summerlist number 9

number 9 on my summer list (see a few post down) was to make a new windchime. well, it doesn´t really chime :) but i love how the wind moves the different fabric strips. 

while i was cleaning the backyard i found our old grill and i used the actual barrs (?) to tie the strips of fabrics to. i bought rolls of fabric strips at a yard sale a while ago so i had them just laying around. i love the summery feeling that it has!

summer list

well, i have seen some awesome summer-will-do-lists buzzing around the blogs i read. among others; on whatever and madeline bea. since i already have my 31 list i didn´t want to make a very long summer one. so i went with 10 things i will do this summer:

1. read lots of books

2. swim in the lake

3. pick strawberries and make lemonade

4. sleep in the hammock

5. grill as often as possible

6. eat outside

7. sit outside at night

8. make something with concrete

9. make a new windchime

10. have a garagesale 

do you have a summer to do list? please share!

what is in my bag?

ever since my friend J sent me the link to the very awesome "persona flickr set" i have been wanting to do a "whats in my bag" post. i didn´t get a snap of my very very awesome camera bag that the very same J gave me for my birthday, but this is from the photojojo webstore.

all i can say is that this bag is fantastic and i have been carrying it around ever since i got it!

so, what is in my bag?

notebooks and pens

medicine

an absurd amount of lipbalm!

lipstick and lipgloss

job papers

ear plugs

mints

wallet

planner

buisnesscards

keys

handcream

and ofcourse my camera ♥

what is in you bag?

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a little pause before regular posting

a little "getting to know me thing" i found at the copy and paste blog:

Everyone knows that I am creative but you'd never guess that i cannot draw.

I'm proud to admit that I like veggies but my guilty pleasure is chocolate.

I'm inspired by grafitti and it surprises me when people get furious over it.

I'm always trying to be nice to others but I'm never nice to myself...well, almost never.

I've got lots of things but I've always wanted more...

I tried to pierce my nose and it HURT, but was worth it!

If I never hear about war and injustice again it will be to soon.

I didn't go be an au pair when i was younger and now i can regret that.

It's not that I don´t like to travel but I'd really rather stay home.

Doing nothing makes me giddy and then after a while panic.

Someone once told me "i love you" and then i broke up with him :(

I'm happy to say that life is great and even if i do complain a bit i love it very much! 

now, copy the black text and paste to your blog and fill in the blanks! don´t forget to link it here in the comments so i can read it!

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10 on thursday and a sorry!

i am sorry to have been abscent for so long, but the beast called depression an anxiety got sort of a grip of me once again. i am working on getting back to the state where i have been for so long, but that means i can´t promise posts regulary. i hope that you bear with me, because i have all sorts of fun posts in store for you!

for now, here is my 10 on thursday the "things i want to do" edition

1. go back to paris

2. visit the states

3. finish my bathroom mat (more on that soon)

4. go on a trip abroad with just my daughter¨

5. have more kids

6. sew another quilt

7. sell my photos

8. do more everyday photos

9. make a banner
10. go on a library tour of the world

i´ll be back very soon!

weekends to do list

first, if you missed my last post about my shop you can just scroll down and see what new items i added yesterday!  this weekend i am going to have a special offer, so be sure to check that out!

Ok, on to my weekends to do list:

* clean the house, which is a mess after a week of a tired working mom and dad.

* wash clothes

* find lovely wedding photo inspiration for a client meeting next week

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* try to do some scrapbooking
* work on a website i help with
* work on a folder for a culture project
* work on a poster for above
* maybe go thrifting?
* work on us...

what is you weekend plans?

my life in random numbers

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1 kid
5 years working
15 years since senior high school
3 new shirtdresses =my fave to wear
27 days until our trip to budapest
9 people travelling
7 day stay
2 weddings to shot this summer
48 scrapbook layouts done in 2010
2 dogs
2 cats
8 years married
10 years since i met my husband
2 trips to holland
1 pillow of night
5 books waiting to be read
1 magazine ready to be read
10 candles lit every night
1 secret project in progress
119 friends on facebook
79 feeds on bloglines
1 scrapbook page that will hold all these numbers :)

my new list

ok, so i kinda don´t want to even go over my last list, because i didn´t do very well. but i am happy to announce that it is not going to stop me from making a new list for this year. if you don´t know what i am talking about :) i am talking about my list i did last year with 30 things to do before i turn 31. and since i turned 31 on february 22nd it is time to announce my new list:

