winter switch

It was only two weeks ago that I felt completely 'Autumn', smelled pumpkins and fallen leaves, saw 1000 sorts of brown and orange... Today I suddenly switched, don't know why, to my favorite December colours and found sooo many beautiful things on Etsy!
Top left: crocheted wreath by Rhodi. Top right: handwoven kitchen towel, which I am definately going to order, from Nutfield Weaver. Middle and down left: Christmas ornament stitched on handmade mulberry paper, by Personal Threads. Down right: paper ornaments by Tanya Mac.

Etsy treasures: puppets

Who: Jill Bent
What: puppets made from an antique wooden clothespeg and dressed in handknitted and vintage wool clothing.
Why: Wish I could direct an animated movie (about fashion-Paris 1950), with these little ladies as actrices...

bamboo birds

Don't have to be a kid to adore these mobiles... Lorena Siminovich, designer and founder of Petit Collage uses fastgrowing (sustainable) bamboo for these wonderful 'flying objects'!

Etsy treasures: more tea towels!

LEFT
Who: Flockhome
What: Yellow check tea towel
Why: Made of 100% naturally sustainable linen and screenprinted in a beautiful bright yellow with water-based inks.

RIGHT
Who: Mengsel Design
What: Roosters tea towel
Why: Lovely graphic roosters pattern. Love the blue colour on the crisp white, looks so fresh!

Etsy treasures: tea towel

Who: Enormous Champion
What: Tea Towel
Why: This is a brilliant pattern design. Besides, the tulip is our Dutch national symbol (allthough it has its roots in Turkey...)

proudly present: my little elephant!

I remember the moment that Sabien Engelenburg from Engel asked me to design a pattern for tablecloths for her wholesale company. It was a very happy moment. The fact that Sabien, a businesswoman with a good heart and a lovely taste, wanted a series designed by me is an honour!
It was super working together! And I think the result, Little Elephant, is nice. At least: I am proud of it. It turned out to be exactly as I had it in mind.
Two of the pictures above I took myself, one (with cookie cutters) is taken by Sabiens photographer Henny van Belkom together with stylist Saskia Huiting.
Sabien sells al over the world, so don't hesitate to contact her for wholesale information!
And...there is another table-cloth design for Engel on its way!

new house for my new kitchen

During my (too short!) surfing sessions on the web, I notice that I get more and more a focus on kitchen stuff. Found New House, a UK-based webstore today. They sell homeware, textiles and accessories, based on 1950’s Swedish design.
Ordered 5 different teatowels at once (they are not expensive) but then saw the shipping costs to the Netherlands and cancelled it (it was 20 pounds!). I'll have to find out if there are any retailers selling these products here on the mainland!