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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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magazine spread

I was featured in Dutch magazine 101woonideeën, November edition. I'm proud of course.
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model

Sometimes you are looking too hard, the solution is closer than you think. 
I finally found a model, she's my friend. We did our first photoshoot yesterday, just us two.
Isn't she great?

Collégien

It's funny, some months ago I discovered a shop with lovely slippers. And I don't know how it works but suddenly I notice there's much to do about Collégien lately. (The same when you're pregnant, everybody seems to be pregnant.) I've seen it here and here and now here at Mikodesign. There's a give away at Mikodesign blog of Collégien slippers and if you send in a drawing or collage as well you'll have double chance of winning!
I've send this....

I did some photo editing and sketching on one of my own pictures from here.
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And have you noticed the additional options for comments given below each post?
En heb je de extra opties onderaan elk bericht gezien om commentaar te geven?
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Thank you 101woonideeën (magazine) for posting my cards in your Christmas card countdown!
read more here

DT > NT > DA

Last weekend was great... and busy... but great!

I was preparing my livingroom for the concert and Pop-Up Gallery for days. For the Gallery I wanted all personal belongings out of sight (which is a lot! And you'll only find out when you start cleaning out things) so it wouldn't distract from Megan's, Annet's and my handmade stuff. So... open cabinets were covered with lace and makeshift doors, I dusted the windowsills for a change, removed Bruinis (our floor cowhide), Marjolein and I installed her lamps and window frameworks - which was very nice to work a bit together again. (I really miss our workshop Werkpost, since I crave for collaboration).

Day time:

Night time:

We had 25 guests who'd come to listen to 'Port of Call' (Pieter van Vliet: singer songwriter, age 21! He's a real talent!) and Serbian duo 'Mesta'. Afterwards there was a jam session with Pieter, Jaap (neighbor, friend and organizer of this concert) and my husband Albert.

Day after:

A complete make over in the living, we've never had such a nice shop! Visitors who had attended the concert and turned up the day after were all surprised by the different look of the living.

Annet and Megan turn out to be excellent cake bakers: carrotcake, chocolate cake with vanilla icing, muffins, apple pie.... yummie! Our visitors enjoyed Annet's Attention-tea and the sweets. Our products were scrutinized and well sold. 

We have plans to keep on doing Pop-Up Galleries. So if you have a nice living, hall or big barn or some other more or less empty space (shop/office); please contact one of us. We are open to community and collaboration in arts.

More pictures from Annet on her blog!

no secrets

yep

Fourteen pages open house tour and about my work...
The e-mails keep coming in but the timing is not so good... I have to keep my legs up due to surgery last Monday.

our house

Look here! One preview picture of next issue of magazine '101 Woonideeen' !
(picture by Labl for 101 Woonideeen)

happy 2

I'm very happy (and proud) too with the two publications in Dutch magazines!

open house tour

I proudly present that I'm mentioned in B kids and Bloesem, the blogs of Irene Hoofs in Kuala Lumpur. Pictures made by Simone. Look here, she is also very proud!

And I'm off for a vacation, but I have great news when I get home! Something about a shop and new stuff, and people and work and space and such...

market

This last weekends markets were a great success! Now back to work to prepare myself (and sew a lot!) for 2 fashion shows in Winsum (June 18) and Rotterdam (June 20), and expostion also in Rotterdam And after that Simone and I will be at the Sundaymarket in Amsterdam on June 21.

Bloesem

I'm jubilant! I'm about to have an interview in the Open House Tour column on well-read blog 'Bloesem Kids' ! So if you want to know what my home looks like (with beautiful pictures taken by Simone), and learn more about me and my family, stay posted because I'm busy answering all Irene's questions! In the meantime visit her other blog Bloesem .