Grow Your Blog Party 2015

                                            Hello Everyone !!

                                          Welcome to my Blog.
                                     So hope you'll feel at home
                            and enjoy the Grow your Blog Party 2015

                          First of all a huge THANK YOU VICKI !!!!
                                           from '2 Bags full'
                              for hosting this party for the third time .
                        For all your many hours and the work you did ,
                                        to make this happen .
              
                           I'm very excited to join it again this year.
                             What a wonderful chance for all of us
                          to get to know more friends with their blogs .
                                        
                          You can find Vicki's adventures : ) and art blog
                                           '2 Bags full' Here.
         
                           My name is Wilma . I live in the Netherlands .
                    Am happily married for 40 years now ,to my dear,...Mr.B .
                              ( read a little story about us Here ).

                      We have two great sons , a lovely daughter-in-law,
                          and two adorable grandsons of six and four .

 

We woke up with snow this morning............. : )

                        (see more pics of the guys and our garden Here ).
                                 We love to have them with us and
                                   we're so lucky they live nearby.

                                     I started blogging in 2011.
                          Once I'd seen so many beautiful blogs I just
                            couldn't wait to learn to manage my own .
                              
                       I love to share my creative interests with others.
                                         If you click Here
                                   you can read why I called
                                my blog "SHABBY ROYALE"

                                    This is my studio in the attic...........

                          You can see all about the ' attic-make-over ' Here
       
                            I love to craft and make personalized presents .
                               Especially for weddings ( in the family : ),
                        using vintage materials that I find in thrift shops , like
                      lace , fabric , broken jewelery , glass and metal ornaments ,
                                boxes , ( perfume ) bottles and old books .

                          Pictures of some recent finds and a Brides Book ,
                                   followed by some altered boxes  ...............

             To read the post and see a lot of photo's of this Brides Book click Here

                          

                              You'll find a post with more photo's Here

                       ......another wedding gift.......    
            

                             Click Here to see the post and more pictures.

                      ........a bottle I made for the Victorian Christmas Fair.
                                to see more pictures of this event click Here............                              

                     I used led , a part of the label and glass on top of that ,
                                         at the foot of the bottle.........

                       Some years ago I started making fabric / lace cakes
                                             and cake stands .
                           I like to use them as a table centerpiece and
                                           love to make them .

                                          So have some cake............. : ).

             Blogging brought good things in my life. I can travel all over the world .
                      See so many things of beauty, and share joy with all the
                                  lovely dear friends I met in Blog land .
                                   I'm getting to know them better and
                              chat with them . It makes my happy to know
                              that everywhere are children of God that are
                                close to each other and one in the Lord
                                        (  no matter were we live )
                                        through the Holy Spirit.

                             

                        Hope you enjoyed...........see you at your blog !!!

               To find the list of over 400 bloggers that participate in the
                   'GROW YOUR BLOG PARTY 2015' click Here    
                                  Thank you again , Vicki !!
         
                                                                        With Love,
                                                                                    Wilma.

                                                                 
                                                

Bridal Keepsake

                              
                                          Hello dear Blog Friends.

                         In this post I want to show you a heart shaped box
                           I altered for "Wedding Fashion over the years".
                                   An art event in Limburg last summer.
                    Click HERE to see the other pictures that were made there .
                                              
                            This box has been staring at me for a long time ,
                                  didn't know what to do with it , until
                                I was invited to participate in this event .
                              It's my intention to make a satin/lace book
                                                 to go with it .

                                  Thought you might like a closer look...........  
                               

 

 

                                              Hope you enjoyed.........

                               See you at the Grow Your Blog Party 2015
                                                 this weekend !!

                               'May God hold you in the palm of His Hand.....'
                                                                            With Love,
                                                                                        Wilma.
 

         

....... and a Happy New Year

                                       

                     To all my dear Followers, Blog friends and Visitors ,      
    

                                 I hope you enjoyed a wonderful
                                          Christmas time........
                          celebrating the birth of our Lord and Saviour.

                                         

                                           Wishing you all
                                  a happy, healthy and safe 2015.

                         May God hold you in the palm of His Hand............



                                                            With Love, warm Hugs
                                                                      and Blessings,
                                                                                     Wilma.