This year I participated March meet the maker for the second time.  “Introduce yourself and your brand to the world, let people in behind the scenes of how and where you work and show everyone the various different aspects of running a small creative business! There’s something for […]

There are just so many things I love to do, so many things that I love to create. Lately I’ve been combining two of my favorite things: quotes and parrot portraits. I’ve made some lovely and funny drawings of it. You can even download a few already in […]

I went to visit a presentation from Young Artist Overbetuwe at Theater De Kik last night. An exhibition from Bram Groeneveld and Jeroen Pronk.  Bram and I used to be neighbors, so when I saw he had an exhibition coming up I wanted to go and take a […]

I volunteered to accompany a trip to Tempel | Kerk Museum Elst with my sons school. There wasn’t much art but it was definitely very special to see! The Tempel | Kerk Museum Elst is located inside the church and tells the story of this 2000-year old place […]

Last year I heard there was an Instagram museum opening in our town: The Akwart Experience Instagram museum. I was looking at some pictures and I was excited right away to go and take a look! Unfortunately Covid came along so I couldn’t go. But when everything could […]

I think most people have heard of happy stones by now. Draw or paint a stone and leave it somewhere behind for someone else to find. It brings people so much joy! I decided to do the same, but smaller: I’ve been drawing mini happy stones with little […]

We adopted another African Grey parrot: Micky! Micky is 24 years old and he needed a new home because his caregiver got sick. My husband and I have been thinking about a second bird for a while, but we hadn’t made the decision yet to really take one […]

Last weekend I celebrated my 30th birthday! And I didn’t celebrate for one day… I celebrated my birthday for three days!!! On Friday we went out for dinner. We found a restaurant Osteria Pomodoro that has a playroom especially for kids. You can eat as many as you’d […]

I wanted to write this blog earlier, but because Micky came to live with us a bit “last minute” I didn’t have much time earlier. But here it is: Our Valentine’s Day! I celebrate almost every holiday with my husband and kids. I always buy a little gift […]

A quick update on my blog… because we are so busy at home with our new parrot!  Recently I ordered new business cards. Of course there’s one business card with Guusje on it! And of course the rest is also with birds. I already showed them on my […]