The weather may have reverted to type in Amsterdam after all those weeks of gorgeous sunshine but I have a huge bunch of sunny yellow tulips on my desk, I am about to leave and go and see No. 75 for the first time since we signed the paperwork (eep!) and I won my first blog prize.

The lovely Sandra from Pepperberry & Co picked my name for a Pay it Forward giveaway. I would love to play along but I don't actually know if I have three readers of this little blog of mine to send gifts to. So, if there are three readers out there who would like a little handmade something so I can fulfil my part of paying it forward then please leave me a comment.

I am going to be time crunched with our holiday in the US coming up so I am going to leave this open until I return in the middle of May and send out gifts in early June. I would hate to rush handmade gifts out that weren't up to my usually high standards. If I don't have enough readers to pay it forward then I will commit to completeing by mid June, the great wardrobe clear out I have been putting off for months and donate clothing to the Salvation Army here in Amsterdam.