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Flowerpot series.
Please swipe.
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“You can not always control what goes
on outside. But you can always control
what goes on inside.”
Wayne Dyer
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Never take anything at face value. Things aren’t always what they seem.
Half way through the week, have a lovely wednesday everyone.
#blueandwhite #flowerlove #edibleart #wednesdaywisdom #quotestoliveby #currentmood

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Nov 3

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. I never understood how anyone could not love chrysanthemums. I found them ultra big and tiny small at yesterday’s market. They always convey fall in the best way. A flower for every season. Enjoying each and everyone while we still can.
Wishing you a beautiful sunday and magical new week everyone.
#notaflowersnob #chrysanthemums #fallishere #dahlias #currentmood

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Nov 3

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Sunday sunset. We were on our way and in a hurry to a gathering from my daughters class when I stopped cycling to see the light on this canal. “... Please.... mom... don’t stop! I want to go! No, not another picture...” I heard in a begging tone kind of voice with heads shaking.
This is normal for our children. They don’t know any better than experiencing the Amsterdam atmosphere and beauty each day. I wonder if there will come a day where they will look back and remember all of this.
Have a lovely sunday everyone. Up next my Sunday flowers from saturday’s market. Sending you a postcard from Amsterdam signing it with love.
#wanderlove #sundaysunset #littlestoriesofmylife #familylife #amsterdam #currentmood

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Nov 2

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Sweet results from a private class with the pastry chefs from @chateaugudanes While they were making cute blossoms I sneaked a capture of their work. So proud of everything they have created. Thank you for coming all the way to Amsterdam from the South of France. Merci beaucoup @jenniferpogmore @lamamprin Such a delight and honour having you.
Sugar roses. Hope everything has been coming up roses this week. Wishing you a sweet weekend everyone.
#sugarflowerclass #chateaugudanes #sugarflowers #sugarart #teaching #currentmood

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Oct 31

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Sugar Black Helleborus
This is as dark as I’m willing to go.
Happy Halloween everyone.
#blackhelleborus #intothedark #happyhalloween #trickortreat #currentmood

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Oct 27

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. This was as dark and spooky as I could get in this week of Halloween. Spider shaped chrysanthemums and dahlias, cosmos flowers, hydrangeas with daucus carota (aka Queen Anne’s lace) and roses this week. Achillea yarrow flowers used as a filler. They say the hero Achilles used this plant and herb to treat the wounds of his men and soldiers. Miracles and super powers attributed to this plant and flower. Even nowadays used as an excellent medicine for different injuries. The power of the flower in so many ways. Wishing those celebrating lots of fun, have a lovely Sunday and magical new week everyone.
#dahlias #chrysanthemum #flowerlove #halloweendecor #currentmood

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Oct 27

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Fall in the city and the living is easy. My children had a week of fall break this past week. While I intended to continue with work, I decided to take it easier and spent some time with my family. We had some very unexpected beautiful fall days. The gift of an extra hour today in this last week of October. I can not believe how fast time flies. Have fun where you are. Never regret the time you took to slow down or simply enjoyed that cup of coffee outside. Sending you a postcard from Amsterdam, signing it with love, wishing you a beautiful new week everyone.
#takeaseat #wanderlove #canalhouses #littlestoriesofmylife #amsterdam #currentmood

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Oct 20

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. Fall fruits and flowers at our table. Dahlias, chrysanthemum, bishops weed and special dyed hydrangeas. The bounty of saturdays market. My favorite moment of the week.
Have a lovely sunday everyone. Wishing you many favorite moments in this next week.
#dahlias #chrysanthemum #flowerlove #fallseason #currentmood

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Oct 20

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Fall in the city. Gold tones on our canals. With so much green turning into gold it almost feels like the country side. Almost... Have a lovely Sunday and magical new week everyone. Hope you get to enjoy nature.
#fallishere #goldlove #natureiseverywhere #myneighbourhood #canalsofamsterdam #currentmood

