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Green living / Stijlvol Styling on Waterworks

24/8/2017

A while ago i met blogger Susanne from Stijlvol Styling. A fellow creative entrepreneur, i was drawn to her perseverance and the hard work she puts into her blogposts and styling adventures.

We've stayed in touch and are now very happy with this wonderful piece Susanne just posted on her blog.
Below are a few photographs, check out the full piece (in Dutch) here.

Green Living / Stijlvol Styling on Waterworks | photograph by Stijlvol Styling Blog

All photographs courtesy of Stijlvol Styling Woonblog.
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a lively first day back in the office

15/8/2017

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After two weeks of exploring and frog-catching, our first day back in the office wasn't a very tranquil one: we had a workshop full of 4-8 year-olds who weren't about to sit down quietly.

We had loads of fun with Xam and his friends from daycare, and after a short introduction and tour (by Xam himself, of course) everyone got down to making puppets from scrapwood.

A lively first day back at the office - naturally dyed wood workshop with kids | photograph by House of Thol

The children used sanding paper and got to drill holes with a pillar drill. Of course they got to use a hammer to nail their piece together, which involved only one case of thumb-tears, which were quickly dried.

Before nailing down the wooden pieces, we dyed them with natural colors that were sourced from the garden (alright.. and from the supermarket). We used blackberries, turmeric, coffee, onionskins, red beets and spinach.

We found out the wood was stained best by our blackberries, which made it a vibrant pink, and by the turmeric, which made for a bright yellow color. The beets were a bit of a disappointment, but it was a fun experiment.

Luckily we have a little playground and a trampoline to jump on while the kids were waiting for their dye to set.

At the end of the afternoon we got to wave goodbye to two wagonloads full of smiling kids holding on tightly to their self-made puppets.

What a great -yet exhausting- way to kick-off the new season. If we can take on these kids, we're ready for anything.

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