mieke willems

blue presents

2012-02-15T15:25:00.002+01:00

from renilde.
the first work is from the blue path series and it's ofiicially called 'eclipse' but we call it 'the mickey'.
and the pillowcase is made out of a fabric in a classic african print which i have seen before in this etsy shop.

tarkovsky's polaroids

2012-02-13T10:38:00.000+01:00

a friend reminded us on a book we recently saw with tarkovsky's polaroids. beautiful light! wonderful atmosphere! have a look here if you want to see many more.

mickey again

2012-02-12T21:00:00.000+01:00

1. a vintage pin. 2. minnie drawn by a child. 3. photo saved from ebay long time ago. 4. a marker from the thirftstore.

♡

2012-02-10T18:29:00.001+01:00

1. a drawing by charlotte for otark. could be a nice tattoo :)
2. love this note, found on happy accident, which is a fantastic tumblr by jennilee marigomen.
3. a photo found in the newspaper not very long ago. the title said: 'man holds hand of woman since 1500 years'.

+ this is so nice.

this week

2012-02-09T21:03:00.002+01:00

trying to make as much photos as possible since the light is so nice most of the time. these are some analogue ones taken in a very nice home.

just discovered this blog. there are some nice things to see and also a post on us :)

myQSL

2012-02-07T21:15:00.003+01:00

always nice to browse this flickr page. it shows someones collection of QSL cards (read here what they are, had to look that up!) lots of animals as chipmunks, dancing bears, and a few mickey's too!

the photoshoot went well. a bit worried about the photos i had to pose on though. if it looks allright you will see it here beginning of march!

sunday

2012-02-05T11:29:00.004+01:00

cleaning and organizing the apartment for a photoshoot this afternoon. luckily the sun is shining than it looks the best! but than you also notice dirty windows...! will tell you more about it later!

dog days

2012-02-04T23:35:00.001+01:00

the catalogue from the great mamma andersson exhibition we saw in december. pity the photos of the beautiful space are in black and white, cause the colours of the wood and the trees through the windows made the paintings even better! but still very nice to remember the exhibition.

first snow

2012-02-03T17:50:00.003+01:00

nice endpapers of an old book. pictures taken about 2 years ago, when we had the book workshop with jordi in our shop.

+ a nice snowman by fischli & weiss. would be nice to make one ourselfs.

sunshine

2012-02-02T19:54:00.000+01:00

had a nice lunch in the sun today.

owl + bird

2012-02-01T13:44:00.000+01:00

a wooden owl and a bird cookie-cutter. the plan to stay inside doesn't really work ofcourse. nice things to do outside, like the solar vintage shop that starts tomorrow. and going to the library to take a pile of dvd's for the cold cold evenings.

martin ramirez

2012-01-30T14:09:00.003+01:00

really like the works of outsider artist martin ramirez.

a plan

2012-01-29T19:48:00.004+01:00

the plan for next week: staying inside under a layer of blankets. it's gonna be super cold... + hang our michel francois-posters. don't remember where we found the pink cat photo, but it looks really nice!

michel

2012-01-27T13:27:00.006+01:00

take a trip to see the michel françois exhibition if you can this weekeend. the hotel we can't really recommend but it was a nice stay anyway.

maestro

2012-01-25T14:35:00.001+01:00

another book by amanda vähämäki.
in the garden
the bun field
souvlaki circus

growing

2012-01-24T17:30:00.002+01:00

finally! a tiny root and some cracks in the avocadopit that's standing in the water for more than 3 months now! hope it will go fast now! also roots growing from a sparmania cutting.

