The one with the things I liked this week (part 14)

On the streets

On the streets  

This charming little chapel

I couldn't resist

The one with the new shoes

Last year I spotted someone wearing the most awesome pair of Converse sneakers. One half black leather, the other half panther print. I started searching the internet for a similar pair and found nothing alike. That was until I discovered that the Converse website offers you the opportunity to design your own pair. All excited, I started designing. You can pick a model, colours, prints, lining, stitching, laces... I felt like a kid in a candystore! That was until the last step: the people of Converse don't offer international shipping. So here I was, with a virtual pair of perfect sneakers, and no chance to actually getting them. A couple of days ago, I came across a pair that got close enough, and with some birthday-money left, I ordered them. No black leather, but I think the gold coloured stitching makes up for most of that.

The one with the King

Last week a blogged about the colour orange and the Dutch Queen and Prince here. On april 30th we have Queen's Day in the Netherlands, on this day we celebrate the Queen's birthday. Yesterday was a very special one. Queen Beatrix abdicated the throne and her son was sworn in as King. I ended up at the fleamarket in our towns park and watching television. All.day.long. Normally I am not a big royalty fan, but this was something special. I love fashion, so watching fancy dressed princes, princesses and other important people was right up my alley. Highlight of the day was the royal blue dress Queen Máxima wore, while her husband took the oath. It was designed by Dutch fashion designer Jan Taminiau. 

Some facts about yesterday (source NRCnext)

- 700.000 people visited Amsterdam

- 239.000 of them travelled there by train

- 150 bagpipe-players participated during the concert at the Museum Square

- 1.100 journalists from 54 countries travelled to Amsterdam

- Number of tweets about yesterdays festivities: 303.000

- Most used hashtags were: throne, queensday and abdication

fleamarket at the park

for just 10 cents, I couldn't not buy her

tea with orange treats

the new Queen looked gorgeous in a dress made by Jan Taminiau

The one with the things I liked this week (part 13)

keeping the world weird, on the streets of Nijmegen

having sushi at granny's home

finally using napkins gotten on a citytrip last summer

a birthday gift

this sandwich

pretty packaging

The one with all the orange

Next tuesday our Queen will abdicate, and her oldest son Willem-Alexander will ascend the throne. Even though our flag is red, white and blue, the colour orange is special to us 'Dutchies'. When our national team plays soccer we dress up in orange and on april 30th, when we celebrate the queen's birthday, lots of orange can be seen. Why orange? Willem van Oranje (= Dutch for orange) became the Prince of Oranje in 1544, at only 11 years old! Enough history, on with the good stuff! Orange is far from my favourite colour, the only thing orange I own, is a bottle of nailpolish. But these Etsy finds might change my opinion on this sunny colour.

Organic tea towel

Zipper ring

Scarlet autumn photography

Fox print

Buenos Aires city map

Ombre arrow necklace

Felt and wool necklace

Vintage orange kettle

Polka dot straws

The one with the trip to Groningen

Yesterday I went to Groningen with my mom, our destination was the Groninger Museum. I forgot the duration of the trip: 2,5 to get there and 2,5 to get back home. I was very happy with my fully charged iPod and a good book. Before visiting the museum, we took a little walk around the city and were very pleased to find a flea market at the town square. I found some great things, but unfortunately, the prices weren't very flea market-y, so they stayed in Groningen. 

At the museum is currently an exhibition named Nordic Art, which is an overview of 19th and 20th century paintings from Northern Europe. My favourites were the paintings by Albert Edelfelt and Vilhelm Hammershoi. Besides this exhibition, the Museum has it's own collection, consisting of photography by Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn and duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. Next up at the museum, from the end of may on, will be an exhibition co-curated by Ai Weiwei. I hope the time it takes to get to the museum will be forgotten soon, so I want to go there again for this upcoming exhibition. 

to the left

the Groninger Museum

Nordic Art

Bono, photographed by Anton Corbijn

what we found at the flea market

at the train station, before our long, long journey back home

The one with the things I liked this week (part 12)

making an old picture of my granny into postcards

being able to wear ballet flats without my feet freezing off

things with faces

my new camera

this guy

The one with simplicity

Necklace
Art print
Galaxy thights

Set of 3 leather notebooks
Statement ring
Print

Black and white flower print
Amigurumi jellyfish
Pineapple sketchbook

The one with the things I liked this week (part 11)

dinner with mom

love birds

birthday mail

birthday dinner

 

The one with the birthday

For the next year I will be 31, and even though I am not particularly fond of my own birthday, I thought I might celebrate with a little Roald Dahl poem. Because, who doesn't like macaroons, balloons & baboons?

The one with all the mad men

Don Draper is back! Did you watch the season premiere? I am waiting, and saving up a couple of episodes, so I can have a mini Mad Men marathon. Because of mister Drapers return to television, this weekly collection of lovely things is all about Mad Men. Don't you just love that Joan print?

Dress

New York vintage photography

Vintage glasses

Handmade Fedora hat

Vintage purse

Telephone photograph

Brooch

Roly poly glasses

Joan Harris art print

The one with the chocolate dates

Chocolate is one of the things I love most. I also happen to love dates, so dates dipped in chocolate are a tiny piece of heaven to me. For this I used Medjool dates and extra dark chocolate. It's a bonus that dates happen to be full of vitamins and minerals, and they are a perfect source of iron. They are super easy to make, just melt the chocolate and dip the dates. Cool them and you're done!

The one with the things I liked this week (part 10)

a surprised face

a happy face

easter eggs, sunny side up

blue skies