wall vases x tulips

Saturday 31st of January

Cigale wall vase collection in spring mood.

xl cigale paintings - sale

XL cigale schilderijen S A L E

Acryl op canvas
Afmetingen 90 x 120 cm

Prijs € 125 per stuk. (het schilderij rechts is inmiddels verkocht)

Voor meer informatie kunt u een e-mail sturen naar info@woodwoolstool.com

golden ginkgo weeks in november

November 2025

That one week in early November when the Ginkgo tree in the front garden is at its most beautiful!

... and then a few weeks later when we returned home from Morocco, a bare tree and golden yellow Ginkgo carpet in the front garden and 100% more light in the house.

papier marché project

Monday 10th of February

Papier maché project.

This project has been on my to do list for a while. I kept the colorful graphic sheets from last year's tear-off calendar by Karel Martens.

I started the first layer with an old IFFR filmfestival newspaper, covering the base of a table lamp.
I made the glue paste with 1 part flour and 2 parts water.

It's a precise messy and sticky job, however trust the process.

After drying overnight I could start the second phase with some more layers today, this time with the brightly colored calendar sheets.

So far I am pleasantly surprised with the result. The papier maché lampshade and base have already turned out wonderfully beautiful. I can hardly wait until the table lamp is ready for use!

every day is a new day

december 2023 - january 2024

from the bottom up:

Last day of the year. Reading to Liam in the attic from Minne & Pippa's children's books (i know them by heart).

And also on the very last evening of 2023, browsing through our amazing photo yearbook together. 🍀 A year full of beautiful moments, travels, highlights, love and precious memories.

More grateful than ever, we can live in freedom, in a lovely house, close to our children and grandson, we can make plans for the new year and have dreams.
Wishing everyone the very best for 2024. Enjoy life even more! above all the little things, not tomorrow but now.

On new years day we went to Amsterdam to celebrate my friend Ank's birthday party.

Today on my day off I took a long bath. The lemon tree is wintering in the bathroom and is in full bloom, so while bathing i was surrounded by my favorite fragrance of lemon blossom.

I'm not really into New Year's resolutions, but more into 'Every day is a new day!', like the bold & bright tear-off calendar by Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens. For each day of the year, Martens has created a unique arrangement, originally constructed using his signature method of printing letterpress monoprints from found metal forms, and then digitized to comprise 365 compositions in total.

hello september

Saturday 2nd of September

august randomly

On my bedside table;
Picasso, Friends & Family by Edward Quinn. It's a A charming and surprising portrait of Picasso's everyday life in postwar France. We went to see the photo exhibition in Malaga last June. The book just came out and it was a surprise for my birthday from Henk.

Friday afternoon we picked up Liam from daycare and he stayed with us for dinner. Reading books in the attic room after the bath. Liam loves the children's books that I have read countless times to Minne & Pippa.

Sushi Saturday at our friends in Bussum. All made by Marieke. It was a proper sushi party, including mikodo play with Loïs.

cigale collection

Les cigales fêtent l'été.