nathalie-kalbach

What’s cooking Doc?

It has been a couple days since I posted- but the things that I have been creating are for CHA so…I can’t share right now :) But…here are some photos of our cookery course we vistited today. Jim and I love to cook, so this was one of my Christmas Presents to him and it was fun to spent time together and to eat really yummie food :)

Es ist schon einige Tage her, dass ich  was geposted habe, aber die Dinge, die ich zuletzt kreiert habe, sind für die CHA, also kann ich grad nix zeigen :) Aber…hier sind ein paar Photos von unserem Kochkurs heute. Jim und ich lieben es zu kochen, dies war also eines meiner Weihnachtsgeschenke für ihn und ich hatte viel Spaß Zeit zusammen zu verbringen und etwas richtig leckeres zu essen :)

preparing clams for the clam chowder

the group

busy kitchen

preparing the confit of tomatoes

I think he enjoyed his present :)

preparing the shallots for the Bouef Bourguignon

Croutons for the clam chowder…you can never add enough butter ;)

Chef Talk :)

almost there ;)

preparing the goat cheese au gratin with honey and rosemary – ready to go into the oven

arranging the first course

voila: goat cheese au gratin with endives and confit of tomatoes

Cheers

Preparing the clam chowder

clam chowder with saffron and tarragon croutons

ahhh – the Bouef Bourguignon with shallots, rutabagas, crullers and mushrooms

Creme Brulee out of the oven and ready to get HOT ;)

and fire!

It was a good and fun and yummie experience though my troubled stomach didn’t take it too good. But oh well – at least I left the house today :)

Es war ein gutes und spaßiges und nahrhaftes Erlebnis, obwohl mein kranker Magen leider nicht zu gut mit allem klarkam – aber wenigstens habe ich heute mal das Haus verlassen :)

  • christiane

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    menno, ich hatte noch kein mittag!!
    soo schöne fotos!!

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  • heather

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    Fun, fun, fun. We LOVE creme brulee.

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  • Jen Davis

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    Wow! So cool, I would love this gift!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Looks like fun and what a great idea for a gift!

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  • sylvia

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    Oh YUM!!!! :-)

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  • AlexM

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    miam, miam!!!
    and Happy New Year Nat! Hope you’ll have a wonderful 2010 full of art and exciting projects!

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  • Julie@JulieChats

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    OH, creme brulee is my favorite! Can’t wait to see your fun stuff for CHA! Our store is saving $ and staying home this year, so we’ll have to live vicariously thru all the blogger’s who’ll be there. We are seeing tons of fun stuff to order though. Stopping by from Networked Blogs!

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  • Cat

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    It looks LOVELY and I bet it was a fun time!

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  • Shawn

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    wow nat that looks fabulous!!! Julia Childs would be proud :) How fun!!!

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  • Jenny Lilac

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    I didn’t realize how hungry I was til I looked at those pictures – everything looks amazing!

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  • Conibaer

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    Mh, da bekommt man direkt Hunger!!! :o)
    Alles Gute für 2010!

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  • Daphne

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    haha… when I saw the first picture my first question was: How was the stomach taking it? haha…
    whatever… you had a fun day together right?

    HUGS

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  • Michelle

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    Oh that sounds and looks like so much fun! Love the blow torch too.

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  • jana

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    Ohje, hast du es immer noch mit dem Magen? Gute Besserung!
    Das sieht alles super lecker aus, es hat hoffentlich auch genauso gut geschmeckt!

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  • Liz

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    You know… now you have to have me over for a dinner party, right? The food looks fabulous! Sorry your tummy still wasn’t feeling up to par, but heck… you are getting better.

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What’s cooking Doc?

