zaterdag 30 januari 2010

Finally!

Wow, finally i could change the layout of my blog more to my liking...Thank you for your help Elisabeth! Thank you for the great tutorial tip, here...
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An update on my little girl. Eight monhts old now and happily eating my house keys :))

donderdag 28 januari 2010

Sweet dresses and sweet music keep me happy....

I am a thrifter a gatherer, but I guess i already mentioned that...As i was cleaning out my daughters closet the other day, i came across a dozen of dresses (so very cute) or so she has never worn yet and will not for a while. They are still much too big on her. I took these dresses home over the past few years, hoping i would some day have a lillte daughter who could look sweet in them....Today i desperatly need to keep my self happy and going right now by gathering some sweet(s) and nice things around me.. I feel burried in papers, million of notes, figures and calculations these past few days... I've been trying to make my book keeper (and my wallet)happy to prepare, sort out and structurize a whole years off small bussines activities, .........................................BOOOOOOOOOOORING!!!!......................................................

And the sweet music from Firts Aid kit keeps me happy during this ordeal...
I am working at the pase of a snail right now. At numerous moments already i had to tear my self away from blogs on the internet, If i am not blogging i am fooling myself by telling myself it's soooo utterly important to sort all of my image folders out right now, ore to clean the toilet/bathroom/fold laundry etc... at this very minute.

It's such a hard job to stay focused on the book keeping for me ... How are you fellow small entrepenuers dealing with this yearly drag???? I really wonder how you live through this? Does it take you as much time for you as it takes me? Or do you have some one doing it for you? I think this year i'll have to spend at least 6 whole(8 hour) days at it...AT LEAST!



woensdag 27 januari 2010

Part one ; Badass young people

This picture source; Adelaide RoseI feel it's buzzing around at the web for a while now. I keep stumbling across pictures finds & features on blogs about amazingly gifted, talented and ultimately creative young people. And by YOUNG I mean exactly that.....12 and 13 year olds. These are not just children anymore, not in the way me and my friends were at that age i mean. That these young great minds now lead the way in style & art and design land is NO exception.

I think what their greatest talent is is being who they are, staying centered and close to their own identity. That gives an enormous purity and freshness to the creative world.


Here are some examples of what i mean. i start this list of with my personal favorite;



~Adelaide Rose

Then this sweet and badass young girl, Jenna Mieli, who did an very very good intervieuw at her blog with my very favorite artist Elisabeth Dunker of Fine little day.


Then look at the photo's of the wonderful pictures of ...Nikoline

I will post some more on this topic, i don't want you to forget these creative minds their names and pictures, just because i put to many of them in one post.

maandag 25 januari 2010

Amazed!

Picture Source; Artlab

BaZaar living

Picture source here
This is where i would feel right at home...low budget,
thrifted, found on the street style...my style :)))

vrijdag 22 januari 2010

A Wonderful Swap With Nina

Nina of Ninainvorm is one of my absolute favorite bloggers and an artists, she’s the creator of beautiful screen printed ceramics. And over the past year i was lucky enough to learn what a wonderful and generous person she is as well. Her shop at Etsy has so many items I would love to take home. I just get totally greedy looking through her it. Her blog is one of my daily reads, it’s bright, inspiring, she always has great pictures and focuses on the new and interesting in computer style and design land. And on top of that she is an amazing writer. I love reading her pieces because often she exactly ‘hits the nail on his head’( sorry about this strange sentence, this is a typical a Dutch saying) with her sharp analysis of human behavior, and she has a great sense of humor when she’s putting that into words.
So you understand that I am very happy with my genuine Ninainvorm plate! She also send lots of other goodies in this packaged, like a set of her printed cards, which are prints from some of her wonderful collages. And a sweet little cup with a colorful banner, I will use that one for the new color pencils I recently bought. In a very stressful and tiring week this was a great surprise packaged that lifted my tired eyes and the corners of my mouth to produce a HUGE smile on my face.

Thank you dear Nina for these beautiful gifts and you kind friendship….

maandag 18 januari 2010

My collection/ Mina samlingar/ Mein sammlung/ Mijn verzameling/ Moje zbierky




A while ago I said I would post some pictures proving my hoarding condition.

HOARDING(From; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Compulsive hoarding (or pathological hoarding or disposaphobia[1] or the Messie mindset) is a mental disorder marked by an obsessive need to acquire (and failure to use or discard) a significant amount of possessions, even if the items are worthless, hazardous, or unsanitary. Compulsive hoarding causes significant clutter and impairment to basic living activities, including mobility, cooking, cleaning, showering, and sleeping. A person who engages in compulsive hoarding is commonly said to be a "pack rat", in reference to that animal's apparent fondness for material objects.

I think they are talking about me here. Judging from the light doubt in the way I phrased this sentence, I must be in denile, at least partly. But if you would ask my husband, he would shout out a very loud YES, MY DEAR YOU ARE A HOARDER!

zaterdag 16 januari 2010

Wizard art

Found painted on the wall, while wandering the streets of my home town the other day. It's a schoolkids project, they had to paint their vieuw of where they live. I think it's magical & geniusly painted.

donderdag 14 januari 2010

Virtual award

The Poppies, something new Popptytalk came up with to give the handmade world an extra thing to look forward to and at the same time to celebrate the handmade community.

Just go over here to nominate your favourite blog's in different kinds of categories....Go over there and leave the names of your favorites fast, we have untill the 18th!

I have so many, don't know where to start..

~Mieke Willems
~Tangledskystudio
~Ninainvorm
~Fine little day
~Astulabee
~Anna Emilia
~Enhabiten
~Heather Smith Jones
~Cathy Cullis

These are JUST some of my favotite places to go, and which i will in one of the next days nominate......

Who would you nominate?

Brilliant girl

This girl is just brilliant, Bjork! Her sense of style and inventivness in her appearance are over and over inspiring to me. Here's her site with lot's of great photo's of her. I particularly enjoyed her in Dancer in the dark, the Lars von Trier movie from 2000(also featuring Catherine Deneuve). About Lars von Trier, he's such a brilliant movie director, i could write a whole post about him. Maybe i will, maybe i should....

Here are some gorgeous Bjork pictures..all from here...