Good day.

Good day everyone! How are you doing? I am doing quite excellent actually. School this week has been okay so far, after a lovely week of vacation. But now the hard work starts again. In 6 weeks is already the next test week, ridiculous! And I already have to start studying.. Great.
But today is a good day. I had a short day of school and was home super early, which meant I had time to watch the brand new Pretty Littly Liars episode that came out yesterday. Amazing show! Absolutely love it, the mysteries, the story line, everything!

Also, today I have piano lessons again. I have lessons once every two weeks. Not very often, but it's enough. Right now I am learning how to play Don't You (Forget About Me) by Simple Minds.
And before you ask, I already knew the song before it was in Pitch Perfect --'
Really love the song! Go and listen to it! I am sure you'll like it. Or maybe not. What do I know? (:

But before piano lessons, me and my family are going to the church, where there is a HUGE dinner for everyone from our church who wants to come. So excited! It's gonna be amazing! They organize this huge dinner normally once or twice a year. It's always really nice just talking to people who you normally don't talk to that often, and the food is great (:

But I really have to practice piano before I go to work, so I'm off! I'll leave you with a very chill song I personally really like.

Lovely Spring/Summer Fabrics

Good day folks! Today another sort of DIY blog post. Or actually, more of a sewing post? I dont' know exactly what to call it. Let me just begin at the start. I like to sew my own clothes. I am still in the learning process and I still need some help here and there, but I am okay (:
I started making clothes for the first time about two years ago, when I was 13. It's not like I make all of my clothes myself. Not at all! Just sometimes (usually during vacations) make clothes. My latest project were some really lazy and baggy trousers. I made those the past Holidays. And last wednesday, there was a conference where there are a ton of stands where you can buy fabric, patterns, needles, and everying else you could ever need for crafting. I went there with my mom and grandma (who also love to sew and to diy. I obviously got it from them) and I went looking for some fabrics. I wanted to find 2 very colorful pieces of fabric to make a skirt and to make another one of those lazy and baggy trousers (but this time I wanted summer-y colors).

On the picture on top of the page you can see the pieces of fabric I bought. I know it's not that clear to see, but there are 2 pieces of fabric, not one haha, although they look alike. The one on the left, I want to use for the other pair of trousers. The one on the right I want to use to make a bright and happy floral skirt. So far, I have made just 4 pieces of clothing: a pair of trousers, a pair of jeans, a blouse and of course the baggy trousers I mentioned before. And since almost all of them (except the blouse) are more winter/autumn clothing, I wanted to make something cheerful. Well, if you ask me, these pieces of fabric are perfect! Don't you think?


The teeny tiny picture on the right is a model of what the skirt is going to look like. Very wavy and summer-y. I love the pattern and it is not that hard to make. Whenever I have the time (hopefully very soon) I am going to start with the trousers, since I can wear those earlier than this thin skirt haha.
Spring, here I come!

DIY Projects

 

Happy Saturday everyone! As promised, today I'm writing a blog post about the DIYs I did last weekend. As you can see on the picture above, I completed two projects last week. The first one is a painting of a zebra (oh man, I hope you figured that out, because if you ask me, it doesn't look like a zebra at all), and the second one is a black and white portrait made with paper.

My V-Day Cards!

Wow! Believe it or not! But I got two valentine's day cards! I repeat: TWO. Aaaaah how amazing is that! I didn't expect to receive anything, so it was an amzing suprise!
I'll show you a picture of the cards I got.


This actually is the second one I got. This one came a day late, thanks post office. But I don't mind. This is just such a cute card. And this one was anonymous, but I already know who sent it. This card was sent to me by a friend. Such a cute card, I can't get over it (: Just those lovely little rabbits and the glitter.
On the front it says 'happy valentine's day' in Dutch.

This year is the first time I ever received something for valentine's actually. I normally don't send cars or flowers or chocolates and that kind of stuff. I think Valentine's is very nice, don't get me wrong, but it's a bit overrated, if you ask me.. It's just an excuse for shops to make you spend more money haha.


