We have moved / we zijn verhuisd!

Hi again, it's been a while. Been busy, but I continued blogging here and started my own online store selling ecofriendly design made by different designers and from different brands. Of course 'we' kept the name Babongo :)
Please come and visit and let me know what you think and feel. Would love to hear from you. We'll be blogging about news from our store, interviews with interesting people, all things pretty and sustainable and about green lifestyle in general.

Nothing ever stays the same...

Thrifted!

Just had to take this home with me....

New cards!

Wheee, found time to create again. Some new cards from recycled paper and fused plastic bag left over pieces.

More Nepal

Nepal too

Nepal

Cards

What do you think? I made this from recycled cardstock and scraps of fused plastic bags. In my shop after the weekend.

Yep, this is me

How cool is this??!!
(Click to enlarge)

Winter wonderland

So early!

mini mobile

Remember I made a huge mobile? I made a mini too. So cute and so much fun to make.

Happy weekend everyone!

my workspace

The weather was rather gloomy when I shot this. And it usually does not look like this. It's usually A LOT messier.

Bridge

Somehow I love bridges. I guess it's the idea of bringing people together that appeals to me. 

Sailing

We went sailing a couple of months ago. How I long for these blue skies right now. I love all of the nifty technical stuff a sailboat has to offer.

Dark forest

t-shirt yarn

Recently I visited Strawberry Earth Wonderland in Amsterdam. I was there with Dutch Handmade members Marta and Lies and Anda Corrie from Etsy. It was a really cool event. Look at the video here. At Strawberry Earth people could learn from us how to make t-shirtyarn and make a cool accesory. It was so much fun and ever since I've been fascinated by t-shirtyarn. I especially love the little scarves/necklaces you can make from them. Like this one.

Would you like to know how to make t-shirt yarn? Visit Dutch Handmade blog for a tutorial.
And here's some creations I found on Etsy.

Guitar strap by ASpinnerWeaver

Scarf by janicewallace

Business card holder by greenatheart

Ananda

While groceries shopping my eye fell on the beautiful packaging of this chocolate. It's called Ananda. Find the website here. Here's the pictures of the three flavours I bought. Pretty!

Besides pretty packaging it's also very tasty chocolate. Yes, I tasted it right away. Hey, I couldn't write about it and not tell you what it tastes like? That wouldn't make sense ;)

I tasted Coffee break, a dark chocolate with coffee beans, Pure Extase, premium dark chocolate and Blissful Banana, with chewy banana, which is my favourite so far. BUT, they have two more flavours! Bye Bye Sugar and Mentally Mint, yet to be tasted by me, I'm thinking soon.

So, here's what else is really cool about this chocolate:
It is entirely made in Ecuador.
It's organic.
The box is made from paper from responsibly managed forests and vegetable-based ink.
The foil it's wrapped in is biodegradable.
Ananda chocolate is a product of Amigos International whose mission is: 'Developing rural areas in developing countries by offering ecologically and socially responsible, 100% processed products from these areas to local, regional and international (EU) markets.'

Well, what can I say. These people seem to be doing like everything right!

Lao III

Remember I promissed I'd show you more pictures? Well I did. And here's some more.