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!

Music of the Moment

Today I wanna share with you some of my favorite songs. Songs I've been listening to lately and songs I can always listen to and never get bored of. I love old school music, and a little alternative music. But mostly old school. Especially the 80's music, so I hope you can appreciate my taste in music and maybe you like some of the songs too.

John Parr - St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)

Not a very well known song, but it's actually really good. John Parr didn't write this song but just sung it for the film's soundtrack. But still very catchy and I think it's awesome.

 

Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love

One of my favorite songs ever. It's just so catchy and cute, and of course it is sung by one of my favorite musicians ever!

Fun - Some Nights

This music video is SO awesome! Just the whole civil war feeling and the soldiers and the music, amazing!

Imagine Dragons - It's Time

This song is actually one of the soundtracks of the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I haven't seen the movie yet but I'm very excited to go and see it!

 

Ed Sheeran - Give Me Love

I am a HUGE fan of Ed, and I could probably dedicate an entire blogpost talking about him, but I won't. So this is one of my favorite songs by him. It's also a very cute music video. You should definetely check Ed out! He is amazing. When you go on youtube search for 'You Need Me, I Don't Need You', 'Lego House' and 'A Team' (you probably know them already) but then search for 'captured in the live room'. It sounds incredibe!

 

Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas

And last but not least, my favorite christmas song ever! This is the original Band Aid (1984), which I really love. In this clip you see a lot of artists I listen to and who I think are amazing. Fun fact: Paul McCartney also sung in this song, but he sent in a voice clip which was edited in the song, so that's why he's not in the video. Same goes for some other artists.

Last Saturday, November 24th it was exactly 28 years ago since they recorded this song. I was planning on giving a shout out to the video last Saturday but I completely forgot haha.


Alright. This blogpost wasn't long at all, but I was gone all day, because of school and work, but hopefully you liked it. Tomorrow I'm gonna buy presents and make my 'surprise' for Jessica, whose name I drew for Sinterklaas.

Days left till Sinterklaas: 5
Days left till Christmas: 25

My Christmas List

First of all, thank you so much for visiting my blog! The amount of viewers has increased a LOT the past 4 days, so thank you! I don't really know what to talk about today, so I figured I'll tell you guys what's on my Sinterklaas/Christmas list for this year. Normally I have enough on my list, and I can always think of something I want really bad. But this year, the only thing I could think of was a turntable. I've wanted to have a turntable for SO long now! It's so retro and I love to play original LPs in my room. So after some research I decided which one I wanted to have, but it was quite expensive, so I'll pay a part of the money, and the other half my parents will pay for. It's the Lenco L-82 Turntable. Here is a picture:


Isn't it a beauty? I know it's not very vintage looking, and I originally wanted an ACTUAL vintage turntable, but those were just too expensive and they won't work most likely. So I went with this one. I am so happy with it! We already bought it, and it's not mine yet, but I can look at it, and just the sight of it makes me happy. My LP collection is not very extensive, but I already have some classic LPs. Here are some of them:

From left to right: A Single Man - Elton John, Against All Odds - Phil Collins, No Parlez - Paul Young.Excuse the bad quality of the picures. But hey, they aren't called golden oldies for nothing, aye? (:
Okay, back to the point. My wishlist. Other than a turntable, I couldn't think of anything original, since I have enough stuff. Don't need any makeup, don't need pens or stationary or things like that, to be honest I have everything I could wish for. But of course, you can never have enough books!
Even though my bookshelves are entirely full and I can't fit another book on them.
Some books I still want are:
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- The Help, by Kathryn Stockett
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
- Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
And the above books are just a small section of books I still want to have. ^^

Furthermore, there is nothing very special on my wishlist. Just the standard stuff: a bracelet or ring or necklace or a movie or CD is always fine with me, and I like to be surprised, to we'll see what I get!
So this was today's blogpost. Not very long, but I hope you enjoyed it! And a small personal update: My hair is so short now! I really need to get used to it, but I do really like it. It is way more practical now and I don't have irritating locks of hair hanging in my face all the time haha.
Also I made a new layout for my blog yesterday. What do you think of it? I hope you like it because it took forever to made! But I'm very satisfied wth the result. Do any of you know a better url for this blog? To be honest I'm not entirely satisfied with the url but couldn't think of a better name at that moment. So if you have any suggestions, let me know!

