tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78720494775358996182024-03-04T20:22:44.914-08:00afkeAFKEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987524277870734945noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872049477535899618.post-5202347438578494672021-01-10T11:54:00.000-08:002021-01-10T11:54:14.442-08:002021<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxtFsS9puHNihQlSIrbBvXe9826aCpIt3qA_4iCAoKVhxp5B1cCUD2S7fUPwmjcBW704gt5rZvlYaxLbDaKoCyOJ2hRdM5rp8nyDHw4YVV9b8Or6-Q_2SZZcO9kXl4YdOqM6Of228GBgX/s2048/IMG_1033.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxtFsS9puHNihQlSIrbBvXe9826aCpIt3qA_4iCAoKVhxp5B1cCUD2S7fUPwmjcBW704gt5rZvlYaxLbDaKoCyOJ2hRdM5rp8nyDHw4YVV9b8Or6-Q_2SZZcO9kXl4YdOqM6Of228GBgX/w640-h426/IMG_1033.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Vakantie is weer voorbij en we zijn weer vol op begonnen. Dit jaar beginnen we weer zo anders dan andere jaren. Ik probeer de tijd die ik over heb zoveel mogelijk in mijn atelier te zijn. Ik liep achter met een bestelling die ik nu gelukkig klaar heb en ik ben volop begonnen met klei werkstukken. Heerlijk, daar haal ik echt mijn energie uit. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ik heb geen goede voornemens maar wel een paar doelen voor het komende jaar. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- meer werkstukken maken en experimenteren. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- een buiten oven die ik wil gaan maken voor grotere werkstukken. Een oven die ik elke keer ook weer kan afbreken en weer opbouwen als ik hem ga gebruiken. T.Z.T. zal ik hier er meer over delen en hopelijk dan ook beeld erbij. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- workshops geven zodra dit weer mogelijk is met wandelen en eten erbij. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">- mijn website aanpassen, ik ben op instagram al over op het Nederlands misschien doe ik dit ook op mijn website. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ik wens jullie een gezond jaar met veel licht en moois. Bedankt voor de reacties en het meelezen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo12MWern1l27zzf4LYLYLMC1m7c4zCn1lZCGKK9yuG5MwimhdmiBY20Q7CQW_ka3oi9PvJ9zlP_NCVZevLuV0c52ToBFYwD88XaxZho4S5JBQ3zEwFgHtTafbwKCv-PY_s-YvEYI_8ps/s2048/IMG_1056.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYo12MWern1l27zzf4LYLYLMC1m7c4zCn1lZCGKK9yuG5MwimhdmiBY20Q7CQW_ka3oi9PvJ9zlP_NCVZevLuV0c52ToBFYwD88XaxZho4S5JBQ3zEwFgHtTafbwKCv-PY_s-YvEYI_8ps/w640-h426/IMG_1056.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyMIFeEMVp0x9mAb16pP9Ste4y455sO38Dk1Mu9X8ffE9ouP1TOXgvQxdTVmLCBDd25SxWSHulAz4ONOrc3TCBRgwCNYa_VHPyJsLP7vtg8TvCyaQtbzpjTwOqaVUpet8ms9DTsHkib5A/s2048/gouden+knoop+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyMIFeEMVp0x9mAb16pP9Ste4y455sO38Dk1Mu9X8ffE9ouP1TOXgvQxdTVmLCBDd25SxWSHulAz4ONOrc3TCBRgwCNYa_VHPyJsLP7vtg8TvCyaQtbzpjTwOqaVUpet8ms9DTsHkib5A/w426-h640/gouden+knoop+1.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX23pnwJvW-yktUoTkz4pctEvpnzKrEmXyP2u69spHiEtQIQw_dzhpCfCgka8Gk6S0Jiwk_E3GzeCheO7m9yjkrbCJO52QsrEzdEwOLPISBHXW0o80Sls7abvzEUz1xwr_E8M3lyO2LTJI/s2048/IMG_1047.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX23pnwJvW-yktUoTkz4pctEvpnzKrEmXyP2u69spHiEtQIQw_dzhpCfCgka8Gk6S0Jiwk_E3GzeCheO7m9yjkrbCJO52QsrEzdEwOLPISBHXW0o80Sls7abvzEUz1xwr_E8M3lyO2LTJI/w640-h426/IMG_1047.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>AFKEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987524277870734945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872049477535899618.post-39014475922598962492020-12-14T11:42:00.006-08:002020-12-14T11:42:59.997-08:00A touch of gold <p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2uosJw2bT_lK3uoBlTiN_Qnnxu2VyDCY264z-gpbRoJN6rDLJRgBDZmQ7taBYJXQukCf3W4bum91O6p2OZtrsJAeI12kzdSWmwL5554XkqZoWMOMrk3mLoxP6lQ2EswpV-Mes7QlfTSV/s2048/IMG_0788.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2uosJw2bT_lK3uoBlTiN_Qnnxu2VyDCY264z-gpbRoJN6rDLJRgBDZmQ7taBYJXQukCf3W4bum91O6p2OZtrsJAeI12kzdSWmwL5554XkqZoWMOMrk3mLoxP6lQ2EswpV-Mes7QlfTSV/w640-h426/IMG_0788.