Etsy treasures: crochet

Who: Emma Lamb
What: Crocheted pillow covers and pot holders
Why: Pot holders by Emma (and displayed like this) are almost fine art! Emma mixes and matches colours in a very subtle way. Besides her work makes me think of my beloved granny who was also a crochet phenomenom. If I ever come across one of granny's pillow covers in my stuffed up textile drawers I'll certainly take a picture and post it.

december G I V E - A W A Y

Looking at the sad news I posted yesterday I just thought: there must be so many people that could use some extra attention, love and joy in December.
I would like to donate three sets of my paper angels accompanied by a (limited edition and not for sale) XL-angel I just created for special occasions. I'll send these to three persons of your choice.

So: do you know anyone for whom this December give away would make a difference, for whom it would bring a little joy in dark times?

Please send me an email with your friends name and adress and write a little text that I can put on a small card in the parcel. I don't mind to send all over the world, it is my treat! On Sunday December 13th I'll have my sons draw three names and I'll send it the next day.
Please send an email to:
info@juriannematter.nl

Cecilia

Tomorrow it is the name day of Saint Cecilia. Today we celebrated the life of our dear friend Cecilia: a beautiful, very honest woman, a super mother of two strong daughters who just - like that - snap - lost her young life last Monday. Dearest Cecilia, we will miss you sooo much....
As you will understand, I didn't feel like posting anything this week.

Coffee and Tea angels

These Christmas angels I specially designed for Douwe Egberts, a coffee and tea company, founded in 1753 and a symbol of Dutch tradition. On the background you can see the moodboard that I made to get inspired and base the designs upon.
They are available from now on in their 'Koffie & Kado' (web)stores (you can find it by submitting the word: 'engel').

cardboard

Scrap lights by the architects from Graypants: handmade shades from recycled cardboard boxes. Seth, Jon and Jonathan strive to develop products that are thoughtful and have impact. But most of all: they want to have fun designing it. And that shows, I think!

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...