dutch Etsy

You all know i love Etsy.

So I makes me happy to see that Etsy finally getting

popular in the Netherlands.

Today I had a look at the Etsy pop up store in Leiden.

 It was great to meet

Lisbeth from Pinipiri and Elles from Hollund

On the second photo you see the wonderful paper lampshades

from Studio Snowpuppe.

They look fantastic (on my wish list).

kay

midmodern clock

On Tuesday I was lucky to find this midmodern clock in a small shop in Leiden. Mister Kay found another 50's Hala lamp... so we had a good day.

Just finished watching Grey's Anatomy, so what should I watch next? Tell me whats your  fav TV Series. Guess I should have a look at Just about every TV Show.

see you soon
kay

Ps: you can still join my giveaway

Kunstroute (Art Trail) Leiden

Mary Geradts

 Peter Zuur

Astrid Beumer

Our last weekend was really fun. Saturday we spent all day at the municipal museum in Den Haag. On Sunday we went to the Kunstroute (Art Trail) in Leiden.

We have met lots of friendly artists & seen some wonderful  art (guess I should buy a bigger house with lots of white walls). Sure we will go there again next year.

In a couple of weeks we will visit the open house trail in Whistable, Kent. So maybe I'll see you there.

kay

pastel love

Here are some photos from Cafe Voltaire in DenBosch. This is the place where my love & collection of pastel dinnerware started. (I wonder why??) The owner Ria has a huge collection of pastel plates & cups.

It´s also a great place for lunch & coffee.

see you
kay

ps:  Lorraine Pascale is back on BBC2 tonight
Autumn weather makes me read cookbooks.  Mister Kay and I also enjoy cooking together.

at the museum

We had a great day at the Gemeente Museum in Den Haag today. It was the opening of the Mondriaan & de Stijl exhibition. I love that museum, the staff there are so friendly and today there where so many pretty people. They also have a great museum shop.

As you can see in the first photo Mister Kay was also having a good time. After a couple of hours at the museum, we went for a little beach walk in Scheveningen. What a beautiful day.

enjoy the rest of the weekend

kay

ps: cute blog  dicky bird

vintage room

There is a wonderful  lady  in Den Bosch, who loves tapestry.
I really love her style, so simple and chic (casual boho chic)
You can buy the tapestry kits in her daughters shop Vintage Room.

postcards

I always enjoy shops with a good range of  postcards.
My idea was to buy a stack of cards to keep at home, for emergency situations.
Guess it would be also cool to have a  present drawer (one day).

- I love Rie Elise Larsen
- and my fav blog of the week is Lola Nova - whatever Lola wants

have a good week
kay

Luc

After 3 years of hard work, finally on Monday the 19th of September the new book Operation Alphabet of
my friend Luc aka the Ilustrista will go on sale in the UK. I just ordered my copy.

well done Luc, it looks amazing!

Photo: Mister kay and I planning a second trip to Brussels to visit the rest of the cartoon murals.

Hello Kitty & giveaway

Last weekend the SieboldHuis in Leiden started their Hello Kitty exhibition. Very colorful and cute. I really liked the vintage Hello Kitty clothes. You have to enlarge the third picture to see the Hello Kitty figures in the pattern of that great suit. It's on till the 20th of November.

At the Museum shop you can buy some special editon Hello Kitty goodies... so I got one Hello Kitty mug (see last photo) for one of my readers. Just leave me a comment before the 30th of September.

enjoy your weekend
kay

Ps: this is why I love flickr

CAT GIRL

Nila got  a new pillow for her room,
Cat Girl ( is one of the seven members of the Lavender Club. She's a little shy and sometimes hides behind her hair.) from Anke Weckmann. It was not easy to decide which pillow we wanted..
we also love Martha

this week

this week
- Little monster aka Nila  got her first autumn  flu,
poor little monster
- and I just broke my  beloved camera, I feel so miserable without my camera

Hope the rest of the week  will be better...

kay

ps;     the Chordettes  with Lollipop

dinner plates

Mister Kay's fav dinner plate is made by Egersund -Norway.

It's a shame that we don't have any more information on the plate,

 but I guess is from the 50's.

My fav plate is from the Picknick range  by Rorstrand - Sweden.

It was designed by Marianne Westmann in  the 50's.

In Berlin we bought some Picknick fabric from Scandinavian Objects. Maybe I should ask my friend Zoe to make me some Picknick pillows when I'm in the UK in October.

My sunday morning read: Schorlemaedchen.

kay

studio pottery

I started a small collection of vintage studio pottery. Still have to learn a lot about pottery. There are so many
different interesting small pottery studios
As you can see I'm bringing back the color blue to my home.

My highlights of the last week:
- we had a great  indonesian rice table, which we got  from a small restaurant in Leiden.
- a yummy cookie parcel from Isabelle.

11 of september 2001

11 of  September 2001- this is a day I will always remember
seems like yesterday... I remember it so vividly
wonderful speach Mister Clinton

dutch flea market

This morning  we went to a dutch chuch flea market.

 I was looking for some frames and Mister Kay was delighted to find another Lynch for his collection.

- I love Frankie Cocozza (what a cutie)  X factor audition

enjoy the rest of the weekend

kay

september issue

 

 

 

Yesterday we had our first taste of autumn, our first storm.

I love to be at home on rainy days,

should get some more candles.

My friend Mette sent me some beautiful green wool.

wool, rain, candles, mags... cozy!

• on my shopping (wishing) list: Peridot the new autumn  nail polish form Chanel, its a wonderful green-gold color.
• on my reading list: Agent 6 by Ton Rob Smith.
• on my want list: a good & easy  Zuchini muffen recipe.

enjoy your week

kay

first september weekend

Wat a glorious day we had yesterday. Most of the day we spent outside.

We started with a trip to a small local flea market. I found some nice tins. The rest of  the day we spent in the garden. We also had dinner in the garden. I missed our meals outside this year.

At the second photo you see my fav plant  Chocolate Mint. It smells just like After Eight.

Inaluxe and Helen Dardik designed some great paper lanters for BlueQ. They are so cool, I want one!

strangers

A couple of weeks ago in Brussels I met two sisters from Madrid in front of a second hand clothing shop. They where great fun and, as you can see in the pictures, very proud  of their vintage finds. You know the quote "strangers are friends you have yet to meet". Lets  hope  I'll meet them again one day.

- Any plans for the weekend?

enjoy your weekend
kay

PS:  Did I tell you that I love Wildwood?