Online Loves: weddings & skulls ♥

Just a few of my favorite things I stumbled across online the past few days...

♥ This girlie grunge skull necklace by Betsey Johnson - *drool*

♥ This wedding at Voodoo Doughnut - so cute and such lovely pictures!

♥ This beautiful video by Honey Maid - I'll admit.. it made me tear up a little bit.

♥ This gorgeous owl tattoo by Annie Frenzel - the glasses, the hearts, the pink! So unique.

♥ This wedding cake by Black Cherry Cake Company - check out their awesome website!

♥ This cover by Alkaline Trio of The Cure's Cut Here - Can't wait to see them again in June!!!

Fortune Cookies Know it All.

I feel like slowly but surely I'm starting to get back into drawing mode. It feels like ages ago since I picked up a pencil and made an effort to draw something. Needless to say, I'm very rusty and it feels like I have to learn everything all over again. Maybe I'll start one of those drawing challenges soon... I really need to keep working on my skills! I'm doing pretty well with my goal to take pictures every day though ^^ Here are some shots from the last few days...

 I am prepared, mr fortune cookie!

 I will never stop drooling over my precious pink Alkaline Trio record

 Been cutting pictures from some old magazines (one of my all time favorite things to do!)

Morning pilates on my pretty new pink flowery mat!

More magazine clippings

Practise makes perfect. Hopefully.

We have our late night sugar cravings every once in a while... 

Hope everyone had a nice first week of March! Spring finally seems to be on its way to Canada (even though it's still FREEZING, at least the sun is shining and the snow is slowly melting) 

Current Loves: ROAR, candy colored hair and pink!

♥ First of all, Katy Perry's video for Roar. I love the video and the song so much it actually made me cry. Whenever I see Katy I think of how in the 'Part of Me' movie she was crying. And to then see her come back even harder and still be her own beautiful, strong and funny self makes me smile so much :)

♥ Í felt a bit overwhelmed by all the New York Fashion Week posts popping up everywhere, and especially when I saw this video I lost faith in humanity for a bit. BUT I did love this one:13 fantastic candy colored hairstyles spotted at Fashion Week

♥ This Art Journal

I wish I had an art journal as amazing as this one. I used to work like this constantly and I miss it SO MUCH. This lady's journal definitely inspired me to start one again! Or at least get more creative in my sketchbooks again. Just cut out and draw and stick stuff on and pour glitter over it without worrying too much whether it's going to be any good or not.

♥ Kawaii Monthly

I came across this over at Sweeter than Solitude! Receiving a kawaii package every month? Yesplz! This is such a great idea I wish I had come up with it myself.

♥ Alkaline Trio Behind the Scenes pictures
Ummmm is that Matt Skiba wearing pink sneakers? Yes, yes it is. *sigh*

♥ Think Pink

I should start living by this video. Or maybe I already do.

I hope you're all having a good week so far n.n I'm super busy with homework for school, but this week I will finally be sending out my exchange application for Maryland Institute College of Art!! So excited! Then it's just a matter of waiting until about the end of October to see if they'll accept me, which I really really reaaaallly hope they will.

Stuff that's been going on!

Seeing Alkaline Trio live

Appropiate nail art + loving my new shirt!

It's still all a little unreal to me. I still can't believe that I've been that close to them, seen them with my very own eyes. Also: Matt Skiba is hilarious. I don't know. I just love everything about him. The way he talked about and impersonated the waving bear video, how he talked about how people who read are awesome and recommended us to read this book (on which the song 'The Torture Doctor' is based). His Twitter is awesome too. Maybe this sounds weird, but seeing them live just made me feel that much closer to them. It was such a small and cozy venue and everything was very laid back and fun. It could've been a bit more energetic, but hey, I'm not complaning. Happy times.

Going to Lowlands

Picture on the right by Fleur Bult for Olympus

I have just returned from this music festival called Lowlands and it was amazing. It pushed me out of my comfort zone very very much, which turned out to be exactly what I needed. Not only the live music/performances/iced teas were amazing, but also the entire atmosphere and hanging out with people my own age. That last thing has been lacking from my life for quite some time and I'm having a hard time getting back into the swing of things, but I felt like this helped a lot. I'm not quite there yet, but it's something.

Back to school
The only reason I am kind of excited for school to start again in about two weeks is because I can start taking the first steps with working on my exchange with MICA in Baltimore. I've been dreaming of this for ages (well, three years.) and I really hope I can make it happen. I get butterflies in my stomach just thinking about it.

Orange Is The New Black
So hooked on this show! Like so many other people. All I can say is: go watch it. Because I'm hopeless when it comes to describe why I like something a lot.

