tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33116212595449847002024-03-14T00:12:00.190-07:00My heart dreaming...Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-9122925938660869622016-01-13T23:45:00.001-08:002016-01-13T23:45:55.581-08:00Still here ;)We got the coolest gifts in our postbox... Thank you dear <a target="_blank" href="http://madebynini.blogspot.co.za/?m=1">Nini</a> for spoiling us so much xx<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=16/01/13/527.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/16/01/13/s_527.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />One of the lovely gifts was this felted soap...<br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=16/01/13/528.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/16/01/13/s_528.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='280' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=16/01/13/529.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/16/01/13/s_529.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='280' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />... beautifully hand made by Nini... <br />Nini, you are so talented!<br />Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-33237095855564970132015-08-10T06:31:00.001-07:002015-08-10T06:31:15.029-07:00Paper stitching I am totally addicted to watching <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dispatchfromla.com">Mary Ann Moss</a> make journals! Her online classes bring so much joy. I think I love her way of doing so much because nothing is very precise and as she says, nearly everything can be undone... So playing is what it is all about. And I love playing!! :)<br />I'm in the process of watching her 'Remains of the day' and 'Full Tilt Boogie' class videos... thus I did not yet start making a journal.... but I have started playing...<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=15/08/10/71.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/15/08/10/s_71.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='280' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Making a little sleeve to put car postcards into as well as an added see through pocket that holds a pull-out card. All as a gift to my dad. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=15/08/10/72.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/15/08/10/s_72.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='247' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />A sleeve to put some special watercolor paper in as a gift - also with the see through pocket and pull out card. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=15/08/10/73.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/15/08/10/s_73.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='196' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=15/08/10/75.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/15/08/10/s_75.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='257' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />...and more cards with some pull out surprises...<br /><br />What makes you happy?<br />Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-85101185244831893072015-08-09T03:59:00.001-07:002015-08-09T03:59:43.231-07:00Time flies...How time flies... It is already August!<br />There is so much to tell... I sincerely want to share it here with you. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/show_photo.php?p=15/08/09/142.jpg'><img src='http://photo.blogpressapp.com/photos/15/08/09/s_142.jpg' border='0' width='280' height='210' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />A hint to one of my 2015 highlights so far ;)<br /><br />Please do hint me some of your highlights...<br />Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-69170352051070063352015-01-08T12:54:00.002-08:002015-01-08T12:54:34.459-08:00Daily drawing<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A quick one done while having breakfast at our favourite coffee shop in Glentana the other day... We got the opportunity for an unexpected little holiday away from home...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An absolute highlight of this year happened just a day or 2 back - meeting a creative online friend, <a href="http://muddleonthrough.blogspot.com/">Yvonne</a> from The Netherlands...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had an amazing day chatting, sharing and sketching together in Knysna...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Yvonne's beautiful sketchbooks that I was lucky to see influenced me greatly and suddenly I could not cross a pen line with watercolor ;) Where as previously I was totally attracted to more looseness in sketching... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was done on our way home after our mini-holiday...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This puts the count of drawings on 8/365 ... still keeping up... But the real challenge will be to keep sketching daily in between a 8 hour day job and all the "life" that will be happening as I get back into my 'normal' routine...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Watched the first videos of <a href="http://www.carlasonheim.com/faces-101-2/">Carla Sonheim's online 'Faces 101'</a> class!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Had fun this afternoon trying out my first character drawings... My sister came over and she put words to the little faces :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the first day of the new year comes a resolution for me to visit my blog more often :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First I have to round up 2014 from where I left of in Augustus!...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">September 2014... brought along an amazing dream of visiting Berlin and participating in my first live workshop with an amazing woman, called Stephanie Levy as teacher! Read more about her art and adventure workshop <a href="http://www.stephanielevy.com/art-adventure-workshop-berlin-stephanielevy/">here</a>. It was awesome creating and having fun in a light filled art studio in Berlin...