What is a Meme ?

Hi There.....Do you like to have fun?

Now if that's not a stupid question..... I don't know what is 😂

Who doesn't like to have a little fun in their lives..... Especially when things aren't the way they are supposed to be..... Someone always has to be the clown..... And I thought why not me..... I sure hope you are not afraid of clowns 🤡

I just love to play the role of the fool..... At least in my blog, I do..... In real life, I am actually somewhat shy 😄

There was a time..... When I was in school still that I used to be so very shy..... If people just looked at me I would turn completely red..... I am glad I got it under control now..... But red is still my favorite color 😁

So actually there are 2 places where I am in my comfort zone..... When I am on my laptop and believe it or not..... When I am singing on stage..... But please don't ask me to speak in front of a group..... I really hate that..... Weird right..... But hey, that's me I suppose 🙃

But enough about me..... Let's talk about memes 😊

Ah right..... What on earth is a meme..... That's what you were thinking..... Am I right 🙃

A meme is a picture that is being spread through Social Media mostly with a text on it to make it funny..... And I sure hope you will like the memes I made for you..... Well, I like them so that's at least one person to start with 😂













Ha..... Now you want to try it too..... Right..... Be my guest..... We can all have some fun together 😊 Hope you like my blog post.....Until next time.....Have a great day


Renata (Seadbeady)


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Where can I find some cool handmade pants for this summer?

Hi There..... How are things going over there?

Here in Belgium, we are taking baby steps to a new way of living with a gradual exit strategy..... We have been in lockdown for quite a while now..... I couldn't even remember how long it was..... So I looked it up and it seems that our lockdown started on the 18th of March..... But we have always been allowed to go outside still to do our groceries..... Or for taking walks, a run or other sports in the parc keeping the 1.5m distance in mind of course 😷

So far only the grocery shops, fabric shops, do-it-yourself, and garden shops were open for business..... Starting Monday all the other shops will be opening their doors again..... But I am not crazy enough to go shopping already..... A little crazy maybe but not that crazy 😂

It feels kinda weird though..... When someone in the supermarket wants to be in the same aisle as you..... They look at you in a way as if you could be their killer..... I am not sure yet if I like it..... In a way, it is pretty badass having people be scared of you..... Renata the Ripper..... Doesn't sound that bad 😁

But then again, who is the scaredy-cat..... Me, I suppose..... I am the one staying away from the brave shoppers next week 😅😂

Although I probably won't be the only one..... Some people will agree that it's just common sense.....That's why I thought I would bring the stores to you other scaredy cats..... And show you a few handmade summer trousers from my beloved Etsy site 😄

Extravagant Black Short Pants * Asymmetric Pants Skirt

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/780307612

High Waisted Pants, Summer Tapered Pants

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/703569841

Linen Women Dusty Pink Trousers, Wide Leg Pants

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/775230019

Teal Ruched Booty Shorts • Cinched Hot Pants for Women

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/716979682

Women 2 Pcs. set/Long pants Crop top set/Summer spring

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/711003246

SASI Mini shorts, summer shorts, hot pants

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/502349738

Leggings, yoga pants, sport pants, Leggingpants

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/713795825

Grey cropped cotton capris / pants / trousers

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/763808242

Cool Shorts with Neon fringes - fluorescent

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/600730149

Wrapover White Trousers with Tie Strings

https://www.etsy.com/nl/listing/543722201

Some of them are pretty cool if you ask me..... But I actually want your opinion..... Did I find something to your liking 😃

Hope you like my blog post.....Until next time.....Have a great day

Renata (Seadbeady)

Behind every unique handmade piece is a lot of hard work. It's a labor of love and every piece you buy will make someone's day a happy day.

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How to be creative during lockdown?

Hi There.....Are you into fashion? 

