huismus

nieje nieje, not me :)
as much as i loved my home time toen ik nog belachelijk veel les had, nu bevind ik me soms belachelijk te vaak thuis :p
maar no worries, ik krijg die newly found vrije tijd wel weer gevuld!

gisteren had ik nen date met de pop up shopjes in berchem! very charming indeed! lief vond dat ik moest leren haken (omdat ik nogal jaloers ben op een zeker maaksel - handmade by love), dus wij schoven ons voetjes onder tafel bij de huismus alwaar we een topnamiddagje beleefden! we kregen lekkere thee en heeeerlijke taart and we made cool stuff :)

het mooie afgewerkte exemplaar is van lief. de haaksukkel in me heeft nog wat werk :p maaaar i loved it en voilà, de eerste haakstapjes zijn gezet!!

next up: bommalapjes haken, who's with me??
het volledige programma staat hier!

little bits of fabric..

..make for great little presents!!
ik haalde de mosterd zowat overal ;)
i impressed my birthdaygirl-friends with this easypeasy craftmanship
lóve it :)

fabric from 'stoffenspektakel', 2nd hand store, thailand

fabric buttons bought here

earring backs bought here
cards - recycled - :)

fragile fever!

mannekes, fragile madness all over the place!
een paar weken geleden vergezelde ik ne zwangere medemens naar de uitverkoop en zag daar al onmiddellijk een paar printjes waarmee ik mijn stoffenkoffer wilde vullen!
ik keek nog eens met grote smekende ogen naar mijn collega's en kreeg gister weer een half dagje vrij om ne slag te slaan op de uitverkoop van hun stofjes! de coole printjes are miiiine :)
en yes, dat stoffenkoffer vullen mag je letterlijk nemen. ik maakte nu pas een rokje met een fragile-stofje dat ik volgens mij al 2 jaar geleden kocht :s
alles op zijnen tijd hé :) 
in my defense, ik begon ook al eens aan een topje dat na error-correcting véél te klein is voor mij (moet ik dringend afmaken en aan een smalle vriendin doneren!) en gebruikte het stofje ook al eerder hier.

fragile = gorgeous maternity wear! luckily for me they also have stocksales where they sell their pretty fabrics at the end of the season. now i can make myself some nice non-maternity stuff :)
top pic = a skirt a made with fragile fabric i bought 2 years ago
bottom pic = my precious new fragile fabric!

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hellow darling readers!!
i've been a bit absent - oops..
i wrote my last message more then a month ago, when i was in sunny & HOT cambodia. i came home a few days later, wearing flipflops and couldn't believe it was stíll snowing in amsterdam :s (i put on stripy socks before i went outside and looked absolutely ridiculous)

here we are now, and there's still snow, who could have guessed..
i came back to loads of work (day-job & evening school), but made the deadline this Friday and now i finally feel free again!

ANYWAY, no travel report as i was only there for a few days, the right amount of time to see the gorgeousness of the angkor wat temple complex. 

i'll stick to some tips & pics:

*if you're coming from bangkok, don't book a tour on khao san road, take the train! follow these guidelines (Bangkok ► Siem Reap - Angkor), they're perfect. you'll need 20 dollars for your visa + 100 baht to speed things up (or you can fight the corruption of course!) !!when you get to step 4: share a taxi! little extra costs, way less frustrating. (the bus to siem reap takes ages, makes stupid stops and won't drop you off in the centre, trust me)
*everything in siem reap costs 1 dollar, slightly exaggerated at times. you can easily turn "cold drink - 1 dollar" into "no no, two drinks - one dollar" 
*3 days @ angkor is more fun than just one day (take a break in between if you have the time, 3-day-ticket is valid for 1 week). and rent a bike instead of a tuktuk (bike = 1 day - 1 dollar). take control and ride your bicycle between the famous but busy temples (bayon, angkor wat, 'tombraider' temple) and the quiet small unknown pearls.
*whatever you do, don't go to the floating village on your break-day, no matter what lonely planet says. the prices are outdated and it's way too expensive now!
*this is a great hotel, cheap & very clean. 5 dollars a night for an 'old' room, 10 dollars a night for a renovated room.. 
*don't, i repeat DON'T take the nightbus back to bangkok! things go wrong aaaall the time, and the road to bkk will seem neverending.. the train is so much more fun & more reliable.
*get up at 4 to see the sunrise @ angkor wat temple. and don't leave to soon, wait 'till you see that big and beautiful fireball! it's so worth it!
*bloom in siem reap is a top-shop!
*meer lezen? kris10 vertrekt binnenkort weer naar daar, dus op naar daar voor cambodja-nieuws!
*thanks for the tipjes Flaber!!

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after snow...

...there will always be sunshiiiine!

just a matter of good scheduling :)

happy chinese newyear peepz!!

a homemade gift..

is a LATE gift :)

a bday in august means a finished project by the end of the year :p

BUT IT'S WORTH THE WAIT PEOPLE ;)

 a reversible bag (well um, almost reversible.. made a teeny tiny mistake)
all recycled materials: old curtain (rommelmarkt!), fabric and button (kringloop!)

lucie was also the lucky recipient of the necklaces me and my twinnie made!

all pics by miss lucie herself. as i am a lazy and lastminute giftmaker.
yup, miss J said it before: my presents come with sneaky little tasks :p

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