Bag, purse, clutch

I don't have the money for it but - like any woman - I would love a room full of bags. Vintage ones, new ones, any kind will do.

Rie Cramer's Summer

I know, summer hasn't started, not temperature-wise, nor calendar-wise... But hopefully this post will get the summer with us quite soon.
This old Dutch children's book is illustrated and written by Rie Cramer. It's part of a series of four books, I guess you can fill in the blanks!

Ólafur Arnalds

I came across this video at the blog Something's gotta give
Music from Ólafur Arnalds, Icelandic composer. His bio on you tube says:

Breaking classical music out of the tweed jacket and loafers and putting it into a t-shirt and trainers
Ólafur Arnalds brings his unique classically inspired music to the clubs, warehouses, and festival stages

Snowdon

Vintage Ordnance Survey map from 1962. My boyfriend bought this one after climbing the Snowdon.

At the farm

So cute!

Important people

I found these clippings between my encyclopedic illustrations collection. These portraits are drawn with the same technique. I remember that the book I got them from was in very bad shape so I kept the drawings and threw out the book. That was years ago and therefore I cannot recall what the book was about... Too bad!

Another game of Lotto/Bingo

I especially love these games because of the typography of the cards...

Cooking with a tight budget

I sold this book a few months before I started this blog. Yesterday, I discovered these pictures on my harddisk. I'm really glad I did and I'm really sorry I sold the book. I realise more and more how extraordinary it is. This cookbook is from 1927 or so, it is written by F.S.C. Oldeman but is based on 'Betje, de goedkoope keukenmeid' (translated: Betje, the cheap kitchenmaid'). The first edition of that cookbook appeared somewhere around 1850, a classic book aimed at households with tight wallets.

Encyclopedic frogs and parrots

Suitcase full of stories

That's the title of the book. Nice, friendly illustrations.

Counting to ten

I bought these online a while ago. Lovely, right?!

Needlepoint and more

It's a bright sunny and warm day here in the middle of the Netherlands so I thought I'd start off with a few handmade items I did when I was about 6-10 years old. I did them at school and I'm really glad my mom kept these for me.

Marine clothing

Bought in 1999, at a yard sale in Los Angeles

Margriet, born in 1938

I've a small stack of these old magazines Margriet, for mother and child. Margriet and Libelle are two competing magazines which both focus on women from about 30-70. The articles the ad can be hilarious sometimes. It's so great to see that both magazines are with us for such a long time and it's interesting to realize that their main focus is still very much the same.