Daisy in lala Land

Minori encori

I received the sweetest package in the world!remember I told you about the little hedgehog I ordered from Minori design....welll this little one turned out to be a wee mouse!Corrie already brought it to my attention and when I took another look,by jolly: It is a mouse!!!!I think the pins in the picture had me thinking it was a hedgehog.Well my dearest Theresia already told me it was a mouse and she also said,I am sending you a present I think you will love it.(She is the sweetest person,I am so glad to have met her on the www)

Oh Boy was she right!I opened up the package and there they were.Two perfect little critters.My dear mouse and Fred!the cutest little hedgie you have EVER seen!Look at his face,he is such a character!Theresia named him after her father.isn't that sweet!Receiving him as a present from dear T,makes him even more special.I decided there and then I am not going anywhere without Fred.He is going to be my pallie in my handbag.I am going to sew him a little bag to keep him from getting  dirty and he is my travel companion from now on.I even wanted him to sleep on my pillow but I was afraid I might smutter him in my sleep.Thank you dear Theresia for both my mouse and my Fred.Mouse is going to be my sewing companion and Fred my travel buddy.Thank you for being so sweet and I am so glad we have met on the www .I hope we get a chance to meet in real life some day! (dan kunnen we een senseo drinken met een plak ontbijtkoek)

(translation:I hope to have a cup of coffee with Theresia some day with a dutch slice of lowfat cookie called ontbijtkoek.Something I practically live on each day)

This is.......

Show me your bookshelf and I will tell you who you are"

This is a quote by someone I can not remember but I find it to be true.

Looking through someones bookshelves teaches us a lot about that person.I know I have put some of you(including myself) in a rough spot when I asked you to only choose One book!But I was hoping to find everyones deepest feelings on books by reducing the choice to only one.Why is it ,we sort of feel guilty having to choose only one and doing injustice to allll the other books we love???Well I guess that is food for thought again.Thank you all for joining me and I can not wait to see all your books!

Here is my unconditional passionately loved and favorite book:

"de Nachtwandelaar by Marianne Frederiksson.

If I had to translate the title I would say :"he who walks by night"

I have done a post about this book already,but it remains my ultimate favorite book so I will have to tell you about it again.It tells the story of a young boy named Marcus who was born at the same time that Jesus was born.He is raised by a  slave called Seleme.His real mother sells Seleme when Marcus is a little boy and he instantly goes blind.His grandfather wants to help him and askes a very special man to take care of Marcus.His name is Anjalis.A philosopher ,a mystical man.It turns into  a very special friendship between the boy and the man.

When I  finished reading the book I felt bad for two whole days,I couldn't let go of the caracters.I wanted to cry with Marcus,and go on my nightly walks with Anjalis.Oh sigh ...just thinking about it makes me want to start reading it again.

I don't know if it has been translated into english.I know Marianne's book Hanna's daughters has been a huge succes all through the world.I love every single book she has written.Marianne Frederiksson died last year.I deeply regret that,but cherish all of her work even more now.

Thank you for sharing all your books.I will go over to your blogs now and hope to get to know you all a little bit more.Sorry to have made this such a difficult one for some of you but I do hope you had fun too!

hugs Dees

Art and ghosts and dolls oh my......

Yesterday started out really bad.Babette had a doctors appointment in the hospital and after waiting for two hours we heard the woman in front of us had an appointment an hour before us!!!You can imagine.....

I am down with the flew and with this one my joints hurt.My hands and feet and knees are all sore.So the day wasn't going to well but when we finally made it home.....There it was.My new Art and ghosts ! I had been eying it ever since I bought the other ones from dearest Lou,and it never came up for sale anymore and a while ago I saw  it in her etsy shop and snatched the last one!So happy I did because it is even more gorgeous up close then I already thought it would be.Lou  included the cutest card ever,and AN EXTRA PRINT!I instantly forgot all the hassle from the sh..ty morning I had and felt better by looking at all the magical wonderful artwork.

I already said it Lou,but thank thank thank you!

I also ordered my first large BJD doll.She is a D.I.M doll (Doll in mind)Benetia. And yes she is a little vampire.I always wanted a doll that looked like Claudia,from Anne Rice's book "Interview with a vampire"and now I think I have found her.Her face up is going to be different.I have found a wonderful new doll shop right here in Holland called Triskelfantasy and I bought the doll there and Miriam is going to do the face-up on my doll when she arrives.So exciting can't wait for her to get here!

See you all tomorrow.I can not wait to see all your books!I know I made it a really difficult theme by only asking to tell my about ONE book!I too have trouble choosing and feel very guilty towards alllll my other book friends who are staring at me and going:Hé!What about me!I thought I was your favorite!

This is.......My unconditional,passionately loved and favourite BOOK!

Today I was looking at all your wonderful entries for the this is  theme this week with all the exciting discoveries and I found out I AM NEXT!I GET TO CHOOSE THE THEME FOR THIS WEEKS THIS IS.....YAHOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I didn't have to think long and hard,I am a bookworm by nature so my choice  is not a very original one but I am just soooooooo  curious to see all your favourite BOOKS!

This is.......My unconditional,passionately loved and favourite BOOK!

Can be anything,children's,novel cookbook you name it just as long as you are madly in love with it.The kind you pick up time and time again and want to buy for everyone you love.(and secretly want to have two or three spares of in your handbag just in case  of a fire)

Hope you like the theme I can not wait to see all your books!!!!hugs Dees

PS Thank you Angela for asking me and PPS should you ever get a dachsen check out these great handbags from two dutch designers called Keecie

This is....my latest discovery :Minori Design!

