Swanmarket

Everybody who’s been in London knows and probably likes the Camden Market.
Rotterdam, in an attempt to show off its creativity, now has their own version called Swanmarket, which includes shops that sell vintage, art, clothing & accessories and tasty treats. This weekend was a Christmas version of the lifestyle market, but the Christmas aspect was limited to Glühwein and the massive amounts of snow outside (my feet are still frozen!) To give an impression, we have some pictures and some links of cool sellers we saw today and luckily for you most of them have Etsy stores!

There was so much snow, people had built an iglo!

Empty houses were turned into a marketplace where several people could sell their creations. I really liked the leather bowtie necklace and chrochet jewelery from Van Rox. I have been trying to make a leather bowtie all night, but all I'm really doing is breaking my sewing machine (damn my hubris!). Another cool artist was Remona Poortman who makes twodimensional as well as threedimensional art. I love the drawings, but also the felt and leather teardrop necklaces

My favourite thing and what might be our new meeting place, was Rotabs. This is a stylecenter where  creative people can sell all kinds of things. You'll find big pieces of art like a stripped down slotmachine, but they'll also sell clothing, magazines and vintage! I was happy to find Mint Vintage, because Rotterdam really needs more vintage clothing stores. We'll probably write some more about Rotabs later, but just to give you an impression of the amazing things that are happening there we give you visual inspiration!

The most tasty scone ever at Lof der Zoetheid

They let you fill your own teabags!

Macarones and color coordinating

Today I had a nice discovery at my local supermarket. Christmas is almost upon us, which means nice food, glitter decoration and fuzzy feelings. My supermarket likes to get fancy during this time and stocks on elegant food like amuses, Belgian chocolate desserts and this year also Macarones! I got all excited about these delicious and colorful treats, so I bought them. I have to be honest here, I’ve never really eaten one before, but after seeing them in a ton of tv-shows, magazines and everywhere on the internet, I was pretty curious. These were filled with vanilla icecream, which is not the standard for macarones according to Wikipedia, but they are quite tasty! I’ve added a picture for your entertainment. I already ate two and decided to text my boyfriend about them enthusiastically, which made him want to eat them as well. Now I have to wait for him to come home, so we can share the rest.

They're just staring at me... Maybe I should just eat one more? 

These tasties made me think about how great arranging on color is. I love big color coordinated walls filled with books, clothing or more food. I’ve tried to do this with everything I own, but for some reason it never turns out as great as on the pictures. My books, dvd’s and even spices are just on alphabet, which is kind of boring, but it works. Arranging and organizing things makes me really excited, I can spend hours just rearranging things on made-up orders. I’m still hoping to get a job in a library so I can color coordinate the whole thing all day long.