Wednesday, March 13, 2024

checkered chocolate coat

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A spontaneous painting project on Wednesday morning. I made a checkered chocolate coat for an old red wooden tiny table, just because I felt like painting.

... and the orange flower buds of the clivia (i bought last week) opened up in my favorite cheerful color, orange!

Monday, March 11, 2024

c l u t t e r c o r e

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Cluttercore. A colourful collection of memories, colours, patterns and designs, that together form a personal style.

Our interior isn't about what's trendy or good taste, but solely what we think is worth displaying and about personal items that we've have collected over the years.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

power of plants

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Our exuberant ficus elastica - once rescued at the plant store in the 'damaged houseplant corner' with a only a few (broken) leaves - has been joined by a clivia, which is about to bloom in orange.

The way i see it, the house is never too green and are the stacks of plates are never too high...

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

hello tuesday!

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Enjoying the little moments of a good day.

Playing together, eating together, taking a bath together, chatting together, walking and shopping together, having lunch together, taking a nap together, eating fruit together, playing (outside) even more together , cooking and eating pasta together.

Good vibes and lots of fun all day!

Monday, March 4, 2024

colorful & personal gift

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This cool colorful blanket i recently made for Imme, the adorable son of my niece Afra from London. It's becoming a tradition, because I once made a harlequin blanket for his sister Mika. (obviously several blankets voor Liam)

And there is another grand-nephew in the family on the way, so i'm about to crochet a new baby blanket project. It's is a relaxed and fun job and if I'm lucky I can do some crochet in the March sunshine in the garden.

If you want to make an original handmade maternity gift (or baby birthday gift), you can download the striped baby blanket crochet pattern from my E T S Y shop.

Saturday, March 2, 2024

den haag - girl with the pearl earring & goldfinch

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Saturday 2nd of March - Den Haag

Seeing the film The Goldfinch last night was the inspiration to go and see the masterpiece by Carel Fabritius today! So we went to the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
The last time we visited this museum was in the early 90s, when we still lived in The Hague, to admire THE painting, obviously. Girl With the Pearl Earring, Vermeer's most famous painting. It is not a portrait, but a 'tronie' – a painting of an imaginary figure.

So today we came especially for The Goldfinch and Girl with the Pearl Earring.

As a bonus we found an incredibly beautiful mural at the Molenstraat, extra enchanting by the March sunlight.

what a beautiful day, we went for a walk in the Noordeinde neighborhood, we visited a few galleries and had coffee & cake on the terrace at Lola Bikes & Coffee.

Later this afternoon we went to West Den Haag, contemporary art in the former American Embassy building. Surprising exhibitions and super cool library, where you can have a drink.

and what a joy that it is finally March!