December's here

Bonjour everyone!

Last thursday I bought the most wonderful wallet at Zara. I had been eyeing this particular wallet for quite some time and I'm glad I actually took the bold step of purchasing it!

A couple of weeks ago I discovered this blog http://abbytrysagain.typepad.com/abbytryagain/ and it's been a favorite ever since. This girl's photographs are just so stunning and pretty!

The good thing about having a mother with a mild form of amnesia is the fact that you could end up receiving birthday gifts days after your actual birthday. At least that's what happened to me. Saturday my mother came into my room with a huge package, apologising for the fact that she had completely forgotten about this particalur gift and just came across it while she was arranging her closet. It turned out to be the giant cupcake shaped teapot I'd been lusting over for weeks!

Yesterday a friend of mine told me about this awesome Keri Smith project aka the Portable tree. If you don't mind getting glue all over your hands and you kinda like the idea of having a cute little christmas tree, I'd suggest you just give it a go! I made one yesterday and it was a lot of fun. I think I might make another one (or five) You can find the tree at: http://www.kerismith.com/funstuff/portable_tree.pdf

Have a great day!

Now it's November

First of all, thanks again for your wonderful comments and suggestions! Reading them always brings a smile to my face! To answer the most asked question: the trousers are from H&M, hence the pretty pricetag.
Also, someone asked me about the fur jacket. Well, I can assure you that it's a faux one. I am disgusted by real fur and would never wear it.

Obviously, I felt like writing a post today, but I didn't really have a clue of what it should be about. So I figured I'd just start by sharing some new purchases with you (however boring that might be).
Thursday I went to a thriftstore and there I found these pretty camera's. Eventhough I already own a polaroid sx 70 camera, this one came with an external flash, so I couldn't possibly pass it up!
As I was so happy with my subscription to Vogue Paris, I decided to subscribe to Jalouse as well. There's just something about French magazines that appeals to me (you know, the certain je ne sais qoui factor ;)). And they're amazingly cheap, even when you take in the pretty high shipping rates. I already mentioned my new dvdbox in my last post and then there's Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita. It's such an amazing book, but unfortunately, I never got the chance, or took the time, to finish it. I'm sure that now it's waiting in my bookcase, that will happen soon though.

No explanation needed:

1. #13, 2. Real Big Swing, 3. aoi_yu_dandelion_008.jpg, 4. Untitled, 5. LastLeti, 6. nice hat, 7. Cold City - Paranoia, 8. untitled, 9. Untitled

A while ago some of you asked me about my paper cranes, well here they are:

Last but not least, I was wondering, is there something else you want to see on this blog? Or perhaps something you'd like to see more of? Is there a topic you would like me to dedicate a post to? I'd love to hear some of your thoughts as inspiration seems to be running a bit low these days.

Hope you have a happy sunday!!

Wednesday

As the unexpectedly wise Forrest Gump once said, life is like a box of chocolates. Those words seem particularly true today. After wasting spending an hour at the local optician I decided that I deserved something tasty and bought a golden box filled with delicious Belgian chocolates. Then when I came home I found a little package on the kitchen table, in it was a dvd box, containing the whole first season of Jericho, aka one of my all time favourite series! So my afternoon turned out to be quite pleasant. Ok that must have sounded completely random, but so be it.

Apart from the above, there's actually some more good news, although I have to say, nothing's certain yet. It seems that I'll be visiting my chere Paris pretty soon! Together with my mother I am planning a trip and if all goes well (fingers crossed) we will be going there somewhere by the end of january/beginning of february. As a late birthday trip pour moi. So I reckon there will be a lot of shopping involved! I'm already saving up some money.

Here are some more beautiful photographs from flickr I felt like sharing with you:

1. Untitled, 2. sx70229s, 3. no, 4. Untitled, 5. Where's Erick 3, 6. 開拔, 7. T o u c h i n g ., 8. Casting Spells., 9. Untitled

Last friday I went to Antwerpen and there I bought this rather interesting pair of trousers. They were on sale and for only 20 euros I figured I could just as well give them a try. But now I'm experiencing some creative difficulties when it comes to how to wear them. So your ideas are more than welcome!

October Road

Bonjour everyone!

Let's start with the tag that was given to me by the oh so cute and very kind tea drinking english rose. Thank you!

the rules are: mention the person who nominated you. list 6 unimportant things that make you happy. tag 5 blogs. state the rules. notify them with a teeny comment on their blog that they have been nominated.

1. cuddling with my bunny
2. pink skies
3. watch a polaroid photograph develop
4. driving on the highway while listening to my favourite music
5. being able to stuff myself with what seems to be an endless amount of chinese food
6. planning future travels

And I'll nominate heart in a cage, mila, margot, cleolikesyou and jess!

October picks
this month's favourites:

- origami cranes
I've been folding a huge amount of cranes these past few weeks in order to make an origami mobile. I'm not done yet but I'm sure it will turn out magnificently!

