Category Archives: GEM OF THE DAY

Spring Fever | Cows Coming Out

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Wilson

I came across this lively bunch yesterday, while cycling east of Amsterdam: The cows were brought out into the fields for the first time this year – May 9th 2020 – and they are loving it 🙂 In … Continue reading →

Posted in CORONA TIMES, GEM OF THE DAY, THE FABRIC OF HOME, Things I made | Tagged Amsterdam, Amsterdam Castle, coming out, cows, Cows back in the field, cows in the pasture, cycling Amsterdam, farming, Holland, jump for joy, jumping cows, Muiden, Muiderslot, my neighborhood, spring fever, video | Leave a comment

Free Marble Prints

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Wilson

Gem of the day: this collection of funky marble prints, downloadable for free. A present from Shutterstock, the image bank. Get it here

Posted in ART, GEM OF THE DAY, ONLINE FINDS | Tagged download, Freddy Mercury, free, jpg, marble print, Rorschach test, vector | Leave a comment

Now Here’s A Picture

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Wilson

The artist on Instagram here

Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, GEM OF THE DAY, PHOTOGRAPHY, REVIEW | Tagged ART, cafe, Damien Hirst, diner, dog, Gallery, god, medium, message, new art, online, painting, picture, portrait, Social media, white cube | Leave a comment

Temporary Favorites

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Wilson

The catch of a moment online gathering. Browsing, shopping for that jenesaisquoi, untill you find it. Therapeutic.

Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, GEM OF THE DAY, Stuff | Tagged article, browse, buy, color, curation, curator, Diana Ross, fifties, glasses, gloss, gloss over, lifestyle, Mahogany, marlies dekkers, outdoors, Paint, recline, relax, retail, scent, search, Shopping, smell, style guide, therapy, Tom Ford, women, yellow | Leave a comment

Italy fix

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Wilson

First thing today: Visit that large regional market, just around the corner, for a true Milan fix 🙂

Posted in GEM OF THE DAY, MUSIC, THE FABRIC OF HOME | Tagged ambiance, daily, dily, elevator music, fix, Italy, life, local, market, Milan, Music, muzak, of the day, regional, soundtrack, true | Leave a comment

London online

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Wilson

Hallelujah for online shopping, since a weekend in London is never enough! {But I still haven’t found the pink (velvet) sofa…}

Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, Fashion, GEM OF THE DAY, ONLINE FINDS, Stuff, THE FABRIC OF HOME | Tagged Amsterdam, anthropologie, army, Bass&Co, Battersea, caot, Christmas, Conran, decoration, design museum, faus fur, gifts, gold, harvey nichols, highstreet shops, Home, Jewelry, Liberty, living, London, night blue, notebook, online, Ornaments, paper, perfume, power station, presents, Rive gauche, Ruifier, Selfridges, Shopping, sofa, sponge, stardust, velvet, Weejuns, X-mas, YvesSaintLaurent | Leave a comment

RUN to the shop now!!

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Wilson

… if you are a fan of Liberty X Nike like I am! They are back on sale as from TODAY! Oh Happy Day 🙂 I managed to secure a pair of Nike trainers in Liberty fabric yeahh! At Liberty … Continue reading →

Posted in DESTINATION HAPPINESS, Fashion, GEM OF THE DAY, ONLINE FINDS, THE FABRIC OF HOME | Tagged fabric, Fashion, flowers, grey, Liberty, Liberty x Nike, limited stock, Nike, print, running, shoes, special edition, trainers | 1 Comment

Gem of the Day | Designer PLO scarf

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Wilson

Looking familiar, but what is it again?… The PLO scarf is originally called a keffiyeh, and has been worn by Arabs residing in regions in Arabia, Jordan and Iraq for over a century. The word keffiyeh or kufiya means ‘from Kufa’, a city located … Continue reading →

Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, Fashion, GEM OF THE DAY, THE FABRIC OF HOME | Tagged black and white, couture, debate, designer, Fashion, fishnet, grain, inspiration, Karl Lagerfeld, label, liberation, loom, palestine, patterns, PLO, political, portrait, print, scarf, street fashion, weave, Yasser Arafat | Leave a comment

Hats are on!

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Wilson

The Royal Ascott Hospitality is getting closer (June 17th-20th), I can tell from the amount of hats in my mailbox 😉 Ladies are looking for head-turning hats! I just discovered the fabulous work of Awon Golding and just l o v e … Continue reading →