The one with a red balloon on a rainy day

The one with the things I liked this week (part 53)

Seen on a sunday walk

February

Happy mail

Another new cookbook

The wall behind my home was painted over, no more Wally and Smurfs. This one's new

Folding paper bags from old magazines

Watching the Olympics opening ceremony

The one with the heart confetti garland

Mia from MossyJojo hosted a DIY party for Christmas back in december, and here's another one! This time, Edi from Memories for Life joined us.

Theme: Valentine's Day themed
Challenge: use a maximum of 4 materials

What you'll need:

• heart confetti
• hole puncher
• baker's twine
• washi tape

What you'll need to do:

punch the hearts

Attach the hearts to the twine

stick the garland to your wall with washi tape

ta-da

Feeling crafty? Mia and Edi were, so you can hop on over to their blogs for more DIY ideas!

Mia's pop up Valentine's card

Edi's Valentine's garland

The one with links I like

source

Every outfit Cher wears in Clueless, in under one minute

10 things Dutch shopkeepers will say to you

Perfect timing

Made me smile

If famous artists chose interior design instead of fine art

A definitive ranking of Carrie's questions 

Have you seen the trailer for 'the fault in our stars'?

The one with the thrift shop finds

Just when I was about to give up on the thrift shop after multiple unsuccesful visits, I found these little treasures! The best part was that they cost only € 4,- (just over 5 USD) all together. The little wooden tray might need a little improvement and could be the victim of a DIY project. No idea yet what this project could be, suggestions are very welcome!. Do you like to go thrifting? What's the latest treasure you found?

The one with the things I liked this week (part 52)

Fab lamps

Baked camembert

Days that are getting longer again

cake for moms birthday

Signs of spring?

A new DIY project

The one with the plant pot DIY

In my 'things I liked this week post' from last friday, I already introduced you to my very first houseplant. We have been living together for two weeks now and it's still alive! The brown plastic pot-thingy it came in, wasn't very appealing, and was in need of a replacement. Apparently, winter isn't the best season to go shopping for a plant pot. I wasn't able to find a nice looking pot in the store, or any pot at all for that matter. So I whipped up something myself from things that were already in my home. So it was a very low budget DIY project. Now, that's my kind of project! And not having to leave the warmth and comfort of my home was a nice bonus.

What I used:

• scissors
• washi tape
• an old tin
• a piece of oil cloth (a left-over from a previous DIY project)

What I did:
Well, not that much actually. I basically did some cutting and sticking with tape. I think these pictures don't need any explaining.

The one with a year of blogging

A year ago I started blogging. my first post received no comments and got about two views (probably both of them by my mother). Twelve months have gone by, and I got to meet some pretty awesome people! I never thought it would have been this much fun to be a blogger. Fr this post I choose some of my favourite pictures, one for each month.

january

 

 february 

march

april

may

june

july

august

september

october 

november

december

In the last 12 months:

• I got out of my comfort zone, by not only posting photo's, but by adding some written words to them too (I worry about my knowledge of the English language, and I am afraid to make mistakes)
• I virtually got to visit many different places, in the last 12 months I've been to Paris, Oslo, New York and Rome. I had trips to the Hirschhorn and I have a bit of an idea what it's like to sail down the East Coast of the United States!
• I've seen some delicious looking meals coming to life in other people's kitchens
• I rediscovered my love for photography
• I attended a Blogger Taco Party, took part in a DIY christmas blogging challenge and received Christmas cards from all corners of the world by joining a Christmas card exchange
• I've been named a purveyor of cool :-)

Here's to another year of blogging!