for loïs

Loïs. Born on the 6th of July.

Sweet and beautiful baby girl of my friend Marieke.

Today we visited Loïs for the first time. She is so cute!

I know for sure that Lois will grow up with the love for gardens and flowers, because my friend Marieke shares my passion for flowers, plants and gardening. So I bought the smallest straw hat for her future little helper in the garden and embroidered her name on it.

... and needless to say I made a baby waistcoat*.

(You can download the baby waistcoat pattern in my Etsy shop)

spring in marrakech

Spring in Marrakech is stunning. During our travels on the cool crochet tour, we visit lots of beautiful gardens. This time of year you can find the red city blooming everywhere!
Together with a group of plant-loving creatives, we enjoyed nature's bounty every single day.

my flower girl

My flower girl Pippa made a beautiful bouquet with wild flowers for me. She has flower love in her genes.

In the mini movie below you can see Pippa at work, how fast and easy she does it...
I'm proud of my flower girl ♥

mini movie

publication home & garden

Recently I was contacted by creative editor Mirjam Roskamp for a portrait in the renewed Home & Garden magazine.

Chief editor Makkie Mulder has made a beautiful fresh magazine with her team. As she puts it; 'a fresh Home & Garden. Thicker, different paper, richer filled. A treat for all your senses.'

The portrait is about my work as a 'flower girl' at Villa Augustus and together with Saskia de Valk (Vlinder & Vogel) and Anton van Duijn (Bloomon), we were interviewed by Liddie Austin and photographed by Tjitske van Leeuwen.

The renewed Home & Garden is a verdurous magazine packed with lots of 'green' inspiration. Love it!

t u l i p s

Tulip season has begun!

My sweet flower child Pippa brought me a bunch of mixed tulips from the flower shop, where she's working as trainee on Fridays.

pippa's room

At Henk's office there is an annual photo competition for the staff.
The five winning photos are printed on canvas and then exhibited in the office building for a year.

One of the winning entries was this picture of the garden flowers we picked for last goodbye to granddad in the summer of 2012.

Henk took the canvas home last week and Pippa wanted it very much in her bedroom.

The flowers look great in the room of our flower girl!