14 Februari ~CSI #59

February 21, 2013, 2:54 am

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Another case at CSI! Case #59. And cause Crate paper is having a Red challenge, I send it in for that too.
Here is my take on this great challenge:

 

 
EVIDENCE (CHOOSE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• distressing
• numbers
• embossing

TESTIMONY (CHOOSE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• Document Valentine's Day.

My journaling:

When you say the date February 14 most people think: Valentine's day.
But the first thing I think of is my sister!
Cause Febraury 14 is her birthday.
When we grow up, Valentine's day wasn't an item in the Netherlands. We know it existed, but it was something going on in that crazy America.

Through the years Valentine has become booming in the Netherlands too.  

But we still don't do anything at Valentine's day.

After all it is the birthday of Regina!

Love, Miranda

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Giving all my love to you ~CSI #60

March 3, 2013, 2:36 am

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CSI case #60!

EVIDENCE (CHOOSE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• hearts
• birds
• layers
• something that drips
• decorative border
• small brads or beads
• solid white background

TESTIMONY (CHOOSE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• Write a love letter (doesn't have to be to a person).
• Add hearts to your journaling spot.

 

Picture is taken when Emil was 3; now he's 8.

Journaling:
DearEmil,
I wouldlike to tell youhow proudI am of you. You have experienced a veryhard time, at which somuchhas changed. Sad things, beautiful things, a lot of things to process.
You are doing sowellthrough it all. You remain as cheerful ans easyas you've always been. The boythatthinks of othersfirstandthen about himself.Youdo not always wantto sharewhatis on your mind, cause you're afraidtohurtsomeone else. Butfortunatelyyou now do have discovered that,with grandmom and granddad gone, youcan come to usto shareyour stories. Hans and Iwill be thereforyou, becausedearEmil: we loveyou!xxx

Love, Miranda

Love @ first sight ~Sketchabilties #87

March 15, 2013, 9:19 am

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Sketchabilities has a new reveal. Sketch #87 is live with layouts from the new Design team.

And my layout is on too!

Love, Miranda

Favorite friends ~CSI #62

March 17, 2013, 4:12 am

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CSI case #62:

EVIDENCE (CHOOSE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• wood
• circles

TESTIMONY (CHOOSE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• Document a friendship

THE SKETCH - Feel free to rotate, substitute elements, etc., but use as inspiration for your page.

JOURNALING:

Destination:life
Name:Rogier+Desi,Mark +Rena

Observations:
Whatare they important:good friends.
Friends whoare there for youwhen you are happy,butalso whenyou're sad. 
Friends who you can call in the middle of the nightif necessary and who will thendropeverythingandcome to you. 
To help,toput an armaround you,to talkor tobe silenttogether.Friendswho sit down withyouat the deathbedofyour mother,even when theyfindthatvery difficult. 
The pastyear hasmade it clear again thatwehavesuchfriends!DearRogier,Desi,Mark andRena:thank you so very much!

Love, Miranda

Sketchabilities #88

April 1, 2013, 4:52 am

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Sketch #88 is live at Sketchabilities!

This is my take on this gorgeous sketch:

 

Go take a look what the other designers have done and show us your take on the sketch!


Love, Miranda

Different sides of me ~ CSI case #65

April 5, 2013, 7:04 am

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EVIDENCE (CHOOSE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• stripes
• ribbon
• circles
• mini brads
• white space

TESTIMONY (CHOOSE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• Three sides of me--document three distinct parts of you--interpret as you wish!

Journaling:
Home:quiet,myself,a bit lazy,sensitive, vulnerable,creative,caring.
School: takethe lead,stimulating,motivating, active,strict,strong.
In company:find it hardto start talks,in the background,quietly.

So manydifferent sides that still allreallybelongto me.But the time I am myself the most, is when I'm at home.....

Love, Miranda

Guestdesigner at CSI this month!

April 6, 2013, 1:36 am

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I'm so honored and excited! I'm guest designing at CSI this month.

This is the first case of April: #66.

And here is my take on this case:

EVIDENCE (USE AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS)

• arrows
• plaid or check pattern
• bow/ribbon
• pocket
• plain white background

TESTIMONY (USE AT LEAST ONE ELEMENT)

• "Anatomy of..." Use the format of The Scene for your topic
• Handwrite your journaling
• Put your journaling in a pocket

Journaling (hidden  behind the pic on the striped card):

May 2007
 
In the woods of Zonnestraal I have discoveredwoodpeckers. 
So armedwith camera,lensesand tripodIgo on the hunt, toshootthatperfectpicture. 
HoursI'm busy with itand I makehundreds ofphotos. 
Butthat perfectpicture, I havePhotoshopped.

