HO HO HO, Merry Christmas! I hope you had a wonderful day with your family & friends & pets yesterday? What did you do together? The wooden xmas tree you're looking at was handmade by my dad. I decorated it with some fresh pine tree branches from our "other" tree. I love it!
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So many kids
One of the perks of december is a mailbox full of festive cards. For the 8th time in a row, my dad & I worked on the xmas cards for an elementary school in the Netherlands. The challenge is to be as efficient as possible, because with 460 kids and always a few ill ones Read article…
Light strings at Studio Sapique
I didn't only find the light strings for the pine tree outside, but also my favorite xmas lights I bought 14 years ago at Habitat. No LED lights, but I like them very much! The thing with light strings is that they always get messed up. Do you have that too? Wally loved watching (and Read article…
Guest blog on Jillian in Italy
Earlier this week I was invited by Jillian to guest blog at Jillian in Italy while she is recovering from surgery. I'm sharing my absolute favorite xmas recipe ( by my mom! ) so please check it out here!
Gift wrapping ideas for IKEA Family live
My new guest post at IKEA family live just went live. I'm sharing a few ideas about gift wrapping. Check it out here!
Our xmas tree!
Ca y est: an overdose of decorations in Paris & the Oise helped me a to get into the mood for Christmas! After several years I found our xmas lights again! In the mean time the pine tree in our garden grew so much that the light string only covers a small part of it. Read article…
Xmas in Paris
Can you believe we're only a week away from Christmas? This is what xmas looks like in Paris: above Andrea Crews for Uniqlo, below the Repetto store. The light swirls around the ballerina dress remind me of the beautiful Le Deun lights. This made me laugh, I bet I'm not the only who took a Read article…
A ridiculous bike trip
Last week I did something quite ridiculous: I joined au5v on their annual bicycle trip around the neighborhood to see the local xmas illuminations. That doesn't sound very ridiculous in itself but we wore Santa hats, our bikes were decorated, and 2 xmas trees were in the bakfiets and bicycle carrier. And we also played Read article…
The Typography of Sint
This past weekend my family and I celebrated my favorite holiday: Saint Nicholas! Even though it's not nearly as much fun when you live in a country where noone celebrates Sinterklaas ( I know they do in the Alsace region… but it's not really the same… ) I still enjoyed gathering around 5 euro gifts Read article…
The Typography of Travel 11
One Bunting Away is joining me again with some amazing signage from Miami! I love how the W and Y are joined in the New Yorker hotel signage! Merci again Giova! Royal Cheese boutique – Paris, France New Yorker hotel – Miami, Florida, US The Tiffany hotel – South Beach Miami, Florida, US Modified Spaces Read article…