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you for the invite Anneke! Anneke is an crochet artist living on the west coast of South Africa in the cutest little town called Paternoster. We met on the facebook site "Ons Hekel" where Anneke is a huge inspiration to all with the beautiful T shirt yarn carpets she crochets. She recently became well known on the "Ons Hekel" facebook site for her 'twisty' neck warmers! :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://crochetinpaternoster.wordpress.com/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Anneke</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">hopped over to challenge me with 4 questions...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Before answering the 'why', let me explain a little about myself... I have always loved the creative process. To learn a skill and to make something was always very appealing to me. Thus I have explored quite a lot of mediums, from journaling, to poetry, to exploring painting on fabric, making mosaics, working with stained glass, doing an oil painting class, working with paper, photography (especially macro photography) to name a few. Then about 3 years ago I came across a picture of the most beautiful crocheted blanket in a magazine. The pattern was right there. So in that week I went to buy what was needed and started to teach myself how to<span style="color: #444444;"> <span style="font-size: large;">crochet</span></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Why?</span> I find crochet to be an amazing way to cope with stress. I have a work with long hours and it is such therapy to quickly crochet a few stitches during my lunch hour or when I get home. It has a way to relax me that is awesome and you get a crocheted object at the end of it also! From the "Ons Hekel" group on facebook I found the "Hekel innie Kaap" group that is more localized. They have monthly meetings where I have met amazing people who I can now call my friends! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the beginning of the year I also got totally hooked on the idea of keeping a <span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">sketchbook journal</span>. From April I have been participating in two <a href="http://sketchbookskool.com/">sketchbookskool.com</a> semesters as well as a Sketchbookery class from <a href="http://www.dispatchfromla.com/">Mary Ann Moss</a>. All were awesome! <span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #444444;">Why?</span> </span>I love the idea of recording what happens around me and that which are special to me. It is also a good idea to remember fragments of you life better. If you have drawn something - chances are you will remember it much longer! How special will it be to have such a record of your life!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have also participated in a "30 Days of <span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Collage</span>" online class in May. The class was from the inspiring <a href="http://www.stephanielevy.blogspot.com/">Stephanie Levy</a>. <span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">Why</span><span style="color: #444444; font-size: large;">?</span> I had been an online student of Stephanie's in the past - participating in her "Creative Courage" course. So I just could not resist to explore her collage work. It is something I would love to add to my sketchbook journal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And.... something big is coming up in about a weeks time!!.... I will be traveling to Berlin to attend a 5 day collage workshop with 9 other ladies from around the world with Stephanie giving us hands on teaching!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The discovery of the online creative community is an awesome experience! I can go on about this for a long time! But the bottom line is... find that which lies closest to your heart and then go find the community in your area, but also explore the communities on line! I have made amazing friends in The Netherlands, Slovinia, US, Belgium ect..</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here is a collage I made in Stephanie's online class... it was made in anticipation of the live workshop I am attending shortly...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I do not like to compare myself to anyone else. I feel that we are all individuals. The important part for me is that you find your passions - that which lies closest to your heart. And that you go about this in a truthful way to who you really are.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I believe that when I live close to my heart and my passions, then the life that happens around me will inspire me ultimately. This I can truthfully say is the short answer to where my creative processes start. For me it is then important to act on that heartfelt impulse when it is triggered! To feel the 'fear' of thinking that you would like to try something, but you would rather not because you think you would never get it right - this is a very common feeling - and a reason why people would not try things and thus never explore to get closer to their own heart and passion and way of expressing something from their heart. To feel fear and still go forward that is the goal!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the moment all focus is on my upcoming trip to Berlin. I have been making sketchbook travel journals for my travelings - as being inspired by Mary Ann Moss's online travel journal class called<a href="http://www.dispatchfromla.com/dispatch_from_la/online-classes.html"> "Ticket to Venice" </a>(yet another online venture I found so much fun!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Thank you so much Anneke for inviting me to participate in the Blog Hop! How fun is this!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anneke and I met for the first time about a month ago at the very first Yarn Indaba held in South Africa! It was in Pretoria - a 2 hour flight from Cape Town. We took part the very morning that the biggest yarn bomb in South Africa was set up! Here is some fun pic's of the event...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would love to tag my dear and very talented husband, <a href="http://www.sa-maker.co.za/">Hugo</a> to participate in this blog hop. He will be posting on Monday, 1 September!</span></div>
Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-6747347462763935282014-08-11T11:59:00.001-07:002014-08-11T11:59:14.637-07:00Sketchbookery<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What a whirl wind of creativity the past few months had been! While quite exhausted - I feel so grateful for the amazing experience of exploring my creativity through sketching!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A month or 2 back I discovered the art filled sketchbook journals of <a href="http://www.dispatchfromla.com/">Mary Ann Moss</a> and it was love at first sight! It was just in time to join her Sketchbookery class. Luckily for me (having also committed at the same time for semester two of <a href="http://www.sketchbookskool.com/">Sketchbookskool</a> ) the concept of her classes is to buy a year (or longer) access to a particular class. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I loved her class so much that I just had to sign up for her 'Ticket to Venice' the making of a travel journal class also!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With the sketchbookery class I did my first blind contour drawing!... of my hand :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...and I loved trying out the 'Modified' contour drawing - where you look at the subject most of the time - but are 'allowed' to look at the page to make sure lines meet up...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Mary Ann also taught me the importance of making a palette card of the watercolors you are using. Now I cannot paint without it! ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the same way she showed us the importance of playing with your color palette and making color wheels of the different color reactions to each other...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since starting with these classes of Mary Ann, I had the opportunity to travel away from home the other day and I could not wait to try out my very first travel journal! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the month of May I participated in "<a href="http://www.stephanielevy.com/30-days-of-collage/">30 days of Collage</a>" - an online class by the amazing <a href="http://www.stephanielevy.com/">Stephanie Levy</a>. I had no experience with collage... My reasons for doing this class was two-fold. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This year is the year for me to challenge myself to keeping a sketchbook journal. To be visual in the remembering of the moments that make up my life. So I thought that a collage element would be lovely to play with in my sketchbook journals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The other reason why this class seemed like the right thing to do is because I will be flying of to Berlin early September to participate in one of Stephanie's <a href="http://www.stephanielevy.com/art-adventure-workshop-berlin-stephanielevy/">live collage workshops</a>! I cannot wait!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During our "30 Days of Collage" online class Stephanie gave us an huge amount of info on collage, with a blog post every day! Some 20 different inspirations for collage making as well as 10 guest interviews with collage artists!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The first collage prompt I followed was the 'black and white' collage...<br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then along came <a href="http://prashart.blogspot.com/">Prashant Miranda</a> as a teacher who inspired us with his beautiful watercolor washes. On a lovely sunny autumn day my husband and I went sketching at a beach nearby with a clear view of Table Mountain...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next was <a href="http://www.rozworks.com/">Roz Stendahl</a> - what a teacher!! She shared her passion for drawing animals and prompted us to visit a museum or draw toy animals as to practice before trying your hand at real animals... On a very cold day I decided to visit the SA museum in Cape Town and managed to draw an Aardvark and also a close up gesture drawing of his feet... before running off to the coffee shop for hot chocolate ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So after 5 weeks we were introduced to the wacky <a href="http://www.tommykane.com/">Tommy Kane</a>, our last teacher for this first semester of SBS. Tommy was all about seeing the detail in everything! Taking your time and always finishing off what you started... He mesmerized all the student to the level that before long every one was drawing him! ... so I just had to too :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sketchbook skool was an amazing adventure! And after 2 months I have almost filled my very first sketch journal! My husband is also totally hooked, so we have been off to quite a few places over weekends with our sketch books :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... and its location right next to the sea gives a real holiday feeling...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We could not resist the cosy bookshop...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then in a little alley way called 'Memory Lane' I found an old green window shutter in a vintage shop that asked to be bought :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My husband peeled off the paint and gave it a layer of white paint and covered the back with board... Whalla... a pin board for my studio has been born :D</span></div>