It has been a couple days since I posted- but the things that I have been creating are for CHA so…I can’t share right now :) But…here are some photos of our cookery course we vistited today. Jim and I love to cook, so this was one of my Christmas Presents to him and it was fun to spent time together and to eat really yummie food :)

Es ist schon einige Tage her, dass ich  was geposted habe, aber die Dinge, die ich zuletzt kreiert habe, sind für die CHA, also kann ich grad nix zeigen :) Aber…hier sind ein paar Photos von unserem Kochkurs heute. Jim und ich lieben es zu kochen, dies war also eines meiner Weihnachtsgeschenke für ihn und ich hatte viel Spaß Zeit zusammen zu verbringen und etwas richtig leckeres zu essen :)

preparing clams for the clam chowder

the group

busy kitchen

preparing the confit of tomatoes

I think he enjoyed his present :)

preparing the shallots for the Bouef Bourguignon

Croutons for the clam chowder…you can never add enough butter ;)

Chef Talk :)

almost there ;)

preparing the goat cheese au gratin with honey and rosemary – ready to go into the oven

arranging the first course

voila: goat cheese au gratin with endives and confit of tomatoes

Cheers

Preparing the clam chowder

clam chowder with saffron and tarragon croutons

ahhh – the Bouef Bourguignon with shallots, rutabagas, crullers and mushrooms

Creme Brulee out of the oven and ready to get HOT ;)

and fire!

It was a good and fun and yummie experience though my troubled stomach didn’t take it too good. But oh well – at least I left the house today :)

Es war ein gutes und spaßiges und nahrhaftes Erlebnis, obwohl mein kranker Magen leider nicht zu gut mit allem klarkam – aber wenigstens habe ich heute mal das Haus verlassen :)

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  • christiane

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    menno, ich hatte noch kein mittag!!
    soo schöne fotos!!

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  • heather

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    Fun, fun, fun. We LOVE creme brulee.

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  • Jen Davis

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    Wow! So cool, I would love this gift!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Looks like fun and what a great idea for a gift!

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  • sylvia

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    Oh YUM!!!! :-)

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  • AlexM

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    miam, miam!!!
    and Happy New Year Nat! Hope you’ll have a wonderful 2010 full of art and exciting projects!

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  • Julie@JulieChats

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    OH, creme brulee is my favorite! Can’t wait to see your fun stuff for CHA! Our store is saving $ and staying home this year, so we’ll have to live vicariously thru all the blogger’s who’ll be there. We are seeing tons of fun stuff to order though. Stopping by from Networked Blogs!

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  • Cat

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    It looks LOVELY and I bet it was a fun time!

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  • Shawn

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    wow nat that looks fabulous!!! Julia Childs would be proud :) How fun!!!

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  • Jenny Lilac

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    I didn’t realize how hungry I was til I looked at those pictures – everything looks amazing!

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  • Conibaer

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    Mh, da bekommt man direkt Hunger!!! :o)
    Alles Gute für 2010!

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  • Daphne

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    haha… when I saw the first picture my first question was: How was the stomach taking it? haha…
    whatever… you had a fun day together right?

    HUGS

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  • Michelle

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    Oh that sounds and looks like so much fun! Love the blow torch too.

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  • jana

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    Ohje, hast du es immer noch mit dem Magen? Gute Besserung!
    Das sieht alles super lecker aus, es hat hoffentlich auch genauso gut geschmeckt!

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  • Liz

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    You know… now you have to have me over for a dinner party, right? The food looks fabulous! Sorry your tummy still wasn’t feeling up to par, but heck… you are getting better.

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Project 365 – Week 53

Well….there are four more pictures I have to show from last year to make my 365-Project a closed case. It was quite a journey – I had lot’s of fun doing this. Unfortunatley being sick threw me off to take pictures already for 2010 – so no such project this year. I think I did good though ;)

Nun… da sind ja noch die restlichen vier Bilder vom letzten Jahr um mein 365-Projekt abzuschließen. Es war ne tolle Reise – Ich hatte jede Menge Spaß dabei. Unglücklicherweise hat das krank sein mich gleich davon abgehalten im Jahr 2010 zu photographieren – also kein solches Projekt in diesem Jahr. Aber ich glaube ich hab’s ganz gut gemacht ;)

*362/365*

NIles keeping me company while laying sick on the sofa.

