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actually, Sinterklaas arrived with his helpers last Saturday on his boat from Spain. i left my shoe out that evening and this is what he left me (with a personalized note attached :)), which was pretty lucky considering i didn't clean my shoe before putting it out, which one is supposed to do or risk being left a twig (or worse yet, being stuffed in his sack and taken back to Spain.... wait a minute... i wonder what the weather's like in Spain atm...) 
but that's not all! apparently, Sinterklaas will leave me something if i leave my shoe out every Saturday evening until Dec 6, when i'll get the "big" present. not a bad deal, hey? :)*it's a chocoate letter M (with hazelnuts) in my shoe, locally made from a Dutch company whose factory is near where vlbf Peter grew up
i'm really loving these challenge sites! i've always worked better with a deadline... :) here's my last-minute entry for this week's lovely sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You. thanks for stopping by and i hope you're having a great weekend so far!
it was Sint Maarten (St. Martin's Day) here yesterday. kids go door-to-door carrying paper lanterns and singing songs in return for candy. we went for a drive around the neighbourhood to check it out (we live in an apartment so figured we wouldn't have any kids at our place, but vlbf Peter bought a big bag of mini Snickers just in case ;) )
i've been wondering lately what the "standard" handmade card size is, if there is such a thing.... i made this one to fit an A2 envelope and when i first cut the card stock, i thought it was so small, but now that it's done, i think it's okay. i read a while ago on the hilarious and talented Lauren's blog that she didn't worry too much about the size fitting an envelope, that people just throw the envelope away anyway. so using that wisdom, i made cards whatever size i felt like. what size are your cards? here's my "little" card. i tried hand-stitching on it as well:
the second one was for the bonus sketch. i found these trees just last night at a place that is the closest thing to a dollar store that i have found here in NL so far.
for this one, i wasn't sure about using the "cute" paper with the "elegant" flowers... but the recipient of this card (my mom) will really like both, so i went ahead and used them together. thanks for stopping by, and have a good day!
