Jingle, jingle...

 In the studio I am working on some ideas for Christmas, and I just wanted to make something different, a bit funky... So I combined some beautiful copper paper I saved with a blue card and painted paper. It is just a bit of happiness, so I put these four in my ETSY-shop (which will reopen October 15th).

Galaxy project of painted paper

I really like working with paper,

and when I have some paint left-overs I use them 

on left-over paper bits.... yes: I like to re-use and use the resources to the fullest!

It resulted in a galaxy project,

by designing and cutting tags and notebooks.

For sale in my booth at ETSYmade in NL in Leeuwarden on November, 23rd.

Yes, I really like those ETSY craft fairs, meeting the makers! And I like to be a part of them :).

ETSY made local in Utrecht

Nice times this weekend,

more than 50 etsy-shops and their makers

together in an artistic greenhouse.

My handpainted signs :):

My cards in between the green plants:

There were lots of visitors (did not take pictures of them) 

and it was nice to meet all those other etsy-shops.

EVENT - Etsy made local in Utrecht November 25th

ETSY made local in the Netherlands!

A handmade and vintage fair in my neighbourhood,

organised by me and my teammates Marijke and Inge,

welcome!

There are about 60 ETSY-shops presenting their creations and finds,

we have a knitting table, a wrapping-service, coffee from the Babescoffee,

snacks and soup from Abbie's soup and Deining in de kas.

Christmas presents

Lots of items in my Etsy-shop to give for Christmas, or for the New Year:

New painting

I've listed a new painting in my Etsy-shop. Well, new... I must admit that I have made a lot of new paintings in the last couple of months, but somehow I never get round to making the right pictures (it can be a bit dark in my studio), so it can take a while before I have them online. Updating my website is another one on my list... But I am glad to share this one finally!

New cotton necklace

Every now and then I get ideas for new accessories, and this time I knitted a beachy necklace. Using a simple stitch, double thread and beachy colours I tried several things and ended up with this design: a knitted cotton necklace, unique, one of a kind and washable. This one is in brown and blue colours.

I also made one with blue and red colours. They are both for sale here in my Etsy-shop.

New in Etsy-shop: fabric denim hearts

etsy, ehm... what?

Well, ETSY! The place to by handmade goods worldwide, an online marketplace where artists present and sell their goods, and yes... me too! I've got me own little shoppie: http://www.etsy.com/zizolabel.



Some of you might think: oh well, and...? Well, recent results have shown amazing numbers:

•$29.9 million of goods were sold in October, 12.4% higher than September's $26.6 million.
•That represents 1,677,986 items sold for the month, 14.5% higher than September’s 1,466,039.
•2,452,359 new items were listed in the month, 11.6% higher than September's 2,196,970.
•322,466 new members joined the Etsy community in the month, up 41,928, or 14.9%, from September.
•842,291,766 page views were recorded on the site in October.

Okay, so in other words: 1.6 million sales in October for a worth of 29.9 million dollars, that's amazing!

ETSY IS SERIOUS BUSINESS! Artists who are passionate about what they make, present their products to the whole world. All this creativity and unique, original drawings, paintings, scarfs, pictures etc etc can be found here!

new acrylic paintings...

made several new acrylic paintings, two of which can be found in my etsy-shop.

New hand-drawn cards

I have made some new hand-drawn cards, in black and white. On a summer day I was just scribbling somewhat with circles and then I saw these faces and animals appear. I thought it was funny to make them into cards with a space to write, glue your own message... And children can colour the little caterpillar or doggie.
They are for sale in a set of 10 cards in my Etsy-shop.



(photos: ZIZOlabel)

New - check out my Etsy-shop

I finally took the plunge to open up an Etsy-shop on the internet. Etsy is a marketplace for all sorts of hand-made products, really inspiring and great for some original gifts. So, now there is one of ZIZO label too. Take a look at

www.zizolabel.etsy.com.

These new set of cards are also available in this shop. The cards are made from a series of black and white paintings I have made.
If you live in the Netherlands and are interested, they are only 0.65 euro a piece.

Okay, back to my work now...