caribbean urban colors

having material substance and texture, using cultural patterns and colors, being nourished by endemic habitat, environment and history.... basic elements of architecture... what i see in bonaire just a simple and modest   collective urban act !   if there is one thing that all most impressive places in the world has in common, i think this is   'regional identity'

princesses and knights party highlights

our very 1st birthday party...just plain..homely..laughing children around

blue fleur-de-lis plates, legos, paper flowers for table decoration

without Engel i can't imagine a party decoration,
books for goodies 
and apple and apple and apple

blow-mind cake from Barbara Bouwer, 
princess hats & knight shields are ready 
for painting activity  

Happily Ever After....

dragon piñata

present an overjoyed final of the party...spending good few hours with glue

hora de la fiesta!

ready for Slaying Dragon activity

Power of the Mothers!
i have learned this brilliant thing from another mother-blogger MomsMishMash 
thank you so much!

the knights have swords, how about the princesses?
made special flower batons for our little beauties

paper knight helmet

hear ye! hear ye!....... calling all knights across the land to the round table

step by step paper the knight helmet

Bon Appetit

how to make a medieval party invitation

all my life i have played adventure games and solved the mysteries of the templar knights

preparing a 'princesses&knights' party was like starting to play an eagerly anticipated game

so worth to be sleepless! 

Step 1 : RESEARCH

creating the invitation with coat of arms, manuscripts, banners etc.

Step 2 : MATERIALS
enough research, going outside! finding some wooden sticks & duck feathers.
i try the most natural & original method.. thats the way i like

Step 3 : MUST LOOK AGED
used the natural dye to make paper look old.. by TEA
for real yellowish result tea must be warm & fresh btw
aaand making some spontaneous spots

Step 4 : SEALED YOUR MEDIEVAL LETTERTYPE
writing with the duck feather like the medieval calligraphers
the most fun part of the process..
attaching wooden sticks with glue gun, for cachet need the primary way; sealing wax!

Happy End!
i feel like a proud Mama-Knight, 
almost same feeling when i finished the game 'Gabriel Knight'
if you ever played GK, you know what i mean :)

a short story of my little ' Le Lokumluk '

take delivery of new orders...order new designs...orders in order

currently i am in my chalcolithic* period

my dear friend Ibrahim, 
who is a coppersmith like his father and grandfather and grand grand etc.

*Heritage of Ibrahim:
From about 7000 BC a few neolithic communities begin hammering copper in eastern Anatolia. The first metal in use was copper in the period between the Stone and Bronze Ages. It is called the Chalcolithic Period (in Greek chalcos:copper and lithos:stone), has been uncovered at Catalhoyuk/Turkey.