Weekend...Have good one!!

I just wanted to make a 'simple' drawing and ended up two hours later with this lady...Time flies when you're having fun :-)

Let the good vibes...

...get a lot stronger! A desktop calendar illustration I made recently for Freubelweb. The illustration is a combination of line drawing, collage and hand lettering. I wanted to create an image with a fun and festive feeling. I think that suits the month July perfectly! You can download the calendar here to remind you to enjoy every single day of this month. Have fun!

Loes from Freubelweb wrote a very nice piece about me on her blog, thanks Loes!

Eyespired!

I'm super proud that my webshop is now presented on the amazingly inspiring website Eyepired. You can find all kind of great inspiration their about Design, Art, Street Art and more. Take a cup of tea (coffee is fine too ;-) and check it out right now!

In the meanwhile

At the Hip &Handgemaakt market at the Openluchtmuseum in Arnhem. We have sunshine! ♡

New family member!

Say hi to the new family member: Uck! He's a sturdy kid's backpack in my Dirty Old Bag series. Lovely company for the ladies Berta, Geertruida, Sjaan and Mientje. They will by up in my webshop by the end of this week...Check it out if you'd like!

On tour: selling on designer markets

I love my webshop in the 'cloud'! But sometimes it's just very fun to sell your work in the 'real' world too. It's so nice to hear from people what they think of your products, I always get al lot of positive energy from it. This sunday you can find me at 'Hip&Handgemaakt' Market in Arnhem. It's the first time I'm enrolling in this market so I'm very excited and curious! The weather expectations are great  (warm and sunny) and as Arnhem is my home town, I'm expecting a super fun day. Come and meet me there!

My personal favorite

I love her on this wooden background! What do you think?

Great news!

Hurray! You can find my webshop now on the very cool Flavourites website! The ladies behind Flavourites collect all the nicest dutch webshops and display them on their awesome site. They also host a big webshop event every year called 'Flavourites Live' in Amsterdam, nice! Really happy and proud that my small shop is now part of their website. Go check it out for sure!

Illustration for the HARDER! magazine

I recently made an illustration for the HARDER! magazine of the Zwarte Cross Festival. 

Dominee Gremdaat wrote a short children's story and I was asked to illustrate it, super fun!

The magazine in for sale right now in shops throughout the Netherlands, how cool is that?

Botanical drawing

I had a great afternoon at Het Pakhuis in Hemmen where I followed a workshop botanical drawing by Wil Wessel. She explained where and how to start to start when making a botanical drawing. The first advice was: start small and simple to keep it fun! So I spent the afternoon staring intensely at a pretty oak leaf. And drew it as well. And loved it. So...to be continued!

 

Da Wanda shop online!

Yay! My new DaWanda shop is now online! For those of you who have no idea what DaWanda is:

'DaWanda - Unique Products from Designers and Creatives
Looking for a completely unique product, the kind that no one else has? Or maybe you need a one-of-a-kind gift for your favourite person's birthday? A lovingly handmade item for your child? Or perhaps you're in need of a little treat for yourself? Look no further than DaWanda for your handmade products, created by talented designers. We hope you have lots of fun exploring and discovering! '

The DaWanda site is a great and fun marketplace to surf around! Please visit it and let yourself get surprised by all the lovely stuff over there, have fun!

The day after

We had lots of fun yesterday at Amsterdam's Museum Market! Thanks for visiting!

Introducing these lovely ladies!

Time to meet Berta, Geertruida, Sjaan and Mientje! I've finally finished these ladies and am really delighted to present them to you now. Right in time for sales kick off this sunday at the Museum Market in Amsterdam! 

Pssst...you can already find them in my webshop now, take a sneak peak there!

Photoshoot

And then there was this fun moment of photographing my dirty old bags! I was already looking forward to shooting these pics in the dirty alley behind my house :-), which I thought to be a great location to fit the theme of the bags.

I love to look at my products through a lens. It just makes everything looks so different. When I saw all these bags together I could hardly believe I made all of these in such a short time. Soon you can find these beauties in my webshop!

Are you sure this is a great location for taking nice pics?!

Yes!!!

Sketching away

Last week I was surprised with a fun request to illustrate a short story for a magazine. So I started sketching straight away as there wasn't that much time to finish it. These are some first sketches I made on the subject. I find this first phase of sketching one of the most fun things to do, just playing and drawing around, no pressure. Just getting ideas out of your pen. Who doesn't love to play right?

The final piece turned out pretty different then the sketches, although I did use elements out of them. When the magazine is published I'll show you the final illustration, a little patience please :-)