Inside and outside my house

Inside the sewing is going on; it has been quite a long time since I have made

clothes, so I started with this little baby kimono. It turned out very cute and the baby's mother was

happy to receive it. The fabric is a replica of famous Dutch traditional costume fabric

You can find the pattern here:
http://habitual.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/habitual_simplekimonov2.pdf

Then, also on the internet, I found  this tutorial and I simply had to make me one.

It does not take much time, requires not too much sewing skills and makes a nice little gift. Use them for all the small stuff in your bag, or make-up, or for money, you name it!

My next one will be in a bigger size...

and finally I want to show this gorgeous July tree (click for a better view).

This one is at the entrance of our neighborhood,

but similar trees are in bloom all over the island at the moment.

Question: does anybody know how to remove the white border around my pictures? I chose the newer, upgraded version  for writing posts, but my old 'trick' for removing the borders does not work anymore.

Anyhow: have a creative start of September!