2026

A brand new year has started
so time for some new work to start too :
a 15 cm wide strip of cotton
that I randomly filled with white snippets
the "Tabula Rasa" of the new year 2026
Colour and stitching are my "plan"

Hmmmm
In fact I know that I'm not quite disciplined enough
to keep up a looong challenge
. . . . .
so what am I doing now ???

I started a "year long" circle embroidery
(and didn't even finish the first month)
I started on a pillow case with the TAST instructions
(and that is an UFO too)

Well, we'll see where it will lead me
(or where the ship runs aground)

In any case :

the white matched nicely !!!

(to be continued, I hope)

almost '26

The second half of December
rushed by
with a good book (that I borrowed from granddaughter)
wrapping presents
preparing and eating Xmas dinner with family
and visiting a birthday party
. . . . .
only tree days left until 2025 is over

All that remains for me to do

is to wish all of you, my sweet blogging friends
peace

health
warmth
joy and happiness
and lots of creativity for

2026

a new year

...

is just around the corner.

When I look back it has gone by quickly

but there were a lot of wonderful days in it.

And lots of new work.

I'm hoping to keep that up

in the year to come !

What remains on this late afternoon

is wishing you all out there :

a very happy

light

joyful

healthy

and most of all creative

2020

Love to all my friends,

Els

nearly there ...

Ohhhh ...
how fast time went when you look back !

Another year went by

with highs and lows
with dear things to remember
and things best forgotten
...........

I hope, you all out there in Blog-land,
that you catch one, or even a few,
wishing stars
so that some of your dearest wishes come true
in the year to come ...

And my wish for you is a

healthy
joyful
peaceful
creative
and innovative

  2018  

Els

wishing you ...

... a lot of

happiness,

peace,

(desperately needed in some places)

good health,

and of course

creativity

!

To all my friends out there in blog-land

a very good 

2017

Just before the end

I received my last felting-exchange piece

(at least I think it is) 

Another lovely creation to wear

with a sweet christmas card

Thank you so much Helma !!!

And on the same day another sweet envelope arrived :

from my dearest friend Birgit

she dyed some things in her indigo vat

and sent it back to me

(we split the wonderful dragon-embroidered piece !)

A dragon and some lovely threads

(bamboo, silk and cotton  f.l.t.r.) 

My zigzag socks are finished

and because it is such fun knitting

and daughter had sock yarn leftovers too

I started right away with another pair

reds and purples this time ...

See you all next year !

happy new year

On this last day of 2013

I wish all my friends out there

a more peaceful, 

a less greedy,

(with more re-use)

a happy,

a creative and colourful

world 

for all of us 

in 

2014

Let's do it !

(and don't forget to laugh a bit every day)

;-)

a new year ...

Oooooh wow,

a whole week of the new year is already gone !

where was I ?

Taking it reeeeeal easy :

fun with the grandchildren,

a bit of sale - shopping

in my favourite Cora Kemperman shop,

a bit of knitting

.....

just  s l o w l y  starting again

Within two weeks there will be two happy, I hope, birthday boys !

( one big, one small ) 

*

Today I took some time to play

with my beautiful Karisma colour pencils

and made two little mandalas

In the second one there appeared some jungle animals

... I hadn't plánned that ... 

but it might be because I saw a picture of a leopard

earlier in this morning's newspaper ...

( he, or she, was found in a North - Indian city,

attacking people,

these big cats start to come out of the jungle

because their habitat is getting smaller and smaller ) 

Two other little mandalas are waiting to be send away

but I'm still missing one address

( so please Fiona ..... and yes Yvette it is the mail )

so for now only some details

*

And my plan is ( although I didn't make any resolutions )

to start again making some felt-fabrics

......