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Happy sunday from my home to yours. It is that time of year where I’m
always so happy to find magnolias as a cut flower. Always difficult to bike with these branches but totally worth it. Lots of ranunculus and roses, it looks like spring in our house. A happy colourful sight inside with this grey, rainy weather outside. Enjoy your Sunday. I hope you have a lovely and colourful, bright new week everyone.
#magnolia #ranunculus #tulips
#flowerlove #roses #currentmood

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Feb 16

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. Looking out my window. The warmest February 16th ever recorded. After storm Ciara last weekend, storm Dennis kept us busy this weekend. There hasn’t been much opportunity for me to go outside and enjoy the weather. Even in the heaviest of rain Amsterdam never loses it charm. There is talk of building a big dyke from France all the way to Norway. This sounds absurd but this could be the only way we could protect ourselves from the rising sea levels. Heading to spring without perhaps any snow or frost this year. More rain and temperatures around 10/50F in the coming weeks. This winter is like no other ever before. Tea with lots of work and flowers to keep me company. Have a lovely Sunday and brilliant new week everyone.
#winterwhereartthou #climatechangeisreal #viewsofinstagram #stormyweather #lookingoutmywindow #currentmood

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Feb 14

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Sugar roses
Sending you all my love from Amsterdam. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. ❤️

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Feb 9

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. Flowers from Saturday’s market. Homebound because of the storm with the charming name Ciara. A tree has fallen a bit further down our street. Code orange in the Netherlands, unless you have emergencies outside the public is instructed to stay indoors because of extreme weather. The good news is is that a record has been broken, and a flight from New York to London managed to arrive in less than 5 hours because of the wind. The weather bringing us closer and closer together. I managed to go on my roofterrace to cut some camelia’s and helleborus. Just a little bit of extra drama with the tulips roses and ranunculus. Skimmia and Himalaya indigo still blooming and used as a filler. I have seen the frightening videos from some you of the storm outside, please stay safe everyone. Enjoy your Sunday wishing you a beautiful new week.
#happytobehome #safetyfirst #flowerlove #roses #currentmood

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Feb 8

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Excited and honoured to announce that I will be a guestspeaker at the Saint Louis Art Museum for their 16th edition of the Art in Bloom festival March 6th-8. Please save the date and join me for a lecture and demo. (Sugar)flowers, Dutch Masters, The Dutch Golden Age, I can’t wait to discuss and share. I truly hope to see and meet you all there.
The exhibition ‘Millet and modern Art from Van Gogh to Dali’ on display from February 16 at the Saint Louis Art Museum. In the past months I had the privilege of viewing this extraordinary exhibition at the @vangoghmuseum in Amsterdam that will now travel to @stlartmuseum Impressive, inspiring and truly breathtaking I can highly recommend visiting. Tickets and details on slam.org Art in Bloom
Have a lovely Saturday and beautiful weekend everyone. Only a few more weeks, counting the days to travel and hopefully meet you in Saint Louis.
#artinbloom #stlartmuseum #saintlouis #vangoghmuseum #inspiredbyflowers #flowerart #currentmood

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Feb 2

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. Flowers from Saturday’s market. There is always this round that I do every Saturday morning. Saying goodmorning to some market vendors that I know, choose flowers and buy my groceries. We have the same raspberry jam and bars and pie each weekend for almost 10 years. My daughter went with me to the market yesterday. The jar with jam at the breakfast table almost empty, she couldn’t wait to get some more. It was a Saturday as usual we thought but when we arrived at the raspberry stall the lady said this would be the last day. How do you mean I said very confused. Are you leaving? Yes she said. We have to close the business. My heart sank... how do you mean you have to close the business I asked? Either we would have to have an enormous financial injection/ miracle to continue and make profit or... we would go bankrupt. We have to stop in order for things to get worse. We don’t want to sell our farm you see, she said. My daughter and I were shocked. If you would even get a taste of their raspberry jam you would understand the shock of this news. The best organic raspberry products no longer available. I bought 10 jars in that moment. We went back home and felt so sad. I couldn’t help but think about these farmers, bakers and entrepreneurs. The hottest summer this year ruined their raspberry crop. The risks they take, the hard work they endure, the small margins coming their way. These are the real luxury products. A jar of jam and a couple of raspberry bars each week were actually a luxury, now no longer available. I stopped by again at the end of the day. Some neighbours at the market waving them goodby. We promised we would see eachother again. Yesterday was a reminder to never take anything for granted. There is always a story behind each and every business. Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week filled with luxury everyone. Savour the sweet things in life. @raspberrymaxx
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Jan 31