Love, Miranda

CSI case #67

April 13, 2013, 3:15 am

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It's time for another case at CSI. Are you going to investigate this case too?
I have as a Special Investigator for the month April.

This is the case:

And here is how I solved it::

EVIDENCE (USE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• stars
• outline elements with pen
• use plain cardstock

 

 TESTIMONY (USE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• Handwrite your journaling
• Inspiration Words: think, chaos, question-- use these as inspiration for your journaling, not just as a title

SKETCH: Feel free to rotate, substitute elements, etc., but use as inspiration for your page.

My journaling:

If I'm busyandchaotic,ifmyhead is full ofworries andquestions,there is onlyonesolution thatalwaysworks:ride intheconvertible. 
The hoodopen,the windin my hair,andjust notthinking. 
No morethinking,butenjoying thebeautiful scenery,the smells thatdrift by, and enjoying the scalpmassagethat's included.Fortunately,webothlove it andas soon asthe weather permits, we arein theconvertiblemany hours.

Love, Miranda

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Sketchabilities #89

April 15, 2013, 9:27 am

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Hi,
On the site of Sketchabilities is the reveal of sketch #89.
This is the new sketch, awesome as always!

And this is my take on it:

 

On the pic you see the decoratiosn I made for easter. Egg shells, filled with water and anemones. The eggs are placed on a saucer.

Love, Miranda

CSI casefile #68 ~ Defining moment

April 19, 2013, 4:00 pm

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It's that time again: a new casefile at CSI.

And here is my take on this case:

EVIDENCE (USE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• circles
• polka dots
• flowers
• paint

TESTIMONY (USE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• Choose a prompt fromherethat contains either a 3 or a 5 in the number. 

This is the one I choose:

MY JOURNALING (behind the pictures):
October 1969:
As a two year old, my lifechanged, even though I wasunaware of it for a longtime.

My parentswere expecting ababy, their second child.
It wasalmost there, my mom was9months pregnant.
Thenurserywasdecorated, everything was ready forthebabythatwasso welcome.

Every morning whenIwoke up, Ifirst went tothe nurseryandI looked inthecrib.
I was so looking forward tothe new baby, abrother orasisterto me.

Buton 15 Octoberit all went wrong.
The deliverytook off,but mybrotherwasstillborn. The childwhichwasawaited, was dead. My parentswere extremelysad.
Mybrotherwasplacedin hiscribin his room, butmomwas not allowed tosee him. It was better ifshe did not seehim, because that wouldnot be good forher. I doubt that very much....
Therest of the family(mom, grandparents, uncles and aunts) have seenhim and say it was the most beautiful baby of us three.

I wasbroughtto the neighborswhenlaborbegan. The next morning Ididn't wentintothenursery as usual, where mybrotherwas stillin hiscrib. I probablyfeltthat I should notdo that, even though they had not told me anything.

Dadburied mybrother, together with his father, .
From then onmy lifewas different.Of course there wassadnessin the house. Sorrow forthe childthat was not there. Sadness thatI triedto compensate. Unconsciously, for the rest ofmy life....Until Ibecame awarethatI did,manyyears later, whenI was already a grown-up.

My whole life mybrotherwas there, buthe neverreally gothis own place in our lives.
Mom andDadwanted to protectus andtherefore hadnot toldus his name.
They didnot want us to feel obligedto,when wewould have kids of our own, name it after the baby.
Sothey always talkabout 'the boy' andhis name wasknownto no one. On hisgravewasn'ta stone.Onlya number.

Andthathas made my life  difficult. Mybrotherwas there, butthere seemedto beno placefor him.He had noname by whichhe could berememberedand hisgravewas nohomage.
Fortunately I could talk about that withmomwhen I got older. She was alsosuffering from that.

In 2009I decided thatthishadgone on long enough. I wishmybrotherwould get hisown place in our lives.
By thenI knewthat mybrotherwas calledAlexandI wanted to makesomethingfor hisgrave.
Theconversationswith mom made it clear to me that it had to be a dragonfly, becausethathadan emotionalvalue for her.

I havebeen workingwithan artistto make a large dragonfly from stainlesssteela  whole day long.  
That wasa healingprocess. AndIwas so proud of the result.

