The one with the things I liked this week (part 28)

Last week I've had some walks around town and stumbled upon a Smurf, E.T., and a Waldo I haven't seen before. Together with a friend I played Super Mario, which wasn't half as fun as it used to be twenty years ago. It took me about 10 minutes to be game over three times. When I was a kid, I could play for hours without inflicting serious harm on Mario or Luigi. Another friend invited me for dinner and she is the Queen of Desserts, this time a steamed blueberry pudding was on the menu. 

The One Hundredth

I can not believe this is post number 100! Since starting out last january, my camera is coming with me (almost) everywhere (before, it spent most of it's time at home). Sometimes I feel people are staring at me, thinking 'why is she taking a picture of THAT?'. I like documenting things as they will remind me of things that happened in the past. 

Mostly, I would like to fill my blog with pictures, without any writing accompanying them, afraid of making mistakes. I am very insecure about my writing skills and I'm hoping that practice makes perfect (or at least less imperfect). I've reread this post about twenty times, hoping no big mistakes are being made.

I feel honoured and thankful that pretty amazing and creative people visit my blog and take the time to leave a comment. A smile appears when a message in my inbox pops up, telling me that someone posted a comment. 

To celebrate The One Hundredth, I am having a little giveaway: a set consisting of a bonjour notebook, a mini Karl Lagerfeld brooch, a moustache card and a hello card. All you need to do is to comment on this post. The giveaway will run through the 15th and the winner will be announced here on the blog, the friday after. 

The one with the studded necklace DIY

What you'll need:

• small piece of imitation leather
• scissors
• hobby glue
• a pen and paper
• flat back studs, I used 48 of them
• hole-puncher
• 1 toggle clasp
• 2 x 14 centimeters of chain
• 4 jump rings 
• pliers

Draw a shape on your paper, I made and used this one. At it's widest point, it's 17 centimeters. 

Cut it out of the leather.

Make holes

Make shapes on your paper, to see how they work out, how much studs you like and where 

you want them to go.

Glue them onto the leather

Attach the clasp to the chains with jump rings

Attach the chains to the leather

The clasp and jump rings are from Atelier Luna.

The one with the things I liked this week (part 27)

getting ready for dinner

dinner's here!

discovering a new icecream flavour: grapefruit

Last weekend I started a new adventure: opening up a shop on Society6. I am still trying to figure 

out how it all works! For research purposes (I want to know how their prints look), I ordered one 

of Mary's prints. I am very curious about the photopaper that is being used, quality of their prints, how 

they are packaged and how long it takes to get here. And ofcourse, I don't mind getting myself a little 

bit of lovelines to cheer up my workspace! Have you ever shopped on Society6? Or are you a seller? 

Do you have experiences with Society6 you want to share over here?

The one with a little trip to Utrecht

A couple of weeks ago I visited Utrecht with my mom. Our destination was Museum Catharijneconvent. The building where it is situated, is a medieval convent and it's amazing. The museum shows the past and present of christianity in the Netherlands. I was a bit afraid it would have been a bit dull. Boy, was I wrong! The way the art was presented, interactive with touchscreens and videos, made it all very interesting. We wandered around for a couple of hours, and before we knew it, the museum was closing its doors for the day. We definitely want to go back, and we'll make sure we'll be there early in the morning, so we have enough time to see everything. After being all cultural and things, we wandered around the city and did a bit of (window) shopping. I've found some interesting things, like Dora hanging around in a tree.

 

 

I hate having my picture taken, and I normally make sure that I get away when I see a camera. Today I made an exception.

 

 

If you're interested, more info on the museum can be found here. Do you like museumvisits?

The one with the taco blogger party

Today is unofficial, international taco day! A little while ago Paige from Little Nostalgia came up with a marvelous idea: to team up together with a bunch of bloggers and share our favourite taco recipes on the same day (which happens to be today). Also known as the taco blogger party.

What you'll need for the taco's:

• 8 medium sized flour tortilla's
• one package of ricotta
• a bowl of grated cheese 
• a big handfull of arugula

What you'll need for the guacamole:

• 1 avocado
• 6 cherry tomatoes
• 1/2 red onion
• pepper
• juice of half a lemon

I started by making the taco, which is just chopping and mixing the (guacamole) ingredients. 

For the taco's I filled the tortilla's with the ricotta, arugola and the grated cheese. Fold them and give them the toaster treatment. That will take a couple of minutes. 

The other recipes can be found here:

Paige from Little Nostalgia
Melissa from Hilltop Hausfrau
Meg from 18 Preston
Kristen from Milo and Molly
Heidi from Rowhouse 14

Do you like making and/or eating taco's? What's your favourite taco recipe?

The one with the things I liked this week (part 26)

Decay and a bear

Rays of light

Snack food

Make it work

Ice, ice baby

The one with static waves, scarf, sea dragon and stuffed mushrooms

Patiently waiting for new Andrew Belle music

 I might have developed a bit of a scarf obsession

 A gorgeous plate, from Belgium

 This recipe for stuffed mushrooms was made last year, and I need to make it again. Soon.

The one with a sunday walk

Each year in july, my hometown hosts the international Four Days Marches. Around 40.000 people from all over the world travel to Nijmegen and walk 30, 40 or 50 kilometers daily, for four days long. On the saturday before the marches, till the friday after, the are also all sorts of festivities throughout the city. Concerts, a fair, theatre, beer and lots of fatty foods. Last sunday I got up early to have a walk around town, before it was taken over by party people and sporty march participants. I took lose of photo's, here's a selection.