I'm actually not really into fashion..... And the question is..... Do we still need fashion now that we are all locked up inside..... Do we still need to dress up just to go to the store..... I suppose not..... But then again we will not be locked up forever 😃

That's why today I wanted to share my..... Lockdown Fashion Trends

The trend is actually not for me..... But since lockdown started I have been very creative with a needle and thread..... Together with my new best friend of course..... There will be no fashion trend without him..... I know we are not supposed to let strangers in our homes..... But since my other friend gave up..... Just when I needed him most..... I welcomed my new companion with open arms 😁 

Indeed my new singer sewing machine..... We have become best friends lately 😁 

At first, I started making doll clothes for my granddaughter's baby born doll..... She is 4 years old and the first thing she does with a new doll is undressing her and put her in some other clothes 😂 

So I thought I should give it a try and went to the hobby fair for some small pieces of fabric..... And here are the things I made with those fabrics 🙂 

Pretty cute..... Aren't they 😄 

She actually didn't use my last one for her baby born doll..... But as long as she is happy with it..... That's what's most important 😁 

 
She said her centipede had a cold and needed the dress 🤣
But then something happened that I was not expecting at all..... My daughter loved them so much that she asked me to make some skirts for my granddaughter 😯 

She had never asked this before because she wasn't aware that I had so much sewing experience and could make things like these..... And I never asked her if she would like it..... But I do have to say that I hadn't sewed any clothes since she and her brother were young kids..... I suppose she didn't even remember because it had been very long ago 😊
The problem was that the corona lockdown had started by then and I couldn't go over there to discuss any fabrics or patterns 😳 

So I bought myself a book online with lots of patterns to make skirts for children..... Then using the Whatsapp video I showed her and my granddaughter the different patterns and this way they were able to choose their favorite one 😄 

All I needed now were the fabrics..... I knew she loved the one with the little Bambi's on it very much..... So I went on a search to find a shop where they had that specific fabric and lots of other cute ones 😊 

I found one that had everything I needed..... So I bought myself 1 meter of 3 different fabrics..... Now all I had to do was wait for them to arrive 🙂 

But then when I woke up the next day..... I realized that I forgot to get some elastic for the waist and some pink sewing thread for the pink fabric 😨 

So I decided to go to the supermarket and get some..... But no such luck..... Seemed that lots a people had started making masks and bought up all the elastic..... They had none in stock anymore 😷 

Ok no problem, I thought..... I would try to find some online..... That wasn't as obvious as I had hoped..... I needed an elastic of 2.5 cm wide according to the pattern but it was nowhere to be found..... I did find a set of black and white elastic of 3cm wide..... Not that I needed the black one but better that than nothing at all..... Right 😋 

So I made the waistband a bit bigger to be able to fit in the larger elastic..... And here is a picture of the 2 skirts I already made..... 2 down..... One more to go 🙃 

I was able to deliver the first one to my daughter's home and my granddaughter was very happy with it..... I will have to deliver the second one too but sure hope that I can give the last one to her in person 😍

Hope you like my blog post.....Until next time.....Have a great day

Renata (Seadbeady)

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Are you new at beading? Start beading with this Free Peyote Triangle Pattern

Hi There.....Have you ever done beadwork?

I have done quite a lot..... And I still have to do a lot..... You may be thinking..... Why? Simple because I have a closet full of beads..... Those little buggers are so very addictive 🙃

But I thought to myself..... Why on earth should I go through this alone..... Why not rub it off on a few others here..... That's an evil plan, I know..... But I just can't help it..... I blame my mom and dad..... They are the ones that made me..... I had no say in it 😈

So if you are a bit like me..... Evil..... Come and join me in spreading this addiction..... And start by trying out this pattern to make this Magical Triangle 😋

Here is an example of what we will be making

Picture by Seadbeady

Pattern Peyote Triangle

I always use Toho or Miyuki Delica beads because, in my opinion, they get the best results..... To make it easy it is best to work with 2 different colors of beads..... We will call them A and B

Step 1 

On a comfortable length of thread pick up 3 beads A and go through them again to make a ring as shown on the drawing below

Picture by Seadbeady

Step 2

Pick up 2 beads A and go through the next A bead. I have made the beads from the previous drawing light grey and the newly added beads black.

Picture by Seadbeady

Step 3 

Pick up 2 beads A and go through the next A bead.

