Monday, November 28, 2011

Pictures of the Open Weekend in Moordrecht

I would like to show you some pictures of the open house Sinterklaas Ateliers in Moordrecht, which I wrote about on my last blog post. It took place last weekend.

Yvonne's work


Helene and customers


Nian's beautiful flowers


Domi showing her products to customers


Lovely cat keeping visitors entertained


Sandra's pretty candles

The space!


I tried to keep him entertained while his mama shopped!


Customer checking out Svet's cool aprons



Customer looking through my clothes.


The main corner of T.T. products




It was a great fun and we are already planning the next one! I will surely blog about it.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Uitnodiging Sinterklaas Ateliers in Moordrecht

This blog post is in two languages: Dutch and English

DUTCH

Mijn vrienden en ik gaan a.s. weekend een open huis organiseren. We noemen deze leuke handgemaakte expositie ‘Sinterklaas Ateliers in Moordrecht’. Het is om onze handgemaakte producten te presenteren en aan te bieden aan het publiek. Het Open Weekend vindt plaats in Helene’s mooie huis in Moordrecht, een dorpje vlakbij Gouda. Het huis zal je ook prachtig vinden. Deze foto is een hoekje van het huis, dat getransformeerd zal worden tot een prachtige handgemaakte expositie!

Helene's huis

Deelnemers zijn 8 talentvolle en enthousiastische zelf-makers:

1) Helene van Felt Goood met haar hippe en moderne vilt hoeden
2) Sandra van Natuurlicht met haar bizondere kaarsen
3) Mirjam van Made by Mirjam met haar mooie sieraden
4) Domitille van Les Moineaux met haar fun kinderkamer wanddecoratie
5) Nian met haar prachtige bloemen gemaakt van nylon stoffen
6) Svetlana van Moi Aussi met koele schorten van upcycled spijkerbroeken
7) Yvonne van Pourquoi Pas? met haar schilderijen en keramiek
8) En Thongbai met haar hippe en fun dameskleding!

Bezoek onze blog om kennis te maken met elke deelnemer.



Nian's folowers and Sandra's candles

Niet zal je alleen genieten van onze producten die met passie en liefde zijn gemaakt, maar ook zal je plezier hebben in aktiviteiten zoals de demonstratie kaarsgieten door Sandra. Als je oude kaarsen hebt die je niet meer gebruikt, neem die dan mee om ze in te wisselen voor kaarskadeautjes van Sandra.

Nian gaat ook een gratis workshop bloem maken houden. Hier leer je om bloemen te maken met nylon stoffen. De materialen worden voor je voorbereid tegen een kleine vergoeding. Deze materialen zijn ook te koop, zo dat je de bloemen ook thuis zelf kan maken. Ik vind het een goed idee om eigen bloemen te maken voor je huis tijdens de feesdagen. Ook is het leuk om de zelfgemaakte bloemen als kadeau te geven.

Yvonne, artist at work!

Om het weekend extra speciaal te maken, zal ik mijn gehele kledinglijn met korting verkopen. Sommige items van de vorige collectie zal zelfs afgeprijsd zijn tot 50%.

Svetlana's apron and Thongbai's sweater

We zullen thee, koffie en koekjes klaar zetten om je te verwelkomen. Als je het weekend vrij bent kom dan langs. En ik zou het op prijs stellen als je de uitnodiging kan verspreiden naar je familie en vrienden via email of sociale netwerken.

Wij hopen je tijdens de Open Dagen te mogen ontvangen.

Plaats: West Ringdijk 39, 2841 LW Moordrecht (Gouda)
Datum: zaterdag 26 nov. 13.00 - 21.00 uur
Zondag 27 nov. 11.00 -17.00 uur
Contact: Helene, 06 36 20 36 86, feltgoood(at)hotmail.com
Blog: http://sinterklaasateliersinmoordrecht.blogspot.com/

Mirjam's necklace and Helene's hat

ENGLISH

Some of my friends and I are organising an open house this weekend (26-27 Nov), called Sinterklaas Ateliers in Moordrecht, to present and offer our handmade products for sale. It takes place in Helene’s beautiful home in Moordrecht, near Gouda. You will love the architecture of this home. The very first picture on this post is one of the corners of the house, which will be transformed into lovely handmade exposition!!

There will be 8 makers participating in this activity:

1) Helene from FeltGoood selling her fun felted hats
2) Sandra from Natuurlicht selling handmade candles
3) Mirjam from Made by Mirjam selling jewelry
4) Domitille from Les Moineaux selling children’s decoration products
5) Nian, selling flowers made from nylon fabrics
6) Svetlana from Moi Aussi selling aprons made from upcycled jeans
7) Yvonne from Pouquoi Pas? selling art works such as paintings and ceramic products
8) Thongbai selling fun handmade clothes!

Visit our blog to learn about each participant.

Domitille's children decoration


Not only will you be enjoying our products made with passion and love, but will also be entertained by activities like the demonstration of candle making by Sandra. If you have old candles that you don’t use any more, bring them with you to exchange them with gift candles from Sandra.

Nian will also give a free workshop, teaching you how to make the flowers of your choice from nylon fabrics. She has all the materials available. A great idea to make your own flowers to decorate your house during the festive season, or to give them as gifts.

Nian's flowers


To make the weekend extra special, I will be selling all of my clothes with a discount. Some of the items of older collection will offered with a discount of up to 50%.

We have prepared tea, coffee and yummy snacks to welcome you. If you are free this weekend please come and visit us. And I would appreciate it very much if you could help share the invitation with your friends and family via email or social network.

Adress: West Ringdijk 39, 2841 LW Moordrecht (Gouda)
Dates: zaterdag 26 nov. 13.00 - 21.00 uur
Zondag 27 nov. 11.00 -17.00 uur
Contact: Helene, 06 36 20 36 86, feltgoood(at)hotmail.com
Blog: http://sinterklaasateliersinmoordrecht.blogspot.com/


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

I am out of town and some new dresses

I will be out of town from this afternoon until next Tuesday (22nd November). It is a short one-week holiday for me. This is where I will be going. Guess where?


My Etsy shop remains open during this time. Ready-to-ship items ordered while I am way will be shipped on 23rd November. Custom and made-to-order items will be shipped on 30th November. I check my mails regularly. If you wish to contact me, please feel free to do so. I will get back to you as soon as I can.

I am more and more inspired by vintage fashion these days. I want to make more of the 20s dresses. But I don’t have the right fabrics for what I have in mind. At this moment I have lovely polka dot fabrics in dark brown, grey and black. I will use them to make some 60s inspired dresses. These fabrics combined and with a red accent.



I drafted the pattern, which was later transferred to become small parts ready for the fabrics. I will continue with the dresses when I am back from my trip and will surely update about its progress.




See you soon. And have a lovely day.
- Thongbai

Saturday, November 12, 2011

October 2011 giveaway winners

Thank you all the participants of my giveaway. Thank you also for liking my Facebook, following my blog, subscribing to my blog, and for your compliments on my clothes.

I am so happy to announce the two winners!

Prize 1, a silk scarf, goes to the lucky number 175!
Congratulations April!




Prize 2, a 50-dollar gift certificate, goes to number 123!
Congratulations Julie!



Thanks to everyone again for all the fun. Sorry if you did not win. But the November giveaway will be here soon. You are most welcome to join me again.

Have a lovely Autumn weekend.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Time flies

Time flies .....


A-line skirt in purple, pink and grey





"When you are enjoying life time flies by, when you are not it stands still, though in reflection of this stillness, the observant may note how much of it has passed, and how much has been wasted... " - Jane Wagner