Dottie Angel

I was just reading the blog of Ingrid of Wood Wool Stool and she mentioned the new book of Dottie Angel. Dottie also made a nice video, you can watch it here:


It makes me want to grab the sewing machine and start creating!

New Book Maak Het ( Make It)

Last week I bought a new book online. The book is called 'Maak het!' written by Machteld Stilting, it is in Dutch and is about 20 women between 27 - 45 years old who have an creative webshop. It is a shame that this book is not in English because it is so inspiring. It tells the story of the ups and downs of starting and owning a webshop and selling your our selfmade stuff online.

I especially liked the story of Ingrid of Wood & Wool Stool. She works in a hotel, like me, and makes stools of used wood and makes a cover for over the stool. I think that's such a great idea. And because I'm a stool fanatic, I have to have one. Ok, maybe I don't have space for it now but you never know! Here are some more pictures:




So you Dutch creative readers, you know what to do... Buy this book, it is worth it!

Weekend & lemonpie

So, how have you been spending your weekend? Mine was primarily in the kitchen. My sister came to dinner yesterday and I made lasagne, it was great. Today we had lunch with family from England. I made a lemon pie which didn't quite work...

This is the picture in the cookbook of how it supposed to look like but unfortunately mine wasn't exactly the same. I'm too embarrased to show you so just enjoy the pretty picture.

When I set the table for the lunch today, I noticed an unintentional Dutch theme with the red, white and blue colours. It looked great and the family loved it!


We had soup and sandwiches and the children loved the breadsticks. All in all a great afternoon. This evening is spend with watching tv, maybe watch a movie and blog a little bit.

Enjoy your evening, what are your plans? Let me know, I would love to hear from you!

Weekend

I made some pictures last friday. It was a very busy day and to relax, I started making some pictures...




I also bought a new book, Bazar style in the Dutch translation, and I recieved the interior magazine VT wonen by mail.


I had a lot of reading to do but had to work yesterday and enjoyed the sun today so I have a lot of catching up to do.

Have a great week!

Books, books, books

Last week, I decided to buy a few books because I walked by my favourite bookstore. Everytime I go there, I want to live there! Maybe I can make a few pictures to show you. I just love it...

So I bought eat, pray, love for me from Elizabeth Gilbert for me and the cookbook The Maze from Jason Atherton for S. I saw Elizabeth Gilbert on a episode of Oprah and was interested to read it. So far, it does not dissapoint!



There's also a book in the picture of Ben Canaider & Freg Duncan Powell called Cooking under the influence which S got for his birthday. He hasn't got time yet to read it but I started flipping the pages today and like the pictures of the recipes and liked the lay-out.

Furthermore, S and I finally went last monday to the movie Slumdog Millionaire, the movie who won the oscar for best movie. Wow, I loved it! It really captures how life is in India in the toughest circumstances. I recommendid it to everyone. A few weeks ago, I saw the movie Milk with a friend of mine. Sean Penn starred in it and he won the oscar for best actor for it. Aand soon, I'm going to the Reader which Kate Winslet plays in who won the oscar for best actress. So, I have an Oscars month ahead of me of great movies to see. But on the light side, tomorrow I'm going to Bride Wars and next week to He's just not that into you. Can't week!

Counting down the days till the weekend!

New books

Last week I finally recieved my new batch of books that I ordered online. So now I started reading in two books at once. But this is because I have no patience and I'm so excited about the books I bought. Which ones...? Well these:




I would like to thank my favourite bloggers for recomanding these books on their websites. It was a while since I last read a book (because of the no patience thing. Except when I'm on holiday, then I read book after book.)but decided that I wanted these two. So if you have any other suggestions which books regarding interior I slould read, please let me know!

Fiep Westendorp

That's what I felt like when I came home after an enormous effort at the gym today. Although I'm a bit thinner and younger than the woman in the picture, the feeling is still the same; hoping that you maybe have lost a few pounds...

This picture is from one of my favourite illustrator Fiep Westendorp because all of her drawings makes me smile! Here's some more of her...







The one with Jip and Janneke at the circus is the same picture that my sister gave me a few years ago because she knows I love the colours that Fiep used for that. It just makes me happy! Fiep made drawings for the books of Annie MG Schmidt who was a children's book writer and every child in the Netherlands has read a book of her so everyone knows the pictures that Fiep made. Last weekend I saw that they also have Annie's books in English (at the American Book Centre in The Hague for example) so if you ever see a book of hers, buy it for your children. They don't want to miss it!