Monday - detail

Detail of an order, circle scarf, for Carla from Germany

Saturday - crochet and knit update

A little late,

but here's an update of what I'm working on right now. 

 Knitting a blanket, super easy :-)

 A larksfoot blanket, meetmeatmikes had a GREAT tutorial for it, check it out!

Wednesday - inspirational movie

(Lucy Chadwick by the Selby)

Perfect for this autumn weather,

gives you loads of inspiration,

 makes you want to be outside instead of inside.

Makes me want to create: crochet, draw, build a house, i don't know!

 

Tonight I will share some updates of my crochet en knitting projects!



Den Bosch

I discovered this cool App for chrome and android

for adding effects to digital photographs.

It's super easy and a lot of fun!

You can find the App here

http://pixlr.com/o-matic/

Here are some pictures that I took of Den Bosch

that I played around with

Thursday - Today I love autumn

Sunday - 100 ideas (Keri Smith)

Oh my, are you familiar with Keri Smith?

Sunday - umbrella

Yesterday was my birthday!

I had a very nice day, with friends and family coming by

to eat some cake and chat

I feel really spoiled with all the lovely presents I got!

I'm 27 years old now, and I still don't feel like a grown up

that's what me and my best friend tell each other often

because we still, like we did at highschool,

giggle at the unappropriate moments

oh, and my best friend's a him :-)

I totally forgot to take photo's at my birthday, oops

And again today at the 2nd hand market in the umbrella factory

they didnt sell any umbrella's, its just called that way still

(all the photo's are from the website of plu fabrieken)

I'm sitting on the couch, sipping tea from my new tea glass (thanks mom and dad)

Everything from the party is cleaned off, thanks Sarah!

This weekend was fun, hope yours was too!

Monday - birthday browsing

My birthday is coming up

And like it is every year, i don't know what to say

when someone askes me what i'd like to get

I've just been to Morocco, i think i have everything i need!

But hey, then there's the internet...

And i see things like this:

(studio MME)

And this:

(Postcarden)

panorama and give away winner!

And the winner is....

Fieve!

congratulations :-) send me your adress and i will send a pretty package your way!

Now i have to get some sleep, soooo tired...

Thursday: Cute movie of the day!

Arrived home late in the night (at 3)

And working again today. Later today I'm going to pick a winner of the give away and post it tonight :-)

I think I'll be posting LOTS of photo's of my Morocco trip, beware!

For now: here's a cute movie

just this

taken in Utrecht last summer

I'm back!

I'm back!

I was in Poland for work, with 20 students

I'll share some photo's with you

 (the last two photo's are made in KL Auschwitz)

Tomorrow I'm going to Morocco

Yeah i know

But I also love autumn in Holland

this is my view from the couch

 I'm enjoying being at home, eating my favorite salad en reading Frankie magazine

 See you in november!

p.s. don't forget te enter the give away!

five things

The appelflappen I made yesterday turned out pretty good!

I realised too late that I didn't have any cinnamon 

so I used ginger powder and ground coriander seed

which worked really well with the sour apples I was using!

So here are some nice things I found online!

This knit stool by Claire-Anne o'Brien

It looks so comfy I just want to hug it!

This cool headboard idea

See the tutorial here

This easy Ikea hack

found on Curbly

This Day of the Dead inspired halloween costume

This painting by Aron Wiesenfeld

is my desktop at the moment

You should really click that link to look at a larger version

it's so detailled

So those were my five things!

Have a nice weekend!

appelflap

I'm currently working at the library in Den Bosch

and we have a little coffee bar here

and every dat they make their own apple pie

now that might seem like a good thing, but it's not

because every day the smell of warm, freshly baked apple pie just drifts around

and I have to work :(

So tonight I'm making Appelflappen!

I don't know how to say appelflappen in english

apple flaps? 

haha that sounds disgusting....

Anyway, I'm making these things

It's the easiest thing in the world!

This is how I make appelflappen;

I take a packet of 10 sheets of puff pastry out of the freezer

I peel 2 large (or three small) apples and take the pips out

I chop the apples up (doesn't have to be pretty) and put them in a bowl

also in the bowl goed some sugar and some cinnamon

some people like to put raisins in as well, but I famously dislike warm raisins

Then I take the (now defrosted) puff pastry and fold it in half, so I get a triangle shape

with a fork I close one of the sides

I then hold it in my hand like an ice cone and spoon the apple in

Then I close the remaining side and repeat 10 times and done!

I just add an egg wash and sprinkle some sugar on top 

and put it in the oven for as long as the puff pastry package directs.

You can also cut the sheets in half diagonally and make tiny ones!

Good for a party!

Smakelijk eten!

And if anyone can tell me what appelflappen are called in english

and if you have them over there as well

let me know!

Hi there!

This is Sarah 

Annis is in Poland at the moment

so I thought this would be a nice time to post some pictures of my new place!

I had to put all my books in double layers onto the shelves

otherwise it wouldn't fit

luckily the shelves are quite deep

and there was still room for this cute mini cooper piggy bank

Our huuuuuuuuge bed

The wooden letters were a birthday gift from Annis

As you can see the left side is my side

and the right side is Niels' (my boyfriend) side

the print in the middle

(with my reflection on it, pay no attention to that)

is by the wonderful Tushtush

I bought these cute little cactus candles at Action

for only one euro!

Here you can see a print our dad made

It's called "dialog" 

but we secretly call it pacman vs internet explorer : )

beneath it is the flightcase for my bass amp

with lots of stickers on it

Some comicbooks

and an Edgar Allen Poe action figure

(I lost the raven that came with it though...)

This is not in, or even near my house

but I liked the picture

so there!

(it's too bad you can't smell it, it smelled really nice!)

My piggies!

My double bass 

another print by Tushtush on the left

some postcards

The skull print is by GoldenRococo

and the larger one on the right is by Matou en Peluche

And some more random things from around the place

It finally starting to look like a home instead of just a house!

I do miss Annis a bit sometimes

I even miss her crazy cat, Sjefke sometimes!

(but not very often : ) )

Luckily I live quite near the station!