Are you English speaking? Do you read my blog frequently and would you mind if it was in Dutch, and you had to translate it to be able to read?

I’d love to hear your opinion!

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Hallo daar! Het nieuwe jaar is al drie weken oud en de routine van de dagen zit er alweer goed in, maar ik heb al enige tijd een ‘kwestie’ in mijn hoofd waar ik maar niet uitkom… ik weeg de voors en tegens af en het slaat dan weer door naar de ene, en dan weer naar de andere kant… dus ik werp de vraag maar gewoon eens op mijn blog en vraag JOU om je mening:

Spreek jij Nederlands? En zo ja, lees je mijn blogteksten dan in het Engels of ben je daar niet zo goed in, en vertaal je ze dan naar het Nederlands of kijk je alleen naar de plaatjes? Zou jij het fijn vinden als ik mijn blogposts voortaan in het Nederlands schrijf?

Ik hoor graag je mening!

For now, I keep my text in English and await your responses.

Friday haiku

Photo: @LenaSchreijenberg
I submit this haiku to Haiku my Heart

My word for 2023 is FOCUS. The (hard to read) text on the page says “Too often I have too many plans to do in the four days that rest after three days on my job. While I’m doing one thing I’m thinking about the next – of course that doesn’t work . I need to focus more.”
Well, that’s some ‘intention’ isn’t it? Anyway, I made this page ‘with focus’. The image is a detail-copy from a page I created in 2015. I edited the photo, printed it in grayscale and reused it on this page.

And here’s Week 1 in my Chronicles 2023 art journal

Thanks for visiting my blog today, enjoy your weekend!

Je t’embrasse

Anyway, I like mist. I do. And I like the sound of the foghorn I can hear in the distance, guiding the ships safely through the fairway.

Friday haiku

Photo: @LenaSchreijenberg
I submit this haiku to Haiku my Heart

Art Journaling – One Little Word

Last week I showed you the new Chronicles art journal that I bound and I mentioned the fact that I chose a word (One Little Word) to accompany me in 2022. Well, here it is:

EXPLORE is my word for 2022. As the journaling on the page says: it mainly has to do with my art. I want to explore more techniques/materials/possibilities and create outside my comfort zone. I might even try to work on a big canvas!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day and everything that surrounds you (as far as you can see, and if you are in a haze, enjoy the foghorn!)
Je t’embrasse

Here’s the haiku I wrote today

Friday haiku

The photo was taken on the last day of 2019 by my friend Lena Schreijenberg

I submit this haiku to Recuerda Mi Corazon where our lovely hostess Rebecca brings us all together to share a haiku on Friday: Haiku my Heart.

We’re in the second week of 2020, this new year is on it’s way, and every year again the same question pops up: “Did you make New Year’s resolutions?” People who know me longer don’t ask me that anymore. Instead, they are curious for what word I chose for the New Year. Yes, I choose a word. Do you know that tradition? It started with Ali Edwards, an American artist (especially Memory Keeping related projects such as “December daily” albums etc.) In 2006 she began a tradition of choosing one word for herself each January – One Little Word – and pretty soon, a whole lot of people followed her in that tradition. I learned about it in 2009 and got fascinated by this idea, so I chose my first word in 2010 – “a word to focus on, to live with, to investigate, to write about, to craft with, and to reflect upon as I go about my daily life.” That year, I found out how powerful that one little word can be. Therefore, I treat this tradition with care and think about it carefully before I make a choice.

In December, I always take a moment to reflect on the word I chose in the past year: what did it do for me? Did it influence me in any way? Did I ignore it and did it come back to hit me like a boomerang (that happened to me once… like I said: one little word can be pretty powerful!) I also think about a new word to select. What do I want to focus on in the year to come? What do I want to learn?

My word for 2020

Last month the word “Prioritize” came to mind when I thought about my word for 2020, but bleh… I don’t like that word! Way too cold and business-like… but it does sound like something I need to focus on, now that I have a job and my days are filled with new impressions and inspiration and less time to spend in my atelier. I need to prioritize and find a balance in… oh, hey: BALANCE. Now thát is a nice word. It sounds much more friendly and usable and applicable in many areas: work vs. play, privacy versus public, balanced eating and drinking and so on. I like it! What’s more: around the corner where I live is a beautiful, little courtyard with a fountain, where I walk past when I go to work … what it’s called? “Balans” (balance.)

