Simply Neutrals #013 ;)

Hello sweet friends,

First of all a big thank you for all of you who made the Simply Neutrals parties such a happy gathering, filled with beauty and love!

This week's Simply Neutrals will be the last for the year 2015.

The next one will be on Tuesday the 5th of January.

From a weekly party it will change to a twice-a-month party. Every month there will be two parties: on the first and third Tuesdays of the month. I will add a calendar on my sidebar so we'll easily see when's the next party.

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For this week I chose some photos I took on a Christmas Fair two years ago.

If you visited my other blog, you might have seen this gorgeous castle and its beautiful gardens which is close to our home and where I love visiting.

If you haven't seen my post on this fairy tale castle yet, you can see it HERE.

Every year there is a Christmas Fair, country living style.

They sell all kind of goods,

but of course the focus is on Christmas.

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Features of last week

Here are some of the photos that caught my eye in the party last week.

IF YOU LIKE TO PIN SOME OF THESE FEATURED PHOTOS

THEN PLEASE DO SO FROM THE ORIGINAL BLOGS

OF WHICH YOU CAN FIND THE LINKS BELOW.

(Just click on the name of the blogs mentioned.)

Everyone has made a great effort in creating, photographing and writing blog posts

and I want all credit to go to the owners of these photos.

So please pin these photos from their blogs and not mine.

First I'd like to share with you the stunning journal

Suzy of suziqusthreadworks shared with us.

This particular journal is one of my all time favourites.

It is a journal in which she's experimenting with mixed media

after a workshop of Nellie Wortman.

I love the whole feel of it. It's so peaceful.

Suzy's journal "Through Winter's Door" brings me to another door...

which is photographed by Mascha of Maschas Buch.

A beautiful door with iron work...

And she also shared this great photo of a beautiful stone ornament.

Speaking of ornaments...

Marie of Lost Bird Studios (and also HERE) shared these gorgeous soldered ornaments.

Her soldering work is just stunning.

And I love how she makes these gorgeous vignettes with them.

She also shared this beautiful Christmas tree bottle.

Which makes the circle of this week complete,

bringing us back to where we started,

it being Christmas in only a few weeks!

A castle and a winner

In southern hills, surrounded by woods and fields,

stands a beautiful and grand white house.

It's been called a castle, but I find it more like a manor.

Either way, it's beautiful inside and out.

My loved one deserved to be spoilt,

so I surprised him with a weekend stay in this romantic place.

Once in a while we're allowed to go crazy, aren't we?

It was Valentine's Day after all.

We strolled through the beautiful English style garden or parc and wandered through the woods and fields. Breathing in the fresh air and enjoying some sunshine.

Hence the perfectly good reason why I totally forgot to announce my giveaway winner yesterday. But I'm sure you'll forgive me :)

I'm linking up these photos with Mosaic Monday hosted by Judith of Lavender Cottage.

GIVEAWAY WINNER

The winner of my handmade little notebook, drawn by the random.org random number generator,

is my sweet blog friend Alice from Crealice!!

Congratulations Alice!! I've already sent you an email and hope to hear from you soon :)

Wishing you all a sweet week, filled with love and laughter!

xx Wen

Ps: no, I still haven't found time to do some creative work apart from taking photos in the woods and fields. Of which more to come in future posts.