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Step 4 

Pick up 2 beads A and go through the next A bead.

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Step 5 

Now we need to step up to the next round by going through the first A bead added in step 2.

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Step 6 

Pick up 2 beads A and go through the next A bead.

Picture by Seadbeady

Step 7 

Pick up one bead B and go through the next A bead. From here on the newly added B beads will be red and the ones from previous rounds will be pink.

Picture by Seadbeady

Step 8 

Pick up 2 beads A and go through the next A bead.

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Step 9 

Pick up one bead B and go through the next A bead.

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Step 10 

Pick up 2 beads A and go through the next A bead.

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Step 11 

Pick up one bead B and go through the next A bead.

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Step 12 

Step up to the next round as you did in step 5

Step 13 

Pick up 2 beads A and go through the next A bead.

Step 14 

We will add 2 beads B instead of one now.

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Step 15 

Repeat this for the rest of this round and step up to the next round as you did before

Step 16 

In the next round we will add 3 beads B instead of 2 and so on

Step 17 

You can make it as big as you want - to end it you make a round by just adding one bead A on the 3 corners.

There is a lot you can do with these..... You can make them into earrings or make several triangles and put them together to make a bracelet 😃

But was is most important is that you have fun making them..... Show me yours when you finished it..... Your triangle of course 😁

One more thing..... Don't come crying to me if you get addicted..... I did warn you 🤣🤣

Hope you like my blog post.....Until next time.....Have a great day

Renata (Seadbeady)

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Where can I get some great prints from my photographs?

Hi There..... Do you like taking pictures?

Isn't taking pictures of the things you enjoy in life the best thing..... I think it is..... I can so enjoy going through pictures of my youth, holidays, the kids..... All kinds of things..... Especially in these times of quarantine..... Pictures from better days..... The days when we were free to go wherever we pleased 😎

Don't worry about it too much..... Those days will come back..... We may even laugh about all this someday..... And the pain from losing someone will fade..... I can tell you about it..... But these things do take time..... But the memories will be there forever.....Especially those you were able to capture in a beautiful photograph 😘

That is something I wanted to talk to you about today because I just received some prints of my pictures from https://www.fotofabriek.nl/..... I know you may think I am old fashioned but I still love to get my pictures on prints..... Ah good old fashioned me hehe 😉

They have some great options for your pictures to try out..... I tried their Retroprints option..... Here is a link to it..... https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/fotos/retroprints/retroprints/ ...... You never know when it may come in handy 😊

And I was so happy to see how my pictures turned out..... Great quality and I especially love the black and white one..... It's a picture of me when I was still a kid..... Ages ago 😁

Pretty cool..... Don't you agree..... They are all pretty good..... Must be because I took them myself..... No, no I can't fool you now, can I..... Of course, I didn't take them all myself 😏

The website has a lot of other great options to choose from..... Let me show you a few

Stapled photo book A5 Landscape

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/fotoboek-maken/

Tiles

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/wanddecoratie/tegeltjes/

Postcards Double square 14 x 14

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/kaarten/kaarten-per-set/dubbel/14x14-vierkant-dubbel/

Picture in frame

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/fotos/foto-in-lijst/

Photo Calendar 21x21 square

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/kalenders/fotokalenders/21-21/

Diary Deluxe A5 Portrait

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/agendas/jaaragendas/deluxe-a5-staand/

Passport photo's

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/overig/pasfotos/pasfotos/

Merci chocolates 400g

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/cadeaus/merci-chocolade/400g/

Magazine A4 Portrait

https://www.fotofabriek.nl/producten/fotoboeken/tijdschriften/a4-staand/

Wouldn't you love that..... Making your own magazine or sending some personalized chocolates..... You can always send them to me 😋

Hope you like my blog post.....Until next time.....Have a great day 

Renata (Seadbeady)

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Where can I find Honey? Where can I find great Honey products?

Hi There..... Do you like honey?

No, no..... Not your honey..... I mean honey made by bees 😋

Did you know that there are stories about honey being used to treat a lot of ails dating back to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians? Traditional Indian medicinal practices and Chinese medicine also made use of honey.

