Thanks for visiting my blog.

Het zou leuk zijn wanneer je een berichtje achterlaat. :-)
I would appreciate a little message. :-)

Hierbij wil ik Petra bedanken want dankzij haar geweldige site,
www.poohbeers.eigenstart.nl, ben ik met de bouw van mijn poppenhuis begonnen.

Thanks to Petra. Without her nice site, www.poohbeers.eigenstart.nl, I would never been started with my doll house.

Ik probeer de dingen die ik maak zo goed mogelijk te omschrijven maar er kunnen soms typefoutjes in de tekst staan dus controleer van te voren even of het allemaal klopt.

The thing I create I put on my blog. Although I try to make no mistakes it's possible that something went wrong so please check before you make a copy.

maandag 23 december 2013

2013 almost 2014.


                                                Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !!!

zondag 1 december 2013

Another give away !!

Idske has a wonderful give away.

http://idskesminis.blogspot.nl/


donderdag 28 november 2013

Give away

Today is my give away.
The list with numbers.
Give away

1.       Kleine vingers                                                                                
2.       Steinworks
3.       Irene
4.       Elizabeth S
5.       Shaairah
6.       Ilona
7.       Idske de Jong
8.       Carmen
9.       Ana
10.   Thea
11.   Isabel Garcia Gonzalez
12.   Irina
13.   Angeles
14.   Victoria
15.   Esther
16.   Mari
17.   Drora
18.   Fabiola
19.   Eva
20.   Donna
21.   Malu
22.   Francesca
23.   Sognatrice
24.   Lisa
25.   Isabel (Morgana)
26.   Indy
27.   Sarah
28.   Katrina
29.   Grandmommy
30.   Rosella
31.   Ascension
32.   Natalia
33.   Yolanda
34.   Hannah
35.   Margaret

36.   Veronique

The winners are:34 and 10 

Random numbers generated Nov 28 2013 at 11:28:34 by www.psychicscience.org  
Free educational resources for parapsychology and psychical research.

Thea and Hannah you're the winners,
Please send me your address to my personal email address :   dorien.l@home.nl

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vrijdag 22 november 2013

The draw is November 28 for my give away.

I'm overwhelmed. The list so far.

Give away

1       Kleine vingers                                                                               
     Steinworks
3       Irene
4.       Elizabeth S
5.       Shaairah
6.       Ilona
7.       Idske de Jong
8.       Carmen
9.       Ana
10.   Thea
11.   Isabel Garcia Gonzalez
12.   Irina
13.   Angeles
14.   Victoria
15.   Esther
16.   Mari
17.   Drora
18.   Fabiola
19.   Eva
20.   Donna
21.   Malu
22.   Francesca
23.   Sognatrice
24.   Lisa
25.   Isabel (Morgana)
26.   Indy
27.   Sarah
28.   Katrina
29.   Grandmommy
30.   Rosella
31.   Ascension

32.   Natalia

Have a nice weekend!!

maandag 4 november 2013

Give away.

Dear followers,




I'm glad to have so many followers already. That means it's time for a celebration.

So time for  a give away!

When you like my knife in a box please place a comment. I don't sell. I love to give it to people who appreciate my experiences. I'm not an artist but just a housewife that doesn't want a lot of trumpery in her house.

Please leave a comment when you like to get one of these two knives.

Drawing will be on 28-11-2013.



zondag 3 november 2013

Making a box for my knife.


I use white cardboard. For the box, start with a piece of cardboard of 4x2 cm. The height of the edges is 0,5 cm.
For the cover is, start with a piece of cardboard of 3,6x1,6 cm. The height of the edges is 0,2 cm.

I cut out the corners because when you fold the edges together the corners would be too thick.


I scribe the folding edges. So you get a sharp fold.


I took rice paper to glue around the box. This way you can connect the corners of the box



and the cover.


Before gluing the rice paper to the cardboard I fold it. At the narrow side I left 0,5 cm over so I can glue the edges together.


I glue the bottom of the box and let it dry.


Then I glue the narrow side. The corners are together at the moment as you can see in this picture.



Now you only have to glue the other sides. I worked the same way for the cover.




The box is finished and ready to show the knife.


Have a nice week.




vrijdag 1 november 2013

Discussion about pewter casting.

Again a warm welcome to my new followers.

We had a discussion about the vent holes, should they run upwards or downwards.
I did some testing and it proves that the vent holes should run upwards.
When the vent holes are facing down first the air then the pewter runs out of the vent holes. The mold will never get filled because the hot pewter runs out like water. You can compare it with a bucket with a hole in it, the bucket will never be filled.





It feels like occupational therapy. Certainly when my husband told me that he already knew because liquid stuff runs down. Grrrrr....I think I sent him to a retirement home as a volunteer to help the occupational therapist. ;)


So file the carving knife in shape. Placed a bead and the knife is ready.
I made a box to display  my knife.

 


Next time I show you  how I made this box. I wish you all a nice week end.




zaterdag 19 oktober 2013

Ameland for a short break.



No Pewter Casting this time. 
We wanted a short break on a "subtropical island". So we went to Ameland !! A Dutch island !
We didn't travel by plane but by car and ferry boat. 


It was possible to walk to the island because it was low tide but but we chose the ferry.




Boarding !!




We saw a seal. They're very shy. You don't see them very often.


Sandbanks in the Wadden Sea.


Fishing with trawls.


Goose traveling south.





Almost at Ameland.


Playing with hermit crabs on the beach.


Impressions from the beach.







Tracks in the sand.


Beached jellyfish.









Walk around Nes. 






Marram grass on the dunes.



The weather changed the next day. 



The lighthouse in Hollum.


Piece of a rainbow in Nes. 


The weather was good for kite surfing. That's not my cup of tea. 

I went to the beach with a tea-strainer. To search for little shells. We saw a lot of shells but no little ones for the dollhouse. 

Enjoy your weekend !!!