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Entries from November 30th, 2009

Groninger Museum

November 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Fashion, Life

The Groninger Museum is known for her outstanding fashion exhibitions. The Museum presents from December 13 on a wide and unique selection of the unconventional fashion designers, Bernhard Willhelm en Jutta Kraus. Sunday we arrived at the Museum and guess what; because I did not read the advertisement accurate, we were 14 days early! The [...]

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Silver napkin holder finished!

November 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · My Work

A few weeks ago we started to work on a commission for a silver napkin holder. It was a lovely project to work on. The shape of the napkin holder was a bit of a challenge but in the end everything went fine. We both are very happy with the result. Inspiration for the napkin [...]

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Handmade clothing

November 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Fashion, Handmade

Do you also love special and good quality clothing but don’t live in a city with many shops?  I am always very happy when I find a designer who makes exceptional clothes. 13 Thread’s is based in Scotland, doesn’t have a shop as far as I know but she has a Etsy shop were she [...]

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Byrd & Belle

November 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Fashion, Handmade

This modern and simple sleeve is made by Byrd & Belle. The felted material is 1/8″ thick and made of 100% Merino wool. It offers great protection for your laptop. Snug fit and modern closure design with heavy-duty graphite snaps. Leather patch at the bottom makes it comfortable to carry. Take a look in her [...]

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Home again…

November 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Handmade, Jewelry, Life

I just came back from Flavourites Live Event in Amsterdam. For 4 days I made a presentation there with our jewelry. It was a nice new initiative for the public to see the people behind the web shops. I realized beforehand  it would be very young and hip but it turned out the whole fair [...]

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See you next week!

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Jewelry, My Work

This is the last post for this week, because today I am going to set up my stand in the World Fashion centre in Amsterdam. Our jewelry and me are going to be there trough Sunday. So I see you next week! Hope you have good days! In the picture you see one of our [...]

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“Hip to be Square”

November 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Jewelry, My Work

Today I am going to compose the collection of jewelry, which we are showing in Amsterdam. From November 20th until November 22 I am going to make a presentation with our jewelry on Flavourites Live Event. It is always very exciting to show our jewelry to the public. Among lots of other jewelry, I take [...]

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Bird houses

November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Design

All the birds have found shelter for the winter in one of the bird’s houses in my yard. Because some of the houses really need replacement I am looking around a bit for new ones. And look what I found the other day… modern bird homes and bird feeders by Eva Solo. Via Panik Design [...]

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Guggenheim inspiration…

November 13th, 2009 · 3 Comments · My Work, Work in progress...

Remember the commission a few weeks back for a silver napkin holder? You can read about it in this post. Well, as you can see… it is on its way… Have a very happy weekend!

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Jim Denevan

November 12th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Art

California based artist Jim Denevan makes freehand drawings in sand. At low tide on wide beaches Jim searches the shore for a wave tossed stick. After finding a good stick and composing himself in the near and far environment Jim draws– laboring up to 7 hours and walking as many as 30 miles. The resulting [...]

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