Eventually, untilOctober 2012 thedragonfly stoodin the garden of mom and dad, in the middle oftheir pond. Mybrotherhad finally comehome.

Whenmom died,so soon afterdaddy, we decided thatAlexwas reburied together with them.
The dragonflyis ontheir gravesandhas becomethe monument oftheirlove for each other. Finallyjoined togetherin death.Andthatis comforting.  
 

Love, Miranda

CSI case #69 ~Don't open till July 2017

May 1, 2013, 2:24 am

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Case file #69 is open for investigation:

My last one as Special Investigator (guest DT). Next week is my first reveal as part of the DT.

THE EVIDENCE (USE AT LEAST 2 CLUES)

• flowers
• number accents
• circles
• metal

THE TESTIMONY (USE AT LEAST 1 CLUE)

• Be inspired by this prompt or explore other prompts by clicking on the random or archive buttons.

 

 I wrote a letter to my future self. It's in the envelope, that's partly hidden under the papers and photo's.
I can open it after my 50th birthday, that will be in July 2017.

Hope you'll play along!

Love, Miranda

Sketchabilities sketch #90

May 1, 2013, 2:31 am

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And here is sketch #90 at Sketchabilities! Come join us and play along.
And this is my take on it:

 

The pictures I used are from my trip to Barcelona in 2010. 

With my collegue Pauline I went up on the Sagrada Familia. It was so perfect.

We had a perfect time.

Love, Miranda

Srping 2013 ~CSI case #70

May 3, 2013, 3:30 pm

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 Wahoo, here is my first reveal as part of the DT of CSI (Color, Stories, Inspiration). I'm so proud to be part of this amazing team!

SCHEME (USE ALL 5 COLORS)

• Prettiest Pink -carnation pink, taken from the bike - 233.129.152
• Palest Pink -light pink, taken from the highlights on the bike - 252.230.233
• White Picket Fence -white, taken from the white tulips  - 254.253.249
• Leaf Green- medium grass green, taken from the leaves - 169.203.129
• Handlebars- black, taken from the handlebars - 2.1.6

 

EVIDENCE (USE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• circles
• label
• paint
• distressing

TESTIMONY (USE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• document something about spring
• tuck your journaling inside something (like the flowers in the basket)

My journaling (on the label, tucked behind the pink paper):
It took such a long timefor spring to beginthis year!It wasalong winter,both literally andfiguratively. 
Myneedfor sunwasgetting biggerandkept being cold. 
Until the end ofApril, then slowly it became spring and I didn't have to wear my wintercoat anymore, although it remains close by on thecoat rack.The weather isverychangeable.
Now that springhas startedagain, I canrecharge myenergyandtryto shake offthis winter fatigue.
 

Love, Miranda

25 years of marriage

May 7, 2013, 2:46 am

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I can hardly believe it myself, but Hans and me were married for 25 years on April 28.
And we went on a suprise trip. A suprise for me it is, cause Hans has taken care of everything!

We went with a little private plane on Saturday 27th April. André (our brother in law)  did fly us to Balen in Belgium. To my surprise our 2 best friends were there. They had come with our convertible. So we went further with our car and ended up at this little castle in Wittem (Zuid-Limburg in the Netherlands).
I was totally astonished!
We had a few great days, driving to the beautiful surroundings that we know so well, eating a lot and enjoying the castle and each other.

Thanks my love, for a great unforgetable weekend!

Love, Miranda

CSI case #71

May 12, 2013, 5:10 am

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Areyou ready to solve case #71 at CSI?

Here is how I solved this case:

 THE SCHEME (USE ALL 5 COLORS)

• Summer Sun- buttery golden yellow, taken from the building - 241.225.140
• Cheery Cherry - bright red, taken from the bike  - 237.28.33
• White Whistle - white, taken from the speech bubble - 255.255.255
• Blue Birds of Happiness - pale turquoise, taken from the top of the cloud - 211.240.236
• Concrete  - medium gray, taken from the sidewalk/street  - 116.116.118

 

EVIDENCE (CHOOSE AT LEAST 2 ELEMENTS)

• bicycle accent
• circles
• birds
• hearts
• ink/paint splatters

TESTIMONY (CHOOSE AT LEAST 1 ELEMENT)

• Use a song title or lyrics as a jumping off point: Bicycle

My journaling:
For mythird birthday,I got abike.When Iwent down thestairs,afterMom andDadonbedhad sungforme,in the hallwaywasmy newbike.
Thejoyshinesfrom my face.I just got abike!
It wasa wonderfulbirthday gift.

