Fluid harvest

Since the year my parents moved to the country side, every autumn we had to eat/work ourselves a way through the fruit harvest as soon as possible, because of the decay. Piles of applepies, jars of apple sauce and baskets full of pears that needed to be eaten straight away...
Untill last year: My uncle Paul discovered the mobile fruit press!
Mobipers is a professional fruit press on a truck, that travels from village to village in Holland. On one side the apples and pears go in, on the other side your own organic (and pasteurized) juice is put in a so called 'bag in a box', in which it stays fresh for 2 years! The price is 1 euro for 1 liter including the boxes etc.
Yesterday we spend on ladders in their old high-stem trees, shaking branches, picking up pears and apples. The sheep had a feast: all the damaged ones were for them!

Emma's

I found Emma's blog, looking for inspiration to make a moodboard. Needed a nordic (swedish) touch for a new design for one of the biggest coffee company's in Holland. When I design patterns or products I first literally picture the home in which the design would feel at ease and then I start designing. I found the home here, at Emma's!

Colour celebration

Today - grey sky, lots of rain - I was desperate for some colour. Came accross this French artist, Sophie Cuvelier. She lives in a world full of garlands, mostly textile ones (sometimes paper as well!), which she makes by hand. Not only she does the colouring herself, she cuts them, sews them and puts them on a string. She dresses buildings, streets, huge ceilings. Don't forget to click on her 'diaporama', it will make you feel good and smile in a second!

Christmas?

No snow, no cosy candlelight today (it was sunny and 24 C): this is about my Christmas-mailing for the Dutch magazines. All the Christmas publications are being produced in August or the start of September. So, actually I am rather late this year!
Tomorrow I'll send the editors and stylists some new pictures I took from my angels (with the lanterns in the background). Hope they'll give them a little stage to sing their Christmas carols on!

Scholten & Baijings

Wanted to write about Scholten & Baijings already for one whole year, but didn't have a blog back then to post anything on! So here they are, a pair of incredible designers.
Famous for their striped fabrics, but they designed so much more. A friend of mine met them in Milano and she told me that they were so friendly and easy going...
You can buy their cushion covers at the great webshop of one of my friends: BijzonderMOOI*

Home

When I came home my eye caught this: a climbing plant silhouette on the sun screen of my window... so very summer!

Back

Hello again! Had some wonderful weeks abroad. Fresh new inspiration in Germany and good old hard labour versus relaxation-sun-and-fun in France!

In a tiny white church in Bavaria (Germany) I saw this great cushion cover:




And yes...our luxurious stay in the Black Forest was great! Specially the well maintained cottage garden around our house was a real treat (not to mention the German Frühstück!).