We had a lovely birthday weekend! Marlijn got spoiled terrible and she loved it :) Yesterday she had a little party for her school friends and had a great time! Unfortunatly my camera was acting a little weird (found out later that the button was somewhere between manual and autofocus) so i didn't get much good pictures :(


But here's one of the decorated cup cakes the kids made yesterday:






These LO's were in Scrapfun last month. The first one is a picture of Marlijn and her cousin Tim, having a blast in Duinrell when my parents were married 40 years last june. The second one is my little niece Guusje, only 18 months old, climbing our garden fence like she's a little monkey, lol! Such a little rebel :)






My "Believe"LO made it to the slide show on OLW! I feel honored to see myself between all those awesome LO's!!! The new word up this week is `Delight`! I´m sure gonna join in again, this is so much fun!

We have 22 participants for the Secret Santa Swap so far! So a lot of X-mas excitement is guaranteed!! But there's still room for a few more. You can sign up until tomorrow by clicking the Secret Santa blinkie on the right! Don't miss out on the fun and join the party! :)


Have a nice day!
Birgit

Hellooooooo ladies! Where are you???

At least 15 of you said you´d like to join in the Secret Santa Swap, but so far only a few girls actually signed up. You really need to officially sign up at the Secret Santa thread to join in, otherwise I can´t pair you up. So please click on the SSS blinkie on the right, read the rules, fill out the form and leave your name otherwise you´ll miss out on the fun!!! If you´re not a member yet at uncesored scrap forum it will only take a few minutes to register.
Come on... let´s have a party! :)
Have a nice evening!
Birgit

LET´S DO IT!

OK, let’s do it!!! I will host a Secret Santa Swap! Anybody can join in as long as you're willing to play by the rules!! Even if you never left a message before or just discovered this blog, don't be shy! If you think this would be fun and you want to join in... do it!


Click here to read the complete rules and to sign up! (you might need to register at uncensored scrap before you can sign up but that will only take a few minutes!) I'm sure we'll have fun!

Let me share some of Marlijn's art with you... I really think she's gonna be an artist when she grows up. There's nothing she like to do more then mess around with pens, pencils, paint, glue, siccors and paper. Ahhh well, if not an artist then at least a scrapbooker!
The first drawing found it's way to the front of Marlijn´s birthday invitation. She´s turning 5 next friday... Gosh... time flies!








Have a good start of a great week to come!
Birgit

Thank you all for leaving so many links of your favorite websites/blogs! I visited them all and found yummy cupcakes, gorgeous felt animals, loads of beautiful LO’s and cards and touching stories! But the website where I spend the most time and went back too a few times already is http://www.theblogisfound.com/ This photographers couple makes the most awesome, amazing and gorgeous pictures. Very inspiring! Make me wanna to try and take pictures in a different way, I just couldn’t stop looking and wishing I could make such stunning pictures, wow, I want to be them when I grow up LOL! Just check it out, I’m sure you’ll agree with me!
So, thanks for sharing this link with us Sandra! Please e-mail me your address and I will send you a nice RAK!
And here are all the other links! Enjoy! :)

www.52projects.com
http://jann-will.typepad.com/photos/iefenwil/
http://beate.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
http://iralamija.blogspot.com/
http://sweetmissdaisy.typepad.com/sassy_sweet_notes
www.cakvd2.blogspot.com
http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/
http://lovelife.typepad.com/my_weblog/
www.craftster.org
www.craftbits.com
http://alifeunrehearsed.blogspot.com/
www.mom2my6pack.blogspot.com
http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/
http://printpattern.blogspot.com
http://www.splitcoastbloggers.com/
http://vickichrisman.blogspot.com/
http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/
http://www.stampersmall.com/techniques/
http://stampinwhenican.blogspot.com/
http://dawninskip.typepad.com
http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/
http://www.bloesem.blogs.com/
http://www.fiskateers.com/blog
http://mariekeb.blogspot.com/
http://www.muhrenssida.com/
http://www.inspirationblog.nl/en/2007/07/index.htmlhttp://lilybeanpaperie.typepad.com/lilybeans_paperie/
http://stukjebijbeetje.blogspot.com/
http://herspace-myspace.blogspot.com/index.html
http://www.chikagraphy.com/
www.cupcakestakethecake.blogspot.com

I was thinking… it would be fun organizing a Secret Santa Swap! I would love to host it but before I put time and energy into something like that I want to know if there are people interested in joining in at all!
For those of you who never did something like that and haven’t a clue what I’m talking about a little explanation:
A Secret Santa Swap is done with a group of people who sign up to join in. You will get the name and address of one of the people in the group and have to make her a present for X-mas. Most likely a box of scrap goodies for a certain amount of money, maybe some chocolates or sweets and a handmade item. You’re not to tell who’s Secret Santa you are and you won’t know who yours is until the day you are allowed to unpack your present.
If you join in I will send you a form to fill out which I can send to the person who will be your SS and you will get somebody else’s list. I will get us a place where we can talk anonymous about the swap, like if you have a question for your receiver or a general question or just something to share. It’s fun and exciting!
All I want to know right now if there would be enough of you interested to start something like this so if you are please leave a message here and if I go ahead with it I will give further instructions and details later.
Hope a lot of you want to play along!

Wanted to share some LO's and pictures but blogger doesn't let me upload any images... will try again tomorrow.

Have a nice evening!
Birgit