Guusje

Hoi, ik heet Marieke en ik woon samen met mijn vriend Gijs en onze hond Guus. Ik heb een opleidingsbedrijf voor vliegtuig- en autotechniek en zorg & welzijn. In mijn vrije tijd doe ik hondentraining, naai, vilt en haak ik graag en ik lees veel. Zodra het voorjaar aanbreekt, ben ik ook vaak in de tuin bezig. Ik kweek zoveel mogelijk groenten zelf in mijn moestuin.

Hi, my name is Marieke, I'm 35 and I live together with my boyfriend Gijs and our dog Guus. We also have five mininature sheep. I have a company that trains people in automotive and airplane technique. In my spare time I like sewing, making soap (cold process), wet felting, crocheting, working in the garden, do dogtraining and I like reading too.

• handmade zakka
• Dotee dolls
• French General fabric
• Japanese linen-cotton mix fabric
• English poetry
• ballet
• Jugenstil // Art Deco
• Victorian style (but not gothic)
• playing the piano
• birds, trees, the forest, flowers
• birdhouses
• gardening
• wood
• tea (lots of tea!)
• handmade soap (preferrably perfume oil free, EO's welcome)
• chocolate
• slippers
• flipflops
• cute aprons
• skirts
• fall and spring
• faded colors
• feminism
• marriage equality
• atheism
• products free from animal testing
• vegetarian food
• re-using packaging material and envelopes
• herbal remedies

These colors I really like! I really love it if one of these colors is combined with beige, brown or taupe. I also like pale/washed colors. I love pink but only in moderation please.

Pictures curtesy of Emma Lamb

• anything related to whatever kind of religion
• skulls, day of the dead, gothic
• baroc style
• synthetic fabrics and yarn
• Disney, Hello Kitty, manga and characters alike
• kawaii stuff
• the combination red/yellow
• coffee
• artificial sweeteners
• stickers
• jewellery
• star sign related items
• glitter, rhinestones, bling bling etc.
• ATC's
• scrapping

• Sia
• Indiska
• Kappahl
• Rituals
• PiP
• Twinings
• Simon Levelt

Almost anything classical like Bach, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Mozart, Grieg etc. Ballet music, opera. And music like Simon & Garfunkel, Dr Hook, Jim Croce and Janis Joplin.

• I love English poetry, especially by the Brontë sisters
• The discovery of Heaven - Harry Mulisch
• Joop ter Heul - Cissy van Marxveldt
• Bridget Jones Diary - Helen Fielding
• Jane Eyre - Charlotte Brontë
• The secret garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
• The Chrestomanci series - Dianna Wynne Jones
• A widow for one year - John Irving

And many, many more.

• knitted barets (I do have a rather sizeble head)
• handmade usefull things for the household
• pillows
• zakka books
• fabric 100% cotton
• fabric linen-cotton mix
• washi masking tape
• Japanese stamps (sewing related would be great!)
• Moda charm packs
• woven ribbons (not plain satin)
• cute buttons
• brads with colorful epoxy images like dots, birds, stripes etc.
• tea from abroad
• amigurumi