Christmas sneakpeek

You  might think its early but the christmas spirit is on its way... Pinterest is getting more and more lively with lovely wintery christmas pics. It's building! I'm so looking forward to the dark but fairylight lit up months of the festive season!

My christmas cards are almost finished and very very soon they will be online in my Etsy shop.

Here's a little sneakpeek for you

And if you're curious about the hohoho spirit on Pinterest. Go and check my Christmas boards.

Work in progress - Notebooks

I've been busy with one and a million things at the same time. Which means there's a lot coming in the near future but it does take longer than I hoped...

I'm working on some notebooks, completely handmade. And it's proven to be a bit of a challenge. You should try yourself to punch holes through stacks and stacks of paper! But I want it perfect and I am wondering if I should just get to the printshop and let them punch the holes. It's probably done in a few minutes while I'm sweating on it for hours... but is it still completely handmade? I suppose you could consider the paperdrill as just a tool... operated by hand. So it's handmade then, right?

Anyway here's a sneakpeek of the notebooks - work in progress...

 

You decide challenge... sneakpeek

Oioioi... here's another sneakpeek!

Stay put... won't be long now before it's finished!

You decide challenge... sneakpeek

I do love a good challenge and that's exactly what I've done to myself! Being pushed for time, trying to juggle between other work I had to do, I did manage to form an idea in my head for the old-fashioned pocketwatch. It's changing constantly but... I think the main idea is clear. It will be made from fabric, have an illustration component to it (ofcourse!) and it will actually be, partly, put together on the sewingmachine. Oh yeah, I'm looking forward to getting the machine out again. It's been so long!

So here's a little sneakpeek of the fabrics I have in mind... haven't made up my mind yet which one I'll pick... it will only be one of them. So, which one do you like?

A time to look forward

So here I am, goal achieved and now what!?! Just because I love making pretty things that might just let your day sparkle a bit more, I would love to see it turn into a success. Since opening I have been trying to juggle my time between social media, SEO and making new things. Let me tell you one little thing: the day is just not long enough to do it as quickly as I want to.

I feel it's crucial to add more items to my shop. I've got quite a few greeting cards and a few art prints in my shop already but love to have more. At the moment I'm working on art prints that can be personalized but what would you like to see? I would love to hear from you! So let me know what you're missing in the Heedopter shop. I might just go and make it...

 Sneakpeek....

Sneakpeek!

Sneakpeek!

Here's just another teaser for you...

In working on my illustrations I get inspired by so many things but in general I tend to find my inspiration close to home. In this case just how cosy, love-filled and fun my own home is! I'd wish the actual house I live in looks just as cute as this one... it doesn't... but I can always dream, can't I?