My heart wanders

WoW.

What I have seen regarding this book takes my breath away. It is so beautiful. And dreamy.

It inspires me to dream in detail and believe more in the possibility of my dreams actually happening.

I so enjoy finding good things in this world.

And this book is certainly one of them! 

View more pictures here:

http://www.piajanebijkerk.com/my-heart-wanders/

A perfect day

Today was a perfect day. I delivered some stock, got paid, walked around in the city, took photos and found two treasures in the form of second hand books. Plus they were really cheap! The first one is called "Diana+: True Tales & Short Stories" and the other one "A Little Gallery of Hoppner". I have no idea who Hoppner is but it is full of really pretty illustrations. And then there's the Diana+ book, what more can I say. So cool. It tells you everything about the Diana cameras and has a wide variety of lomographic examples. Total cost = 30 bucks.

I smile :)

Vintage button journals

I decided to use pretty vintage buttons on some of the journals I recently made. I found them in a tin given to me by my grandmother. It belonged to her mother so its definitely vintage!

Let's go sailing

background picture by carolynshope

Lets go sailing.

Let's get a bite to eat.

Let's talk about movies.

Let's go to sleep.

lyrics by the moldy peaches "jorge regula"

Oh sweet valentine!

I love this journal. Its sweet and says "I love you" and it has a little heart on the inside to prove it. The perfect gift for a sweet valentine! Let me know if you want to place an order!

xoxo

Journal making and beachy times

These past 3 weeks I've been busy with my biggest journal order to date. I'm finally finished now and have come up with revolutionary new binding methods. I went to the beach on supermoon- night and it was cool. There was smoke in the air because of a fire in the area and it gave the evening sky a beautiful orangey glow as the sun was setting.

Before and After: Chest of Drawers

I bought this chest of drawers a few months ago and finally got around to giving it a makeover. I drew inspiration from the beautiful pieces sold by Vamp Furniture as well as Saks Corner, both in Woodstock, Cape Town. The knobs on the drawers are from Poetry.

It took a lot of hard work that included sanding, painting, glueing and clamping, but I must say, I am very happy with the end result. I also learned a lot and have a good tip: if the drawers run on timber, rub a candle over the pieces on the sides of each drawer as well as on the parts that enable the them to slide. It really works wonders!