The Fire Bird - Russian fairy tales

I found this gorgeous children's book in a thriftshop. It's an English translation of Russian fairy tales, with beautiful titles. Such as: the fire bird, the frog Tsarevna, chestnut grey, Emelya and the pike, Vasilisa the beautiful. 

I'm always interested in vintage books from Eastern Europe. The illustrations are always so interesting and beautiful. The drawings are by Igor Yershov and Ksenia Yershova. The book was first published in 1973 by Progress Publishers Moscow.

Vintage Dutch nursery rhymes

Published in 1971. Drawings by Bert Bouman

 

Nick White

I came across Nick White's gorgeous website, please have a look. Not only his website is worth a good long stroll, his work is great as well. The website has a lot of funny teasers and small 'corners' to hang out for a while. 

His work is fun, it's witty and shows an interesting mix of techniques and media. Lots of collage, a technique I love very much. Don't forget to have a look at the video Nick made about himself Nick Dynamite.

 via Anne Lichthart on Pinterest. 

Liebster blog award

Tineke Meierink (the wonderful stop:watch illustrator) gave me the Liebster blog award a few weeks ago.
Thanks so much Tineke! It means a lot to me, Im a big fan of your work!

Tineke awarded my other blog (My absent mind). I thought it would be best to move the award over to Turning Pages 'cause I have more visitors here. This award can each time be given to 5 blogs which have up to 200 followers.
These 5 blogs are worth your visit, I'd like to see each of them grow in number of followers!

1001 faces by Anja Brunt. Many of you know the blog but she still has got enough followers!

Anja has a second blog where she shows her other work and inspiration

(Anja is on holiday right now, surprise her with a new face in het followers list) 

A stamp a day by Gertie Jacquet. Very inspirational!

Knoopjes by Saskia. A delightful blog with wonderful collections and great thrift treasures.

Newem by Darja Charapova. I can finally award her beautiful artwork! 

T-A-K by Marieke Tol. Marieke is a friend of my friend Yvette. I haven't met her yet but I'm inspired by her creativity! She is a driving force behind Jaszak Schatten as well.