Weekend

Last weekend Peter and I did 'un tour de la Hollande'...
We had a great time!

Beautiful place to visit and i do like her work (and coffee!)
Lonneke de Kok - Oisterwijk

Guess we have to visit again in every season! Always something to discover in the garden. Not to forget the shop with books!
We ate cheesecake and citron pie. Villa Augustus - Dordrecht

And thank you Joscha for your hospitality!


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Stories

I do like spaces. Emty and old spaces. Places where you are getting curious about the story behind.


Places & spaces - Lost Places
Deserted Europe


And the space above....
It's our bedroom nowadays...!

Kids

Still one of the greatest kids stores in Groningen. Kidsfavourites//Protonstraat 12B



And do you remember Boas his first found??
He found something special again....Look here JASZAKSCHATTEN


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Daydream

The sketchbook is filling very slowly.
And i will make my first twin card! Very nice!



Last week i got the Liebster blog Award, twice! Marjolein and Kyra thank you very much!

Happy Valentine!

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Whites

It is freezing cold outside but the light is wonderful!





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Urban Carpet

Photos by Instant Hutong


URBAN CARPET 8 pieces 180x180 cm. embroidery on canvas

Carpets are representing different maps of Hutong areas in downtown Beijing with a size of approximately one square kilometre and a population of 30000. Each of them has been isolated and presented as autonomous town within the big city. They are embroidered by hand with the same technique of the propaganda slogans on large fabrics used by the communist party during the seventies. The carpets have been filled with white wire wool insertions.


More to see about MICROURBANISM INTERACTIONS

Inside Inspiration

OD-V
Tomas Voorn
Kiki van Eijk
Jeroen Wand
Bertjan Pot

Sorry, can't remember the last two...
September - Inside design 2011 -

Have a good, inspirational weekend!


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Marjolein Perin

Marjolein Perin is a great designer of handmade felt lamps.
She is featured in the upcoming Happinez
and in march you can read all about her in the magazine Seasons!

Besides lamps, she also makes fabrics and windows.
She now started her blog so you can follow her and her wonderful works!


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Wooden textiles

- the book -




- photos by Sebastian Neeb -


I have a wonderful new book in my collection!
New Artisans by Olivier Dupon.
Impressed by the work of Elisa Strozyk.
Wooden Textiles. Beautiful. Like meditation.

New Year!

We started the new year in our old neighbourhood, the people feel almost like family after all these years. We are rebuilding our kitchen and are almost finished....we are also still enjoying our christmas tree and are playing lots of 'boerenbridge' in between.
There are still a few day left, before school starts again....

And if you are into adventures...this is a great book! The drawings & the strory....






2012 Looking forward to all the adventures to come!

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I guess we will be busy until saterday - 12.00 o'clock...
so i will be back in the new year.

Wish you all good last days of 2011 and all the best for 2012!
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Hunting

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And the winner is....

KNOOPJES

Gefeliciteerd!
Ot trok een lootje tussen de pepernoten vandaan!
Knoopjes; wil je mij je adres mailen, dan kan ik de sloffen naar jullie opsturen!




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Collegien

I didn't win the give-away at Nina's place...
but these GREAT collegien slippers/socks of Ot were too small from the beginning. He never wore them, it's size 28-29

So let's make this another give-away! It you like them, leave a comment!
I'll pick a winner on 5 december; Sinterklaas!!





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Netwerk

It's great how the net works! Half a year ago i received an email , If i still collect paper bags, and yes i do!
So 2 weeks ago (finally) i met Jolanda and received such a wonderful bag with little bags in it...old ones, so beautiful!
I really like the idea that someone comes up with the idea....

So this idea is of a whole other dimension. I guess a lot of you know Roos, her husband is diagnosed with one of the most virulent forms of leukemia.
Her zen teacher Karen Maezen Miller came up with the idea of raising roses! Via this network you can support Roos!
You can read about Roos and her family here.



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Kunstlevens

Kunstenaars (en schrijvers!) het zijn net gewone mensen....




Rhea schreef een boek over levensbeschouwing van kunstenaars en schrijvers. Gisteren stond er een artikel over in de Trouw.
Jammer dat het boek niet werd genoemd, maar je kunt het hier kopen.

(Wil je het hele artikel lezen, mail me dan, dan stuur ik je het toe!)

Weekend

Last weekend i went to see Studio Job and Ruud van Empel with the children at the Groninger museum. We have to do that more often.
We liked it!