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Just a minute ago the mailwoman brought me this package from Olga . It's the HOE LHN-exchange! Olga made me this gorgeous pinkeep with scissorspocket on the back. She also attached a very nice Louisiana-scissorfob to the scissors. It has Olga's and mine initials on it! The design Olga stitched is "Watermelon" with Crescent Colours on 28 ct. evenweave. And this is the complete exchange. Don't you just love the cute bird buttons??? I do! And all the shades of red of DMC, some ribbon and pins. I'm speechless... Thank you so much Olga!!!

Remember "Sietje"??? She got some new friends! It's almost a flock now ;) They don't have name tags on yet, because two of them are gifts. The white/red one, I going to keep for myself.

We are so happy with our new garden! Especially since it's completely finished now and everything is starting to bloom. This morning I was surprised by this wonderful poppy! And the Hydrangeas (my favourites) are starting to bloom. Saturday I've bought this Canadian Bear chair on a huge sale in a garden centre. It's just perfect for the new deck!

Last Saturday I received my Christmas in July ornament exchange from Wendy Jo ! Wendy Jo made me a wonderful hanger from a design by Mary Garry's Sewing Cabin, called "Christmas Heart Pin Cushion". Wendy Jo also sent some extra's. A scissors sack and 2 skeins of GAST. I love the exchange! Feels kind of weird though, Christmas in July... The last 2 weeks or so, I was stitching on HAED's Merlin & Arthur. I finally finished another (half) page! This is what I did so far: And here's a close-up of this page: It's very hard to get a good pic, because the colors are so dark. But there is a deer's head in it... I'm currently stitching on a Birtdhay exchange and SBEBB's Redwork exchange.

I saw this on Willeke's blog , and thought I should make one too ;) The Concept: a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search . b. Using only the first page, pick an image. c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker . The Questions: 1. What is your first name? Simone 2. What is your favorite food? Pasta 3. What high school did you go to? Bonifatius 4. What is your favorite color? Burgundy 5. Who is your celebrity crush? George Clooney 6. Favorite drink? Cappuccino 7. Dream vacation? Afrika 8. Favorite dessert? Strawberry's 9. What you want to be when you grow up? Good looking 10. What do you love most in life? My son 11. One word to describe you: Creative 12. Your flickr name: uhhh? And then you get this! 1. Simone , 2. ,,,blue pasta , 3. Bonifatius-Kirche , 4. Burgundy Dragonfly , 5. George Clooney wishes he was this cute! , 6. the sweet mushroom on cappuccino , 7. Afrika secrets , 8. Endless Strawberry's , 9. day ...

When you read my blog in an RSS-reader, you should really open it in your browser now... Look at my wonderful new lay-out!!! Don't you just love it? I do! I saw these templates in another blog, and I had to have it ;) It's a template from Lena . ( Have fun with it! Hugs,

Yesterday I came home real tired, after my DS's schooltrip, to find two big envelopes on my doorstep. The first one was a RAK from Maggee! Look at this! Maggee sent me a chart from my wishlist, together with most of the needed floss. Isn't that wonderful? Especially when you don't expect anything! In the other envelope were some parts that I need to make more sheep - pinpillows. I think Sietje can use a little company ;) Today I had another package in the mail (I'm starting to develop a relation with the mailman!), with another order. I did some searching on the web, and finally found an online store , where I can order pins for the pinkeeps! So here's my order: That's a lot of pinkeeps!!!