January: Month of the unfinished projects!

Happy New Year!!!

A few years ago I started this blog. I have to admit I am not a very good blogger or writer. I am not so handy with words as I am with a jigsaw machine! I am a lousy typer and spelling was not my strongest school subject either. At school I would rather draw beside my notes.

For my webshop I love to start new projects, sometimes I start another one without finishing the first one.  And that is what this is all about. I have a lot of unfinished projects so I decided that January is my month of unfinished projects!
This week I start to continue to blog and finish these cute handpainted lasercut brooches. I have a lot of different ones, I hope at the end of the month they will all be sold in my shop!

For now you can find already a few brooches in the Etsy shop:
link to Etsy: handpainted brooch with a pig and a red balloon

Breaking news...Today the small windmill is moving!

At first I was afraid the windmill was to small to have moving parts, but with some help of the lokal tool shop the blades of the mill can really rotate now.
Because I am so happy about that I wanted to share this with you, although its not the best video :)
See and watch for yourself.
Wishing you all a happy, sunny, windy day!

1 day to go...but the Swan Market is canceled :(

I was so busy making new things that I didn't realize how bad the weather was....half an hour ago they canceled the Swan Market for tomorrow. And tonight? I stop painting.... Hmm I think I'm going to watch the songcontest and drink a glass of wine!
Anyway, I made a lot of new items. Tomorow I 'll make some photographs.

I feel a bit like these clouds now.

3 days to go until the Swan Market starts

This morning I worked with Nicole from Studio Big, on the Etsy school program about SEO.
For those who do not know Etsy, please visit:
https://www.etsy.com
Great to spend time on rainy days as today!
(The weather got a 3 on a scale to 10 today and it rained 35 mm!)
Of course you can start with visiting my shop or Nicole's
https://www.rosesarerednl.etsy.com
https://www.studiobig.etsy.com

Today I painted a lot, but I don't think you would like to see more pictures of that :)

And I made pictures of my new brooches! This is a project I am working on for quite some time.
Tomorrow I'll try to list them on Etsy.

4 days to go until the Swan Market starts

At some days the time flies away! Today was such a day. I packed my Mother's day cards and brought them to Spring Stores...in the pouring rain! I also had to buy some new supplies.
And I had to make a babyhat because there was an order in my webshop. I forgot I gave my last baby hat with pink flower to a friend.

So no time for sewing, what I planned for today. Instead I did a lot of painting. The coloured items need to be painted several times. Now I have plenty of time to let it dry.

5 days to go until the Swan Market starts

Today I did a lot of painting for the Wooden Rosies. This is not very exciting to see...because today I painted everything white!
I finished new fishbowls with a mama fish and small baby fishes.

I also made Mother's day cards. You can buy them with or without a brooche! On the market I will bring my letter stamps in this case people can add a personal message!

6 days to go until the Swan Market starts

On sunday 11th of May I will sell products of my webshop Roses are red on the Swan Market at the Maliebaan in Utrecht.
The days before a market are busy days. This week I'll let you take a peek how such a week looks like at my place

So don't pay any attention to the mess in my house...I'm producing all kind of new items for the market!!!!






One of my new projects is called "Don't feed the birds!" Besides the wooden fishbowls I am working on more carefree pets.

Curious how it will look like? Follow me the comming days to the market. Update every day!