vrijdag 28 december 2012

Project Pinterest December


A little later than usual and since time is flying by so fast December is almost over already... But let's not get ahead, because we still have some beautiful Christmas days to come :-) 

It's time for another episode of Project Pinterest! Wasn't sure if I would get round to it this month, but I did :-)




In this series I will let myself be inspired by Pinterest to scrap, cook a meal, bake a pie, do my hair, my nails, et cetera. As many of you, I could browse around Pinterest for days on end, but I rarely really use any of my repinned images. And that's a shame, because there's so much good stuff outthere!

This month I let myself be inspired by this layout by Stephanie Howell. I really loved the simplicity of her layout.

And this is my finished layout:




For this layout I mostly used papers and stickers from the Basic Grey Marrakech Collection and my Silhouette Cameo:-)

I have to admit the layout didn't turn out as I had hoped. The simple thing is probably not working for me.. It makes me feel like the page isn't finished.

For more detailed pics check out My Gallery at Studio Calico

Can't wait to hear what you think about this layout!

You can follow me on pinterest as well and check out my boards:

maandag 24 december 2012

Kechmara

Usually I don't really participate in challenges. Not because I don't like them, but because my scrappy time is very limited, so deadlines don't really work for me. Two weeks ago I had a day off and took some time to scrap. Unfortunately I got stuck on the layout and didn't know how to continue. So I let the unfinished layout lie on my desk and every now and then I pushed the paper and pictures around a bit.. But I couldn't really get it to work.. Until I saw the Sunday Sketch at Studio Calico.. I knew immediately this was the solution to my problem :-) And I like how it turned out..

I mostly used papers from the Basic Grey Marrakech line and my Silhouette machine:-)

This layout is about me and my love during our trip to Marrakech in 2011. We went for a walk through the modern part of the city and had some delicious sweets at the café/restaurant Kechmara in the rue de la liberté. Gotta love macarons!



For more (detailed) pictures check out my gallery at Studio Calico :-)

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Love, Dee

vrijdag 21 december 2012

Photo a day November 2012

My Photo a Day November by FatMumSlim :-) 







Yes! I'm still alive.. The past few weeks (or months even) have been crazy and I just couldn't keep up any more.. So I put my blog on hold for a bit.. And even though I've missed blogging and staying in touch with you guys out there I have to admit it was necessary to take a step back.. And I don't know wether I can get back in the pace I was going before, but hey... we'll see!

Anyway, I hope you haven't forgotten about me and come back every once in a while ;-)

Love, Dee

vrijdag 30 november 2012

PL Week 25

Here's to the fact that it's almost weekend again.. And here's to the fact that I was able to finish another week of ProjectLife.. Almost half way through!

My whole spread of week 25:



















And some detail shots of the cards of this week I liked best:

























Thanks for watching!

Have a great weekend!

Love, Dee

zaterdag 24 november 2012

PL week 24

Here's my PL week from week 24.. As the weeks fly by and this year is nearing the end I (finally) feel some sort of pressure to finish my PL.. Sadly I have still over a half year to do... Of course I'm looking forward to making these pages, but my time is so limited that I fear I won't finish this project until we're well in 2013.. Oh well.. What are you gonna do about it?;-)


donderdag 22 november 2012

Thankful






































bron: Pinterest

We don't celebrate thanksgiving in Holland, but I think it's a wonderful holiday. I think it's necessary for me to realize how priviliged I am, to be grateful and appreciate the wonderful life I have. Sometimes life's so busy and stressful, which makes it hard for me to see the little and big wonderful things that are happening to me.. To be grateful for my big love, for my loving family and sweet friends.. To be grateful to have a job, a roof over my head and loads of good food to eat.. The list is endless.. I'm so lucky!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

dinsdag 20 november 2012

Week 46 instagrammed :-)


Good day!

I know I'm a day late but we had friends over from England for the weekend, so was too busy to blog;-) Here's my recap of last week:


1. Relaxing watching tv 2.back to work, drink loads of green tea at work:-) 3. my baby prepared dinner 4. work out, empty my mind:-) 5. Bedtime! 6. 'dinner' by my love again 7. memories.... 8. creating 9. chilly day! 10. happy mail! 11. Good food at Lei 12. Pretty view 13. a music filled saturday 14. a chocolat milk letter 15. with my friend:-) 16. baritones 17. baritones and euphoniums:-)

Have a great week!