*363/365*

Baby it’s cold outside…I guess. Haven’t left the house since Christmas Eve

*364/365*

Having my friends over – so wonderful, if only a short moment of feeling better. I looked so forward to this evening for weeks that I took all my strength together to make it through – I guess the revenge was more sickness following the next days.

*365/365*

A. with her cute little feet.

That is it :) But I will continue to take photos of course :) Wishing you a gorgeous day!

So das wars :) Aber natürlich schieße ich weiter Photos :) Wünsche Euch einen grandiosen Tag!

  • Cat

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    Hope you are all recuperated!

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  • Michelle

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    Sorry to hear that you are/were sick. You and I were doing the same stuff at the same time. Blech. Hope you are all better by now.

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  • milkcan

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    Cutest baby feet EVER! So looking forward to playing with you at CHA!

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  • heather

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    How sweet. Kitties, babies, & cold, oh my!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    BABY feet are the best! I am sorry that I never managed to get a good photo of my son’s feet when he was a baby. I so hope that you feel better soon Nat!

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Tattered Angels’ Glimmer Glaze

Ever since I saw the new products that Tattered Angels will be coming out with, I have been excited about this one…but I tell you there is MORE to be excited about – such awesome stuff!

Seit ich die neuen Produkte gesehen habe, mit denen Tattered Angels herauskommen wird, bin ich total hibbelig, gerade über das hier…aber ich sags Euch…da ist noch MEHR hibbelig zu werden – so viel grandiose Sachen!

Here is what it is about:

[youtube width=”325″ height=”271″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py_1uWqz-Qk[/youtube]

Wishing you a good one :)

Wünsche Euch einen schönen Tag :)

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  • Glenda Tkalac

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    How lucky are you to get to work with all these yummy goodies first????

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  • Daphne

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    MUST HAVE THIS

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  • Cat

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    Can’t wait to see this stuff, just a couple weeks!! Did you get a retailer badge for Friday night??

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Can’t wait to see what you do with this fun new product!

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DT Work: Sunshine Box *myStampBox*

A little sunshine for a friend who has a winter birthday :)

Ein wenig Sonnenschein für eine Freundin, die im Winter Geburtstag hat :)

*Sunshine Box*

I used the Wishing you Sunshine Stampset – and stamped the sun on my accordian style folded paper strip and heat embossed it. I used a metallic box which I had painted and then sanded again to release the embossed pattern before and then attached the folded paper strip inside.

I had used the “Splash Me a Lot” Alpha-Stampset for the Birthday wishes.

Wishing you a wonderful day with a little bit of sunlight :)

  • Michelle

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    So very pretty! Love your idea.

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  • Birgit Koopsen

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    This is sooo cute!! I’m sure she’ll love it!
    Happy new year my dear! :) wishing you lots of love, happiness and creativity!
    Hope we see each other soon!!
    Hugs,
    Birgit

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Wonderful card especially for the time of year when I feel like
    hibernating!

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  • Sasha Farina

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    oh my goodness.. how adorable is this. lucky friend of yours!

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  • jana

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    Was für eine schöne Idee, egal zu welcher Jahreszeit!

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My favorite Layouts 2009

As last year I wanted to show my favorite layouts of the past year – so here they are:

Genau wie im letzten Jahr wollte ich meine Lieblingslayouts des vergangengen Jahres zeigen – so hier sind sie:

*Tongue*

Journaling: And while I’m speaking – I know I should stop. But I can’t….I just can’t hold my tongue! Oh Boy!

*Pictures are like Weapons*

Journaling: Have you ever thought about: how much influence photos have? How world history often had been changed by a couple photos or short movies?

*35 and still…”

*On Some Days*

Journaling reads: On some days all the beauty in the world is covered up by layers of terrible news and exhaustion!
*What I Like About You*

*Hello World* 

“Wake me up when September ends” 

Journaling: When  September comes, the days get shorter- the nature decides to slowly change and turns into darker color, I get melacholic. So many people I lost- so many I miss! It is the time to remember them! To remember change can be good – to remember life will always follow.