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Oct 19

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Sugar peonies
Thank you so much everyone for all your kindness and overwhelming response at my previous post and wallpaper.
There was an antique lit bateau childrens bed I had to say goodby to. Bought second hand after searching the net when my son was born almost ten years ago. My son has a wonderful room with an attic space where he sleeps. The lit bateau bed no longer needed passed down to his baby sister. I loved that bed so much. I took it hard when my daughter grew out of it. Saying goodby (after much postponing) to yet another fase. Having a very small room, my daughter (8) always envied her brother having a bigger room with a loft bed. She begged us for having one herself but with her room simply being too low and too small I knew a loft bed was a wish we could not fulfil. Creating a bed that would be lovely enough for her seemed an impossible task. I searched for inspiration and the design of the library nook sounded ok enough to her. There was a lot of wood left in the past by painters in our storage. We used this timber making the bed and guest bed underneath for sleep overs. All other parts measured, made and assembled by my husband. We both painted. Curtains (also a white cotton one for mosquitos) and all soft furnishings done by me. Having had a bridal business for years, it was wonderful to spent some time on my sewing machine again. A handmade large bulletin board hung on one wall ( stapler, kitchenaid, sewing machine btw favorite piece of machinery, random order!) My peony wallpaper on the other wall by her bed, to wake up to. It was the first time my husband and I worked together on such a project. We certainly had challenging moments but I’m happy to say we are still married.
Our daughters room was as much my dream as it was hers. We are ready and very much looking forward to the next phase. All cliches are true. Time (with children) flies way too fast. Happy saturday and wishing you the best weekend everyone.
#thankyou #happyweekend #peonylove #familylife #diy #currentmood

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Oct 16

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Grateful for my daughter getting on board to have my wallpaper in her room. A comfortable space with her own mini library. Larger than life peonies in a small room where she can grow older.
An exciting new project so happy to share. Peonywallpaper out now. More in my instastories.
#wallpaperwednesday #peonylove #pinklove #wallpaper #wallpaperdecor
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Oct 13

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Happy sunday from my home to yours.
Still dahlias with the first chrysanthemum. I always try to delay that moment of buying the first chrysanthemums because it always means the absolute end of summer with no prospect of warm (sunny)days anymore. Snapdragon and cosmos flowers, crabapple and lots of big hydrangeas. Fall has officially started in our home. I’m embracing the gifts of autumn. Wishing you a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#fallishere #colourlove #dahlias #chrysanthemum #happysunday #flowerlove #hydrangeas #currentmood

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Oct 13

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They call them the dancing houses /de “Dansende Huisjes” Picture taken from the boat last Friday.
My apologies in advance for the blurry sight but the thing is that these houses are impossible to photograph without the help of a boat. I was so fortunate to be on a boat with my son and his class when they were sailed back to school, after an outing at the Hermitage museum. It has been raining almost non stop in the past few weeks and there is no change in the weather for the next few weeks. I always find it amazing how our crooked canalhouses are still standing after all these years. Sending love from rainy Amsterdam. Have a lovely Sunday and bright sunny new week everyone.
#postcardfromamsterdam #withlove
#littlestoriesofmylife #amsterdam #canalhouses #currentmood

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Oct 12

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Sugar roses
You always have to decide upfront in which blooming stage you want to create a sugar flower. I’m the first one to admit I have a pattern. Open roses always a favorite.
#sugarflowers #roses #roselove #infullbloom #currentmood

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Oct 11

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Sugar rose
Hope your week has been coming up roses. A visit with my sons class at the hermitage this morning. A stunning exhibition, Jewels! On display. So wonderful to see incredible treasures with the young ones. Diamonds and more through their eyes. Creating their own jewelry after the tour with goldpaper and bling stones. A boat bringing us back to school sailing the canals of Amsterdam. After so much beauty and activity hardly any attention left for the beauty of the canalhouses. I can’t blame them. Passing these houses daily, chatting with eachother much more interesting than our architecture. Back in my kitchen now, my morning in my #instastories
Happy friday. Sending love and wishing you a wonderful weekend everyone.
@hermitage_amsterdam
#littlestoriesofmylife #sweetlife #sugar #rose #roselove #sugarflowers #fridayflowers #currentmood

