Veel VUUR in 2008 !

If I would translate this to English it would read 'Lots of FIRE in 2008!'
In Dutch fire can mean two things - depending on the context:
1. a bunch of flames
2. being passionate about something
In this case we wish you a lot of passion in 2008!
(these cards have been send out to our friends and family as our New Year greeting)

belles lettres

belles-let·tres [it's french. it sounds like bell let-truhs]

1. literature regarded as a fine art, esp. as having a purely aesthetic function.

2. light and elegant literature, esp. that which is excessively refined, characterized by aestheticism, and minor in subject, substance, or scope.

Hally has an amazing item for sale in her shop.

I think it's just very original, arty, fun and exciting.

And if you're still in search for a New Year's gift... you will certainly give an everyday surprise.

What are GOOBLIES?

LaPomme: gooblies are a warm fuzzy feeling that if left unattended can lead to uncontrolled shopping.
Femputer likes LaPomme's definition of gooblies.
Missbeheaven is too tired to think, but agrees with LaPomme and thinks this is a pretty list.
Gooblies make Ingermaaike go all sweet and goey inside.
HeliS thinks it means 'goodbies' to her money and she loves little Rosalita. It gooblies her a lot! (Maybe 'goobling' is a verb?)
EmmaPardos loves this colorcombination. Maybe it's a color?
Dlkdesigns thinks it has something to do with 'adoration'
MagicIsland wants to know the meaning too...
MundoGuminola believes it has something to do with falling in love.
StaroftheEast thinks that gooblies make your heart go faster and makes you get all warm inside. Joombeam thinks it has something to do with re-uniting.
SingingSilverSparrow is the 'GOOBLIES'-wordcreator.
She checked and double checked the ancient dictionary covered in dust and came up with the following: It's of a Greek descent, in the time of Cholera, where love and excitement come together in your stomach and cause baby bubbles full of 'whoo hoo' to explode in your stomach. This is the formal definition...
I'm certain SingingSilverSparrow is liking a lot of other choices in this list... :)
Kreativlink has found a meaning in the urban dictionary I don't think many people relate gooblies with this definition though...
XbyLeinaNeima is waiting for 'gooblies' to appear!
RunAliceRun love's SingingSilverSparrow's definition.
DearDodo hopes the squid will make make nice baby gooblies.
Glasfaden thinks that gooblies are sweet, cute, delicate and adorable.
Orangeyblossoms is about to get gooblies from the red apples...
Panyzsuzsi thinks gooblies are cuties.
Luckyduckdesigns likes to be among the gooblies.
Susarto fell in love with the word gooblies.
Bamboovillagepress wants to gobble up on every item in this list and loves the ridiculous cute pig.
Lusitania gets gooblies from Tito.
Twolefthands uses the word 'gooblies' everyday and loves to tease her grandchildren with pinching them gooblies.
4thGenFiberArt's family members often say 'gime oodles' which does sound alike, but I think they want something else...
MonicaJ is having difficulties with being away from all her treasury friends - she's missing all the gooblies that she usually gets when she is looking at and making them...
Paperflowergirl nearly missed seeing this gooblies-treasury
annarubyking has a real clever explanation. She believes it's a medical term from the 1800's. It used to be an ailment pertaining to nodulus in the larynx that become inflamed (as the color of this list shows) and making it difficult to speak, leaving the patient onl be able to say things like 'gooble' and 'beeblee' and 'ughl'

Frontpage by kitegirl

Woohoo, another frontapge feature! My scratching cards love to be on the frontpage!

This one is made by kitegirl - she has a nice shop so be sure to check it out!

Frontpage by Entropia

Entropia made this gorgeous burgundy treasury and it made the frontpage! My burgundy felted necklace was very happy to be in there. Actually, Entropia has another shop which is called Lusitania.

Everytime I see those names on the treasury, I just need to take a look because they are always so beautiful!

Please, do have a look at her shops, she does great work!

Word of the week

After a hard day at work, I couldn't come up with anything more clever then the word of the week... :)
Celadon
(noun) [SEL-ah-don']
1. a pale grayish green color: "Seeing her at the party in a gossamer celadon dress made Jason's heart ache."
2. a type of pottery with a grayish green glaze, originally produced in China
adjective form: celadon

This Ginkgo Leaf Relief Print in Clay comes from colorado art studio on Etsy. It is actually on sale so do have a look! :)

A special day today?

birth·day
1. the anniversary of a birth.
2. the day of a person's birth.
3. a day marking or commemorating the origin, founding, or beginning of something.
4. the festivities or celebration marking such a day or anniversary.


Everyone is having one every year so what's the big deal?
If you purchase something from my shop today AND leave a comment in my blog, you will receive a little present!

Also wanted to share this poem on my birthday... since I love it!

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
with a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me,
and I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
and satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter,

I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
and run my stick along the public railings
and make up for the sobriety of my youth

I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
and pick the flowers in other people's gardens
and learn to spit

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
and eat three pounds of sausages at a go
or only bread and pickle for a week
and hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
and pay our rent and not swear in the street
and set a good example for the children

We must have friends to dinner and read the papers
but maybe I ought to practice a little now?
so people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
when suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

Jenny Joseph 1932..."Warning"