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{3 years today}

{& counting}

{I married the best guy eva}

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Today also marks 8 years since I moved to the Netherlands. 8 years. Despite all of my traveling before that move, I never imagined I would actually be living here. In Holland.

{me, in ireland visiting family one month after arriving in holland. i dragged hans with me & my parents met us there as well. i remember clearly on this particular trip i was riding high on being excited & completely freaked out}

(2 months in}

{my first oma fiets}

{so carefree it seems!}

{really…}

{i (half) kid to him that we never have a selection of good pictures of us because he’s always doing something weird with his face}

{i could go on but a certain best guy eva might get annoyed}

{okay. 1 more because it’s super mushy & there’s no weird face. us dancing @ our second wedding in the US 2 weeks after the civil ceremony in NL}

xox

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The days are flying by & overnight it seems as though everyone is getting into holiday mode. It’s doubly dangerous for us because the yearly Dutch holiday sweets start now & that means I’ll be tempted daily straight through from here to the States to the end of December.

Pepernoten, Speculaas, Olie ballen…they are all making an appearance everywhere we turn {!}

Then endless homemade Italian Christmas cookies courtesy of my mother…

We are looking forward to sharing the season with Little Man in two countries. The arrival of Sinterklaas here {& my angst over the Piets…I am still struggling with how to ignore them}, a party with Hans’ family, & Santa Claus in the US with mine…the lights, music, decorations. Yay! Hopefully I won’t gain too much weight. The only inspiration I have to be mindful is the fact we will be spending part of our trip on the beach; therefore I’ll be digging out my bathing suit.

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{there were blue skies on saturday but not today}

{lovely flowers from my guys to brighten up the rainy day}

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{squeezing as much productivity into a studio day as possible}

{4 snowy white &}

{metallic on one side}

{bright flowers on}

{the other }

{sweet pillow covers}

Now if I could get some more sleep
Wear my hair in something other than a ponytail {when it’s down, Little Man looks @ me kind of strange as if he doesn’t recognize me}
& funny, while sorting the laundry the other day, I noticed that the 2 guys had more clothes that needed washing than me. That means a: they are blowing through too many items or {more likely} b: I am wearing too many repeats. These would be articles with clay, cracker crumbs & other food things ground into them.
no complaints :)

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yay! thanks for playing :)

3’s more fun than 2…(?!) not what you think, naughty people!

& btw: the music playing in the background is the verrrry cool Japanese band SOUR

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{cloth}

{napkin}

{happy}

Don’t forget my giveaway tomorrow! Leave a comment @ this post! 29 already…Yay! If I hit 30, I’ll pick a third person for a little something :) because if I’m already going to be writing out 29 names, why not one more…

xox

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{you little homewrecker, you}

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{I’ve had a beautiful piece of fabric by 3 Sisters for ages}

{& a piece of lovely organic charcoal gray cotton}

{& now they are a set of 4 napkins :) }

What do you have lying around? Something that you are wanting to cut up, knit or crochet but have no idea what to do? I’ve been staring at this fabric on my shelf for months…

I hit 30 sales yesterday on my new Etsy shop so I want to share the love by giving away one easy on camera strap cover & one travel organizer. I’m going to do it old skool again {like last time!} by pulling a name out of a bag & posting the video. Please leave a comment & feel free to share/post the link! The more the merrier :) I’ll pick 2 folks next friday.

Happy Friday!
xox

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Our second Mother’s in Action for Vietnam fundraiser managed to raise a total of 952 usd. All of the funds are going directly to Children of Vietnam’s Parasite Reduction & Heart Surgery programs
Thank you/cảm ơn

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{a good studio day & some sweet new things}

{crayon & pencil}

{rollies!}

:)