Memories of 2013

Januari already is a bussy month. I had to do a lot for school and I've been a little stressed out lately. Last weekend I held my 'endpresentation' at school. I really hate talking in front of a lot of people, and there were around 70 people. Before my presentation I was extremely nervous and at the beginning as well. However, while talking, I slowly got more comfortable, mostly because I was talking about something close to my heart and know a lot about. In the end the presentation went really well, and I received a lot of positive feedback. I was quite proud of myself and it really was one of those moments I didn't want to forget. So I wrote it down, on a little piece of paper and put it in a jar. I painted the lid of this jar a little while ago and used homemade mod podge to cover the lid (to make sure the paint would stay on).

This is me #2

There's much more to me than meets the eye...

Happy New Year!

First of all I want to wish you all a very happy New Year! I never really made new years resolutions before, because I never thought I would be able to keep them up throughout the year. But in 2012 I had set myself a few goals and was able to reach them. It's a great feeling when you know you wanted something and you had to work for it, but was able to accomplish it.
For 2013 a made 10 resolutions.

 

1. Film more with my camera and edit those shots.

2. Be less insecure.

3. Execute the ideas that I come up with.

4. Do more fun stuff with friends.

5. Find out what I want to do after I graduate.

6. Do joga or other fitness exercises on a daily basis.

7. Complain less and surf less on the internet on websites that actually don't interest me very much.

8. Stress less.

9. