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Concentrated pure joy

Walking on water – the Amsterdam way
Saturday morning skating on the Prinsengracht. Magical, wonderful almost surreal feeling…:-)

Drawing challenge: Umbrella
All for one and one for all…all connected, sharing one point. This week challenge was hosted by the talented and lovely Renilde

From me to you – free printable download
Like? love? adore? You choose! Share your love with your friends and send them “I …YOU” card! If you want to get a fancy, double side folded version of “I…YOU” card download and print it right here. Happy weekend!

In her world
My beloved daughter doll house (rearranged this week with few 50’s doll house furniture that we bought together last weekend…)

Syrup
Syrup is a great, quirky mail-order Japanese clothing label that I can’t get enough of. Check their winter catalog here (its all in Japanese, but its part of the fun, isn’t it?)

A living painting yesterday in Amsterdam
Clear, bright, most beautiful day was in Amsterdam yesterday. So much fun and happiness… Take a look at the first picture, isn’t a living painting of Brueghel?

Lets get warm and cozy
Lets get warm and cozy with beautiful Finnish knitted vintage socks, a warm cup of tea, lovely softie and a well dressed chair. Have a warm and happy weekend!

Three winter essentials
Something to walk on, something to put on and something to sit on (when you get tired of the last two)

Drawing challenge: another roadside attraction
Another roadside attraction – this week topic was inspired by the book of Tom Robbins, by the same name. My tiny people are traveling in one of my favorite image-book “ontdek de veliuwe”, full of beautiful landscape pictures of Holland. Exploring roadside, empty places, they are the attraction itself. This week challenge hosted by the…

Take me to the moon: the Soviet way…
All pictures taken from different sources on Flickr.

The Mouse Mansion -Het Muizenhuis
In our last visit to the OBA (the central library in Amsterdam) we discovered the most amazing creation: “The Mouse Mansion”(Het Muizenhuis), this art project is created by the Dutch artist Karina Schaapman. It’s an amazing house, almost three meters high (!), counting more than a hundred rooms, alleys and outdoor spaces built from cardboard boxes…