You undress
The dress I like and you don’t
Summer interior
The kiss
Scanland
Abandoned boat from my hiding place
Alone with you
Beautiful posters by Christopher Gray. (via pinkshirtsandcarwrecks)
Today my sister celebrates her x9 birthday. I wanted to give her something handmade, so I decorated these beautiful vintage plates. (Hope she won’t see this blog before I’ll get there..)
I used the idea of the flower illustration I made a few months ago. I’m becoming more and more familiar with the bakingprocess. So nice to be satisfied with the end result!
Before baking:
The past months I´ve been having problems with my laptop. This blurry screen is what
I´m seeing lately:
It started slowly with a flickering screen, once in a while. I discovered (after a lot of patience) hitting the screen did help. But after a while I was hitting her (I think she is a she) almost every day. It wasn´t healthy for the both of us.
On top of it, I´m also having problems with my camera. It doesn´t focus anymore. No fun making pictures like that. Of course, I don´t have guarantee on both items anymore..
These frustrating problems make me only use the computer when I really need it. I miss blogging and reading my favourite blogs a lot and this has to change soon.. I´m going to check my savings account one more time, because I do believe in miracles. Hopefully next week I can enjoy all the the inspirational contributions from all over the world again!
But, nice things happened as well the last period.. soon more!
Too bad I´m no Donna Wilson. How great would it be to be able to create all kinds of nice and cute products and make a living out of it? A few months ago, I almost bought one of her cloud shaped knitted pillows. But, I had some financial hesitations.. Although she´s not getting any better from it, I hope Donna also likes the idea of inspiring me (and many others) to try to make it myself! I only sew one time before (forget the attempts at age 12), so I was proud of the result. `Look what I´ve made!` Jeroen and the boys were very enthusiastic. Jeroen asked: `Nice! What is it?`. Hidde said:`I know, that`s a caterpillar!` .. `No? Ehh. a racecar, maybe?` I made them stop guessing. It felt a little unsatisfying..
Some other very nice really looking like cloud shaped pillows:
Studio Van San
Collete Bream
Today I visited the Etsy showroom, in the new creatives spot to be: In De Ruimte in Utrecht. A nice selection of Dutch Etsy shop owners showed their handmade goodies. All enthousiastic creatives who wanted to share and talk about their work. For them, it must have been nice to see and hear the reactions of the customers. For me, I didn´t bring enough money.. I´ve bought just a few nice items:
- Moustache stamp from De Krantenkapper.
- 3D cards with 3D glasses from De Krantenkapper
- DIY bracelet from Bint. At home, I checked Corines online shop and I found out she makes the beads herself. That makes it extra special!
If I could, I would have bought a lot more:
Ring from Twinlkebird
Paper lampshade from Studio Snowpuppe.
It´s a shame! I didn´t buy any ceramic work from Kim Welling, yet..
Hand crocheted pendant lamp by MadeByMo.
By the way, it´s still possible to see it yourself tomorrow!
Last weekend I went to a small fleamarket. I didn´t find a lot, especially because I took Hidde with me. He ran so fast along the stalls, I didn´t have any time to recognize the small hidden treasures. Next time (when I´m going alone again), I´m going to buy more postcards. I love those coloured photo´s. The other finding was a (Russian?) wooden blocks set. When I saw the front, I knew I was taking it home. But I stayed cool and inspected the inside. I like the fact no paint was used on the blocks. The windows and doors are burned into the wood. Therefore it still looks brandnew. I love Hidde loves playing with it..
Thanks for your comments! Nice to hear the hearts plate was popular (even if it´s not perfect yet..). To choose the winners, I´ve made two groups; the ones who wanted the hearts plate and the other group were the ones who didn´t mention their favourite one. And here are the winners: Elizabeth and Maureen! Enjoy!
Last weekend Jens got ill, this weekend it´s my turn. Luckily, the kids are having a great time at their grandparents house, so we were able to sleep untill 10! Although I´m still having a terrible headache, I try to ´enjoy´ this free moment as well. Yesterday, I filled up the kiln and saw the results this morning. And just like earlier attempts, I like the bright colors of the ´before´ photo´s better. It seems every color fades away and turns into blue-grey. But apart from the comparing, they turned out quite nice.
If you do like blue and grey, and don´t mind a few minor flaws..I would love to make you happy with this bowl or plate! Leave a message this week (untill next sunday) with perhaps some tips or just which of the two you like best. Perhaps next monday it will be shipped to your adress!
Before:
After:
I´ve drawn some flowers to use as illustrions for ceramics. I just wanted to have some black lined illustrations, but the longer I worked in illustrator the more color it got..Inspired by the beautiful blanket I´ve seen in the even more beautiful house of Diana van Ewijk (found via Bloesem), I´ve decided to make my own blanket.
Photo by Henny van Belkom
I´ve already started to try out some popcorn stitches, I love the wool I´ve worked with, and the pattern looks very nice.
But, I´ve got some hesitations to start this ´project´:
- There are already two unfinshed blanket projects like this, hidden in one of my closets. In the end I wasn´t satisfied about the technique an the chosen material. What makes me certain I´m going to finish this one?
- To make a blanket the size of a bed, I have to crochet about 125 similar parts. 125, that´s a lot of hours doing the same thing.. Maybe a pillow would be nice?
- Besides the work I have to put in it, in total, it will cost me €150. And then I don´t really know what the final result will be. Maybe it will be of a poor B-quality?
- After a little bit of searching, I found two other great patterns for blankets:
Styling by Susanna Vento via The Style Files
Elegant granny style found on Purlbee
Now I´m already starting to have doubts about which pattern and colors I have to choose. Maybe I can combine the patterns? I´m going to think this one through..
- Finally: crocheting isn´t the only option to make a beautiful blanket. I´m also gathering all kinds of woven textiles to sow togheter. Like these examples from HKLiving and Mevr. de Vries:
Making it myself will be the most rewardable option, but it will take me some time to get there. But I commit myself to complete at least one blanket in 2012!
I like the fact it´s still light when I´m cycling home from work. Spring is in the air, or am I being too optimistic now?
The tulips in my home also contribute to my good mood. And suddenly, from a different angle, (because it´s not really common for me to stand on the dinertable), I saw the ressemblance. Now I know where Björk-Forth got inspired by:
About me
I'm Carly, 36 years old, living with Jeroen, Hidde (4) en Jens (2) in Utrecht, The Netherlands. I like art and design (from illustrations and ceramics to interior) and also giving it a try to give my own creative ideas a chance.
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