What a marvellous name… The other day I came across this beautiful site of Swedish Hasbeens. The bags, clogs (they call it toffels) and belts this Swedish company makes are based on original 70’s models and are made of ecologically prepared natural grain leather since it’s the most beautiful and the highest quality at the [...]
Entries from September 12th, 2009
In the meantime…
September 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Animals, In the Meantime..., Life
So far we have been lucky with the weather and some evenings we still eat outside. Every day around dinnertime the chickens are aloud to roam free in our big yard and garden. While we are having dinner the chickens stay close to our table waiting to get a few leftovers of whatever we are [...]
Open Art Fair
September 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Art
This time of the year lots of art, craft and design is going on. I try to visit it all and will keep you posted. The second edition of the “Open Art Fair” in Utrecht started on Tuesday and will be going on through Sunday. Yesterday we brought a visit to this Art Fair. Because [...]
Tags:Art Fair·Emiliana Cordaro·Jean-Louis Corby·Open Art Fair
Ceramic
September 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Ceramics, Handmade
Frank Schillo is a young German ceramist. He makes sturdy pieces and I think his work has beautiful shapes. Too bad his website is only in German. He will be at Keramisto, the big International Potters Fair in September.
Tags:FrankSchillo·Keramisto
Harvest
September 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Food, Uncategorized
How was your weekend? My Sunday was rather busy, in the morning I had a long walk with the dogs, I worked a bit in the garden and I harvested lots of bell peppers in my little greenhouse. When all the work was done we went to a nearby gallery to see the work of [...]
End of summer sale at Terry Graziano!
September 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Fashion, Handmade
Terry Graziano of Astoria, New york, started making hats about 15 years ago. All of the designs and patterns are her own original creations. She makes multifunctional hats for women using eco-friendly mill-end surplus fabrics. Each hat is fully lined in silk for comfort, and they are adjustable for head size and shape to create [...]
Write your own story… Make a design for The Jewelry Story!
September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Design, Handmade, Jewelry, Uncategorized
We invite you to join our jewelry design contest! The first entries beginning to arrive and it is very exciting to see what people come up with… International applicants are very welcome to join too! All entries will be judged by a competent jury consisting of writer Dolf Verroen, designer Louise Cohen and jewelry designer [...]
Blowing Glass
September 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Art, Handmade, Life
Next weekend we are going to visit a Glass Art Fair in Leerdam. The fair is on September 11, 12 and 13. They claim to have the biggest collection of modern and old glass objects in the world! I have never been to this fair, so I am going to find out if this is [...]
