Raspberry-Apple

Frozen raspberries and apples from my parents' garden. And a bit of orange juice.

Rainbow for Debora

Mart made this garland for Debora, for Christmas. I helped him a bit for the gluing, but he put all the colours together.
We had to find a way of bringing it to Switzerland without it getting all entangled. :-)

Snow turns to ice

I took these photos on my way to work before the holidays, when snow was still falling from the sky. These days there isn't any fresh snow anymore, but just big blocks and bumpy mounds of ice everywhere. It makes walking to the grocery store, or cycling to work, quite an adventure!

Orange-mandarine-kiwi

We got a really cool juicer / smoothie maker for Xmas, and I'm looking forward to try different recipes. So... get ready for lots of juices updates!


Today's 'jus du jour' was orange-mandarine-kiwi.

Back in NL

It somehow feels like the holiday season totally sprung on me this year. It was summer, then September, I started my new job, and then *boom* it was snowing and it was Christmas in a second! This means I didn't have much time to make pretty cards. But I made a few. Which I sent to very few people. So, for those of you who didn't get one (sorry!), here is what they looked like.

:-)


We are back in the Netherlands after two lovely weeks in Switzerland at my parent's. Feels good to be back in our little nest but the old leaky windows our owner had promised to change over the holidays are still in place... I really hope they will come this week. I've had it with running with buckets and wipes each and every time it rains!

Baby cubes

Our friends had a little boy during the holidays. A cute little Marten, which we cannot wait to meet very soon.

As I had:

• plenty of free time,
• access to my mum's incredible collection of fabrics,
• and her great collection of ribbons,
• and all her sewing tools and diverse material,

I decided to make him a little set of fabric cubes to play with. They are all quite small and just adorable.

Happy New Year!

Here is the little creation that resulted of last night's celebrations and lilla a's challenge.

I wish you all a delightful 2011, and (just like last year) will suggest the following soundtrack to put a smile on your face (I personally play it extra loud and it makes me giggle... I love it!).