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(English below)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ik hou van eenvoudige Kerst decoraties en ik houdt het dit jaar verder ook bij weinig decoraties. Goud vindt ik een prachtige kleur die in mijn huis hoort met Kerst en sowieso hou ik van 'a touch of gold' in mijn huis. Zo hebben wij ook een gouden kraan, past zo mooi bij bruin. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Laatst zag ik op instagram (weet niet meer wie) dat iemand van tubes tomatensaus vormen knipte. De goud kleur van de binnenkant sprak mij aan en moest ik daarom ook zelf gaan proberen. Zeer geslaagd en wij eten voortaan tomatensaus voor op de pizza uit tubes :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Volgende keer laat ik Kerst in ons huis zien! </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw_giTkXPeQvSAMlMFH2DfYZkQ23SO4r5tiBAfY_u-QtGk5FAgH0ynS_TD9YbTbXQ6TxCA959zxRU4WD8gHjMzTB_ZT6VI2ruCXylmnvTcs4pcITjsKvyAgREskX1ZhGFi2RecR0nH8Q_/s2048/IMG_0781.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUw_giTkXPeQvSAMlMFH2DfYZkQ23SO4r5tiBAfY_u-QtGk5FAgH0ynS_TD9YbTbXQ6TxCA959zxRU4WD8gHjMzTB_ZT6VI2ruCXylmnvTcs4pcITjsKvyAgREskX1ZhGFi2RecR0nH8Q_/w640-h426/IMG_0781.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTP3J1113s-RM9j5q1UtJWDethNnUagczc1kSyK_lozuHaKPY3MwuGdi3zju1l7-GZuzAQKk6yf82-xMF2d_1ar4_pAmX5g8Xil-utbwrRm4CXWWErN7lrZoB-v_N_o6ZvR3iX8FsycZu1/s2048/IMG_0787.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTP3J1113s-RM9j5q1UtJWDethNnUagczc1kSyK_lozuHaKPY3MwuGdi3zju1l7-GZuzAQKk6yf82-xMF2d_1ar4_pAmX5g8Xil-utbwrRm4CXWWErN7lrZoB-v_N_o6ZvR3iX8FsycZu1/w640-h426/IMG_0787.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div>I like simple/minimal Christmas decorations and this year our house will have minimal decorations all together. This way we don't get bored of it easily either. Gold is a color that belongs to Christmas and either way I love a touch of gold in my home. </div><div><br /></div><div>Recently I saw on instagram ( I can't remember who) that someone was cutting shapes out of tomato sauce tubes. The golden colour of the inside appealed to me and I had to try it for myself. I'm very happy with the results and from now on I think we will be eating pizza tomato sauce from tubes. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>AFKEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987524277870734945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872049477535899618.post-77502342614783307222020-11-12T01:50:00.004-08:002020-11-12T01:50:47.110-08:00St. Martin's day<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgl2S0TpJyamy2QALk4LTMmAHbXAuKGvbcjQk6uyd7CZ8Eyly0qIwN3PPhPCranUf8Z6vVr1_bODahkVjKrSj7teGPz4MTv43Exe5sG_dDXse3KRWwYasefxwkmD3wCnZAfdNaQ9vBLqz/s2048/IMG_0589.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPgl2S0TpJyamy2QALk4LTMmAHbXAuKGvbcjQk6uyd7CZ8Eyly0qIwN3PPhPCranUf8Z6vVr1_bODahkVjKrSj7teGPz4MTv43Exe5sG_dDXse3KRWwYasefxwkmD3wCnZAfdNaQ9vBLqz/w640-h426/IMG_0589.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(English below)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sinds we hier in Drenthe wonen doen we mee met Sint Maarten. Lampionnen maken de kinderen op school en s'avonds met school langs de deuren. Nu ging het allemaal anders en was het ook een stuk leuker. We gingen nu alleen langs de buren met vrienden om daarna met elkaar soep en brood te eten hier thuis. Ik maakte pompoensoep, bolletjes en zoete aardappel patatjes. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9slanCO18QJ-eDjjJBmP1TEomeuB6BFjl6KaIxasDc6VKX9Tqv45iyPu6T49avfQIl0pAJvB2mKroB9_JAHpS0tupp_2jMHfqSTuj-5WPGZ2WCGLZWzqpUAYTL7-rQ4pHjrsoT-tdDQ5Y/s2048/IMG_0612.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9slanCO18QJ-eDjjJBmP1TEomeuB6BFjl6KaIxasDc6VKX9Tqv45iyPu6T49avfQIl0pAJvB2mKroB9_JAHpS0tupp_2jMHfqSTuj-5WPGZ2WCGLZWzqpUAYTL7-rQ4pHjrsoT-tdDQ5Y/w426-h640/IMG_0612.