just a sneak peak

Some of the things I made for the Craftymarkt.

clothes pins:

button rings and brooches on a display:

memo boards:

hand stamped ribbon:

craftymarkt

Next saturday I'm selling my mamutopia stuff at the Craftymarkt in Amsterdam! Some information for the dutchies:

Yay, I'm so excited and really looking forward to it. Last weeks I made a lot of clothes pins, memo boards, button rings & brooches and a whole army of pincushions. And now I'm almost done, what a relief! No stress this time :) The only thing I'm slightly worried about is the weather, because the forecasts aren't so nice (rain go away, I don't need you this weekend!). We'll see, maybe it isn't going to be that bad after all. At least my booth has a little roof!

must-see-monday : small square design

There so much lovely stationary available, I almost can't handle it anymore! Today I stumbled upon Small Square Design who sells cards, note books and gift tags. It's oh so pretty!

weekly happy stats

This week some stupid and annoying things happened (like getting hit by a car!), but I still managed to think of 5 happy things. If you try hard enough, you'll always find something nice!

strange tea?!

Someone inside me says I only bought this tea because of the packaging... I haven't even tried it yet. But hey, I'd never seen this tea before, so you know, I had to put it in my bag! These things just happen.

must-see-monday: leuke kunst

This must-see-monday is a little bit special, because it's my own colleague!

When looking for someone to feature today I suddenly realized I have an artist in my office only a couple of meters away :) It so much fun to have another crafty person around you, so needless to say I'm quite happy we're working in the same place! My colleague draws the most friendly monsters, the coolest sharks and the cutest bears. Meet for instance this rain lover:

He and his wife have an atelier called 'Leuke Kunst ('Happy Fun Art'). They draw and paint a lot, even on surfboards! There are so many different designs and the best is, you're able to buy almost all of them printed on a t-shirt! The treebirds are my favourite:
They also started this great initiative 'Doe lief' (or in English 'Hug the world'). You know I'm all about happy little things, so it's no surprise I absolutely love the idea behind it. Hug the world is all about being kind to each other and making the world a little bit happier by spreading posters like these:

Wouldn't the streets look more friendly with all these posters around you? It definitely would make me smile :) Download your own poster here or here and put it on your window!

weekly happy stats

Yep, I'm still on time!

take a guess!

Hmm, can you tell which bike is mine? :)

edit: aaah, my polka dot bike cap has already been stolen.
Stupid idiot who did this!

must-see-monday : rob ryan

This weeks must-see-monday is Rob Ryan, a British artist specializing in papercutting and screen-printing. His artwork has been featured on a lot of book covers and magazines and since I first heard of him, his designs seem to pop up everywhere.

His papercutting is absolutely amazing and beautiful!

He also sells these little tiles in his etsy:

And there's even a book!

how to spend your sunday

It's all about glueing this afternoon!