Lille Nord

Good news: a new online magazine is just about to launch its second issue! "Lille Nord is a new online magazine for trendy parents and children alike with a love for everything Scandinavian." Aha, so that is why we love it so much ;-)
Go check out there first issue here.
Aline collected links to other really nice online children magazines on this Pinterest board.

Goed nieuws: een nieuw online magazine staat op het punt om haar tweede editie online te zetten! "Lille Nord is een nieuw online magazine voor trendy ouders en kinderen met een voorliefde voor alles wat uit Scandinavie komt." Aha, dus daarom vinden we het zo mooi ;-)
Bekijk hun eerste nummer hier.
Aline verzamelde links naar andere mooie online kindermagazines op dit Pinterest board.

Vintage book find - Silhouettes by Reyer Stolk

'Dierenprentenboek Silhouetten' by Reyer Stolk, 1945

We recently visited the wonderful little city Bredevoort. It's called "Books City" and that makes sense: vintage book stores on every corner! We were very excited to find this inspiring animal picture book by Dutch artist Reyer Stolk (1896-1945).
Don't you just love the typography?! Here's two of the double paged illustrations: animal silhouettes on the right and their names on the left (genius). Enjoy!

Ministry of Letters

I know it's quite a challenge to translate an alphabet book, but can somebody please try to make a Dutch version of Operation Alphabet?!

Found it through tiny and little blog. They embedded a video that's too cute not to share:
presenting The Alphaphonic Orchestra!

Time out in Tallinn

Just took a 2-day pause together in Tallinn, Estonia. Perfect city for it!
What we loved: history all around, but free wifi too. Also:

Cafe restaurant Must Puudel (Black Poodel). Nice atmosphere, retro 70ties design and friendly staff,  good choice of music and piles of interesting satire comics from Sovjet times.

Also at Must Puudle: very decent breakfast for a good price. Yes, we are going back there :-)

Very nice textile. This design by Zizi.

Inspiring illustrations everywhere..

Lovely streets to wander at night. With an occasional hot wine to fight the cold. Or the perfect hot chocolate with a little rum at Cafe Josephine. Cheers :-)

The Art of Packing

Very nice animation by Valins & Co for fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg. Makes us want to pack our bags and go on adventures :-) By the way, we pack lightly and live lightly by choice.. and we LOVE it!

DIY candle making at Zilverblauw blog

This wonderful picture is made by Anki who writes a fabulous blog called Zilverblauw. Today she posted an inspiring DIY about how to make candles out of old cups. Nice to find our poster 'Puddle Jumping' on the wall and lovely words about our collection. Thanks Anki!

Anna Howarth for IKEA

Today we bought a real gem at IKEA. A beautiful illustration by paper cutting artist Anna Howarth on poster.  For only 7.99 euro.. don't you just love IKEA?

The Christmas Story

Sharing two inspiring illustrations of the nativity story.

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone, full of love, hope and happiness!

From childrens perspective: 'The Christmas Story' as told by the children of St Paul's Church, Auckland, New Zealand.

An illustration by Galia Bernstein for a series of postcards

Amazing animation

Amazing animation work by New Zealand artist Ned Wenlock for a music video of American band MGMT. Love the unfolding technique!