Like all years before (since 2011) the first page of my new Chronicles art journal is used to create a page with my ‘one little word’. My ‘Chronicles’ is my weekly art journal so it’s on my desk every week… the word is never far away. I bind a brand new “Chronicles” art journal every year, and here’s how my 2020 journal looks

I am happy with the size of this journal, with the first page I created in it and with my word “Balance.” This word has also a lot to do with “letting go”… there simply are only 24 hours in a day and although I can manage with little sleep, I can not work on all the creative projects that are on my wish list. In fact, working at “Zeeland Archives” brings me more inspiration, so the wish list is only growing! Fortunately I have learned to let go – although the ‘letting go’ had more to do with the way I make art. I even taught an online workshop called that way and – now for the good news – I offer this online workshop again next month!

Online workshop “Let it Loose”

This online workshop starts on February 20: six weeks – 12 lessons. Available in English and Dutch.

Did you just dipped your toes into art journaling and are you insecure how to prceed? Do you see so many examples, techniques and materials online that you don’t know where to start? Are you getting a little intimidated by all those wonderful pages that people post online, and does it make you wanna quit? Did you make some art journal pages but feel ‘stuck’ right now?
In short: do you want to break LOOSE??? Then this workshop is for YOU!

DUTCH go HERE and ENGLISH go HERE for more info and registration.

My online workshops take place in an online community that was especially built for this purpose. Lessons are uploaded twice a week and there’s a clear structure in the assignments. The community is where the students and the “teacher” (I) come together, where you can chat and where additional information is shared. You can also upload photos of your work.

I chose to work this way because I feel that jointly attending a workshop gives a boost to self-confidence and brings a lot more inspiration than when you get some lessons by email to work with ‘home alone.’ Being able to login to a save and private group, where you get feedback and encouraging comments is so much inspiring and rewarding!

Pfew, this was a pretty long blogpost… did you read it all? Thanks for that, and have a wonderful weekend!

Je t’embrasse

After a week break on my blog, I’m diving into blogging again – refreshed after the crazy busy (but fun) last week of 2018… yep, the Top 2000 blogparty was a great succes. You can look back on the music-inspired journal I made here and see all seven blogpost crammed with art from participants here.

And now it’s back to bussiness… although I had a bit of a hard time to get started…

WOYWW #501

Yup, right… I worked on this page (for a collaboration project) all day yesterday and it got worse and worse… I kept on adding pictures and paint and crayons but nothing could satisfy me or save the page so in the end I smeared gesso over it. To make matters worse, I knocked over that can of mod podge. It’s a new one and really full, so there was a large puddle of glue on my desk. I managed to save a lot and put it back in the can.

Was it a waste day then? Well, no… getting back into creating is never a waste and I enjoyed the process (except for the glue-cleaning part.) On top of that, the layers underneath the gesso add extra texture to the page. I am eager to dive in and work on it again today.

Now that 2019 has begun, I also started working in the new Chronicles art journal I bound… but first let me show you the last pages in my 2018 journal.

The Chronicles of Marit 2018 – Week 51

The Chronicles of Marit 2018 – Week 52

And this is the new Chronicles journal that I will use in 2019. I showed you several photos of it back in November, right after I bound it. You can see those photos (with pics of the back and details of the spine) here

The first page in my Chronicles is a single page, and I always use that to reflect on my ‘Word of the Year’. You might be familiar with that concept? The tradition of choosing “One Little Word” (or OLW) instead of making resolutions at the beginning of a year first started with Ali Edwards. She inspired a lot of people who follow the ‘One Little Word’ tradition now. The idea is to choose one word to symbolize the intention you have for the new year. Just one little word that you can focus on, mediate on and reflect upon. A word to use as a touchstone…

I had difficulties finding my word for 2019, I thought about ‘rise’ and ‘bold’ and ‘intuition’ (in Dutch) but then it came to me… “GUTS has it all – it includes the ‘bold’ and the ‘intuition’ and it comes with a bonus: the “belly-part.” I can do with a little weight loss and neet to eat healthier – so “Guts” is just the perfect word for me! There is no Dutch translation for it that includes all those meanings, so I go with the English ‘guts’ in 2019. It suits me!

