About: Suzanne Marije

1: Having a shopping day in Kleve with Sofie. 2. New leather Iphone case from fadingmist. 3. New plant for on my desk (but it has been sitting on the table in the living room most of the time). 4.Gourmetten with Daniel, Tim and Sofie. 5. Pepper photographed and edited with effects on my iphone. 6. Monday my day with Adelheid (babysitting) such a pretty sunshine she is :D. 7. My Moka express got delivered and it has been thoughrouly tested and aproved. These are all pictures taken within the past week from 25th of November until 2nd of December.

I have been making a list of usable items that I would like to buy within the upcoming year. And to my surprise I apparently crave to get some quality Kitchen items (I do cook/clean and work in the kitchen almost every day). A lot of our kitchen items are worn out and old. This is because over the years we have gotten a lot of stuff from friends and family most of it second hand and now in need of replacement.  We have been moving around a lot and we never really invested in Kitchen items, so the time is now!

I’ve already just ordered a Moka Express coffee maker (I just love those) and I also want new knives/plates/cutlery/cutting boards and the list goes on. So I decided to try and save some money at the end of each month to get one or more items from the list. So at the end of 2012 we will have most of the items and a more complete kitchen inventory.

I recently came across this Rifle paper Co. Recipe card box which I totally adore. Thinking about making it a DIY project.

Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving in the US, where retailers traditionally offer cracking deals to kick-start the Christmas shopping season. In the Netherlands we do not celebrate Thanksgiving but we sure need to do our Sinterklaas and Christmas shopping. So I’m going to offer a slamming Blackfriday and Cyber monday deal on XOXII | Shop.

This means great handmade and unique jewelry against sale prices! So check out the deal details below and get your perfect Holiday gifts at XOXII | Shop

The deal: From Black Friday 25th of November until Friday November 2nd you get 25 % Off your whole order!
With coupon code: “HOLIDAYSHOPPING”

(please enter the coupon code during checkout, not valid in combination with heartsy.me or ohhellofriend.com vouchers)

My shop and me are currently on a small hiatus for one to two weeks. Just rearranging my shop and making new items. Don’t worry I will be back very soon!! All orders are processed and on their way please contact me if you have any questions…You can still follow me on these upcoming hiatus days on Facebook and Twitter and here on the blog of course.

I wanted to share my personal recipe for my Fools Gold – Pyrite – Hand Blown Glass Orb / Sphere Necklace

1. Get some raw pyrite and hammer a bit on it (yes destroy those sparkling rocks, a little) please do place a towel between the pieces of pyrite and the hammer so the tiny pieces will not go flying around. One or two strikes with the hammer are enough. Put all of the hammered pyrite in a strainer above a bowl.
2. Strain the pyrite above the small bowl and you will start to see tiny sparkling pieces falling down. Make sure it all lands into the bowl otherwise you will have a glitter room within no time.
3. Put the tiny pieces of pyrite which have landed into the bowl in the glass orb with tweezers. And string a chain or wire of your choice trough the holes. Finish/close off the holes with tiny gold discs.
4. Tada! you got your necklace (of course add some closing clasps to the end so it can be worn)

Happy Pyrite cooking… the necklace can be found here read more about pyrite and the necklace here