Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Button Wednesday : Wood



It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog. It would be great if you could do the same; make your Wednesday a button day too. Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here via Mister Linky at the end of this post.


This week I want to show you the gorgeous wooden button I bought on the autumn market in the neighbour village. It has the most fantastic pattern and it is huge (6 cm diameter).

I always loved wooden buttons, so I gathered quite a few over the years. Some of the nicest in the mosaic above.




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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Tidbits : Flickr Favourites


Last week I started to embroider again, only a bit, and very simple. But I found out again that I love it. So, my flickr favourites today inspire me a lot; it's all about traditional embroidery.
For more flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. Girl in Kalocsa Folk Dress, 2. Enkhuizen - Zuiderzeemuseum - traditional costumes from Marken, Volendam, 3. Cap from Floda, 4. Flower Skirt Mexico

Monday, September 27, 2010

Tidbits : Monday Moodboard


Yesterday I was standing with my neighbour friend on a flea market in the nearby little town. I bought more than I sold :) So my moodboard today is about some lovely flea market finds from some of our European Street Team members on Etsy.

For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. karuskisupplies
2. Lamercerie
3. bOmode
4. lapomme

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Button Wednesday : Eatable Buttons



It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog. It would be great if you could do the same; make your Wednesday a button day too. Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here via Mister Linky at the end of this post.


This Button Wednesday is about yummy buttons. Above the delicious button sandwiches from Gourmet Mom on-the-Go. She makes those sandwiches for school lunches and baby showers, but I would not mind eating them too :) She even gives a tutorial how to make them.

And then I also found some delicious button cookies from gardenmamma, and again with a tutorial; they look like heaven.

And the following cookies from minzimiu look really sweet; again with recipe.




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Monday, September 20, 2010

Tidbits : Monday Moodboard


This week I am experimenting with unbleached old linen; so my moodboard today is about some gorgeous linen creations from some of our European Street Team members on Etsy.

For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. LaTouchables
2. BlueTerracotta
3. Wecraft
4. Cynamonn

And this is my first linen creation; made for the heritage challenge. It's a tiny basket with a cross-stitch couple from Scheveningen (half of my genetic heritage). The linen is from a rarely used, unbleached, linen tablecloth.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Button Wednesday : I see a MOUSE !



It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog. It would be great if you could do the same; make your Wednesday a button day too. Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here via Mister Linky at the end of this post.


Two weeks ago, when my family guests were staying with us, I suddenly got a parcel from Belgium. huh ??? Did I order something in Belgium ??? Not that I knew. When I opened the parcel I saw the beautiful green logo from Annemiek Hamelink and her note: "for my biggest fan". WOW. Quickly opened the little box, and then .... I saw a MOUSE :) This is the most gorgeous button I have ever seen, and it gets the most prominent place in my own button collection. It is such a cutie....

And then I also felt something under my mouse button in the box; there were even two more gorgeous pink ceramic buttons. You can imagine the happy girl I was, with my buttons and my mouse !


Annemiek has a fantastic shop on Etsy: TwoTreesBelgium, where she sells not only the most beautiful buttons, but also lovely ceramic jewelry inspired by her heritage and the most unique animal bowls.




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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Monday, September 13, 2010

Tidbits : Monday Moodboard


Had an autumn fair yesterday in our neighbourhood, starting and ending with rain :)

For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. retrospettive
2. annarubyking
3. MatkirschPhoto
4. sabahnur

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Button Wednesday : New "Old" Acquisitions



It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog. It would be great if you could do the same; make your Wednesday a button day too. Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here via Mister Linky at the end of this post.


When we went to the GP last week, I discovered a new junk shop in his street, so I went immediately in and searched for buttons.... Found some lovely ones; dark glass with painted flowers, greenish glass flowers, clear glass flowers, a large mother of pearl one, a lovely green plastic one with long oval holes, old tarnished metal edelweiss ones, fake wood ones with metal edelweiss on it, a lovely wobbely old fashioned one, etc. So happy with my new finds !
I took the pictures above on the balcony just now and it was very very windy; one of the more airborne ones flew away in the brand-new gutter.... Hubby will recover that one when it does not storm anymore :)))



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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Tidbits : Flickr Favourites


When thinking about what my favourite happy was, I alway think of dogs. All kind of dogs, young and old, small and big, white and black, playing and sleeping, etc.
For more "favourite happy" flickr favourites see ArtMind's blog.

1. dogs in love, 2. Meet Woody!, 3. Lucky Fons "dressed up", 4. happy dog=upside down

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Button Wednesday : Button Lamp



It is Wednesday again, so it's BUTTON DAY on my blog. It would be great if you could do the same; make your Wednesday a button day too. Have you seen a lovely, beautiful, stunning, crazy button or button-related thingy, or did you make something with a button / buttons, or did you even make buttons yourself, blog about it on your blog on Wednesday, and give the link here via Mister Linky at the end of this post.


The most fantastic button lamp I have ever seen. These button lights are the product of Silvia Campan from the University of Bozen at Bolzano in Italy. The fact that the light cables are an essential part of the design is ingenious !




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