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDSA-wIoPJEfYsnY_kwcfw5QjtJPFfZqWn4xXqw_UZrJxQgZa0V3XiWHaebAcqceKEJd9HevwskWc1Fy0EqUi4lIIGdyEzt0FGIhUIWJpGO5lGzqsEGIw6sD-gIKr6Z6AdqBP6JmUUWeU/s2048/IMG_0585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDSA-wIoPJEfYsnY_kwcfw5QjtJPFfZqWn4xXqw_UZrJxQgZa0V3XiWHaebAcqceKEJd9HevwskWc1Fy0EqUi4lIIGdyEzt0FGIhUIWJpGO5lGzqsEGIw6sD-gIKr6Z6AdqBP6JmUUWeU/w640-h426/IMG_0585.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since our move here we have been participating with Sint Martin. The children make the lanterns at school and in the evening we knock at the doors to sing a song. Now it all went differently but it was a lot more fun too. The children sang their songs and showed their lanterns to the neighbours and afterwards we had soup and bread together. I made pumpkin soup, buns and sweet potato fries.</div><p></p><p><br /></p>AFKEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987524277870734945noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872049477535899618.post-1231812421250352802020-11-02T06:19:00.005-08:002020-11-02T06:19:46.121-08:0053 days till Christmas<p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUVuF0rGy508DH3vPLx9K5kEGArDaAQ403xTxbU5XyxmWB68LO3WCPerBwgKvYO8AZOhtn7lzkJc_kQR5vuSnxdhCXksLWN8m_v1la2uHwqWY8DbrdrNf-YN1qASvy8Y5azXZ_i67PjPb/s2048/IMG_0450.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUVuF0rGy508DH3vPLx9K5kEGArDaAQ403xTxbU5XyxmWB68LO3WCPerBwgKvYO8AZOhtn7lzkJc_kQR5vuSnxdhCXksLWN8m_v1la2uHwqWY8DbrdrNf-YN1qASvy8Y5azXZ_i67PjPb/w640-h426/IMG_0450.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">(English below)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Als ik in de winkel komt (wat tegenwoordig heel weinig is) merk ik dat er vol op Kerst versiering te koop is. Op de radio zeiden ze dat er zelfs al Kerstbomen bij mensen in huis staan. Ik kreeg er ook zin in en ik ben begonnen met onze advent kalender. Voor de kaarsen wil ik een houder maken wat ik elk jaar weer kan gebruiken. Zondag maakten wij alvast de kaarsen en die hebben wij gemaakt van bijenwas raat van de plaatselijke imker. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLIskobMgVr0vI70M06lbl0xOQp0JeNbZnPZbfzMUYOQxzMg-tycJO7ExBwsBXt7tZ19ImDHbSJnfldHWVkMikXOaMGyHbyhUJIGRDvZfq4eoMjJrIfL1v7Shk8qUJ3Z8o7fIrZWucKsL/s2048/IMG_0446.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilLIskobMgVr0vI70M06lbl0xOQp0JeNbZnPZbfzMUYOQxzMg-tycJO7ExBwsBXt7tZ19ImDHbSJnfldHWVkMikXOaMGyHbyhUJIGRDvZfq4eoMjJrIfL1v7Shk8qUJ3Z8o7fIrZWucKsL/w640-h426/IMG_0446.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb19UQFoRczhhxEz2N6PNel3cIylUT5A_mej9drbj7aSm0H5ho8mP9dpbuKcHCSd0Ygcr3LIe547tt_WJu3wATXAWn8IglfCy_6S1anY4ggiN6JM1vpe-d4mUUSBL8WnI1hNQFxAgbXWdt/s2048/IMG_0448.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb19UQFoRczhhxEz2N6PNel3cIylUT5A_mej9drbj7aSm0H5ho8mP9dpbuKcHCSd0Ygcr3LIe547tt_WJu3wATXAWn8IglfCy_6S1anY4ggiN6JM1vpe-d4mUUSBL8WnI1hNQFxAgbXWdt/w640-h426/IMG_0448.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I go to the shops (which is very little nowadays) I notice that there are Christmas decorations for sale everywhere. On the radio they even mentioned that there are people buying Christmas trees. I wanted to start working on some Christmas decorations too but first we celebrate Sinterklaas. I want to make a holder for the Advent candles, something we can use every year. On Sunday we made the candles together and we made them from beeswax from our local beekeeper. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>AFKEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987524277870734945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872049477535899618.post-69916403719541977062020-10-20T04:42:00.003-07:002020-10-20T04:42:46.492-07:00Life and Autumn<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_m1yN0EpkLH-MXTSv0w9S-JMF0cW-Of5De2BAlOC_Muw-NfTW6ICAUmoXK6wPztHDmf2FbSKE27aTw0YZzeDxfzAhAnQfm5MyhwSfOzSjIzwrZ_f7MfgmQA_j6O1f8E-xD0dp8xPodx2/s2048/blad+9.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ_m1yN0EpkLH-MXTSv0w9S-JMF0cW-Of5De2BAlOC_Muw-NfTW6ICAUmoXK6wPztHDmf2FbSKE27aTw0YZzeDxfzAhAnQfm5MyhwSfOzSjIzwrZ_f7MfgmQA_j6O1f8E-xD0dp8xPodx2/w640-h426/blad+9.