Love, Miranda

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Grote nachtpauwoog ~ CSI case #85

August 16, 2013, 3:00 pm

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After being absent for a while (busy with the end of the schoolyear and then a few weeks to France), I'm back again with case #85 from CSI.

This is case #85. Don't you love those colors?
Here is my take on the case:

On the last day of our stay in Castellane (Provence, France) I found this caterpillar. Of course I took pics of it. The colors are great for this case file!

EVIDENCE (USE AT LEAST 2 CLUES)

• labels, tags
• numbers
• decorative brads or buttons
• string

TESTIMONY (USE AT LEAST 1 CLUE)

• Make a numbered list of five interesting/ important things about your topic.
• Write your journaling on a tag.
• Hand-write your journaling in cursive.

Love, Miranda

Lang, lang geleden....

February 5, 2014, 3:43 am

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Ja dat is het zeker. Lang geleden dat ik geblogd heb. En lang geleden dat ik gescrapt heb.
Het scrappen zit helemaal niet in mijn systeem op het moment. Ik maak weinig foto's en dus is er ook weinig te scrappen.

Daarnaast ligt mijn focus op andere dingen. Op afvallen en hardlopen. In augustus ben ik gestart met Weight watchers online en inmiddels ben ik ruim 20 kilo kwijt. Wat een heerlijk gevoel. Ik ben er nog zeker niet, maar ben wel heel blij met het huidige resultaat.
En om het afvallen een 'bust' te geven, ben ik in de kerstvakantie op Texel weer gestart met hardlopen. Wat heb ik dat gemist. En zo fijn om te merken dat het weer lukt. Dat mijn voeten niet meer in de weg zitten.

Ik gebruik de mp3's van Evy om het hardlopen op te bouwen. Deze zijn gratis te downloaden via http://www.rennenmetevy.nl.

Inmiddels zit ik in week 5 en ook vandaag heb ik weer gelopen (4-5-5-4 minuten lopen en tussendoor steeds 3 minuten wandelen).

Love, Miranda

Ladiesrun Rotterdam

May 9, 2014, 12:27 pm

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Het gaat goed met het afvallen!
Ik ben bijna 30 kilo kwijt en zo blij met het resultaat. Heerlijk om weer een winkel in te lopen en te weten dat alles wat je pakt ook echt past en leuk staat... Doet alles voor je zelfvertrouwen.

Ook met het hardlopen gaat het lekker. Ik heb vandaag 45 minuten aan één stuk gelopen. Het tempo is nog laag, maar dat komt vanzelf. Ik ben inmiddels bezig met de 2e serie: Keep running.
Op 1 juni ga ik mijn eerste 5 km race lopen. De ladiesrun in Rotterdan. Spannend!

Ik loop daarbij voor Pink Ribbon en zoek nog sponsors. Dus wil je Pink Ribbon sponsoren, voor meer onderzoek naar borstkanker, kijk dan even hier: Pink Ribbon actie.
Alvast bedankt namens Pink Ribbon en mijzelf!

Love, Miranda

1 juni 2014: Ladiesrun Rotterdam

June 6, 2014, 10:44 am

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Afgelopen zondag 1 juni was het dan zover: de Ladiesrun van Rotterdam. De eerste "race" sinds ik weer hardloop.
Toen ze hoorde dat ik me had ingeschreven zei Desiree meteen: "Ik ga met je mee en we lopen op jouw tempo.". Zo lief en zo gezellig om dit samen te doen.

Twee weken voor de wedstrijd liep ik op maandagavond tijdens de intervaltraining een kleine heupblessure op. Dus niet meer lopen, 2 sportmassages en Ibuprofen slikken, om vooral toch maar die Ladiesrun te kunnen lopen.

Even na half 9 komt Desiree me ophalen. Samen rijden we naar Rotterdam. Even voor 10 uur komen we aan. Het is nog rustig. We gaan even bij de lockers kijken, hoe groot zijn ze en kunnen onze tasjes erin? Dat is geen probleem.

Dan lopen we naar de stand van Weight Watchers om mijn shirt en startnummer op te halen.
We lopen even rond langs de kraampjes en drinken koffie/ thee.

Dan gaan we nog even naar het toilet, spelden onze startnummers op en eten nog een koek voor de broodnodige energie.
Langzaam naar de warming-up. We springen kort even mee, maar vinden dat dit iets teveel van het goede is en willen onze energie (en mijn heup...) sparen voor de 5 km.
Dus nog een plaspauze en naar het startvak.

