Insta – Natasja Sadi

Mar 10

Happy sunday from my home to yours. Those new brownie anemones, I could not be more happy to have found these. If any of you are wondering... yes, they are even more beautiful in real life. When I got home parking my bike holding all groceries from the market, I accidently dropped the bunch of oranje ranunculus. Heads down, stems damaged, blooms cut short now floating in a bowl. At the table joining the rest of the flowers, I’m happy they made it to this post anyway. Some ranunculus as big as my hand, spring in a vase with magnolia’s and poppies. A cake, a dress or decorating at home.... brown, soft pink and a dash of orange is the combinatie I will be chasing in the next week. Inspiration overload. All these blooms, as long as this season keeps on giving them I’m in! Rain and more rain in Amsterdam. The best excuse to stay close and just enjoy these blooms. Have a lovely sunday and bright new week everyone.
#ranunculuslove #theflowereffect #flowerinspiration #colour #currentmood

Oct 20

Fall in the city. Gold tones on our canals. With so much green turning into gold it almost feels like the country side. Almost... Have a lovely Sunday and magical new week everyone. Hope you get to enjoy nature.
#fallishere #goldlove #natureiseverywhere #myneighbourhood #canalsofamsterdam #currentmood

Oct 19

Sugar peonies
Thank you so much everyone for all your kindness and overwhelming response at my previous post and wallpaper.
There was an antique lit bateau childrens bed I had to say goodby to. Bought second hand after searching the net when my son was born almost ten years ago. My son has a wonderful room with an attic space where he sleeps. The lit bateau bed no longer needed passed down to his baby sister. I loved that bed so much. I took it hard when my daughter grew out of it. Saying goodby (after much postponing) to yet another fase. Having a very small room, my daughter (8) always envied her brother having a bigger room with a loft bed. She begged us for having one herself but with her room simply being too low and too small I knew a loft bed was a wish we could not fulfil. Creating a bed that would be lovely enough for her seemed an impossible task. I searched for inspiration and the design of the library nook sounded ok enough to her. There was a lot of wood left in the past by painters in our storage. We used this timber making the bed and guest bed underneath for sleep overs. All other parts measured, made and assembled by my husband. We both painted. Curtains (also a white cotton one for mosquitos) and all soft furnishings done by me. Having had a bridal business for years, it was wonderful to spent some time on my sewing machine again. A handmade large bulletin board hung on one wall ( stapler, kitchenaid, sewing machine btw favorite piece of machinery, random order!) My peony wallpaper on the other wall by her bed, to wake up to. It was the first time my husband and I worked together on such a project. We certainly had challenging moments but I’m happy to say we are still married.
Our daughters room was as much my dream as it was hers. We are ready and very much looking forward to the next phase. All cliches are true. Time (with children) flies way too fast. Happy saturday and wishing you the best weekend everyone.
#thankyou #happyweekend #peonylove #familylife #diy #currentmood

Oct 16

Grateful for my daughter getting on board to have my wallpaper in her room. A comfortable space with her own mini library. Larger than life peonies in a small room where she can grow older.
An exciting new project so happy to share. Peonywallpaper out now. More in my instastories.
#wallpaperwednesday #peonylove #pinklove #wallpaper #wallpaperdecor
#currentmood

Oct 13

Happy sunday from my home to yours.
Still dahlias with the first chrysanthemum. I always try to delay that moment of buying the first chrysanthemums because it always means the absolute end of summer with no prospect of warm (sunny)days anymore. Snapdragon and cosmos flowers, crabapple and lots of big hydrangeas. Fall has officially started in our home. I’m embracing the gifts of autumn. Wishing you a lovely Sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#fallishere #colourlove #dahlias #chrysanthemum #happysunday #flowerlove #hydrangeas #currentmood

Oct 13

They call them the dancing houses /de “Dansende Huisjes” Picture taken from the boat last Friday.
My apologies in advance for the blurry sight but the thing is that these houses are impossible to photograph without the help of a boat. I was so fortunate to be on a boat with my son and his class when they were sailed back to school, after an outing at the Hermitage museum. It has been raining almost non stop in the past few weeks and there is no change in the weather for the next few weeks. I always find it amazing how our crooked canalhouses are still standing after all these years. Sending love from rainy Amsterdam. Have a lovely Sunday and bright sunny new week everyone.
#postcardfromamsterdam #withlove
#littlestoriesofmylife #amsterdam #canalhouses #currentmood

