The one with the dino and polkadot jewelry dish

Some time ago (actually months ago.....) I started this DIY. Somewhere in winter, I found a photo of an Anthropologie trinket dish. Silly me forgot to pin it, but in my mind it was white, had polkadots, and involved an animal figurine. I DO remember a very scary price tag. I don't like scary price tags, but I do like recreating things I like, low budget style! I got a dinosaur figurine at the toy store back in january, started painting away and for some reason the pink dino ended up in a closet and stayed there. I guess the dinosaur wasn't a big fan of winter (just like me) and decided to go into hibernation mode..... It resurfaced again a week ago.

What you'll need:

• an animal figurine
• paint (or spray paint)
• glue
• a plate
• a paint brush
• a nail

Cover your workspace with an old newspaper and start painting away. This dino apparantly wasn't a big fan of the colour pink, and needed multiple layers to go from green to pink. Maybe spray painting would have been the better option, but I got this paint a long time ago and it needed to be used! 

After the painting, and when the dino is all nice and dried up, glue it's feet to your plate. Give it some time to dry.

Try out some different sized nails on a scrap piece of paper, to see which size of polka dots you like most. And surround the little dude (or dudette) with dots.

Let it dry, et voila!

 

Have you been doing DIY's lately? I'd love to see your tutorial or result in the comments below! If you're in need of more DIY ideas, you can find some projects over here.

The one with a visit to the Van Abbemuseum

Two sundays ago, mom and me took a trainride to the city of Eindhoven. It's a 45 minute trainride and our destination was the van Abbemuseum. The museum is named after it's founder Henri van Abbe, a collector of modern and contemporary art, with works of artists like Wassily Kandinsky, Marc Chagall and Karel Appel. We took the audio tour, which was awesome! Theatre actor Lucas de Man was the voice of the soundwalk, and took us everywhere around the museum, telling all sorts of tidbits about the building and collection, and interviewing museum staff. The art was amazing, and just the building is worth a visit too. I loved the musical elevator it has, starting with a low voice in the basement, getting more soprano-like the higher it gets. 

The 'knitted' snakes in the restaurant (where I had the most mouthwatering asparagus soup) aren't just for decoration, they also make the space less noisy. Thumbs up for art that isn't just there for it's good looks, but has a function as well.

You might have seen the hi-ha-ha wall on my instagram, I also made a little video. When I grow up, and have a grown-up-people's house, I want this in my living room! 

And as a bonus, we saw this on out way back to the train station. Have you been to a museum lately? Or taken any other trips out of town?

The one with the things I liked this week (69)

A happy mailbox and gorgeous stamps

Finally finished a DIY project and getting supplies for a new one

A museum visit on sunday, more on that next week

Seeing this on my way to work

Loads of lamps

Participating in the annual popquiz marathon

The one with links I like

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I hope this is what heaven looks like. Have a peek at this cheese shop in New York

Fictitious dishes

Which Friends were the closest Friends?

Made me smile

Easy fruit pops recipes

How to make your own fancy Lego magnets

Superheroes need some quiet time too

I'm in love with these ceramic bowls

The one with the things I liked this week (68)

A belated birthday gift. The tutorial for the glittery dish is over here 

Lined up

Getting some sewing supplies for mom

Seeing a pretty house on a bikeride

Fun in the sun

So far, these guys have been alive for a year now

Other than that, I've pretty much been playing this song non stop. Any music you can't stop listening to right now? How was your week? Any special plans for the weekend?

The one with (even) more doors

Doors are among my favorite subjects for photo-taking. After my last door post, I thought that needed to be the last one, because I can imagine not everyone is a door aficionado like me. But after the post about our day in Zwolle, I noticed that there are more of you who like them (or you guys were being polite). So here it is, another post solely dedicated to doors. 

I thought it might be a fun idea, to make another post, with your doors in the spotlight! If you're up for it, you can drop me a line at yourinvisiblecrown@gmail.com including a photo of your door and a link to your blog (if you have one). Let's say somewhere before the end of this month? I'll post your doors (include your link) in the beginning of june. It doesn't have to be a good one, I think if there's an award for most horrific looking door, mine would certainly be a nominee.

Haven't seen enough doors? More doors here, here, and here.

The one with the DaWanda Lovebook

A while ago we were asked if we would like one of our travel notebooks to be featured in the DaWanda Summer Lovebook. Yes please! We were sent some old fashioned paper books, all the way from Berlin. The Lovebook is also up on their website. I loved the mini garden and the basket with the colourful lid. If you're looking to buy someone (or yourself) a gift, Dawanda is having a Family Discount Special, from now on through the 26th. Participating shops offer a 15% discount. Our items can be ordered for a special price on thursday and monday. And look at that stunner of a stamp that came along with the package!