Tasty. (travel sketchbook pt. 2)

Fragments from my travel sketchbook (part 1)

i just returned from an amazing scandinavian road trip,
still thinking about high green mountains, 
gigantic lakes in all shades of blue and green
and the best coffees in the world (ok, maybe portuguese ones are just a bit better).

wish we could have kept on
road tripping trough breathtaking norwegian sceneries, 
sauntering in tiny swedish villages,
eating kottbullar and
exploring all kinds of campings.

the trip was a great draw-trip too, 
i used my sketchbook almost daily. 

hooray, new blogfood!
for starter, some quick sketches.

Swedish dreams

 

although i visited sweden only a few times

i'm a huge fan of the country.

i think astrid (lindgren), pippi & lotta have something (a lot) to do with it.

next week, we'll go on a huge trip in sweden & norway.

so much looking forward to read by a lake, 

drink coffee on a pier and walk in the woods.

i made a collage of it. 

and some images of work in progress:

postcards!

i'm happy about the 2 postcards i designed last week 
(let me know if you want some..!)

i'm so busy making cards & birth announcement card,
i almost forgot my mini-list.

BUT hooray, there are some new ideas rising in my head..

maybe this will force me to post more on this blog (i have some impatient friend/readers :)).

NEW top 5 of crafty things to make:
- make a crochet toy (pear or apple) 
- try to find a way to silk-screen at home 
(ideas welcome!!!)
- still have to try a kind of TEXTILE illustration with my sewing machine
- and also the paper COLLAGE is on the list. 

could be nice on the new white wall in our apartment..
- invent some new LETTERS for the header of this blog 

A present for little Aaron

it started yesterday, the need to crochet...
and it ended today, with a colorful garland* as a gift for the cute little Aaron.

So easy to make (with only double crochet = stokjes), 
and the best part is: even if it's not perfect, it still looks festive! 

* leve mijn mede-hakers Kim & Lies!!

crrrrrrrrrrochet

and this is how it looks like 'in real life'.
it's even too big to fit the picture. (i did my best to show it properly.. imagine the rest. it goes on and on and on..)

i'm sure:
it will fit the new sofa in the new house perfectly.

hej då, nadine*

* so long, nadine (= my apartment)

in a week and a few days, i'll leave my dear apartment behind.
i had so many perfect moments in nadine (the flat's name).
so therefore, a little 'ode to nadine' 

i'll miss the place,
and 
reading the newspaper with some coffee in my pyjamas, then overlooking the clouds from my sofa.
cooking some strange casserole in the little kitchen
and playing Jungle Speed on the sticky table in the living room.

but i'm already making plans for the next home! 
(to be continued)

*only after finishing the sketch, 
i looked for the correct spelling of 'hey då' - so long . seems it's time to study swedish...*