Fresh splash!

How fun are these? I love 'em! These coasters were a special request.
I love how they turned out and I'm almost sad to see them go as my customer Marieflyfly, loves them too! :)
I dyed the felt myself and will not be able to reproduce these since I used the lighter dye to make the darker splash...

Work in progress: comfort

I bought this porcelain paperclay some months ago and I have been wanting to try it for some time now. It's fun to work with: very soft, very white and it contains very small paper fibers. I needs a bit to get used too since it's very sticky but after kneading it for a bit, it works fantastic. And when it's fired, it's very, very lightweight.
Why I haven't clayed since ages, I don't know. There are still unfinished mini-feelings on my worktable. I think I haven't been in the right mood to clay...
A friend of mine asked me to make her a custom feeling some time back and she informed about it a few days ago... I think I needed this push to get started somehow.
I think I know what I'll be making for her but I decided I needed to make one myself first, just to get on the right claying track.
It will be the feeling 'comfort'. I'll show you when it's finished.

Dreams and wishes part 2

As part of the Secret Santa questionnaire I sent out a few weeks ago, I asked the participants what they would do/buy with 10 euro, more or less 13,50 dollar.

I loved reading the answers to this question and wanted to share the answers randomnly.

• Red wine
• Junkfood
• Have lunch with a friend
• More chocolate
• Dvd or cd
• On something for the kids
• A book
• A brooch
• Small illustrated book
• A gocco print
• Roses
• A busticket
• Yarn
• Fabric
• Hopefully nothing useless
• Paints
• Pizza
• Buttons
• A soapmaking book
• Really nice cake and coffee
• Crisps and a drink
• Cinema ticket
• Charity
• Food
• Handmade paper/patterned paper
• Make up
• Magazine
• Sketch book
  

Kreativ blogger award

Thank you, Gina, for passing on the Kreativ Blogger award to me.
I love to read your blog: it is a heartwarming place!



Six things that make me happy...
1. My partner and our silly cat
2. The smell of fall
3. A little ray of sunshine on my head
4. A glas of milk with a dinosaurcookie
5. Seeing an old couple walking hand in hand
6. Children's drawings and giggles

I'd like to pass on this award to: Stephanie, Renate, Monika, Heli, Nichol and Alice.

Heli, this is for you! ;)
Hmm, I love Dinosaur cookies! :)

Dreams & wishes part 1

As part of the Secret Santa questionnaire I sent out a few weeks ago, I asked the participants what they would do if they had 1 euro (more or less 1,50 dollar) to spare. I loved reading the answers to this question and wanted to share the answers randomnly.

• Save it in a jar
• Chocolate
• Chewing gum
• Ice cream
• Magnet or a button
• Almond or butter croissant
• Pastry
• An espresso
• Seeds
• Stickers for the kids
• Music (mp3)
• A homeless person
• Crisps
• Sweets
• Charity
• Pencil
• Donut
• Freshly baked bread
• Water
• Hair pin
• Newspaper
• Supplies
• Stamps
• A bead
• Playing the lottery
• Ribbon
• 1 meter elastic trim
• Give it to my kids
• Catfood
  

Conversations

I'm wondering how this number looks on your Etsy... I've been on Etsy since 12th of August 2007 - so these are my conversations for a little bit more then a year...
Actually, I'm wondering if this is normal or not...

Let's write some snail mail

A few weeks ago, I got an address change by e-mail from a Canadian friend of mine that he moved from Scotland, UK to Utrecht, Netherlands. I have know Scott for a long time now, we met in Granada, Spain many many moons ago and we have been writing each other snail mail ever since. The last few years, our snail mail correspondence has dropped consistantly and I miss it since I love getting snail mail.
Then I saw a listing called 'let's write some snail mail' by benconservato on Etsy. Emma Kidd has been in my favorites for a long time and I just love her work. I asked her if she could send some postcards to Scott's new address with a little note from me. And of course, what I hoped for, happened: today I got a piece of Emma's work in the snail mail! Hurray! And it seems to be that Scott loves Emma's work too! Thank you, Emma for making this such a great gift and experience! I'm very happy to hang one of your postcards on my wall! I'll be keeping an eye on your shop! :)