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Portland (United States), in the line at Voodoo Donuts.

wonderful wallpaper week 36 (2013 edition)

work hard & be nice to people, by Quinn Luu

wonderful wallpaper week 33 (2013 edition)

Watercolor stripes, by Oh! Emily Made That

Summer, finally

We've waited a loooong time for the sun to show up, here in the Netherlands. It looks like summer has finally decided to start though, and it feels lo-ve-ly.
Peonies have started appearing in shops too, and this probably makes it my favourite time of year!

wonderful wallpaper week 20 (2013 edition)

JOY, by Emily Ley

wonderful wallpaper week 44

The Polka Dot (3527) iPhone Wallpaper by The Weaver House for designlovefest

wonderful wallpaper week 42

Freebie iPhone wallpaper, by Claire from Fellow Fellow

Happy birthday Rosalie!

Our little friend Rosalie turned two a little while ago. I made her a little play-shopping set, decorated with pretty washi tape.

Fritt

A few weeks ago one of my colleagues brought me a packet of this candy back from a day-trip in Germany. She ate it throughout her whole childhood and when she heard I had never tried it, she fixed that instantly. I'm so glad she did: it was super yummy, and I thought the inner packaging was super cute. Don't you think?

Neon pink pompons for Matilda

My favourite little Matilda turned four yesterday, and I made her a present in her favourite colour: pink. (And as I'm sure you could have guessed, I had to make it neon pink because, well... as we have already assessed the other day, I'm completely obsessed!).
I bought a cute little belt which I coupled with a simple white t-shirt and a matching pompon broach and hairclip that I made for her. The pompons are so easy (and fun) to make! I've been using this technique ever since i saw it on Creature Comforts; it works perfectly.


P.S. Just in case you didn't believe my obsession with neon, go check out my toe nails, candles, striped top, necklace, garland, and tea towel. Aarg!

Peonies

Happy peonies on my kitchen table...

Neon stripes and neon jewelry

I seem to have developed a bit of an obsession with neon colours lately, and last weekend I decided to turn one of my plain white tops into a bright nautical shirt, and while I was at it, I also made a necklace and a pair of earrings in matching tones.

Here's how I did it.
I used:


Neon nautical top:

1. Apply masking tape onto the front of the shirt leaving regular stripes of fabric showing in between (see jumpsuit 3 - sailor stripes in the tutorial I posted over at Fellow Fellow recently) for an example.
2. Make sure everything which shouldn't get sprayed (i.e. the sleeves, the table, the walls, etc.) is well protected with your protective plastic.
3. Spray shirt thoroughly with neon spray paint.
4. Let dry.
5. Repeat all steps on the back of the shirt.
6. Let dry.
7. Remove strips of masking tape, and admire you work.



Neon necklace and earrings

1. Spray a few of your wooden beads (I sprayed 7; five for the necklace, and two for the earrings).
2. Let dry.
3. Thread all your beads on your chain.
4. Voila! The necklace is ready!
5. Cut nails with cutting pliers so that they don't stick out of the bead.
6. Glue nails into beads.
7. Let dry.
8. Glue earrings studs at the back of beads.
9. Let dry.
10. Enjoy your new outfit!

Bits of pink from the past few months