Wishing you……

Cold snow and ice everywhere but……

I wish everyone a warm and cosy  new year !

  

   Warm hearts, cold feet!!

I still have my little angels lying on a wreath.They’ve had a place in the Christmas tree  but they are still very actual with their new year wishes.

Found a very old and a bit French  door.Painted it with a chalk paint  and gave it a place on the fireplace.

Brought some stuff to the second hand shop(cleaned the attic) and came back with a very funny recipe book.Nice drawings and handwriting always handy to make something nice with.

Fun with a potato recipe book !

A little spring in the house….

As you can see I’ve already used the recipe paper, so you can’t see the ugly blue pot the Muscari’s are in.

                

And off course there’s only one way to end this post……

With my little friend Jackie…

  Thanks for reading my blog and hope you’ll return again!

Love Anita and Jackie.

Wishing you a very merry Christmas…..

 

Some very snowy characters have been detected in my neighborhood .This last one in my own garden!

Some jolly packages  came in straight from the north pole !

The shopping is done, there’s a Cake in the oven and I’m going to light some candles  so……

I guess it’s time for some Christmas fun!!!   

Greetings and  a very merry Christmas  to all of you !!!

Love Anita.

Back again…..

Somehow I’ve been so busy doing all sorts of things that I just didn’t have the time to do some blogging!!But being back again and checking all you dear blogging people I see I’ve been missing a lot.What a cheerful  Christmas spirit there is in a lot of houses.What jolly things people make and say.yes it’s good to be back!!I’ve done some Christmas decorating my self , so here it is.

Made some angels for the Christmas tree.It’s a dilemma every year(that is to say,it’s one for me)because I like a white and grey decorated tree (Jeanne D’arc style) but the kids and husband like lots of jolly red.I honestly like red as well and we ,years ago had a white decorated tree,that only I liked, after some days I kind of missed a bit of color so added some red to it.That instantly looked a lot brighter.I like the Scandinavian style of decorating , you see that in just white and  jolly red and white.So this year a mix of both!!

Let’s keep it Sweet and Funny !

The Jeanne D’arc part of decorating,cones as   Adventcalender, as seen in the magazine of J.D.They contain little Lego Items( to  keep it Scandinavian!)to  make a Christmas village.

 

The kitchen part….Found some gingerbread cookie cutters and an old glass porridge form in an secondhand shop.

The kitchen  wall cabinet  in jolly red style!The Santa’s I made a very long time ago .They are cross-stitched  front and back and sewed on fabric.They are our egg-warmers.

The Hema sold a lot of Scandinavian Christmas items last year.Like these candles and coffee cups  and bowls.

Found some great ribbons and rope  on the Christmas  Fair in Haarzuilens.

A glimpse into the living-room.At the front a jolly red pixie.The original  pixie’s ,made by Maileg are so very nice but not cheap so I made this one my self,It’s an Adventcalender.In every pocket you can put a tiny present.

The Christmas tree !

The angel of Love has a place almost at the top….of course.

And there is also an  angel of Joy.

Old Bon Maman creme brulee jars I found second hand.Decorated with ‘follow your dreams’ ribbon.Let that be your goal for the new year!

Red and white presents under the tree.First pic. presents at  front are from Noords (Santa told me).A very Scandinavian ‘web but also showroom’ shop in my neighborhood.

The living-room.I have a new thing in my living-room.My father made a long shelf above the windows.I placed my collection of pineapples on it and a garland.

Close up.

Nature has chosen for white this morning….

So far my Christmas preparations, will keep you informed!

Enjoy these ,also, special days towards Christmas day!!

                         

Guess what, I found a Christmas card with my dear Jackie on it !!!

Lots of greetings from me and hope to see you next time.

Antoinette from Twaatjes diary thanks for your kind words as you can see I’m back again !!

Sinterklaas……

        

What fun for all ,‘Sinterklaas’ is back.For most people in the world an on none figure but for the Dutch and Belgium kids it means a lot of fun and excitement!!Times of presents,chocolate milk, poems ,fun and joy.And do my kids don’t believe in ‘Sinterklaas’ anymore it still is a very special time of the  year.We’ve  unpacked the ‘Sinterklaas’ box with all the things to give the living room a ‘Sinterklaas’ make-over!

