A Very Happy candleholder

For ages I have been searching for a candleholder that was suitable for this little project. There needs to be some distance between the candles and the decoration and as it turns out, those are hard to find where I live. I finally found this second hand one (I love those temporary Christmas departments that […]

The best presents….

My dear aunt made this for us.She put a little note on the back saying: “Made with a lot of love for you”. The best presents are the handmade ones. Mijn lieve tante borduurde dit voor ons. Op de achterkant stopte ze een briefje waarop staat “Met heel veel liefde gemaakt voor jullie”.Handgemaakte cadeaus zijn […]

The trees are up!

Once Sinterklaas has left the building, I’m stamping with impatience to put up the Christmastrees. Because, let’s be honest: Sinterklaas is a nice guy and it’s a nice tradition, but his coming to the Netherlands doesn’t include a good reason to decorate the home with fun home decor. Santa, on the other hand, thought of […]

Bittersweet blessings

Last week was a bittersweet one. Bitter because I lost my three-day job at the office (the crisis finally reached our company), sweet because the fact that I will be without work next year means that I get the opportunity to sit down and think about what I really want with my (professional) life. Those […]

The owl and the pussycat

Like I said, I had koop. And this is what you get when you make a print with a cat that looks like Molly. This giclee print is a limited edition created by Pilgrim Lee. A long time ago I wrote about her on this blog, when I was craving her alphabet series (back than […]