Single Ladies - John Barrowman (HQ Original)

Last post reminded me so much of this (oh why would that be *rolls eyes*). Gotta love John Barrowman! <3

Glee - Single Ladies

I love Glee so much!

Time for Tea!

Doesn't this just look fabulously yummy? It certainly was!

Photographing Jewellery

Today I've been taking photographs with my new lens of the garden and some jewellery I made. In the end the pictures have too much sun in them, as expected. I'll take some new pictures soon, I need them for a webshop!

Anyway, here's a little preview. I really love this necklace!

Songfestival Winner Germany 2010: Lena - Satellite

I really like this song, actually.

I'm not a big fan of the eurovision songfestival, mind you. And I usually rather hate the acts that my own country The Netherlands send, but still. Sometimes I watch, like this year (to be honest it was an accident, but it was a nice one nonetheless :))

Oh, and I know she's German, and she sings in English, and it sounds a bit weird. But seriously, people, this is not a German accent!!! Go and watch Allo Allo for a German accent... :3

Nom nom nom

Yum!

Crafting

I have been busy working on some fabric flowers :)

Lady Gaga - Speechless (Live at the VEVO Launch Event)

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

Easy Blogging

It's time to make blogging more easy for myself! I'm actually going to try to post more often, and more about inspiring things, sometimes just a (music)video, lyrics, a picture, a link, whatever~

:)

I like butterflies

Knowing.

I know very well that if I want comments and followers, I need to comment and follow people myself. I know. But at the moment this takes too much energy, keeping track of other blogs and replies and what not. I am sure I will comment and follow in the future, for now I'm just posting, well, kinda selfishly for myself. I AM very happy with every comment and follower I get, don't think I'm not! I would always reply, too.

I actually feel guilty about this. But I understand that I should not. I should only do these things if I really feel like doing them. And at the moment, I don't. So that's it.

Just wanted to word these thoughts I've been having :)

Love<3

Cleaning the pond

Studying and quote

I've been studying for my art history exam of Wednesday. A bit nervous (of course).

Then I read this quote, and again it struck me as being so very true.


"Art is the guarantee of sanity" 
- Louise Bourgeois.

This 'fact' is woven through my own life, it is how I 'survived', even though it doesn't seem at the moment that I create much, if anything (except for some jewellery). I really miss being creative and really actually creating things, though. I really, really do. But there's just not much energy/time/space for me to do that. I've been wanting to do something with ceramics, but although I've got VERY much good clay (got it from my last study at the Fontys) I don't have an oven. So that's the end of it. For now, at least. (maybe when I start again at the art academy, or maybe a ceramics course? We'll see about that). For now I should write down (and sketch) my ideas more often, since I usually think of something and then forget about it, which is a shame, really. 

And maybe, maybe (actually probably, if not pure truth) I should just DO something. Don't matter what, just start making something and see where it goes. Something not just a drawing or a pencil sketch or a little painting. Just something bigger. I've still got an idea with an umbrella... Hmmm... But for now, I'll stick to trying to study. Distractions, distractions.... 

Make-up

Do you like my make-up?

Since my "celtic" looking outfit isn't very special (it's just casual grey and brown clothes thrown together) I went for a 'classic gothic' look (black would be a good choice as well because the weatherbroadcast said it would be a cold day :P).

I think I just might go and use this picture (an edited one of course) as my standard picture on this blog (and website) :)

What do you think?

Photography: Squirrels In The Garden

Aren't they the cutest?!

Randomness

This is how random I can be, when my boyfriend leaves the room for a little while, leaving his cupcake untouched.

Ice cream cone cupcakes

I had been searching for these ice cream cones for a while, and when I finally found them I just had to make cupcakes with them for my monthly movie night :P Had to take the photographs in a hurry though. Too bad.

Crafting Again!

Finally, the first time I actually had time to spend on nothing and anything since my preparations for the market stand last week (which was on FR). Anyway, I've been crafting again, look at these!
I'm certainly going to use this more regularly, even though it means a lot more work than 'normal' jewellery.

Museum Trip - De Pont

Today I went to museum de Pont in Tilburg. The reason for my visit was the exhibition about Sohpie Calle.

Here are some pictures...

"Take care of yourself" project description


A few pictures of interpretations of the letter:


Sophie Calle's own interpretation of the letter in barcode, morse and shorthand


The sleepers:


Where are the angels of LA?


The phone box:

Queen's Day - The Aftermath

Queen's Day was a succes. I could have sold more, perhaps, but I already earned much more money than I expected. Then again, it was a flea market and people don't expect to buy jewellery for a bit more (I did lower my prices very much for this special 'first selling' occasion). However, I do expect a different buying pattern on my webshop (and people with (more) different tastes) so I'm not going to let this lead my thoughts on, about what kind of jewellery to make. I just want to make things I like myself, you know. ;) (No worries about that though!)

Anyway, here's a picture!

This is somewhere at the end of the day so the stand is a bit messy.

I know, I know, I was trying to sell way too much things at the same time, people barely looked through the baskets with jewellery. Oh well, better next time ;)

I learnt a lot this day!
- make the stand less crowded
- more difference in height
- more things on display
- hang up jewellery (like I did on the photograph, I only did this after a few hours)
- take with me a nice rug or something to put underneath the stand so I can crawl to the other side (since I could barely walk around the stands next to me)
- make better price cards
- get little paper bags to put in what people buy (even if it is just because it looks nice!)
- get more stand-space
- take with me a little table so I don't have to put junk on the stand, it looks very messy (and makes the stand even more crowded)
- the stand/display needs to be more clear, things need to be seen better
- make a few big signs, for example with my website and that all things are handmade
- always bring the boyfriend with me, he knows how to talk.
etc