*Spring* 

*Believe it, you are beautiful*

Journaling: I’m sure others can relate to those…selfdoubt crank days! There are days when I do not like myself…to short, to big, to ugly…but that is not true of most of your friends – they think you are beautiful and you are.

 *Here Comes The Sun*

I hope you enjoyed this as I much as I did :) I’m still sick – I can’t believe it. Between Christmas and New Year’s I had one day where I felt good and from there it went downhill again. I lost 9 pounds – the only “positive” side effect- LOL. Oh well – it will be good soon :)

Ich hoffe Ihr habt dies genauso  genossen wie ich :) Ich bin leider immer noch krank – ich kann es kaum glauben. Zwischen Weihnachten und Neujahr gab es genau einen Tag an dem ich mich gut fühlte und von da aus ging es dann wieder bergab. Ich habe 4,5 kg verloren – der einzige “positive” Effekt – LOl. Na ja- was soll man machen – wird schon :)

  • sylvia

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    oh and get well soon my dear!!

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  • sylvia

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    i like the on some days one best but they’re all lovely!!

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  • Sasha Farina

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    you’re the queen of techniques Nat~! that’s for sure..

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  • Shawn

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    I love all of your layouts what a fun idea!! Hugs to you!

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  • Vicki Chrisman

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    OH.. LOVED looking at those again. The… “Some days” layout has been my very fave, since I first saw it!:”

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  • christiane

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    love this kind of review!! :D
    get well soon and call me when you need more chicken-soup!! ;)
    hugs!!

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  • heather

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    Lovely work and I am sorry to hear about your illness. Here’s hoping that all goes well this new year.

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  • milkcan

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    Absolutely gorgeous layouts, Nat!

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  • Cat

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    Happy NEW Year Nat, hope 2010 brings an end to your cold!! THANKs for sharing your pages, love them all! xox.

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  • Daphne

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    some of these layouts are SOOO touching!!!! You are the greatest :-)
    Hope you feel better soon schatz!

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  • maja

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    Tolle, sehr künstlerische LOs. Dir weiterhin gute Besserung! LG, Maja

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  • emeline

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    what a treat to look at these Nat ! Happy New Year and get well soon !! :)

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  • Kim Sonksen

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    I hope you will get better soon – but as you said, at least you lost a couple of pouns along the way :)

    Loved your look back at 2009 and I can certainly understand why those layouts are your faves. They certainly rock, my dear

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  • Andrea MacDonald

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    These are so fantastic. Very inspiring!

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  • Natasja

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    lovely collection of layouts!! Hope you feel better soon dear!
    Natasja

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  • jana

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    Oh je, du Arme ! Gute Besserung aus der Ferne!
    Die Layouts sind alle toll, mein Favorit ist “Believe it”- sooo schön!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Pictures are Like Weapons makes such a bold statement! Hello World is yummy! Nice selection to show different sides of your journaling/LO’s Nat. Please get some rest and feel better soon:-)

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  • katja

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    einfach klasse!
    freu mich schon auf viele neue projekte von dir in diesem jahr zu bewundern!

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  • cuchy

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    Beautiful selection, Nat.
    Sorry to hear that you’re still sick.
    Hope you feel better soon.

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Bye Bye 2009!

What can I say? This year has been a ride!

I have been traveling so much this year – I would have to say TRAVEL is one word that nails this year down- LOL. I have done a lot in teaching workshops. Healthwise it could have been better – for my loved ones and regarding flus and tonsilitis – me.

Let me have a little review with some favorite daily pictures :)

January:

Cold month-  busy – but a good one :)

February:

A nice short trip to London definetley a highlight that month.

March:

Teaching Workshops in NYC – definetly a big highlight this year. I have met so many wonderful people and this weekend has given me so much energy – I will always cherish it. Also had a nice time with friends in New Jersey. And then after coming back – teaching in Denmark – also really cool! More nice people!