Oct 12

Sugar roses
You always have to decide upfront in which blooming stage you want to create a sugar flower. I’m the first one to admit I have a pattern. Open roses always a favorite.
#sugarflowers #roses #roselove #infullbloom #currentmood

Oct 11

Sugar rose
Hope your week has been coming up roses. A visit with my sons class at the hermitage this morning. A stunning exhibition, Jewels! On display. So wonderful to see incredible treasures with the young ones. Diamonds and more through their eyes. Creating their own jewelry after the tour with goldpaper and bling stones. A boat bringing us back to school sailing the canals of Amsterdam. After so much beauty and activity hardly any attention left for the beauty of the canalhouses. I can’t blame them. Passing these houses daily, chatting with eachother much more interesting than our architecture. Back in my kitchen now, my morning in my #instastories
Happy friday. Sending love and wishing you a wonderful weekend everyone.
@hermitage_amsterdam
#littlestoriesofmylife #sweetlife #sugar #rose #roselove #sugarflowers #fridayflowers #currentmood

Oct 6

Happy Sunday, raining outside. It is pouring down actually with the darkest clouds. My favorite and most special tulips from @passionfortulips Hardly ever that I repost my sunday flowerarrangments at home. But taking the opportunity today because it is unfortunately impossible to photograph this weeks flowers because of the darkness all day long. Photography always with natural daylight.
It always works the other way round. Planting tulip bulbs on my rooftop as we speak in the fall to enjoy all this beauty in the spring.
Whether loads of bulbs in a garden with plenty of space or just a single planter for a balcony, not a whole lot gives me more pleasure and something to look forward to than those first green heads poking out the soil catching the first rays of sunshine after a wet fall and long cold winter. Making the most today with candle light, my family and plenty cups of hot tea.
Fall or spring on your side, have a lovely sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#gardeningtips #flowerbulbs #outnow #inspiredbynature #fall #currentmood

Oct 4

Sugarflowers for fridayflowerday. Wild roses, magnolia Stellata, tulip and orchids. Hope you had a wonderful week. Have a lovely weekend everyone.
#sugarflowers #flowerart #roses #orchids #tuliplove #fridayflowerday #currentmood

Sep 29

Happy Sunday from my home to yours
Yellow helenium flowers and Queen Anne’s lace and base. Hydrangeas and black Nicandra with dahlias, zinnias and roses. Even though we almost finished a most necessary home renovation there are ofcourse flowers always. Have a lovely sunday and beautiful new week everyone.
#colourlove #dahlias #roses #zinnias #flowerlove #floweraddict #currentmood

Sep 29

These lovely amsterdam canalhouses. My apologies for my absence this past week. We had reserved a few days off for the restoration of one of the ceilings in our living area. A few days has turned into two full weeks. More damage than we expected, hitting a brick wall (in the ceiling we knew nothing about) longer drying time than estimated and to make matters worse... coming back home at the end of the day to a completely finished room in... the wrong colour.
All is almost well now. The right colours are back in place and we keep our fingers crossed that the leakage will be history. I love these houses, wouldn’t want to live anywhere else, but there is always something going on somewhere.
I know there are worse, more serious things in life but I’m not the best person when it comes to home renovations. There are people who thrive in chaos or when builders are at work. I wish I was one of those. Thrive instead of just survive.
I hope to resume to my regularly postings soon. Happy to share up next my sundayflowers. Sending all my love from Amsterdam. Thank you for your patience everyone.
#littlestoriesofmylife #amsterdam #canalhouses #currentmood

Sep 22

Happy sunday at home with roses, dahlias, hydrangeas and delphiniums. In love with the frilly, fuzzy soft pink lysianthis. I love this time with hydrangeas blooming. They make flowerarranging so much easier. Eventhough I can occasionally feel blue, blue has always been my favorite colour. Everything always looks brighter with a little bit of blue. Happy or sad, flowers always by my side and to the rescue.
Have a lovely sunday and bright beautiful new week everyone. I would love to hear the things you can’t live without and that make you happy.
#happysunday #flowerlove #bestmedicine #dahlias #roses #hydrangeas #currentmood

