerland. I really wouldn't want to miss winter all together!

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Lovely sleep in + lots of sun and a bit of snow + cold wintery morning = perfect start of holidays!

Maastricht (Netherlands), in our living room.

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There's a bit of snow falling from the sky again... and tonight is work's xmas party and tomorrow: holidays!

Maastricht (The Netherlands), not far from the train station.

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It's almost the holidays! Yey!
I'm off to Pilates for the last time this year.

Enjoy the pretty colours of this number 17!

Somewhere in Switzerland (Basel?).

Colourful felt

In London I fell in love with a colourful rug at Anthropologie. It was made of hundreds of little balls of felt, and just looked so pretty and comfortable - I would have loved to pack it in my suitcase!
And today, on Pickles, what do I find? A beautiful Christmas wreath made with the same 'ingredients'! I need to learn how to make colourful felt balls: I want a wreath and/or a rug like that too!

(1) the beautiful wreath (photo from Pickles)
(2) a quick snap of the rug, seen 'live', in London
(3) the rug as it would look like in situ (photo from Anthropologie)

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It's snowing in Maastricht!!
It's something that doesn't happen very often, so I'm really excited!

Aachen (Germany), while getting back to the car right after a lovely dinner with friends.