Goodbye, summer and DIY Lavender sirup
I hate to say it, but fall is coming. Since I can't let go the summer feeling, here's a way to combine best of both: lavender sirup. Do you remember the spectacular lunch I had in Angers, France? One...
View ArticleExhibition: "Rage"
Last Friday, I had a photo shooting with Peter Gaymann for a new part of the museum's project. We had a perfect location, the backyard of a beautiful gallery, the "Michael Horbach Stiftung" in Cologne....
View ArticleTravel log: Bebenhausen, part 2
Many years ago, I fell in love with a garden (and happend to live there for a while). Well, it happend again, but this garden already has the nicest residents you can imagine. It's located direct...
View ArticleExhibition Carolina Pinzon
Besides of having those terrific showrooms, the "Michael Horbach Stiftung" is much more: it awards every two years a scholarship for a young, female artist from foreign countries. This year's...
View ArticleThursday photo workshop, part 20: Using a tablet
I'm not that much into technics, but I wanted to show you how you can use a tablet (or a computer) for photos. In any case where you're using a tripod and/ or you have bad light, a larger display can...
View Articlebest. workshop. ever and inspiration weeks
Dear all. I did something rather crazy, yesterday I attended a workshop in Utrecht that was held in Dutch: a 'Meet the blogger' masterclass photography and styling. I subscribed as soon as I had read...
View Articleinspiration week, day 1: De Toonkammer
After creating the moodboards, Anouk told us about the real challenge for the day: we'd have to create our own styling. To make it as real as possible, we didn't choose the item we wanted to style for...
View Articleinspiration week, day 2: My styling
And this was the challenge: There was a topic: 'easy winter'. We had the item one of the other participants had chosen for us. Mine was a marble cutting board. Additionally we had to include a woolen...
View Articleinspiration week, day 3: more stylings
It was amazing to see how each one of us created a different styling. Unfortunately, you didn't know who created which one. Imagine walking through the stunning rooms in De Toonkamer and finding those...
View Articleinspiration week, day4: color squares DIY and giveaway
I hope you like squares, like I do, because there will be at least 4 square-related DIYs during the next days. The 'Meet the Blogger' masterclass and the wonderful ambience made me get a yen for doing...
View Articleinspiration week, day5: DIY squares with letters
I wasn't only in love with the squares you have seen yesterday but also with the typo wall where I arranged my styling (the giveaway is still open until Thursday: help me to choose the best picture)....
View Articleinspiration week, day 6: DIY abstract square pictures
More squares. Do you remember the paper dress we made for Jemma's video shooting? We tried different patterns, and this one was nice, but better for flat objects than dresses. So why not use for wall...
View Articleinspiration week, day 7: DIY for a wood/ cardboard tray
My son commented my DIY with the letter squares with "nice, but I liked the squares better before they were painted.". Well, here's a DIY for some unpainted wood and cardboard. He's right, it's nice,...
View Articleinspiration week, day8: 2 min DIY abstract art
Last week, Anna asked me about 'innovation'. I told her that for me, this is seeing things in a different light or bringing two different things together to form a new one. That's what happened when I...
View Articleinspiration week, day 9: DIY abstract watercolor squares
Poor you. I challenged myself to create 7 DIYs in a row, inspired by the amazing Meet the Blogger Masterclass. So, two more to go, and from Tuesday, you'll see a lot of different things again. Utrecht,...
View Articleinspiration week, day 10: DIY black and white pictures
My head still is full of pictures from the Masterclass workshop in De Toonkamer last week. ~ Mein Kopf ist immer noch voller Bilder vom Masterclass Workshop letzte Woche in De Toonkamer.I loved those...
View ArticleTravel log: Utrecht, Holland
Look who gave me a welcome - rain and a giraffe from a circus in the middle of the city. Utrecht is about half an hour from Amsterdam. And if you like Amsterdam, you will love Utrecht! Utrecht not only...
View ArticleNew emagazine: Flora & Fauna
And here we are: My new emagazine. If you're visiting this blog on a regular basis, you might recognise some of the topics, but enjoy: land art at the Rhine side, fall DIYs, a receipe for cocos-pumpkin...
View ArticleMonday morning macro: childhood memories
A few weeks ago I was in Ravensburg and visited 'Cafe glücklich'. They had large glasses full of my favourite childhood sweets, and I couldn't resist to buy some lollies. Doesn't the figures fit...
View ArticleTravel log:Museum Schloss Hohentübingen
One of the highlights of my recent visit in Tübingen was visiting the museum which you'll find inside of the castle of Tübingen. The actual exhibition is about ancient cultures. They have a terrific...
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