http://ninainvorm.punt.nl en-us info@punt.nl 2012-04-12T23:50:28+01:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=659360&r=1 Like most kids of her age, Rosa is fond of animals. I cant even begin to count how many books about animals weve been reading since she was born, and how crazily often Ive been pronouncing all the animal sounds for her. Lets say its quite a miracle that I still speak human language after all those boohs and quacks... (and still she refuses to repeat most of them! ;)) Anyway, we thought it was tim... http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=659360&r=1 2012-05-15T13:27:40+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=659260&r=1 One of the things thats both exciting and a bit frustrating about making ceramics, is that theres always a before and an after stage in the making process, with the firing in the kiln as the defining part that marks the difference between before and after. Theres no what you see is what you get, or well, a lot of times what you see before is more or less what you get afterwards, but sometimes not,... http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=659260&r=1 2012-05-13T11:35:25+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658760&r=1 Theres stylists who make you feel that all they did was put some vases with flowers on the table, and theres stylists (teamed up with great photographers) who make you feel like youre looking at a painting or a work of art. Fascinating color combinations, interesting details, the perfect use of space, shapes and lines... Finland-based Susanna Vento is one of these stylists who create these wonder... http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658760&r=1 2012-05-04T12:22:06+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658351&r=1 The Olivelse blog has been one of my favorite reads (well, maybe Id better say looks, because my French isnt that great!) for a long time, but as happens with blog reading, sometimes you somehow forget and stop reading for a while. So when I recently rediscovered the Olivelse blog again, I was pleasantly surprised to see not only that the Olivelse family expected a new baby and was doing some beau... http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658351&r=1 2012-04-24T10:43:32+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658281&r=1 To make some room in my shop I added a lot of things to my sale section, with discounts up to 20%. You can find all the items that are on sale here! http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658281&r=1 2012-04-22T19:59:02+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658180&r=1 Im afraid it doesnt really correspond with any  pedagogical view on parenting, but by accident Ive found the perfect way to make Rosa give her best of smiles on a picture: saying no! We hear it quite often: Shes a bit naughty, isnt she? Well yes, Rosa is, and most of the time I absolutely love that, because Rosa being naughty is so cute and often hilarious (and her being naughty is still quite i... http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658180&r=1 2012-04-20T18:56:11+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658173&r=1 Im about a hundred years behind with both blogging about all the things I recently made and listing them in the shop, but I did manage to add these to the shop a little while ago: custom made small name tiles! There are many designs and possibilities, you can read more about them here.   http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=658173&r=1 2012-04-20T13:06:14+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=657984&r=1 Our home (and a bit of Rosa & me) is featured in the current issue of Dutch mom magazine Viva Mama. The beautiful images were taken by photographer Marloes Barnhoorn & stylist Bern Veenhof, who already once photographed me & my kiln for Esta magazine. I really love the above picture of a little break moment with hungry Rosa, who couldnt wait a few more minutes till our pic... http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=657984&r=1 2012-04-17T15:27:31+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=657962&r=1 I love DIY culture and the fact that Im able to do lots of creative things with relatively little real knowledge of it. Im able to fire ceramics in my kiln, but dont ask me all the ins and outs of firing every possible type of pottery. I know how to finetune my pictures in photoshop, but dont ask me anything about the tools I never use. I know how to take nice pictures, but dont ask me too much ab... http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=657962&r=1 2012-04-16T23:14:02+01:00 http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=657792&r=1    Its kind of a miracle I ever started a shop, because all my life Ive been far much better at buying things than at selling them. Though Ive always sort of convinced myself that I could always sell it again on some auction site when I bought yet another beautiful thing that I didnt really need, somehow I hardly ever do that. Truth is that I hate all the fuss of bidding, sending emails, measuring... http://ninainvorm.punt.nl/?id=657792&r=1 2012-04-12T23:50:28+01:00