The other day my roommate was replacing his broken light bulb with a new one. Light bulbs are becoming rarer these days, with LED’s taking over and everything and I was gripped by a sentiment that ur...
Remember how a while ago I made a creature from a big white paint stain on the street? Well, since a while there has been a new big stain, very close to the last one. Apparently some bucket got kicke...
Today the lovely Cate from Sangui(knit)ie is here to talk about fitting creativity to your life. I would love to open up the discussion on this topic, because it is such an important one. But first, ...
Not too long ago I collaborated to make this artpiece. We made another one. The line drawing was made by Maxim van Lankveld, I did the coloring part. I love working on art with others. I think it can...
Hello. This post is to let you know that I am feeling fine and will be back soon. I took a couple of days off after my last post to get some peace of mind and I am glad I did. The first week after th...
Today my story isn’t that pretty. Nor happy. I do want to share it with you though.I was supposed to go on a long sailing trip this weekend on the Ijsselmeer (biggest lake in the Netherlands). The tr...
It fascinates me how people have their own different quirky habits, but at the same time we can all be so similar in our weirdness. We are unique, but we also have so much in common. A couple of year...
Last week I collaborated quite randomly with someone I’ve never met. Someone I know asked me to color in a black marker drawing his brother made on canvas. As my days of coloring books are long gone,...
Hello! Just wanted to pop in to tell you that I am over at Live Love Random today with a simple & fun tutorial. Go check it out if you want!
"Ive got all my life to live, Ive got all my love to give"
I dyed my hair. I have been thinking for a while of changing my hair into a way lighter color, but was too chicken to do it before. It did turn out differently from what I expected, but after my init...
I paint in the collaboration ‘Big Bug Collection’: we paint t-shirts at parties and make and sell silkscreen printed shirts. A few weeks back we made some pictures of our shirts. I thought it would b...
The challenge: Make five postcards and mail them.(More details on this week’s creative challenge here)What was fun?Producing. When I create something, even if it is small, I instantly feel more creat...
Let’s talk about rejection, failure and pain. The other day I was a bit bummed out because I faced a minor rejection. Although I could argue on a mental level that it was logical and didn’t matter, o...
When I was about 8, I attended a Christmas dinner with all the children from my class and ate something I still remember. Somehow I was fascinated by our special entrée, and studied it carefully befo...
I set myself creative challenges. This week I have a new one:The challenge: Make five postcards and mail them. The digital age had enabled us to tremendous awesome things, to communicate with our bel...
My last challenge (in more detail over here):Do something that you have been willing to learn, for half an hour every day.Ok so I didn’t make a movie, but I do have a GIF for you. The benefit for me:...
I have another ‘Spread the love’ post for you guys. Spread the love is about initiatives of people all around the blogosphere that make a positive contribution in any way. Today I have a guest from D...
Do you look at clouds and project your fantasy upon them, making them into big white fluffy elephants, ships and ukuleles? I certainly do. But I do not wish to talk about clouds today. In stead, let’...
Today I am over at Sangui(knit)ie (picture is from there as well) with an interview as part of Craftsters & Creatives. You can check out my post here. Dont forget to stroll around Cates blog to g...
I had a great weekend. It included painting shirts with the Big Bug Collection at another Kattekwaad party all night long, good company and conversation, watching stars on the roof top, lying on the ...
I went to a piano concert tonight with a friend. It was a ‘lying concert’ where everybody brought mats and plaids and where you simply lay on the ground during the concert. The whole day had been qui...
This is a hair clip I wear all the time (evidence), I ‘made’ it myself. I took a big red velvet bow from our supply of Christmas decorations and an old hair clip, brought out my glue gun and voila! I...
It has been a while since my last creative challenge, but this week I am up for something new again:The challenge: Do something that you have been willing to learn, for half an hour every day. This c...
For the last few days I have been working quite hard on my final master project proposal, in which I explain the scope of my project, my focus and my plans for the semester. The deadline was today.&n...
I like doodling. I should do it more often. Do you doodle?
I made a sticker design last night that we are going to use for an upcoming event with the Big Bug Collection.
Today the very lovely and inspiring Ashley from The Shine Project will share her most recent project that is all about doing little things for others on a daily basis to make a positive impact on you...
And this is what I would like to call my ‘The hills are alive-pose’.I celebrated my sister’s birthday Saturday with a cooking workshop, dinner, and lot’s of pie. Today flew by; I just came home from ...
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