Now that I had my word, I could create the first page in my journal. I never pictured my portrait on my ‘OLW-page” before (I always save the last page of my journal for a selfie/photo) but Effy had a lesson in Book of Days (where I am a bonus artist, you can still sign up for it – see badge in side menu) and her lesson inspired me – I first transferred a photo but after adding the text, the transfer seemed a bit pale/vague so I painted over it to get the balance back on the page.

The Chronicles of Marit 2019 – First “One Little Word” page

And this was the (rather long) kick off blogpost of the year, let’s rock 2019!

Over the last years, I choose several words (and sometimes – most of the times – the word choose me… it ‘came to me’ by the end of each year so to speak) and I discovered how powerful these words can be. I picked some ‘wrong’ words in the past that slapped me right in the face, so now I’m always a bit afraid when the New Year approaches and I start thinking about a word. NOT having a word is not an option, as I like the ‘focus’ a word gives during the year. Last year I choose a sentence, but I found that not as powerful as one word, so for 2016 I choose again just one word:

I had it on my mind for a while now and it won’t go so MOVE will be my word for 2016.

I decided to use the English word and not the Dutch translation as in Dutch the word does not represent all the meanings that it covers in English.

• MOVE because I want my art to move people in some way – create art that comes from my emotion and touches others.
• MOVE because I have to move on from last year. It was a tough and difficult year and it took a toll on me. I want to move on and move forward.
• MOVE because I live in a bad neighborhood right now and I hope to be able to move to better place this year.
• MOVE my body… I need to loose some pounds… going for long walks more often will help

All in all: Move onto bigger and better things!

When I commented on Quinn McDonald’s OLW post back in December, letting her know which word I’d pick, she responded with this comment: “Words that have multiple meanings, like Move, give us so many choices. I’m loving yours because I know the growth that has preceded it.” Quinn felt where the word came from and the intention and possibilities in it. I feel blessed to ‘know’ – and be known by – someone that I’ve never met in person but still consider my friend. Thank you Quinn.

As you may know, I use the first page of every Chronicles art journal to reflect on my word at the beginning of the year. Here’s the first page in my Chronicles for 2016 (pictures of this new, handbound, journal can be found in this post.)

Did you pick a Word for 2016? I’m curious to hear yours; tell me about it in a comment.

First, for the ones who don’t know what “Word of the Year” means, let me explain in short:

at the beginning of a New Year, a lot of people make resolutions. I am not one of them… A few years back, however, I discovered that several people, instead of making resolutions, choose just one word and consider that word as a guide for the year. Just one little word, to symbolize the intention you have for the new year. A word as in a ‘theme’, a word that stays with you that year and that will keep you focused in your plans and intentions, a word to use as a touchstone…

Six years ago, I picked my first ‘Word of the Year’ (2010; and my word was ‘smile’ 🙂 )

Now, several years and several words later, I have learned how powerful these words can be. It’s almost scary, how some words in some years turned out to be a burden. In 2013, for example, my word was Volhouden (‘Persevere’) and that word hit me right in the face during the year. Reflecting on it I realized that it was in a way a negative word… So for 2014 I choose a more uplifting and energetic word: Avontuur (‘Adventure.’) [You can read all about ‘persevere’ and ‘adventure’ in THIS POST]

So… was last year an adventure?
Some would say it was indeed because my beloved and I moved houses. Not a move within the city, not within the same province even, we moved to a place 100 miles away. From Eindhoven, the city where I’d lived for the last 30 years, back to my birth-region Zeeland. It was a life-changing move and we encountered many problems, but I would not call it an adventure. No! There was too much negativity and stress in my life last year to call it that….

I don’t have the need to recall, I don’t have the urge to share everything that happens in my life on the internet. It’s not that I don’t trust you, my faithful blog readers, it’s the fact that ANYONE can read this blog that keeps me against pouring my heart out. So, I won’t talk about all the problems we encountered but believe me when I say 2014 was just crap.

It was even thàt bugger, that I did not even dare to think about choosing a new ‘Word of the Year’ for 2015. No baby… this girl decided to live this year without “one word” weighing on her shoulders.

However, ‘blood is thicker than water’ and when I watched a concert of Leonard Cohen (Live in Dublin) on TV last month, the words of my favourite song struck me again.

The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don’t dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.

(Anthem - Leonard Cohen)

There it was again, that last sentence that became my motto a long time ago.  But listening to the lyrics, the text earlier in the song especially touched my heart.

I journaled the first part of the lyrics on the last page of my Chronicles 2014, as a closure and I start the Chronicles of 2015, and the year, with the theme that I embrace for 2015.