Sep 20

Sugar flowers for friday flowerday. Roses, orchid, hibiscus, agapanthus and tulip.
Last two days of summer expected this weekend for us. Nothing but rain next week. Soaking in the sun as much as I can before the rain drops and fall sets in.
Enjoy your friday and wishing you a sweet weekend everyone. Sending all my love.
#sugarflowers #flowerart #roses #hibiscus #tuliplove #fridayflowerday #currentmood

Sep 15

Happy sunday from my home to yours. Dahlias, zinnia’s and soft scabiosa. Lysianthis and Japanese anemone as a cut flower. I love how each year more garden flowers are being offered as cut flowers.
The lights are changing from light to dark at an earlier time. I can tell fall is waiting. Fall or spring on your side, have a lovely sunday and bright new week everyone.
#colourlove #dahlias #zinnias #flowerlove #floweraddict #currentmood

Sep 14

Sugar Hibiscus
One of my most frequently asked questions... how long do sugar flowers last? In real life hibiscus flowers are very short lived. They usually bloom for only one day. So happy to be able to recreate. Sugarflowers when kept out of direct sunlight (because of fading) and out of moisture they last forever.
Happy saturday and a lovely weekend everyone🌺
#hibiscus #flowerart #sugarflowers #happyweekend #currentmood

Sep 13

Sugar flowers for fridayflowerday. Hope you had a wonderful week, wishing you the best weekend everyone.
#sugarflowers #flowerfriday #flowerart #roses #peony #poppies #anemone #dutch #stilllife #currentmood

Sep 8

Happy sunday from my home to yours. Dahlias, roses, hydrangeas, zinnia’s cosmos, scabiosa and Japanese anemones from saturday’s market. End of summer blooms giving me lots of colour and inspiration to go on this week. The small vases with single flowers just as important as the big (ginger) jar. I always keep moving the smaller vases around. At the dinner table with high and low candles or at my desk, there always needs to be a bloom everywhere.
Have a lovely sunday and beautiful, colourful new week everyone.
#colourlove #dahlias #roses #zinnias #flowerlove #floweraddict #currentmood

Sep 8

Favorite corner. One of the oldest cafés in Amsterdam, this corner never gets old. Cappuccino and apple pie the usual order. It is on both sides left and right of this corner I always buy my weekly flowers. Every saturday a moment I always look forward to. Up next my sunday flowers.
Sending you a postcard from Amsterdam signing it with love. Have a lovely sunday and wonderful new week everyone.
#myneighborhood #wanderlove #canalsofamsterdam #currentmood

Jul 7

Happy sunday from my home to yours. Only peony coral charm. Another simplicity sunday. Peacock and peonies. Remember my previous post? Coming home on a weekday with peony coral charm unintentionally. These flowers are like watching television. Every minute they change. A new scene of shape and colour developing right before your eyes. Starting out a bright coral red changing to soft pink, yellow and soon white. I can’t think of any other flower that changes its colour like this one. I bought new fresh flowers at saturday’s market, but can you blame me for wanting to sharing these peonies with you today.
Speaking of television. Watching THE game with my family any minute now.
Soccer world cup, Holland against the US. I can’t tell you what it means to me to see these women play. For years the men’s soccer dominated in terms of audience and money. I let my son and daughter stay up very late earlier in the week on a schoolday to watch the Dutch ladies win the semi finales against Sweden. So many young girls now inspired. Hopefully in a few years womens soccer will be just as import as men’s just like tennis, hockey and many other sports.
Ofcourse cheering for the Netherlands but wishing much luck to both teams, may the best woman win!
Enjoy your sunday and have a brilliant new week everyone.
#peonies #simplicity #equalpay #womensupportingwomen #currentmood

Jul 5

Sugar peony
While I was cycling on the other side of town, on my way to an appointment, there was a flowerstall on a corner that cought my attention. Buckets of peony coral charm in sight for a split second. First thing I thought was no, keep on cycling. There are enough flowers in the house I said to myself. But then I couldn’t help thinking.. never such a thing as too many flowers. I turned round only to buy one bunch. They were only €2,50. Impossible to resist several bunches. Peony galore continues. Creating one in sugar before they are all gone. Writing down their colourcodes, shapes and sizes in my notes for the rest of the year. So happy I was given another chance, another sweet peony moment.
Have a lovely friday everyone. Don’t give small stuff too much thought. When in doubt just do and enjoy. Wishing you a beautiful weekend.
#peonylove #peonyseason #flowerinspiration #sugarflower #botanicalart #flowerfriday

