New Days. New Handmade Fabric Projects.

As the autumn goes by with its vibrant colors and dancing leaves, I find myself again being drawn to my colorful fabric swatches. I designed and ordered them at Spoonflower. Playing with my fabrics and coming up with new ideas for my little DIY sewing projects brings me much joy… Look! Look what I made this time :)

 

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03 Nov 2011

Video: Rondy The Elephant Original Paintings Looking For A New Home

Yep! Finally a new video! Sorry for a big pause in uploading my videos, but I’ll try to get better and come up with something fun for you! I hope you like it! Let me know what you think of my Rondy paintings! :)

 

 

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02 Nov 2011

Adventure, Photos and Illustrations: Monkeys Everywhere!

A couple of weeks ago Alex and I visited a very cool zoo Apenheul located in the Netherlands. It is filled with hundreds of apes and monkeys of all sizes and characters! We enjoyed it a lot and I even got inspiration for a new pattern! :)

 

 

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Rondy The Elephant Etsy Shop Is Taking A Break

Hey all! How are you doing? :) I am working on my projects and enjoying nice Dutch autumn. I hope everything is fine with you! I think it’s about time to announce that Alex and I will be moving this winter around New Year’s Day. We are currently living in Groningen, the Netherlands and this winter we will be moving to new and exciting place – Santa Barbara, California. We are really looking forward to new adventures there! :)

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27 Oct 2011

Style Try: Painted Patterns and Textures

Let me tell you that coming out with new styles for my patterns is my favorite part of designing! When I am busy with one style I already dream of starting a new series with a new look :) It was this way with my painted patterns series I created recently for my iStockphoto portfolio

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19 Oct 2011

Playing With My Fabric Designs…

I’ve been pretty busy lately working on my new seamless patterns for my collection and making a children’s book (Yep! But about that later). I still couldn’t help myself playing around with Spoonflower Fabric swatches with my designs I told you about earlier. I came up with a couple of quick DIY projects with fabric to try out my patters. It helps a lot! I have already a couple of new ideas for next fabric collections. Check out also more handmade goodies with my fabrics.

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04 Oct 2011