Gehaakt jasje – Crochet cover

Voor een glazen bokaal maakte ik een vrolijk, gehaakt jasje met Drops Paris garen. Met een Crassula-stekje erin, perfect als klein housewarming kadootje. Dit vetplantje zou volgens de Feng Shui bekend staan als geldplant, in welk huis is dit nu niet welkom ;-)



An empty, glass jar got a happy, colourful crochet cover from Drops Paris yarn. With a baby Crassula in it, a perfect little housewarming present. This succulent is supposed to bring in lots of money, according to Feng Shui, so who wouldn’t want one ;-)



Love, Zjizjipke!

Change of plans…

Happy Sunday to you all!

For today I wanted to show you some pictures of my hyacinth, nothing gives one more hope for the coming spring than those colourful flowers with their delicious perfume, don’t you agree?

And sometimes you can even hear them grow :-) Mine made a sound today while unfolding some leaves! Nothing like the slowly growing orchids I have, they’re really quiet and secretly grow their gorgeous flowers, so you’re surprised by another flowering branch lurking from below a leaf… Faithfull bloomers all of them!

So, I hear you say, where are those photos you made? Well, that’s the change of plans for today. My camera just died on me while taking them :-( Hopefully it’s just a little hiccup and he will resume his faithful tasks once again, but if not, I will have to make do without new pics for the moment…

But for now, to please everyone's need for colour an beauty this time of the year, I‘ll throw in some photos I made last year on an orchid show…

The one above smells divine! One of the few fragrant species… I bought a baby plant, she’ll be giving flowers soon I hope!

I have plants in similar colours as the one above and below, only with fewer flowers! Maybe someday they’ll be just as pretty and abundant!

Love, Zjizjipke!

A Merry Tree-less Christmas!

No Christmas tree for us this year… Because my apartment is located on the top floor and the elevator is busted for months on end now, I really don’t feel the urge to drag my tree up all those stairs!

But off course, decorating is a must! So I promoted one of my orchids to the wearer of ornaments :-) My hooky-star-bunting can cheer up the wall, lights and baubles in a vase will make the picture complete…

Non-orthodox, purple and orchid Christmas looks something like this:

Merry Christmas to you all!!!

Love, Zjizjipke!

Longing...

Oh my! I’m longing for spring!!

As much as I love winter for its cosiness and snowy beauty, enough is enough for now… Rain, wind, cold, leaving for work and coming home in the dark, my body needs lots more sun and daylight!

I feel the need for the first sign of spring, the moment every year you come outside and there it is… It surprises you one day when you least expect it…

That first smell of spring, it holds the promise of all things good, great weather, sun, longer days, being outside, cocktails, new life appearing in the garden and the flowerpots,…

If I have to name one moment, one exact specific time every year I feel absolutely and completely happy and totally zen, that’s it! I just love to stand outside and take deep breaths, just enjoying and smelling the spring in the air!

Oh my! I really am longing for spring…

Love, Zjizjipke!