Love, Dee

woensdag 14 november 2012

PL Week 23


Finished the spread for week 23 a few weeks ago, but didn't really get a chance to show it before.. Here it is!

The whole spread


And some detailed pics of my favourites for this week:-)





Love, Dee

maandag 12 november 2012

Week 45 instagrammed

Hey everyone!

Hope you all have had a splendid weekend. Mine was fun and relaxing. Here's my recap of last week:


1. Preparing fall food 2.Fall food: chicken stew with leek and pumpkin and sweetpotato mash on the side:-) 3. hot cocoa with marshmellows 4. beautiful day 5. Dad before his surgery 6. Dad after his surgery; it went well! 7. home sweet home 8. a pizza and a movie night 9. me myself and I 10. Dinner at my parents 11. Rock Solid! 12. Work out:-) 13. The best apple pie 14. Us 15. pizza night again:-)

Have a great week!

Love, Dee

vrijdag 9 november 2012

woensdag 7 november 2012

Week 44 instagrammed


Hi! 

Here's a recap of last week, week 44.. a.k.a. the week I received my Cameo;-P




1. Apparently a car drove into the water:-( 2. - 6. Lunch at Picknick 7. home made lasagna 8. a big box arrived at my parents in law 9. work out 10. my PRECIOUS! 11. first cut 12. Love you! 13. making soup 14. cutting 15. breakfast 16. on my way to the hospital to see my dad 17. helping me pick pics to scrap with 18. goof 19. scrappy play 20. peanut soup 21. music festival at the The Hague corps of the SA :-)

Have a great rest of the week!

Love, Dee

maandag 5 november 2012

Project Pinterest November 2012

November already! Time is flying by so fast! Here's another episode of Project Pinterest! 




In this series I will let myself be inspired by Pinterest to scrap, cook a meal, bake a pie, do my hair, my nails, et cetera. As many of you, I could browse around Pinterest for days on end, but I rarely really use any of my repinned images. And that's a shame, because there's so much good stuff outthere!

This month I let myself be inspired by this layout by Geralyn Sy. I loved the misted circles so I wanted to have a try at this myself:-)

And this is my finished layout:


For this layout I mostly used papers from ILS, as well as several Mr. Huey's from Studio Calico and the class cut from the Cut it Out class by Studio Calico and Silhouette:-)

For more detailed pics check out My Gallery at Studio Calico

Can't wait to hear what you think about this layout!

I hope you'll follow me on this Pinterest journey:-)

You can follow me on pinterest as well and check out my boards:

vrijdag 2 november 2012

Currents - november 2012

Currents

Eating
chocolat&banana granola with yoghurt

Drinking
nothing

Wearing
black leggings with leather patches, a grey/ochre/black tunic, comfy black cardigan and black ballet flats

Reading
my currents list:-)

Wanting
to have some quiet time

Needing
to relax

Enjoying
the quiet 

Wondering
what 2013 will bring

Listening
to the noises outside

Feeling
tired

Weather
chilly but sunny

Watching
my computer screen

Waiting
for the weekend to arrive so I can play with my Cameo:-)

Thinking
I'm so lucky to have a sweet fiancé

Wishing
I could go on vacation to a sunny destination :-)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Love, Dee

maandag 29 oktober 2012

Week 43 instagrammed :-)


Hi! 

Here's some pics of my life last week:-)



1. The two of us 2. Love chocolats 3. PL sneak 4. relaxing 5. enjoying good food on a sunday at home 6. main course preps 7. piri piri chicken 8. more pepernoten 9. breakfast: rolled oats 10. pain au chocolat 11. did some shopping 12. pear, apple & blue berry crumble 13. the two of us 14. working out 15. happy mail 16. my baby recording his solo 17. great view in the morning 18. work out 19. great fall weather 20 en 21. trip down memory lane.. to my old primary school and the house I grew up in:-)

Have a great week!

Love, Dee

zondag 28 oktober 2012

Project Life Week 22

During the past weekend I had some scrappy time and wanted to catch up on my Project Life again:-) Managed to finish two weeks that weekend (weeks 22 en 23). 

Here's the first spread :-)



 The whole spread:-)




Some detailed pics of the cards i like best:-) I have week 24 laid out on the table and hope to finish it this weekend:-) 

What are your plans for this day?:-)

Love, Dee

woensdag 24 oktober 2012

Cut it out!



