Count Your Blessings

 

colorful flowers

 

autumn skies

 

homemade-applepie-lionhead

 

This week our washingmachine called it quits, that was actually kind of a blessing in many ways!

For one: I didn't have do the laundry!

And two: when it turned out not to be able to get fixed as quick as hoped, my sweet 'BFF' (ah you know ;)) came to the rescue!

When things break down you know who your friends are and they are truly a blessing!

 

For more Count Your Blessings hop on over to Zilverblauw.



 

Have a beautiful new week!

xoxox

 

Ps. Last call for this weeks giveaway!

Psps: I bought the Ingela P Arrhenius plate Hikjes in Huis!

Pspsps: Dear VINK you won last weeks giveaway, please send me an email!

Just did it!

 

I just ran 3 kilometers in 22 minutes 57 seconds!

 

I just had to share!

Have a great saturday!

xoxox

 

Ps. seen the giveaway from Haakt? You can still enter!

 

 



Random + Oh Marie bird

 

J. got in a lot of pain in the middle of the night due to an inner ear infection so we stayed up with him & he stayed home from school yesterday. We had a quiet day together watching some DVD's & reading books. And ofcourse taking a nap:

o dear when did his feet become so huge!?

 

 

And some more randomness!

The Oh Marie bird is flying of to:

 

 

Babette please send me an email with your address at saskia.vanderzee [at] yahoo [dot] com.

 

xoxox

 

Ps do check out this weeks Monday Giveaway by Haakt!

 



Monday Giveaway Marathon

  

Haakt is a shop specialised in crochetpatterns, complete crochetkits, wool/cotton/needles & even online instructions on how to crochet!

They have jewellery-, scarves- & hatpatterns in every level.

Last year I made myself a beautiful cowl with a kit from Haakt!  

 

 

Today's giveaway gives not 1 but 3 chances to win this Sweet Heart Pattern (deluxe, it's on sturdy paper!) by Haakt! 

If you want a chance to win: visit Haakt & leave a comment here!

 

(the pattern is in dutch only)

 

And the winner of the swallow brooch from Broesj is:

Congratulations Vink! Please send an email to:
saskia.vanderzee [at] yahoo [dot] com

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 Have a beautiful new week!
xoxox



Count your blessings

This week was filled with 'little' blessings! The kick off to for the Monday Giveaway Marathon had me covered in confetti for days!



Yes, I do love brooches too!

Some sweet mail from Mikodesign & so appropriate: the gardenconfetti I got with an order from Hikjes in Huis!

 

 

 

* Had an amazing wednesdayafternoon with my boys, 2 of their friends & 'my new BFF' ;): discovering that if you pretend to have a party, time does fly!

 

* Yesterday I ran 15 minutes for the first time in my life!! And I actually enjoy the whole running-thing!

 

* And today my sweetheart took the boys with him to footballfield so I had some time to do nothing really, I just made a big pan of soup!

 

roasted paprika soup

 





 

Have a great new week!

 

You can still enter the giveaway, tomorrow I'll announce the winner & the NEW giveaway!

Oh and if you want a bird to spend a few days at your home, please give a comment here!

 

Look here for more Count Your Blessings.

 

xoxox

 

ps the house was bought at a brocante on holiday in France.

Oh Marie!

The Oh Marie Magazine launched last month with number 0-Birds of Paradise! Marlous threw a launchparty complete with a piñata for every guest! In the piñata's were small thriftstore-treasures.
Liefgeval found a bird-embroidery! Cute no? But she wasn't allowed to keep it, oh no, the bird had a job to do to spread the word of this great new online magazine! And Liefgeval meanwhile was busy in her own big adventure as well!

So she set the bird free with an address & of it went!

And look! It landed here save & sound in my mailbox!

 

 

 

We do like having the bird around with all it's stories of all it's travels, but it seems to be a bit scared of Cobus & Sjaan...

And it still needs & wants to tell the Oh Marie story to so many people more!

 

So do you want to receive a special delivery & keep him for a few days, take photo's of him in your home, send it further on his trip & become a member of the Fellowship of the Travelling Vintage Items:

 

Please leave a comment with your emailaddress, I will randomly pick someone!

 

xoxox

 

Ps you can still enter my giveaway as well!

 

 

Random fairytales

 

 

Sunday we went to Scheveningen to see the big kites & visited the Fairytale- sculptures by Tom Otterness.
One of the pictures above is not by me or my camera! J. took his own camera to the beach & took several really good photo's!

the artist at work ♥

 

 

xoxox

 

Ps do check out the amazing giveaway!