Crafty Norete: January 2009

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Friday, January 30, 2009

MY new granddaugther

Present: my new granddaughter her name is Ila she will be two months old soon.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Flowers

Beautifully flowers, nice to have. good to have friends to remember you . Thanks

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Bolo Rei (literally, "King Cake") is a traditional Portuguese cake, which is usually eaten around Christmas, from December 25 until the Dia dos Reis (literally "Day of Kings", a reference to the three kings) on January 6th. The cake itself is round with a large hole in the centre, resembling a crown covered with crystallized and dried fruit.

The Bolo Rei is baked from a soft, white dough, with raisins, various nuts, and crystallized fruit. Also included is the characteristic "fava", and tradition dictates that whoever finds the fava has to pay for the Bolo Rei next year. Initially, a small prize was also included within the cake. However, the inclusion of the prize (usually a small metal toy) was forbidden by the European Union, citing safety reasons.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Cold Day

Very cold day .25 minus

Sunday, January 25, 2009

A. Alberto

A. Alberto visit India few times this photos he capture there and he love cars. My nephew .

Friday, January 23, 2009

Portugal

I found this Picture on Internet . Happen to be the Church I was Christening .

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Apron

Simple Sewing by Lotta Jansdotter this apron is from her book, this is her site http://jansdotter.com/shop/categ.php?category=17

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Alentejo

Portugal Alentejo . Picture taken on June 2007

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Baixo Alentejo Portugal

This picture is my first work on acrylic ,view from Alenlejo Portugal

Baixo Alentejo Portugal

Monday, January 19, 2009

Snowing

One more picture with white snow .

Friday, January 16, 2009

Present

One the best present for a person love to sew . 100 percent cotton Design by Amy Butler,s

and one her books [ Institches] come inside with patterns and instructions .

http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/products/patterns_top.php

present

For a person like to sew this was one the best things to have

Present From Nancy

For a person love to sew this are one the best things to have . One hundred percent of cotton material design by Amy Butler and one her books {institches} inside are patterns for many different things .

Dust Mitten

Here are the dust mitten Made by Barbara.

Sewing Club

We have a Sewing Club . We starting again on this New Year .All ways we discover new things to sew.This week Barbara made dust mittens she present me with one . I do not like to dust maybe this new mitten will help me to dust on future.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Sandals

My father was a shoemaker he take the measurements of your foot and he make you the shoes you want and fit perfect on 1970 I went to Portugal to visit the family and he told-me no body want any more home made shoes he had made the sandals for a grand kid but he keep them .

I said i take the sandals with me maybe fit one my children's . He do not had any machines just a strait stitches sewing machine the rest done all by hand . Now I have frame this special sandals.