Homeless kits
When I taught a course in Denmark on kindness, dreams, play and creativity, I gave each student group an assignment. They had to (…) Read More
7 lessons on how to brand yourself and your blog: ‘Brand against the machine’ by John Morgan
A review on ‘Brand Against the Machine: How to build your brand, cut through the marketing noise, and stand out from the competition’ (…) Read More
How to grow your own crystal necklace
Anyone can grow a plant. Although actually I still believe that keeping plants alive is one of the most underrated challenges of adulthood. (…) Read More
Compliment cards: kindness can be shared
Today I would like to share another happy student project that was created as part of my week teaching in Denmark. Each group (…) Read More
How to make a black leather spy mask
Whether you want to make a zorro mask to complement your costume, dress up as a spy, need a ninja mask for your (…) Read More
Play Clean: “We need ice hockey sticks and a fishing net”
About halfway through the second day of my week teaching in Denmark a student comes up to Adam and me. “We need ice (…) Read More
Dutch design week impressions
One week a year it’s Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. The city comes alive. Creative designers and artists crawl out of their hidden (…) Read More
Coffee with love
What can possibly be better than coffee? How about coffee that comes with cute messages from song lyrics written on paper hearts? Get (…) Read More
New kindness kits, prints and paintings
A new batch of kindness kits has been added to my Etsy shop. They are handmade, full of love and ready to be adopted by (…) Read More
Butterfly tie (vlinderdas) painting
The word for ‘bow tie’ in Dutch is ‘vlinderdas’. Vlinder means butterfly. Das means tie. So what you call a bow tie in (…) Read More
Box of dreams
Everyone has dreams. Some are big. Some are small. Some of them you might tell to anybody. Others are secret. One of the (…) Read More
How to make camera cookies
Learning to take better pictures is something that I have wanted to do for a long time. This summer, I borrowed a camera, (…) Read More
Happy walls, unicorns and singing pirates in Copenhagen
During my visit in Denmark, I stayed in Odense most of the time. However, I had a short day left to also get (…) Read More
Inspiration blog hop
Today I will answer four questions about my creative work, because Mary tagged me in an inspiration blog hop a while ago. Although (…) Read More
