Geographically challenged Nov.28-Dec12 - SBB Digital Scrapbooking Forums | Scrapbook-Bytes

zinzilah · #1 (**permalink**) 11-28-2006

Hello Girls, Ladies, gentlemen and all the Geographically Challenged folk!
The Challenge is back on and this time, dust off your cloggs, and adorable white bonnets, and aim your flying carpents, feet or brooms to Holland, I will meet you there! If you are interested in this challenge, register your interest here, and download the dutch freebie by yours faithfully.
Dutch freebie by zin.
I am looking forward to all the Layouts you create! Have fun.

Don't forget to upload to our gallery here.

Carinspixels · #2 (**permalink**) 11-28-2006

nice idea, I might actually give it a try!

zinzilah · #3 (**permalink**) 11-28-2006

You won't regret it Carin, welcome aboard, it;s the safest and most relaxing way to travel, do it digi! With a cuppa coffee and feet up.

Well I clicked post it, and then of course saw that your location is the Netherlands, if you don't mind sharing what inspires you in Holland? I went for delft since my favourite colour is blue, but what would your pick for a "Dutch LO" be? THanks in advance, yours zin

Carinspixels · #4 (**permalink**) 11-28-2006

uhm I think my dutch layout would be cheese and licorise hahahahahaha, windmills, cows, orange from our royal house, wooden clogs *no not everyone wears those most farmers still do* and tulips and stroopwafels offcourse.

Stroopwafels are uhm very thin baked waffles with a caramel filling. Friends of ours send buckets of stropwafels to family in the usa each month

But well I think delfstblauw is great to work with, allthough it makes it a bit harder to match my typical dutch pictures hahaha I was all for adding Sinterklaas since that is a dutch traditional festive but my pics do not match delfst blauw so I'm gonna dig up something else

ang · #5 (**permalink**) 11-28-2006

I just had to reply here. I was in the Netherlands in May of 05 for the 60 year veterans celebrations. I absolutely adored it there and wanted to stay. One of my fav things was the stroopwafels. I brought some home with me. I also got a pair of wooden shoes and my host family gave me a little delft candle holder. I can`t say enough about the Netherlands. I will maybe give this challenge a try.

zinzilah · #6 (**permalink**) 11-29-2006

Goodie-good-good, Ang! We are happy to see anything we can to help us learn more about the world around us. I have already learnt something new about Holland this week, if and when I go back, I must keep my eyes peeled for the stroopwafels, one thing I'd love to do one day, is go and visit at the Queen's day end of April, because there is a very special market in Amsterdam I gather. If there are any experts to tell us more, please, do. TIA

Florentine · #7 (**permalink**) 11-30-2006

Not only in Amsterdam there are markets on Queensday! I live in Nijmegen in the east of the Netherlands and there are also those markets. I realy like 'koninginnedag'

I'm gone try to make this challenge. A dutchie doing a dutch contest ...LOL

Carinspixels · #8 (**permalink**) 12-01-2006

I uploaded my result, i'm not totally happy but well it was a try

The markets your referring at, are held on queensday *koninginnedag* in almost each and every town in the Netherlands, here in my city it's most kids that sell their toys, they are called free markets. They start selling as early as 5 or 6 o clock.

It's a GREAT way to buy awesome bargains, I usually go out at 6 in the morning to score the best things. We always make a 'seeklist' like special books from certain writers, or that 1 special toy the kids miss, and usually we end up with a car full of things for only 25 dollar or something. mostly books, toys for in the yard, and last year we also had 2 great gazelle bikes for the kids.