Four

Our youngest son turned 4 last Tuesday, time flies.... No more little kids in our house, but two big boys! And after the summer holidays he will go to school. How exciting (for him as well for us). Anyway, the best present he got was a steam engine, to attach to his wooden trains. See them testing it in our empty living room.

Temporarily Moved

This wall decoration from the Scandinavian brand Isak is normally standing in our living room but has now temporarily moved to my working room. All furniture had to move out of the living room, because we spent the whole weekend sanding our wooden floor and re-oiling it again. Pfff, what a job, but so very necessary and worth the effort.

Lucky Me

Another Swap Bot swap and this time it was a pincushion swap.
And look what I got!!!!!! A toadstool, isn't it beautiful! I really don't want to stick pins into it ;) I think I will give it a nice place in our living room, it really needs a bit more attention than just being a pincushion.

Baby Girl

A little baby girl was born.
Her parents designed a birthcard in Beatles style and with a dad working at a recording studio and a granddad playing in a band, she will most probably become a very musical girl..... As a present I bought a t-shirt where I ironed a headphone applique on.

Growing Vegetables

At the moment, the boys are really interested in where everyting is made. Like where do they make cars, where do they make bread, where do they make blankets, etc. When I saw these little greenhouses, they seemed just perfect to explain to them where the tomatoes and peppers come from. They were very pleased to put in the earth and the seeds and almost every day they follow the growth process. We hope to harvest our home grown vegetables later this summer as well of course.

Shop Update

I had to wait a long time before these new Japanese fabrics arrived. And now they are here and will be in the shop later this evening.
Most of them are plain cotton, like these:



But two of them are jersey fabrics (100% cotton) and I am so very pleased to have them in the shop (more will follow):

Weekend

Finally some time to upload the photo's from last weekend.
We spent the saturday at the farm from my uncle for a family reunion. With great weather and so nice to see all my nieces and nephews with their kids.
The farm is not a real farm anymore, but still with a lot of space around it. For the kids a perfect playground and they couldn't be more happy when a tractor arrived to make haystacks and they could drive along. The picture says it all!