For the love of the Designer.

2011-03-28T14:54:00.001-07:00

2010-12-09T16:00:00.000-08:00

I just do need to share my new shoes.
Bought @ Sacha

Back in the old days...

2010-12-04T04:37:00.000-08:00

I love old pictures, especially when they show people. They tell a story; of past youth, of love, of fashion and so on. A friend of mine showed me a flickr website where they have thousands of vintage pictures, most of them are portrets of moviestars and singers of the old days.

Here a few and the link. Enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/truusbobjantoo/

2010-11-17T14:54:00.001-08:00

Today I went to Restored to deliver some of my necklaces. I'm so happy to finally have someting to be sold in their store! Such an honor!

There they are!

www.restored.nl

also check out their webshop - http://www.restored.nl/webshop/

Weddingbells

2010-11-16T07:53:00.001-08:00

I love spending days with pictures, photoshop and indesign. A friend of mine had some pictures of her wedding which still weren't edited. I made a little album for her.

.Sanne

2010-11-16T06:38:00.000-08:00

www.sannejansen.com

2010-11-15T10:47:00.000-08:00

Working on some stuff for an assignment.

Moodboard

2010-11-04T07:10:00.001-07:00

2010-10-15T09:11:00.000-07:00

Yes! I do believe secondhand stores are the best. I truely do! Last week I went to Klein Waterlooplein, which is in Lelystad (Holland). It was the best store ever! And quite cheap.

Here are my trofees;

bronze necklace/canvast videoprint (painting) with flowers

heart earrings

little pin up bow

see trough shirt with flowers

dress/shoes

flower necklace

ring

shirt with print

bag

Past times

2010-10-11T06:34:00.000-07:00

this is now

Woonbeurs 2010

2010-10-05T13:36:00.000-07:00

Woonbeurs 2010

So last saturday me and my sister went to visit the Woonbeurs in the Rai, Amsterdam. It's kind of a interior designevent. I saw a lot of new trends, colours and designs. The best part of it where the young new designers and the 101woonideeen stand.

www.potterysupreme.nl

www.snooshy.com

www.mariskameijers.com

http://www.scholtenbaijings.com/

FOC

"Tafelgenoten" (table company) by Carolina Wilcke

Lovely blue stove.

More Than Classic stand.

Land of Living decoration. You can see the little teapot hats of Tas-ka in there.

Carton board decoration

Tiles at www.designtegels.nl

Knitting woman in the VTwonen stand.

VT wonen stand

Ariadne at Home stand

Work of Maartje van den Noort

Maartje van den Noort and Petra (one of the owners of Restored) where at the 101woonideeen stand. They showed some work of the shop and made some new designs. Also got a beautiful black bag with drawings of Maartje. You can also buy them at www.restored.nl. Prizes are from 5 euro.

I have to say that the 101woonideeen stand was the best in my case. So much soft colours, weighted out perfectly with subtle prints. The enviroment had a bit of a 60/70's vibe to it and was very romantic. I loved every little bit of it!

2010-09-16T18:13:00.001-07:00

As you can see some of you are my inspiration.
Made with Adobe Photoshop.

These little dolls where made with use of the Fashionary book.

Thanks to the book Technical Drawing for Fashion by Basia Szkutnicka. You do need some Illustrator skills. Next one I'm planning on buying is Fashion Designer's Handbook for Adobe Illustrator.

2010-09-09T13:25:00.000-07:00

Alexander Gronsky

Pick of the day - endless night

The Edge

Less than one

http://www.alexandergronsky.com/

2010-08-31T15:56:00.000-07:00

Fine.Lines.Collection. in stores again soon.
For more information: bertinavannieuwenhuizen@gmail.com

2010-08-29T14:38:00.000-07:00

www.restored.nl - I love their window displays. And I've got those pants :)

http://www.lennekewispelwey.nl/

You have to love it.

2010-08-29T14:28:00.000-07:00

A whole new season in life. Ever been there? Ofcourse, life is all about seasons. I just graduated at the Artacadamy and going on to the next chapter. As a young designer overwhelming and exciting at the same time. Because I did not feel at home in the big city I moved back to my old hometown. For now to live with my dad. I could live on my own, I just don't want to.

I've never been "a daddy's girl" that's exactly why I decided to go back and live with him.

So there I was; graduated, without money (oh Lord help me) and without a job. First things first; I need a holiday and I need to move. So I did. My old room where I lived in the city was totally Ikea and I was so terribly done with it...without any hard feelings towards Ikea, but it was just not 'me' anymore. Over the last years I collected a lot of secondhand items which I absolutly adore. As a student I did not always have mayor money to buy nice Moschino shoes or expensive furniture. And I did not want to anyway.

Being in a secondhand store makes me feel like I am on a treasurehunt; I love it.

The idea that someone left something behind and it already has a live makes me think of people. We all are different. How typical it may sound. We can dress alike, we can have the same job but nobody is actually you or me. We are all different.

When something is already used I can feel the stories behind the object, the heart of it. I love it. It takes my fantasy to old days, to love lives, to people.

With all this said, I thought I would share pictures of my new room with you guys and some stories about the articles I found.

This corner I love. The dressoir I got secondhand from the internet. Everything on it is secondhand (except the white vase). On the right is a magazinetable, a design from the 50's. I love 50's design by the way, althouth you cannot see it here.

Vintage leather bag. Bought for only 3,50 euro! I have around 5 of those kind of bags with prints in leather.

My glitter dress. Bought it on a festival for only 5 euro. Also another leather imprinted bag.

In my fantasy I see my lamp hanging in a room of a 5-year old girl. Her dolls are in the left corner and her bed on the right with blankets of pink and white wool.

Do not hate me for this one but I love this poster (sadly not a painting no), close-up. It has kind of a religious feeling to it but so childish. The faith of this child feels so sweet. The porcelain buttons, close-up here, are from Lenneke Wispelwey. So not second-hand but oh so lovable.

I leave you with these for now. So you can think of your own stories.

2010-06-24T14:24:00.000-07:00

"My weakness is my strength"

26 june - 3 july
Royal Acadamy of Arts Den Hague
www.kabk.nl
www.bertinavannieuwenhuizen.nl

Invitation.

2010-05-28T08:49:00.001-07:00

My weakness is my strength
12th until 16th of June 2010
10:00 / 17:00 hours

Sneak preview

2009-12-14T02:31:00.001-08:00

Onbevlekt. - Unstained.

The Butterfly Circus

2009-11-07T16:10:00.000-08:00

A short movie directed by Joshua Weigel.

Shining party

2009-11-06T02:27:00.000-08:00

I love this.

www.confettisystem.com

New

2009-11-05T02:21:00.000-08:00

So here I am wanting to meet new people, artists and designers. And ofcourse showing my work and others peoples work. Things that caught my eye. So today I want to show you some work I saw at Residence de la Mode in Den Hague.

www.lennekewispelwey.nl

www.l-e-w.nl

More information and designers;
http://residence.puurdenhaag.com/
http://www.grotewittereus.nl/html/projecten.html

2009-11-05T02:08:00.000-08:00