2014!!

Good evening,

I am about to head of to a New Year´s "borrel" a the Huis van de wijk Lydia to meet and greet. This week I have already baked 5 cakes there, as I do every Tuesday, and started the Spanish class I am teaching (it went very well if I may say so myself)!! I am also looking forward to next week, my first day at my new job (part time but it´s a start) so as you can see 2014 is going great!

Seems like the city hasn´t woken up yet after New Year´s day since many events start from next week on, keep tuned then for more information on what to do in Amsterdam!

Saludos,

Irene

Weekend top 5

Good morning,

This weekend was busy but fun! At the kunstmarkt I didn´t sell a lot but that means I have lots of Christmas presents and Christmas cards ready to use. Have a look!

Tree decorations and some small boxes.

Christmas cards, home made soap with lavender essence, sachets filled with potpourri, etc.

The cake stand, on the other hand, did very well!! At the end we sold all the carrot cake and the butter cake with ginger. 

You can recognize my cupcake garland from this post and the chocolate cupcakes from this other one!!

Now I can focus on Christmas shopping and decorating the house in preparation of Sinterklaas.

Saludos,
Irene

Poor Wednesday

Good evening,

It seems that Wednesdays I forget about the blog... it is usually the day that I volunteer at the civic center and when I get home I am quite tired of standing around. 

If you have no plans for this weekend, maybe you want to check out the Amsterdam Art weekend with different venues and plenty of choices for everybody (think photos, paintings, sculptures, etc.)

On their website you have three routes you can follow if you don´t want to miss a thing! 

On a warmer note I have to say that it is snowing in Spain and over here I am getting quite used to the weather (or it has been warmer this last days?!) If you want to see some pictures of the snow, check this link http://ccaa.elpais.com/ccaa/2013/11/28/album/1385629751_100086.html#1385629751_100086_1385650832

Saludos,

Irene

Coming up...

Good evening,

This market is coming up and I will be there so please do come by! All information http://huisvandewijklydia.nl/_media/agenda/kunstmarkt_flyer_30_november_2013b.pdf 

There will also be a table from the cake baking group I volunteer for so it will be sweet :)

Saludos,

Irene

The weekend is here

Good evening,

Now, you must be wondering what keeps me so busy? Apart from my volunteering activities I am making lots of hand made products for the creative market that will take place the 30th of November at the Huis van de wijk Lydia. As you can see I am using a Christmas theme:

It is around the corner so I need to speed up "production".

Saludos and have a lovely weekend!

Irene

Make it up!

Good morning,

I was thinking, what am I going to write about today after yesterday´s blank post!! 

There is an art market coming up at the social center where I volunteer (Huis van de wijk Lydia) so I need to start working on my projects:

- I have home made soap (does it ring a bell?).
- I am making Christmas cards (hope my taste matches the one of the Dutch).
- I have lots of paint chip cards, maybe I can do one of these projects http://www.brit.co/paint-chip-diy/? Ok, the easy ones.
- I also thought of perfume sachets (made with Christmas prints).
- And maybe some pins with felt.

Plus, we are also having a table with sweets (from the Tuesday baking group) In this case the money will go to the social center. Our carrot cake seems to be selling well, so maybe we can add something like cupcakes or something of that size.

Will post a reminder when the date comes, Saturday the 30th of November, so you can all come!

Saludos,

Irene