The one with King's Day (2015)

Last week, on monday, we celebrated King's Day in the Netherlands. The King's birthday is april 27th and is a national holiday. Each year a different city is hosting a party that's attended by the King and his family. Festivities throughout the whole country include flea markets and concerts. Most people dress up in orange (our national colour) and lots of us eat 'tompoucen'. Previous King's Day posts are here and here.

After skipping the flea market last year, I decided to go again this year, who knows what kind of treasuries where waiting to be discovered! I woke up pretty early (for a holiday), filled my pockets with small change, took my camera and wheeled off to the park. Treasuries? Not so much. Entertaining? Yes! 

Loved these big metal letters

The annual flea market is the perfect place to get rid of collections that were
coveted in the past, like these eggholders

 and these cars

 I even spotted some streetart!

 I ended up with a vintage childrens' bible (for the pretty and colourful illustrations) 

and an old enamel coffee cup, that might end up as a pencil holder, or a plant pot.

 

And I regretted not buying this puzzle with super cool drawings

 After the flea market I had lunch with granny and mom, who both like cheese as much as I do!

And after lunch I watched the festivities visited by the King and his family. Doesn't the Queen look gorgeous? Her cape is supposedly by Zara, I love the fact that she doesn't exclusively wear designer clothes.

 Fun in the park, don't we look just like the King and Queen?

The one with the things I liked this week, and the week before

Those sniffles turned into the flu, and most of my time was spent on my mothers couch. Together with blankets, hot water bottles, tea, fresh juices, and bowls of soup. Not much worth photographing was seen the beginning of this week, and the last half of the week before that. That´s why I combined those two weeks into one post. I hope the flu hasn´t found you, and you´re having a great weekend!

 

Parties in the streets

One of my favourites shops happens to be just around the corner

Not the friendliest of garden gnomes. When I shot this one, I thought they were just waving hello

I do love leopard print everything!

Going to a nearby fabric shop

Spring is on its way!

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 Discovering two new works of art on the street, if the whole alphabet's 

there, there are many more to be found!

 These were a gift from mom, I didn't fall of Paige's no shopping challenge-wagon (yet)!

 Grocery shopping for a fondue-party. I know I could be making my own,

but the cheese from these packages are actually my favourite!

 Making, photographing, and listing new stuff for the shop

 After receiving new washi tapes for the brick and mortar shop, I decided to 

keep these for myself!

The one with the things I liked this week (88)

Some random photo's from last week. And yes, I do realise most of them involve food :-)

Discovering a new brand of icecream. It's vegan and there are lots of other exciting flavours, like basil & lime, and strawberry & red pepper. 

We received a paper edition of DaWanda's winter Lovebook. The online version can be found over here. So far, I could only find the German edition.

On wednesday my aunt surprised us around lunchtime with cheese with fenugreek from a local cheesefarm. I can't believe I've never been there. Although I can imagine it would be quite a dangerous place for me.... 

Adding some colour to our workspace with some plants, hopefully they are resilient little guys!

If you're already in the mood to do some holiday shopping, or to treat yourself to a little something, Society6 offers free shipping today and tomorrow through this link. Also, in our DaWanda shop you'll receive a 15% discount on everything, until next thursday. Cheers to the weekend, hope you'll have a good one. See you next week!

The one with links I like

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Time slice

Sam Smith covering Tracy Chapman's fast car

Pentatonix covering Sam Smith, Disclosure, and Naughty Boy 

Pizza's in the wild 

If you like cheese, I bet you would like these!  

This DIY involving balloons put a big smile on my face 

      

Funny  

Life lessons and Joey Tribbiani  

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Kim and Kanye's honeymoon, in a campervan

Mean tweets #7

SJP and 73 questions

This embroidered Joss Whedon quote

It's no secret I love cheese, not sure if I like it this much

Art projects, that aren't in a museum

Mia's tea cake

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I hope this is what heaven looks like. Have a peek at this cheese shop in New York

Fictitious dishes

Which Friends were the closest Friends?

Made me smile

Easy fruit pops recipes

How to make your own fancy Lego magnets

Superheroes need some quiet time too

I'm in love with these ceramic bowls

The one with the Etsy finds

Oh my! I think I haven't done an Etsy find post since somewhere before Christmas. It's about time to have another one. No theme over here, 'just' gorgeous things that have been calling my name.

Night light 

Handpainted sneakers 

Vegan soap

Clutch

Bread board

Set of four cheesemarkers

The one with cheese and filo pastry

Last sunday I was craving for a little something to snack on. Preferably not too healthy, and easy to make. Oh, and something that didn't require a trip to the supermarket. As a cheese aficionado, I always have cheese in the fridge. I had some filo dough as well and thought these two might be a match made in heaven.

What you'll need:

• 5 sheets of filo pastry
• 10 chunks of cheese
• 50 grams of butter
• ketchup, or something else for dipping purposes

Preheat your oven to 180°C / 350°F. Cut the dough in half, and melt the butter slowly in a small pan. Remove the pan from the heat and brush the sheet of dough on both sides with the melted butter. Place a big chunk of cheese on top, and wrap it like it's a present.

Place them on a sheet of baking paper, and bake them on the middle shelf of the oven for about 15 minutes, or until they are golden and crispy.

 

I served them with ketchup, but I can imagine they might taste good with a mixture of crème fraîche, chopped up garlic and fresh chives.

More crafting and cooking can be found at the super duper fun Linky Party below!

The (second) one with the Rijksmuseum

Last week I blogged about our visit to the Rijksmuseum. This second post is all about the architecture, with a cheesy photo added as a bonus. So, without further ado, I present to you: the second one with the Rijksmuseum!