♥

2012-01-23T12:56:00.007+01:00

a new brush for the collection. and a card i picked from johanna's card collection a while ago. must be a good sign.

foxes

2012-01-21T16:08:00.003+01:00

1. a nice photo that i saved on my computer long ago, not sure where i got it from. it's on our ffffound.
2. notebook
3. spread from this book, a card and an article about a fox who collected all the shoes he could find :)

more foxes before.

the sum

2012-01-19T18:12:00.000+01:00

also from walther konig's sales corner: the sum by the great tal r. (another book we own).

new camera

2012-01-18T15:18:00.000+01:00

i'm super happy with my new camera!

mostly cola

2012-01-17T17:02:00.002+01:00

ward zwart has a new book out and it's brilliant. for more info and photos (and also to buy one) have a look here.

some sun, finally

2012-01-16T11:54:00.002+01:00

these days the sun is shining again. better for the mood. that is sophie's cat, figaro.

yesterday we saw 'le havre' by aki kaurismaki and it's really good! beautiful colors and images!

michelangelo pistoletto

2012-01-14T14:37:00.000+01:00

we both bought this michelangelo pistoletto book at the fantastic walther könig bookshop in berlin. it was on our list for a while and it was in their sales corner for less than half of its price! the book mainly shows photos of the mirror paintings he did in the 60's. they are really really good!

things

2012-01-13T17:11:00.002+01:00

all from berlin. mostly chocolate. and a vase from mauerpark fleamarket. nice sugar label and a crown cork from ice-tea.

from berlin

2012-01-12T10:49:00.002+01:00

we had a nice time in berlin. didn't make many photos though. would like to go back in spring, cause there is still so much to do.

jackets and coats

2012-01-03T16:33:00.005+01:00

still not very cold, but rainy and windy.
hope it will be better in berlin, cause we're going to visit a friend over there for a few days. leaving on thursday afternoon. if anyone has some nice tips, be welcome!

2012

2012-01-01T13:39:00.003+01:00

braeckman pt.2

2011-12-30T23:47:00.004+01:00

after we visited the braeckman exhibition we were making some photos in the other part of the museum (last photo) and we got inspired by what we had seen. the other photos are from my archive, but manipulated them in a braeckman-way :) how fun to do!

renilde made some braeckmans too.

dirk braeckman

2011-12-29T20:07:00.006+01:00

renilde and me visited the dirk braeckman exhibition in museum M today. it was really good. more photos tomorrow.

huis mortier

2011-12-28T20:26:00.002+01:00

visited today huis mortier in ghent. renilde has some mobiles and cushions there. the place is very very nice. the paintings and the huge plate are by ruth van haren noman, we really like her work. if you still want to go you have 3 more days!

joke was also there.

leftovers

2011-12-26T22:11:00.000+01:00

we had a nice x-mas with nice food. ofcourse we didn't manage to eat everything. so we have some desserts for the next few days.

listening to jens lekman.
finally watched scarecrow, with our favorite al pacino, look how nice he's dancing :)

merry christmas

2011-12-24T14:36:00.005+01:00

we are not really big fans of christmas. but we will make a nice and simple dinner together tomorrow. pippi seems to celebrate it in a nice way. photos 1,3,5,6 and 8 were found here.

happy holdays to all of you!

roope eronen

2011-12-23T17:33:00.007+01:00

really like this yellow book by roope eronen. you can find it here.

bobby

2011-12-22T18:13:00.002+01:00

bobby balthus is growing fast, but still acting like a baby. that's nice.
on the first photo you can see daniel's photograph, there are some more of this series here.

+ some mittens in the webshop!

today in tervuren

2011-12-20T21:42:00.006+01:00

visited the royal museum for central africa. they are going to renovate it, and we wanted to be sure to check it before they change it. hope it'll stay as nice. more pictures on flickr.

socks in the webshop

2011-12-19T18:20:00.000+01:00

just added some socks to our webshop. not so many big sizes left though. have a look here. the mittens will be added later this week.

in the garden

2011-12-17T16:50:00.005+01:00

a small book by amanda vähämäki. you can find it here. also look at the bun field and souvlaki circus.

blue and pink

2011-12-16T20:48:00.002+01:00

the rain keeps coming. and it's very cold. but...bought some thermal underwear this morning and it really really helps :)
the poster and the pink wrapping paper were found on this nice blog. the cookie veronik once brought from berlin and it was one of the best ones i ever had!

more socks

2011-12-15T14:00:00.003+01:00

we brought some extra socks and mittens to the solar giftshop this morning! (a lot more than on this photo). it's open still untill sunday from 11 'till 18:30h!

