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My little creative corner. I like to pin a mix of inspirational and colourful things on the wall above my desk. The desk lamp is from Jielde.
Leaves pattern paper cut in our bedroom.
There are so many little flower shops here in Amsterdam so on my way back home I spotted these beauties. I just love the colours. In the background you can see some of my paper cut houses.
This is Lucien in the bath, lucky boy he has a good view from there!
I discovered the work of French artist and designer Amélie Mancini on Instagram. Amelie makes all her work by hand in her studio in Brooklyn, NY. She works with a variety of medium be it woodworking (oh I absolutely love her arrow wooden spoons!), lino cutting (check out her Tropical collection pattern!) or painting. She also makes letterpress cards, tee-shirts and prints inspired by her love of baseball.
For our second Creative Cutting project, we have this fun and quick activity to do with your children: a little paper puppet show! Just download and print our free PDF here. Take out all your colourful pens and pencils on the table and draw bright tee-shirts and funny faces to the sporty characters. Follow the lines to cut around the shapes and stick them on a bbq wooden stick.
Ophelia and Lucien made a little puppet show for us before bedtime yesterday, it was really funny to hear their silly stories!
I hope you all had a good week. For the weekend I wanted to share with you some images of our packaging we use to pack all our tea towels and cushion covers. It features Famille Summerbelle triangle patterns and has a nice fold at the back. Hope you like it!
I'm really looking forward to this weekend. At last it is getting warm and sunny in Amsterdam!
I wanted to share with you some photos of the Villa Noailles we visited during the Easter holidays for the International Festival of Fashion and Photography (click here to see more on this subject).
Built in the early 1920's by French architect Robert Mallet-Stevens for Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, the villa was one of the very first modernist style buildings constructed in France. The couple Charles and Marie-Laure were both from prestigious families and became well known art collectors and enthusiasts of modernism.
The villa was their holiday home located on top of a hill overlooking the bay, offering stunning views of the mediterranean sea.
Hello. Today I wanted to share with you a small selection of colourful wire products for the home. Do you know of Bend? Bend is a design and manufacturing studio based in Los Angeles making playful lampshades and furniture.
From top: Bar Stool from Bend, Timber and ore bar stool from Woodsmithe, Origami Coffee table from West Elm.
Bright yellow lampshade and basket by Bend:
Ferm Living basket/table:
Garden shelves and storage by Kilian Schindler.
So far this week in the South of France...
1. Paulette, an authentic French café in the Provencal village of Cotignac.
2. Lucien at the Cistercian Abbey of Le Thoronet
3. The best afternoon playing on the beach of Le Lavandou
4. Apéro on the beach at Le Marais Plage in Hyères
