MARLIZ & SUSAN

Last night i was invited to the opening of the exhibition of Marliz Frencken (see my earlier post) and Susan Drummen in 'Het Valkhof museum' in Nijmegen. The works of Marliz are attractive to me as they are sweet and decorative at first sight but the longer you look the more your fantasy is aroused to build your own story around the little statues..She told us she uses a special kind of resin to fix them and keep them from falling apart.

Susan Drummen was a nice surprise, for i adore her groundworks with colored precious stones, metal and glass. The photo's i took are a fraction of the works as they are framed by the photo ofcourse but in reality they have a special effect in the space of the museum. I recommend you to have a look for yourselves! The exhibition will be shown until the 10th of june.

Marliz Frencken

Susan Drummen

SHOES..

Shoes are usually not allover printed, that's why these ones...,apparently an idea from Paul Smith, are absolutely suitable as an inspiring 'graphic' on my pinboard!

OLD PICTURES

 Love these old pictures! (my mom when she was 19)

REAL JOY

The funny thing about designing is that, while you are chucking some more wood on the fire having -15C outside, your mind has no trouble switching from one season to another. Wondering off to new spring collections and their fresh colors and new combinations is a REAL JOY i can tell ya! My desk full of new inspirational color hues..

CHECK!

These beautiful pastel & fluo accented 'allover check' bedcovers from Scholten en Baijings do smile back at me everytime i look at them!

WINTER AFTER ALL...

Some shots i made yesterday in the area around my house. Holland covered in snow...a present for me and my camera! 

STUDIO ON FIRE!

Calendar made by Studio on fire-Lovely letterpress technique

PAUL FRANK

Must apologize.. been busy with work, little time left for blogging..But i'll find time soon and will certainly catch up! This morning i was surfing around a bit and found some of my earlier design work for Paul Frank worn by a very cute and fashionable little guy! His name is Mus! he features frequently on Zilverblauw blog. 

It's a joy to see and actually so much fun to work on kids stuff! Now Anki has an interesting point!..usually tights are made for girls but why not have baby boys wear these fun warm knitted tights too? it's really comfortable and looks absolutely cool! I SAY:GOOD FOR YOU MUS!!

YEAR OF THE DRAGON

This year is the year of the dragon, also my sign in chinese astrology.... hope the dragon year will bring good luck to everyone!

FLOWER ART

The work of Kathy Klein offers a glimpse of the eternal. She creates danmalas, in vedic sanskrit dān means the giver. Mālā means garland of flowers...the giving of flower circles. Kathy Klein’s danmalas illuminate a rare aesthetic.

Relying solely on what she finds in any given environment, she reminds us of the importance of living and creating locally, without forgetting what it means to be a part of a global collective.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

My two little monsters..

GET YOUR BUTTONS OUT!

button deer by thedailytelecraft

LITTLE WHITE FOOTSTEPS

Painting the hall has gone ever so quick this week with the help of a very brave assistant this time. Finding little white footsteps allover the house were just a minor detail considering the time that was saved.....ahum!

X-MAS WALL TREE

This year the Xmas tree is made of WOOL and fluorescent tape. You can easily make it anywhere in your home as long as you have an empty wall somewhere. The decorations i bought on my travels to Nepal (wooden figures) and China (flower + pearl garland) and India (horse). The felt snowflakes are from Ikea and the crochet potholders from a restaurant shop.

The 2 small silver cut-out ornament and heart are designs from my friend Eline. On the cabinet lies a crosstitch cloth from a vintage shop.

PIN TREE!

It's oh so nice to see enthusiastic reactions from people on PINTEREST! Hope the tree can be an inspiration for some for next year's holiday season. And how great it would be if the kids at school could make one to display all the cute stuff they made! I had not even thought about that, wonderful idea by Katie Heaps!

101 WOONIDEEËN BLOG

Watch the booktip on the Dutch 101 WOONIDEEËN blog of 'Eline's Winterhuis book'! it features the photo's of the book, the launch at the x-mas party and i am ever so proud of them showing my printed X-MAS PLACEMAT AND SWEETS. Today is another good day! Thank you Monique van der Vlist of 101W!(do have a peek at her blog too!)

Beware of the april 2012 issue of this creative interior magazine for more! Also the blog of the English magazine 'Mollie Makes' has placed a very nice article on their blog, read more here!

FAMOUS GIRLS

I came across the brilliant illustrations of these famous girls made by Katja Spitzer, they are so cute!

I also love her funny little doodles!! i case you wonder what doodles are exactly:

A doodle is an unfocused drawing made while a person's attention is otherwise occupied. Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be abstract shapes. Stereotypical examples of doodling are found in school notebooks, often in the margins, drawn by students daydreaming or losing interest during class. Other common examples of doodling are produced during long telephone conversations if a pen and paper are available.( info Wikipedia)

WRAF!

My little monster in clay..

XMAS BOOKPARTY!

In my friend Eline's 2nd interior book, a beautiful illustrated guide for making your own home decorations, i participated designing the sweets and cakes with their recipies. (see my earlier post :-)
Preparations for the party started on the monday before on which i helped Eline decorating the location in Veenendaal and setting the special X-mas table. We had a lot of fun that day! including my two little monsters (doggies).  

On wednesday the 30th, the day of the actual bookparty, many people were invited to see the works from the book in 3D. 
They were also treated with new inspiration from the decorated X-mas table. Yes! the entire team had created their own plate space..all kinds of very nice handwork!

Later that day great news was given by the publisher: The book will be translated and published in english in june 2012!

my toffee sugar sweets

festive cookies for tree and treat

my homemade wine bottle

and my printed placemat for the xmas table

my clay giveaway present

Above 3 photo's made by the book photographer Joost de Wolf himself!