My scrappin' life

Do you know that feeling...

that feeling that you created something that turned out just the way you imagined and it makes you really happy?! That you look at it and think "this is so perfect"!? Something like a 1 in a 100 projects feeling...

That's how I feel about this travel diary.

 

About half a year ago my sweet friend Liesbeth made this "december daily journal" and I just love it! I knew that one day I would make something like this. Instead of sewing the pages in like Liesbeth did I used a Zutter spiral. This way I can add (or remove) pages while working in my journal since I don't know exactly how many pages I need.

 

I collected all kinds of papers, envelopes, tags, little page protectors, a little book that came with Flow Magazine, pages from my Flow agenda and notebook pages. For a book like this you don't need the newest paper collections and fancy embellishements. A great way to use your stash!

 

 

I made a chipboard cover and applied fiber fill on the front and back. Then I sewed a cover from fabric to slide over the chipboard pages. I just LOVE my soft and chunky journal and already looking forward to work in it this summer! All I have to bring is a black pen, watercolor pencils, a water brush and a MyStik!

So how will you be journaling your vacation this year?

Looking for CHA travel mate...

I'm planning on going to CHA coming january. I have a (very nice :)) room mate there but have to travel alone. I was wondering if there is anybody else flying from Amsterdam to Los Angeles alone (don't know the exact date yet) so that we could fly together. Makes the long flight much more fun right??!!

If you would like to have me as a travel companion :) and want more details, you can e-mail me at scrappen@birgitkoopsen.nl . It would be even more fun if we could go with a whole bunch of people!! :)

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And, I know it's been a while, but I finally have a new LO to share. Made this for the Infocrea DT:

Don't you love the fair?! My girl sure does! What she loves most are the machines where you have to try and catch someting and drop it in the box in front of you and then you can keep it. What she also loves are horses... a lot!!! So when we went to the fair and she saw that there were horses to catch she asked me if I would try to catch one for her. I'm usually pretty good in things like that :) but one can't be lucky all the time right? So when I thought I'd spend enough money but still didn't have a horse my little girl was really, really sad. She asked me if she could try one more time herself. OK, I said, here you have 1 euro, you can try twice. But if you don't catch one we really stop throwing money in that machine. And guess what... yep, she catched one!! LOL, her reaction: Well, maybe next time you should let me try right away!

Thought this little story was worth a LO :)

Wat een Mazzel (so much luck)

 

Info Crea supplies: Les pages d'ecriture (musicales) | Herbier (Cahier d'ecolier, embellishement strips # 1, 2 & 6) | C'est petit riens qui... (nous comblent de bonheur)| Alphabets: Alpha stickers | Rose Mocca: Delerium (Cosmopolitan)

Other: Prima Marketing: flowers, background paper | Technique Tuesday: Alphabet stamps | Craft Cardstock | Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: Adhesives.

Thanks for your visit! Have a wonderful weekend!!

 

Vacation pictures

Hi everyone! It took me a little longer then I planned to post again. With the kids still being at home it's hard to get back to everyday routine, and I have to admit that I like it :)

No alarm clock in the morning, going away with our boat for a whole day, go out for dinner and shopping... still feels a little like vacation. Besides that we celebrated Erik's birthday last weekend and had some guests staying over. We had a wonderful time!

But I promissed pictures of vacation so here are a couple:

On our way to Italy we went through Austria where we stayed 2 nights near Innsbrück which is a lovely city worth visiting.

Our camping place was at a little lake and surrounded by mountains, just beautiful!

Then we went to Lake Garda in Italy where we had this beautiful view from our swimming pool:

Beautiful Desenzano in the evening:

We also went to Verona where we saw the Arena:

And of course to Julliet's house where Romeo sang under her balcony. Touching the right brest of Julliet brings good luck!

One day we rented a boat and spend all day on the lake. I think this was the best day of our entire vacation :) Swimming, navigating and sun bading... To make this picture I had to swim away from the boat holding my camera above my head...

 

Sirmione:

Salo':

Picture taken from the beach at our camping place:

From Lake Garda we went to a camping place at the sea near Venice:

And then it was already time to go home and this was our welcome just before we arrived:

Rain, rain, rain... and it was soooo cold! Oh how I wished to turn the car and go back!!

OK, this is it for now. I'll be back soon with a couple of LO's!

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Birgit

London tips???

Next week I will be taking Anne on a mother-daughter trip to London. Our present for her 16th birthday :) We have about 3,5 days to spent an there are a couple of things we decided to do already. Shopping ... of course!! And we will see the musical Grease at Piccadilly Theatre (her birthday present from my parents), we want to make a ride in the Eye and do a tour in one of those big red busses :)

Of course we can find all kinds of tourist attractions in the travel guides, but I'm looking for things that are the most awesome :) to go with a teenage girl! Shops, attractions, restaurants, where to have a high tea? And, if possible, for a reasonable price... LOL!

So, any tips are welcome!! Thanks!!

Smiles,

Birgit