Enjoying the sun
the strawberries
and each other......
(and taking photo's with weird ghost app's :-)
Sorry about the blog silence!
I've been terribly busy recovering
from my back injury.
(trapped nerve in my back)
All well!
xxxx
31.5.11
27.5.11
Birth screen print
May, 21
Two girl friends
gave birth to two baby girls
My very best youth memories
are shared with these friends
I know them for ages
26 six years
and
like 18 years
(gosh, we are getting old!)
I made them these screen prints
I hope they like them
(one can never be sure,
it's in my nature
to find it a bit scary
to give someone
one of my designs!)
Welcome
Pippi Ronja
&
Saar Lovis
I know for sure
You will be loved to bits!
22.5.11
17.5.11
Screen Print: 'Biscuit'
I love biscuits dipped in tea ....
( ↑ size biscuit = size biscuit ↓ )
Screen print Biscuit
57 by 77 cm
Off white Aquarelle paper
15.5.11
13.5.11
Appeltaart's Ceramic & Paper Theatre
✶
The moon calls out her name,
the stars are lining up for her,
time to leave.
Her footsteps turn into the brightest white.
At midnight,
the girl will be the star of the Magic Theatre.
Hurry!
we don't want to miss a single thing
we will soon fall asleep again....
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nighty night
sleep tight
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10.5.11
MYO: Rocket Garland Tutorial
Today,
I am a guest contributer at
Thank you so much, Jessika
for taking me on board!
I love making garlands. They are festive, fun and easy to make. They make a great gift and you can customize them really easy. In our house stars, rockets and spaceships are a favorite, so I made a garland in this theme but you can choose whatever you fancy. Anything goes!
You’ll need:
- Cutting board
- Scalpel/blade (or scissors)
- Stamps (I made my own, but you can use any you like, preferably symmetrical)
- Ink pad
- Good quality craft Paper
- Needle and thread & a cord
Cut out your prints with a scalpel and print the back too.
Take two identical prints.
In the first print,
you cut a vertical line from center to top,
in the second print from centre down.
Fold your cut out prints together.
The easiest way is to hang a cord in the right room and on the right place where the garland is supposed to be.
I used a fancy knitted cord and I used a shiny thread, both pale blue.
I used a fancy knitted cord and I used a shiny thread, both pale blue.
Assemble together & done!
Visit Oh My Handmade for much more fun!
8.5.11
Bear
I remember it
like yesterday
A bright red bear
in the Sinterklaas catalogue
from our local toyshop
In love
All I wanted
was the red Bear
I was a good girl
My mother
♥
stored
my red bear
safely
I washed it,
repaired it
and Bear waited
ready to be found
Nothing happened
for a long time
until this week
Keep each other safe!
7.5.11
La Petite Magazine
La petite magazine asked if they could use some photographs for their fourth issue.
(Quick tips are from La petite magazine)
We are delighted and proud
(my man worked so hard to build our place!)
Isn't it funny
that it is clearly our living room in those pictures.
I did not change a thing
before taking the photo's
in the morning sun
but somehow
after the children awake
our whole house changes in a place
that would not be recognized
in this beautiful space
This beautiful place turns into a home
where is room to be
& make a mess
and that is exactly
how our house suppose to be
I love a good family home
♥
5.5.11
3.5.11
Do what you love for life
*** Dutch artist Guusje Wannet***
At the age of 29, after relocating from The Netherlands to England, I enrolled at Winchester School of Art, to study for a BA in Textile Design. I remember that day so well. Students with big art projects under their arms, hallways filled with mini exhibitions. The moment I set foot in the building was the moment that changed my life! I said goodbye to my career in child psychiatry and never looked back. This is what I love to do.
A lot has happened since then. We have been blessed with three children, we moved back to The Netherlands and renovated our town house. Our youngest child is now one year old and I’ve just set up my little business. I truly love to make and create. My focus at the moment is on screen printing and paper cutting. My little online shop ‘Appeltaart‘ is taking a lot of time and effort with limited return money wise (yet!), but the joy and happiness, the lovely comments on my blog and doing what I really love on a daily basis, makes it worth having to eat peanut butter sandwiches for supper!
My wish for the future is to become successful enough to keep doing what I truly want. I am an artist. Hopefully within a year Iwill be earning a small salary to enable me to keep going and make investments in my company. My dreams are big. I would love to see my designs on pottery and ceramics and design all sorts of wallpaper. In the meantime, I’ll just keep working, improving and try to keep focus on where to go with ’Appeltaart‘.
You can visit Guusje’s blog ‘Appeltaart’ here and her lovely shop here.
[All images courtesy of Guusje Wannet]
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Are you doing what you love? Join us for the Summer session of the Do What You Love e-course, for tools and inspiration to do what you love, for life.
Class begins June 6, and the course runs for six weeks.
Registration is open now – find out more in the mini e-course site here.
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1.5.11
Screen Print: ' Le grand cirque des Etoiles et des Puces'
This morning
I'm drinking
festival wine
in
Paris
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'Le grand cirque des etoiles et des puces'
♥
65 by 50
Off white Aquarel paper
limited edition
Signed
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