Happy February!! Still a bleak winter for so many, I thought you’d enjoy something cheery. Let’s visit a great blogging friend from The Netherlands, designer Eline Pellinkhof. (We met on Holly Becker’s Blogging Your Way e-course last year.) Eline and her work have recently been published in a beautiful book exclusively featuring the designs from her studio, called Eline’s Huis (Eline’s House). We did a holiday swap, and in exchange for my 2011 roses calendar, she sent me a copy of the book! Inspired by all the amazing projects inside, I created some gift tags and paired them up with some of my rose photographs:
The entire book is done in a palette of red, pink, pale blue, ivory, sand and white. It is so gorgeous. Above left are my tags and on the right you can see many of the common elements used throughout the book’s projects – butterflies, hearts, pretty stamps, lace and needlepoint.
The cute felt heart and red heart tape on the tag above were Christmas gifts from my dear friend, Tina at Traveling Mama. Another wonderful designer, she sent them from Copenhagen and they’re perfect for this project. Thank you, Tina! And more roses:
Below is not my house, but it IS Eline’s house and you can see the cover of the book as well as many of the projects that appear in it. Aren’t they wonderful?
Very exciting news is that the book has already sold out its first printing of 3,000 copies! But it is back in stock and you can get it here and here. So far it is only available in Dutch but it’s very easy to understand the projects even so. It’s really one of the most wonderful craft and design books I’ve ever seen and I wish I could take a year off and make everything in it! Congratulations, Eline and thank you! Be sure to visit her blog for many more projects.
And thank YOU very much for your beautiful comments on my last post and for visiting my new website. Your feedback on that is invaluable and I appreciate you taking the time out of your busy days.
Positive thoughts and best wishes to any of you facing rough weather this week.
love, – g
These are wonderfula ann very pretty!
Congrats G.
Cheers.
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These are wonderful and very pretty!
Congrats G.
Cheers.
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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Regina
Georgianna,
You did a marvellous job! Eline's huis is very inspiring and you can use it in many different ways! I really love this line and I'm glad for the oppurtinity to buy it very easily here in the Netherlands!
That book looks so beautiful and love all the things you made! So pretty!
I am delighted with your photos
Congratulations!
Hello Georgianna,
You have made very beautiful tags, without using any of Eline's materials. That is amazing!
Well done!
greetings from The Netherlands, Judith
How interesting!! Pretty tags and the book looks intriguing, full of lovely crafting projects! And what a cutie appearing by the end of the vid!! ;))
Eline's book and her art are so lovely. Thank you so much for the link to her blog. I don't believe I have met her. But I love her style and the cheerful artwork she creates. The colors are so Springlike. Just what I needed today.
hugs to you…
It is so great that you managed to create these lovely tags without the material. Beautiful. Me myself I love her materials and of course the book. Nathaly
Hi G
Thanks for introducing Eline, I can see why her crafts would inspire you.
I'll have to visit her blog to marvel at the talent of this lady.
Judith
Your gift tags are so beautiful Georgianna, I am amazed. And this is also so inspiring, now I need to go shop for some lovely craft supplies :) Wonderful photos and it seems like a wonderful book that now is on my wishlist. Thanks for sharing! Have a lovely eve ♥
These are so beautiful Georgianna!
Each is truly a work of art, and you can see the love that went into each one.
An inspiring blog G. I have longed to do something like this for a while – maybe it is now. I have come across this designer before and loved her work. he book in Dutch only put me off but perhaps it wouldn't matter. I do have a Dutch sister in law I could ask!
x
Hi Georgianna,
The book is beautiful so now i will check out her blog.
I love the tags you made and the beautiful rose photos.
We are getting a snowstorm here tonight.
Take care,
Carolyn
How fun Eline's book seems to be! I think you did an amazing job with your tags without any written instructions–imagine what you could do if you could read Dutch! I'm headed over to see her blog now. It was fun meeting new friends while taking Holly's class.
Somebody is going to be very lucky to be on the receiving end of such cute tags!
Debi
You know the most wonderful, talented people. It's because your talent calls out to them, I think. I have another friend who frequently does swaps with artists. She's built the most incredible collection that way. That idea has long fascinated me. A sort of lovelier version of a good old-fashioned barter. Thank you for introducing me to Eline. She is very talented.
Bonjour Georgianna – Another pretty post ~ I love the tags and Eline's Book looks so… full of pretty things
"All Things french"
Hi Georgianna,
What a lovely post! I just picked up my copy of Somerset Life and saw your article. How great! Your photography is fabulous. Best wishes,
Lynn
oh, what a wonderful book…really amazing and so much inspirations…just lovley…thanks for sharing this with us…and eline, you did a wonderful job…so fine that i met all you creative women last year on the BYWcourse…;)…and your tags are so cute, georgianna…i wish you a wonderful first february week with lots of creative projects…take care and enjoy this lovley book…cheers and hugs…i…
Dear Georgianna, I really and truly love everything about this post!! I love your tags and Eline's book looks fantastic! Wini xo
gosh now I feel like I'm not half as creative as I could be! Love the colour combinations and your tags are beautiful. So glad to have heard about this, and being in Dutch would be ok for me :) Hope you are doing well, Catherine xx
Someday, my kitchen will be these colors! I adore this post friend! Great! Blessings.
It's always a real pleasure visiting your little cyber retreat, full of fine and beautiful treasures! Loving these colours too – grey, rose red, with a dash of white on pink. Beautiful! xo J
Georgianna,
Your tags and photos are wonderful! It definitely is a spot of sunshine on a winter day (I have about 3 feet of snow outside me door).
What a wonderful book! I love the tags you've made … I'll be sure to visit her blog! xo
I love your tags and so great your garden flowers were the inspiration. I will go back and look at your friends video about the book. I love making things like that. Thanks for the links! Happy Weekend. :-)
Hi Georgianna,
What a fun post. I will try to buy the book. It looks lovely and very inspiring! Thank you for pointing it out and writing such a lovely post.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Ingrid xx
So glad to read this post G, Eline's book and all these gorgeous crafted creations and your roses are very inspiring. How clever she is to produce such a pretty book!
I'm going to visit her blog site now,
Love Kat xx
Great book and wonderful your roses!
Hugs,Monica
The book looks amazing. Nice job!
Lovely roses and post. I love your tags you created! Have a lovely weekend~ Theresa
Dear Georgianna, What a great job you did on Eline's book. I bougth it at her booklounch last year and it is so full of great things!Amazing how you created al these lovely things without using the acctual materials! Your work is great and I love your pretty roses! I will stop by more often :D
Greetings from The Netherlands!
Ellen
It is posts like this that make me wish I was a more practical person craft wise, but I am not, so just take pleasure here.
I love your beautiful tags! I'm so glad you liked everything! Hugs!!
Such sweet loveliness…..I am smiling…