 

Daar staat een grote massa. Om half 12 wordt het startschot gegeven door Angela Groothuizen. We horen het startschot, maar er gebeurt nog erg weinig. Langzaam komt er wat beweging in de massa, al is het wel erg traag. We zijn met zoveel, dat kost even moeite om op gang te komen. En als we dan een bocht om moeten staat alles meteen weer stil...

We zoeken een rustiger stukje op langs het voetpad aan de linkerkant en kunnen daar wat vaart maken. Al heel snel zijn er vrouwen die niet meer kunnen lopen en moten wandelen. Jammer dat ze dan niet aan de kant gaan lopen... Het is moeilijk om een beetje in je eigen tempo te lopen.
Hoe verder we komen, hoe beter dat gaat, omdat er toch iets meer ruimte komt.

Langs de kant van de weg staan veel mensen om aan te moedigen. Bijna de hele 5 km staan er supporters, met af en toe een bandje tussendoor. Super gezellig!

In de laatste kilometer krijg ik het even zwaar. Mijn ademhaling gaat moeizaam. We vertragen iets en dat helpt!. Achteraf blijkt ook dat ik mijn snelste tijd tot nu toe heb gelopen in de laatste 2 km.
Dat compenseert de trage start en met 37.24 min komen we over de finish!

We hebben het gehaald!! Bij de finish krijgen we onze medaille omgehangen en hebben we grote behoefte aan een beker water. Het is warm weer, ook al is het niet heel zonnig. Het voelt wat klam.

Buiten puffen we even uit en rekken onze spieren om spierpijn te voorkomen.

Wat ben ik trots dat ik het gehaald heb! Mijn heup heeft het ook goed gehouden. In het begin voelde ik 'm even fel, maar door de Ibuprufen en de adrenaline heb ik er geen last van gehad. Ook de dagen daarna niet.

Dat komt pas weer als ik woensdag weer een stukje wil lopen... Dat eindigt uiteindelijk met een bezoekje aan de huisarts en de fysiotherapeut.

Lieve Desiree, dank je wel dat je samen met mij de Ladiesrun hebt gelopen! Ik vond het super gezellig samen, en heel lief dat je je tempo aan mij hebt aangepast. Dank je wel! XX

** Foto's van mijzelf, en van de site van de Ladiesrun!

Love, Miranda

The first day ~CSI Collaboration Case File No. CC-4

February 13, 2015, 2:26 am

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Hi you all,

After a long time I have scrapped again. Being sick is good for something....
I joined CSI again and used Case CC-4. CSI is collaborating with Words and Paintery.

I saw I was too late for the CSI challenge, but in time for Words and Paintery.

So here is my layout:

THE SCHEME (Of course I used ALL 5 COLORS)

• Frosted Icing - aqua blue, taken from the cake -- 109.225.225
• Snowy Gifts - true blue, taken from the bottom middle picture - 126.160.205
• Glittered Wishes - taupe - taken from the snowflakes - 221.216.197
• Tinseled Dreams - light gray, taken from the white thing on the bottom middle picture - 234.235.232
• Very Vanilla Sweets - off-white, taken from the highlights in the top left picture - 248.248.248

EVIDENCE (CHOOSE AT LEAST TWO CLUES)

• stripes
• silver metal
• numbers
• 3 of something
• glitter (Hard to see but I used glimmermist)
• hearts
• ribbon

TESTIMONY (CHOOSE AT LEAST ONE CLUE)

• Prompt Idea: Be inspired by this phrase: "Today is the first day of the rest of your life."
• Writing Format: Write your journaling as a as an invitation.

My journaling reads:

Please come join me on my next run! I promiss you: it will feel like you have started a new life.
No not at first.. At first it is hard, so hard. But if you hang in there, it will give you so much.
Me it gives:
a clear head, a lean body, a better health, feeling strong and powerfull, more self asteem,  time for myself, fresh air, a lot of friends online, more energy, a happy me!
So when are you joining me? Love to run together!

Love, Miranda

December Daily 2015~ Foundation pages

November 28, 2015, 9:57 am

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My foundations pages for this years December Daily. Every day a story (with picture) in December. Pages are prepped, so December can start.
I took the Storytelling with December class from Ali Edwards and I bought her main kit. Both are amazing and I'm so inspired!

 

This is the cover of my album. I'm working in a 4x6 album this year. Nothing is fixed to the cover yet, cause I'm getting a new album. This one is loose...

