When you place an order in our webshop, our goal is to always have it out the door within 48 hours.
 
Orders placed on Friday and in the Weekends are dropped off at the post office the following Monday.

For shipment wihthin the Netherlands we rely on PostNL, which is usually fairly quick:
Both letters and packages are normally delivered the next working day.

Waterworks and Waterworks cones are always shipped as a package (because well... they don't fit in a letter slot).
Flower Constellations are either shipped as a letter (1 or 2 pcs), a package with or without track 'n trace code (3 pcs and up), or as a mailbox package for 3-6 pcs within the Netherlands only. 

Shipping costs vary depending on weight and destination and are calculated in the shop. 
To give you an idea, we've made this handy overview.
 
​Got any questions about shipment or would like to upgrade to express? 
Send us an e-mail and we'll get back to you at our earliest convenience.

Netherlands  1 to 2 working days
Belgium  letters: 5-8 wdays / track 'n trace package: 1-2 wdays
Denmark letters: 4-7 wdays /  track 'n trace package: 3-4 wdays
Germany  letters: 5-8 wdays /  track 'n trace package: 2-3 wdays
France  letters: 5-10 wdays /  track 'n trace package: 2-3 wdays
UK  letters: 5-9 wdays /  track 'n trace package: 2-3 wdays
Sweden letters: 5-8 wdays /  track 'n trace package: 2-3 wdays
US letters: 7-11 wdays /  track 'n trace package: 3-6 wdays
Canada letters: 9-13 wdays /  track 'n trace package: 5-8 wdays
Your country not mentioned? Here's the full list of PostNL 

Remember <this blogpost> about Rachel Ruysch a little while ago?
We asked you which painting you liked most, so that we could turn it into wrapping paper.

Well... the votes are in, and the winner is: Painting number 3!
Over all, most people liked the bright colors and explosive composition in this painting most.

Out of the Rachel Ruysch painting, we created this lovely wrapping paper that fits perfectly around the Flower Constellations. 

The Holiday season is upon us and we're getting in the mood for an overload of sing-a-long tunes, mulled wine, chocolate, log fires and sparkling lights.

How far along are you with the Holiday shopping? Got everything wrapped and ready to gift?
Nope, neither do we.

To help you out and spread the love, we made it extra easy and affordable to get the Flower Constellations for your loved ones and business relations. 

Here's how it works:
We created a special page full of Discount codes to be used in our webshop. (<click>) 
Simply fill out the correct code at check out and save some money!
Different discount codes apply depending on the number of Flower Constellations you're getting: Buy more to save more!

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Hi Everyone!
We hope you're enjoying summer as much as we are?
We've just returned from a little sunny break with the kids and came back to the best of the best: 

The Flower Constellations are in the house and they're looking good!
​Photographs of all Constellations will follow soon of course, we just didn't want to wait any longer to let you in on the good news.

Last but not least comes the Pisces, or should i say 'come' the Pisces. My apologies if i'm getting it wrong.
Yesterday we were talking about the age of Aquarius (remember). It's believed by most astrologists we're currently in the 'Age of Pisces'. The age started around 1 AD, not coincidentally around the birth of Jesus Christ. It's the age of religion, of faith, believe and sacrifice, and it should be coming to an end within the next 130 or so years.
Considering the current religious turmoil all over the planet: let's move to the next age sooner rather than later.

Anyway, back to the Pisces star sign. Pisces means 'fish', and the story goes, Aphrodite, goddess of love, and her son Eros turned themselves into Koi fish in order to escape Typhon, father of all monsters.

So now we've unveiled them all, it's about time to pinpoint you to this page that has all Flower Constellations in one neat overview. 
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Like what you see? Click on the button to pre-order now!

