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She’s coming

By Marianne@Songbird on April 29, 2008
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As we speak my sister who lives in New Zealand is flying overhere. She will be staying for the whole month of May. And I am so looking forward to putting my arms around her in a few hours.     Of course this means that I have to get up at 3 … [Continue reading...]


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It’s white….. again

By Marianne@Songbird on April 27, 2008
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I don't know what happened to us, maybe we got a spring fever. But last week we decided that enough is enough and that we needed to take action. And active we were. My Love took a vacation day before the weekend and in three days we repainted the … [Continue reading...]


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Thriftshop finds

By Marianne@Songbird on April 15, 2008
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I am just in time to participate in Anja´s challenge. I went to two different thriftshops and my firtst brocante market of the year in Belgium. I found lots of usefull and not so usefull things. Some of my finds will turn up here later because they … [Continue reading...]


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About priests, camera’s and good friends

By Marianne@Songbird on April 13, 2008
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I have been very busy these last days, and have had little time to blog. Thursday and friday I went to a seminar for work. It took place in this former catholic priests school (seminarie). It was a beautiful building built in the good old days of … [Continue reading...]


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An easy makeover

By Marianne@Songbird on April 9, 2008
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A couple of years ago I got this mirror from a friend. She thought it fit our house better than hers. I think she was right. It has been hanging in our hallway ever since and I really like it. It is as big a fake as you can get. The ´ornamented´ … [Continue reading...]


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Memories

By Marianne@Songbird on April 6, 2008
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Warning to all of you who are reading my posts, this is going to be a long one, because I am taking a trip down memory road. But you are welcome to come along. Today is my mom’s birthday. She would have been 81 had she lived. She died 8 … [Continue reading...]


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Button and beads. Part II

By Marianne@Songbird on April 1, 2008
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Recently I was so lucky to get the sewing box of my mother-in-law. She died a year after I met her son. I didn't get to know her very well. But I know that she was a very nice, friendly and outgoing person. I feel very honoured to have her sewing … [Continue reading...]


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Buttons and beads. Part I

By Marianne@Songbird on April 1, 2008
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Inspired by Lilli M and Tante Tee (see my linksection for their address) I decided to share some of my sewing treasures with you. I inherited both my mother and my mother-in-law's sewing box and they both contain some funny items. Today I'll show … [Continue reading...]


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