- watching globe trekker
my latest addiction. 4 times a day is not nearly often enough to keep my constant hunger for new countries satisfied. If there would be something like a globe trekker channel, I'd be sitting behind the tv 24/7.

- peel apart polaroids
these brilliant photographs have something so enormously charming about them, but unfortunately the price is a bit less agreeable. Luckily there's flickr.

- aquaria
I love the underwater world. Dolphins, coloured fish, squids, they're all so lovely and intriguing to look at.

- fall leaves
the weather may be cold and wet, but at least the trees are dressed in the most magnificent colours. And how much fun is it to go for a walk in the woods and come home with a whole bunch of colourful and beautifully shaped leaves?

- cropped (faux) fur jackets
I. Like. Them. Got one myself this week. Hate the real ones though.

- birds
There's something about birds I find so beautiful. I just love looking at them. Or at pictures of them. Or drawings. Or whatever other shape or form they come in.

- wall decoration
Posters, postcards, drawings, as long as you can put it on a wall, I like it.

- this fantastic editorial

photos from flickr (click on image for the link), theselby.com, thefashionspot and moi meme

And thank you for all your kind comments! I will respond to them ASAP!

No Room For Make Up

I thought it would be easier to write an interesting post if I limited myself to writing just one a week, but apparently, it doesn't work that way. So now it's once again friday, which seems to have become my new favourite day to blog, and I have no idea what to write about. Yet at the same time I don't feel like waiting around for inspiration to flutter by, because I'm sure that would only make things worse. So I'll just start by apologising for my extreme negligence when it comes to answering comments and actually leaving them on other blogs. For some reason I really suck at doing both of those things. Trust me, I will try to work on that. In the meantime just know that your comments are all very much appreciated!

Perhaps I should share something that's a bit more personal. You probably haven't noticed this due to my already sparse blogging, but lately I haven't been feeling well. During the last 6 weeks I got pretty sick, not just once, but three times to be exact. And in between I felt really bad, especially mentally. It felt as if my head was stuck in some sort of unpleasant haze and there was no way out of it. It was quite scary actually, to the point where I was feeling anxious all the time. But luckily, last week turned out to be the first week in a very long time that I actually felt like my normal self again! And I'm unimaginably happy about that!

To celebrate that cheerful fact I went a little crazy with buying dvd's this week (just ignore my weird taste in movies, I simply can't help the fact that my cinematical preferences are pretty much all over the place). At least now I won't have to worry for at least another two weeks how to get through those boring evenings.

I also decided to get all girly and bakey and made a whole bunch of heart shaped cupcakes. It was a brilliant idea because they were absolutely delicious, the creme topping tasted pretty much devine!

Talking about sweets and girlyness, Chloé's latest collection seriously reminded me of pastries. So obviously I had no choice but to like it. If you want to win me over, connect something, anything, to food and I won't be able to resist it. It's a miracle I haven't reached the size of a whale yet.

I also happened to order these beauties from asos. And they arrived, quelle surprise, after only two days. Now that's what I call a vast improvement!

Took these two polaroids yesterday. I'm going to take a couple more this afternoon, so if you want to know how those turn out, have a look at my flickr, I'll upload them there asap!

I suppose that's all for know. I wish everyone a very pleasant weekend! Au revoir!

I have dreams of orca whales and owls

This week has been a particularly inspiring week fashion wise, with all the beauty that comes with Paris fashion week. I was especially curious about Isabel Marant's newest collection. And I can't say I got disappointed. While the styling might be horrible and the plain uglyness of those chained boots can't be ignored, I must admit that I'm actually pretty excited about most of the pieces that were shown. The floral print shrugs and those gorgeous lace dresses are so beautiful, I think I'd better start saving some money!

In anticipation of the arrival of my new polaroid cassettes, I've been once again exploring flickr for some much needed inspiration. So here are some fresh flickr favourites:

1. bedroom, 2. It'll bloom again, 3. central hk ．pen ft, 4. happy, 5. Untitled, 6. gravity/grace, 7. (baby) beluga, 8. alone again, 9. Untitled, 10. Untitled, 11. wark, 12. redballoons2

These last few days I've been working on a new 'project'. I'm trying to create some sort of a diary, not just with thoughts and other ramblings, but with photographs, drawings and random images. Right now it looks a bit silly but I have a feeling it will look a lot better once I spend a bit more time on it. So once it's looking somewhat decent, I think I will take some pictures of it and show it to you!

Last but not least I wanted to show you my great new scarf. It's so warm and cozy, I've been wearing it non stop. So if you happen to be looking for a bit of warmth during these cold october days, h&m is the place to go:

Cold Desert

So here I am again, back from holiday. Had the best time. I really enjoyed doing nothing at all. And the weather was perfect. Sunny, warm, but not too hot, a bit of summer in September. Unfortunately internet is still not working properly but according to my father 'it should be solved in a week :):):)'. And he obviously knows best.