So as you may or may not know, a week or two ago I purchased a Silhouette Cameo. I got an amazing deal at Studio Calico and along with it I ofcourse could not help but purchase the Cut it Out class.. After all.. I need to know how to work that machine right?;-) 

The class is taught by Susan Weinroth and she'll be joined by loads of other fab ladies:


And what's more this class comes with an amazing kit (which is unfortunately sold out right now). 


But the fun doesn't stop! There are some great exclusive files to go with all this as well:-)


Oh man! I just can't wait for my cameo to arrive and get this party started! Who's joining me in all this fun?

Love, Dee

maandag 22 oktober 2012

Week 42 instagrammed:-)

Hi everyone!

Here's my recap of last week. A little less picture heavy.. Life's so busy right now:-)



1. Pretty rainbow 2. Second bag of these this season (typical Dutch treat: pepernoten) 3. posing for our city's soccer stadium 4. dinner with friends, the little ones on my lap to watch Fireman Sam 5. Homemade burgers by my man 6. fresh orange juice at the office 7. my love cookin' 8. the end result: delicious 9. working on PL again finally.. 10. pretty flowers 11. dinner with my man 12. scrappy time 13. Before the concert last saturday

Here's to the start of a new week! Let's hope it'll be a good one!

Love, Dee

vrijdag 19 oktober 2012

Photo a day September 2012




I know I know.. I'm so late:-( As said: Life's been crazy, but here's my Photo a Day September by FatMumSlim :-) 

Love, Dee

maandag 15 oktober 2012

Week 41 instagrammed


Didn't get round to it last week, but here's my the past week instagrammed :-)


1. Just the two of us:-) 2. My baby and his cute nephew 3. sunday morning in the army 4. afternoon concert with the band 5. heartshaped stew by my love :-) 6. pea-soup with chicken (also) made by my love 7. gym time 8. hot cinnamon apples 9. ordered a cameo! Yay! 10. Good hair day;-) 11. salad at work 12. pie 13. Queen mary 2 sailing by 14. lovely meal at my parents 15. washis straight from Japan by my mums colleague 16. fresh orchids 17. happy mail from studio calico 18. date night with my handsome guy 19. Blown away festival 20. The Rotterdam Philharmonic in action :-)

Have a great week!

Love, Dee

vrijdag 12 oktober 2012

Yikes!

Hey everyone!

So yeah I'm a bit in default when it comes to blogging this week. The past weeks have been crazy crazy crazy. So many things are happening in my life right now and I'm having a hard time finding peace and quiet to do the things I like... So I ended up having a 'blog hiatus' for a week (or at least I hope so)...

Nevertheless there's something that I wanted to share with you immediately: last wednesday I caved and bought myself a Silhouette Cameo... Eeeek! Can still hardly believe it myself, but I really did order one... Of course I was in doubt, because it's a lot (and I mean a lot!) of money, but in the end it was a good deal. Of course I purchased the Studio Calico Cut it Out class to go with it as well :-)

Who else is with me?:-)

Love, Dee


vrijdag 5 oktober 2012

Happy scrappy buys

This time last week, in the early morning of the 28th of september Studio Calico's october kit went for sale. I  love the sneaks of this months kits so needless to say I had a hard time resisting them:-) Here's what I ordered:

Roller Rink (the main)

Couple's skate 

Crack the whip

Toe stop

And some more:
Foodie Stamp Set


Zing Embossing powder in Glitter gold

And last but not least...
SC crop bags

Sometimes you need to spoil yourself, don't you?

Have a great weekend!

Love, Dee

woensdag 3 oktober 2012

Week 39 instagrammed :-)

Late again! Here's week 39 instagrammed :-)

1. preparing a stew for the first fall weekend 2. delicious! 3. on my blog 4. why I love fall (hot showers, candles & hanging on the couch with some tea+ 5. big trip for work 6. for our collection 7. sad face > mouth hurts > off to the dentist 8. appointment for the next day to get my wisdom teeth out 9. preparing soup for the night, because won't be able to eat anything else 10. at the dentist 11. new friends for the day 12. mashed apples for me by my love 13. another trip for work 14. first solid food 15. blog hoppin' 16. my city 17. laundry in the weekend 18. scrappin' in the weekend 19. delicious meal made by mom 20. and dessert :-)

Have a great (rest of the) week!

Love, Dee

maandag 1 oktober 2012

Project Pinterest October 2012


A new month has begun, so it's time for another episode of Project Pinterest! 



In this series I will let myself be inspired by Pinterest to scrap, cook a meal, bake a pie, do my hair, my nails, et cetera. As many of you, I could browse around Pinterest for days on end, but I rarely really use any of my repinned images. And that's a shame, because there's so much good stuff outthere!

This month I let myself be inspired by this big picture layout by Susan Weinroth.

And this is my finished layout:



For this layout I used several kits from Studio Calico from the months of April, May and June of 2012, as well as the geotag stamp by Kelly Purkey and some washi :-)

For more detailed pics check out My Gallery at Studio Calico

Can't wait to hear what you think about this layout!

I hope you'll follow me on this Pinterest journey:-)

You can follow me on pinterest as well and check out my boards:

zondag 30 september 2012

Photo a day October



Another month has come and gone and this year is passing by so quickly. It's time to start a new photo a day challenge tomorrow. 

Who's joining me?

Love, Dee

donderdag 27 september 2012

28 Blog Hop!

I'm so excited to take part in my first blog hop ever and such a great one at that! Yesterday Jamie Leija turned 28! And to celebrate that she gathered some fabulous ladies to hop hop hop and join in the 28-fun on the 28th of september! Please visit the following ladies along this hop and check out they're 28-themed projects. You might be able to find some prizes along the way as well, so be sure not to miss one!;-)

For the ones that found me hopping along this blog I'll tell a little more about myself: I'm Dee, a twenty something girl from the Netherlands with a passion for pictures (and Instagram ;-)), scrapping, food and fashion :-) I live together with my fiancé in a city appartment and we enjoy life together to the full:-) I use this blog to document my life and share my crafty adventures:-) 

And now.. without further ado my own 28 project: Life at 28 


It's about my fiancé at age 28, 3 years ago. About the things that happened in his (and our) life that year:-) I used papers from Sodalicious for this project as well as the Silver Amy Tangerine Sketchbook Scene glitter foam thickers, a wood veneer by Studio Calico, several washi tapes from different brands and some other bits and pieces. I used a sketch from Kelly Purkey's Sketchbook 4 for this layout. For more (detailed) pictures check out my gallery at Studio Calico :-)

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Hop a long! Here's the list:


Have fun hopping along, good luck winning prizes and I hope to see you back soon! 

Love, Dee

PS: for a chance to win enter your comment on everyone's blog before Sept. 30 8:00 EST:-)

Week 38 instagrammed :-)


Although a new week is already well on its way I still owe you my last week instagrammed.. So here it is:-)

1. babysitting little Tessa 2. sunday pizza time 3. typical dutch treat: kruidnoten 4. pretty orchids 5. fall is coming up 6. new scrappy project 7. pretty pretty morning view 8. yummy treat at work: appelkanjer 9. dinner with work 10. home late after a few drinks in the city with my love 11. gym time 12. new car 13. details 14. easy dish 15. selfie

That's it for now.. I'm off to the dentist... he'll be taking my (3) wisdom teeth out.. Wish me luck!

Love, Dee

maandag 24 september 2012

Sisters in law :-)

Here's a page I made for the Pop Off the Page class at Studio Calico. I loved making this page although I have to admit I'm not really comfortable with the layering yet.. It seems I'm quite the arranged, orderly type of scrapper in a sense that I feel like I need to measure each block and make sure the spacing is right.. So when it came to sticking the papers to the page I messed that up just a teensy bit to get myself used to it :-P

This layout is about me and my sister in law visiting Londen. Loved using the butterflies on this page because both my sister in law and myself love butterflies :-)



For more (detailed) pictures check out my gallery at Studio Calico :-)

Can't wait to hear what you think!

Love, Dee

vrijdag 21 september 2012

Hop hop hop!

Hi!

It's friday! Yay! 

Today I have some fun news to share: I'm participating in my first blog hop! By this time next week you can hop along with me and visit some really fun blogs while getting a chance to win a great prize as well! I hope you'll join in the fun this time next week, on the 28th of September!




Have a great weekend!

Love, Dee

donderdag 20 september 2012

A tiny sneak

Hi everyone,

Here's a tiny sneak of a layout I finished last night for the Pop Off the Page class at Studio Calico. Had a lot of fun creating this page and love the way it turned out! 













Will post the full layout soon:-)

Love, Dee