Big hearts for Meikoningin Designs

Serious Request 2013

Serious Request is a benefit event hosted the week before
Christmas each year by Dutch radio station 3FM. The project
began in 2004, collecting money for Red Cross initiatives.
During 3FM Serious Request three DJs live in a glass house
for six days (five days the first year) on a juice-only fast.
They broadcast on the radio throughout the whole six days
but it's also being transmitted on television. For the first
three years, the house was at Neude in Utrecht.
Since 2007, the location of the house has changed each year.
While the DJs are in residence, they play songs requested
by internet-based listeners or visitors. When requesting a
song, listeners are expected to donate money to the project :
Dutch celebrities also donate money and auction their possessions.
The Serious Request project has also been adopted by Belgium,
Switzerland, Sweden, Kenya and South Korea.
Let's Clean this Shit up (Campaign against children dying
from diarrhea ) is this year's theme. 3FM is broadcasting in
Leeuwarden in the period 18 to 24 December 2013 with
DJs Giel Beelen, Paul Rabbering and Coen Swijnenberg.
A special theme song is being launched under the title
"Shoes of Lightning" by the Dutch band Racoon.

Knitty Cats for Meikoningin Designs

Crimezone Thriller 10-daagse : happy reading !

Happy third Sunday in Advent

Owl for Meikoningin Designs

Happy Santa Lucia with the Swedish Royals

Julegris for Meikoningin Designs

A mushy order for a friend

Christmas gifts evening at Jenifer's

My own tree at the Bookstore !

Happy second Sunday in Advent

Christmas Fairs 2013, part II : Exel, Gorssel and Diepenheim

Christmas Fairs 2013, part I : Doesburg

Happy Sinterklaas !

What to craft ? Craft themes

Wondering what kind of events there are that you can
encorporate in you crafts ? A small selection that i use
myself, in this list :

December - February : Winter 
> December :
Sinterklaas (5th)
Santa Lucia (13th) (liturgical colour = red)
Advent (at the lastest dec. 3rd) (liturgical colour = purple)
Christmas (24th-26th) (liturgical colour = white)
Christmastide / Yuletide / Twelve days of Christmas (dec.25th - jan.5th)

> January :
Christmastide / Yuletide (twelve days of Christmas) (dec.25th - jan.5th)
Three Kings (6th)
World Snowman Day (18th)

> February :
Groundhog Day (2nd)

Valentine's Day (14th)
Sweater Day (in the 2nd week of feb.)

Seasonal reading : this year's list

Sesonal Reading : last year's list

My review of these books :
I really liked The Winter Ghosts, Vinternatt
and Snøstorm og mandelduft.
I did not care very much for the two books
by Valerie Wolzien and the book by Mary and
Carol Higgins Clark.

Happy first Sunday in Advent