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<br />Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-3258496873992571782014-05-19T02:57:00.001-07:002014-05-19T02:57:10.373-07:00An Art festival on a whim...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One evening early in April while eating dinner my husband and I decided on a whim to go to a grand art festival held 500 km's from us in Oudtshoorn! We organised for leave that same evening as well as for accommodation in Oudtshoorn and at 5 am the next morning we were on our way! At 10 am we arrived :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It was a week long event with lots of shows.... we decided to only focus on the art that was on exhibition, as this is always a grand occasion.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.louisjansenvanvuuren.com/">Louis Jansen van Vuuren</a> had a exhibition of larger than life paintings... as well as some interesting jewelry art pieces...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were lucky to attend a showing of art by famous SA artist Sandra Hanekom... and had Leon Vermeulen to tell about his art...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well known SA ceramicist <a href="http://henniemeyerceramics.co.za/">Hennie Meyer</a> told us about his process ... going about an interesting constellation...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gordon Froud shared his experiences as an artist in his reconstructed studio (especially done for this art festival)...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...as did Phillemon Hlungwani...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The absolute highlight of this art experience was to meet and experience the phenomenal artist, <a href="http://www.willemboshoff.com/">Willem Boshoff</a>. To see his reconstructed studio (especially done for the art festival) and to go on a artist walk with him ... to learn from him to look closely to every detail around you... especially in nature walks... there is so much detail to interpret into art...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Willem explaining the artist walk to us before we received a map to the 'mystery destination'...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">(</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">There were so much more thought provoking art and encounters with artists... but all sadly cannot fit into a single blog post...</span>)</span></div>
Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-29214311879024583312014-03-30T03:17:00.000-07:002014-03-30T03:17:05.770-07:00A magical festival filled with words and art...<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Early in March I took a whole week of leave and for that week I visited Stellenbosch (about 20km from home) to enjoy days filled with a celebration of the Afrikaans language and lots of art were seen...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I loved this poster saying "Mouthful of heavenly Afrikaans"...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The art of <a href="http://www.louisjansenvanvuuren.com/">Louis Jansen van Vuuren</a> spoke to me...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And it was lovely attending a walk-about of the art by the artist himself...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...and still there was a wonderful selection of art at lots of galleries all over Stellenbosch...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...and lots and lots of other artists were featured - very inspiring!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I met <a href="http://www.bartmoeyaert.com/e/nieuws_start.php">Bart Moeyaert </a>a Dutch poet and saw him in action reading his poems... The Dutch poet Ester Perquim was also talking about her poetry and reading from it...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A lot of South African writers talked about their newest publications - the most well known must be Deon Meyer... who talked about his new action triller "Kobra" (Cobra in English...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Through all the excitement I managed to do a little bit of crocheting too... :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is very difficult to put in words what this week filled with magical words and art meant to me... it let me came alive to the reality of who i am... it gave me the confidence and energy to stay on the route of pursuing my creative dreams... </span></div>
Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-91040865531202566822014-02-23T09:16:00.001-08:002014-02-23T09:21:26.476-08:00Crocheting a mandalaI have the tendency to have this great idea for a project just a few days before I think could be perfect to have it finished...<br /><br />And so my three balls of red T shirt yarn that just arrived through the post, last Saturday and my idea for a rug that my sister would love.... all coinsided 6 days before the ideal moment to give her this present...<br /><br />I was very excited on the arrival of my first T shirt yarn via post - which turned out to be cheaper to order from a little west coast town (postage included!) than buying it from my favourite yarn shop around the corner...<br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5983644333482813490'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQkkw0VUA71Qe6X2SCgYhWh_2skNx6XCkPoIjjlYHaBzQOR3ag_XHnDU-T29cW7tZdg45BWCFFxPI1bzQgLKfhLJXV7ixNi6hoGKgElc8WKOZpRM9bPtmwU9o9TF15UWyocrQuHay3/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='193' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />So with a beautiful <a target="_blank" href="http://crafts.tutsplus.com/tutorials/crochet-a-gorgeous-mandala-floor-rug--craft-6032">tutorial</a> on hand I started the mandala rug. Even our little garden rabbit thought it had potential...