The List

I found this little list at the lovely Young Shields, and i thought: what the ****?
I've always loved filling in lists, so why not just do that while nobody asked me for this information?

Of course, the best part of it, is that i am going to search for the most beautiful pictures with every item of the list! Ha!

Style icon:

I don't really have a style icon to be honest, but of course there are a few women whose style i really love...
For example the style of Alexa Chung.



(Pictures from TFS)

Food:

Pasta and other Italian food.
But i love sweet the most, like beautiful and delicious cupcakes.


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Model:

I have to say Natalia Vodianova is still my favourite model, although there are lots of other beautiful models out there. Something about Natalia is just awesome!
Hm... but i also love Irina. She's just so interesting to look at! So i have to go with Irina...


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Perfume:

Falling in love by Philosophy. The dreamiest perfume i've ever had.



Book:

Nighttrain to Lisbon and Everything is illuminated. Oh, and I dreamed of Africa.


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Film:

At the moment, it's Into the wild. I just saw it and it left me speechless.




(pictures via Google)

Designer:

Too many to name just one. I must say Marni at this moment.


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Band:

Nouvelle Vague!



City:

I must figure that out some time soon. I haven't seen enough of the world greatest cities to answer this one properly. I guess it must be either NY, or the city i live in now and was brought up for most of my life: The Hague in The Netherlands.

This is the city i live in...


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Your style:

Feminine, masculine and quite varied. I am too lazy to make pictures of myself in my clothes, so no pictures of me here...



I also really like all things lacey and romantic...



Shop:

I have to admit it's H&M where i buy most of my clothes. With a student budget it's the most accesable shop to buy your clothes, because it's always cheap and you can buy lots of things. I also love to search for great items in secondhand shops, but i rarely find anything really worth buying.

Where do you see yourself in five years?

To be honest, i have no idea.
On one hand i like the fact that i don't know what i'll be doing next year after i graduated, but on the other hand i hate it that i don't know what i really want to do.
The most important thing to me, is that i'll be more easy going and less restless in five years, and i am sure i'll be!

Perfect day:

A sunny day with the people i love so strongly around me.


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Current job:

Student. I am in my graduation year, so it's busy enough.


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Dream job:

I don't know yet. At the moment I am thinking about working as a journalist or something for a fashion- or interiormagazine. Unfortunately i know there are lots of people who want this kind of jobs, so there's no big chance this will happen.
However, dreaming is always okay...


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Marni Horwitz and Etsy Love

I just discovered the awesome photography of Marni Horwitz.
I love the photographs, because of their simplicity, light and melancholy...





(Found via this blog)

Over to Etsy.
It's been way too long since i posted some Etsy Beauty, so here we go!

Drawing from this seller



Drawing from this seller



Crane mobile from here



Vintage candle teacups from this seller



Snuggler from here



And this gorgeous, big purple scarf...



Beautiful vintage clock necklace, via here



I thought i would be nice that if you have an Etsy Shop yourself and you like your stuff to be shown here at my blog, just send me a comment and i'll see what i can do in the next Etsy post!

6 Things i like and some thoughts...

I have been tagged by the brilliant Mandy from Soir de Fete.
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This time it's the 'Name 6 unimportant things you like tag'.
That's how i like them!

The rules:
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. Adding pictures on Facebook. (I just signed up...)
2. Listening to the rain when i lay in my bed (with crispy white sheets, of course...)
3. Visiting Etsy-shops (and ordering Etsy beauty!) A post full of Etsy beauty is on it's way!
4. Looking for blogs i don't know yet (It's amazing how i seem to come across amazing blogs almost every day)
5. Watching dreamy films on my laptop (I loved it when a week ago or so, a lot of great blogowners told about their favourite movies. Thanks for all the tips!)
6. Read magazines and cut the best photographs out of them and paste them in my 'inspirationbook'...

The blogs i tag are: left hand endeavor, the house of style, The Fish Tank, The stylish wanderer and small souvenirs.



^ This is something i really want to learn.
I think it is so important to enjoy and truly experience life and the things that happen in your life. When you think a lot (too much...) your life becomes overshadowed (is this a word in English?) by your thoughts.

As Eckhart Tolle says in his book The power of NOW:

There is no past, there is no future, there is only a neverending NOW.



The first time i read that sentence, i completely read over it and i wasn't standing still by the meaning of that sentence at all. Now, when i am reading this book for the second time (but with real attention) i came across this sentence and it was like my eyes stared at the words for minutes and it really touched me. Simply because it is just so true. To me, this is the truth, it's just a fact. When you really 'think' about this, you just know it's true and it's like it has to change something in your life, only if it's just a very little thing or only the beginning of some kind of 'transformation'.


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It made me realise not only that life is short, but mostly that it is too beautiful to waste. I don't want to waste it on my thoughts anymore, on thoughts about what happened or what will maybe happen in the future.
That's what thoughts are...they are never about now, about what happens at the exact moment.

Are you someone who lives by the moment?
Can you really enjoy the things that happen in your life and accept the sad and bad things in your life?
Or are you struggling, fighting against the thoughts that sometimes make you crazy?


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I want to see it as a choice, not something that just overcomes me.
I want to make the choice to live by the moment.

Like the picture i once posted:

I will grow.
We will all grow.

This helps me keeping faith.

And laughing.
Without laughing, what would life be?

This cat thinks he's The Thinker by Rodin.
Well, my cats are not. They certainly live by the moment...


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Congrats if you made it this far (and read all of it, of course...) :)

Tagged! + Some advice needed...

First of all, i received this beautiful and special award from the amazing Susanna-Cole from Girl meets NYC.
Thank you a million times, i feel truly honoured dear!

I want to give this award to Daydream Lily!



Here's this little thing i wanted to get your advice on.

I had a fringe, quite a big and long one.
The hair all grew back very long now and i am in huge doubt whether to cut back my fringe or not.
My mother told me she thinks i look better without a fringe, but some friends told me they liked the fringe better. I really don't know, i both like it, but with a fringe i think i look a little less 'ordinary'.

So, what do you think?

Fringe?





Or no fringe?