indoors

2011-12-14T16:27:00.005+01:00

too dark. too much rain. too cold. would like to stay in all day, if that was possible. (photos taken at ra 13.)
a pile of dvd's ready: scenes from a marriage, saraband, les deux anglaises et le continent, paris, texas and again, buffalo '66.

mamma andersson

2011-12-13T23:51:00.001+01:00

last sunday we made a little trip to krefeld to visit the mamma andersson echibition 'dog days'. the museum is a wonderful villa which was designed by the great mies van der rohe. mamma created these paintings especially for the museum. if you have the change, go and visit! it is truly fantastic!

apartamento issue 8

2011-12-12T17:43:00.001+01:00

finally received the new issue of apartamento! and it looks really great! maybe the nicest so far?

+ thank you vibeke!

an autumn walk

2011-12-10T18:43:00.002+01:00

i really enjoy the nature walks with renilde. i guess we are a funny duo with our camera's. today we were posing both next to a gigantic tree. (she's very small, but she is there, on the 2nd photo). the colours were beautiful and these photos might look kitschy, but that's ok.

mcp

2011-12-10T18:09:00.000+01:00

last night was a nice evening / a nice exhibition for 1 night 'how to stay awake'. veronik showed a new series of paintings. mieke is her biggest fan.
the photos are not so nice since the lightning was a bit weird, but wanted to show these anyway.

solar giftshop

2011-12-09T18:49:00.008+01:00

the solargiftshop is open! you can still go tomorrow or sunday, and next week also from thursday till sunday. always from 11 till 18:30h. lots of pretty things! really like this blue wooden box from katharina trudzinski.

more photos at renilde's blog + atelier solarshop's blog.

sinterklaas

2011-12-07T12:01:00.004+01:00

he brought us some sweets. chocolate and marzipan from belgium and swedish candy. and 1 spongebob cookie.

for sale at the solar giftshop

2011-12-05T15:51:00.003+01:00

bedsocks and mittens. handmade in wool for the cold winterdays. perfect x-mas presents for sale from thursday on in the solar giftshop. check for all info + opening hours here.
the leftovers we will sell in our online shop. hope to see you there!

yellow

2011-12-04T15:41:00.005+01:00

on a grey sunday.
next week atelier solarshop will start a giftshop for 8 days! we'll be there too with mittens and bedsocks. more on that soon.
and if you are around, make sure to check huis mortier in ghent as well!

books

2011-12-03T13:59:00.002+01:00

found some nice books browsing this website.

+ a friend of us started a blog a little while ago. it's very very nice!! have a look!

krtek

2011-12-01T18:02:00.004+01:00

RIP zdenek miler, illustrator of the mole, who died yesterday. look at these nice books here, here and here. and check youtube for all the fantastic animations. start with this one :)

a mix

2011-11-30T23:09:00.004+01:00

the knitted cat bag was a present from a friend. some fruit + potholder by renilde. bobby balthus is growing every day. some fruitstickers.

thank you 16 house!
+ tomorrow opening night at huis mortier!

brown

2011-11-27T19:01:00.000+01:00

1. bear from a book on russian children's books
2. knitted lion
3. charlotte collected some mini-shells and organized them nicely
4. end pages of a book by jiri trnka
5. a bench full of mespilus germanica

with an analogue camera (3)

2011-11-26T20:01:00.003+01:00

a few more. that mickey+ minnie photo i made long time ago as well with a digital camera. and that's an icelandic coin on the last photo, present from a friend. so nice, no?

