Sinterklaas 2018 is coming! If you live in the Netherland or in Belgium you are probably getting ready for this fun, kids-friendly holiday. To many, Sinterklaas (a.k.a St. Nicholaas) is equivalent to Santa Clause, and the holiday of Sinterklaas (on December 5-6th) is pretty much another version of Christmas. Is it? I wouldn’t know. I’m…
Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas! I know it’s a bit too early to say that, but it’s not too early to let your kids write their letters to Santa! After all, Santa does need some time to get all the requested Christmas presents. Since I recently renewed my Etsy shop and turned it into a…
“What are you doing!?” That’s what people ask me when I eat Sufgania – a traditional Hanukkah doughnut. I love soft fluffy pastries, but I hate fried things. So I peel off my sufgania. I work on it diligently until all the oily outer layer is shredded and gone, and I am left with white, soft,…
Heya all! I want to tell you that I finally started selling my designed printables on Etsy! In my happy shop I design printable greeting cards, gift tags, stationery items and other pretty things. Some of the printables in the shop were available as physical products on other platforms, so I’m excited to offer them…
Thanksgiving is coming! And I have something really nice for you. It’s a kit of free printable graphics (illustrations and texts) to create your own DIY Thanksiving card. All you have to do is print them out and decorate your own handmade card. I also have some nice tips that will make your card look…
What do you like better, mermaids or cats? Hard to choose, right? If it’s hard don’t do it, said Bart Simpson once, and I am here to agree. The new design in my Society6 shop is a proof that you can have it all. If you love both cats and mermaids, cats and mermaids you…
Every neighborhood has this one kid who is afraid of everything. In my neighborhood it was me. When I was in kindergarten we had a big empty shell of a sea turtle in the classroom. I would not dare to pass near it. In my mind it looked like a monument to the possibly horrible…
Well hello, planet earth! My journey to the far ends of Scotland made me feel like I was swept to outer space. No work, no phone calls, just me and my backpack. And my husband. Let’s not forget the husband :p We started our trip in Belgium, for a birthday party of my husband’s brother….
Autumn leaves, pumpkins, scarecrows and pies – autumn is a fun season to illustrate. I turned some of my illustrations into autumn coloring pages for kids that you can download and print at home for free. While creating this set of autumn coloring pages I was thinking about my ambivalent relationship with fall. On one…
My husband asked me if I wanted to go on a trip to the UK and Scotland at the end of the month, and my immediate respond was: “of course! Scones and Afternoon-teas!”. Wherever there are pastries, cookies and coffees, I will go. I just love everything about pastries, from the way they taste and…
