THE summer bag

Blown away by a bag!
Made by the swedish Oddbirds, all the bags are unique and made of vintage patches. I think those large graphic patterns combine beautifully with the small romantic patterns! They are available at Cosas, the webstore of my friend and distributor Anneli in Stockholm.

new lamps, old words

Yay, there was a sunbeam in my workroom so I could take a picture of my new enamel lamps! Found on...good old dutch Marktplaats (which is our local Ebay). Wanted to print some letters for the empty wall and the first words that came across my mind were: LIVE TODAY. Those words are in my mind already for years! But I still need to read them every hour: I'm always heading for the future, always busy and I should not forget to live NOW!

easter morning

Rain and grey clouds outside, a happy celebration of the rebirth of nature (and life) inside!
I have a nice easter lump on my forehead: wanted to break a hardboiled egg there, just like my cool sons do...

etsy 'mustard' finds

Hi! Wanted to show you my new yellow enamel lamps and my easter-table (newspaperbunny, eggs, magnolia in the vase...) but: it is pitch black outside, it rains and I am not able to take any good photographs.
I did find some nice mustard coloured things on etsy though!!! A lovely egg beanie for your easter breakfast by Froggs and Fairies and unique handcut cards by Crafterall. Brightens my day!

bloesem

My small house is on the big Bloesem. Thanks Irene, for patience and publishing!

(21-01-2012:  you can't find the photo's via the Bloesem-link anymore, so I just posted a couple of them here)

just bookmarking

Sometimes I just use my blog to bookmark websites I don't want to forget. London based Present and Correct is one of them. It is an office supply/paper paradise with new and vintage stuff in a great webstore!

my son's wooden spoon

Yesterday my son came home from school with his handmade wooden spoon. This is one of the things I love about the Waldorf school my children are attending (and that I attended some 40 !! years ago...): The respect, love and attention for natural materials.