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1. ❤♡/, 2. Untitled, 3. Nedinsco, 4. jaipur2-152

Hello there! I'm back from an amazing few days at 'hello Etsy' in Berlin. I'll make sure to share some pictures later on and share some of the inspiring live streams. For me it is important to give all the food for thought shape now. So my mosaic is all about form, shape and composition. All the ideas and inspiring moments need to be tailored to my taste. And I feel it won't take that long as I feel fully energized and ready to try doing some things different now.
Hope you all had a great week! Glad to be back! :)

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1. Remembrance, 2. The Book Reader,
3. Zulu 13:16 - Incoming Train, 4. Black line

All the above pictures had the word 'Berlin' as tag. That's the place I'll be heading to on Thursday. I'll be attending 'Hello Etsy' in the weekend and will meet up with lots of lovely peeps.
I have a dinnerdate on thursday evening with Vadjutka and Petit Plat. Can't make it too late as Marta will lift me out of bed on early Friday morning since she is coming by night train and will arrive at an ungodly hour. We'll have Friday to gallivant in Berlin together. I've never been there so if you have any 'must-sees' or 'go there's', let me know!
I'll be closing my shop & blog until next week as I'm treating myself to a week vacation. Be good while I'm gone! :)

Change of display

Remember this one?I made a few changes to it...
It became this now:
I just applied a piece of fabric to the existing back and nailed it to the frame again. The back is a kind of foamboard so I can stick little pins onto it and with the fabric, you hardly see any holes so hopefully it can be used for a while! :)
It's part of my fair display but I think it's also a lovely decoration idea to do at home.

Happy weekend, everyone! :)

Flower box

I used to package my flower magnets in little sachets. This involves a lot of work and really all the packaging is a bit of a waste too. Besides that, selling 'em seperately has the advantage the people can choose the color of their choice on fairs. The downpart is, that they look happiest all together in their rainbowcolors so you might be tempted to buy 'em all. :)

I decided to go to the second hand shop and buy a tin box for 0,25 euro (0,35$). I sanded it. Then I put a few coats of white acrylic paint. After all was dry, I applied a transparant glaze. The magnets contrast really well with the white background.
And of course, all the magnets go in the tin. Such little effort! Don't you love recycling?

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1. You drive me crazy, 2. I love tiny things, 3. Tiny, 4. Love for tiny things

It's the first Tuesday of the month so we play by theme if you like.
This week I thought it would be fun to do a tiny, little, small, teeny mosaic. Actually, I found it really hard to make a mosaic in this theme and it kind of took me forever. But I found so much pretty pictures on my search and that's what this Flickr Favorites is all about really.
Everytime I browse through Flickr I get inspired by all the images, colors, angles, textures,... and even though I'm often very occupied with life & work, preparing for the Flickr mosaic Tuesday forces me to take some time to enjoy all the beauty.

Etsy Open

From September 7th till October 1st, Etsy Open will be a fact. In co-operation with 'Open | makers aan de markt' in Leiden, the Netherlands, Etsy will have a pop-up shop there.
They'll fill the space with lots of handmade goodies and besides that, perhaps you can also participate in a small workshop and discuss entrepreneurship over a cup of tea.
Here, you can see pictures of the space in progress.
The official opening is on September 9th with a little party.
It's a great opportunity to meet & greet with the Etsy community in real life so don't miss it if you're in the area.

Hoera Hip Handwerk

A week from now, I'll be at the Fashion museum in Hasselt Belgium. During Open Monument day, the museum has free entrance and gives a little platform to about 20 makers who can show off their work in the entrance space.
I still have lots to do before I can pitch my stall there & I'm frantically working my ass off. At the moment, I'm trying to make a display for the porcelain rings - not sure what the end result will look like but if it looks any good, I'll show you later! :)
Come say 'hello' if you're in the neighborhood: Gasthuisstraat 11 in Hasselt, Belgium.
It's open from 10 AM till 6 PM.