Such a crazy month!

April:

Teaching in Bavaria – more wonderful people and a gorgeous host :) Loved the weather and the atmosphere down in the south.

May:

Spending lot’s of time with on the deck – enjoying the good weather in Hamburg

June:

And London again – always good to be there.

July:

My super creative month – I did so many projects just for fun, just for me – it really refueled me !

August:

Great time with my aunts, traveling to Denmark for more workshops.

September:

Teaching in Germany, Spain and Austria. On the road every weekend. An amazing month – met so many wonderful people. Loved Barcelona to pieces and discovered Austria as a very wonderful place to go back!

October:

Teching in the Netherlands – so much fun and then go to the States. Visiting friends in San Francisco, Sonoma County, spending time in Sequoia hiking, meeting friends in Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, Arches, Bryce and Zion. So so amazing and still dreaming of this wonderful time.

*November*

Having a friend from the States over, having fun to show him around. Wrapping up the year and teaching the last workshop for 2009 at the ScrapbookKings.

December:

Flying to the States again for a wedding of a friend in Vermont, spending some nice time with friends and family, Christmas at home – sick, lot’s of visitors at the end of the year.

So not a bad year –  let’s also hope for a good new 2010! Have a great New Year’s Eve Celebration :)

Guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr :)

  • Michelle

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    Wow, you traveled a ton this past year. Love all of your gorgeous photos.

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  • Daniela

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    Ja, du warst wohl ganz schön viel unterwegs! Super, wie du die regemäßigen Photo-Zusammenfassungen geschafft hast. Hab ein tolles neues Jahr!

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  • Karen

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    I love the year-in pictures!

    Wishing you a creative and prosperous 2010!

    Lots of Love from NJ

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  • Sue Clarke

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    I thought that you traveled alot and you did! Wow! Great pics and I especially like the one of you and your aunts:-)
    Best wishes for 2010 Nat.

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  • ellen s

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    love
    love each photo

    have a wonderful new year!

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  • Birgit

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    Liebe Nat, ich wünsche dir ein glückliches, gesundes und vor allem kreatives Jahr 2010
    Es ist immer wieder aufregend durch deinen Blog zu stöbern. Es wäre klasse wenn du in Bayern wieder einen Workshop geben würdest. Vielleicht im Sommer??? Du bist auf alle Fälle herzlich bei mir eingeladen. Drück dich…

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  • sylvia

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    it has been a pleasure, see you next year Nat.All the best for your private and creative life!!!!! Big Hugs!

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  • Kim Sonksen

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    Goodness me – it was pretty much non-stop on the GO for you….hope 2010 brings you much happiness.

    Lotsa love and hugs
    K xx

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  • maja

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    Wow, du bist aber ganz schön rumgekommen *neidischbin*

    Dir ein schönes, neues und v.a. gesundes und kreatives Jahr!

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  • Daphne

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    My sweet darling…I wish you a less busy year with good health and succes :-)

    Have a great evening sweets!!

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  • katja

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    ach wie schön :-)
    und nun zum 100sten mal:

    GUTEN RUTSCH, lass es krachen,

    katja

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  • jana

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    Ein schöner Rückblick! Als ich das Foto von London sah, dachte ich: Wuas? Schon so lange ist das her? Unglaublich, wie schnell das Jahr rum ist! Alles Gute!

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  • christiane

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    ein neues jahr ein neues glück!!
    rutscht gut rüber!!
    wunderbare fotos sind das für deine rückblende!!

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DT Work: December Daily Album *Tattered Angels*

Oh I so loved working with this treasure box “Home for the Holiday”-Kit. This box includes everything you wish for to create an album – three different colored Glimmer Mists, Winterthemed Embossed Chips, Embellishments and gorgeous papers. I decided to create a Journal for December since I knew I was going to travel to a winter wedding in Vermont and on top December is itself a pretty eventful month.

