The one with two threes

Of the things I don't like, celebrating my own birthday is somewhere at the top of the list (not quite sure which one is the winner, but top contenders for the coveted number one spot are definitely my own birthday, getting up early, spiders, and winter). I do have mixed feelings about my b'day: on the one hand, I am grateful to be in good health and being able to add another year. On the other hand, I always feel that the year went by too quickly and I could have accomplished more. And 33... Does that sound old or what?

The day started with a morning walk combined with some grocery shopping (cheese! prosecco! pie!). I almost never buy flowers for myself, but I think I did deserve some on my birthday. So I treated myself to ranunculus, my favourite kind of flowers, next to peonies. I had some friends over during the day, and in the evening we had a snack food type of dinner.

Besides birthdays and spiders, I'm also not a big fan of having my picture taken. I did discover I made an accidental selfie though  :-)

How do you feel when it comes to celebrating your own birthday?

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(finally) got some DIY-ing done!

 Can't wait for the temperatures to rise and eating lots of fresh fruits

 Mandy's birthday is the day after mine, and we always celebrate with a pre-birthday dinner

 with hot cocoa for dessert

  This post should be renamed to 'the food I liked this week', I celebrated Easter with lots of chocolate

I received this awesome card from Diane last week

The one with (more) doors

As you might know, I have a thing for doors. When taking little walks across town, I am always on the look out for pretty ones. I haven't done any door-post so far this year (I did a couple of them last year, here and here), so I think a post dedicated to the beautiful ones found is in order. Hope you'll love them as much as I do! 

Do you see the hands?

 

The above door is a winner, except for the hands, it has one more little surprise. I have seen quite the amount of door knockers, but I have never seen one that is shaped like a cow!

The one with links to like

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New York is at the top of the list of places I want to visit. Until that trip becomes reality, I'll swoon over these photo's of New York

Random acts of kindness, my fave are the guerrilla gardeners

This guys Instagram account

I would love to see the Iris Apfel documentary, here's the trailer

This is what a five month hike looks like

I want this pasta for dinner

and this vegan blueberry, lemon & almond cake for dessert

Mo-bee ;-)

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This print is the best 

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Took a walk with mom last friday to an old factory, on our way we came across this

And this. More about our 'adventure' next week

Makes me want to bake something

Lots and lots of eggs

 Getting supplies for a new DIY-project

 Don't these look lovely?

My hometown's soccer club won their match last friday, and by that, made it back to our countries top division again. Even the church was in on the celebration.

Hope you're having a wonderful Easter, enjoy the rest of the weekend!

The one with pretty DaWanda picks (and there's a little sale going on!)

Triangle necklace from Pikfine

Across the canal print by Laura Amiss

Grapefruit trivet by Funny Knitting

 Breakfast board by Wide Eyed

Bangle by Stories to Wear

Some of these shops joined the DaWanda Spring Sale. That means lots of discount on lots of goodies. The products on sale vary from day to day, but today the participating shops have a 12% discount on everything. If you feel like someone special deserves something special, head on over to DaWanda for cool presents. Or maybe you want to treat yourself?! My prints, notebooks, postcards, and bags are up for grabs over here.

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Some tunes I've been listening to lately, hope you'll enjoy them too!

Hollow Wood - Seasons

Misterwives - Our own house

Mika - Talk about you

Churches - Cry me a river

Selah Sue - the Light

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Street art

A whole family of chocolate bunnies

Spring in a vase

Most of the time I don´t really dig modern architecture, but this is pretty cool

 Someone hasn´t found the on-switch yet, lots of rain this week.

But I do like this sign!

This cutie of a car

Hope you had a great week, and are having a fantastic weekend so far!

The one with Sherlock and happy socks

This post was meant to be published yesterday, but in between work and more work, I forgot. I've been slacking a bit in the blog department. My last DIY has been a while ago, and I can not remember the last time I did anything worth mentioning in the kitchen. DIY-ing was something on my to do list last weekend, but Sherlock kept me from it. I discovered this brilliant show last saturday evening, and watching this was kind of like the only thing that got done last weekend. Why did I not discover Sherlock sooner, and why are there only nine episodes? Besides couch potato-ing I did get some grocery shopping done, and I did treat myself to some happy looking socks. I am wearing a pair of these today :-) Have you treated yourself to something lately that made you smile?

The one with all the paintswatches

After four years of living in my apartment, a change of colours may be in order. The walls that are in need of a change are in the living room, and in the kitchen. Besides the curtains (picture number two), there isn't a lot of colour going on in my living room, so basically, any colour goes along with it. My kitchen is mostly white, so anything goes here as well. The swatch at the top right, is a metallic gold. I've never used metallics before, and I am curious about how a whole wall would look, my concern is that it might be too shiny. Painting is not something I'm particular fond of, so I do want to pick the right colour right away. The gold may be a big miss, but on the other hand, what if it's a big winner? Sometimes you need to talk some risks in life, but I don't know if those risks should involve paint! I am horrible at making decisions, so I'm in need of a bit of help. Do you have one or two favourites? Do you have any colourful walls around the house, or are you more of a neutrals fan?

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Finding this in my mailbox

 This awesome bell

 Blue skies

Friday fry-day.

Only, this was last thursday, but thursday fry-day doesn't sound like much fun, does it?

 My aunt and uncle stopped by at work, and brought these

 Sometimes I forget how pretty my hometown looks

These happy looking straws