Sunday, 20 september 2009.

Dear friends/ lieve mensen,

Bad day!/ Slechte dag!
I made such nice things and I wanted to show it to all of you, but......The blog won't work!/ Heb ik zulke leuke spullies om te laten zien............Het blogje wil niet mee werken!
I keep trying, ok?/ Ik blijf het wel proberen!
Bye, Jen.

JEN'S challenge week 38:friday 18 th of september '09> home grown....

Today I had to demo at the Pipoos store in Groningen....
Yesterday I had to work late in the daycarecentre....
Short to go.....
I ran out of time completely!
Not really my style NOT TO BLOG THE NEW CHALLENGE IN TIME!
There for my excuse to all of you!
The first time in 38 weeks that I wasn't on time!
One day late! I am ashamed!
But...
Here it is: HOME GROWN!
What is home grown?
It could be your son(s) or daughter(s).....
Home grown with a lot of love....
Or your grapes, your kittens, your pumpkins or your tomatoes.....
For me it will be my wonderful tomatoes! I can't believe that there are so many of them in such a small spot! We eat tomatosoup for weeks now....A lot of tomatosauce with the spaghetti......Tomatoes on the pizza....
Well.....at the end of this month????
The boys will throw them at me!
The demo at the Pipoos wa a nice one!
There were a lot of people (wonderful weather!) and the day was over before I realized. I had to demo the cricut and I pimped an old wooden tray with BG paper.
Used the cricut for borders and flowers and it really looks "old"....
It fits in my kitchen (old blue), so .....it works out fine.
I will show it tomorrow!
Have a good night where ever you are,
Big hug,
Jen.

Jen's challenge week 36 and another card.

Yesterday (late) I did finish my challenge, week 36: Dreamin'of....
Ofcourse I am dreaming of my ill friends to get better! Ofcourse I dream of a world without cancer, aids and other terrible things!
But? There's so very little I can do! The things we do, like giving money and support sometimes seems not enough to me!
In my sleep I often dream of remedial teaching> how do I get my students on a higher leval? Hum....yep! I agree...not a very pleasant dream.....
My day-dreams are more pleasant. I can dream of and go back to Oregon....To the falls, Hood River, Sandy, Gresham, Portland, Sherwood and Tigard, Bonneville Dams and ofcourse my favorite spot: Mount Hood!
Enough about my dreams....
Yesterday I also got my punches, so I did some work on a card.
I really love this one.
I think me practicing making Vintage cards does get better.
I think I make a little progress!
I am going to make some more, because it's so much fun!
Have a wonderful sunday,
Jen.

Vintage cards.

Ik heb nieuwe Vintage kaarten gemaakt. Eentje is naar Riet gegaan en eentje naar mijn kleine oud-leerlingetje Marcha. Verder ben ik nog bezig voor mijn andere lieve, zieke vriendinnen, maar dat is dus nog in ontwikkeling. Ook moet ik nog een home decootje maken voor de Pipoos, want daar is as zaterdag, 19 september weer een open dag en mag ik weer aan de demo met de cricut. En zo blijf je lekker bezig!
Wat een heerlijk weertje is het hier nog!
Ik ga dus eerst met de hond aan de wandel!
Fijne zaterdag, Jen.

I made some new Vintage cards. I did sent them to some sweet persons. The pink one went to Riet and the blue one went to Marcha. She was in my classroom last year and she wrote me a card: I love you so much and I miss you so!
Ain't this something? I am working on two new cards for my ill and sweet friends, but the cards aren't ready yet, so you have to wait, girls.
Also I have to make a home deco for the Pipoos. They have a demo next week in the store and they asked me again to demo the cricut. So...they keep me busy!
But....the weather is so wonderful here: I am going for a nice walk with the dog first!
Have a wonderful saturday,
Jen.

JEN'S challenge week 37: 11 th of september '09> BABIES.

This week it was a complete BABY-BOOM in my life!
And it was in the newspapers, too.
With the recession going on, more babies will be born!
One of the teachers got a girl, one of our parents (daycarecentre) got a boy, one of my friends is still expecting, a new parent with baby for the daycarecentre, another parent will have a baby soon.....
I see BABY'S EVERYWHERE.....
AND NO, I AM NOT EXPECTING.....The same with doggies! I see little puppies everywhere.
Have fun and I hope you will enjoy babies/ puppies as much as we do!
They are little treasures!

Have a good evening,
Jen.

VINTAGE BOOK for SCRAPSHOP ROSA!

This is my first design for SCRAPSHOP ROSA!
It's a wonderful workshop.
I will not say anything anymore, but it was wonderful to do and to finish the book finally. When I was in The States, my mom turned into 77 years "young".
I think I will surprise her with this book!
Have a nice day,
Jen.

JEN'S challenge week 36, friday 4th of september '09> My dream....

This week I had some thoughts about my dream(s)....
I really dream of going to Arnemuiden and hug Riet, take her out for lunch, talk and talk a lot with her, going to Spijkenisse with her and spoil her with attention, friendship and all the goodies, she likes.
I dream of my friend being cancer-free! If I had some magic.....!!!!!I would take away her illness!
I dream of going to Canada and stay a couple of weeks at Marjolein and Henk.....
Zippin'a Friese Beerenburger with Henk, singing out loud in their basement and scrap my heart out with Marjo!
I dream....
My goodness.....
I really have a lot of dreams!
I really have to stop right now....
Well...I hope you have dreams, too, because what is a person without beautiful dreams?
Have a nice evening,

love to all my friends all over the world,
Jen.