A laptop can not be vacuumed!

My computer broke…

Ok. I will be honest. I broke it!

I vacuumed my laptop. (shame) Yes. I read on the internet you could do that. You know…to clean the bugger! Mine was getting hot and annoyingly loud. So without asking husband I just did it. And my fan broke!

This made it even hotter and my laptop just said ¨poof¨…

It took awhile to get it up and running again.

Now I have about three weeks to catch up upon but off course I did not keep track. So instead only a couple of highlights of the past three weeks. I would not want to bore you…..

Without further ado…
Button Bouquet

My button bouquet was wrapped and packet and delivered. The bride was very pleased.

DIY lamp Tutorial

We saw a lamp in the shops simular to this one found online and we thought we could make one to.

      

We hanged a hook on the ceiling and made a string that could hang from it. We bought a (skippy ball) bouncy ball and hanged it using the string and hook.

 We covered the bouncy ball with glue. Use gloves! Then we started wrapping the string around the ball.

Cover this with either wallpaper glue or a flower and water paste.  

Make sure every piece of string is covered by the paste. Let this dry.

If you need to make a second layer do this when the first layered string is semi-dry.

It was so much fun making this!

And instead of paying 120 euro’s we made one for less than 5 euro’s!

 

DIY Bookcase picture Tutorial

We changed our bookcase. We painted the walls and bought a beautiful television cabinet.

 Bottom one. (See also sofa pictures at the end of this post.)

To go with that we wanted a more elegant way to show my husband’s collection: fantasy books.
The pictures explain everything. If you do have questions, please let me know.



Purple button crochet bouquet

Summer evenings

When the weather is calm and the sun on its way down the hot air balloons go up to fly the skies. 

Wedding Button Bouquet 2

I actually finished!

It was brutal though. My fingers are covered in glue, tired of the wiring and stung by needles to many times, ouch.

But I am so happy!!!

First of all. Check out Lulu and the Locket! It’s a cute blog I actually accidently stumbled upon and it gave me the color inspiration I needed.

It was this bouquet that helped me finish this bouquet in one day. Aren’t the pictures and the flowers stunning? Thank you Lulu and the Locket!

So here goes. Forgive me...the pictures aren't really nicely made. It’s because my camera was nearly empty so I just took a few. I hope it gives the right impression though.

My Wedding Button Bouquet.

The cheese Farm

I had a wonderful work day. The children were absolutely adorable and we had a fun excursion today. We visited a cheese farm. The farmer was already waiting for us to give us a tour around the farm when we arrived there. We saw cows and horses and the children learned how the cows were milked and what you can make from milk.

The farmer’s wife taught the children how cheese was made. A very warm and kind woman that loved children and her work at the farm. Here enthusiasm was really felt and the children behaved lovely and listened to everything she had to say. It’s so nice to meet people that really love what they are doing. They were allowed to taste the cheese and even make one.

Afterwards the children were allowed to explore the farm on their own except from an area the cows walked freely. Only the adults where allowed there the farmer explained. So they were to look at the animals behind the gate.

Miss Sarah, miss Sarah! One of the children shouted.

Yes? I asked as I was walking towards the child.

Look, he is peeing!!

Well, I laughed, first off yes cows also need to pee and second I need to ask you something. Are cows boys or girls?

Both! He said without even thinking.

Really….? So what are bulls?

Boys! He said without thinking again.

I looked at him with exaggerated doubt on my face. So what are cows then?

Booooth! He said irritated…I just said so.

Yes, you did I said, but how can you see when it’s a boy or a girl then?

A boy has horns….

A bull I asked?

Yes.

So what are cows then because I do not see any horns?

……right at this point he just looked at me really bothered…..

Well he said….boys and some girl’s but it is a man’s world!!

I nearly peed myself like the cow we were watching from laughing.

And he continued we are not to go there! He pointed beyond the gate. Do you know why?

Yes I said I do. Do you know to?

Yes he said. Because we are not human yet…!

I had to run to a toilet at this point…

Have a nice weekend!!

Dinner Friends

Having friends over for dinner equals lots of fun!!

Make your own wrap:

The leftovers were thrown into one big pot by me as I love to play with food…something I have done since I was little. I do admit it looks disgusting!!! A couple of embarrassing read ugly pictures came from it that I will not show you…..if you saw it yesterday (when one of the pictures were still on here) you were lucky .....or not....

The dessert ended a lovely meal.....but not our lovely evening as we continued talking all through the evening.

Thank you ladies! Love you! See u both soon!!
Kisses and hugs. xoxo

ramblings #3

I am sitting yet again....the whole standing up while doing the whole internet thing doesn’t suit me.

The neighbor has been listening to horrible music…..really loud. It’s a mix between Hawaiian or Indonesian and cheesy love songs ….

The past few days I have been busy with our house. I tend to forget that. So now all the washing is done, husband hanged some paintings that still needed to be hanged and a lamp was moved upstairs. I cleaned and we have decided on a few things that will make the process of finishing our house easier. I will promise to give you a tour around the house when its ¨finished¨….well by finished I mean more finished than it is now…...

Tonight two of my friends will stay over for dinner. I love dinner guests. Well I like dressing up the table but I tend to get a little stressed out about the menu. Today I will have a Tortilla Wrap night. Everyone can make their own wrap. Delicious and easy. I will post it later today.
FINALLY….the music has stopped.

Ow wait…nope….it started again.

Alana was trapped in the shed….again! After an hour she started crying like mad! Poor thing. She does not learn though. It is her fifth time she did it. Know she is sprawled on the floor in a very unlady like manner….

I have a week to make my first bridal button bouquet. It’s for my cousin. I am making it at as a gift. I will keep you posted off course……

I am listening to my own music now: The whip it soundtrack. I LOVE movie soundtracks…..

But still the sound of Hawaiian – tinged music is bouncing of the walls….sigh.

I am in LOVE!!

I love all kind of music. And when I say I like it all I really mean it all. I like songs. So every song has a chance with me. If the flirtation turns into love it usually means a lifetime relationship as I consider myself very music monogamous. I am on the other hand not very monogamous when it comes to albums. They tend to disappoint me and this happened the first time I got Lady Gaga’s CD for Christmas of a good friend. It was not what I expected. Off course I loved the songs that made me want her CD in the first place but I could not get into her other songs. The flirtation ended and we parted…until ¨Alejandro¨ showed his face. I reckoned it could not hurt to have another go.

Now for the past two days I and Lady Gaga have a real sexy thing going on. The love is stronger than ever. I don’t understand why I did not recognize the potential the first time. But that doesn’t matter. I am in love…..with Lady Gaga’s album. Maybe even a first concert worth kind of love??? Ow that means shopping for an outrageous outfit!!!

Which one would I be able to find in size L?

SUPRISE

I threw Husband a SURPRISE party yesterday as this upcoming Thursday my husband will turn 30.

I wanted to celebrate this in a huge way. It did not turn out huge or that glamorous as I hoped but it was intimate and with the people we both love. That in the end is the most important thing.

My husband never had a real birthday party and can really tell a sad tale whenever we talk about birthdays. It’s no one’s fault. He couldn’t handle the stress when he was younger and because his birthday was smack in the summer Holiday most people were ON holiday so most people did not come. So they celebrated Husbands birthday on the same day as his younger brother eleven days earlier. This resulted in a tiny trauma because people brought a present for his brother but forgot about him….Poor husband.

With that in mind I organized a Children’s Party. Apart from the colder weather in comparison with the previous days and the party crashers aka wasps….the party was a blast. And Husband never saw it coming…..we all lie so well.