The story of Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling), a woman in her thirties who is sentenced to 15 months in prison after she is convicted of a decade old crime of transporting money for her drug dealing girlfriend (Laura Prepon).

I'm going to try and start blogging more frequently again. I have nothing planned for my last two weeks of summer. I have yet to visit the cat museum in Amsterdam, have a Hello Kitty high tea, visit the only lolita store here in my country and finish watching Orange is the new Black, but that's about it. I hope I can do those things before my holiday is over! Anyone want to join me? 

Hope you are having a wonderful week so far!

Current Loves: girls, girls, girls and dancing.

Good morning! Or evening, afternoon, wherever you might be! I wanted to have a quick break in between the Roadtrip posts to share some of my current favorite things with you. Because, well, I'm just feeling more like doing that today. It's Sunday and I'm bored sitting here waiting for my hair to be done and craving a chocolate chip muffin yet refusing to leave the house today. I actually went to get one yesterday and then forgot my wallet... I cursed, had to put the (last!) muffin back and go back home empty handed.

Not a good day. Not good at all.
Okay, on to the positive stuff now...!

Sex and the City

Can I have your wardrobe please, Carrie?

I don't remember if I mentioned this before, but I'm obsessed with Sex and the City right now. I'm half way season 4. I just randomly watched it on tv once out of boredome and was hooked straight away. It's funny, honest, relatable and the fashion in it (of Carrie especially) is awesome. I guess it's also a nice show to watch while I wait for new Girls episodes!

24 important pieces of life wisdom from the ladies of 'Girl Code'
I've never heard of or watched MTV's show Girl Code before, but this sure is some damn good (and funny!) advice. I believe this is the kind of stuff we should teach kids in school!

Dance tutorial videos on youtube

I'm not a dancer, and I don't think I ever will be. Yet, whenever I'm bored these days I just look up a dance tutorial on youtube and dance around like an elephant on rollerskates! Maybe if I keep going at it I'll look like a... gazelle on rollerskates someday.

Alkaline Trio's My Shame Is True LP in PINK
In this picture are two of my favorite things ever. Alkaline Trio AND hot pink. *faints* It's amazing. I wish I could get it but 1. I really really really have to save money and 2. I don't own a record player. But it's still amazing. Only about two more weeks until the concert!! Eeeep!

Lauren and Derek's episode on Catfish
I love the show Catfish, and this must've been one of my favorite episodes yet. I screamed, I cried, I laughed and I awwwwwed. USA readers can watch the episode here, and if you don't live there you can find a free stream here! Just go watch it, you won't regret it.

My Pinterest likes

Obviously, I like the things I like on Pinterest. I just never really looked at my likes until just now and I think it's funny how clearly it shows who I am, what my interests are, what kind of person I might be. It's like the world in my head, the one I want to live in, shown in pictures on a screen.

Bird of Paradise Eyecandy at Rookie

Totally Biased: NYC Women Talk Cat Calling

A little bit more feminism for you! More stuff that should be shown to kids in school.

Hope you'll have a lovely, relaxing Sunday! I'm going chocolate chip muffin hunting again.

I just died and cried and now I feel amazing.

I just had a heart attack, then cried, then danced around in my room like a crazy person. All because I will finally be seeing these guys in August:

For those not familair with these faces, it's the band Alkaline Trio! They've been one of my all time favorite bands ever ever ever for a long time. I've been dreaming of seeing them live for years (I even considered flying to the west coast when I was in america three years ago just to see them) and now my dream is finally coming true.

I'm probably going to cry through the entire show and then die happily afterwards. Life is good again. I still can't believe it. I was going to share my favorite songs of theirs with you now, but then I realized all their songs are my favorite. But ok, here's one that means a lot to me:

 

Have a great Thursday and go do something that makes you happy!

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Now I lay me down to pass out wasted again
Guess that makes this the seventh time this week
And there’s some words in my head that could keep me from dying
Are you handling this any better than I am?
If I keep it together will you promise to keep us together

Oh sometimes we lose each other
But please don’t lose your tongue
When I get home I’ll keep you up for hours
I'm gonna need breath in those lungs
And when you’re finally able to fall asleep though the sun might disagree
I'm gonna lay right there and watch you breathe ‘til you wake up to me

How’s it happened that I get to have you for so long
And then you’re just ripped away from me as I get tossed out to the sea
to fight the sharks out there waiting for a wind swell
Oh I’m kind of like a sailor back in 1942
Yeah I wanna fight the good fight, but goddamn I’m gonna miss you.