Tidbits : New Skirt !

It was fantastic to meet Bai again on the fair in Amsterdam last Sunday; she is such a sweet girl and it was like meeting a friend again. She sold very well at the fair, especially her gorgeous skirts. I was dying to get one too, seeing all those lovely
slim people fitting in her skirts. Then she promized me to make one in XL for me and I received it yesterday. I am so happy with it; it fits perfectly ! Have a look at all her other lovely creations in her ThongbaiTatong shop on Etsy.

Tidbits : A'dam Goodies part 2

There were also so many fantastic non-button items on the fair in Amsterdam last Sunday, that I could not withstand buying a few .... (next to the button goodies I bought). So, here are the most gorgeous little apple-green dachshund you have ever seen by my friend Mitsy from ArtMind as a brooch, and the most stunning purple earrings by my friend Brenda from Lindecise. Have a look at all their other lovely creations !!

Button Wednesday : A'dam Goodies

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.


There were so many buttons on the fair in Amsterdam last Sunday, that I could not withstand it (next to all the non-button goodies I also bought ::)). I bought a gorgeous handmade button by Anastasia from LAccentNou as a brooch, and got a beautiful button necklace from Swee of swiedebie. Have a look at their lovely creations, also the non-button ones !!




!!!!!!!!!! If you have something for The Button Wednesday, give Mister Linky your name and the link to your button post !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tidbits : Monday Moodboard

This Monday's moodboard is called "Amsterdam".
I am really in the mood for Amsterdam next Sunday; seeing lots of my european street team friends on etsy. We will drive to Holland on Friday. It's a pity I could not do a thing last week to make my boot nicer for the craft fair because of the arthritis in my right hand. But, nice boot or nor, I will be there !

For more monday moodboards see fleurfatale's blog.

1. starrybluesky
2. ZsBcreations
3. tizzalicious
4. enchantedpond

Tidbits : Peggy at the Craft Market

Last sunday it was beautiful weather and we decided to attand the largest craft market in northern Germany. The market was in the village of Süderschmedeby and there were 150 participants from the whole of Germany and Denmark. It was really huge ! We (Pieter and I, at the left in the picture above) met there with Vanessa (you can see here at the extreme right in the picture above) and Matthias (with his parents, behind Vanessa in the picture)) from the European Street Team on Etsy, and that was so nice ! I always like to see the faces behind our team members. I got some lovely green earrings from Vanessa, and Matthias made some beautiful pictures of Peggy.



We decided that it would be great if we all could attend this market next year with a big Etsy group. You can see lots of gorgeous pictures Matthias made on the market on his photo blog.

Tidbits : Craftparking Maastricht 2

(pictures taken by my hubby before the fair started; he was more interested in the building than in the market ....)
I am back from the Craftparking fair in Maastricht and it was awesome !!!! I have never seen so many visitors; I had no time to sit or to visit all the other participants. I have a soar throat from all the talking in Dutch, English, German and French; it was pretty difficult to switch between the languages, so that when I started to get tired it became a very nice european mix language "fredugerglish" (maybe an idea for the EU ???). But the BEST OF ALL was to meet all my European Street Team friends from Etsy ! Greet, Kim, Mitsy, Karla, Veerle, Maria, Nathalie, Kerrin, Vanessa, Ina, Nicole, Bai; and of course all these etsy widowers and orphins.... Later I found out that I missed Maartje and that there were two other Etsy members in the participants too. Sorry Maartje for not passing by and saying hi to you. I think I had not laughed and talked so much as last sunday, especially after all my intestine problems it was fantastic ! And the funny thing was that, although we had never seen each other in real life, I had the idea of meeting old friends that I already knew for a very long time.

(1. AINSI Ateliers; 2. Q4; 3. AINSI Ateliers; 4. 16-08-2009 at 10.45 am; not many signs of a fair yet.)
The market was in an old cement factory built in 1927 by Peutz; a construction out of steel and concrete at the south of Maastricht centre to the foot of the Sint Pietersberg along the river Maas. It offers now facilities for artistic amateurs and professionals; there are lots of workshops for artists and offices for creative companies. It was the perfect place for this craft market !

(1. Buitengoed Slavante; 2. Slavante op een oude ansichtskaart)

After the market we walked a little higher on the Sint Pietersberg to the Slavante Restaurant, a beautiful old building with a gorgeous view over the river Maas, where we had a lovely evening together; I loved the Limburgs zuurvlees. Finally, little Peggy started to feel ok again, She suffered a bit from the heat, all the people and the noise (there was quite some echo in the factory). But at Slavante she found the road to the kitchen very quick... It was a great evening among "old" new friends, and it was fantastic to say goodbye to Kerrin in such a personal way. I want to thank Mitsy for all her organisation; she did the best of jobs !
(my own stand before the visitors arrived)

Tidbits : Craftparking Maastricht 1

(my new business card; address etc. on the back)
I will be attending the Craftparking fair in Maastricht this Sunday, 16th of August !
We will drive to The Netherlands on Saturday, stay with my father, and drive to Maastricht on Sunday. It's a very international carft fair, not only crafters from The Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, but also from Portugal and Spain ! And a lot of my European Street Team friends from Etsy ! I am so excited to meet them in the non-virtual life.
So, everybody who has the opportunity, come and visit us; it will be great fun !!!!!