♥♥♥ HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!!!!! ♥♥♥
The days fly by and this week is already gone!
I’ve been a little absent last week. On my blog that is…
Not on my community though! This week, my “students” got access to
my workshop community and there is a lot of activity overthere
(although the first lesson won’t be uploaded ’till Monday)
I was present on an introduction video which I made last week and it took
me quite some time to make it. OH MY was I nervous! I HATE hearing my
own voice… I had to shoot 80 “takes” before I thought it was “kinda” right,
but at least I did it, and the ladies in the group seem to appreciate it!
(Hi girls! Thanks for the nice words!)
Anyway, on to the freewheelin’ random stuff today…
As you noticed at the beginning of this blogpost, it’s my dad’s birthday today!
I won’t tell you his age – but if you look carefully at what I made for him,
you’ll figure it out 🙂 – and I send him this handmade folded “mini book”.
Here’s the front
and back.
The title says
“Hów old?”
This mini is made using a special folding technique.
It’s not very simple to make but once it’s finished, it’s amazing how it
looks when you open it!
On this side, I did a lot of doodling and wrote all kinds of quotes about
getting old(er). The little envelope contains a small note.
From aside you can see how
it folds…
The other side… “Henk Hooray” and again a lot of doodling.
I wanted it to be a happy book!
I used chipboard,
paint, journaling
pens, Cosmo
Cricket alpha’s,
October Afternoon
paper, some
Sassafras
embellies and left
over stickers.
The lady on the
front is cut out of a magazine.
Since this is a happy book – and a happy day – let’s keep this theme
rollin’ shall we…
Random happiness I came across last week:
- When my son came last Wednesday (he lives half the week
with his dad) and looked at my latest layouts he said “Mum!
That’s not scrapbooking anymore… that’s ART!!!”
I was grinning from ear to ear! (Can’t show you this “art” yet
though.. it’s for the workshop)
- My blogfriend Cynthia is into digi scrapping lately, and my
jar hit the ground when I saw her latest layout. The things she
can do on a computer are amazing! She is also a talented
storyteller and reading her blog always makes me think, and
smile and feel happy!
- I bumped onto my own name a couple of times while surfing
the Internet. A lot of girls mentioned my workshop on their
blogs and thus are advertising for me. That’s so sweet of you
ladies! Thanks for the shout out Jessica, Jenneke, Maja, Petra,
Michelle (and maybe more I haven’t seen yet…!) I feel blessed
being a part of this huge scrapbook & art journal community!
- Speaking of art journaling… the new prompt at “One Year in
the Life of an Art Journal” will be up today! Can’t wait!!!
- Glenda showed me the way to the online Viva Las Vegas stamps
It’s an online stamp store with the most amazing an lovely stamps
I’ve ever seen! I felt head over heels for their stuff! They have a
huge 44% off sale and Glenda put the coupon code on her blog
for everyone to use (the code is “Superstamp”) I have plans to shop
there this weekend… thank you Glenda for this tip!
And since I’m not in Zeeland this weekend, let’s end this post with some
photo’s of the happy places of my youth…
(Both pics are taken standing on the dunes near my elderly home)
The tower on the
horizon is
“Middelburg”, the
capital city of
Zeeland.
The red roofs
just in front of
that belong to
a small village:
“Biggekerke”
I was born and
raised there…
Take a 90 degrees
turn and you’ll see
this…
I remember playing
in the sand as a kid.
Watching the boys
as a teenager.
Moonlight walks
with lovers along
the shore. Watching
the high waves in
the middle of a storm….
Wish you all a happy weekend,
Je t’embrasse!