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Sugar fruits and fritillaria for friday flowerday. So long on my list I finally got round. Time always gives me more happiness than money. Time to create means time to play. Hope you had an amazing week. Enjoy Friday and have a fabulous weekend everyone. Enjoy your time and don’t forget to play.
#fruits #fritillaris #fritillariameleagris #sugarflowers #play #anappleaday #flowerfriday #currentmood

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Jan 26

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Happy Sunday from my home to yours. Spring vibes in our home this week from Saturday’s market. Lovely fragrant pink broom (cytisus) together with roses, ranunculus and tulips. Dark red carnations and clematis as finishing touch. I have had these four blooms for the past couple of weeks already. Impossible to get bored with them.
Sending some flowerlove from Amsterdam. Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#roses #ranunculus #tulips #carnations #winterblooms #currentmood

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Jan 26

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If only, I can only wish. Amsterdam same day last year. Snow turning my city into a fairytale at the end of January. There hasn’t been any snow yet. With temperatures way above zero there hasn’t been any real frost either. The prospects are not any different. Daffodils are up in the park and the tulips on my roofterrace are giving a sneak peek presenting themselves. I read the other day that the Keukenhof our annual tulip splendour park is in a hurry planting extra bulbs. Nature is like spring at the moment. It would be disastrous if bulbs would be finished blooming end of March at the opening. We still have February, a girl can only hope there will be some snow this year. Up next my Sunday flowers, no change there.
Have a lovely Sunday and best new week everyone.
#amsterdam #myneighborhood #throwback #climatechangeisreal #winterblues #currentmood

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Jan 25

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Sugar cherry blossoms for the Chinese New Year. A new lunar year on the horizon. Wishing all my friends celebrating a happy and healthy Chinese new year.
#happynewyear #cherryblossom #sugarflowers #happysaturday #currentmood

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Jan 24

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Sugarflowers for friday flowerday. Hope you had a wonderful week. Ending the week with a sweet floral mix. Happy Friday and a great weekend everyone.
#sugarflowers #flowerfriday #flowerart #roses #peony #delphinium #currentmood

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Jan 19

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. Roses and ranunculus with plenty of helleborus from Saturday’s market. Feeling incredibly lucky to have found some dark red scabiosa. Purple larkspur and a few carnations. Red and purple love in our home this week. Another busy week ahead. Work or pleasure, happy that there are flowers always. Enjoy your Sunday and wishing you a beautiful new week everyone.
#roses #ranunculus #purplelove #helleborus #scabiosa #redlove #currentmood

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Jan 19

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Amsterdam taken from the top. Canalhouses and rooftops. So much to say about this sight. Because in the early days taxes were only to be paid for the square meters on the ground floor nothing stood in the way to keep building upwards. Downstairs with stately rooms meant for living, upstairs room for storage. You can see clearly here one of the main problems we are dealing with in Amsterdam. A collapsed quay wall. A sheet pile wall has been build to restore the damage. The water behind the sheet pile is going to be drained/ pumped away. Just like Venice Amsterdam is built on wooden poles. The old quai will be restored by taking out the damaged wooden poles which are going to be replaced by new modern concrete poles. The street will be restored and raised with new off-shore and river sand, repaving the 18th century stones. Time is of essence. The last thing you want is for the historic canalhouses to sink any further. I’m sure there will be skyscrapers...Someday. Enjoying this view today. Sending you a postcard from Amsterdam, signing it with love. Wishing you a beautiful Sunday and a happy new week everyone.
#viewfromthetop #bestview #skiesofinstagram #amsterdam #myneighborhood #currentmood

