la perte de poids: May 2012

15 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

....WOW! WOW! WOW!WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! ....ed il 16°comincia domani....WOW!
....grazie per essere qui accanto a me Paolo....un mondo di bene, xoxo

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Beauty is where you find it # 21/12 PURE

After the rain, pure beauty is in my garden...

...I like to walk in the soaking grass of the lawn...What about you??

Even this week, one of the above pics enters the weekly photo challenge at http://luziapimpinella.blogspot.com/ (here). Please go there and have a look to all the other entries : you could discover some interesting photographs!! Thanks, xxxx

See you soon, xxxxx

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Make it! Chunky yarn tassel!!

After pom poms, tassels are the other easy decoration to do, honestly!
With the following pictures, I'll show you the simple steps to follow and soon you'll be able to make hundreds tassels in a flash!
Let's start!

You'll need to gather:

a pair of scissors
a big tapestry needle
3 balls of yarn in 3 different colours (!!!)
a piece of cardboard 28x10cm, to fold in half so that it becomes 14x10cm

The cardboard piece will have this shape once folded

I mark top the upper side where is the fold and bottom is where we have the opening

Now we can collect the 3 different yarns, that will be wrapped loosely (this is important to remember, because you can avoid the "bungee jumping" effect on your tassel, after cutting it free fom the cardboard!!!) around the cardboard. You can start from the front of the cardboard to the back of it

After few wraps (5 in this case) you'll have something like this

I've decided to wrap the strands 30 times around the cardbord. You are free to decide how much thick your chunky tassel has to be!

At this point, you can cut the strands

Cut other 3 strands (between 30-50cm long)

and thread them through the tassel

and slide them to the top

tie them with one knot (not firmly). These long ends will be useful to attach the tassel to whatever you like!

After adjusting the tassel with your hands so that the cardboard is flat, you can cut the strands at the bottom with the scissors. Be careful to insert one blade into the opening of your cardboard!

You can free your tassel from the cardboard now..

Take the tassel in your hands and make a second knot on the top, firmly this time!

Cut other 3 strands and put them under the tassel (2 fingers from the top)

Tie a double knot and thread one end under the folded strands (the upper ones). In the following picture, the upper strands are on the left. Thread them on the tapestry needle, wrap them once around the height (not the circumference!!) of the "neck" of the tassel, push the needle down in the folded strands. Leave the lower ends were they are : they will be adjusted in the trimming later!!

pick up your tassel upside down and trim it to even up

Just few snips and your tassel is done!!!!

And as I told you, in less than half an hour you can have a bunch of tassels :

I hope you'll have fun in making them!!!

Any question/problem, please don't hesitate to contact me here, thank you!!!

See you soon, xxxx

P.S. you can find this post at http://naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com/ (here) ! Please go and check the other crafty creations! thank you!

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Open doors at Natalie Haegeman Interiors & Belgian houses for sale

Dear readers and friends, first of all I want to thank everyone of you who commented on my latest post ‘Horse Crazy’. I was so pleased to read all your kind words about Mango and me! I appreciate that you have taken the time to write me a sweet comment! Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

My friend Natalie from Natalie Haegeman Interiors invites us to her Open Doors. You can still visit her charming cottage in Brasschaat (near Antwerp) this coming weekend (June 1,2 & 3).

Invitation card Natalie Haegeman Interiors

Natalie’s charming cottage near Antwerp

A few snapshots of Natalie’s home, decorated for the Summer Open Doors.

NATALIE HAEGEMAN INTERIORS

Leopoldslei 75
2930 Brasschaat
Belgium

http://www.nataliehaegeman-interiors.be

info@nataliehaegeman-interiors.be

As from time to time some of you, my dear readers, ask me to post about Belgian houses for sale, the past days I took some time to browse into a few real estate brokers websites, and picked out a few houses and castles I love and which are currently for sale.

I do hope you will love them too. Enjoy!

House 1

A quietly located restored charm home.

For more information about this house, please click HERE.

House 2

Uniquely located newly built country house near Bruges.

For more information about this house, please click HERE.

House 3

Top located unique French manor (near Antwerp).

For more information about this house, please click HERE.

House 4

Impressive house with a stately aura in the center of Bruges and with beautiful historic building elements.

For more information about this house, please click HERE.

House 5

Centrally located house in a green environment. Bruges

For more information about this house, please click HERE

Castle 1

Quietly situated castle-domain in the countryside of Ghent.

For more information about this house, please click HERE.

Castle 2

Stately castle-country house situated between Waregem and Ghent.

For more information about this house, please click HERE.

Castle 3

Very luxuriously decorated castle-country house between Kortrijk and Ghent.

For more information about this house, please click HERE.

Castle 4

The magnificent Castle of Wanneghem is a rare and unique maison de plaisance in Louis XVI style. The castle was built in 1758 in the park of an older estate. The architecture of the castle is in full symmetry and harmony. The castle is recent perfectly restored (copper roofs, golden interior elements, etc.) The entire castle has all the luxuries and comforts (elevator, walk-in dressing room, indoor pool, Hamann, 2 luxury stylish kitchen, home automation, etc. .) Castle of Wanneghem can be seen as a really smaill palace which is extremely suitable as private residence. (text here)