Summertime!

...& happy summertimes for you too!

My first Love

As a mother of 2 young kids, I noticed there's something magical about their favorite first cuddly toys. Any parent reading this will probably agree? Although most of them are dirty, smelly and almost falling apart, they mean the world to them. The way they grab them and keep them close makes me smile. My boy's favorite cuddly toy inspired me to make this watercolor/pen drawing.
I think I fell in love with this one as well ;-)

Get Salt and crafty!

I received the new issue of Salt magazine this week. That's always a pleasure! I know a lot of people don't know about this great (dutch) magazine. It's an active and adventurous lifestyle magazine. Although the magazine is not about arts or crafts or anything that normally inspires me, I love reading it. It has a very pretty layout with matte paper and interesting interviews and subjects.  On top of that it has beautiful photographs in it. Great for inspiration on colours and so on. And the great news: it's not expensive at all! Check it out here for a good read every two months. And after reading: great for tearing apart, gluing, collaging and other crafty stuff.
Do you have any inspiring favorite magazines? I'd certainly love to hear about them!

CHILL!

Just a lovely message for you to start your weekend and let go of all your working-week-related-stress! Have a great one!

Colours!

I always get soooo happy when I play around with colours! Opening my coloured pencil box gives me an instant happy feeling. My small PanPastel boxes do that too. As well as all the other colourful stuff in my small studio. Colours are a powerful tool in brightening up my day. Do you know that feeling too?
I recently discovered Louise Gale. Next to being an mixed media artist, she's someone how knows a lot about colours and their specific energy. She gives online (5 week) classes about this subject....yummie! Signed up for a class starting in September. Looking forward to it already!

All I need