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Jan 15

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Sugar tulips
“Fear kills more dreams
than failure ever will.”
Unknown
What do you think of when you think of Holland? My guess is that tulips are problaby on the list. An exciting day for me today. This evening I will be on Dutch public television as a guest on the show ‘Doorbakken’ The follow up show of the Dutch equivalent of the Great British Bake Off “Heel Holland Bakt” with tonight’s theme: Holland! I can’t tell you what this means to me. It is truly an honour for me to explain and talk about my work. Incredibly frightened and very nervous at first I was in such good hands with the best production team. A special thanks to tv host @irene_moors who just before we started taping the show noticed how nervous I was. She took the time to hold my hands, look me in the eye and say, “Don’t worry, take your time. Don’t be afraid to stop and ask for more time or anything else you might need.” Hearing her very encouraging words in that moment was exactly what I needed.
Behind the scenes in my instastories. For all my Dutch followers, I hope you will tune in tonight. Holland, baking, sugar tulips and more, NPO1 21.30 ‘Doorbakken’
Half way through the week, have a lovely Wednesday everyone. Don’t be afraid to stop and ask for more time.
#doorbakken #heelhollandbakt #suikerbloemen #tulpen #sugarflowers #tulips #television #currentmood

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Jan 5

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. Orchids, roses and anemones together with a few stems of Kangaroo paw aka Anigozanthos Manglesii for structure and base. There was hardly any light today but with everything going on in the world complaining about the weather feels out of place. On the last day of the year we took our children to see the circus in Amsterdam. This was a first for me so I had absolutely no idea what to expect. We were treated to the most amazing show I had ever seen. Acrobats flying and floating through the air. Climbing ropes 10m/up to 33 feet up doing a flip and toss in the most stunning extravagant costumes. While holding my breath, I nearly cried from seeing all the beauty. They even had a rain of gold sparkles when coming all the way down. I realized something when seeing all the beauty. All was done with not only incredibly hard work ofcourse but also with a lot of passion. You could feel every artist bursting from passion. Most of these acts were so dangerous that apart from passion, trust was needed just as much. Trust in the other person to hold you, to catch you or to perform simultaneously so the other would have no harm. Unfortunately news broke two days ago that two acrobats fell 33 feet down in front of the audience. One on top of the other. They were immediately rushed to the hospital and the rest of the show that night got canceled. To our relieve we heard yesterday that considering the circumstances both of them are doing farely ok and that the surgery was a succes. The song while they were performing? “The show must go on” by Queen. These artist knew the risk and did it anyway.
But it truly made me believe that no matter what you do, if there is anything that makes our heart sing, we should always do more of that. These are the words I will be taking with me this new year. Passion and trust. To continue working on what excites me and to have trust in others and/ or the universe to hold on or to let go. We can’t do it alone.
Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#flowerlove #passion #trust #2020 #currentmood

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Jan 4

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Sugar flowers to wish you a sweet happy new year. I know for some this year started off in the most devastating heartbreaking way. Thinking of Australia as we welcomed the new year. I was 30 and a bit when a relationship ended. At the time I thought I would never find happiness and love again. It was with a very broken heart that I boarded a plane on a long flight with destination Sydney. With a friend of mine working there and visiting some long lost relatives I thought getting away as far as I could for some time, would be a good distraction. What I didn’t know was that Australia would be the best remedie saving me. It opened my mind and more importantly my heart again. Scuba diving with the sea turtles, swimming at the goldcoast, eating lobster in Sydney, driving (on the left side) the long amazing Great Ocean Road were just a few of the most beautiful moments I ever got to experience in my life. I came back home almost bankrupt but I couldn’t care less. I felt so rich. My heart was full and I was so inspired by this incredibly beautiful country with the most amazing people that I had found a zest to work that made me unstoppable. It was around that time that also a new neighbour moved into the studio next door to mine. Paying no attention to what was close to me for more than 4 years, little did I know that 5yrs later after this move we would get married.
I took some time off this past week. We took our two children to theaters and watched movies at home with lots of popcorn together as a family.
How I would love to return to Australia with them someday. Never any resolutions for the new year but that doesn’t stop me from dreaming. I’m lost for words seeing the inferno, destruction and horror of lives lost and animals killed. Thinking of all you in heartbreaking, devastating circumstances. A new decade ahead, I’m wishing you a happy, healthy and very safe new year everyone.
#sugarflowers #happy2020 #happynewyear #australia_oz
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Happy Sunday from my home to yours. The most amazing Dutch roses from saturday’s market I was lucky to find. Colour in the middle winter. Impossible to resist. Counting down the days until the new year. Taking the opportunity to thank each and everyone of you for sending me your❤️, your support and kindest words always. Wishing you a healthy, happy, magical and very colourful new year everyone. A new decade on the horizon, 2020... Bring it on!
#happynewyear #beautifulandbright #flowerlove #colourlove #currentmood