<br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5983644377828968290'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iIpo2JUJ3i9GR2iWStQvj_9Pn1e5SWqf4PINRrF0Q1nd7TthM-9Y5lfIjX0sHD1Pcmq5kUJiMcAEuHmyAnamNo4EXLNmD1N09tqzO_K41zvWVUKIhMLaEfTBAsc40xluHiqsgjCJ/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />This time around (just like with my doily rug) I had color issues... only a little bit of dark red yarn - not enough to alternate the reds in whole circles. Then I got an idea which I encountered with an earlier <a target="_blank" href="http://myheartdreaming.blogspot.com/2012/10/a-decorative-pillow-for-little-girl.html?m=1">project</a>. <br />I chain stitched the darker red onto the rug and it enhanced the circles wonderfully. <br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5983644408939652898'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NXWzcp2UP41LWAGMMwgYd7Tcnz18imUbJRsXHM5wVnofKceMywOsAkt7sFnu_W1vuVBeUfqfIu2Eeca0i1LhLk5LxwZtdaPkoFR5jDi7Z1_PToIOmNqXT09sGFMSKRKCV1EKB4fD/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='640' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />So a few late evenings of frantic crocheting followed... although still I loved every moment of this growing mandala rug...<br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5983644449821882274'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV65Vcx4pFksmAjezMFcE0xs-SzmIMapmjgDoobHbuhavZADajhAaPoOKTc702sVLvT_2TUcN2AJEoKqYJOrn1aQhyse-n1NgouWelKRwTxvMccZ7J7VXJE15MHt6RCq1WAYJrtwtr/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />...and with a little bit of effort the rug was finished just in time to be presented to my sister on the day we planned a trip to her in Tulbagh. <br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5983645716838461890'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6X1ffTwGhjPp2AL4F6HDqlxqZugbgndZrdyJWmk1IYGNS-qcH-Ntxmgtx27gOVj7KlMNc7LR63HtbAAXjHh0sy5UZXyyry5KZmdoVBeLWMfPthlWLmpNeGGCbx66_g8eVu__5jpHL/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='221' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5983644518996376514'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMkSlI_-nviDbjgiv__zJMBqUF_FzLes-kOziLmLCUsRq3t96jwIXv6tHCD2-866qDxB0oOTBnsqObFdId8mUn1TOZ2eNgas0EyES9K5LETCtb3zS0rw4suN4LH1Sybj2QgzA4esF/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />Ps. the clogs on the rug was inspired by a wonderful crochet <a target="_blank" href="http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2013/04/giant-crocheted-doily-rug-pattern.html">blog post</a> :)<br />Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-73024874354269722972014-02-14T03:06:00.001-08:002014-02-14T03:06:44.673-08:00Be my ValentineThis week I had fun putting together a lovely flower heart. Thank you <a target="_blank" href="http://attic24.typepad.com">Lucy</a> for the pattern in the newest issue of Simply Crochet :)<br /><br />I needed 18 little flowers...<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5980209183878099442'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2WlEjLZJgzNUhbtKpgBsiGwt9IK6yoLo4cyz5AFr8syTkHh3FrUoyBH_oMcQA-mZuEGLae97cPHkasc5I2v-K-8QFc-PS9kMxwcdD-o5vVYyY-JlA87HNpDqRdznBF0AYkGXvzlB-/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='281' height='267' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />...and 12 leaves - which came to life late yesterday evening :)<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5980209234621808930'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZePsktA947o7QXD5hFpmHBLJ2805jdsyqwrJlbMoR6bLhGwEsn_YnYR_YX_PzKBaR1O2DDJ_Mx6SxY__rTstJCPSthI9mgVBHYaFt0zLqD_WE6l7cZbKq39VOJL5QjsG5he3BXeRe/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='143' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />My dear husband assembled everything and eventually my 'Attic24' heart was born...<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5980209311268266658'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxPIJiPJ9crJOYo_ztomXMiDuHwQQYOWS4fm3bWz7CBysUyyCe6yiRddzKOOSlLRkRL3g-BmkuvdX8d6hp7l1zm9XsylpYb-U-SILQ1fy_6g2e8_lN2HzqnblfFyTARoFqo_7bUXgA/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />The reason for making this cutie, was to bring some joy to my colleagues at work...<br /><br /><br /><center><a href='https://picasaweb.google.com/100659730793935274157/MyHeartDreaming?authkey=Gv1sRgCLz7y4323ZZT#5980209372782810978'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjadykTmkuzuP0vZr1JFOC2AuUryceoLLeGr9Ma68d8DrMba1376G_ExlBU1wT-Q5myG_iWR8-i6cySJ34q6k8mlQ8SN1BvhqUiwb1urGpXUQIX7MCD9P0jXCeaKLWIEOIT04rDBlxw/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br />So now my spring flowers at work have some heart flower company :D<br />Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-57789775695027547352014-02-02T10:03:00.000-08:002014-02-02T10:14:37.573-08:00A lovely crochet filled morning...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On Saturday I met friends and other lovely ladies of the "Hekel innie Kaap" (crochet in the Cape) face book group at the Botanical gardens in Stellenbosch for a craft share.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The restaurant is nested between trees ... so although it is summer and we have very hot days... the venue was cool and we had a lovely morning crocheting... meeting new members... and always learning something new about some crochet stitch or method...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I saw a beautiful book that someone brought with...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Me and two friends that share my passion for crocheting (and addiction too!) had a great time ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were crocheting blocks towards a huge yarn bomb (we are talking "Guinness book of records" style!) that is going to happen in Pretoria later on in the year at a yarn indaba there... and... I will be going there!! That is going to be SO much fun experiencing the get together of all yarn lovers :)</span></div>
