For all of you who are reading this series for the first time, it all started in April when I posted a pic of my some of my porcelain mugs on Instagram asking what my followers or other IG users were collecting. Since there were quite some responses, I decided to start this series inviting friends, and I do love the result of getting a sneak peek into my virtual (and real) friend passions and hobbies. Some images are a total surprise others not. All of them are beautiful!  This time I am having friends over from Germany, Spain and The Netherlands.

Hello, my name is Wendy. Author of the blog beeldSTEIL, a lifestyle, photography and interior design blog with a Scandinavian touch. beeldSTEIL can be translated as picture style. In other words: photography and styling, that’s what my blog is mainly about. “I share what I see” on my blog and my Instagram feed. Instagram is my visual notebook where I share daily inspiration and a peek behind the scenes. Apart from being a blogger, I’m a photographer, interior & photo stylist and mother of two.

As a stylist and design addict I love to collect! Such as small Scandinavian home accessories, vintage cameras, fine notebooks, wooden sculptures, magazines and much more.. But my current crushes are ceramics and pottery. I love seemingly simple designs with beautiful (graphic) details. While traveling I can’t resist to take a ceramic reminder with me back home. The bowls, vases and plates are also perfect to use as props in my photographs. I collect my treasures in the String Pocket cabinet in my living room. Looking at it makes me happy, love the aesthetic look.

Thank you Gudy for having me on your lovely blog!

Thanks so much, Gudy, for asking me to share what I collect! I’m Toni from Berlin, Germany, one of the Co-Founders of Carry-On Publishing, the publishing house of the digital magazines sisterMAG and CVmag.

I’m not a big collector of things except for my articles collection. For over ten years now I’m collecting and cataloguing newspaper and magazine articles about people. My collection includes a very wide range of personalities coming from Film & Theatre, Design & Architecture, Art, Music, Fashion, Literature, Science or Business. Some of my favourite articles introduce for example the not-so-well-known editors, photographers and illustrators that shaped the famous magazine titles of the past. My collection was also at the heart of the idea for our second magazine title CVmag, which is about people from all walks of life.

There are so many articles now that I have to expand my existing folders soon to hold the new ones.