Last saturday I went to Antwerp. There I found those suede boots I've been boring you with for what seems to be ages. It happened to be the last beige pair and they were just the right size. Although they're not from APC or Isabel Marant for that matter, I'm very happy with them! It's so nice to buy something you really love. I already know I'll be wearing them to death. Did some more shopping this morning. Got a new trenchcoat, dark gray skinnyjeans, a pair of awesome zara heels, a blouse and, don't ask why, another striped shirt (as if my closet wasn't already filled with at least a dozen of those).

Since I have nothing more interesting to share with you, here are some outfits with my new clothes:

a few more photographs of my holiday can be found here

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup...

First of all thank you so much for all your comments! I wasn't at all expecting so much enthousiasm. It might sound a bit silly but it really brought a smile to my face!

Now I actually have a hard time figuring out how to start this post, however stupid that may sound. So I'm just going to start with something random like some new things I acquired over these last three weeks

I'm so happy with the shoes, I've been looking for a creme/black coloured pair of flats for ages and was pretty disappointed about the fact that french sole never seems to update it's online stock. Luckily I came across these from Zara. My friend bought them a while back but unfortunately the were slightly too big for her feet. Not so much for mine though and she agreed to letting me adopt them.

With the purchase of those flats I've completed my summer wishlist and I'd like to think that I'm finally done reorganising my wardrobe at this point. All I need for the upcoming season are some boots and a coat, but there's still plenty of time for that. I'm, obviously, still dying for these Isabel Marant booties but I haven't got a clue for how much they retail which makes it quite hard to decide whether or not I should get them. So if anyone knows, please let me know ;)

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I meant to post about the following a while back but for some reason I never did. When I saw this post at the knight cat's blog I felt immensely inspired to create something similar. So I went to Ikea, bought some frames, printed some of my flickr favourites and put them up on my wall. It's still under construction, I need to buy a couple more frames, but I think it already looks quite decent, especially with the polaroids.

Talking about flickr, I've been spending an insane amount of time browsing through that website lately

so here are some fresh favourites:

1. fly, 2. memories, 3. Untitled, 4. Untitled, 5. Los lunes al sol, 6. in the kitchen with..., 7. Untitled, 8. ., 9. Untitled, 10. Untitled, 11. lily of the valley, 12. the sky moves faster at this time of year, 13. Untitled, 14. Untitled, 15. ik door oona, 16. storyteller, 17. lovely afra, 18. ghost, 19. Kristin, 20. Untitled, 21. blur_simo, 22. Untitled, 23. (said with warm gusts of irony): it seems a gosh-darn shame, 24. reading in bed, 25. Untitled

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Before I forget, I still want to do a book review before the end of this month. I just don't know which book to choose. So I was thinking that it might be a good idea to ask you which book you would like to see more of this time?

* for the love of light - Jenifer Altman
* the principles of uncertainty - Maira Kalman
* this is for you - Rob Ryan

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Last but not least, last week I finally got to watch Juno and I think I fell in love with that movie. Ellen Page is such a brilliant actress and Michael Cera, gosh is he adorable or what? If you haven't seen it yet, you totally should, it's well worth it!

Well that's all for now, take care and see you soon!

The Principles of Uncertainty

Recently I ordered Maira Kalman's book "the Principles of Uncertainty" which is a collection of her illustrated columns for NY Times Select. I first noticed this book on Book By It's Cover and her beautiful illustrations immediately caught my eye. When I later spotted her book at the American Book Center I was a bit hesitant to pay 40 euro's but luckily I was able to order it at bol.com for a little more than half that price.

I would also like to mention that I won't be posting anything these next few days, I'm experiencing some sort of a family emergency as my grandfather has fallen terribly ill with no chance of recovery and I have a hard time focusing on other things at the moment. But please do check back after the weekend. Hope you have a good one!

Amy Earles and more

This afternoon I rediscovered an old favourite of mine, Amy Earles. I remember coming across her work last summer and being in complete awe of her creativity. Unfortunately and for reasons I do not remember, I forgot all about her work and it took me almost a year to return to that point of awe. Unsurprisingly I'm still extremely charmed by her beautiful paper dolls and pretty, slightly dark, drawings!

More of her work and her online shop can be found at:
etsy & pushed under

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On a totally different note, today I completed some more pages from Wreck this journal. One of them being the "climb up high and drop this journal" page. Together with my six year old niece I climbed up the narrow stairs to my grandparents attic. There we opened the window and threw out the journal. She was incredibly excited about the whole ordeal! If anyone's interested I can take some photographs of the newly completed pages and post them later this week?

I also purchased some cute things this weekend from Caitlin Shearer's etsy shop. (I wrote a post about her work a while ago) I had such a hard time choosing from her beautiful artworks! So I'm pretty sure a second order will follow soon ;)

ps. I'm currently experiencing some problems with my photobucket bandwidth. I've fixed the photographs on the first page but unfortunately the pictures on the other pages (that are down right now) won't be visible until the 5th of august. Apologies for the inconvenience!