Stitchy Fingers

Actually this should've been my IHSW report, but since there wasn't much to report about I decided to wait a couple of days. Soo what did I do? Well, I finished part two of the Serengeti mandala on time (technically speaking I was half a day late since Martina released part three yesterday early in the afternoon). I'm soooo proud that I've kept up - but I'm not going to brag about it since there are a lot of other parts to come which promise to be intense! With and without flash We've spent a couple of enjoyable and lazy days on the homefront and I even baked cookies ("coeurs sablés") with my daughters for the first time. They were a bit tooo enthousiast (I'm not going to talk about the state of my kitchen before and after :-) but the biscuits tasted quite good! Before ... I'm not going to show "after" ;-)  Of course they had to be tasted afterwards! Have a nice week! 

I've got the impression that I did lots of things and nothing ... not really advancing at all ... ;-) I'm still stitching away on the second part of Serengeti mandala, but it isn't finished yet. Tomorrow is the first of May and then part three will be released ... aaarrrrgh! Oh well, I'm trying to keep up with it as good as I can! There were/are lots of household chores to do : shopping for groceries, making dinner (we have a long weekend of four days), doing a large pile of ironing, ... I've also baked brownies with a ricotta mix. After Carin talked about it in one of here previous blogs , I decided to also purchase the book (I knew where to find it at a bargain price). And although they don't quite look like the picture, they taste delicious. Oh yes ... I promised to give a look inside the two Mango Pratique books that I've purchased recently ... Well, here they are: Maybe I can tempt you with them?! ;-)

Yes ... following to the titel you can already know that I caved in ... Heaven and Earth designs was giving a discount of 50% from 20th until 23rd of April. I didn't want to miss out on it this time, so I ordered ... I admit I was a little bit (over)excited! Being a Josephine Wall fan (although these are the first ones that I buy :-) Catch a Falling Star   /   Caught By A Sunbeam    Crystal of Enchantment   /   Enchanted Snow Globe    Fly Me To The Moon   /   Spirit of Flight  Titania and Oberon And a couple of other ones that I wanted for some time now Priestess of Quetzalcoatl by Jasmine Becket-Griffith Orchids by Nene Thomas The Teamakers Daughter by Aimée Stewart There's only one problem ... I don't know how and when I will find the time (and courage) to stitch them! ;-) Are you a Heaven and Earth fan and/or stitcher (I am, but they ar...

Last week I read an article in one of our newspapers on the Pantène Bridal Couture Week from October 15 to 16, 2011 at Pearl Continental hotel, Lahore (I don't know why it appeared this late in the newspaper). All I can say is that I was awed by the beauty of the dresses ... I love the Indian culture ... that is food, clothes, architecture, nature, ... (not their "casts" system)! Everything is sooo colourfull. Wish I could travel over there! For now it's only dreaming since I don't have the travel budget for this yet ;-) Look at all those beautifull dresses, colours, embroidery, ... The girl that wears this will feel herself a real Maharani!   From another website: And as I can't put all those pictures on one blogpost (otherwise it would be waaaaay to long) ... here's a link to another really nice galery of pictures (you should really have a look): Bina sultan collection Who doesn't want to wear such a lov...