I have made  a lot of new discoveries lately but I decided to share this one in particular with you.There were so many really cute things I discovered,I will start at the beginning.Remember I told you about Emily Martin's appearance on the Martha Stewart show?Well while she was working on her doll,she had the cutest pincushion standing right next to her.It was a hedgehog made of linen with lace embellishments.I played back the video just to see the little hedgie and was totally smitten by it.Then by pure coincidence someone by the name of Chocolatenpoudre caught my eye on flickr with her cute crafts and scrolling down I SAW THE LITTLE HEDGEHOG!!!!Theresia,the mother of all the cute creations posted it to share with the world that her hedgehog made an appearance on the Martha show!!!I of course commented on it to tell her I already spotted her cuteness and complimented her on her art.I received a reply IN DUTCH!that is always such a surprise when it happens.Turns out Theresia is a real globetrotter and has lived in different places all over the world.(But she is dutch!)Now she lives in the UK.I wrote her yesterday that I was going to order one of her hedgehogs as soon as I had made a sale again in my etsy shop.I closed the frame and opened my mailbox and PING!congratulations on your sale on etsy it said!

Well,it took me about two seconds to get back to Theresa's site and ordered my very own hedgehog here she is:  

Isn't she adorable?Can't wait for her to arrive!

So this is my latest discovery Minoridesign she has the cutest things,kittens hedgehogs dolls you name it and she has a great Blog too!

Thank you Knitowl for coming up with this fun theme!

'This is.... my perfect dinner party guest list'

This weeks theme in This is..... is such a great one!Thank you Lily and Agathe!

So me and my significant other get to choose 6 people living or dead,famous or not.....WOW what an amazing thought to be able to do that...What recipe should I make,what to wear,what questions to ask,what table setting........

My perfect dinner guest list would look like this:

1Krishnamurti.I would ask him all the big questions in life and would love to feel his presence and feel what it is like to sit so close to someone that is so loving and peaceful.

2The Dalai Lama.Being around someone like him would be a life changing experience.

3 Jane Goodall.I would love to talk chimp with her.I have a strong love for primates and I have a very very deep respect for Jane and the way she approaches live.

4 Pipi Longstocking..she is my childhood heroine.Everything I was afraid to do,she would show me that it could be done and I want to thank her for it

5 Ok John Travolta,because he was the first man I ever fell in love with

Last but certainly NOT least my dear dad who died 4 years ago.At the risk of wanting to keep him here after the dinner is over,I would love to ask him how he is and what passing over is like but most of all:Are you happy where you are dad and do you still see and feel us?

 

Thank you Lily and Agathe for coming up with such a huge fun theme!!!

This week Anja started a new challenge:Thrift store shopping!

She invited me to join  in the fun but I haven't seen a single thrift shop yet!I have been busy at my job as a nanny and frankly I am too pooped when I get home to go anywhere either.But I do have a new addition to share with you.It was not a thrift shop find but I did get it at a good price because the store was having a sale because they were moving to another place.It is by VT wonen and it is a shelf system that you can use to carry allllll your favorite magazines or picture frames or books or...or.....

I will be going to Amsterdam later on today after doing some chores for my mom (window cleaning etc)so perhaps I will be able to share some thrift shop finds tomorrow who knows?

This is....my jewelery box

This weeks theme of this is was This is my jewelery box.

I am not a jewelery kind of person.I am just not into it I guess.But sometimes,I will get a very strong feeling about something and then either Pim buys it for me or I will buy it for myself.Pim always askes me:"wouldn't you like a bracelet or a ring or earrings" and one time he asked me and I choose a stuffed animal instead.I guess that is me.But the silver bracelet in the picture was love at first sight. Pim bought it for me years ago.I wear to almost every special occasion.And the very large wooden one I bought for myself.As you can see in the picture,the other things are covered with DUST..shame on me.But it just proves I am not the jewelery type. The box is very special,made of tree skin.

Thank you Anastasia for a great meme!

New camera

I did it,I bought myself a very very beautiful camera.It is the new Nikon D60 and boy am I happy with it.I saved up for a long time to buy this and when I did I realized it was probably the most expensive thing I ever bought by myself!

Yesterday evening Pim and I went for a walk in the Forrest,and I made a few pictures I am really in aw about,wow what this baby can do.I have a lot to figure out but it has this automatic thing you can always use and end up with great pictures.

Award!

Today I received an award from Elly!

Here it is:

Thank you so much!!!It feels really special to find out an award has been given to you!

Of course I had to give an award to 5 people too,that is the hard part of this blogging fun,I decided to give the award to 5 dutchies.I did that only because it limited my choices and made it easier to choose.It was sort of a selfish act in this case,because I find it so hard to do these things.I wish I could name allllll you wonderful creative loving and kind people and hand out an award to all of you.5 just isn't enough but I have to stick to the rules in this one.

And the award winners are....

Fairytale cinema( LESLEY-ANN,MY BEAUTIFUL ELDEST DAUGHTER I AM SO PROUD OF!!!!BABETTE,I AM ALSO REALLY REALLY PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU DO BUT YOU DON'T HAVE A BLOG TO SEND AN AWARD TO BUT YOU GET ONE ANYWAY!)

Wittebroodjes(Corrie) You are such a sweet and loving blogger,you make my day!

Karoeza I love your work and enjoy reading about your life!

Nenedesign(Janet)You are such an inpiration to so many people,including me!

And last but not least my sister-in law Yvette who is turning 50!next sunday and recently started blogging and is doing such a great job at writing inspirational posts!

Congrats to all of you and please don't forget to post your 5 award winners!

You can find the origin of this fun award here!

1- You've to pick 5 blogs who deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material and also contribute to the blogging community no matter what language.

2- Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to the blog to be visit by everyone.

3- Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award.

4- Award winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of arte y pico-blog so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5- Show these rules!