Archive for the 'byPetra' Category
• Workshop try-out
Update: Thanks! The try-out is fully booked.
Before my workshops set off, I planned a workshop try-out. On sunday november 1st, from 12 till 16 o’clock, you are invited to join me in this try-out.
For only 10 Euro, you can attend a workshop ‘Etui met rits’ (zippered pouch). This price is included lunch and drinks, 0,75 [...]
• What was keeping me busy
What was keeping me busy the last few months…. yes off course revalidation because of my achilles tendon rupture. But also my plan to start my own workshop business.
It first started with the idea of starting a fabric store in Amsterdam like you have Frau Tulpe in Berlin, combined with a workshop room. Because I [...]
• Packaging is everything
As a late birthday gift I got my own stamps from my sister. I was looking for a way how I could use them. I like the way how they look together stamped on the brown paper and tied by a scrap fabric piece.
Because the pimped skirt was a present, I wrapped it. I used [...]
• iPod covers
A colleague asked me if I could make her a cover for her new iPod. When I started designing one for her, the ideas for other versions just popped up like mushrooms. I worked out four of those ideas so she could choose, and if it was meant to be, she chose the one I initially designed for her. [...]
12 Comments January 7th, 2009• My new name tags
As I started my new blog career, I thought I needed my own name tags. From time to time I sell stuff I make to colleagues, friends or family and it would be nice to ‘pimp’ the packages with my own tags.
The byPetra logo I already designed a while ago, and as I like red [...]
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About me
I'm Petra, I live in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Besides my day job I’m running my own business: organising creative workshops and a web shop selling cute and colourful fabrics, ribbon and buttons.
In my spare time I love to crochet and sew. I’m always on the look for new inspiration on the web, in books and in magazines.
