The life of a Dutch Scrapper

Scrapbooking again!

yes yes people it is true I have been scrapbooking while I was away with my friends for the weekend. One lo I still need to make photo's for but this is one of the finished ones :)

OK a bit of rambling now:

Yesterday evening I was with one of my best friends since I was 12 years old and she said that she could see I looked different, also in weight loss but more in the way my energy was coming across. I told her that I feel like my soul is so happy I connected with it again and I said out loud: I feel really, REALLY happy inside...and than I choked up and tears of happiness appeared out of nowhere. It felt like a click inside of me and for the first time in a lot of years I truly truly feel so happy inside, a feeling I have not experienced for so long.  

I just came back from my Cambridge consultant and I lost another 2 kilo's in my eating week!!! which is 9,9 kilo's in total in 4 weeks time. You can check out my facebook for the video I just posted on my progress :) and make sure you watch the other ones there from weeks before this one, you can really see the difference i think.

While I was away with my friends I called my DH and he told me that Anthony was allowed to drive on his bike to the Bakkery to get more bread for us. He gave him enough money with him. When he came home he bought next to the bread, a special cookie for his dad and a roses and a card for me. On the card he wrote:


Dear daddy and mommy. Thanks for allowing me to do so much from you, this is my thank you.

OK I completely choked up when I heard that. Because he is Autistic and has ADHD we have been very strict in what he can and can't do and one of the things was drive on his bike on his own while crossing roads and such. Simply because he doesn't focus and has been in 2 bad accidents already. But he has been doing so incredibly good at home and in school for the past few weeks that we are letting him have more responsibility's as well and he loves that. I wonder if it has anything to do with the change I have been going through for the past month? since I am changing he is changing as well and I think there is a connecting to this.

Ok off I go, be sure you do not forget to enter my give-away HERE.

Corinnexxx

Give-Away!!!

As you might have seen I am taking sponsors on my blog and these sponsors will do little give-aways to my lovely readers :). If you are interested in becoming a sponsor please email me at [email protected] for more info(still working on the sponsoring info page).



My name is Kirsty and most of you might recognise my daughter and doggy more as its them who I tend to scrap the most!  Ive been scrapbooking since 2004 but generally crafting all my life. Ive always wanted to make things extra pretty or add my own touch to something - I think I drove my mother crazy!  As crafting has evolved so much since I was 5 or 6, I find myself doing the same and I now incorporate photography and digital design as part of my repertoire, as well as being a design team member for Dylusionals, Tonic Studios, Letraset and Tattered Angels.  Crafting has become a bit of an obsession for me and now I work as a freelance consultant to UK manufacturers as well as designer and demonstrator too.  Ive recently designed these Lil Bug dolls to fit in with demands for digital and polymer stamp doll demands here in the UK but the success of the designs has reached as far as Japan and South Korea, which is exciting, as that is where the market for these dolls is where my heart lies.
I also demonstrate my own and other UK companies products on a UK craft shopping channel (Yes!  We have a 24 hour crafting shopping channel in the UK!) and I also create for magazines too. So yes, you could say that crafting is my life!

 
Ok as far as the give-away goes: Ill give all 7 digi bugs as a giveaway to one of Corinne's readers.
Digi stamps can be printed out to be coloured in or used digitally on blogs and websites etc - they look fabulous coloured in photo shop too.
They have a blythe look about them and are great for Adults and kids alike.
 
Just leave a comment if you like to win these :). Winner will be announced on Friday!

Love Kirsty x
http://www.kirstywiseman.com/ - come and see whats new!

***PS from Corinne: Kirsty also made the tabs on this weblog and on my photography weblog and she can give your whole blog a make-over(I have done it myself but otherwise would have asked her to do it), just send her an email for more info if you are interested.

Quality time

Last weekend I was on a little get-away with 7 of my dear friends. Danielle rented a house near the beach for us, which was very very nice with two sauna's inside as well....only monique took advantage of that haha.

So most of us arrived early on Friday afternoon. we gave each other gifts, handmade or bought and my suitcase was a lot fuller when I went home again. I made 8 of the same bracelets, something I never did before but they turned out very cute!

The weekend was filled with fun, laughs, cries and a lot of relaxation, which we all needed i think. Overall it was so relaxing. Everyone did their own thing but being in the same room we chatted a lot. Florence, Monique and myself were awake around 6.30 and watched Black Swane....good but at times ...EEK!