… and I will.
I will stay positive.
My life changed drasticly,
but there are still bells.
Bells that I can ring.

I hope 2015 will give me the opportunity to at least “ring the bells that still can ring.”

I promised to tell you about my ‘word for the year’ in this post, so here you have it:
my word is ADVENTURE!
Let me explain how I came to choose this word…

First, let’s talk about what “Word of the Year” means.

At the beginning of a New Year, a lot of people make resolutions. I am not one of them… A few years back, however, I discovered that several people, instead of making resolutions, choose just one word and consider that word as a guide for the year. Just one little word, to symbolize the intention you have for the new year. A word as in a ‘theme’, a word that will keep you focused in your plans and intentions. As Quinn McDonald puts it: ” a word to use as a touchstone…”

Over the last years, I choose several words (and sometimes – most of the times – the word choose me… it ‘came to me’ by the end of each year so to speak) and I discovered how powerful these words can be. Last year (2013) my word was ‘Volhouden’ (“Persevere”) and I could not have imagined the power of that particular word… the word hit me right in the face during the year! I knew up front that 2013 was going to be a difficult year but it became even more difficult as I’d thought… for one, I suffered from a burn-out and thinking about my word made me feel even smaller because most of the time I had no energy at all to persevere… Looking back, I can see that ‘persevere’ is in a way a negative word… it’s a word that costs energy (which I did not have at all) and that forces you to “clamp your teeth” (in English ‘bite the bullet.’)  I literally did that, resulting in two loose and one broken teeth…

By the time 2013 came to an end, I was doing a bit better and I began to think about a new word for 2014… but I recoiled from all the words that came to mind. I did not dare to choose one word of all the ones that came to mind – because I was afraid that it would again be a ‘hard word’ that would slap me in the face. There was only one thing I could do: let go! So I tried not to think about it anymore and kept faith that a word would find me by the end of the year, or maybe even in January…

On Christmas day my “Top 2000 Blog Party” started. I concentrated on that, and enjoyed the positive vibe that came from working to/with the music.

The first page I made for the Top 2000 party was inspired by the Beatles’ song “Magical Mystery Tour” and just when I’d forgotten all about my ‘word,’ when I was filling in the title on the page with bright and happy colours, the word came to me. ADVENTURE. I know that 2014 will bring a lot of changes, my life will be put upside down for sure, but in fact life as a whole is no more than one ‘magical mystery tour’… a big ADVENTURE!

I tasted the word, while working on the page… ADVENTURE… it sounds positive. It feels right.

ADVENTURE is promising… it means going on an uncertain journey. A lot of unforseen things may happen along the way – I might have to fight dragons or wade through swamps – but ADVENTURE sounds like there may be something good waiting for me on the other end… after all, ADVENTURES almost always have a happy ending,
isn’t it?

I had already bound a new ‘Chronicles’ journal to use in 2014 – and as if I had forseen the positiveness of the word that I would choose, I’d created a bright and adventures  looking new book.

So, like all the years before, I took my “Word” and made the first page in my Chronicles art journal about it. I wrote about the feeling this word gives me and covered the journaling by writing the word in big, bold letters on top.

… it is February now, and I’m on my way!

Monday afternoon already when I finish this post… I’ve been on the computer long enough. I will use the rest of the day to play in my studio. Who knows, what adventures lay waiting for me there?!

Let’s start with a haiku then.
I dived into my book case and I found a nice “Holiday Haiku” for you!

I submit this last-haiku-of-the-year to Haiku my Heart Friday and to all
my wonderful friends in the Haiku circle: may your holidays be filled with
light, joy and laughter!

I promised you I would tell you about my ‘One Little Word’ and let me start by telling you about the word that accompanied me in 2012. I always make the first page in my ‘Chronicles’ about the word I chose for the year, and last year that word was ‘Core’.

I never showed you the page I made at the beginning of 2012 because I thought it might find its way into FEATURING – but it didn’t, so I can now show you the page. Here’s also the article I wrote.

One Little Word: CORE

A few years ago, Ali Edwards began a tradition of choosing one word for herself each beginning of a New Year. She inspired a lot of people who follow that ‘One Little Word’ tradition. The idea is to choose one word that sums up what you want for yourself in the New Year. A word that you can focus on, mediate on, and reflect upon in your daily life. This is the story of my word for 2012.