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Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-80917563202453143042014-01-30T02:18:00.003-08:002014-01-30T02:18:36.032-08:00Creating a half doily rug...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When I first said... "I want to try out crocheting a half doily rug" ... I was told that this is not the easiest thing... there's going to be a few challenges... but I thought, hey... if I could find a pattern then what could be so difficult... I will just follow the pattern very closely!... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So eventually I found <a href="http://love2bloom.blogspot.com/2013/03/doily-rug-pattern.html">Mona's pattern</a> from "Love2Bloom" and happily I started crocheting exactly what was said in her pattern tutorial... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had a day off from work and my mum came to visit - we had a wonderful 'holiday' day next to the pool... she reading and I working on my half doily rug ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A few rows into the pattern I realized that Mona used clothesline and I was trying out the same pattern with T shirt yarn and a 12mm hook... so I had to increase more than in her pattern... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I also found that the straight edge at the bottom turns out not to be so straight after a few rows - thus I improvised a few straight rows at the bottom with single crochet and half treble crochet to try and make the edge more neat. I ended the bottom edge with crab stitch which I think makes a lovely trimming.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another challenge was that the rug turned out being a little to small for what I wanted to use it for and I added a few extra rows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Eventually I was very satisfied with the end product and the fact that I did it all in one day - well actually this is not 100% true - I couldn't wait to start the rug - so I put in an hour or two the previous night :) But if you have one day to dedicate to this rug - it will definitely be possible to finish.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I just read <a href="http://love2bloom.blogspot.com/2014/01/threadbare-saying-january.html">Mona's newest blog entry</a> about her self taught <a href="http://love2bloom.blogspot.com/2014/01/threadbare-saying-january.html">Mindful stitch</a>. She says that this stitch creates a tight fabric ideal for cross stitching or embroidery - both of which I would love to try out! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">... in between flowers I put some steam to them so that their petals would relax, as I was advised by more experienced crochet ladies from a facebook crochet group...</span></div>
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It is always wise not to take with something new that asks for a lot of concentration... as conversations are ongoing in between all the knitting and crocheting and quilting... I worked on my little pebbles from Blouberg beach... <a href="http://crochetinpaternoster.wordpress.com/">Anneke</a> inspired me when she on her overseas travelings collected small pebbles from a beach in Italy and crocheted them into necklaces for friends back home...<br />
These are a few that I have already tried out... mine being from a well known beach in Cape Town and to be send to some of my friends staying overseas...<br />
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I was so excited to meet two wonderful ladies at the craft share... <br />
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<a href="http://www.donnarossa.ch/">Sabrina</a> a lady from Switzerland who visits Cape Town regularly during this time of year to pursue her love for kite surfing and paragliding... but what made her even more interesting is her passion for knitting! Her <a href="http://www.donnarossa.ch/">website</a> is so beautifully done! It is so worth a visit!<br />
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June from <a href="http://www.planetjune.com/">'Planet June'</a> was also so friendly and as a British lady having lived in Canada for 7 years and now being in Cape Town for another 2 years... has a very interesting story of loving to crochet and establishing 'Planet June' where she shares her passion for crocheting little lovelies and creating and selling the prettiest patterns!<br />
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On my way home I could not resist a quick musing in between the books at the Book Lounge... and discovered these beauties... little Roger la Borde note books covered with the paper sculptures images of Su Blackwell...<br />
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<br />Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-6626650396940265942014-01-12T02:52:00.002-08:002014-01-12T02:52:24.784-08:00My very first doily rug...With quite a few 'works in progress' the desire to crochet my first doily rug with T shirt yarn became so strong that I could not resist! Telling myself that it would not take that long... as the T shirt yarn and the 12mm crochet hook will help this project to be completed in no time :) ... thus I started a few days ago ... and as I love doily patterns it was so exciting to see how it unfolded...<br />
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The inspiration for this doily rug came from <a href="http://crochetinpaternoster.wordpress.com/">Anneke</a> who makes the most beautiful T shirt yarn rugs... and this specific pattern is from <a href="http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2013/04/giant-crocheted-doily-rug-pattern.html">Sara's blog</a>.</div>
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So thus far I've got with this doily when I ran out of T shirt yarn... ooo learning a lesson in planning better in how much yarn is needed for a project! I found another red in this yarn, not the same but may be if I unravel the last round of scallops and crochet the rest of the pattern with the darker shade of red that I've found... then maybe it could work...<br />