I was going to prepare a meal for myself on Saturday evening, something I discussed with my cambridge consultant before the trip. So I took everything and because I didn't wanted to eat out the girls decided to stay in and order some food.

But it was Saturday and the sun was shining and we were going to the beach in the end of the day and the idea was to maybe eat there as well, which made me say: I am not going than...freaking out of the idea that I was not in control of what I could eat. But than I googled what was there for take-out or ordering in close-by and it was junkfood or chinese food. I couldn't do that to them. Than it hit me...in the next couple of months I was going to be faced with more things like this and I simply can run away from them or just accept them. so Icalled a restaurant behind their backs to see if it was possible if they could make me the meal I wanted, which was perfectly fine. So I booked us the restaurant. In the end we went to another one more close by and they made me my meal which tasted like heaven!!!! Everyone was taking 3 courses and I had no problem with that at all. I sniffed at some food hahaha but I was full of mine AND had a good time being there with my friends.

Here is a collage Marsha made of the pics I took on the beach of each one of them, you can see them closer HERE. I simply adore these girls so much(liesbeth took my picture).
 
Than on Sunday we did a smilebooth, which I said from now on should be named a crazybooth because crazy was how we acted, God we had so much fun. You HAVE to check them out HERE, too funny!

Weight loss is going GREAT. Lost 7,8 kilo's in 3 weeks and 12,3 kilo's in total so far. This week my eat week has started were I can eat fish or chicken with vegetables in the evening, LOVING it :)

Danielle came by today and we went into the city for some shopping. I bought Jadenn a new wardrobe
and checked out some stuff for myself. In the end I bought a new, much needed, jacket which I can wear till summer I think, because even when losing weight it is still good to wear. I bought nothing else simply because I found it a waist of money right now because I have no idea how my figure will be when I am done. So I will wait at least for another 15 to 20 kilo before I will buy something new. Lucky for me I have clothes in all sizes :)

I am feeling happy, like really happy inside and it feels so good after not feeling anything for all these years. I know I can do this, it is the path I put my first step on a few years ago when I found out I have ADHD and every step since than has lead me to were I am right now, it is time, it is my time to shine.

Corinnexxx

RosaBags | Sponsor & Give-Away

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GIVE-AWAY TIME!!

Margriet the owner of RosaBags is giving away one beautiful Rosasleef for your camera and it can be yours if you leave a comment HERE!! The winner will be announced this Saturday. This give-aways is open to everyone worldwide!
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Ik ben dol op stijlvolle Cameratassen, feit is ik heb er al twee waarin ik mijn camera, lensen en andere dingetjes berg. Naast dat ik het gebruik voor mijn werk, gebruik ik ze ook heel vaak als gewone handtas. Als je ook zo een mooie tas wenst dan is daar nu RosaBags, verkrijgbaar in Nederland en Europa.

RosaBag - a camera bag for women!
Stylish - female - distinctive
 

De ideale cameratas voor vrouwen. RosaBags bieden je de mogelijkheid om je camera, een tweetal objectieven en je noodzakelijke spulletjes mee te nemen. Eindelijk hoef je niet meer te sleuren met zowel je handtas als je cameratas.

Als modieuze vrouw wil je uiteraard niet rondlopen met een zwarte, mannelijke vierkante cameratas. De RosaBags zijn gemaakt van zacht skaileer en zijn momenteel leverbaar in zes verschillende kleuren. Aan de binnenkant is de tas rondom voorzien van een beschermende foam deze zorgt ervoor dat je camera optimaal beschermt wordt. Met vier verplaatsbare tussenstukken kun je de tas naar eigen wens indelen. RosaBags zijn voorzien van twee comfortabele draaghengels en van een verstelbare schouderriem.

Naast de cameratassen zijn ook de RosaSleeves leverbaar. Deze sleeves geven kleur aan je zwarte camerariem en bieden je de mogelijkheid om je camera te personaliseren . RosaSleeves zijn gemaakt van 100% katoen.
 
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GIVE-AWAY TIME!!

Margriet de eigenaar van RosaBags geeft één mooie Rosasleef weg en hij kan van jou zijn als je HIER een berichtje achterlaat!! Winnaar word zaterdag bekend gemaakt.

 

Significant

Re-blogging this from Tara Whitney and my friend Flo:

Significant

Nike ad..... 

You were born a daughter.

You looked up to your mother.

You looked up to your father.

You looked up at everyone.

You wanted to be a princess.

You thought you were a princess.

You wanted to own a horse.

You wanted to be a horse.

You wanted your brother to be a horse.