The one little word that I choose to guide me this year is ‘Core’. It is a powerful word that should help me with all the changes and new endeavors that I am facing this year. In stormy times, it will help me stay focused and prevent feeling overwhelmed by too many commitments. I trust that my deepest core, my being, will always know what is good for me. I just have to make time to reflect and listen to it.

On this page, I glued multiple pictures that make up my inner being. The images on the bottom layer are not always visible anymore because of the paint. The layer consists of a picture of waves, which refers to the sea and how everything comes and goes and flows. The image of the woman, a sticker with the reproduction of a painting by Modigliani, symbolize the nudity and open-mindedness in my hidden ‘being’. An image of the painting ‘ Motherhood ‘ is no longer recognizable under the layers of paint. It is painted over on purpose and the image depicts that, despite the fact that my son moved out last year, motherhood is a big and important part of me. Of course, this artwork could not do without words – after all I am a writer! That part of me is symbolized by a shred of paper torn from a dictionary. An image of brains reminds me of the fact that I must remain attentive and studious. The Moon is a reference to the female and mystical element in myself and the heart symbolizes the love that surrounds me. Furthermore, I added a picture of my constellation, Libra. It points out to me how I must keep on ‘weighing’ mine and others’ words and actions fairly. In particular, I must stay fair and honest to myself; what may be the hardest. Finally, a number of stamps represent the contact with the outside world.  Whether it is through my blog and the Internet or in real life, contact with other people is important. This art journal page represents my being with which I confidently face a new year.

It turned out CORE was a well chosen word – I needed it quite often during the past year. As you all know, I started a new adventure (FEATURING magazine) that required getting a lot of new things done, decisions to make, people to write and so on… I held on to this word and my CORE every time I was in doubt and was glad that I choose this word in 2012 – it helped me through the year!

The word for 2013 came to me last Month. I did not even have to think much about it… it seemed such a logical word that I embraced it right away: PERSEVERE (in Dutch: doorzetten, volhouden)

The two words, CORE and PERSEVERE, came together the other day, when there were trouble with the last issue of FEATURING (see this post) and it felt like the ‘old word’ made place for the ‘new word’, strengthening me that I again choose a good word to accompany me in the next year. I will record the word on the first page of my new Chronicles journal soon.

And this was it, my friends. My last post in 2012.
I am looking forward to next Tuesday, when the Top 2000 festivities start on my blog. There will be music all around and an every day post with art, inspired by the music. The submissions are starting to come in already and I myself have finished the first ‘top 2000 pages’ . The radio will be playing 24/7 on my blog as of Christmas Day (noon) and  I hope you will stop by next week to say HI and admire everyone’s work.

I wish you a nice weekend and happy holidays!
Be nice to each other!

The first year I started with this OLW tradition (2010) I choose the word
SMILE, because my life was in a dip and I was rapidly heading towards
becoming a grumpy lady. The word stayed with me all year and made me
focus on the good things in life. Even my artwork became brighter and more
colourful.

For 2011 my word was AWARENESS
(read my considerations and reasons why in this blogpost)

..

The word AWARENESS has been on my mind a lot lately. Although it was
there all year long in the back of my head, last months I seemed to really
NEEDED it! I faced some major changes, both in my personal life (my son
moving out) as well as business-wise (teaching a live workshop, starting up
FEATURING – my own magazine) This word kept me sharp. I often said it
to myself: ‘are you truly aware?’ It helped me look further, taking into account
everyone’s emotions, showed alternative ways to go and possibilities and
made me alert to oversee the consequences of different approaches.
Wow, it’s a powerful word!

Last week, out of the blue, my new word for next year arose.
It’s early, I know, it’s not even December yet! It probably has to do with
my new goals for next year.

The due date for the FEATURING team submissions was last week and I had
to make choices. Which people fit the team? It’s never easy to make a choice
and that’s when this word popped up: CORE.

I have to stay close to my core. My wishes, my dreams – what I want this
magazine to be – are the most important thing and I choose people for the
team who I truly feel are capable of helping with that. Reading their resume
and the test-article they wrote, it felt like they had the same vision and view.
My feelings were confirmed by Annemarie, who agreed months ago to be my
text editor and is helping me with the magazine ever since. Annemarie had
chosen the exact same names and had the same ideas about the content of
all the submissions we got! AWARENESS and CORE worked together on this!

