jumping the band wagon

Well, that's what virals are for. It was a very therapeutic session with all the family members contributing.

Claudia | pimp my crib

Some colour studies for the little man's crib.

sicko | white

The girls have been going crazy about our house being too monastic. Maybe we got stuck in 80s minimalism. Finally we presented them with a decorational piece in the hall-way, in many shades of white :-)

claudia | patchwork

Started sampling a patchwork blanket for the little man.

sicko | frivolité

Today, Mother Martha brought us this tatting work, my grandmother made some 18 years ago. For the grandchild that was still to be born. She didn't know whether she would live to see one. She did. But by that time we'd forgotten about the tatting work.

The French name for tatting is frivolité, which also translates as lightheartedness. Although at times plagued by depression, my grandmother would call herself "happy me" (Jetje Pretje).

claudia | family tree

I am currently working on a sketch for the wall in the babyroom. It is going to feature the ancestors of our little man.
Claudia