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">(English below) </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">Het is weer herfst. Ondertussen is er veel gebeurt. Sowieso in de wereld maar ook bij mij thuis. Wij zijn druk met verbouwen en toen ik mijn vorige <a href="http://afkes.blogspot.com/2020/03/tea-strainer.html">bericht</a> plaatste waren we nog in afwachting van de aannemer en druk met afbreken van de binnenkant van onze woning. Toen schreef ik dat hoe we woonde al pittig was. Een paar dagen kwamen we in een lockdown terecht ... gelukkig ging het heel goed en hebben we er het beste van gemaakt. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">Om weer leven in mijn blog te blazen wil ik elke maandag of dinsdag een nieuwe bericht plaatsen. Gewoon 1x in de week. Lijkt mij wel te doen. Op Instagram ben ik ook niet zo actief, hopelijk komt dat langzamerhand ook weer op gang en anders maar niet. Geen druk!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;">We wonen in inmiddels in ons huis en ik zal binnenkort ook daar meer van laten zien. Er is nog geen ruimte klaar en dat zal voorlopig wel zo blijven. 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Then living in a 4x4m space was difficult. A few days later we ended up in a lockdown... luckily it went really well and we made the best of it. To revive my blog I want to post every Monday or Tuesday. Just once a week. Seems something I can keep up with. I'm nog very active on instagram either, hopefully that will gradually get more too and otherwise not and thats fine too. We live in our home again and I will show more of it soon. There is no space done yet and that will probably remain that way for a while. We are currently insulating the roof. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Autumn leaf is for sale in my <a href="https://afkes.myonline.store" target="_blank">shop</a>. 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Ik ga al een aantal weken naar een keramiek workshop om samen te kleien maar ook om mensen te ontmoeten. Ik kijk altijd uit naar die avonden. Heerlijk om met mijn handen bezig te zijn en even weg van thuis. We zijn druk met verbouwen alleen duurt het nog even voordat de bouwvakkers aan de slag gaan. In de tuin werken en mijn eigen werk maken houdt mij positief want hoe wij nu wonen is niet echt heel makkelijk en kost best wat energie. </div>
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Ik heb warempel een keramiek oven in mijn bezit! Een heel attent iemand dacht aan mij toen de oven beschikbaar kwam. Ik ga nog even experimenteren en uitproberen en hopelijk kan ik snel thuis mijn klei bakken. Voor nu nog op de klei cursus die ik doe. </div>
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Ik werk graag met grove chamotte klei omdat ik de rauwheid van de structuur gebruik in mijn werk. Met mijn werk wil ik het eenvoud benadrukken, de rauwheid van de materiaal en het leven. De houding van de mens zegt zoveel meer dan woorden, dat raakt mij. </div>
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2. belangrijk om onze ogen open te blijven houden voor wat wij geloven. Geen keuzes maken omdat anderen er iets van vinden, maar juist dicht bij jezelf blijven... ook tijdens een verbouwing!</div>
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This one is my favourite paintingat the moment. I think it reflects the state we're in at the moment. </div>
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It's for sale, like a few more paintings on my <a href="http://www.afkes.com/paintings/" target="_blank">website</a>. If you're interested let me know:)</div>
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Voor het fotograferen van mijn handgemaakte popjes ging ik dit keer naar een vervallen locatie met een mooie betonnen vloer. Het is er prachtig en het was zo fijn om daar alleen bezig te zijn, spelen met takjes en bladeren.<br />
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Nu dat Jente magazine te koop is in de winkels is het voor mij ook een mooie gelegenheid om hier ook mijn verhaal te delen. Dit had ik nog niet gedaan want we moesten zelf nog aan de situatie wennen.<br />