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School Break

Yes! Finally! School break!
One week of eternal freedom, fun, and much much more. Love it!
After 6 weeks of working really hard for school, another test week, non stop studying and stress, finally the time to do nothing!

Saturday was already a great start. I promised myself to clean my room next week, and I already made a good start. All of my clothes removed from the floor/bed/chair? CHECK! And after that I decided that this week I wanted to spend my time being creative. During school weeks I normally don't have time to DIY or to be crafy, so I went to the store and bought a bunch of stuff.
I wanted to make a portrait, made out of only black and white paper, I'm gonna make a blog about this when it is done. So far, it's doing really great.

Also, I want to practice with painting. I'm a terrible drawer and I've always wanted to be a good one, so the only way to make that wish come true is by practicing. I bought some equipment and started.

Actually, I don't have that much to talk about. I don't have that many plans for this week. Oh, almost forgot, I'm going to a friend of mine tomorrow, and have a sleep-over (: Really looking forward to it! Even though she's in the same classes as I am, we don't have too much time to talk and to do fun things together, so this would be a great opportunity.

Well, that's about it. Gonna be posting pics of my DIY projects very soon! Stay tuned!

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day! Or Forever Alone Day. Or Single Awereness Day (:
I hope you have an amazing day! And If you have nobody to spend your valentine's day with, don't worry, it's just another day. Have fun today and buy some chocolate for yourself ^^

Inspirational Quote #1

Next Week, Test Week... Again

Hi guys! And once again, the feared test week is coming up. Terrible. It is next week, with a total of 7 tests. It could've been much worse. The past two test weeks I had about 10 tests. So I shouldn't complain.
But just so you guys know, I probably won't post anything the upcoming week. Or oh well, that's the plan. But usually during studying I get bored and I want to do something different, so there will probably be a blogpost next week, who knows. I am still planning on writing a post about one of my obsessions: Les Misérables. I know, it sounds SO cheesy since everyone loves it, but I don't mind. I will write about it anyway.

That was everything I wanted to say for today. I'm off! Gonna watch some tv, which I haven't done for forever! I'm not that much of a tv person, always busy with other things. But today, I am making time for it. See you guys soon! Wish me luck on studying!

THE SCRIPT CONCERT

AAAAAHHHH. Last friday, January 25th 2013, I went with 3 of my friends to the The Script concert in the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam!! We bought our tickets last September, and now the time was finally there! To be honest I am not SUCH a fan of The Script, but 2 of my friends really like them, and me and my other friend were like 'why not join them', so we also bought tickets. Since the weather was terrible and for the last couple of weeks it has snowed constantly, we went with the car. Not only because of the weather, but it's also way more comfortable (:

New Layout

As you may have noticed, I have a completely different layout since today. I liked the old one, but there was just something that annoyed me, don't know what. I wanted a new layout. So I decided to choose a VERY basic layout, very clean. The colours remind me of the spring, and I now it's still winter,  but the sun is shining at the moment and I am in a spring mood. The layout is not perfect yet, and there are a couple of things I need to change, like the background, but for now it will do.

Well, I have been blogging for about 2 months now, and I really like it. The main reason for me to start this blog was to practice my English. My native tongue is Dutch but I think English is a beautiful language and to me it is very important to have a high level in English and this is a great way to practice. But not just that, I also want to talk and write about things that inspire me, or things that happen to me. I like to write it down and share it with other people, like you.
I don't have many visitors, and I hope that will change someday, but right now I am very thankful for the people that visit my blog on a regular basis. So thank you very much for visiting my blog!
I want to make my blog a bit more 'professional' in the future. I want to post pictures taken with a good camera, from good quality, and not so much pics taken with my iPhone at 11PM, when there is terrible lightning (:

And that was about it! Not very much to talk about, just wanted to mention the new layout. I hope you like it! And if you have any comments or recommendations feel free to leave a comment.

Love,
Me.