Urban Jungle Bloggers: Super easy DIY plant hanger macrame
This months Urban Jungle Bloggers theme is Hanging Planters! I already owned some excellent vintage hanging Hannie Mein planters (read about them: here), but the string was missing. I didn’t have much time, so I used a super easy macrame technique I remembered... read more
My Etsy shop closed Feb 18 – April 20!
Don’t worry, the shop will be open again in time for Mother’s day purchases, stocking new items as well. Meanwhile, I’ll be making new items and working on visual strands. Besides, the weeks after Valentine’s are always a bit slow so right now... read more
HappyValentinesWeek
In the run up to Valentine’s Day, Monique from HappyMakersBlog made a wall of Valentine art from various illustrators at the ShowUp event. Can you spot my awkward bird Valentine? Okay, I’ll give you a smal hint: it’s right next to the old people... read more
My secret project is live!
Maybe you’ve already seen it: my secret project went live this weekend! Yay! Here it is: visualstrands.com I’m still making some adjustments here and there and feedback is very welcome! Very happy with the first articles: Stunning Papercut wings,... read more
Urban Jungle Bloggers: Plants & Coffee
This months Urban Jungle Bloggers theme Plants & Coffee is one after my own heart: I do love a good espresso! Of course some extra dark chocolate to go with it. And hey, how good does my new plant look in this green vintage planter! Enough said: let’s tuck... read more
Creative challenges & this week
Wow, this week just flew by! I’m still working on visual strands, the launch date is only a week away now! Getting a little nervous… Not too many deadlines for the day job this week, so I could really focus on this (now not so secret) project. Yay. Every... read more
What’s been happening
This notebook made me laugh… because I’m self-imployed ;) Sometimes it’s good to reconsider your actions, work-wise. Meanwhile, I am still hard at work combining the day job with this new adventure called visual strands. My Mouseblossom blog has been... read more
Revealing name and logo of ‘the secret project’!
*drumroll* So here it is: the name and logo of my secret project: Pretty cool, right? visual strands will be focusing on (you guessed it) the visual, so I decided on a simple yet striking logo. There will some excellent written content on the site as well, oh... read more
Happy New Year: free shipping on original art!
Happy New Year! I hope you had a fabulous holiday season. I’m taking my free days as an opportunity to work on various exciting things. I’ve already discontinued some items in my Etsy shop. It’s looking a little empty-ish at the moment, but new... read more
New Years Resolutions? Break them already!
At the end of this old year, on the brink of a new one, we remenisce about a year past and feel hopeful for the year ahead. We are given a second chance by the calendar gods! So we make Resolutions, most of which we will break again as soon as possible. That’s... read more
Happy Holidays!
Thinking what to use for an image, I came across this photo of me in a purple Christmas(?) sweater my mom made me. We’re talking late sevent… early eighties (yes, I’m sticking with that). Clothes were made to grow into, then. Lucky, it still... read more