Feb 12

They called me miss Natasja. Two students from Istanbul, Turkey who we volunteered to host for an exchange program at my son’s secondary school. They were shy at first but excited to have made it to Amsterdam. My heart sank when I saw the news on Monday. They heard what happened and what should have been a careless day at a Dutch school with Amsterdam activities, was now slightly overshadowed. They were part of our family for a week. Being the caretaker of someone else’s child, determined to keep them safe, my most frequently asked question: what time are you coming home? But dinner was the time to discuss the day. How was the Van Gogh museum? Did you enjoy the boat ride? They noticed the many lgbtq flags and how it was unfamiliar to them. I explained that the Netherlands was the first country in the world to legalize same sex marriage. That (partially because of history) tolerance is the cornerstone of Dutch society. I could tell this made them stop and think. It’s what travel does. It opens your mind but most of all your heart.
As the week progressed so did the number with casualties of the earthquake. First 900 then a couple of thousand and now well over 30.000. On Friday a FaceTime with one of the moms, a schoolteacher sharing so many thanks for us. I could tell this was hard for her. The first time her only son away and abroad, all with the heartbreak in her country. It was impossible to keep a dry eye. One friend lost 6 cousins. These are the people lost. The numbers in the news a way to process the catastrophic enormity of it all.
Yesterday after breakfast Turkish news on one of the boys phones. Happiness. A baby was found alive after more than 80 hours in the ruble.
It will take years for Turkey and Syria to rebuild. Donate if you can.
@wckitchen, Red Cross, @savethechildren Every dollar every euro desperately needed.
Have a lovely Sunday and good new week everyone. If we are healthy with a roof over our head and food on the table, we are the lucky ones.
#donate #earthquake #familylife #littlestoriesofmylife #currentmood

Feb 18

Bringing tulips back to life with blooms as big as my hand. The best companions cut short at the dinner table. Had the loveliest conversation @theflowerpodcast where we discussed Holland and it’s relationship with flowers, my new book and lots more. Hope you check it out. Flowers are part of our culture in The Netherlands. Especially at Saturday’s market, when we buy food, we buy flowers. It’s pasta night for us with a tulip decorated table. Have a lovely weekend everyone. Food and flowers, it’s the small things that make me happy.
#flowerreels #persuepretty #familylife #tuliplove #blueandwhiteforever #decor #flowerdesign #nofloralfoam #classicstyle #itsthesimplethings #currentmood

Feb 19

Spring is around the corner. There is this light and freshness that I haven’t sensed in a long time. In the morning I’m woken up by the joyful sounds of the birds again. Maybe it is just me, but winter feels severely long this year. If I would say I long for spring it would be an understatement.
Because of high energy prices (soon to be lowered) and because we are living in an old historic home with not much insulation, there are these same warm clothes I have been wearing for the longest time. To be honest, I can’t wait to get rid of all these layers.
Don’t get me wrong, I love winter and it’s dormant time. We all need stillness and rest to bloom again just like nature, but maybe because I was born in tropical Surinam, I’m just not a fan of the cold.
Yellow roses with the first daffodils, bringing sunshine to our table. Yellow for me, this time of year is the promise of spring.
Roses in winter with white lilacs and tulips. Hope you tuned in, I chatted with @theflowerpodcast among other things about roses in winter, discussing right from wrong and all grey areas. How flowers in Holland because of our greenhouses and worldwide flower distribution system is a different ballgame compared to the rest of the world. Holland is at the forefront of the flower industry. Also in its use of more and more renewable energy. I also explained how 1/3 of the Netherlands is below sealevel with its lowest point 6.5 meters/ 72 sq feet below and how we as a nation, are very much aware of the affects of climate change. In my instastories our new bike garage at Amsterdam Central Station. A good example of how the Dutch government facilitates in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. You might think I’m silly to be this excited about a garage but I am. It is the thought behind it that matters.
Flowers for warmth. In case you need it, hang in there, spring is around the corner. Have a lovely Sunday and great new week everyone. Sending lots of love from Amsterdam.
#springlove #winterroses #flowersalways #theflowerpodcast #dutchflowers #littlestoriesofmylife #currentmood

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