486 tractors...

...behind our garden is a big meadow, normally filled with sheep. Once a year, it is filled with tractors and caravans and a festival is heald for a whole weekend. This year I was amazed by the work of a man who I saw building "something" while I was at work in my studio. It looked like a caravan at first, but within an hour the caravan was lifted, on the truck and had a view overlooking the entire meadow. He said he was building two more at his home, all together they should form a castle, how cool is that?

Newborn Gift Special...

..in our salescorner we added a special offer! A newborn gift package containing a pyjamabag to hold your baby's favourite toys or socks, a chain to decorate the nursery and to swing every day to create a smile on your baby's face and a dummyholder to make sure an important item won't get lost during a walk in the park...all will be wrapped nicely before sending, have a peek here if you like : ) http://www.esthex.com/en/shop/sale/ 

Linda and Lola...

...it must be in the "L", Lola loves Luna and Linda..

...thank you StyleCookie for placing Owl Hendrik against my favourite pattern : )

On my desk...

...it was not a mother's day gift but it would have been perfect for this occasion, one of my daughters drew my doll from the esthex colouringbook, it was a great surprise : )

...such a decorative feeling in these drawings, they have been on my desk for a year now and they must have inspired me. I like the pink, orange and blue and the happy circus and balloon feeling!

Give away on Facebook...

...Renee from the lovely Canadian website Babybot.com told me she is running a Give Away on Facebook, just click below  if you want to give it a try : )
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/fbx/?set=a.10150589159175451.712056.361080970450&l=1c82e2c255

Found in an old "box"...

 

...while searching for some missing files this morning I found this image of my very first, handmade (and even hand cut : ) leaflet which I had send out myself to several shops in The Netherlands. I think it has been 8 years ago and brings back good memories of the start of Esthex and how much fun I had making this. The picture of Dragon Peter in the kitchen cupboard I made for the very first website.The dolls look so different in my opinion, but yet feel very familiar : )

New header and a special request...

...as a result of showing the kitchen images I received a request to show more images of our house. Well, these are my favourite rooms and while seeing them now from a sort of "distance" I realise I subconsciously had a special colourpallet on my mind, workwise (new header) and home-decorating-wise : )