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I'm sorry for not having been here for such a long time.
I have been busy and not busy.
I've been busy with the ECO pop-upstore which we decided to prolong its opening till the end of June. I've been busy with Marjolein to expand our Plustwee collection with beautiful felt baskets (I'll show you pictures of that later). And I have been working on some small new non-textile products for the pop-upstore.
I've been also NOT busy, simply because of illness, or boredom and of creative rut feelings, which occurs on a regular basis :(

Since I have a smartphone I realize how much work it actually is to maintain a constant update of this blog: catch my camera, upload the pictures to the computer, adjust size and shape in photoshop, then upload them into the blog and write something sensible.
Nowadays I mostly post on Instagram. The pictures above are the 'clean' unfiltered ones I recently posted on Instagram.
So... I invite you all to follow me on instagram (too) and I hope to meet you there!

Have a good day x
San

mobile

Recently they turned 17 and 14 ! I am so proud of them, having become such independent and nice people.
My 'new lap top' and mobile office during the Spring holiday, I like to stick around when they are home all day...
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last 2 pictures were taken by a smart phone... I'd like to have one too.

mixed up

When you work from home things tend to get mixed up, especially for me with little discipline....
A little cleaning here, some drawing there, coffee break with a friend is stretched to shopping for hours, sewing at night and mailing and surfing the internet in your PJ till noon....

(un)lucky buys

 

Some unlucky purchases in 4 weeks were these two (!) pairs of very expensive boots. The first one looked very promising but after one week I already sensed that we were not a merry couple. I like them still but I decided to buy another pair of a brand I have good experiences with, so I bought a pair of black ones in the same size as my oldies, unfortunately it appears suddenly my feet have grown or sagged :(  I give the latter another chance, they are on the draw-bench at the cobbler's, but the brown ones have to leave the house. Is anyone interested? They are size 39,  dark brown Panama Jack.

On the other hand...
I made 3 lucky buys from the thrift store in 2 weeks time and they were extremely inexpensive (!)  : green leather boots for only €10 - I chopped the shaft off so they weigh much less and fit even better, plus a new grey woolen upholstered twoseater for €15 and two wonderful green cups and saucers....

... and again my inclination and idealism is confirmed that expensive shopping is just no fun...

feature

Flow nr1, 2013,  p83  click to read

My S'WARM stools are featured in this month's Dutch magazine FLOW. 

Out of enthusiasm and gratitude stool orders are shipped free of charge* within the Netherlands in January and February. I'm happy to inform you on different colours and patterns.

* free shipping for package up to 10 kg.

And another feature!
Our ++ Plustwee cushions are in an inspirational artbook which shows the great diversity of textiles "Textiel Leeft" by Ellen Bakker. The book is available in Dutch, German and English here and in my ECO pop-upstore in Groningen (only Dutch version). I still have to take a good picture of our page, will post that later.

smiling ... gleaming....
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nice mailbox

Today I received this wonderfully decorated cardboard box. I was super surprised by the old Dutch stamps! I think this side of the box will make it into a nice mixed media collage one day.

Teuntje liked the box and the content as well!
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Xmas 2012

 

It's hard to let go of the Christmas decorations and the corresponding feeling ....

Happy New Year everyone!
and Welcome 2013... that many great things may come !

SHOP

Some pictures of our ECOpop-upstore.

Hanneke is styling the shop window

a small podium for products in the middle of the shop

During one of our Sustainable Cafes; the Not Fair Fashion Quiz

 

Information board of all our designers and shop participants

GEMS

I just wanted to show you some impressions of the necklaces I created with the pendants I made the other day. Some necklaces are a combination of vintage buttons and my hand made ones. 

I love the colours, they are so much ME! I used olive, dark emerald, teal, fluor yellow, pale salmon etc.

The necklaces are for sale for €19 each, regardless of the number of buttons/pendants on it, in our ECO popupstore and via mail. If you want I'll show or send you more detailed pictures.

 

The length is easy adjustable by the small button in your neck.

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PENDANTS

A couple of weeks ago I made a small collection of handmade buttons. I intended to use them for necklaces, and I did... but to my annoyance the buttons were hanging up side down all the time.

So today I made some new ones with only one hole, I should call them pendants now.
I used polymer clay, and mixed colors to create my own style and palette.

After baking them half an hour in the oven at 110 degrees Celcius I splash the pendants into ice cold water so they become real hard. 

The next step is to assemble the pendants with a cord and maybe vintage buttons or nice beads. I'll show you the results later. 
And for the ones who live close, I will sell the necklaces in our ECO pop-upstore.