Preparations for Utrecht & Antwerp

I've finished most of the work I will bring to the markets.. So now, it's decoration time!! I've glued these plastic trees on a wooden strip, to decorate my stand at Utrechtse Fabriek and Markt van Morgen. What do you think? 

TURNHOUT - thrift shopping finds

I love a good find. And even like it more if it is a bargain.
All the stuff shown on picture above just cost me 8 euro 20


(pillowcase with beautiful african print with ladies in printed dresses and flowers. Cost: 0,50)

vintage metal box with Belgium Royal couple (i think??) Costs: 0,50)
(scoop: In september I will be doing a 'metal box-workshop' based on my Ma Belle Boite. It will take place in a monumental building in Breda, during Open Monumenten Dag.. During the workshop you'll transform an old metal box into something worthy of keeping your old photos, loveletters, jewelry or other special finds)

(And then this one!! An Alain Gree illustrated book (whoohoo) Filled with nice drawings. Cost: 1,00)

(this is from the same book. Just look at the trees...and colours..)

(one more from the Alain Gree book. And one from the french-dutch dictionairy we plan to use with our son A. since I was brought up bi-langual. Cost: 3,00 for the big book, 0,20 for the smaller one)


And the skirt cost me 0,50 (I allready have one in a different colour, but it's my favourite)
The vintage metal frame cost 2,00 and will go fine with ALL the others I have..

This summer: STOP/START

(see my sad face.. while I'm cleaning up my window..)


When we bought a new house this spring, I knew it was going to be a busy summer. Blogpost were amongst the things that dissapeared from my agenda... I don't like change too much, so cleaning up the window in my old workspace, removing the drawings that had been there for quite some time and made my world visible for the outside world was rather difficult. Luckily I'm all about clean, fresh starts. And my new workspace was just like that!

I found a pin on Pinterest I REALLY liked. It looked like a lot of work, it was even more work than it looked like :(  But the best time to paint the floor, is when the space is empty. And it was going to be cramped in no time, with all my boxes of stuff I use for making stuff. But here's a picture of an emty workspace. I'll post new ones when I've tidied up a bit. Looks more like a garage or storageroom now. But a nice one in the garden surrounded with green. Lot's of green.
 

(the picture on the right is all blurry.. took it with my phone, after I smutzed the lens with my dirty fingers.. sorry)

Photo's from our new house will appear from now and then on this blog. As soon as things start to be showable..

GIF/Spielerei

Made my first GIF animation last week, a blinking text! Since then, I really wanted to make more, more, MORE! So here's a bit of my Spielerei of today:

I used an online gif-making-site..

Hip en Handgemaakt

Op zondag 9 juni sta ik in Deventer op de Hip en Handgemaakt markt. Zo ver van huis... Spannend. Als je ook gaat, kom dan even gedag zeggen :D

Richting

Het is zondagavond en ik borrel van binnen.

Misschien omdat het morgen weer eens mooi en zonnig weer gaat zijn.
Misschien omdat de afgelopen 10 dagen boordevol ontmoetingen en gesprekken waren met fijne, sterke, creatieve, stoere of inspirerende mensen.
Misschien omdat ik wat meer duidelijkheid voel over waar ik heen wil met mijn ontwerpen.

Ik ben dankbaar voor deze ontmoetingen, voor de mensen op mijn pad. Voor deze inspiratie. Voor de richtingaanwijzingen. Ik geniet van het uitzicht en de nog af te leggen route.



Deze keer een ander soort bericht, foto gemaakt april 2013, Alicante, Spanje.

My weekend in pictures

FRIDAY

Opening Urlaub in Utrecht, a new illustration and concept store from Ellen Vesters. We arrived too late to meet up with people we knew, and were forced to make new aquintances ;) You can find pictures of some of the nice things Urlaub sells. (it's actually my wishlist..)

SATURDAY

Visited the Bric a Brac market in Lingebos, a french themed fleamarket. Made absolutely no pictures there, only mental ones.. Bought a Richard scarry book, a red leather sholderbag and some tiny plastic monkeys for my evergrowing collection of small plastic monkeys. (what am I going to do with them??)

SUNDAY

Packed up all my stuff in a small car, and travelled to Utrecht. Sun all day, friendly people, sold a lot of my designs, met new people, a fun day at Utrechtse Fabriek!

MONDAY

This time I packed up all my stuff and walked 200 meters to de Grote Kerk in Breda. Had a fun day as well, in a somehow special place for the Home made market, organised by B in Motion during Nassau dag.