The one with an after work walk

A couple of weeks ago I decided to take a different route home from work. These are some of the things I found on my walk. It still amazes me how many wonderful spots my hometown has!

The one with sunny Etsy picks

After a weekend with some sunshine, and temperatures that were pretty high for winter, we are back to cold days again. But I've got summer on my mind. Already! That's why I made this post with some sunny Etsy picks. I miss making treasuries on Etsy (and being featured in them with my shop, cause they were always good for extra views, and when one of my items was in a treasury that made it to the front page, that always got me some sales). I miss seeing pretty items I didn't know I needed in my life, or that made a perfect gift for a friend (yay for handmade presents, retrieved from small independed shops!). Seeing these bright colours (I even managed to squeeze in a pretty door!) make me happy, and in my mind I am already spending time reading books outside in the sun, accompanied by a yummy cocktail! 

serving tray

cactus patch

fruity notebooks

Frida pin

door photo

The one with the cool choreography

Just wanted to share this video involving two things I really like: Justin Timberlake and dancing. Hope you'll love it as much as I do!

The one with a quick update

Hi! Happy (somewhat belated) New Year. I really had this resolution to blog more regularly, but somehow life (and I admit, couch-potatoing and Netflix) got in the way. Except for the blogging thing I had this resolution to eat more fruits and veggies, trying to get more hours of sleep, and get more reading done. Which is going pretty well! How has your 2017 been so far? Although I am not very active, blog wise, I am still around on Instagram. So if you like to keep in touch, you can find me here.

The one with links to love

Hi there! Just a quick post for now, things are busy at work! Currently I am making Christmas cards, wrapping up orders for my Etsy shop, and people are finding their way to my brick and mortar shop for cards and presents. I just wanted to say 'hi' and share some likeable linkies. Hope they'll bring some joy to your day :-)

This recipe

An act of kindness advent calendar

This website filled with origami art

Things to start doing

Beyoncé pencils

Happy dance

The one with links to like

Wildlife photography

How to make your morning better 

A cherry candle

What happens before and after drinking 1, 2, and 3 glasses of wine

Metallica, Jimmy Fallon and the Roots

I was a really big fan in high school :-)

 What if the Harry Potter books were written from Nevilles perspective

This flamingo and this Karl Lagerfeld pin

The one with the vintage cars

Since a while my obsession with doors, have been somewhat replaced with vintage cars (although I still like a good door once in a while). It seems that these babies have been crossing my path quite often lately. There happen to be some pretty cool ones in the area I live!

I am not alone with my love for vintage cars, each sunday a whole bunch of Instagrammers use the hashtag #asundaycarpic to accompany their vintage cars-findings. I love seeing what people post at the end of the weekend!

The one with vendors from above

This morning I came across these wonderful photos and just had to share them! They are taken by Loes Heerink from the Netherlands. Mostly, I am a big fan of black and white photography, but on cold grey-ish fall days like these, I can also appreciate bright colours :-)

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The one with some links

International flags made from the country's traditional food

What art museums are for

The best air filtering houseplants, according to NASA

Reenacted photos from the past

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What Rupert Grint did with his Harry Potter earnings

How cool is this pretzel pillow?
Here's how to make your own

The one with some music for your monday

How was your weekend? On saturday we celebrated my friends's son J.'s birthday. On sunday I had a quiet day in, reading a lot, doing some chores around the house and watching Modern Family and Luke Cage. Now let's start this week with some music!

LP - Lost on you

Ásgeir - Heart-Shaped Box 

Jarryd James - 1000x

Dawn Golden - All I want

The one with World Animal Day

Happy World Animal Day! Today and tomorrow you'll receive a 10% discount in our Etsy shop by using code MEOWMEOW. 

The one with the Afrika Museum

Two weeks ago I visited the Afrika Museum with my mom. Although it's only a 10 minute car ride away, the last time I visited the museum, was over 20 years ago. It has a unique collection of both traditional and contemporary art from Africa. The museum consists of two parts, indoor and outdoor. Indoors were two temporary exhibitions, one with photographs from the Masaai in Kenia, and the other one was titled Mythical Animals. Outside, visitors can experience rebuilt African architecture, from several countries.

 Part of the Mythical Animals exhibition

View from the museum to the main road. It was such a beautiful, warm and sunny day!

Not a part of the museum, but this could be seen from the outside part of the museum. We have absolutely no idea what it was, or how to get closer to it. I wanted to ask, but I forgot....

And some sort of selfie

The one with August

We are already a week into September, but I wanted to share some of the pictures that I have taken last month. Maybe you've already seen (some) of them on Instagram. August was a good month, although I wished there was a bit more sun! Supposedly a small heatwave is on its way, and I am looking forward to spending some time on the balcony, with a cold drink and a good book. Currently I am reading the Exiles Return by Elisabeth de Waal (the grandmother of Edmund de Waal, who wrote the Hare with amber eyes).

I see this shop window each morning when I leave my home to get to work. The bright colours make me start the day with a smile

As a kid I loved these tiny, colourful good luck dolls. The door was spotted on a walk from the bus station back home. 

I love vintage curtains, and vintage cars. Wouldn't that little white guy be lovely to have for shop deliveries! I try doing most of them by bike, but when it's raining I take the car.

As you might know, cheese is one of my favourite foods. There aren't many cheeses I don't like! And watching bees doing their thing is something I can do for a long time. It's so soothing to watch them doing work.

I've never noticed this little tower on a school nearby. And how cute are these dudes?