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Vorige jaar om deze tijd woonden wij nog aan de andere kant van de oceaan. Verwachting en hoopvol vlogen wij in augustus naar Canada. We hadden er zo'n zin in! Toch zijn de dingen anders gelopen dan we hadden gedacht. Om daar voor de langere termijn te blijven voelde voor ons niet goed en voor de kortere termijn was het te duur. We hebben besloten terug te gaan.<br />
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Nu we terug zijn, hebben wij alleen maar zegeningen ontvangen en voelen wij een rust die we voor onze verhuizing naar Canada niet hebben ervaren. We hebben inmiddels een huisje gekocht in de mooie provincie Drenthe en we werken aan ons huisje, boompje, beestje leven. We hebben er veel zin in, gewoon weer settelen, kipjes voeren en eitjes verzamelen, spelen met eigen speelgoed, de skelter, bakken in eigen oven etc. Onze huis sleutel krijgen wij eind december en dan kunnen wij aan de klus en waarschijnlijk voor de komende jaren. Mochten jou handen gaan kriebelen bij het woord 'klus', weet dan dat je bij ons welkom bent! :) We hebben een echte klus huis gekocht op een voor ons droom plekje. Dit alles betekent overigens ook dat wij na 1,5 jaar onze meubels weer zien en ook dat we veel kunnen verkopen want leven met minder kunnen we inmiddels ook :)<br />
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Het klinkt misschien raar maar de afgelopen jaar was niet een hele makkelijke maar het heeft ons veel gebracht ook in ons relatie met God (joehoe ik ben Christen) en daar zijn wij ontzettend dankbaar voor. Het heeft ons ook laten zien dat we een kracht/moed bezitten waarvan we dachten dat die weg was. Een jaar er tussen uit gaan om met een helikopter perspectief naar je leven kijken is ook heel fijn en leerzaam.<br />
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This time last year we we're still living on the other side of the ocean. We flew with much excitement and hopeful to Canada in August. Still things went very different than we expected. Staying in Canada for the long term just didn't feel good and for the short term it was too expensive. So we decided to move back. </div>
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Now that we've moved back, we have only received blessings and we feel at peace with our decision. A feeling we have not experienced before moving to Canada. Since moving back we bought a house in the beautiful province Drenthe and we are working on our dream. We are really looking forward to settling down, feeding our own chickens again, collecting their eggs, play with our own toys, use the go-kart again, bake in our own oven etc. We get our house key at the end of December and then we can start renovating. We bought a real renovation house so we will be very busy from then on and probably for the next few years. </div>
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Gisteren onderweg naar huis met de fiets vond ik deze ijzeren ring. Afgelopen week zag ik een houten hoepel op instagram, iemand had er een mooie krans van gemaakt dus ik zocht er ook een op het internet. Ik zou hem deze week bestellen. Gelukkig (voor de portemonnee) vond ik deze ring, gratis (!) op een parkeerplaats, gewoon op de grond speciaal voor mij aan het wachten :) en nu denk ik al helemaal niet meer aan die houten hoepel. Zo simpel kan het zijn.<br />
Ik had nog wat gedroogde takjes en maakte een hele simpele krans voor in huis. Simpel blijf ik gewoon het mooist vinden.<br />