The wall cabinet  in the kitchen is filled with my collection  of ‘Sinterklaas’ cups ,plates and lots of more stuff.

And of course the ‘Sinterklaas’books.The first one is an old story but a new book, the second you could call brocante because it’s an old one it’s falling apart as well!

 

Ready for some chocolate milk!

 

I’ve copied some pictures from a book on transfer paper  and then made these ‘Sinterklaas’cones.There’s a little white bag in it for some candy and some tulle fabric for fun completed  it with a stamped label and a nice ribbon.

 

A real tradition in our family,baking ‘speculaas’’ with  freshly made almond paste If you’re ever in Alkmaar and in need of  some baking stuff  there’s a mill called’’het roode hert that sells delicious ecological  flour, herbs,bread  and lots more.

As you can see we’re ready for some baking,!

  Even Jackie is ready, just have to wait ‘til December the fifth!!    

Thanks for reading my blog and hope to see you again!

Greetings, ANITA and JACKIE.

Birthday fun and Halloween laughter !

 

Just before Halloween it was my birthday.As you can see on the heart above ,my best friend Ineke made,I turned 43!!!!.What an age,still have get used to it.Time sure go’s by quickly!

I got lots of very nice presents and one of them is this fabulous book!

One of the presents was decorated with this old  43 ribbon.

     

My parents gave me this beautiful hurricane.I found it a bit  empty around the base , so I  made this eucalyptus wreath a few  days later.

And of course there was Halloween…….

We all enjoyed a witches  high tea  at an autumn decorated table with Halloween cookies, a very tasty black cake(!) and other goodies like worms, eyeballs,fingers and lots of herbal tea!

We also had two witchy activities,painting a Halloween plate  and making a woolen pumpkin.At the background we had funny ,scary sounds and lots of fun!!!!

Jack o lantern looked at us from the table……..

   And this is the result of one evening having creative  Halloween fun!                    

Jack had fun as well(if a cookie fell on the ground).

I’m already thinking about the next festivities!Making things for December the fifth, I’m collecting ideas!!

Have a nice weekend and thanks for reading my blog

ANITA AND JACKIE.

Halloween preview no. 2

 

It’s almost Halloween and we are busy decorating the living room.The chandelier is packed with all sorts of Halloween stuff and the creepy spider has also found it’s place!

Some scary details !

We still have to do some pumpkin carving but these jolly figures are fun as well!

 

  

My little wall cabinet is filled with old Halloween cards.

A Trick or Treat bag I hand painted years ago in primitive style.

These friendly witches and pillows  are also made some time ago in ‘prim 'style.

                 

TRICKS AND TREATS ON HALLOWEEN THINGS ARE NOT  ALWAYS WHAT THEY SEEM !

It’s certain that we can’t celebrate tomorrow because not everyone can be there, so it will be Sunday  instead.Doesn’t matter we’re in the mood already and so is Jackie Potter !    Next time some more scary fun !!

Have a creepy nice weekend and thanks for reading my blog, see you next time………if you dare !!!!!!.

Anita.

Halloween preview.

This  Saturday it’s Halloween.We don’t like the scary and strange things  some people do on these days in America(turning your garden in a graveyard!?)but like to do something,like pumpkin carving , baking Halloween cookies and cakes ,mixing witches potions and playing funny games.Decorating the room is also a part of the festivities.Nothing scary just fun!!Orange isn’t my favorite color but on Halloween it’s quite essential and so is black!

In the webshop of Belle brocante I bought these funny Halloween labels.These cones I made some time ago, just changed the label and added a black paper lace(from the Xenos).

 

Also funny to make are these simple lights.Put a light in the(Bon Maman)jam jar,decorate with rope and stick some things like (ivy)leaves,crabapple and acorns under it and of course  a nice label as a finishing touch!

Last little picture you see the newspaper box I made (last blog) just added some old Halloween pictures to it that I found on the internet ,sticked a little black or white paper lace under it and there’s my scary box!

          Little Trick or Treat bag made old  linen  and some old Halloween pictures and tranferpaper.     

So far my Halloween things,  next time more creepy, funny stuff!!!,

Greetings from me and from a  creepy Jackie !!