Pretty Pink

A lot of people, when they are thinking about the Nederlands, think mostly about wooden shoes, wind mills, cows, tulips, cheese and bicycles. Now I have to admit that we have all those things, yet most people have nothing to do with wooden shoes, wind mills or cows.

Except for me; I love animals, herbivores and thus also cows and I own wooden shoes. Unfortunately, a cow does not fit in my garden, but I have a small vegetable garden and wooden shoes are very practical for that. Of course I have custom handmade wooden shoes in Sonja Style.

I began with a plain wooden shoe, which was handmade by a man from Veenendaal, (The Nederlands) and varnish them with paint and draw some butterflies and flowers on it.

Here are some pictures of them:




I also have a bicycle. It is a very strong and 'old' city model. It is made to cycle comfortable on flat ground and have therefore only three gear. It has a basket and bags for carrying instant shopping with me. First it was a dark blue coloured bike, but due to the overcrowded cycling parking places at the train station, I could hardly find it back.

Therefore, and because you already might have noticed that I like pink a lot, I decided to paint it pink. I took the bicycle apart and cleaned it very well. Then I sprayed the components with a primer, before I put on the pink colour, to dim the dark background and  to enhance the effect of the paint. After that I had to put everything back in the right place. Fortunately I had very good help from my housemate J. :). Since then, I have had never got the problem of finding it again.

This was the result: