Hi there!

Sorry I've been so absent lately, but it's like I lost my inspiration. If you have any ideas for me on what to blog about, please let me know in the comments!

After exams were over and I had some spare time, I crafted a bit and picked up these hama beads that my sister and I crafted with all the time when we were younger. I made some owls and some foxes. It was so much fun - and felt a bit nostalgic - that I'm dying to make some more fun (animal) things with it!

I ordered brooch bases from Etsy and bought some craft glue, and now I have a new handmade owl brooch!

Also, it's the first handcrafted item I can cross off my 22 before 23 list, yay! :)




Let me know what you think!

Omdat ik ulle allemaal zo gère zie... Een beetje extra liefde op een woensdag is toch niet verkeerd, hé.

Because I love every single reader. Thank you for being here, checking how things go, commenting and supporting. A little extra love on a Wednesday can't be wrong, right?

Every month we take a picture in a photobooth, a real one or the digital version. The idea behind it is to keep track of the most ordinary events or changes in life - as the months turn into years. You can find all participants here.

// Bij de Fotokabien maken we elke maand een foto - online of in een echt hokje. Meer info of meedoen? Nieuwsgierig wie er allemaal elke maand in een hokje kruipt? Kijk hier.

p.s. I made my pictures via this site.

Take care! Talk to you soon!

Yep, I'm back! Sorry for the disappearing bit last week, but I had quite the busy week and got ill. The ability to speak is something I will cherish from now on ;-) Luckily, I'm all beter now.

I'm here with you today with a huuuuuuge edition of Snail mail Sunday! So grab yourself a cup of tea, listen to this song (by Humble Flirt), sit back, relax & read along.



To Ely:
A few weeks ago I sent out this package to Ely. I really hope it has arrived, but I'm not sure. I included some stamps & stickers, a few pretty images, a snowy postcard, some of my own photographs, a handmade zipper bag and off course a letter (in Spanish) :)






To Fab:
Since my previous letter didn't make it to Fab's home, I made her another notebook and included some other goodies. I also thought the photograph on the envelope was so pretty! It's a photograph made by Stephan Vanfleteren (one of my fav photographers).






To Merula:
Merula agreed to do a little swap with me (click here to find out what she sent me) and didn't really know what I could make for her, but Siem (her son) wanted a marble bag, so I made him one. Hope he likes it! I also included some other "goodies".






I received lots and lots of birthdaymail! You're too kind :-)









Thank you all so much for your sweet birthdaywishes and cute surprises :) Wish I could send you all something, but since postage stamps are rather expensive, I'm going to send a little something to Romee because of the bad luck she had with the postal service. She sent me a birthday garland and a lucky doll, but they both got really damaged (as a matter of fact, I didn't even receive the lucky doll, I'm just guessing it arrived at the post office and a mail(wo)man could really use it that day?). Look, here's evidence!



And let me show you what the other cute surprises looked like:

owls on the envelope & pretty decorated ones & hard puzzles (still haven't found all the answers, Lies!)


all things mint. I got the cat ring from Jessi, the owl earrings from Lies (and thanks to a little hint I painted them in my favorite nailpolish color ever! Such a clever idea!) & the pencil pouch from Kelly.


owl themed gifts from Fab!


Oh god, how I love the blogosphere. Once again, thank you all so much for brightening up my birthday (and the days after that :) )

Have a nice Sunday and I'll talk to you soon!

Hi there!

This is a scheduled post because I'm currently on a citytrip in good old Mechelen/Malines/Malinas with the bf. We're probably having a blast. But don't worry, I'll be sure to leave you with a city guide when I get back ;)

Now on to today's matter! Quite a while ago I made this teeny tiny owl skirt for a baby girl that was still in her mom's belly. But on January 31^st she decided to come out, which means I can finally show it on the blog!

I hope one day she'll be as much of an owl lover as I am today :)


Just look at those tiny hands! So cute!

In January I...

» studied a lot, so I didn't take that many pictures or didn't went out all that much. Apologies. :)

» had fun in the snow.
with a cute cat,


a crazy sister,


and a snowman,


a really tiny snowman!


» made some more stamps, knitted a cowl and finally took pictures from my Christmas dress.

» filled in for another youth leader and spent some more time with these cuties.


» hosted one, two, three editions of snail mail Sunday!

» made sugarfree owl cookies! (& shared the recipe with you)


» posted some of my owlsome Christmas gifts.

» met up wit some friends after exams and drank cocktails in Mama Matrea (Antwerp).

» went on a trip with my classmates, where we got to know each other a lot better!


How was your January? Do you have some nice plans for February?

As you might still remember, in November 2012 I started a "project 365". I'm still in and want to show you some of my own favorite photos!

You can follow my Project 365 on this Tumblr.

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If you want to see more Projects 365, check out Tine & Sanne, they're participating as well. :)

p.s. As you can see I changed my layout - once again. If there are things that look weird in your browser, please let me know in the comments :) Hope you like it!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! :)