Creative week, part 1

Love hearts made from linen, with a button made from shells and a jute string.

We spotted a great letterbox on our walking trip.

I love letterboxes like this!

I like to organize a creative week. Close to the arts trail there is a lot off work to do and to finish. And I really like to show you all the things I made. So from now on every day another item. But I do more than only sitting behind my sewing machine. Yesterday we went for a big family walk. We parked the car on a parking place and made a great walk and we went back by train. Always a great experience for the kids because we never go by train. It was great and we had great views. I'm very happy to live in a beautiful country like this.

The first thing I want to show you are the linen love hearts with a button made from shells and a jute string. Very natural. I have to update my Etsy shop as well with new items , that's an other job on the "to do" list. Better go and do some work!

Arts Trail

The kapiti Coast's arts and craft exponents will open the doors of their studios to the public on the second weekend of November. The trail is open from 10am-4pm, Saturday and Sunday, November 8-9.

This is the biggest annual arts event on the Kapiti Coast. We have an incredible number of talented artist and it is wonderful to have this event to showcase them to visitors.

The arts trail ranges from Paekakariki in the south to Otaki in the north. The range of arts include; paintings,ironwork,jewellery,sculptures, mosaics, stone, pottery, quilts, garden art felting and much more.

We made a lot of things and love to give you a little glimpse of what we made. It was great fun making all the things and thinking how to display. We thinking of having a beach theme. So we went to the beach every night and brought back heaps of driftwood to display all the items.

So if you are in New-Zealand it's worth to come over and spent a great weekend on the coast. And if you are looking for accommodation you can stay the night in our Bed and Breakfast.

Your Welcome !!

Bed and Breakfast

You can all come and stay the night with us.
A little dream came true, we are having our own Bed and Breakfast: Lovely Living.

We live on the Kapiti Coast in a little town, Waikanae. It won a competition for the most beautiful small town from New Zealand (less than 40.000 people), I think it is absolutely true.
We are proud to live here, on walking distance to the beach and with great walking tracks in the area.
Waikanae is 50 KM from Wellington the capital City of New Zealand, it's a great town to visit with a lot of things to do and see.

We can offer you a nice little room for two, with two single beds and breakfast with homemade jam and juice from our own fruit. You can have your breakfast in bed, on the veranda or sit with us on the big family table.
There is a outside bath so you can have a romantic evening under the stars. With some good luck you will see a falling star ( and maybe all your wishes come true). But if you think that's too cold you can always come inside to have your shower.
We are surrounded by lots of fruit trees and a nice Private garden.

Do you think this is the place to be, send me a e-mail so I can contact you.

from old to new.

I had a little break again, we had more family over for a few nights. This is going to be a busy year. After 7 more weeks my mum is coming over from Holland, she is staying for 6 weeks. And when all the visitors have left, we are thinking of making a little Bed and Breakfast from the guest room.
I really enjoy having guest over and it is a nice little room so why not.

When my dad was here, he helped me with a old rocking chair that I've got for free from a nice lady in the neighbourhood. It was absolutely not a nice chair but now it looks great and it sits wonderfull. We bought a little fireplace on a garage sale as well . Both of them are standing on the veranda and we already had some great hours sitting out there in the evening with the little fire on. The girls enjoying their marshmallows and we our wine. Life can be so beautiful.

I'm back !!

Sorry for the absence but we had a very bust time. My dad was over from Holland and it was great to see him again. We did a lot of things together. In the weekend we spend time together with the whole family. After we brought him to the airport for his long flight back home, the kids started school holidays. You can imagine not much time for myself. The computer is never free and we are really busy making lots and lots of things for the Arts Trail. We are selected and we are looking forward. It's in the first weekend of November but for who are interested I will keep you updated.
Maybe you can remember that we where renovating the kitchen. I can tell you we just finished one part. We still have to do the other side but with more family coming over this weekend and over a few weeks, I don't know if we will start with that part. We don't want to have a big mess when we are having visitors.
But now we can have breakfast in the kitchen and I like it. We already spend a lot of time in our "new" kitchen. And we all see it as quality time!

New bag

Spring is in the air, time for a new bag. I made the bag for myself. Normally I make them to sell but I saw the fabric and I was in Love! My favorite colour for the summer is bright pink so this will suite my outfits. It's a big bag so I can put my whole household in it. Everybody is always surprised what is coming out of my bag.

I'm really busy sewing these days. There is a Art trail coming up in the beginning of November and a school fair at the end of November. I have a stall on the school fair and my house and garden is open on the art trail. Hopefully the weather will be nice then. I'm making bags, roll-up pencil cases, lavender love heart and nice hair accessories for the girls,and probably much more.

This week my dad is coming over from The Netherlands and we haven't seen him for almost 4 years, so we are all very excited. This will be an other busy time.

I've been tagged !

By liset, So here are the tag rules:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules in your blog.
3. Write 6 random things about yourself.
4. Tag 6 people at the end of your post.
5. Let each person you have tagged know by leaving a comment on there blog.
6. Let the tagger (me) know when you entry is posted.

Now six random things about me:
1. My days are to short, I wish we had 40 hours in a day so I can do everything that I like.
2. I always say I live from 10 am till 10 pm. I love morning tea time and sit outside with a cup of coffee on the veranda. But normally I'm not home around that time so I'm really happy in the weekend.
3.When my girls are growing up I like to live in Africa to help other kids.
4. I'm always busy making things or thinking what to make.
5. Don't put me in a room with chocolate, I'll eat it all.
6. I'm happy that we are emigrated to New-Zealand almost 4 years ago, I love it here and I hope this place will help me to make my dreams come true!

I can go on and on with this list but that's a bit borring for you to read I think. My other passion is to go to garage sales every weekend . I really like to show you what I found on a garage sale last Saturday. I found a little bit of "Home" far from "Home" .
6 lovely dutch coffee cups in a perfect condition. They are standing now on my new kitchen shelf.
Are you comming over for coffee one day?

I like to tag Lyndele, Suzie, Petra, Heleen, Yvonne and Lisa.