Restored

A while ago Lenneke and I went to Amsterdam for a lovely shopping day! We visited some great shops but one of our favourites was Restored. It's a creative conceptstore filled with beautiful things from young designers. Little cards, nice presents, gorgeous jewellery, clothes and ceramics, they sell it all. When you're in Amsterdam you should definitely visit this shop!

Tempel deluxe

Another great shop/atelier we visited during our wander with Pia Jane Bijkerk. Such a creative, inspiring little place called Tempel deluxe where you can buy these pretty handpainted pottery and little gifts.

Amsterdam: Made by hand part two

Another shop/atelier we visited on our wander through Amsterdam with Pia Jane. It's called Keramiek van Kempen. This place made me want to create beautiful things myself!

Amsterdam: Made by hand

Quite some time has passed but a while ago I joined a very special wander through Amsterdam organised by the amazingly creative Pia Jane Bijkerk to promote her new book 'Amsterdam: made by hand'. My computer had some trouble with opening the pictures I made that day but this week I finally managed! That's the reason of this delay..

Though I live in The Netherlands and I've visited Amsterdam countless times I had so much fun cause I got to go to places I've never been before! Pia made these little booklets with a hand drawn map in it to guide us though the area 'De Pijp'. We saw some great shops, boutiques and ateliers here. I took quite some pictures so I will post more of them later but here is just a little preview.

Art supplies shop 'Van Beek':

Ecologic supermarket 'De Draad':

At the end of the wander we had a hight tea in the backyard of the Van Rossum bookstore. There were lots of delicious pies and scones of which I didn't take enough pictures cause I just couldn't wait eating them! I tried them all! :)

I really want to thank Pia Jane for organising this day cause it was so much fun! Maybe it's stupid but I always get a bit nervous when I meet people who I quite admire. Pia Jane was really sweet though and she signed my copy of her book!

If you ever visit Amsterdam just make sure you take this book with you! I'm going to Amsterdam tomorrow again!