Here is the cover:

DecDaily_01

As you can see I used the Glimmer Mist on the cover pages and then sanded them lightly to highlight the embossed tree. I painted the fence with blue acrylic paint from the back. I did the same with the photocorners and then used a black Journaling Pen to trace the embossed areas.

DecDaily_01_A

I had prepared all of the pages in advance – sprayed them with the Glimmer Screen and the other Chip tiles, cut up the papers and tags to create a background. For the days I had printed out numbers, some of those I had glued on top of the smaller chip tiles.

DecDaily_02

DecDaily_03

DecDaily_04

I also used the packaging -here the little window in the Frosty Chip Package to create a small shadowbox for this page.

DecDaily_05

Sometimes I wrote some remarks on the chipboard tiles itself.

DecDaily_06

this is the back of the banderole which was around the kit parcel – see …everything can be used.

DecDaily_08

Of course this album totally fits a January themed album too – and for whatever purpose you will use it…it creates fun while working with it and will give you joy for a long time whenever you reach out and look at your finished album!

thanks for looking!

  • Daphne

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    looking good!
    But with tattered Angels you can’t go wrong!! ;-)

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  • christiane

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    wohooo, so much to look at!! truly greta!! :D

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  • milkcan

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    Totally gorgeous!

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  • jana

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    Wow, Nat- das ist sooo schön! Echt!
    Komm gut ins neue Jahr!

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  • Kim Sonksen

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    Love what you did with this album. Stunning stuff

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Your work is a great ad for Glimmer Mist! I like this album and especially the note to Santa that you’ve been good this year;-)

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  • Natasja

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    Looking good! Hope you had a great x-mass!

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  • Karin Strandby

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    Wauww Nathalie… just the way I like it!!!

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  • Katja

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    super!
    ich glaube ich muss mir doch mal diese sprühteile zulegen ;-)

    wünsche dir einen super start ins neue jahr und bald sehen wir uns ja mal wieder, freu mich schon,

    katja

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DT Work: Holiday Hangover Kit Part *ScrapTastic*

Such a fun name for the January Kit by ScrapTastic: Holiday Hangover – and it sure is fun to work with it :)

Echt ein witziger Name für das Januar Kit von ScrapTastic: Holiday Hangover (Feiertagskater ist wohl ne gute Übersetzung ;) ) – und es macht echt Spaß damit zu arbeiten :)

 *Here Comes The Sun*

A little hommage to my friend Marina who unfortunatley lives far away in San Francisco…but she will be visiting us tomorrow for two days- YEAH

I had painted some parts where I wanted to journal with gesso and then rubbed some punchinella on top to give it some texture. the journaling itself is written with a pencil. I sprayed the American Crafts Alphas with Glimmer Mist.

*4th Season*

Well – LOL – when I created this layout I had no idea that this year we would actually have a fourth season with lot’s of snow. I get the kit a couple weeks ahead of time…so…LOL – I should renew this ;)

*Snow man Cards*

If you are not too hangover from the holidays you can even begin to create holiday cards for next Christmas- LOL

*Moods*

For this layout I used a graffiti I had found in Barcelona. I love the tiny alpha included in the kit- it is amazing how much you can journal with it!

Hope you have a nice week in between the years!

Hoffe Ihr habt eine schöne Woche zwischen den Jahren!

  • Kim Sonksen

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    That name is fab for the kit and I have to say I like the look of this kit the best so far. Your layouts and cards are wonderful!

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  • Sue Clarke

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    Great name for a kit and how I feel right now after all the sugar I’ve eaten! Love the “moods” LO and the sweet snowmen.

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  • sylvia

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    hee, holiday hangover indeed is a cool name. i love love love these little snowmans. hoping for more snow!!!

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  • Daphne

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    The snowmen cards are the cutest! And I love the Moods layout :-)

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  • Kerstin

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    Eh, is ja irre, wie Du die Schneemännchen aufgemotzt hast – zuckersüß! Und das LO mit Deiner Freundin Marina drauf hat ‘ne enorme Ausstrahlung. Hach schön!

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