Self Portrait Saturday

It's that day again......

Bling and Steam

Bling
All that sparkles and twinkles. Show us 'bling' in your space today.

Steam

A hot water vapor. Find 'steam' in your space.

SOS

Show us your favourite photos!!!

This is one of the favourite pictures, taken in december.

The picture show four friends (I'm on the left side) who helped at school during the december festivities. We made this picture as a joke to give to another friend, who is a teacher at school. She is the motor behind a lot of festivities at school.

We had so much fun doing this.

Luckely she loved the picture:

"I'll put it on my bedsidetable, so I can think of you a lot during the holidays".

she said.

White

White
The opposite of black, the colour of milk or snow. find 'white' in your space today.

The girls from MSHS are back! A new year with lots of words has started!

This picture is made a week ago.

Glow

To have an intense colour or slight shine. Find 'glow' in your space today:

No words needed (seen on Francine's blog)

Win
To be successful or victorious. Show us 'win' in your space.

This picure is taken a while ago when the soccerteam of my youngest won their first tournament.

Glass

Hard, brittle and transparent. Find 'glass' in your space today.

My little collection of glassy things.

Drawer

A sliding storage compartment. Find 'drawer' in your space today.

Our kitchendrawers.....

Puddle

A pool of liquid, most often found in the UK (tee hee). Have you got a puddle?

Mostly lots of puddles here too, in Holland, but not today. It's freezing outside! So this puddle-picture is from a while ago...... The only one I could find.

Teddy

A soft toy bear, i know you all have at least one in your space :)

In my space there aren't that many teddy's, but I found this one. It's Balou the bear from Jungle Book.

In a national grocerystore here in Holland, you could save stamps (yes, I know, typical Dutch). When you had enough stamps you could pick a figure from Jungle Book. Here we have Balou, King Louie and Bagheera.....

Laces

Two pieces of string to assist in the fastening of shoes and clothing. Have you got some laces in your space?

The first ones I saw were these indoorsoccershoes from my youngest son.

Celebrate

This is a bit hard to define, huh? Can you find a celebration in your space?

Dec 5th we celebrated the birthday of Sinterklaas. On his birthday he visits children to give them presents (kinda like Santa Claus). The picture shows Sinterklaas and his helpers (Zwarte Pieten) when they arrived at school.

Card

You can't tell me you haven't had a sneaky one yet? Show me a card from your dandy space!

This one I made a week ago during our cropmorning. I think making cards isn't my thing, but this one turned out nice........

Chilly and Christmas

Christmas
Come on, we all have a hint of it somehwere in our space - right?

Not very much "christmas" here. Today it's Sinterklaas-Day. In Holland most people wait with their Christmas-things until this day is over. So after Dec. 5th Christmas may enter the houses.

These ornaments were made by my scrap-friends. They are made form chipboard and we did a swap with in. This ones I liked so much that I left them hanging in a little corner of the licing room all year long...... This year we do it again. Mine are finished.....

Chilly
Brrrrr - so feeling it here. Have you chilliness in your space?

Shawl and gloves waiting to be used........

Cosy

This time of year calls for December environments - cosy being one of them. Find cosy in your space. The rest of the week will focus on these words: chilly, christmas, card, celebrate (all "C's" too!)

This is very cosy to me. A little spot in the livingroom, few items of the season, a few candles......

In a coiuple of days it will change into Christmas-things........

Soft

The last week of textures

Tissues are the best when they are strong and SOFT.

Bristles

Bristles or spikey textures ain't always a nice feeling - but we all have them in our space. Show us yours.

This "thing" is standing at our frontdoor. My dad made it for us. You can use it to brush off the dirt or mud from your shoes before going inside.

Smooth

Lots of us have a super smooth surface in our space, question is - where's yours?

Today in the newspaper:

An article about smoothies....

And in my fridge.......

I'm back!

At last our PC is restored. The hard disc crashed about a week ago and the hard disc had to be send to HP. Luckely it's back and I can join you again.

I did a bit of catching up!

Rough

Oh yeah, can identify with that. That's why Im late with this post - not well, UGH!Have you got a bit of rough in your space?

Wet

Starting a week of Textures, go and find something wet in your space.

Thirsty
To feel a need to drink something. Find 'thirsty' in your space today.

Grain
A rough texture on wood or stone. Find 'grain' in your space today.

Alley
A narrow passageway between or behind houses. Show us an 'alley' in your space today.

Snip
To cut quickly. How us 'snip in your space

Almost

Not quite or very nearly, show us 'almost' in your space.

It's almost Sinterklaas. Doesn't say much, I think, to you all. Here in Holland it is a tradition.

December 5th is the birthday of Sinterklaas and at that date he gives presents to all the little children........

This year he arrives on his steamship with his Zwarte Pieten on November 17th. From this day till december 5th children may put their shoe before the fire-place (or somewhere else). In our case they used to set there shoe at the frontdoor so he can put toys or goodies in the shoes. You can leave something in your shoe for Sinterklaas's horse and maybe you'll get something big........ You have to leave your whishlist too, so he knows what to buy for you.

I'll hope you will understand this is kinda like Santa Claus....... parents buy toys for their children pretending it to be from Sinterklaas. Elderly children doesn't believe this anymore but the little children are very into Sinterklaas.

Disturbed

A feeling you get when something unexpected happens. Can you find it through your lens?

I had so many plans today: doing laundry, ironing, getting groceries, a bit of housekeeping. And then my mum called: if I wanted to go shopping for a new couch.......( Sigh........ difficult decision..... NOT...........)

Need I say more.......(my daily routine was completely disturbed)

This one did she choose..........

Just 12 weeks of waiting ahead..........