Win win win!

Long awaited for and finally here: iDeal as a payment method in our Dawanda shop!

Brand new since today so.... We thought it would be a good idea to celebrate! Be the very first one to make a purchase and pay with iDeal and you win a surprise goodie pack worth €40,-

Not the first one? No worries, everyone who pays with iDeal today in our shop wins a €15,- goodie pack. Party time!

You can simply pay with iDeal by selecting it as a payment method during checkout.

Ps: Dawanda is running iDeal as a trial in a few selected shops. In due time it will be available for all shops.

Rijkswachters from Amsterdam

A good friend of mine just sent me a picture of her newest addition. And it was love at first sight!

Have you ever heard of The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam? If yes, than you probably know it had been closed for god knows how many years due to refurbishment. Well, they have finally reopened their doors. What I never thought about is what they actually did with all these pieces of art during the closure. Apparently most of them have been in storage in big wooden crates. Now the crates are obsolete, the Rijksmuseum came up with this brilliant idea to repurpose the crates and offer a killer (and very cute) souvenir: they made a wooden army. And you can have your very own art soldier. They call them 'Rijkswachters' which means something along the line of 'state guard' and I personally think they look like robots (and I like robots!).

Now here's the best part: every wooden soldier has got a number. And with this number you can look up which work of art has been stored in it. How amazing is that? So apart from a really cool wooden robot made from repurposed materials it also comes with a really good story. Yours might actually have provided a home for a Van Gogh or a Rembrandt! I definitely need to have one too...

They come in different sizes with and without lamps. Have a look right here (you can buy them here too)

Bomb explosion meeting deadlines

Oh geez, for the past few weeks we've been completely submerged in developing and making a new product. Something extremely cool and pretty for Mother's day. Since the deadline for the magazines is coming up rapidly it had to be finished now, not tomorrow, not next week... no NOW! And as a result there was only one thing and one thing only on my mind...Go Go Go! No room for anything else just finish it off!

So now the press announcements are sent, I'm looking around me in my studio and it looks like a big bomb explosion. Oh dear, how did that happen? So first up is tidying, second thing is crash on the sofa with a cup of coffee and just relax for a bit... and then? Who knows, probably make the next new thing ;-)

Curious to what we actually have been making? Just a bit more patience please... as soon as they are for sale in our Etsy and Dawanda shops, you'll be the first to know right here. But a little sneakpeek can't hurt so here we go:

We're on Dawanda

Did you know we've opened a Dawanda shop a little while ago? Don't worry we've still got our Etsy shop but since this is orginally an american site (and therefore lots of american customers) we thought it was a good idea to focus a bit more on Europe. And guess what... Dawanda is the perfect place. Really similar to Etsy but all European hand made goodies.

So you've got a choice now: Etsy or Dawanda. Whichever you like best...

Valentine DIY projects

Oh yes, Valentine's Day is coming up! I love valentine's cards, any opportunity to send a card is good! But... it's also fun, great and have that extra special thing do to something handmade for your (secret) love. A short list of some great Valentine's DIY's:

 

Geometric heart by Minieco 

Origami hearts by Youaremyfav

 

Valentine arrows by Sugar and Cloth

DIY giftwrap by Sugar and Cloth

Cut out hearts gift wrap by the house that Lars built

Have fun!

Blue monday free art print

Blue Monday? Yes, that's today... the most depressing day of the entire year! Sounds awful, doesn't it? Here in The Netherlands it's cold, rainy and dark today. Not helping at all with the blue mood. But... I've got something to cheer you up! Something colourful, something to think about and something to change the rain into something positive!

Only for today: a free art print to download so you can print it out yourself at home. Make sure you use special inkjet paper or photopaper for a better quality.

Click here to download the pdf file -> Sorry, was only for Blue Monday! But the art print can be purchased here.

Happy Blue Monday!

New! Gutsy Valentine's cards

Oh yes, Valentine's Day is just around the corner! Personally I'm not that big of a fan of the sugary sweet ultra-pink oochie-coochie Valentine's cards. I can imagine the average man likes them even less. So, here is our gutsy take on the cards! No pink, just a little bit of red but still with the love message you'd like to get across.

Printed on thick A5 recycled greyboard giving them an almost industrial look. It comes with a brown kraft envelop and is available in 3 designs right here in our Etsy shop.