#3 Weekends, Guusje & new business cards

I always wonder how other peoples weekend look like. I know ours are most of the time the same: cleaning Guusje’s cage, ordering groceries, sport and the occasional family activities, etc. How do other parents do it? If you would like to share, leave a comment! Guusje always […]

#2 Photo album 2021, catching up on yearbooks & school started again

A few years ago I started a new tradition: creating my own family yearbooks. I always take many, many photos of every family activity, but also from our regular days with our kids. During the year I try to keep up with my yearbook. And… my family yearbook […]

Do more of what makes you weird!

Recently I was watching some vlogs from Josie Lewis about art and running your own art business. She is such an amazing and lovely woman. One of her video’s is about “Do more of what makes you weird.” I LOVED this quote! So I decided to print this […]

#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 […]

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 […]

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 […]