These photos show a glimpse of our home. I often find myself just looking around at all the pretty things that bring joy and make it our home.
Folding forms
I’ve been all into geometric and folded shapes this past week. It’s crazy, I see them everywhere! So I decided to show you guys the most beautiful things I’ve come across.
The amazing hand folded lamp named Moth is from Studio Snowpuppe. The super cute want-to-have Squirrel origami pin is from The little drömstore. Andrea Simic makes beautiful delicate jewelry like this necklace called Pyramid Illusion. She sells it in her Etsy shop MIRTA. The polyhedra jotter is from the wonderful webshop Present & Correct, I have to say it: I love their product photos! Lenneke Wispelwey made the pastel porcelain cups ‘star & stripes’ I love the fact that they are part of a bigger family of porcelains. And the last one in the row is a work called Altered Book Folded Paper Sculpture from yinsteadofi, another store on Etsy.
The photos of the lamp and the cups I used are from the (web)shop & designshop, they’ve got nice products and have done some very good product photography as well!
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What bag? – Bon Journey & Kauko
Cotton and color are the perfect ingredients for a summer bag!
First one up is the Bon Journey, Process Yellow from The New Domestic, they sell cotton bags with a fun colorful print or a colorful bottom. The Bon Journey is suitable for traveling or for work, for storing your laptop and lots of other stuff! The handles are beautifully fastened with rivets, the cotton canvas is sturdy and the bright yellow bottom is handpainted by The New Domestic. Like they say themselves: they combine utility with style.
On Instagram I saw a bag from Marimekko that I liked, I went on a search for it and found this cute colorful shoulder bag called Kauko! Marimekko is a Finnish textile and clothing design company with lots a great designers. ‘Kauko’ was designed by Tuula Pöyhönen, it’s made from cotton, has light leather handles and two small outside pockets. I love the combination of the three colors but it’s also available in all black. Another one that I really like from the same series is the tote Toimi.
Wander away
When I was little I used to watch Disney movies when I was not feeling well. Nowadays I love to watch everything from Studio Ghibli (and by the hand of Hayao Miyazaki). I ofcourse also watch them when I do feel good but when I don’t I simply have more time on my hands :-) These fantastic movies are one of the things that make me truly happy, wandering away in their world.
The reason for this post is that I’m having a flu right now, this is also why there was no Today’s brooch this week (got some fun new brooches though, and I can’t wait to show you!).
A week of building fun things!
This week the upcoming Etsy Showroom gave me a gentle push to work harder on getting some work finished. I’ve also been building nice wooden constructions to display my work on, I’ll post some pictures soon! For now check out my newest work Evening view!
Something is growing: Etsy Showroom
I’m participating in the first Etsy Showroom in the Netherlands, yay! There are so many other wonderful participants that I’ve chosen a few shops to give you a little taste.
The first one in the list is Factory on the Moon where you can find handmade jewelry of recycled materials like this super cute cloudy brooch. The notebook with a photo print in the shape of a leaf is from Puur Anders, the handmade work in this shop has a beautiful lightness to it.
The zeppelin floating above the mountains is one of three of a postcard set made by de Krantenkapper. They (two sisters) design all fun things on paper and everything that has to do with paper. And yes, the fantastic spirograph is another brooch! It’s from the shop trincar uvas and beautifully handmade. Second Hand Sandy is such a fun name and says it all, the shop sells vintage dinnerware and other vintage things. I love this pretty plate and I so want it!
The big big pillow is from the shop Studio Lilesadi, don’t you just want to cuddle this one! They (twin sisters) make funky prints and silkscreen them by hand on all kind of fabric products. The diagonal photo shows a necklace named the Big Dipper/ Ursa Major. The shop Twinklebird sells a lot of beautiful and delicate jewelry but I’m totally in love with this one. Etsy makes sure that I want and buy a lot! My list is long..
Do you want to know more about the Dutch Etsy Showroom and the lovely Dutch shops? You can read all about it on the Dutch Handmade website. Or else just click on the names of the shops listed above and have fun!
What bag? – An ode to the tote
Five reasons for having and bringing a tote bag!
1 Always have one folded in your bag, it’s very handy during shopping and you never know when that happens. Not only for groceries – use them for all your shopping, it’s so much better than a plastic bag!
2 Your outfit requires a small bag but you want and have to bring a lot of stuff. Add a tote bag and your problem is solved!
3 You have a bag that you obviously love, but it has no pockets on the inside, or it’s an open bag and not so safe for your precious items. Solution: create a bag in a bag, put your vulnerable items in a tote bag and put the tote in your bag.
4 Use a tote bag to make a statement, with a text or an image, something you stand for. A tote bag is a canvas for the creative!
5 It’s an easy and not expensive summer bag and you can never have enough of them!
Amaze me compositions
You guys know that I’m totally into making compositions (I have even got a category named that way). And for inspiration I’m always on the look out for all kinds of compositions made by or devised by photographers, artists and lots of others who like making compositions!
A very good example is the amazing work (big photo) of Scheltens & Abbenes. You see a photo with a composition of several objects that can be found in a home. They made this photo for an editorial assignment for the Beaux Arts Magazine in 2004. The things I admire most in their photographs are the perfectly balanced and positioned objects, the playfulness of how they deal with their objects (they come up with the most wonderful shapes), the perfect alignment and I love their neat aesthetics.
They are a couple, professional and private, and I can imagine that they complement each other in many ways like my partner and I do :-) The small photo is an example of that, he has made the fun packaging for my birthday presents, and I’ve made the composition and the photo.
What bag? – Mini suitcase
It’s been a couple of days since I returned from my five day trip to Oslo and I realized it’s definitely time for a new What bag? I’m still so happy that I found this second hand mini suitcase at a thrift shop in the city of Naarden Bussum in the Netherlands. I love thrift shops and this is one of my favorites, you should totally go there if you’re in the neighbourhood sometime. The outside of the bag is made of reed and leather, the inside of the bag has a cotton lining and what’s extra fun is that it has a real lock. I’m looking forward to spring when I can wear this tiny companion again!
To draw a curtain
A little peek into my working process. I collect imagery of windows, and use this as source material for my artwork. When I see a window that I like in a newspaper or a magazine I cut everything around it away until I have only the part left that interests me most, to me it’s all about the window.
Nice!
:-) Thanks!