Another thing I found on Wikipedia is that the oldest know remains were found in Georgia dating about 5000 years back..... It seems that people in those days were buried with several types of honey to accompany them on their journey into the afterlife.

I don't know about you but I always am curious about those kinds of things..... Ah yes I have to admit that I am the curious type 😊

There is no point in denying that honey has a lot of benefits..... And on top of that, it is very tasty as well..... Surely you must agree on that 😋

So you can imagine that I was happy to test a few products from https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/

Did you know they sell honey..... Haha of course they do..... But not just that they also have a lot of other things like beauty products, candy, delicacies, candles and so much more.

I was allowed to choose what I wanted to try out..... I found that pretty hard..... They have so many great choices..... But because I wanted to try out different things this is what I picked 😃



The first one I tried out was the honey lollipop..... This is what the site says about it..... They are lovely lollipops made from cane sugar, glucose obtained from wheat and they contain 10% honey..... Here is the link to the product https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/honinglolly/

My own findings of these lollipops are that they are not overly sweet..... Which for me is a good thing because I really don't like things that are very sweet..... Except for my granddaughter..... I love it when she is really sweet haha..... I did like the lollipops but I wouldn't have minded for them to have some more honey in them 😉

Secondly, I tried out the biologic Hair Conditioner..... This is what the site says about the product..... It's an organic hair conditioner from Propolia® that combines honey with reinforcing wheat proteins and cider vinegar to bring out the smoothness and shine of your hair. A haircare product with sweet scents that complement the natural beauty of your hair..... Already one of their favorite products..... Silicone free and Quarts free..... It is suited for people that could use a natural boost for their hair and to make it tangle-free after washing it with shampoo..... Here is the link to the product https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/haar-conditioner-bio/

I actually was really excited to try out this conditioner..... I tend to hide my grey..... Or actually white hair in my case..... Like most women, I color my hair..... Why wouldn't I .....Blondes have more fun..... Or that's what I like to think 😏

And of course, it doesn't change my date of birth but I can only hope it makes me look somewhat younger..... But coloring does make my hair even drier than it already is and therefore it looks somewhat dull and brittle 😵

My own opinion on this hair conditioner is that it does exactly what it promises to do. I am definitely gonna use this again. It doesn't have an overpowering smell and my hair feels nice and soft afterward and I can comb through it easily 😃

The third item I tried out was their Fruit Honey..... This is what the site says about it..... It is less sweet in taste than other honey types and as the name says itself a bit fruity in taste. It is light in color. The crystallization of this honey is slower which keeps it liquid for a longer time. The honey is collected by bees in the fruit orchards..... Because it stays liquid for a long time, this honey is well suited for tea or cake..... Here is the link to the product https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/fruithoning/

You may know it or not but I actually hate coffee and am a fervent tea drinker..... You do not want to know how many kinds of tea I have in my pantry..... So you can understand why I picked this type of honey 😀


So what is my opinion on this type of honey..... I just love it..... It is so easy to use..... no need to scrape the honey from the pot..... Just go in it with your spoon and it solves almost instantly in your tea..... It takes away the bitterness of the tea.....Some teas can turn really bitter when they cool down..... I hate bitter 😖

They have a lot of other great products on their site..... Here are a few more that I wanted to share with you 😊

Real raw honey

https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/rauwe-honing/


Honey ginger wine



https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/ambrosia-honing-gemberwijn/


Propolis drops – tincture

https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/moedertinctuur-propolis-kopen/


Pure Beewax

https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/zuivere-bijenwas/


Honey Soufflé Blueberries

https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/honing-souffle-bosbessen/



Honey power

https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/honingkracht/


Bees- and insect hotel medium

https://www.lekkerhoning.nl/product/bijen-en-insectenhotel-medium/

And I have something special for you too this time..... If you use the code beehappy5 you get a 5% discount on your purchase..... Cool isn't it 😁

Hope you like my blog post.....Until next time.....Have a great day

Renata (Seadbeady)

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