Art in a cottage garden

                                              Hello everyone ,      

                          A very huge and warm welcome to all of my new followers
                                happy you're here , hope you'll feel at home.............


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                   Last weekend , 14 july , I had the honour of being invited to participate
                                       in a............( we call it ) 'Kunstroute' .
                                      Literal translated.....an 'Art route'
                   (I don't think it's the proper word for it but you know what I mean ; )
                        It was organized by a number of 'Bed and Breakfast' owners
                                      and here is our hostess........Maria........
                        a very lovely lady. She's the mother in law of our niece Sarah,
                                              and mother of Koen.

                            The father of Sarah , my dear brother Sietze ,
                                    was also invited to play music........
                         he had his own cosy corner in this beautiful garden .
                                   It was so nice to hear him play !
                                   People enjoyed it so much and
                              some came to sit and listen for a while.

                           My other dear brother : ) ( I have three actually !! )
                                              Jan, was not there ,
                                but his artwork was shown here as well .
                                So it almost was a kind of family affair .

                                               'Staying together'

                                                    'More.........'

               Jan's on the photo......his statues behind him are about 3 meters high.
                                   They are huge and meaningful
                                  He was is New York with these .
                               I'm so sorry the picture is this small ,
                               I'll be back with some better photo's 
                         so you can tell what I'm trying to show you : ) 

                                                 'All is possible'

                                           There were eight adresses 
                            to  visit and see all kind of art in an exposition.
                                 
                             A shed was cleared out for me to show my work.
                                          It was so fun to place it all.........
                     
         
             
                             
                            Here's an impression of my wonderful day........

 

 

                                                    

 

             
                                     

 

 

 

    I know....... it's a bit small and crowded .........

but it was so much fun......!!

                 There were about 200 visitors along the day...... it was great......
                                   a lot of respond came my way,
                           I loved to see and talk to so many women.
                            Some of them were inspired by my work ,
                                      it made me feel so happy........

                                   
                                                                     
                                                       Hope you enjoyed...

                                                                        With love,
                                                                                   Wilma.

 

                                                          
                                                 
                                                                                       
                                                                                                  

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                               My name is Wilma . I live in the Netherlands .
                       I started blogging two years ago , wanting to share what I like ,
                    love , adore and enjoy , and hope that others will see and feel the same ,
                                       .........and will be inspired .

               I hope you'll feel at home and enjoy the photo's of the makeover of
                                         our attic into my studio .

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                          I will also add a few pictures of some of my creations.......... 


            We moved to this house almost eight years ago . We changed a lot already ,
                  it had a very seventies look and we like the Shabby Chic style .
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                   The attic was very brown and dark . Changing it had no priority .                                  
                           We used it as a spare bedroom for years and
                            I had the laundry hanging here on rainy days .

                   But I really loved to have a room for myself............ a sanctuary
                             to create or just sit , read and think.....you know......... ,
                     a place where a girl can find herself when everything
                                     is just a little bit tooo much . 
                           So we decided to give the attic a makeover .
             It was done about a year ago, I hardly had followers at that time , so it will
                                   be new to almost everyone .
       
        With a huge "THANK YOU, MY LOVE" to Mr.B, my husband ,
                                   I show you the pictures.........



                                   Before............

            At this desk (above) my father (he died in 1973) made his sermons for years ,
                                I will always keep and cherish it .

  

 

        The pendule belonged to Mr.B's grandfather , the chair at the desk comes from an
                               old Baptist Church in (I think) Rotterdam .

              The beautiful , colorful painting was made by a niece at the age of twelve .
                            I love it ( and her : ). She's a teacher now .

                            Before and after..... (ha ha)......   Poor Mr.B .....
           (I may not be on the photo's.....but I truly gave him a hand...........honest  : )

               This photo was made at the time Mr.B did all the painting outside .

       It's getting whiter and whiter...............in the little trunk I keep a lot of fabric snippets .

                     I found these four golden ceramic pots in a thriftshop ,
                  Don't know what to do with them yet , but I couldn't resist .
                    They were only 2 ,50 euro a piece , and I took them all .
                    Maybe I 'll use them as standards for my glass sculptures .
                                   ( sure hope my English is OK..... )  

                                       

 

            
               We found this beauty in a sale on internet .  Love it.....it was 10 euro
                             and  I thought it might look great in my studio .
                                 
                                                  

                 I planned to alter the Ikea drawers , and the cream desk turned white.....
                          We found a huge table in a thriftshop and painted it too .

            Guess I couldn't wait to bring on my homemade cake decorations..... : ).......

 

              A little memory game I altered. It was a present for a friends birthday.
             I tried to find pictures that marked some important moments in her life.

                                The old sewingmachine was my dear mother's .
           I remember her sitting at it and sewing all kind of clothing for her six children .                                                She loved to do that .
                                 My mom knitted a lot as well, even for our dolls .
              She used to lay the results on the feetend of our beds in the evening ,
           while we were asleep , so we would have a lovely surprise in the morning .
                                              Such a sweet memory .
                               She's 84 now , a very strong and brave lady .

              This beautiful drawing of the little sleeping girls I found in a triftshop as well

                          I never saw something like that again.

 

                             A beautiful chocolatebox I once found .

               We left the old vinyl on the floor . It was OK and easy to clean .

                                    Beautiful , warm morning sunshine........
                    

         
                                   The lid of a box I altered .

                                   An altered piece of vintage lace .

                                   After...............

                          After some weeks and a wonderful job by Mr.B ,
                                         at the end of a long day.........
                                      
                                  I started decorating my new studio .
     

                   
                      
                  

                                         The altered Ikea drawers .

                                  

                                       One of my fabricbooks .

                                          (Still some details to do ; )
        The texts are old and a gift from my grandmother to my parents at the age of
                        sixteen and seventeen , on the day they were baptized .

                 Making preparations for the Victorian Christmas Fair .

                 

Hope you enjoyed the tour. 

  Thank you so much for your visit.

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Thanks again Karen for hosting this Blogparty.

With Love ,

             Wilma.