Bebe Bloemetje

Meet Olive

When I dont feel well I realise I am my most creative self.

My sister and my mum would never have thought that I would be so in love with my sewing machine.....it was always a hobby I detested!

But at the moment sitting for long periods in my scrap room causes my lots of pain so my crochet and my sewing have become my friends.

I am still scrapping but in small spurts and it seems to work well that way.

So my latest creation is Olive. A pattern from Wee wonderfuls and a gift for my very special little friend Amelie.

I hope you like her....I was sad to let her leave :(

Ladies and gentlemen I give you Olive.....

Have a good week !

Little world

Yesterday I had an MRI scan..... I didn't realise just how small ones world could be:)
I felt like a reverse version of alice in wonderland!!!
Now where did that White rabbit go?
Xx

I am 5 and I am a monkey :)

 

 

Look whose all grown up

Samuel celebrated his 5th birthday yesterday. It seems so strange that he is no longer that little baby who refused to keep his hands inside his crib blankets and lifted his head aged 3 days! 

From the start he was ahead of himself and that doesnt seem to have stopped. He keeps me constantly busy. Not physically but mentally. Questions and conversations, statements and dreams.

These 5 years have been one huge adventure, ups and downs and just normal. Being a mum is never what you imagine when you start on this journey but its the best thing I have ever done and I wouldnt change my 5 years of wonderment for ANYTHING!

Happy Birthday Samuel.........love mama xxxx

 

Pink days

When there isnt a crock of gold at the end of the rainbow.....but just another journey ahead, there come friends bearing flowers. Those flowers are all pink and princess like and make a girl feel very loved. Three friends I rarely see, but who never fail to be there. So I thank you......for a pretty pink blush that fell on a thursday in november ......

te Raa update

Whats happening in our life...ummmmm

one

So I am officially an Urban gurl.......

I get to play with gorgeous Urban lily papers and chipboards and make friends with a group of very talented girls. Urban Swank is the distributor for Urban lily and its going to be a fun rideI am waiting for my box of goodies to arrive and have lots of plans to scrap my way through the rainy cold nights.

two

I am crocheting and have raised lots for cancer kids charity. Corinne used my latest creation this week in a baby shoot and even I have to say I made a good prop! She will post pics soon so then I can post one here. The prop is not a hat for a change!!

Three

I have a mandarin thing....I am eating them by the bucket load. I always do this and then after 3 weeks I cant bear to see one again....Harry is used to it but I think it still amuses him lol

Four

My baby turns 5 in 6 days. Its unreal. Its scary and its not nice :( but he is growing into an amazing little man. He is so smart its unreal. Everyday is a journey with him and I learn something new each time he peeps his head around the door!

Five

We have a health thing going on. 10 days ago I was diagnosed with a dermoid growth on my ovary.....I have and am in so much pain its not even explainable.

So I have had lots of tests and thursday I will go through the scan and get all my results. Its not something you EVER think will happen to you but the chance is shining in our faces and its a yucky feeling.

Things like this really make you see life in a different light. I see my family differently, my spare time, my days, my work actually my world. Harry is quiet and inward and although we have not spoken about it in front of samuel...even he knows somehow.

If I could do anything I would spend my days, until thursday sitting and crocheting with Samuel watching night at the museum and harry watching football.......its my place of peace in this world.

So this is the te Raa world at the moment. All mixed up with birthdays and mandarins and a little scary but we will get through it. We are together and thats all that matters.....time is what it is and all the crying in the world wont change that.

Merry Christmas

Flippin heck 2 posts in one day :)

I wanted to tell you to pop over to KA and Wilnas blog where they are doing a really cool Christmas workshop. They are so funny and so talented and I am so happy to call them my friends. Check it out. Its so much fun, lots of new and old skills and not just scrapbooking! Lots of dowloads and inspiration for those gifts

 

"Our goal for the class was to truly make it a DIY holiday. We've repurposed sweaters into armwarmers and baby leggings, ornaments into centerpieces and made sure that ease and affordability went hand in hand with high quality homemade gifts. We've even included some easy craft you can do with your kids!"

So pop over and check it out.....

I wonder.....

who will be playing with Urban lily papers and yumminess soon...ummmmmm I wonder :)

A nice little lifter in a few difficult days........

Have a happy weekend!

xx

easter?

Today is DANK DAG. Its a day where we thank God for all that we have. I am so thankful, this week especially for the special people in my life. I asked Samuel what he was thankful for and he had a huge list. Then he asked me what I was thankful for and I said for him and harry. He said but arent you thankful for all the scrap paper you have.....oooh then it hit me...As I gaze around my scrap room there is so much stuff I just save.....you know papers you dare not cut, rubons not rubbed on and alphabets bought in triplicate cos you dare not use them.

Then comes the day you look at them and think eeuuuw....I so do not like that alphabet!

So I have made a decision to use it all and to make the most of having it and I am even letting samuel use it. I mean if you cant share a bit of lovely sassafras then its no fun!

I have had this HUGE paper mache egg for such a long time and so I thought it was time that I made something with it!

So here is my egg. Its 50cm tall and full of Prima yumminess. I hope you like it..... and remember to say thank you today :)

butterflies and tulle

Seven years ago today I was dressed in a HUGE and stunning wedding dress. 40 meters of silk in a pale oyster colour, a vintage veil and a tiara.Hand made shoes and brilliant sunshine.

I was met by a royal marine dressed in full uniform complete with his white hat and gloves.

Driven in a car from 1931 to a small church where generations of the te Raa's have been christened, married and buried. There to be met by my sister who accompanied me down the aisle.

It was a picture perfect day and I was surrounded by all those who loved me.

Today is my wedding anniversary and as is tradition I recieved 25 long stemmed roses. 18 dark blood red and this year 7 huge ivory english roses, the same as those in my wedding bouquet.

We have not had an easy 7 years but the one thing that has remained constant is we have always loved each other and always stayed the best of friends.

So here we go onto the next year.....happy anniversary harry I love you !!!