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I'm holding thumbs that this darker shade of red will still be in the woolshop when I visit them tomorrow!Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-23995471984946543972014-01-01T00:52:00.001-08:002014-01-01T00:59:54.104-08:00Moving forward into 2014...<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been really busy lately... well actually the whole of last year! ... Things often feel out of control... Me barely hanging on... Yet it is reassuring to know that lots of people have this very same feelings ... Time flying and us trying to keep up...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am so grateful to have had a few days now at the end of 2013 for contemplation... for a little bit of quiet time... for some stillness to seep into my being... to calm down... to recollect...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A new years wish of a friend included the wish of 'movement' and it resonated instantly... For me the continuous moving forward... falling into the 'next step'... not being held back by fear... but making fear the first step of faith... For me - an ongoing exploration of that that lies close to my heart... To keep on listening to my hearts wishes... to live fully ... to have fun with things that excite me... and to share this joy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I would love to surround me with like minded people... this is so amazing... this is so encouraging on our life path... and I'm feeling so thankful to have encountered quite a few over the previous year... for this I feel blessed... I really hope that I can bring of this same joy to others...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There you are... two kinds of going forward... the hurry to get all things in our outer life done vs the moving forward within you inner lifes...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I wish for you that you will find the balance and that your focus on what lies close to your heart will bring you the energy and wisdom to deal with all the demands from you outer life!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk to bloom" -Anaïs Nin</span><br />
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<span style="color: #37404e;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Thanks so much <a href="http://www.henkserfontein.com/">Henk</a> for sharing this picture - </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; line-height: 18px;">Gerhard Richter "Woman Descending the Staircase" Oil, 1965 - and reminding me of the movement in my life...</span></span><br />
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First was a visit to one of my favourite local fabric and wool shops, <a href="http://www.thimbles.co.za/">Thimbles</a> to choose from their huge selection of fabric... I decided to attempt a vintage tray cloth... and then I designed a simple border pattern... I started of with blanket stitch all the way around - making the spikes onto the material as short as possible...<br />
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My husband and I love being creative over a cup of coffee and on a trip to a coffee shop his sketch book and my crochet work usually finds it way there also... and so my border progessed...<br />
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Eventually I was quite impressed with the end result...<br />
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The Basilica was beautiful! ... and adding to a unique experience was the boys choir singing at 13h and a priest giving a few sentence message to the congregation, before closing down the ceremony with the 'Our Father' prayer - every one encouraged to pray it in their own language... what an experience!<br />
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We also took a 5 min funicular to the start of a kind of 'Holy Way'... situated on the edge of the high mountain... the walk way leads you from one statue installation to the other, depicting the Holy Way... until it ends at a cave that has been built out to form a little church... The views along the way were breath taking!<br />
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In the end with all the excitement and very dry air I lost my voice for a day or 2 and ended up with a throat infection! ... but not even that could make a dent in the most wonderful experiences me and the love of my life had during these two weeks!Liezlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17339531130629160629noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311621259544984700.post-86215870938935486412013-12-29T09:07:00.000-08:002013-12-29T09:07:45.361-08:00Barcelona part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...directly after we arrived in Barcelona, we hit the streets... and the 'La Rambla' was high up on our list! We were warned against pick pockets and all their ways of getting you attention... So we were highly alert! Luckily nothing weird happened. We were highly impressed with Barcelona's underground train system! Very easy to find your way! And I had such a good time looking at amazingly beautiful shoes! Everyone, although mostly dressed quite ordinary, had the most extraordinary shoes!<br />
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The Palau de la Musica Catalana was one of our absolute highlights!! It brought tears to our eyes to listen to music in the only concert hall in Europe lit by natural light, through a glorious stained glass 'reverse' dome!!<br />
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By day 2 we discovered where to have good tapas... and it was a nice walking distance to 'our' little tapas restaurant, close to the Sagrada Familia... still having full sunlight after nine in the evening!<br />
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Oh, and it was such fun to go on a quest to find "All we knit is love", a wool shop close to the Picasso museum... The first time it was siesta and they were closed - their pull down 'garage door' covered in beautiful graffiti. The second time they were open and I had a 'ball' ;) of a time!!<br />
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