house spotting

There is one couple so enthusiastic about our house, so it might be sold before we know it....
Today we went for a walk in the woods near Groningen and afterwards we drove through several city neighbourhoods. Where are we going to move? Also I'm leafing through design and interior magazines and surfing the internet with whole different eyes and fantasizing (romanticizing) about our new but unknown place. I would love to have one of these rugs from Loom.

new cards

whoeiii

Kitty

Back home

Yippee! Three different cards were made of my three mixed media collages. I'm so content with them! How do you like them?

I will send them to you after you've send me an email. Please mention which one and/or how many you like (Whoeiii, Kitty or Back home). They cost €1,25 each or as a set of three for €3,25 (+ shipping). The cards measure 10,5 x 15 cm and the backsides are left blank. 

(Needless to say that the big diagonal 'vansan' in the pictures is not in the actual cards :-)

agenda

A new agenda with a new handmade customized cover. 

And nice tapes from 'good old' plastic. Why is everyone so into the washi masking tape? I must admit the Japanese tapes look great, but no cart or even the thinnest shred of paper lasts on the wall for a day!

brown/grey

 

 

I'm back at 'school' again...I'm following a design class in textiles and screenprinting. But today's lesson- well it's not really a lesson because you can work independently on whatever you like - started with an exercise in observation and abstraction and convert materials into shape (first 2 pictures).

short vacation Rügen

traditional vacation breakfast spread; notice the greedy hand and look :)

planking

ovary

George and the Dragon

cheerful

 

 A successful festival with great co-workers, a nice looking face at work and at the breakfast table and my embellished wool cardigan make me smile.

we're open!

 

We are in the park! Our cafe, shop and shadowbox are open every day from 16.00 - 22.30 h until Sunday August 28.

It looks great, again, like last year! Come and visit and taste the atmosphere!

vacation for some

While some have vacation, some work hard.
Here are some preview shots of my new work for the Noorderzonfestival shop... there will be a couple of DIY (do it yourself) products, an attempt to stimulate creativity  and encourage handicrafts.
And did you see the Grun(n) Gemaakt blog?

Wander Wasbeer : a diy cuddle

het mooiste zit vanbinnen-bags

A couple of weeks ago a woman emailed me to ask if I still had some of the "het Mooiste zit vanbinnen" bags (a handmade charity bag with the handprinted text meaning 'beauty is only skin deep' Look here). Since I had only a couple of bags left, she offered to help me with the production of some more.  We'd never reallly met before, but I was so surprised and enthousiastic about her offer. I feel so grateful and supported. So, there she was, last Wednesday and she even brought flowers from her garden...
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no rest

Dry the river
August 22 also at the Noorderzonfestival Groningen! I want to attend, I'm in the neighbourhood anyway.

orange and black

Adolescent blackbird found in the garden...