#1 Holidays, New Years resolutions & two large orders!

The last couple of months I’ve been working really hard on my website and Etsy shop. I really enjoyed working on it and I am very happy with the result! But I was also tired and needed a break from work.  Of course the holidays were coming up […]

Behind the scenes

I really like sharing my stories on Instagram and I often get nice responses and conversations about my stories. So I’ve decided to share more “behind the scenes” on my website.  So if you missed my Instagram stories, or if you would like to follow my creative life, […]

Happy New Year!

Dear friend, We wanted to take our time to say “Thank you!” for all your support! Here on our website as well as on our social media. Hopefully 2022 will be as good as last year. Hopefully we can laugh and love even more. We wish you all […]

Merry Christmas!

Dear friend, We want to wish you a very, very Merry Christmas with lots of joy, love and good food! Eat as many as you can! At least we will… 😉 Even if you’re not with as many people as you would like to, or even if you’re […]

My special project for “My Own Little Zoo”

A few weeks ago I saw a cry for help from Laura. Because she has so many worries and expenses for her parrots, she can use all the help she can get. Even the smallest donations. She also said she wanted to do something creative, but simply doesn’t […]

Finding my style

When people say things like “Find your own style” and “Pick a niche” are really hard to hear for me. It blocks me. I know what I like to do and I know what I want to do: I just want to draw everyday. And I want to […]

KreaDoe 2021

Two years ago I went to KreaDoe for the first time. I was so excited! Unfortunately KreaDoe was cancelled last year because of Covid. But this year we were able to go again and I had so much fun! It was very crowded, sometimes a bit too much. […]

Website “under construction”

We’re going to tell you something about what we’re doing behind the scenes. Like I told in our previous blog, I’m starting up my own business “Dionne’s Designs” and it takes a lot of time and practice to get it the way I want it to be. Our […]

Nice to meet you!

Thank you for visiting our website and reading our first blog!  We are Dionne & Guusje, also known as @dionnesdesignsnl and @africangreyguusje on social media. Guusje has a lot more followers than I do, haha! But I’m totally fine with it; I love how everyone enjoys watching Guusje […]