all about love

A mini photo report of the wedding of our friends Marieke & Stefan, or as we call them Marie & Steef...

Marieke is a wonderful friend and we share a lot of passions, like crochet, gardening (ginkgo's), Cuba, flowers, vintage, oldtimers and golden shoes.

Marieke and I met for the first time in October 2010, when she joined the crochet workshop for beginners I organized with Yvestown's Yvonne in Den Bosch, the Netherlands.

It was great fun and Marieke also joined the second crochet workshop in March 2011, this time for experienced crocheteers, haha.

From then on our friendship blossomed into something special.

Marieke joined me during the Cool Crochet workshop April 2015 with her niece Marleen. We had so much fun together and the three of us became soulmates! We share the same sense of humor and all three of us are equally emotional...

On Saturday we celebrated the wedding of Marie & Steef. Everything was right; the couple, love, fairytale setting, weather, atmosphere, live Cuban music, flowers (by Marleen), home baked cakes, champagne and all dear family and friends! And her husband Steef surprised her with a vintage Porsche on the wedding day, no doubt that almost everyone wanted to be photographed with that beauty!

Like Marie's father mentioned in his loving speech during dinner; 'Marie is a pearl!'

family & friends

To celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary, we travelled to Marrakech to share this special event with our children and dearest friends.

The two of us married in 1992, without a party or fuss, this time we did it again our very own way...

One year ago we made a plan to celebrate our love with a small group of loved ones. We have been looking forward to this special journey for a long time.

In our imagination the thought of this trip was already so great, but it was even better than we had ever dreamed of.
It was so very special to have all my sweethearts with me in Marrakech. My husband and best friend Henk, son Minne, daughter Pippa and her friend Joe, our friends Fred, Chris, Jeroen and Rosa.

We started each day with a breakfast in the sun on the roof terrace.

We stayed for six days at hotel Chambres d'Amis and visited the most beautiful spots in the Medina and enjoyed the road trips with our minibus to the High Atlas Mountains and the desert. We had lunch and dinner in all my favorite restaurants and ended each day with drinks on the roof.

You already know that Marrakech is my favorite city (obviously) and being among the people i adore so much, made this trip even more unforgettable.

(more about our adventures in the following posts)

l o v e

Have a [L O V E]ly day!

tuesday

I wish there would be explosions of color, peace and love!

harlequin blanket pattern

24/24

24 hours in Rotterdam to celebrate love on our 24th wedding anniversary.

We stayed at CitizenM, in a bright room on the 3rd floor with a magnificant view.
We walked through the center of Rotterdam, had a very late lunch at Wester Paviljoen.
Toasted with mojito's and beers in the lobby of CitizenM.
This morning we started with a cappuccino at Cafe Pol and had breakfast at Memory Lane.

During breakfast we made a very cool plan, how to celebrate our 25th anniversary next year...

PS: thanks everyone for all the sweet wishes on Instragram yesterday.

el oo ve ee

New [ L O V E ] postcard.
Sneak preview on the locker of another 'crochet le mot' postcard.

I will bring them to #DeFabriekOpZondag market in Eindhoven this Sunday.

Hope to meet you there!

locker love

One of our favorite pieces of furniture undoubtedly is this locker.

What's your favorite piece in tha house?

whatever

You can have stamped 'whatever' text on a unique piece of scrapwood.

I will bring my wood and stamps, handmade moroccan manner beanies and lots of other wood & wool stuff to the upcoming Sunday Market De Fabriek Op Zondag on Sunday the 31st of May at Piet Hein Eek in Eindhoven.

Hope to see you in Eindhoven!

If you can't come to Eindhoven, you can also order a wood & word sign in my Etsy shop.

you're my type

A love affair with wood.

Some wood & word signs I made recently.
Stamped on wood, a love message is even more romantic, don't you think?

[ik hou jou] postcard

Ahoy sailor!

My new [ik hou jou] postcard needs a small explanation for the non-Dutch speakers;
[ik hou van jou] is the Dutch way to say [i love you]
By leaving out the word [van], it means [i keep you]

Such a super sweet card in the rack!

dear f♥ll♥wer,

Thanks for another year of following my blog.
If only I could send you all a handwritten postcard I would...

Have a wonderful New Year's Eve!
A brandnew year ahead of us, to start all over again and make new plans!

Let's make 2014 a great year and get everything out of it!

lots of love,
Ingrid x

global crush

Spring is taking over slowly...
Time to be in love! After the hearts postcards now it's time for sheer language to declare your love. Cheers to snailmail.

You can buy the new postcards in my Etsy shop or just send an e-mail to info@woodwoolstool.com

love is...

love is..., a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

declare your love now and you're way ahead of the competition!

(Valentine tip from Loesjes calendar)

send love

Once more blossom branches, because they are even more enchanting than a few days ago.

 

And once again the heart cards. After all, it's almost Valentine's day and otherwise there is always a reason to send some love.

 

There are still a few sets with handcurved waved edges for sale.

♥

♥, a photo by wood & wool stool on Flickr.

21 Years ago we got married at 9 am.
Just the two of us.
(actually three of us, 2 weeks later Minne was born)