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Yesterday after walking around on a beautiful location and on our way home with our bikes I found this iron ring. On instagram last week, I saw someone make a beautiful wreath with a wooden hoelahoop and I instantly wanted a wooden hoelahoop for myself too. I searched the internet for one and I was planning on ordering one this week. Luckily for my wallet i found this ring instead and for free :) It can be that simple. I still had some dried twigs and I made myself a very simple wreath. I prefer decorations to be simple, that's just the way I like it best.AFKEShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14987524277870734945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7872049477535899618.post-9060925615338108512019-10-09T04:03:00.003-07:002019-10-14T12:16:45.584-07:00Hawthorn embroidery needles DIY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I came across the home-made embroidery needles on instagram account @studioforestfriends. (Jessica also released a book recently with descriptions for this DIY)<br />
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I started making the needles without the book. First I searched the Hawthorn needles, the needles on the thickest stems are the best to use. With a scalpel knife I removed the layer of bark. I don't have a thin drill for the holes, so I carefully (patient and careful job) made the holes with the scalpel knife and then afterwards used sandpaper to make the ends nice and smooth.<br />
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I dyed these cotton napkins with onion skins that I saved for a while. Using onion skins for dyeing is so rewarding. This dye came out pink and the napkins turned out slightly pink. </div>
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I made this quilt last Fall but I still need to show it here. For this quilt I used all the fabrics I naturally dyed myself, using different plants and fruits. I made it as a keepsake and to keep us warm in the Winter. I miss styling indoors but outside was just as fun and I realised that this quilt is all natural so it's even 100% biodegradable if I left it outdoors.<br />
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This week I fixed the first hole and I like the Japanese boro sewing way of fixing things in a beautiful visible way.<br />
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It's so easy to turn plain boring leggings into something more fun. This counts for the rest in your life too!<br />
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I need to make myself some ant leggings too next winter. Before you put a lot of time in the leggings, make sure you or your child fits them... Jitske doesn't want to wear these because they're too tight. Now these will have to wait for Silke..maybe in about two years. 🐜🐜<br />
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<i>...and in the end all I learned was how to be strong alone</i><br />
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I always feel very connected with the paintings that I make. I love to paint people, emotions and spaces. I like to confront people with emotions. Life is too short to ignore your feelings.<br />
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In my opinion people are being so sucked up in this life that we just don't feel our bodies anymore. We're in our heads too much. We don't listen to our bodies. Some people like to go on a diet to lose weight. I think the best diet is to go outside, walk and garden. This way you empty your head and you start to feel your body again.<br />
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I made this painting last week and it's available on my <a href="http://www.afkes.com/paintings/" target="_blank">website</a>.<br />
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For Liebe's future bedroom wall I made him this Swan and a Hummingbird. He loves plants and animals, so I have an animal theme bedroom for him in mind. The last picture is the moodboard.<br />
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For his future bedroom I will use furniture that we already have or try to make it ourselves. Creating a lovely home can be so simple, it just takes a bit of time.<br />
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When you buy or renovate a home, keep this in mind.<br />
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This week I have been doing some experimenting with my camera. Lucie from instagram account Luciebeck challenges other people to photograph and experiment with the theme that she chooses. The challenge for the whole month May is #onlyonedrink<br />
