Shoppingtherapy

Hmm, had some serious shoppingtherapy the last couple of days. Here are some pics of what I bought :

Some new red-with-white-dots teacups, the bowls and the stuff on top op the cupboard I got from my mom and aunt.

A watering can, ofcourse the pink one (although I kinda fell in love with the fresh blue one as well).

I also just bought a great coloringbook for grownups! I'm not gonna color it, but going to put them in a frame.. My favorite is a girl on a swing, but don't have it as a pic yet. I will post a pic when I've got it framed.

I also crafted a bit (although it was that much work ;)). A friend gave birth to a little girl, Lara. My boyfriend lived with her in a house when he was a student, and with some other housemates they wanted to give Lara something that referred to where they knew mommy and daddy from :) So this is what I came up with :

I also made another, just for fun :

You can leave your hat on..

I just ordered this great hat for a friends birthday.

Check out this etsy-store, free worldwide shipping right now!

http://www.etsy.com/profile.php?user_id=6734884

Easter(eggs)

Easter is almost here now. I don't really decorate my house for easter, but I DO eat LOTS of eastereggs! Well I should correct myself, I eat cadburry mini-(easter)eggs :) Believe me, once you've tried them, you will never, I repeat, NEVER want any other easteregg anymore.

And since they do not only taste fabulous but also look gorgeous, I think I will buy lots of them and put them in a big glass jar or something... et voilá, there is my easterdecoration!!

(this is also a really cute idea, but the eggs will last about 2 minutes due to my playfull cats ;))

And how cool is this :)

HEMA-agenda

The first thing I did with the floral prints I got from Marieke, is this :

It's my agenda, bought at the HEMA, a great store here in Holland. In the front you can place your own picture or card, and I thought this pattern would be lovely. And I think it is, it makes me really happy! I don't know if I like my name that big on it, maybe I will change that later on.

I heard HEMA also has a store in Paris as well now. Really cool, and I think people all over the world would love it. I got some pictures from products they sell (with really REALLY nice designs), check this out :

I got this nice notebook,with hearts all over it :







I'm still a bit sick, but luckily don't have to work next week. That means I'm FINALLY gonna finish the photo-album!! Pics will be shown later this week ;)

Sick again..

But to cheer myself up a bit, I bought really cute patterns on Marieke's Etsy-shop.

Marieke makes really cute things, like this :

I really can't wait to make those cute paperclips with the flowery design I bought!

Go and get inspired at Marieke's blog :
http://mariekevermeulendesign.blogspot.com/

And then go and buy her beautiful designs at :
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5602391&page=1&section_id=&order

Nice day today :)

Just a quick note today.. I had a very busy but nice day today! A friend of mine, Hjalmar, has his own business and gives trainings/seminars/I-don't-know-how-to-name-it. Too complicated to explain (especially in english ;)), but I've attended one today. If I ever will open my oh-so-desired shop/business (in toys, learningmaterials, interiordesign for schools, childrens rooms, etc.) the things I've learned today will be really helpfull exploring the market.

Hmm, I think I should just leave it at 'I had a very nice day today! thnx Hjalmar!!' :)


Just wanted to share another thing, wouldn't you just looooove to have something like this in your childs room (or even classroom!)??

Yudu!

Yes, that's right, YUDU!
Today I found out about a new Provocraft-product (don't you just loooooove them making things easier and more fun?!) called the Yudu... and ofcourse now I WANT IT!!

It is, what I understand of it, a new and improved kind of Gocco. Not that I ever had a Gocco (when I discovered about them, they already weren't producing it anymore) ;)

So with the Yudu you can screenprint on almost any (flat) surface! Ohhh just think of all the things you could screenprint...

Check out the provocraft-yudu website for some video's on how it works :

www.whatdoyudu.com

On Etsy there is a discussionabout the Yudu, maybe nice to get some reviews:

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=6006138&page=1