Happy Friday

Extensive studies have proven that this really is the only right way to ever consume raspberries. So glad we cleared that one up. Follow me on Instagram, yall.

Illustration Crush: Marloes de Vries

I love coming across people who do something similar to what I do, but a million times better. Fortunately for me, there are a lot of these people out there and I keep an ever growing list of...

Perfect

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Home II

I am not a big believer in faith, or destiny. And by that I mean I don't believe in it at all. I don't think there's a bigger plan, or even that some things are meant to be. Coincidences are, in...

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Home

It's been a weird, tumultuous, couple of months. Ash and I decided to break up, after almost a decade. Which, needless to say, has been the most heartbreaking thing to ever happen to both of us,...

The Ass of Winter

See, January always does this to me. Somehow my brain won't understand that winter is not over after new years. Not only is it not over, it's merely the beginning of the dreaded circus of frost...

Real Rockstars Make Cards on Friday Night

As some of you may have noticed, I revamped the blog last Friday night. Yeah, never let anyone tell you that the life of a part time illustrator isn't glamorous. Inspired enough, I spent the hours...

2013

What a year. It feels like after months and months (years?) of holding my breath, I was finally able to exhale and start breathing again. I am more excited about this new year to come than I have...

Absolute Beginner

My life has gotten a complete makeover these past few weeks, months...how long has it been even? The dust has yet to settle down, but being a absolute beginner at something again is both totally...

Hello Etsy Eindhoven

^ The Hello Etsy welcoming team! Zane, Kruti, Marte, and myself behind the very cold reception desk! Saturday was Hello Etsy day, which was just an amazing experience. The event took place in Piet...

Hello... Etsy!

I think I've told everyone now, so I can make this public. I quit my job at the cultural institute and accepted a job at Etsy in The Netherlands! 'AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!' doesn't...

Ladies Night

Weird September Dream

I had a lot of very weird dreams in September. Which I usually just interpret to be the result of my very vivid imagination + crazy neighborhood sounds, but it seems I am now also a natural genius...

Sleep Colored

I promised to show you this drawing again in color, and most of you have already seen the side-by-side comparison on Facebook or Twitter, but just in case you're a Google Reader type of person -...

Portfolio: 'Mag ik u boeken?' illustration

Here's an illustration I did for an event organized by some colleagues of mine. It's a railway-themed literary event in Antwerp where people can bring their favorite books to discuss with each...

Hello Etsy 2012

This is not an illustration post, but I just needed to share. October 27th, Etsy is organizing another Hello Etsy summit, this time on the topic of 'small business in a big world'. Last year the...

Sleep Sans Color

I love using color in my journal. Color, for me, is as important as lines are, if not more important. But MAN does it take fo-evah to color all of those journal pages. I would be such a good little...

Journal Pages: Lago Maggiore, Italy

So I went on vacation to Italy and didn't tell you about it up front because I read about that one couple that put their holiday plans on Facebook and then got robbed while away. I of course still...

Happy Birthday, Meneertje!

Today we celebrated Meneertje's 3rd birthday. He got a new bed for his birthday as he had kind of outgrown the igloo we got him as a kitten. He was superexcited, as you can tell. Also, if I have...

Bikram 30 Day Challenge - Week 4 (and a bit)

Wrapping up!Week 4 started with another great class in Utrecht. I had a brilliant day ahead of me and it was nice to start off the day and the week with an early morning class. My own studio...

Lunch Break

This is the kind of thing I do on my lunch breaks when all my colleagues are on vacation and I am eating my panini at my desk (sssh! don't tell the boss, he hates it when we eat behind our...

Coffee Tables Before & After

Kids, I am so stoked right now. You wouldn't even believe. I just turned three old, crappy, wooden, flea-market coffee table combo into something sweet looking.It took me about a day to sand the...

The Scribble Project

Click on the thumbnail for a larger imageToday, in between sanding and painting three old little tables, taking care of a sick Meneertje, work that isn't work, and choosing wedding-appro- priate...

Bikram 30 Day Challenge - Week 3

Week 3 is kind of a blur and it just felt like the yoga had become a part of my daily routine and I was moving forward, physically. Some days were good, others not so much, but I was able to let it...

Bikram 30 Day Challenge - Week 2

Week two of the challenge (that I am finishing TODAY - but I'm behind on my coloring) was easier and harder, in unexpected ways. Easier, because the mental stress had ebbed away and in its place...

Reshoot, relist, renewed!

Finally got around to reshooting all of the items in my Etsy shop, relisting some older items, and adding some new items I've been working on. Check out my renewed shop here.

PDF zine: Summer Journaling

Hiya! Just wanted to let you know that I'm selling the Summer Journalling PDF zine that I've been using for my workshops this summer. Buy it here (if you want).

Report Etsy Labs: Illustration!

I just spent the most gorgeous long weekend in Utrecht, Holland, meeting up with old friends, biking around the city, enjoying the sun, and feeling quite nostalgic throughout (I grew up + went to...

You're so vain

Still coloring in my journal pages, but here's a little something to tie you over for the week. Click on the image to see a larger photo.