You wanted to wear pink.

You never wanted to wear pink.

You wanted to be a Veterinarian.

You wanted to be President.

You wanted to be the President's Veterinarian.

You were picked last for the team.

You were the best one on the team.

You refused to be on the team.

You wanted to be good in algebra.

You hid during algebra.

You wanted the boys to notice you.

You were afraid the boys would notice you.

You started to get acne.

You started to get breasts.

You started to get acne that was bigger than your breasts.

You wouldn't wear a bra.

You couldn't wait to wear a bra.

You couldn't fit into a bra.

You didn't like the way you looked.

You didn't like the way your parents looked.

You didn't want to grow up.

You had your first best friend.

You had your first date.

You had your second best friend.

You had your second first date.

You spent hours on the telephone.

You got kissed.

You got to kiss back.

You went to the prom.

You didn't go to the prom.

You went to the prom with the wrong person.

You spent hours on the telephone.

You fell in love.

You fell in love.

You fell in love.

You lost your best friend.

You lost your other best friend.

You really fell in love.

You became a steady girlfriend.

You became a significant other.

YOU BECAME SIGNIFICANT TO YOURSELF.

Sooner or later, you start taking yourself seriously. You know when you need a break. You know when you need a rest. You know what to get worked up about and what to get rid of. And you know when it's time to take care of yourself, for yourself. To do something that makes you stronger, faster, more complete.

Because you know it's never too late to have a life. And never too late to change one.

JUST DO IT

***This just so speaks to me right now and of the path that I am just walking on, I think I will frame this.

Brand new

I have been on the Cambridge diet now for two weeks and I lost 6 kilo, ad the 4,5 kilo that I lost before that it is 10,5 kilo gone!!! Still a long way to go, but I really feel so good.

I have a lot more energy and are wide awake at 5 every day, feeling rested. I feel so happy and bubbly inside knowing that I am changing finally into the person whom I neglected for all those years, me.

Last Sunday my mom turned 60 and me and my sister have trown a HUGE surpriseparty on her. She had no idea. I Invited 60 people and among them were 4 couples from our old neighbourhood who she hadn't seen in a while some not for years. She LOVED it so much and was spoiled rotten. Her biggest wish was to recieve a photo of all her grandchildren and I made that happen last Friday:
 
 
She cried when she saw it. She will be getting it on a big canvas this week.

I was in the kitchen all day preparing all the snacks for everyone and handling the cakes. I had no problem with it, didn't even lick my fingers once....yes I was a bit proud after that.

My consultant thinks I need 16 more weeks on this diet to reach my final goal, so I am counting each week. I bought a super cute, short, vintage looking black dress today, it was on sale. It is one of my goal clothes. I have also a goal jeans and a goal blazer that are waiting for me to fit in them.

Oh! How do you like my new look on this blog :). Did it myself after a whole day trying to figure out how to do it. My friend Kirsty wiseman is making new tabs for me as we speak. Still need to ad a few more things though. I am also going to do more on the blog again, promise!!! All kinds of things and give-aways and such, but more on that soon!

It really feels like I have been sleeping for years and finally woken up and realize it is a brand new day, just love that!

Ok off to pack my bags for a fun 3 days with 7 of my girlfriends, oh so much fun ahead :)!

I bring my computer though(yes my big Mac!) so I might bring you an update while we are there.

Corinnexxx

Drumroll please!!!

Today I had to go on the scale for the first time and with clothes on I lost 3,7 kilo in one week, with clothes off it is 4,7 kilo(I take the last one hahaha).

My consultant thinks it will take me 19 weeks to get rid of 35 kilo, which is now 18 weeks :)

The first days I felt great and didn't had any hunger or feeling fainted or such. Just since Sunday I get really hungry in the afternoon like around 4.00 and I have to wait to at least 5.30 to take my last shake.

It might have to do with that time of the months which makes me more hungry(I hope that is it).

I drink LOTS of water like 3 liters a day which helps not to feel hungry or such.

The other day I was doing grocery shopping and I loved that I didn;t had to think of what I needed to buy for myself to eat that evening.

Still a long way to go, but I am going to do this. This morning I told my psychologics that eating away and not feeling my emotions hasn't brought me anything than pain and the fat that is around me and I no longer want nor need that in my life.

Realizing this is I think a big breakthrough for me.

Also I am craving for healthy food hahaha, not chips or french fries or such, healthy food!! another sign I am on the right track with this.

here's to another 18 weeks of shakes!

Corinnexxx