Dolls House Nederland Show!

One of the stall holders lovely creations.

It is that time of the year when the Dolls House Fair is with us again. This weekend at the Americahal in Apeldoorn - the Dolls house International Fairs doors will be open both Saturday and Sunday.
I am really looking forward to seeing the many stalls that will be there. More information can be seen here:  www.dhnshow.com

Tickets cost 10 euro for the day - children up to the age of 12 free with an accompanying adult.

Sat: 11.00 - 18.00

Sun: 10.00 - 17.00


26th and the 27th October 2013.

Americahal Apeldoorn.

Red Crocheted Wellington Boots!

Well I finished the wellington boots for my Grandson to go with the Sou'wester and his duffel coat - to complete the Paddington Bear look lol! The pattern is a mish mash of one pattern I found online and the rest of it is trial and error on my part. The spotted red buttons add an extra dash of colour I think. Going to be sending them along with the hat and duffel soon.

 

Paddington Bear Sou'wester for Grandson.

We bought our Grandson a little blue duffle coat for Christmas and of course I had to make a sou'wester to go with it. After looking on the Internet for a pattern and finding only one that is for sale - I decided to have a go and make my own. The hat is crocheted and the basis of it is a pull on cap with an added brim. I have no idea how I got there in the end except through trial and error - sorry I did not write it down. I sewed the brim half back and added a teddy bear motif. The ties were added after giving it thought and realising that a 9 month old baby would probably pull the hat of his head lol! It goes wonderfully with his little Paddington duffle coat. This was bought from a store here in The Netherlands called Hema    http://www.hema.nl/ which has really good quality clothes for children along with lots of other items. I am attempting to follow a pattern for a little pair of crocheted red boots to match - will see if it works or may end up buying a pair :).

 

Art and Craft Fair Haul.

What dreadful weather we had yesterday - Heavy rain coupled with gusty wind was not a good combination for holding an umbrella up. It did not stop us from going along to the Artistieke  Handen fair (artistic hands). Thankfully we only had the short walk to the bus stop to battle with the weather. There were not as many stalls there as usual and even less visitors - which was good for us as we  did not have to fight our way through crowds to look at the stalls.

I bought a few things that caught my eye and got lots of ideas to make things from looking at the vast array of crafts there. The one stall I love to go to is this one:  www.feestje-enzo.nl They have lots of Tibetan silver charms - ribbons - motifs - beads and lots of other wonderful craft items. I was hoping to buy some of the Tibetan silver 3d Eiffel tower charms they had on their web site for using in my dolls house miniatures - but when I saw the size of them they were huge - so too big for what I wanted. The lady who has the business along with her husband were so lovely and went out of their way to help me. I was able to buy a small parasol for crafting from them which I paid for there and  they are going to post it on to me - they spoke wonderful English too :).

They had containers of beautiful ribbon - 6 for 1-75 euro and lovely motifs for the cardigans I knit for my Grandson - so I bought a pack of 2 dogs for 99 cents. The pack of 3 teddy bears were 1.05 euro and all the motifs are reversible - curly on one side or flat on the other.

Stickers of the alphabet and numbers are always very useful when making birthday cards so I stocked up on those in silver and gold. I think they came to 3.50 euro for the 5.

We are very lucky here in Apeldoorn to have a really good bead shop - it also has lots of mystical things to buy to - but I have to pay a visit each time we are in town and rake through the hoards of beads they have for sale. I was delighted to see them at the Art and Craft fair and found these really cute china beads in the shape of Dutch clogs. They are the ideal size for dolls houses and a pack of 6 cost 1.70 euro.

Also from there I bought some jewellery findings and some really pretty rose beads in a rainbow of colours and a pack of flower head beads.  www.uniekinkralen.nl

We had a wonderful time looking around. There are a lot of very talented people in Apeldoorn. Our next event is the dolls house fair at the end of the month - cannot wait for that one.

Artistieke Handen. Art and Craft Fair.

It is October and once more the art and craft fair is here with us in Apeldoorn tomorrow. There are so many stalls to look at. Artwork and crafts are sold along with the means to make your own crafts - knitting wool - beads - charms - jewellery - paints - stationery - and because it is the October fair there are lots of Christmas themed products. It takes us a couple of hours to look at everything with a break for coffee in between (keeps my long suffering husband happy) .

Sunday 13th October.

10.30 - 17.00.

Cost:  7 Euro.

Senior citizens 65+ with pass:  6 Euro.

Children up to age 12:  Free (with adult)

Americahal.  Laan  Van Erica 50. Apeldoorn.


 www.artistiekehanden.nl


Have started an elf cardigan for my Grandson to wear on Christmas day and was well on the way to completing it when I sewed the it together wrong sigh! Spent a couple of days unpicking seams and re-knitting another sleeve - but back on track now and will post pictures when it is finished.