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Next week I am going to experiment with a smoothie and glass.<br />
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Let me know what you think. I haven't chosen yet and I am going to continue till I am satisfied :-)<br />
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Today I picked up my last few pieces of ceramics that I made. I made these small cake plates and glazed them with earth colours. I'm happy how they turned out. I find the imperfections of the plates and the glazing so attractive. This ceramic adventure of mine has just begun and I'm craving to make more, hopefully after the summer....<br />
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Before I picked up my ceramics today, I went for a nice hike on the Bruce trail just outside town. I thought it would be warm around this time but I was actually walking with my mittens on!<br />
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The bright yellow colour I extracted from Turmeric. Turmeric is a spice that also helps your body fight foreign invaders and it also has a rol in repairing damage. A while ago I dyed with Turmeric for the first time. It's so easy to dye with, no dissapointing results. The colours are so vibrant. I pretreated my fabric with soya milk.<br />
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Finally made time to update my <a href="http://www.afkes.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. This picture of Liebe makes me smile. My small boy has grown so much this year. I love hearing him speak English too. On the homepage I replaced the interior page with <a href="http://www.afkes.com/work/ceramics/" target="_blank">ceramics </a>and updated my paintings page with new paintings. Slowly things fall in place. It makes me happy that almost all of my paintings are sold and hanging in your homes. Also thank you for reading my blog, following me on instagram, commenting and liking.<br />
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I have been doing some wood carving lately too. While the children play in the garden outside, I carve. Just simple organic shaped spoons for decoration purposes.<br />
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I'm at my happiest outdoors. I have plans to go hiking a lot in the Spring taking my lunch and sketchbook with me. Everything about nature is inspiring. We have beautiful nature so close to us now. Right now I have avocado skins in my dye pot. Last week I dyed with black beans and red wine that we didn't like. Black beans makes purple but after washing it makes a nice blue. Red wine makes a purple that stays purple. If you want to start dyeing for yourself and not be disappointed then it's easy to start with red wine and turmeric (more about this next week).<br />
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Every season there are so many activities to do, Canadians sure know how to celebrate and embrace every season. Now the maple syrup season has started. After making <a href="http://afkes.blogspot.com/2019/03/snow-candy.html" target="_blank">maple taffy</a> almost two weeks ago we had to go and see how maple syrup is tapped from the trees. During the early Spring maple sap is tapped from the trees. The sap is crystal clear and it contains 2% of sugar. To turn the sap into syrup the sap is boiled so that all the water will evaporate so that the sugar is at the right concentration and is a syrup. If you boil it a little longer the sap will crystalize and can be used as sugar. You need a lot of sap to make syrup and it takes many hours of boiling time.<br />
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We love maple syrup and eat it with our pancakes or waffles. Today I took these pictures at the Westfield Heritage village and wednesday we went to the Agapé valley sugar bush, which we liked the best.<br />
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