For this display I decided on long strands of ribbon with matte print outs of the book cover combined with handmade paper flowers. Irene from van Rossum made the lovely row of canal houses, aren’t they gorgeous? She cut it all by hand, I love her detailing of the tiny canal house windows and rooftops. […]

The other day I received an email from (blog)house reader Judith who so kindly, at my blog request, went to check on my cardboard eiffel tower in the window of WHSmith in Paris. Here is Judith’s fab report: “At last made it over to WH Smith on Sunday to check out your tower and pick […]

Yesterday I was working up a sweat in The American Book Center window – hanging, cutting, taping, threading, and banging my head against the hot lights every now and then too. I created this window display in celebration of the Urban Culture event coming up this Saturday, where you will find me signing copies of […]

So here is the first post in the series “My Heart Wanders: photographs from the book & design discussions”, as mentioned in my last post to celebrate the opening of my online bookshop. This particular photograph is one of my favourites. It is the chapter opener for Chapter One, Reflection: Leaving Home. For each chapter […]

photo by rani nugraha I’m super excited to reveal that we have our first guest of the year settling into the guest quarters: She’s young, she’s hip, she’s a fabulous friend, and she’s ridiculously knowledgeable on all things amsterdam. Her name is Rani, you may recall I wrote about her here, here and here. Last […]