New Iphone skin!

My Iphone has a hard time living with me because of the careless and clumsy person I can be. It falls out of my hand or bag or it bounces from the stairs. I could buy a rubber cover for it but honestly I think that looks like your phone is involved in a war. So when I was searching for a better solution, I discovered Gelaskins. Gelaskins are removable skins, available for different devices and designed by artists. Because they look so thin and fashionable, I ordered one designed by Gillian Fullard. Delivery time to the Netherlands was about 2 weeks. The skin is divided in 5 parts you can put on your Phone like stickers. The stickers are thin but stick very well and feel soft. Oh, and they also send you a digital background wallpaper by email. I really like the result, what about you?

The art of words

Every monday Dutch magazine Flow, which is one of my favorite magazines, gives away 500 gifts. On twitter they announce when they open the website where you can leave your name and adress. And last monday, I won! The whole day at work I checked twitter and in the afternoon they finally opened the website. This is what I won:

I love prints and art with positive words or quotes. You can find a lot of beautiful posters on Etsy lately. Here are some of my favorites.

1. Audrey Hepburn quote, Unraveled design on Etsy

2. Mixtape, Handz on Etsy

3. Black and white, www.honeybeeinthecity.blogspot.nl

4. Minty vintage letters, RetroLovePhotography on Etsy

5. Birds, www.bettyjoy.blogspot.nl

6. True love, ProjectType on Etsy

7. A job you love, MiraDoson on Etsy

Vintage kelim in modern spaces

Why does vintage kelim or persian carpets look so beautiful in a modern interior? I think it's the immediate warmth and color it brings to a room. The one I would love in my home is a recolored vintage patchwork kelim, like this one from Loods 5 (Dutch store). Those are made by bleaching a vintage carpet and then recolor it with a trendy color. To create a patchwork carpet they cut different recolored carpets into pieces and sew them together.

When I see these pictures I want to run to the store immediately, don't you?

1. Maison Jopie

2. www.rosasinspiration.blogspot.nl

3. www.johanna-vintage.blogspot.nl

4. Perscentrum Wonen

5. The little house that could

6. Apartment therapy

7. Amirreza

8. Pinterest

Tutorial: DIY air vase

This blogpost is about a DIY project I long time ago. Inspiration for this air vase I found on the website of the Japanese company Torafu Architects. I love the lightness and transparancy of the object. Althought it is not really usable as a vase, it's a unique and fun object for your home that I wanted to make myself right away. I found a tutorial for this on another blog but I can’t remember which one (shame on me... if this sounds familiair to you please let me know the blog link!). Anyway, I made my own tutorial for you.


Here is what you need:

- At least 3 meters of rope in any color. Make sure it’s rough, thick and light.

- A balloon

- Strong glue

- A plastic tray or cup


First blow up the balloon and hang it upside down on for instance a lamp or a shelf. Put the glue in the plastic tray. Now start wrapping the rope around the balloon by dipping it first into the glue. Make sure the rope is full of glue, you can’t use too much of it! Randomly wrap the rope around the balloon to create a messy effect. When you're done, cut off the rope and let it dry for about two hours (drying time depends on the glue you used). After that you simply prick the balloon with a needle or pin and your air vase is born!

Pin board: Happy geometric

Geometric quilt: boosterseat on Etsy

Geometric linocut cards: HandPrintedByDavid on Etsy

Neon geometric hanging cubes: SketchInc on Etsy

Iphone case: Katnawlins on Etsy

Leather bracelet: Folksy

Yellow pillow: Whitenest on Etsy

Wood chevron ring: Inthelavenderhaze on Etsy

For more geometric inspiration check my pinterest!

Thank you grandpa

When more than ten years ago my sweet grandfather died, my grandmother gave me his collection of cigar bands stored in a cigar box and old square tin. The boxes were filled with post envelopes (my grandparents owned a post office when they were young) with serial codes written on it. I didn't really know what to do with it and so the boxes were stored in a drawer of my desk for about 12 years.

A couple of months ago I found the collection again when cleaning up my old room at my parents house. I still don't know why my grandmother gave me the cigar bands but I decided I had to do something with it. As soon as I opened the boxes a scent of cigars reached me (which still reminds me of my grandfather). Inside the envelopes I found a lot of golden cigar bands with illustrations of birds, butterflies, flags, insects, logos and flowers. I started to sort the bands by series and discovered a lot of double ones. I was kind of surprised to see that the vintage images are so beautiful en colorful! I decided to make an artwork of it and give it a nice place in my home. I simply glued the bands next to each other on a white paper. I love the golden gloss when the sun shines on it!

I also cut off the sides of some of the cigar bands and glued only the illustrations on some book pages. I hung it on the back of the door to my study room with washi tape.

IKEA's True Blue Limited collection

IKEA comes up with a limited collection, named True Blue, which is inspired by and made in India. I love the mix of Swedisch design with Indian craft, the strong blue color with the detailled white patterns. I think it's a very good move of IKEA to create a special edition collection and limit its availability. You now want to go there because you will see more than the good old Billy cupboards and Lack tables..

IKEA launched the collection with a beautiful board on Pinterest (check it here). Below are the products I like most. I almost ran to the nearest IKEA which is about 10 minutes driving from here, but then I read on the website that my IKEA store does not sell the True Blue collection.. Did I write it's smart to limit its availability? Anyway, I hope they will continue with culture-inspired collections. My suggestion for the next one would be South Africa!