SoGoPro painting

A painting of the SoGoPro logo on a canvas

 

 

Hello everyone!

I finally did something with the SGP logo as well. I've seen so many creative things so far, like the logo in the snow and the Halloween pumpkins of course!! I already had trouble painting this, so I can't imagine how hard it must have been to cut that pumpkin, haha! Kudos to you guys.

Hope to see more of you doing something fun with it :) 

~ Hanne

Tea Bags!

I must say it didn't take thát long to save tea bags for my collage, cause a lot of people helped me with it. So a big THANK YOU to all of you :)

This idea actually started many, many years ago with my sister Annemieke. She started saving these tea bags, so one day she could decorate a whole wall with it. This was at least 10 years ago, and she stopped saving them b/c she had drawers full by then. Now, years later, happily married, she's just waiting for them to buy a new house so she can do something with those tea bags (not the only reason ;p). Although I must say: the last time I talked about it with her husband, he didn't look too pleased...

Anyways, that's where my idea came from. I was making all different kinds of collages and then this popped into my head. And here's the result! My friend Anne said it looked much smaller on the picture. But it's actually 120 x 90 cm big and there are 294 tea bags on there. I saved about twice as much tea bags. Not sure what to do with those yet. Someone suggested to decorate my doors with it. But well, we'll see!

 I hope y'all have a good day!

~ Hanne

Another collage

Hi guys,

Has been a while since I posted. I was in a creative mood this morning and made another collage. I collected lots of things like tickets to museums in Rome I liked, and lot's of other crap, and just smashed it all on it.

I've got some idea's for the next few collages, and they're not as messy as chaotic as this one. So let's see how those turn out...

~ Hanne

update

Hey everyone!

I'm afraid I've got some catching up to do. Usually when I start writing a blog, I get distracted or tired, and I save it as a draft, and then yes... forget about it. So I just stumbled upon a crap load of drafts - ooops!

The last 2 months I've been looking for a job, and I found one last month :) I work now as a nanny 3 days a week in The Hague. It's a lovely family with 2 boys, and a girl will be born in May. So apart from the traveling it's quite neat! But they're on vacation in L.A. for the next 3 weeks, so I can entertain myself again with lots of fun things. I wanna make a few more collages (got some materials for it in the past 2 months - yay!), I'll go to the piano studio more often, will go see my family & friends more, and SGP chat...! I've missed chatting with all those noodles. Anyways, lots of things to entertain myself with! :)

The holidays were quite hard for those who want to diet. That's why I didn't even try, haha! My mom and I had the deal that we would start after the holidays. Of course that went wrong... So am constantly getting comments like:

Dad (picture his satisfied face): Hanne, I taped a program on tv for you about dieting!!

Mom: Good morning! I thought of you this morning - I read an article in the paper about dieting :)
H: Good morning to you too, mom >.<

And my roomie (Caspar) likes to ask frequently how the diet is going.
So I've got a brilliant tip to everyone of you: if you want to diet - don't tell anyone!!!


Last Sunday, Lisa and I went to Annemieke & Frederik for dinner. And Annemieke asked us to be her witnesses at their wedding!! Super excited about it! Lisa and I also have to arrange her bachelorette party. So you'll probably hear more about this in the future.. And with this good news, I'm gonna end this blog.

Enjoy your day, folks!



~ Hanne

SoGoPro Secret Santa

Hey guys!

Ok, I'm a month late with this blog, but what the h#ck. Just gonna post it anyway! As y'all know, the SoGoPro Secret Santa was a big success! Kaitlan was my Secret Santa, and she got me a very interesting bird. Maybe some of you have seen the pictures of it on Flickr. Anyways, she added a note, saying "the Brushkin story". Here it goes...

The story of the Brushkins' beginning is as intriguing as the product itself. Eighteen years ago Michael and Dinah Dychinco, a young couple in the Philippines, looked at a scrub brush and began a dialogue about what could be made with that brush. That dialogue and a pair of scissors combined with a huge amount of ingenuity, hard work, and creativity had produced a thriving manufacturing business. That business now creates over 700 styles of exquisitely made ornaments, figurines, pencils, and magnets. Production provides jobs for over 400 people who are giving their families an increased standard of living and more educational oppurtunities.

The line is sold throughout the world. Nature's Accents is both proud and fortunate to have been the exclusive US distributor for 15 years. The attention to detail by the artisans and the high level of quality control makes it a very unusual product in today's world of mass-produced merchandise. It is a very "green" product - made from natural substances with no destruction of trees or plants. We are in the process of getting the maker certified as a fair trader. My close connections over the years with the factory and manufacturer has made me very comfortable with the ethical values of this organization.

I believe I asked for something artistic, and this definitely is! I thought of the perfect place to hang it in my room. I just need my dad to visit me, to make some construction or something :)

It's one of the many projects that brings the Street Team closer to each other. Thanks again KO!! :)

~ Hanne