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Oct 6

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Happy Sunday, raining outside. It is pouring down actually with the darkest clouds. My favorite and most special tulips from @passionfortulips Hardly ever that I repost my sunday flowerarrangments at home. But taking the opportunity today because it is unfortunately impossible to photograph this weeks flowers because of the darkness all day long. Photography always with natural daylight.
It always works the other way round. Planting tulip bulbs on my rooftop as we speak in the fall to enjoy all this beauty in the spring.
Whether loads of bulbs in a garden with plenty of space or just a single planter for a balcony, not a whole lot gives me more pleasure and something to look forward to than those first green heads poking out the soil catching the first rays of sunshine after a wet fall and long cold winter. Making the most today with candle light, my family and plenty cups of hot tea.
Fall or spring on your side, have a lovely sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#gardeningtips #flowerbulbs #outnow #inspiredbynature #fall #currentmood

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Oct 4

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Sugarflowers for fridayflowerday. Wild roses, magnolia Stellata, tulip and orchids. Hope you had a wonderful week. Have a lovely weekend everyone.
#sugarflowers #flowerart #roses #orchids #tuliplove #fridayflowerday #currentmood

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Sep 29

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Happy Sunday from my home to yours
Yellow helenium flowers and Queen Anne’s lace and base. Hydrangeas and black Nicandra with dahlias, zinnias and roses. Even though we almost finished a most necessary home renovation there are ofcourse flowers always. Have a lovely sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#colourlove #dahlias #roses #zinnias #flowerlove #floweraddict #currentmood

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Sep 29

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These lovely amsterdam canalhouses. My apologies for my absence this past week. We had reserved a few days off for the restoration of one of the ceilings in our living area. A few days has turned into two full weeks. More damage than we expected, hitting a brick wall (in the ceiling we knew nothing about) longer drying time than estimated and to make matters worse... coming back home at the end of the day to a completely finished room in... the wrong colour.
All is almost well now. The right colours are back in place and we keep our fingers crossed that the leakage will be history. I love these houses, wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, but there is always something going on somewhere.
I know there are worse, more serious things in life but I’m not the best person when it comes to home renovations. There are people who thrive in chaos or when builders are at work. I wish I was one of those. Thrive instead of just survive.
I hope to resume to my regularly postings soon. Happy to share up next my sundayflowers. Sending all my love from Amsterdam. Thank you for your patience everyone.
#littlestoriesofmylife #amsterdam #canalhouses #currentmood

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Sep 22

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Happy sunday at home with roses, dahlias, hydrangeas and delphiniums. In love with the frilly, fuzzy soft pink lysianthis. I love this time with hydrangeas blooming. They make flowerarranging so much easier. Eventhough I can occasionally feel blue, blue has always been my favorite colour. Everything always looks brighter with a little bit of blue. Happy or sad, flowers always by my side and to the rescue.
Have a lovely sunday and bright beautiful new week everyone. I would love to hear the things you can’t live without and that make you happy.
#happysunday #flowerlove #bestmedicine #dahlias #roses #hydrangeas #currentmood

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Sep 20

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Sugar flowers for friday flowerday. Roses, orchid, hibiscus, agapanthus and tulip.
Last two days of summer expected this weekend for us. Nothing but rain next week. Soaking in the sun as much as I can before the rain drops and fall sets in.
Enjoy your friday and wishing you a sweet weekend everyone. Sending all my love.
#sugarflowers #flowerart #roses #hibiscus #tuliplove #fridayflowerday #currentmood

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Sep 15

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. Dahlias, zinnia’s and soft scabiosa. Lysianthis and Japanese anemone as a cut flower. I love how each year more garden flowers are being offered as cut flowers.
The lights are changing from light to dark at an earlier time. I can tell fall is waiting. Fall or spring on your side, have a lovely sunday and bright new week everyone.
#colourlove #dahlias #zinnias #flowerlove #floweraddict #currentmood

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Sep 14

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Sugar Hibiscus
One of my most frequently asked questions... how long do sugar flowers last? In real life hibiscus flowers are very short lived. They usually bloom for only one day. So happy to be able to recreate. Sugarflowers when kept out of direct sunlight (because of fading) and out of moisture they last forever.
Happy saturday and a lovely weekend everyone🌺
#hibiscus #flowerart #sugarflowers #happyweekend #currentmood

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Sep 13

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Sugar flowers for fridayflowerday. Hope you had a wonderful week, wishing you the best weekend everyone.
#sugarflowers #flowerfriday #flowerart #roses #peony #poppies #anemone #dutch #stilllife #currentmood

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