Bird of a Feather

My dad and I have quite a few things in common, but our love for books and bookstores is perhaps even the biggest similarity. So on Father's Day I gave him one. And wrapped it beautifully! If I may say so myself, and I think I may.

Where I'm from Father's Day is called Vaderdag, and us being very fond of Star Wars as well, this seemed to be the perfect card.

Did you do anything special or give any gifts to your old man?

Leap Year

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Personally I did quite a lot. I had an important appointment and later on dinner at a friend's house. Though I have to admit I also spent some time watching sitcoms...

What have you done with your extra day today? Did you use it to tackle your to-do list or perhaps to relax guilt-free because, hey, it's an extra day, right?

Etsy Update: Packaging and Christmas Goodies

Lately there have been a bunch of changes made to my shop. Not only do I have a new header and banners(which you can find and copy here), but I also changed my packaging to this:

Until a little while ago I used old magazine pages to make packages like the one below. I liked it a lot and of course it was "greener" because of the recycling. I might still use it occasionally or get back to it later, but for now I'm sticking to the new floral bags.

However I also have special holiday wrappings, because I wanted something more Christmassy in December.

Inside you will find the bookmark in a clear bag with my logo. And on the back my url. I made them in all sorts of colors to match any bookmark.

I hope you like everything, I thought it was a more professional look. Plus this all gave me the chance to use my owl-logo more, I even have it stamped next to the address on the bubble mailers.

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It's Thanksgiving today, but I know lot of "foreigners" aren't celebrating anything, including myself. However somehow I'm in a pretty festive mood so I thought I'd show you my Christmas bookmarks.

Most people have already started planning and decorating. And for those of you who want to shop for gifts online, this is the right time to start.

Of course I couldn't stay behind on the holiday designs so I made my fair share of Christmas bookmarks.

Some of which you can even customize yourself by picking your favorite Christmas color.

So if you're looking for a Christmas themed gift or a cute stocking filler there are plenty of choices in my shop. And as always I'm open for custom orders too.

The bookmarks would make a nice gift for anyone who likes to read no matter what age. And since I invented them it really is a unique present.

Anyway, enough with the shameless self promotion;) Are you already busy doing, making and buying things for Christmas too?

Sunday Sequence: Happy Halloween!

Since everyone is in the mood for Halloween I thought I'd do a little owl post. Here are some of the cutest pumpkins and costumes I could find. Enjoy!

Even though the last one isn't really meant for Halloween, as it's just a costume of "The Owl", wouldn't it be cool to go like that?

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Au Revoir

This post is dedicated to my vacation to France. I'm leaving tomorrow and won't have internet access for 2 weeks. I left my Etsy shop open with the announcement that I can't send orders before the 1st of August. Needless to say I won't be blogging either. I know I haven't been blogging much, which also had to do with needing the time to pack, sign up for art school and all sorts of stuff that I had to take care of before going away.

However before I leave I wanted to give you (and me) a preview of my vacation.

Above are two pictures of the place I'll be staying. They'll be teaching yoga and giving all sorts of creative workshops. I'll be found making mosaics, sculptures, jewelry and make painting a little too.

Even though it's not the same place as the last few years, it's in the neighborhood, which allows me to visit my favorite city and do some shopping. Among others at the amazing store that sells LaMarelle merchandise. You can imagine what most of my money was spent on last time. But I believe they've added jewelry, so we'll see what happens now...

We'll even be staying in a hotel for one night, so there'll be plenty of time for Macarons:)

To top things off, there's a village full of artists nearby!

Which brings me to the dilemma whether or not I should take my SLR camera. It's a hassle, it's big, it's heavy and requires me to always keep an eye on it. But it takes much better pictures than my old camera with massive battery issues.

Either way I'll be back with some pictures at least.

Enjoy your summer too, and take care!

P.S. There will probably be another giveaway when I get back.

Just a Little Update

I've been wanting to show you this picture. My mom had made me Milo, which is quite similar to hot chocolate. She put some foamed milk on top of it and somehow it turned out into this perfect heart:

Today has been a busy day. I am working on a custom order and had to go to the supply store. I'm hoping to make lots and lots of new bookmark designs soon. In eight days I'll be done with my portfolio, and even though I still have other stuff to do I will try to create all the designs that are now floating through my thoughts.

Here's my latest design by the way. You can see more pictures of it here if you'd like.

This weekend I'll try to plan our holiday. I am very excited and know it'll be fun, but it's hard to decide what would be best.

Do you have your holiday planned yet?

I'd love to...

>go on another holiday to France in our cute green car

>read a lot while lying in the grass during the summer

>make Jell-O more often, or things similar to it