Flickr Favorites and a Little Visitor

1. Lizard, 2. Salamander, 3. LIZARD OF OZ, 4. There's a lizard in my gizzard

This week's Flickr Favorites is inspired by a little visitor we had at our kitchen window a few days ago. Hop over to ArtMind's blog to admire more mosaics or join the fun!



One of the funny things of living here is that we are so much closer to nature then when we were living in Holland. The most exotic visitor we got there were mice, who were not so welcome. We had a little salamander visiting us, they come often but usually escape right away so it is not possible to photograph, this one was a bit in shock when I opened the kitchen window and froze so I could take a picture.

My hosting time of the challenge 'Dots' is over, you can find the new challenge on IraGrant's blog!

Monday Blues

Only Etsy addicts will understand today's post. This morning I woke up with Etsy down for maintance as if monday blues are not enough! The plus side was that I actually could clean up some mess during the Etsyless time. And when finally Etsy was back I discovered that my Blue Treasury is on FP, yaay! After all a good start for a monday...


Talking about Etsy, we have reached 3000 conversations, just wondering are we very chatty or is this a normal number? Let me know how many convo's you have, love to find that out!

And to make our monday even brighter, we are featured in the online magazine VivalaModa, page 59!

More Yummy Packages

Yesterday we recieved 5 more Swap packages, it is so much fun to get so many packages without knowing what is inside of them, here they are:


Petronella aka Kraplap has sent us a beautiful vintage doll, mum has a collection of vintage dolls so it was perfect! Thank you so much Petronella!
Visit Petronella's Kraplap shop to find amazing button creations and bags and to find great button stories and history you can visit her blog.

Evihan has sent us a lovely bell, in the shape of a cute cat. He already has a place in our home, and looks all smug to the dogs :) She also attached a beautiful handmade glass evil eye bead, which is always handy. Thank you so much Kristin! Kristin has a beautiful shop full with amazing glass jewelry pieces.

Carmenesque sent us a sexy sleep mask, perfect for my imsomnia times :) Beside the mask their where also beautiful vintage cabochons which will be of great use. Thank you so much Krisztina!

Find Krisztina's gorgeous beaded jewelry in her shop, and explore more at her blog!

Karuski's package is so cute, I had to show it too. Inside the box is a vintage pendant with abalone shell, simply gorgeous! Thank you so much Minna!

Minna makes beautiful bags and jewelry which you can find in her shop. She also has a blog with gorgeous pictures.

PlainBananas has sent a cute cat for storing rings, quite nifty as we told that we have alot of jewelry :) Thank you so much Christiana!

Christiana has a lovely jewelry shop and an awesome blog too!

Yummy Packages

About 10 days ago we started this swap fun, yesterday just in time for my birthday we recieved the first bunch of packages! These are the first 6 packages, we have sent 24 packages so alot to look forward to :D


This amazing gorgeous flower all the way from Norway is from Inger Maaike's package. I always love her creations, but it is impossible to show or describe how soft and gorgeous detailed this flower actually is! Thank you so much Inger! Inger has a fantastic blog, scarves and other felt creations shop and a wonderful felt toy shop!

Birribe has sent us a piece of Swedish Forest to us, a handmade decorative moss bristle. The moss is so beautiful it looks like peacock feathers! It already found a perfect spot in our home, thank you so much, Britta! Britta has an amazing shop where you can find more moss bristles, silk scarves, beautiful jewelry and much more!

I fell in love with the amazing bookspacer SteinSchmuckDesign sent us! Besides that she also gave us a beautiful clock wall hanging and a very sweet card with birthday wishes. Thank you so much Michele, Harry Potter looks even more magical now!! SteinSchmuckDesign has a gorgeous luxurious jewelry shop!

DutchCraftWork sent us a beautiful Gooddodoll, red for passion and love she says. It has a manual which I will study to get some good Zen out of my Doll! Thank you so much Tine! Tine has her DutchCraftWork shop where you can purchase your own Gooddodoll and beautiful sketchbooks, she also has BlueImageDesign where she sells Collage sheets for your own creative work and she has a gorgeous blog.

VadJutka has sent us a beautiful green silk scarf, a cute notebook and a yummy soap, the package had a lovely smell on it's arrival! They will all have a great use and arrived acompanied with a vintage card of Budapest and a sweet note, thank you so much Judit! Judit makes gorgeous fabric jewelry and also fused glass jewelry which you can find in her shop. She also has a fabulous blog with great pictures and stories!

Alatvian has sent us lovely seafinds from Latvia, with a beautiful handmade clay rose! Great pieces to put with our seafinds from Turkey! Thank you so much, Rita!

Rita has a beautiful shop where you can purchase your own clay roses and beautiful jewelry! She also has a lovely blog full with flowers and creativity!

Thank you so much girls, it was a great birthday with all your packages!!

Flickr Favorites and a Birthday

1. birthday cake from Ming's Bakery (Kiki Bakery), 2. Lauren's Parisian Cake, 3. birthday cake for a thai friend, 4. Canela no Capuccino.

Yes, it is my birthday today, so I couldn't resist this mosaic. The best part of birthdays: cake and presents :)
Beside my birthday I'm the host of this week's challenge, so make my birthday a happy day and make a pretty challenge piece!!
Visit ArtMind's blog to join the mosaic fun!

EST Challenge- DOTS

We where the winner of the EuropeanStreetTeam's challenge with our Checkmate Hair combs for the theme 'Checkmate' hosted by StormsHandicrafts. So a new theme is needed.....
As it is my birthday tomorrow, I wanted something happy and cheerful, so here you go...

*****DOTS*****

I will collect all your entries here, looking forward to see your dottie stuff :)

Kreativlink:

Carmenesque:



Babongo:


Leelabijou:



Toosis:



Fleurfatale:


MistyAurora:


Meltemsem:



Supplier:



Enchantedpond:




PetitPlat:



Psarokokalo:



Roroism:


LaTouchables:



empapers:


StaroftheEast:



Palepink:



Sumikoshop:



Sabahnur:



bijouxdellostregatto:



IngerMaaike:



Vadjutka:



JaneBoFelt with two entries:





nightcloud:



ParisMiniatures:



creationsbyeve:



Karuski:



Kraplap:




DinaFragola:


XauXau:



Alatvian:


IraGrant: