t-shirt

Annoyed beauty in new handprinted shirt.

cows

Homemade candle holders and my mum when she was 18...

oh and that cow... well yes, I was at a farm yesterday...very near to a couple of hundred majestic cows while they were being milked. I wished I could stay there all day; observing them and listening to them. But the farmer stood in the way. So I offered to help him at the farm one day as an excuse to be near them. I told him I always greet the ladies in the field when I cycle to work. And then he looked at me with a glazed look as if I was mad or joking.

green

My inspiration board and nice tiles in Groningen and Amsterdam.

teenagers

They fight, they play, they nag, they conspire, they hate...they laugh!

markets

Next saturday 12th September I will be at the arts market in Bedum.

Sunday 20th September at the craftymarket in Amsterdam.

invitation to opening

Invitation to the opening of our shop at Werkpost. You can hardly read it. It says:

Opening 27 september 2009
10.00 - 18.00 hrs
WERKPOSTWINKEL, Nieuwe Ebbingestraat 50-52, Groningen.

My colleques: Marjolein Perin, Siepsfabriek, Angelique Ypma, Studio Eigen.

That day it's also Open Design Day in Groningen.

Het paleis (the Palace)

I had a preview in het Paleis (the Palace) in Groningen where 10 (then unfinished) hotel bedrooms are realised and designed by 10 different designers, amongst whom friends Jack Brandsma & Francoise de Thouars of "Een paar ontwerpers".

Room design by Een paar ontwerpers

Albert Geertjes

typically Albert Geertjes' design

picture update I

shop window

my workspace

our shop to be

still no pictures

Since Im 'forced' into this iMac machine by my husband - after many sighs and curses on my old pc- I still don't know how to photoshop my pictures to the right uploadable (blog) size. I'm still (feeling) too busy to find the time for a photoshop and iMac class...

But the Kindergarten project is finally finished! Wonderfull, colourfull hanging bags as some sort of pigeonholes for posts. (See Siepsfabriek for a picture). Many thanks to Peter with the drill.
The last 2 weeks I went to work-that is really a new thing to say...going to work - since I have been working at home the last couple of years. Sometimes I cycle back and forth a 45 minutes tour, still nice summer weather !

great news!

Starting a new workspace in Groningen, so I just moved out of my house. In a month or so I hope that we have started the shop there as well! Sorry for not writing for a long time...have been busy, you can image.
Pictures later!