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Dec 29

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There is always light at the end of the tunnel. An important reminder for me this past week. Only a few more days, only few more hours before we sail into the new year. You haven’t really seen the Amsterdam canals if you haven’t been on the water. Thank you for all your wonderful messages about this boat ride and every other post, instastory and snippet about Amsterdam. Sharing my city with each and everyone of you is such a gift. Thank you always for giving me the pleasure. Once more a murmuration of starlings (because of you new words learned!) This time seen from the water in my instastories.
Sending you a postcard from Amsterdam, signing it with love, have a lovely Sunday best new week and happy new year everyone. Up next my Sunday flowers.
#lightattheendofthetunnel #natureisamazing #skiesofinstagram #amsterdam #sailingintothenewyear #myneighborhood #currentmood

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Dec 27

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Sugar anemone. Dyed flowers, one of this years flowertrends. Controversial for some, happy there is never any harm done creating these in sugar. We are almost at the end of this year, I can not wait to see what next years flower trends will be. Still thinking about a beautiful Christmas we spent with friends, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas time. A private visit today to one of the most extraordinary canalhouse and art collections we are fortune to have in Amsterdam. Followed by a boat tour sailing the canals to see the sun go down on what was a beautiful, sunny, crisp winter day. My heart is full with eyes still burning. Incase you ever wondered what the view is like from the water? I posted over 5 minutes of film in my #instastories. Enjoy Friday and have a beautiful weekend everyone. Let the countdown for new beginnings begin.
#flowerlove #sugarflower #friends #countdown #carpediem #sweetlife #currentmood

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Dec 22

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Happy Sunday from my home to yours. Going for colour for Christmas on the shortest day of the year. First day of Winter and early darkness. I’m ready for longer days. Lighting candles, tea by the fireplace, the scent of pine from our Christmas tree and cheerful flowers... we are staying home this year. There isn’t much more I could wish for. A lovely chat with one of the vendors at my Saturday market when buying these flowers. We exchanged our plans for Christmas. We talked about the most horrific loss suffered in her family but she also told me about a party that was organized in a local cafe for her husbands birthday. The sheer joy on her face was absolutely contagious. Some people might want to win the lottery. But we both agreed that life itself is a lottery. You win, you lose. The lottery ticket for health not one to gamble with. As a gift she offered me a bunch of mistletoe. Talk about spreading the love I said out loud. I left with a basket filled with flowers. It is all about the little things in life she said once more!
Only a few more days, safe travels and have a beautiful Christmas and happy holidays everyone.
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Dec 20

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So excited to see my cookies on the cover of @victoriamagazine Thank you for featuring me and for this amazing honour. A wonderful gift for me to receive in this time of year.
Baking cookies for school’s Christmas dinner, only a few more errands and then time to slow down. I have been looking forward to this time.
This January/ February issue out now. Wishing you a lovely friday and great weekend everyone.
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Dec 15

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Happy sunday from my home to yours. Would you say no to a bucket of peonies in the middle of winter? Lucky to buy them at my saturday’s market. They problaby travelled a long way from the Southern Hemisphere. I forgot how I was craving for spring until I saw them. Buying these against everything I believe in. Sustainability, going with the season etc, etc. A little bit of flower guilt and doing it anyway. The very first ranunculus and tulips in a gingerjar, I’m enjoying these flowers so much. No regrets. Happy sunday everyone. Wishing you a gorgeous new week.
#peonylove #pinklove #springflowers #currentmood

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Dec 15

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A video can say a thousand starlings. Sometimes a picture just won’t do. Sunday sunset.Starlings dancing above our canalhouses. What a sight. Always mesmerizing when this happens. Desperately trying to follow them in every movement with my phone. A beautiful dance at sunset I was so grateful to see. Even when you live in the city, nature is always around us.
Have a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone. Hope there will be a little bit of dancing.
#natureisamazing #skiesofinstagram #birdlover #amsterdam #whilecycling #myneighborhood #currentmood

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Dec 14

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Sugar Helleborus.
Last private workshop of this year finished yesterday. Helleborus one of the flower subjects. What a week this has been. Welcoming students from far corners of the world. I always love hearing how everyone is so happy to come. Not just for me but also to enjoy Amsterdam. All of them leaving totally inspired. Helleborus aka Christmas rose. I haven’t had time to put any of the Christmas decorations up yet. These sweet flowers helping me to get into the spirit. Hope you had a wonderful week, wishing you a beautiful weekend everyone.
#helleborus #sugarflowers #flowerart #currentmood

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