+ a few more on flickr.

with an analogue camera (2)

2011-11-25T09:32:00.002+01:00

on the first photo you can see these trolls' hair if you look closer. the vase on the last photo was bought in atelier solarshop and is made by tomas kral.

with an analogue camera (1)

2011-11-24T08:08:00.010+01:00

had to finish one filmroll for some reason. seems ages ago that i really did some analogue photos and didn't realize what a difference it makes! everything looks much more refined, and so many different colors! it's a pity that it's all so expensive, but it's probably worth it. more photos soon. (click for a bigger view)

chocolate

2011-11-22T09:54:00.002+01:00

always like websites like these, from true collectors (remember the eraser one?). the wrapping papers from the czech republic,uzbekistan and estonia are the best. lots of animals also. wish we had squirrels here on our chocolate papers.

from this weekend's visit

2011-11-21T20:53:00.003+01:00

visited a nice place. loved the colours there. so special.

watch out for the autumn blues

2011-11-20T14:31:00.003+01:00

babar (3)

2011-11-17T21:30:00.003+01:00

another babar. see babar 1 + 2.
the endpapers are nice! and also look at babar's wallpaper :)

+ we love the kitten covers! (found through ffffound)

bright

2011-11-15T18:22:00.001+01:00

hope all mornings will look like this this autumn.

here and there

2011-11-14T10:13:00.000+01:00

as long as it's inside. it's getting really cold these days.

kubula a kuba kublkula

2011-11-12T17:56:00.002+01:00

really like this book. the drawings are done by zdenek miler, who also draws the fanatstic krtek. take a look at this book too.

trolls

2011-11-10T23:01:00.000+01:00

lisa is staying in a friend's place and she brought some little friends with her. look at them :) so so cute!

hokus pokus

2011-11-09T18:52:00.003+01:00

lisa jeannin and rolf schuurman have a very nice exhibition in the base alpha gallery in antwerp. it's open untill the 17th of december (wed.-sat. from 2-6pm). you can see a teaser from the hokus pokus video here!

autumn

2011-11-08T18:11:00.000+01:00

1. a mobile by renilde
2+3. pictures at charlotte's. that's miljan, who makes great drawings.
4. autumn still life
5. her place looks still lovely, even when it's almost dark.

randomn

2011-11-07T22:14:00.004+01:00

some randomn photos put together. in need of some light colors after such a grey day. the first picture shows a drawing by charlotte.
+want to see submarine!

dark

2011-11-06T17:51:00.010+01:00

not even 6 pm and all the lights are on. mmm miss the light already.
listening to jackson c. frank.
autumn sonata for tonight.

01 magazine

2011-11-05T21:14:00.005+01:00

maybe many of you know it already, but we just discovered 01 magazine and it looks really good! wish there was a 'real' paper version of it. love the photography, but the words are good as well. really like this article and these photos were found here. seems she has a pilea-plant too, and a rainbowmaker :)

souvlaki circus

2011-11-04T08:46:00.002+01:00

in the mail yesterday: this very nice book with drawgins by amanda vähämäki (the bun field here) and michelangelo setola.

more from our saurday visit

2011-10-31T21:58:00.001+01:00

the bouse was also a paradise for children. so many great great toys! that's renilde on the last photo. her yellow skirt matched the children's room.

outsider art

2011-10-30T09:35:00.006+01:00

we visited a beautiful home yesterday. they had a nice collection of paintings.

norbert schwontowksi

2011-10-27T18:33:00.004+02:00

veronik saw this exhibition in berlin. really good. love the way the paintings are presented too. check more of his work here.

at sophie's

2011-10-25T11:21:00.006+02:00

breakfast and candy, yesterday at sophie's wonderful place.

meet bobby balthus

2011-10-24T18:29:00.001+02:00

veronik has a new friend at home. it's very little and it's the cutest ever!

sun-day

2011-10-23T23:33:00.005+02:00

the light was very pretty this morning at otark's breakfast. (2nd photo). it also looked like that last week :)

weekend food

2011-10-22T16:51:00.000+02:00

nothing better than a chocolate bread in the morning. and a sandwich to play with.

things we both have (44)

2011-10-19T21:51:00.000+02:00

a pillow by renilde.
up: veronik's
down: mieke's

little

2011-10-18T16:38:00.006+02:00

have some new little pilea's. and also going to try to grow an avocado plant. seen it on some blogs and hope it will work out here!

simp

2011-10-17T22:31:00.003+02:00

daniel's book. simp by john burningham. some other nice books by him: 1 - 2.

