Geertje Aalders

Yesterday, I visited Flavourites Live, a unique webshop event. My highlight was a meet & greet with Geertje Aalders She's a wonderful illustrator and paper artist!
I bought, of course, some paper designed by Geertje. 

Paper garland for Sinterklaas

This morning I made a paper garland for Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas is a traditional winter holiday figure still celebrated today in the Netherlands. He is celebrated annually on Saint Nicholas eve, 5 December.
Sinterklaas is an elderly, stately and serious man with white hair and a long, full beard. He wears a long red cape or chasuble over a traditional white bishop's alb and sometimes red stola, dons a red mitre, and holds a gold-coloured crosier, a long ceremonial shepherd's staff with a fancy curled top. He carries a big book that tells whether each individual child has been good or naughty in the past year. He traditionally rides a white gray. Although he is usually referred to as Sinterklaas he is also known as Goedheiligman or simply Sint.

I used paper from a free craft sheet for children provided by a Dutch supermarket called Albert Heijn.

Craft idea: tree of hearts

Today, I finished my "tree of hearts". I made it of scraps of paper. For the hearts I used a punch.

Folding christmas trees

I like folding. I know it's still november but look at this Christmas trees! It's easy to make. Follow the steps above. It's nice to make a lot of trees (that's why I post this now). If you make a hole in the top, you can hang them with fishing line. For example in the Christmas tree or on a branch or mobile. You can also use them for wrapping presents. I used wrapping paper from Blafre!
Send me a picture of your folded Christmas trees!

Paper badger

Tinkering with Sep. He made a badger of paper. Note the three-dimensional nose! Then a small badger. The third picture shows his carousel of paper. In the fourth picture the badges are in the carousel!

Ice cream sticks

My favorite season of the year...autumn! A whole week just for me and my son! A week for new inspiration and new ideas of course. 
My niece Pleun, she's ten years old, came to visit us and made these princesses from ice cream sticks (see my older post).

Wallpaper by Studio Ditte now available in several paper products

I really like the prints of the wallpaper collection from Studio Ditte especially now they are on several paper products. These stickers are my favorite.