1. show my photos in a show
2. take lots of photos in budapest
3. have more journaling on my layouts
4. attend my 15th school reunion
5. dance
6. really go to the local art gallery
7. do something alone with my nephew and neices, one at the time
8. walk on the hills on the mainland
9. walk atleast 30 minutes 5 days a week
10. stop drinking coke
11. simplify my wardrobe
12. give my daughter more photo challenges
13. get new glasses
14. use a step counter
15. wear nailpolish more often
16. rent the gymnasium
17. work on getting paid to shoot
18. crochet
19. make something in concrete
20. stop biting my nails
21. work on my relationships with friends
22. make a photobook
23. declutter
24. drink more water
25. call my grandma and grandpa more often
26. go camping
27. spend more time without tv
28. see beauty in simple things
29. write loveletters
30. go to the museum
31. have picnicks

Oh, and here are Elise´s list and Andrea`s from who i got the idea from the start :)

a little list of happiness...

♥ fresh flowers

♥ the love between me and my husband

♥ the cold and snowy winter we are having

♥ cool friends that don´t mind our messy house

♥ heartshaped things

♥ my new crochet books

♥ office supplies

♥ notebooks

♥ my baby girl who is so big now

♥ being able to be home from work when i´m sick

♥ time with family

♥ lots of inspiration on tumblr

and yes this will probably be transformed into a scrapbook page :)

10 on thursday ~ note to self edition

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note to self:

1. chocolate is not dinner.
2. the world will not collapse if the house is messy.
3. allow yourself to play.
4. spend more time without tv.
5. list creative thoughts, otherwise they´ll be forgotten.
6. stop spending money.
7. not many things get done while couchsitting.
8. have more patience with dixon.
9. care less about what people think of you.
10. laugh and be grateful that there is a house to be messy in, with a tv, that we do have food other than chocolate, money to spend, time for creativity and couchsitting, for dixon who is love itself.

10 on thursday - music edition

listed below are music favorites past and present ~ enjoy!

10 on thursday (a list of ok´s)

1. it is ok to let go, of the past and things that burden us. but also let go of the expectations that you think that others might have of you.

2. it is ok to not try to be perfect. let´s face it, nobody is perfect, really. i have to admitt that i am one of those who sometimes actualy think that there are people, families, houses that indeed are perfect. but i do know that there is no such thing. why, o why, do we think that we have to be?

3. it is ok to miss things that we don´t have. but it is also important to really know what you do have!

4. it is ok to fail. everyone fails, even if they might not show it. learn from failures, there is always a reason for that.

5. it is ok to not care, about what people might think of you, how others might react or feel about something that really does only concern yourself.

6. it is ok to love, yourself and others and it is ok to show your love!

7. it is ok to cry. it is. and it does feel good.

8. it is ok to be proud. to hold your head high. to say to a total stranger at your daughters recital; you know that´s my my baby! :)

9. it is ok that the house is a mess, as long as the relationships in it are not.

10. it is ok to play and loose control. to laught until you cry watching stand up comedy, to do funny faces at the dinner table and to cuddle in the morning although you still have morning breath.

here we go

so, here is another new feature, taking 10 photos on the 10th every month. wanna play?



breakfast, the best kind = infront of the computer! (a few of these photos suck, just so you know!)



sally just hanging around in the kitchen. she is such a funny cat!



we had a doogie friend over for the day, lots of fun. isn´t he a beauty! we took a long walk in the wintery forest.



ugh, had to make some housework too...i acctually ended up showering the entire bathroom, it felt good after.



my daughter is getting ready for a big birthdayparty next weekend. her 2 cousins are turning 2 and she did some gifts for them, and their big brother, and even their parents!



my own miley cyrus :) she can do this 24/7. she is always in the kitchen, for some reason, and then she rocks out!



doing the weekly updates to our planner.



euhm...hair projects was started :)hehe, i will have to share photos of the finished thing tomorrow! you will be shocked :)



yummy dinner!



project runway :)

coming soon: 10 on the 10th

...later today i will post my first 10 on the 10th photos :)

in the meantime you can check my tumblr blog if you want :)

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