There is a blog  (Vlijtig)  I discovered fairly recently where I found a tutorial to make these cute baskets.

The creative lady that manages this blog also makes lovely stamps and other crafty staff that is certainly worthwhile checking out. I hope it inspires you as much as it has inspired me and that you get in the mood of trying this out. It is fun and easy!

The feel of the basket can be quite different depending on the fabric that you choose.

I think that this basket in my case would be more useful if it was a bit taller. Variations can always be made, but it is great to have a pattern as a starting point!

How about if you give it a try? 

Banana bread

Made Banana bread the other day for the first time to use up some bananas that were starting to look as if they needed eating soon.

The photo shows a nice looking cake, but it turned out quite awful! The inside was not fully cooked even though I followed the oven time recommended. I have to say that banana is good as a fruit, but I am now totally convinced that I do not like it in any other form.

I think I would like to try Ginger bread next.

Owl, oh, oh

A way back I got a really cool stone owl in the Antique Market. I took some pictures and wondered if anyone could come up with a name for it (you can see the post from back in October if you are interested). I did not have any comments, so the poor owl has still no name. It has given me inspiration for playing around with lino cuts and watercolours. 

I also made some prints, coloured them with watercolours and named them, but the original is still unnamed!  I would very much appreciate your suggestions. (If there is anybody out there reading this blog at all.........)

I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike

Brrrrrr.

It is soooo cold these days!  I was a little bit reluctant to cycle into town yesterday since I thought it would be more pleasant to walk, but Richard convinced me. And he was right! It was quicker (of course), and one gets warm with the exercise. I must start using the bicycle again...I am hoping it will also help me lose the weight I have been putting on over Christmas!

Here is a drawing I made a couple of years ago of a bicycle. I haven drawn for aaaages! Maybe another thing to take on again in 2009?

Knitting

Hallo there! 

I am showing off the mittens I knitted recently. I have never been too fond of knitting (but have been of knitted things), the only reason being that I have always been really bad at it and had no patience. But I decided to give it another go (5th maybe?) and finally got round to produce something I like and that I enjoyed making. Don't you just love the colour? 

I like Apples

I finally made the decision of buying an Apple computer, something that I have been thinking for ages! I am at very early stages, finding it a bit tricky to get the most out of it. That is why I bought a book of MacBook for Dummies. I think that some reading, online tutorials and practice will help me become the Mac wizard I hope to be in a few months time!

This book looks very boring from the outside, so I decided to use some of the paper wrap I bought on our October trip to KL. 

I made the finish touch by plastifying it. Much nicer, huh?

Update

Hallo Everybody! It has been ages since I have posted anything and that is only because I have been too busy reading, shopping and catching up with friends. I haven't been very crafty lately although I have started knitting and much to my surprise I am enjoying it a lot.
Today I am at home with a very sore throat, trying to keep warm and spending much of my time catching up with my RSS feeds.


And just to add a bit of colour to this post here is a photo of a train we took in Switzerland this summer. The hills are alive......