Oh, and don’t worry… the new members are informed and the names will soon
be announced on the FEATURING website…

That’s a lot of text I wrote there… hm, time for a picture then.
(yes, there’s only one page to show this time)

The Chronicles of Marit – Week 46

(23 x 31 cm - 9.1 x 12.2 inch)

I know, I know, there’s a lot of blurred text. I had a lot to reflect on and
spit out on the page last week, and I rather keep it private. But you can
see the overall ‘feel’ of the page, right?

And that’s it for today dear ones.
I wish you all a nice week.
Be AWARE and guard your CORE!

The New Year is one week old, and it’s time to tell you my word for this year.

Yes, I too choose ‘One Little Word’ for 2011.
Do I have to explain to you what that is?
I guess not, but for those who aren’t familiar with this concept:

A few years ago, Ali Edwards began a tradition of choosing one word
for herself each January – and a lot of bloggers followed the tradition.
The idea is to choose one word that sums up what you want for yourself in
the New Year. A word that you can focus on, mediate on, and reflect upon
in your daily life. Last year my word was something I wanted to bring
into my life more often – and I admirably succeeded in that!
My word in 2010 was smile…

…

…

I began thinking about my word in December.
It didn’t take me long to know what the word had to be about,
but it took me quite some time to find the matching word.
It had to include the fact that I try to stay close to myself –
in my art as well as in the decisions I make in daily life –

“core”, “close” and “authenticity” weren’t exactly what I meant

because

it also has to include that I keep looking at other people’s needs –
and keep realizing how my words and actions have an impact on others….
it’s difficult to explain what I mean with this exactly – and it is even
more difficult to find a word that includes this.

“alert”, “modest” and “humble” somehow felt too negative

And then I found this:

AWARENESS

Here is the Merriam-Webster Definition

: an awareness of one’s own personality or individuality

Definition of AWARE

1 archaic : watchful, wary
2 : having or showing realization, perception, or knowledge

I made the first page in my brand new art journal about this word…

I thought my word has something “Zen-ish” (whatever that is… it just felt
that way to me) and that’s why I used that gorgeous, mystic photo from
a magazine. I made this page on Monday, still a bit puzzled…
Did I choose the right word?

Well yes!

‘Cause yesterday, I went into town to buy ribbon (band?) to use
for bookbinding. There is this haberdashery shop in Eindhoven
that almost explodes: from top to bottom it is packed with lace,
ribbon, buttons, thread and so on.
In the middle of that store, at a big table, sits a man who cuts the
materials to your preferred length. As long as I can remember (and
I live in this town for over 25 years now) he sits there and knows
just about everything about fabrics and sewing techniques.

I came to his table with the materials I’d picked to let him name
the prize and cut the length… and out of the blue he looks at me
and says:

“I am Zen.”

That man.
I never, ever heared him talk about anything else then fabrics,
and now this. Wow! He started a conversation about life, Zen and
(yes!) awareness. Is this a weird coincidence or what?
I like to see it as a sign that I choose the right word for 2011.
Now I will try to incorporate the word into my life –

(Oh, and the new challenge at Dutch Dares is to scrap about
your little word of 2011 – so I submit this page!)

This post is getting long… so I won’t spill much words
and lead you straight to this page:

I made it for A Year in the Life of an Art Journal
The challenge is the one from October 30th – FREE

(I still have to make 4 challenges: slowly but surely I will finish this project.

And a funny card I made!

This is for my brother, who was called “Rick de Kikker” (Rick the frog)
when he was young. When I saw Theresa had used paper with frogs on it for
an assignment in my workshop, I asked her which brand it was and explained
the “Rick the frog” story. She kindly offered to mail me some left overs she had
and I received them last month. Thank you so much sweetie!!!

Isn’t the scrappers world amazing? This paper was send to me all the way from
America, and now this card is on it’s way to Canada, where my brother lives.

One last remark before we dance into the weekend (see, I also take
the positive attitude from last year – ‘smile’ – with me into 2011!)

Monday, January 10, the workshop Let it Loose will re-start.
This time, the lessons and the comments on the community
will be in Dutch only.

Dus ben je een Nederlandse scrapbookster, kaartenmaakster –
of op een andere manier creatief, en wil je meer leren over
art journaling en je creativiteit op een persoonlijke manier
uitbreiden? Lees dan meer over deze workshop hier.
Inschrijven is mogelijk tot 17 Januari!!!