Capricorn is the smallest and faintest constellation of the Zodiac, yet has one of the oldest mythical back stories. 
It was originally depicted as a sea-goat: half fish / half goat. Which is without a doubt the silliest combination of animals you could come up with (i mean, imagine the walking?! What would it eat?). That said: feel free to add even sillier combo's in the comments. Thinking about stuff like that is the best for people with vivid minds like me. 
​Anyway, in Dutch, the translation of Capricorn is mountain goat, so that's what we went with for the packaging,

Using the more 'natural' approach gave us the opportunity to use a snowy mountain in the collage. Not only because it's wintery (the sign 'kicks off' right after winter solstice), but also because it represents the 'view from above' people born under Capricorn supposedly have: resulting in great management skills as well as sometimes coming across as condescending. 
Remember: that's just what the astrologers say, don't blame the messenger. 

Check out packaging for the signs Aries,  Taurus,   Gemini,  Cancer,  Leo,  Virgo,  Libra,  Scorpio & Sagittarius - Tomorrow: Aquarius

This publication in Volkskrants' summer magazine V-Zomer brought something about: orders started pooring in in our webshop and we ran out of stock! 

Nothing to be worried about though: a batch of glassware is on its way to our studio as we speak, and we'll be restocked by the time we get back from our little break. 

Definitely worth to check out the text, love the cheeky happiness (in Dutch)

November 23rd - December 21st
​¢ 6,5 - 9 cm

element:           fire
ruling planet:  jupiter
colors:                purple, scarlet, blue
birthstone:       topaz
houseplant:     monstera deliciosa
birthflowers:    thistle, carnation, peony,  dandelion

Sagittarius: the archer.
The ancient Greeks modeled the sign after centaur Chiron, a master archer, and mentor of Achilles in the era of the Trojan Wars. 
You might know the kind: wise and etherial, one with nature, yet untamed and violent when provoked. Centaurs in books and movies pretty much always follow that character (Hello J.K. Rowling / I see you C.S. Lewis). They're also usually very skilled archers, yet can be set in their way and difficult to live with.

Would the supposed character traits be similar to those projected on the mythological centaur?
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Well.. Not really.

​According to astrologers, people born under the constellation Sagittarius are considered philosophical freedom seekers who love to travel and learn new things, but can be rather impatient and undiplomatic. 
Maybe a bit like the Chinese archer depicted on the packaging: a skilled traveler, roaming free in a foreign land.
​Talking about roaming free.. For this Flower Constellation we decided to not use the full set of stars, but chose about half of them to make the constellation a perfect fit for the brass base.

Have you seen packaging for the signs Aries,  Taurus,   Gemini,  Cancer,  Leo,  Virgo,  Libra & Scorpio? - Tomorrow: Capricorn

The Scorpio: secretive, passionate, elusive, associated with tarot card 'Death' and a pack of not so very sweet totem animals including snake, phoenix and vulture. All in all a sign that's hard to warm up to.
Even if it's your own.
Which in this case it is.
Luckily it's not all bad: We' are also supposedly resourceful and decisive, and will research until we find the truth. I'm guessing Pitbull might have been a good totem animal to add to the list.​'

The Mythological backstory of the constellation has to do with the Scorpion that killed Orion, either sent by Greek deity Artemis because she didn´t like Orion, or by her brother Apollo because she liked him a bit too much. 
Lovely. - You should definitely check out mythological stories by the way, I'm pretty sure all modern day soap opera's are based on them.

Check out Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo & Libra - Tomorrow: Sagittarius

Ah, libra, litteraly the most balanced of all Zodiac Signs. It has to be, it's depicted as the scales of lady justice.
During this time of the year, night and day are in balance and so are the ​people born between September 24th and October 23rd. Supposedly.
Honestly, i don't know that many balanced libra.
But then again: i don't really know a lot of balanced people. Luckily. (boooring).

Anyway, this is one of the Flower Constellations i got to try out, and i love creating minimalistic set ups with the 4 holed brass tool. You don't need a lot of flowers for a wow-effect.

Tomorrow: the secretive Scorpio.
Check out Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo & Virgo