It's been so long!

Hi guys!

It's been so long since I posted. I've been so busy crafting and making things for my little Etsy shop!

Please stay tuned for an update soon!

Making leather keychains

Hi you guys! I always feel it's been a while, since I spend/waste most of my social media time on Instagram lately. If you want to connect with me by the way, I'm there @lily_razz

But on to the fun craftiness I've been up to lately. Together with some other crafty gals in Amsterdam, we made a whole lot of leather keychains! (it was on commission, we had to make 200 in total) I'm so excited to show you! No tutorial today, just a show-off ;-)

 

Spring freebie crochet pattern!

Hello lovelies! I am so happy to wake up with the sun shining, the birds singing.. Spring is here!

I thought it would be nice to do a freebie! My Flower Rattle usually costs $4.00 to purchase, but for this week, you can download it for free! (link below)

I made this lovely rattle a couple of weeks ago for an Etsy customer:

 

The story is, that she's getting married, and she has a baby flower girl that she also wanted to have a flower. The colours match the bride's bouquet. Isn't that just adorable?

So if you want to make one yourself or one of your , please download it for free this week! Share it with your friends! I'd love to see how yours turns out! Click here for the pattern!

WIP Wednesday - Little Penguin

This little penguin has been looking at me lately, asking why I haven't finished him yet..

DIY Anthropologie Inspired Summer Clutch {Free Crochet Pattern}

Hi guys,
I just wanted to share this awesome free pattern I found on Tangled Happy. It's a DIY Anthropologie Inspired Summer Clutch {Free Crochet Pattern} !

Just look at it, aren't they gorgeous? I love the neutrals with the splash of colour!

Felt Bow Tutorial

Happy Saturday to you! Today I'm sharing a felt bow tutorial.. I love making these from leftover felt, it's easy and fun and cute! Yay!

 

Hey, how was your Valentines?

How was your Valentines ladies and gents?

We actually ended up tasting yummy goodies for our wedding!

 

To be honest, we don't have the slightest idea what our wedding cake should taste like / look like! So we visited a couple of shops, to get an impression.

Hello, gorgeous!

 

mmmmm yummy goodness..

We now have an appointment at one of the shops, yay! But this much deliciousness on Valentines.. Sweet, yummy cake and chocolate.. What more could a girl ask for? ;-)

My little craft fail

Hey you. How was your weekend? I can't believe it's February already! Since I'm getting married in May (yes. I will remind you every blog post. obviously ^_^ ) my little crafty hands are eager to find new projects that are romantic, sweet and/or related to weddings... But every crafter has to admit that sometimes the project does not come out exactly perfect, right? I had something in mind, thought it would be cute and easy.. and it ended up.. as a little craft fail... here's the story..

I thought it would be cute to make a count-down calendar until the day of the wedding. You know, one where you can tear a page of every day, like this?

Valentine Blog feature!

Hi guys! Are you getting ready for valentines? Personally I'm not one to 'decorate the whole house' one Valentines day, BUT I just generally love romantic gifts, sweet finds and love/heart accessories.. throughout the whole year!

Kristina from PaintedbytheShore has a wonderful blog where she just posted some lovely items for Valentine under $20! And one of my paper garlands was featured! Yay!

 

Pretty Patterned Paper!

Happy Sunday! Today I'm sharing a bit of my stash of pretty patterned paper! I love that the paper has a different pretty pattern on each side, just looking at it makes me smile!

 

DIY Wedding Invitations

Okay, the date is set and that is why I've been so busy and not been able to blog a lot. But I just wanted to share with you that I'm getting married!! Yay!!

Fiancé and me are getting hitched on May 15 this year. Soon, right? And there's so much to do!!
But today I wanted to share with you my DIY'd wedding invitations! I'm kind of proud ^_^

This is it! It's a fold-out-booklet you have to pull out a burlap pocket (self-sewn might I add :P ), with a personal gift, a souvenir fiancé and me picked up in Thailand last holiday.

Happy 2015!!

I wish all of you peace, and so much love!

A clean slate

In the last couple of months, I've had trouble finding motivation to blog.. I didn't know what to write, or how to write it. I think it's because I had high expectations of myself, and my blog. Setting expectations too high just sets you up for failure. I was thinking too much.. It wasn't fun anymore.