Days left till Sinterklaas: 7
Days left till Christmas: 27

New haircut and Thrift Stores

Well hello there! Maybe you noticed, but since today I have a profile picture on my blog. It's not very big, actually it's very tiny, but this was the only decent picture I could find, haha. It's not very recent also, this picture was taken in the plane, by a stewardess, at January 4th 2012. When this was taken we were about to fly home to The Netherlands, after me and my family had spent a week in China. Maybe I'll blog about China and my experiences there sometime.
Yesterday I promised to show you a picture of my new sweaters, but the lightning was terrible today, so I just used two pictures I found online:

So these are my new sweaters! Don't you love them? They look quite 80's, don't they? I already wore the brown one today to school, and it is super comfy.

Also today I got a new haicut! It's pretty much the same as it used to be, but I REALLY needed to get my hair cut, since the last time I cut my hair is almost 7 months ago. I know, terrible. But I am very pleased with it. It's a bit shorter and my 'bangs' (I don't have bangs, but lets just say the front part of my hair) is about 2 inches shorter so it curls more and I am very happy with it!

Since it's almost sinterklaas I figured it was about time to go out and buy presents. We did 'drawing names' with our group of friends (me and 3 other lovely girls) and the girls whose name is drew didn't really know what she wanted (oh man I really hope she doesn't read this haha) so I just went to a thrift store to see what I could find. She really loves vintage stuff (so do I, but she is more 40's) and I thought maybe the would have a vintage radio or something in that atmosphere. But unfortunately I couldn't find anything for her, but I did find some amazing books there! I bought three books and some dvds and some christmas decorations for myself. So I am very happy with my purchases (:

That was today's blogpost! I hope I'll be able to post as much as posible, preferably daily, so we'll see how that goes! I am thinking of doing some tags in the near future. Thank you so much for reading!

Days left till Sinterklaas: 8
Days left till Christmas: 28

Cozy Sweaters

Monday. It was COLD today! This morning when I walked outside I decided it was finally time to pull my self made beanie out of my closet and wear it. And that was a good decision I made. It was very windy, and I had to cycle upwind this morning. But I survived!
School was school, nothing interesting. Actually I have nothing to blog about today... Oh wait, maybe I have. Last saturday I went to Utrecht, to an 'open day' of the Utrecht University. You could visit classes to get a better look of how university works, and professors explaned a lot about all the studies you can attend there. The program took almost the entire day, but it was a very fun and instructive experience. While we were walking back to the train station, I convinced my dad to go shopping with me. I bought a very nice and warm sweater, since I didn't really have any warm clothing for the winter, but when I came home I found out that it wasn't long sleeve! It was about three quarters sleeve. Oops. Maybe I should have tried it on. But no, I was perky and didn't want to. Well here's the result, a sweater with way too short sleeves. So after school I went to the mall to return the sweater, when two adorable sweaters caught my eye. I had been looking FOREVER for a vintage, knitted sweater. But of course, I couldn't decide. It's a horrible habit, I know, but I just can't decide easily. The first one is light brown, with small dark red stripes, and the other one is red with very cheerful pattern. I am in love with the 80's, and retro and vintage stuff, so of course I want to dress like they did in the 80's. I immediately fell in love, and bought them. (And this time, I did try them on haha). I'll maybe take a picture of them tomorrow and post it in this blogpost.
So, this is my story of the day. Not very interesting, but that's all I have to tell for today.

Days left till christmas: 29
Days left till sinterklaas: 9