pop up, shop in shop...at "An apple a day"

This weekend we had the honer to be a shop in shop in the greatest kids concept store here in town.
"An Apple a day" invited us for a pop up weekend in their shop.
Look at the pictures, need i say more...? Thank you so much Annemarie and Geerte, we loved being their!!

sint aktie

http://www.mijnwebwinkel.nl/winkel/famstore/

"Sint" is coming our way...

In the Netherlands we have a very old tradition. Every year there is a saint coming from Spain on his boat to our country to celebrate his birthday with us. We welcome him with lots of songs and hope he will bring presents for the children! He is on his way now and will arrive this coming weekend. Then we will have to wait till the 5th of december to celebrate his birthday and become sweets and presents... At the fam.store* we sell these wonderful labels made by Tess Argante to make your presents look even more beautiful.

New Dutch ABC poster

Everywhere I see these wonderful ABC posters for kids, but they are always in french or english.
So I never buy them for my kids because it makes it even harder to learn to read and write.
Finally we have a great new one, in dutch and brilliant colors! It's made by two dutch designers (Letterpost) from my own city, Utrecht. They designed and produced it themselves.
A3 so not to big! And looks great in the kids rooms.

http://www.famstore.nl/a-38282633/more-posters/nederlandse-abc-poster/

NEW PATCHES....

Give your favorite clothes a new chance!!
And make your clothes more personal, with these great patches from Paris designer Pipoca!

We have new stock and new colors...

 

http://www.famstore.nl/c-843364/more-to-wear/

DIY MASKS....

We made these masks ourselves for the carnival party at school! Just needed a balloon, old newspapers and wallpaper paste. After they were dried we could paint them and they became real animals..

Ed Emberly saves our rainy holiday(s)...

Where ever we go, on a trip or holiday, we always take the drawing books of Ed Emberly with us!

In the 70's he was a great hero and for us he still is. He helps children draw step by step by using basic shapes. This way they can create anything they like and it shows everyone can draw (even you!).

I would like to share some of our creations, all with a little help of his book.

                                     
                                     

There are a lot more books, all for sale in our shop! http://www.famstore.nl/c-817586/more-to-colour/

We love the color BLACK in kids rooms...

Black is a color that occurs a lot in modern furniture or interiors. There are not many people that think of black as color to use for their children's rooms. Today i would like to show you some examples that i found on Pinterest to give you the inspiration to use black as wall color, for furniture, accessorizes or even for the whole room!!

Feels like spring is in the air...

It's awful cold outside, but the sun is shining firmly…
And its make you feel so happy when you walk outside.

I made some snapshots in our children's rooms.

It feels like its almost spring!

POP-UP SHOP fam.store* at restaurant Goesting

This weekend we were gathering with clients, friends and family for a drink and some lazy sunday afternoon music by dj Humprey. We pulled out our products and build our little shop inside restaurant Goesting! It was great, thanks to everyone that popped by….

Poms by Engel for sale...

These poms make your party rock!!

Engel selected great color combinations with 3 different colors in each package.

We still think these are the most beautiful full poms there are, but as you can buy them in lots of other places we decided its time for a nice sale price!  €10,00

http://www.famstore.nl/a-35863611/more-sale/pom-by-engel/

Designer Tess Argante*...

We are so proud that she is our designer, she gave us the image that we had in our mind!

From the moment we talked about our shop she was so enthusiastic and understood immediately what we liked and surged for. Still we were surprised the moment she showed our "huisstijl" (the image of our shop) it was even more beautiful then we could ever expect.

From that day on she keeps amazing us with the work she makes, for us and for many others.

 and so we had x-mas cards

 colorcards 

 postcards

masks to make yourself

And when she is not working for a client she makes more for her daughter and with her daughter!

 invitations for a bithday party

see more of her work at:

http://www.arganteargante.nl