So I'm going to start 2015 with a clean slate. I'm going to delete all my posts and start fresh. I've thought about deleting the blog all together, but that also didn't feel right. I want to blog.. I want to be able to post about crafty creations, my happy thoughts, my random thought and my inspirations..

I'm excited to start over. I'm excited to see what 2015 will bring. See you there!

Needle Felting Workshop

Hey all! As you might know I took a needle felting workshop a while ago. What's needle felting you ask? Needle felting is the process of felting/tangling one piece of wool to another using barbed needles. The needles take the wool fibers from one piece and drag them through the other piece where they tangle and attach the two pieces.

So first they advised to make a penguin using an example.. First you make all the basic shapes seperately. Here's my felting needle, the white body and two feet.. The black in the corner is black felt I'll be using to make the penguin's coat and eyes!

DIY Tuesday: Arm Knitting

Hi you guys! Last week I showed you my arm knitted infinity scarves that were so easy and quick to make.. I definitely recommend you making at least one this winter! Now there are a lot of great videos on youtube, but I wanted to share my favourite with you. So here it is! Grab some yarn, sit back, relax, and go armknit!

Finally.. A YoP Update!

I know I know.. I have been so quiet.. No YoP posts for .. a looooong time! Our little Kitty cat Nala has also been on intensive care (in our home) for the last couple of weeks... (here's the reason why by the way) so things have been a bit 'out of whack at home..

But today I am posting a YoP update! Yay!

Because of Nala I couldn't focus on patterns, so Ive been mainly working with my felt plushies and knitting-wise I've done a lot of 'instant gratification' projects.. Lots of comfy scarves being armknitted at the moment! You can find a few posted in this FO Friday post, and I even put three up for sale in my Lily Razz Shop! These two are my favourite ^_^

PinkRibbon Donation

As you might know October was Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

I'm lucky that I myself, nor someone close to me, have not been diagnosed with breastcancer, but I do think it's important to support this cause. 

 

At the beginning of "Pinktober" I decided to donate $1.00 of every sale I made with my Etsy Shop during October, to PinkRibbon.nl. With 9 sales this month it may not be a whole lot of money, but together with a bit of my own funds... every little bit helps, right?

Supporting the fighters, Admiring the survivors, Honoring the taken, and never giving up hope!

FO Friday: Instant gratification

Happy Friday everyone!

Don't you love instant gratification projects? I do! And with the weather turning colder, I've been whipping up scarves like crazy!

 

Big, Comfy, Warm Infinity Scarves! And the best part? Major stash buster! ;-) wink wink!

 

These were all arm knitted infinity scarves. If you've never tried it, please do! It's such an easy, quick and fun project!

 

 

I really loved making these. I was done in about 20min per scarf! And I love that you can wear these scarves in various ways... Yep, I'm happy :)

Our Nala

Hi you guys..

I know I've been a bit absent lately.. But our kitty cat Nala fell off our balcony, breaking her tiny pelvis/hip joint.. It's so sad.. Since she's one year old the doctors think she will recover completely by resting and that she won't need surgery (knocking on wood).

She now has to stay in a cage for 6weeks so that she won't jump or run, aggravating her bones. And she can't have any pain medication, she needs to feel when she's putting to much of a burden on her bones..

 

Poor little thing.. I try to make things as comfortable for her as possible, making her breakfast in bed every day, talking to her and petting her, and letting her sleep as much as possible..

But boy did she give her mommy and daddy a scare! How she did it and what she did exactly, we'll never know, but luckily we've all survived the first week since her accident. She's still in pain and can't walk very well, but her naughty eyes have returned, she's grooming herself and purrrrs like crazy.

So now you know why I've not been here.. Our crazy cat Nala..

Rembrandtpark Festival, Amsterdam

Hi you! Did you miss me? I'm sorry I've been AWOL for the last two weeks, but here I am again! Time can fly when you're busy, right? Let me show you what I've been up to!

 

Last week I had a craft fair in Rembrandtpark.

 

We were so lucky with the weather, as it had been postponed one week due to the rain.. Can you see the sun shining while I'm setting up?