This is going to be a somewhat different post.
It depends on you if you will notice the importance of it.

You can look at it as just a post – a long post – and if you don’t feel like reading
you just look at the layout I made for These are a Few of my Favorite Things.
(The challenge was to scrap your favorite band) If you do that, you probably
“scan” the large amount of text that follows to see if your eye catches another
important word  (which I don’t think will be the case) – then go to the comment
section and type some nice words about what I made.
You can do that. I have no problem with that.

But this layout that I’m about to show you tells a whole story about me.
There’s a lot of emotion in there and there’s a lot of growing up that you won’t
be able to see if you don’t read the words that I wrote to go with it.
So if you want to know me just a little bit better, deeper…
I recommend you take your time to read this post.
Even listen to the music.
Watch the bands.
Bands you know,
bands you don’t know.

I’m going to explain where it all came from.
I will lift a corner of the veil.
MY veil.
This is how I grew up.
This is part of why I became who I am today.

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(for the ones who know me already)

WELCOME FRIEND!

(for the ones who never been here before)

WELCOME FUTURE FRIEND!

I presume you are here for the mad tea party?
Hi, I’m Marit, glad to meet you.

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I’m HEEEERRRRRRRE…

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Take a good look, I’m in the back of the garden behind the flowers.
Don’t you see me?

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The weather forecast was right… it’s beautiful sunny weather here in
the Netherlands! It lightens my mood… but that’s not all!
I’m almost done with all the “musts” – I think I need another week
of hard work and then I can breath a little more AND visit all your blogs!!!
I also have some plans this Summer – and thát lightens my mood too!!!
(I tell you more in this post so keep reading…)

Because of the nice weather and because I love These are a few of my
favorite things (they celebrate their one year anniversary!!!) I took some
“me-time” and created a layout for the challenge:

What are your favorite shoes?

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Hello, hello… Friday is here again and so am I.
I don’t feel like writing a long post today, so let’s get straight on
to my latest layouts…

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Not it?

Ha,
today, it IS IT…

I’m a guest designer for Gutter Girlz!!!

The announcement was already on their blog a few weeks ago,
and if you read that you already knew… but today it is officially!
I’m on their blog, photo and all!

And  ofcourse I show what I made for their latest challenge!

THE PROMPT: Not It!!
THE SONG: Not the Doctor by Alanis Morissette
PRODUCT/TECHNIQUE: Stitches

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After a week filled with work, work, work… I desperately needed some
“me time” this weekend. Because my son went to Amsterdam with
some friends, and my beloved took care of some household chores
(thanks love!) I got the Saturday AND the Sunday “off”! YEAY!!!

I had some unfinished
business to take care of
and there was also a
cybercrop going on over
at Scrapbooking from
the inside out, so I took
all my stuff downstairs
to the dining table and
had a blast!!!

As you can see,
I even had my
sewing machine
stand by…
It’s been a while
since I sewed on
a layout – I LOVE
this detail photo!

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Does your layout ever fail?

Just curious… ’cause although I have “better” and “worse” layouts,
I almost never feel my layout failed completely –
but this week, I did!!!

I promised you a page for my Leonard Cohen art journal (I was half way
when I said that) but…. the page failed miserably!

It was too bad to show, really… so I TORE IT APART!

And look what happened…

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