5 beds

2011-10-15T17:17:00.004+02:00

veronik is in berlin.
and mieke is sleepy. (that's why all the beds). the sun is shining, here and also in berlin. on monday v is coming back and we'll do some nice things.

blue

2011-10-12T20:31:00.000+02:00

nice little things on a friend's desk.

finds

2011-10-11T19:21:00.000+02:00

recent finds. the cups... :) we were so happy when we found 2 a while ago 'cause we've been looking for them. and this weekend there were 4 of them at once, in the thriftstore! best find of the year!

packaging

2011-10-09T16:18:00.003+02:00

we still have a weak spot for food in a nice package. these are all belgian (except for the robot/he's just there).
previous posts on packaging 1 2 3 4 and ofcourse the bears.

inside

2011-10-08T18:01:00.003+02:00

some photos taken in charlotte's beautiful place. didn't really feel like leaving the house (rain rain rain!) but did a small thrift store route by car with a friend and brought some nice things home. will show you soon.

outside

2011-10-07T21:04:00.001+02:00

last week we've been outside so often. in the city, but also in the forest. now there is only rain. so it's movie-time again.
a short list of recent movies we've seen: persona, wild strawberries, scent of a woman, mifune's last song, and tomorrow, finally(!): blue valentine...

tomorrow is also the last day to visit the pop up 3 at atelier solarshop! go there if you haven't seen it yet!

quiet

2011-10-05T19:24:00.001+02:00

R.I.P bert jansch. who's one of our very favorite musicians.
(middle photo shows a new painting by veronik 'ppsss')

micha

2011-10-04T19:31:00.000+02:00

beautiful book with drawings by jiri trnka. (the hedgehog was also his). and here you can see some more pages from the book.

the white shoes club

2011-10-03T10:30:00.003+02:00

most of the time we are wearing white shoes, and it seems that a lot of our friends do the same.

a good friday

2011-09-30T22:23:00.003+02:00

we've been to a great place today. it's been way too long since last time. mushroom hunting again. but also just walking and looking. lots of spiders and mosquitos! the mushroom on the first photo was the prettiest, it looks so surreal! the red-one-with-white-dots is a classic, and always puts a smile on our face.

these days

2011-09-29T11:19:00.002+02:00

summer finally arrived, now that it's autumn.
+ koala

7 is more than a coconut

2011-09-27T20:13:00.000+02:00

veronik is showing some paintings in a livingroom sort of gallery of a friend. it's a very nice selection and a very nice place. if you want to go there you can contact viktor trixie here. the opening was on the 17th of september, but the paintings will be there for a few more weeks!

72 drawings

2011-09-26T19:11:00.001+02:00

a new favourite book. 72 drawings by david hockney. find it cheap here!

charlie's worm

2011-09-25T12:17:00.003+02:00

that's the 'real' one. a present from a dear friend. charlotte made a drawing of it twice, for this small box and this big box.

things we both have (43)

2011-09-23T13:58:00.003+02:00

duvet cover with little mice in patchwork.
up: veronik's.
down: mieke's

while the mortar dries

2011-09-20T18:44:00.003+02:00

a very nice new book by jockum nordström. find it here.

christian van maele

2011-09-18T22:53:00.001+02:00

crazy about christian van maele's paintings. and their titles. the first one is called 'whey don't your eyes see me?' and the 2nd one 'masters of reality'.
take a look at his work on his flickr pages. there is a lot more.

boats

2011-09-17T11:01:00.000+02:00

nice posters a friend brought from georgia.

snow pie

2011-09-15T19:50:00.001+02:00

we had a pie today that looked like a snow landscape. 'cause it's probably somebody's birthday tonight :)

babar (2)

2011-09-13T20:00:00.003+02:00

another babar book. this one is called 'babar et ses enfants'.
babar 1.

sweet

2011-09-12T19:34:00.001+02:00

nice things and images can make your day.
1// picture from an old book. 2// the knitting doll was a present from a friend. 3//mickey picture saved long time ago from ebay. 4// hedgehog drawing by jiri trinka 5// postcard from the wonderfull urpo & turpo.