I will add some red drops of pearlpen I think.

My foundationpages are flexible. I can change things up if I want to or need to. I have more pageprotectors.and more cards laying around.

While I'm working on my DD 2015, I also hope to finish my DD from 2011.  I did finish this album till 14 December. Everything is on my computer, photo's and journaling, from the days after 14 December. So I just have to print ans scrap it. It will be hard, cause it were the last days my dad was with us. But ï'm so glad I have those pictures and stories. It has to be completed.

Love, Miranda

1 en 2 December ~ December Daily

December 2, 2015, 7:10 am

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And then it's time: it's December and December Daily starts.
Here is my page for 1 December:

 My first page is about my advent wreath. How I maked it earlier this week and that the first light is on on December 1. A bit to late, cause we were away Sunday.

 This is the right page in the album and underneath you can see the page out of the album.

For December 2 I used the pics that Julie Ann Gaudet placed on the December Daily facebook page after receiving my package. So fun to see this!!

Julie wrote a message on the DD favebook page:
This is my first year doing DD and am falling in love with this process and love to check in daily what everyone is up to and where you are all from. This fascinates me!! So I had a spark of an idea❤ have you ever just wondered what it would be like to experience Christmas from another country?? Their traditions and try some of their own countries treats? Well... I would love to swap a Christmas box of my country Canada with anyone who would be interested in swapping a box a goodies. This would give us an opportunity to document our experiences from a far away place. I think this would be so much fun! Any takers???

I reacted and we both send eachother a package. Mine has arrived at her house yesterday, so this is my story of today!

 The page is a fold-out page, so I could tell the whole story and share the pics.

 This is how the page looks outside the album.

Can't wait to recieve her package...!

Love, Miranda

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December Daily day 3 t/m 10

December 13, 2015, 4:02 am

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Hi you all,

I'm up to date with my December Daily, just had no time to show it on my blog.
But... here are my pages...

December 3: A picture from the past. I was around 3 years old I think and had set my shoe for Sinterklaas. The next day there was something in it, I think chocolate!

 December 4: Sinterklaas at school. Two "pieten"on the roof. The kids liked it som much!

 And some pics of the kids having fun.

 December 5: "Pakjesavond" with family. The first time Bo has bought presents herself.

 In the envelope are the poems we did get.

 December 6: It would have been my dads 80 th birthday. In the envelope is a letter to him.

 An old pic of my dad, just like he was...

We celebrated this special day with my uncles and aunts. I made a buufet and it was a wonderful day to remember my mom and dad with each other.

 December 7: My mother in law come home from the nursinghome.

 December 8: When I came downstairs this morning the christmas tree was up. My hubby put it up late last night as a surprise. The first time we have a fake tree. It was form the aunt, who died in August.

 A fillerpage.

 December 9: decorating the tree. I did put up a tripod and took some shots of me decorating.

 It's a fold-out page.

 December 10: A flip-up page.

 With the story of today. I took some prompts and filled it in. 

Hope to do it another day later in December again.

Love, Miranda

December Daily: Day 11 and 12

December 16, 2015, 2:01 am

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Day 11 is about the little Santa's I have. Every year when I decorate the Chirstmastree, they come out of the box too. I have them quit a few years now. Bought them together with my mom. Their collection is gathered with ours now...

 

 

I love how they all stand together and play music. They bring a smile on my face!!

 

 

 

 

Day 12: A Christmas market in the neighbourhood. 

 

 

 

Aat the market were a lot of stands, some Christmas related, some not.

But the thing I loved the most are the little reindeer...

Aren't they cute?

 

 

 

This is a flip-up card, with inside the journaling and a pic of Santa who was there to. 

He looks like he came from an old card.  

Gonna wor on day 13 and 14 now, so hope to share those days later today.
Thanks for stopping by!

p.s. I'm so glad I started scraping again! I love it so much. It makes me happy! So... I decided that I have to do that more and signed up for One Little Word from Ali Edwards, and for her Storykits...
Anyone else joining her??

Love, Miranda

One Little Word 2016

February 2, 2016, 10:39 am

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This year I'm participating in the One Little Word workshop from Ali Edwards.
In December, while working on my December Daily, I started thinking about what my word would be.
First I thought it would be change, cause I want some changes in my life, regarding my work. But the word Create started to pop-up and asked to be seen. So Create it is!

This year I want

• to Create a healthier life
• to Create new opportunities for my career
• to Create scrapbookpages

 

Love, Miranda