handmade by Lappalainen

I admit... This weekend I spent hours looking at it... 
intrigued by the ever-changing light and the nice quiet movements of this
beautiful handmade accessory based on the work of Pol Bury and Alexander Calder. 

I guess like many of you,  you can find me regularly on the the site of Etsy... 
In my opinion, the world of Etsy is really a great place to find inspiration and 
I can spend hours to discover the most beautiful handmade creations and decoration ideas.

When I was asked a little while ago about my favourite shops and about my
 wishes for Christmas,  I immediately thought about my all time favourite;
The unique handmade mobile of the Lappalainen!
Lappalainen is the etsy shop of Rivka Baake from Germany and you can't imagine
 the amount of times I've admired the mobile and questioned myself which one 
to choose... the brass, copper or the black variant of the mobile.
When I finally made the decision, I thought it was a great opportunity

 to order an early Christmas gift  for myself.  A unique, beautiful and timeless eye catcher
 that makes us spend long times on the couch to watch the spectacle of the mobile... 

At Etsy, they love to support extraordinary and creative people by helping them
 be their own bosses and by letting them use Etsy's craft and design skills. 
A little while ago I was asked to help spreading the word about Etsy and
 the fact how proud they are of all the sellers... As a regular visitor and buyer I decided to
 support the Etsy ceatives and write posts about our favourite shops and products... 
Do you have a favourite Etsy shop or product? 
Please help me discovering them and let me know!

Urenlang kan ik er naar kijken... Het steeds veranderende licht en de mooie rustige bewegingen...Prachtig handwerk gebaseerd op het werk van Pol Bury en Alexander Calder. 

Net als vele van jullie ben ik regelmatig op de de site van Etsy te vinden. 
Ik vind het geweldig om daar inspiratie op te doen en urenlang de mooiste 
handgemaakte creaties en decoratie ideeen te bewonderen. Toen ik onlangs gevraagd
 werd naar mijn favoriete shops en naar de artikelen op mijn kerst wensenlijstje 
dacht ik meteen aan mijn all time favoriet:  
De unieke handgemaakte mobiel van de  Lappalainen! 

Lappalainen is de etsy shop van Rivka Baake uit Duitsland en hoe vaak ik dit artikel wel niet heb bekeken, bewonderd en nog eens bewonderd en getwijfeld over welke nu echt de favoriet was... de messing, koper of de zwarte variant van de mobile. Totdat ik er nu eindelijk uit was en in de gelegenheid was om hem te bestellen.... een vroeg kerstkadootje waar ik en eigenlijke het hele gezin zo ontzettend blij mee ben! Een unieke, prachtige  en tijdloze eyecatcher die maakt dat we tijdenlang op de bank bewonderd naar het schouwspel van de mobiel kijken... 

Bij Etsy ondersteunen ze creatieve ondernemers die hun zelfgemaakte of 
speciaal uitgekozen items verkopen. Een tijdje geleden werd ik gevraagd om dit initatief 
extra aandacht te geven en Nederland nog bekender te maken met dit platform. 
Als enthousiaste bezoekster en klant, besloot ik ter ondersteuning van alle creatieve
 winkeliers van Etsy regelmatig posts te schrijven over favoriete winkels en producten... 
Heb je een favoriete Etsy winkel (of product) die extra aandacht verdient of waarvan je
 vindt dat we die echt moeten zien? Laat het me weten zodat we samen 
de leukste shops en creaties in het zonnetje kunnen zetten!
                                                                                                                               

photos/styling elvs
More Etsy: Eco friendly Tea towel black splattered by Windwardmade Plate second skin collection by July

ELLE decoration live

 yesterday I visited the "ELLE decoration live" event at the
 amazing location the neo Gothic Posthoornchurch in Amsterdam and it was great!

I really enjoyed the cosy atmosphere and the diversity of the program.

this small scale design evenent  is filled with interesting speakers

 in the field of  design, trends, styling and materials. But there are also some great 

workshops and master classes to be followed and a few representatives 

and artisans from (etsy) shops where you can admire the most 

beautiful vintage ceramics but also the handmade plaster works 

of the stunning second skin collection of July Adrichem.

In addition to this program the team of ELLE decoration interior has created 

some inspiring design exhibition corners... 

If you are in the neighbourhood,  ELLE decoration live will be open until 17.00 today 

 you can find the program here

1- lamps fatboy 2-prouvé raw office edition for vitra 3- second skin by July Adrichem 4-vintage whites by witporselein.nl  5-lamps by Flos  6-posthoornchurh stage 7-etsy.com 8- piet hein eek wallpaper,  mirrors lucas and lucas,  seat dfs, lamp kranen/gille

giveaway - ReStyleshop - CLOSED

stylingfun at my home photos elvs

this giveaway is closed!

congratulations to...  INGRID -   you are the lucky one!

(please let us know your adress  at elvsblog@gmail.com) 

Thank you so much dear  Jan Skácelík and thank you all for joining and your nice comments!

Like you all know I really like graphic prints and posters

So when I received a mail from Jan Skácelík,  founder of the blog "design attractor",
with a collaboration proposal to give our readers the possibility
 to win his work it wasn't hard to say Yes!

Do you all know Jan Skácelík?
Jan is a very talented graphic designer, photographer and composer
 from the Czech Republic who runs an etsy shop.
 He opened his ReStyle shop around 2010 where he introduced

 original designs with ideas and a style that wasn't here before.
His colorful work is inspired by mid-century modern design, vintage 
Scandinavian items and iconic furniture items from designers like Eames.

My personal favorites are the black and white quote prints
(love the you+me=awesome one) and the typography posters!

You can find all these retro art and graphic prints at Jan Skácelík’s shop here

What can you win?

*  two of his amazing posters 

choose what you like, the're different style of prints 

so there is something for everyone :)

This is how to join in:

* follow Jan's blog design attractor here

* let us know your favourite print from Jan’s online shop in a comment in this post

Good luck! 

This giveaway is open for everyone (worldwide)  and the winner will be announced next week

       other prints:  balloon and lines by april and may - I share what I see by beeldsteil -

         Charlotte by Carl Bengtsson - photos charlotte gainsbourg at zoomagazine -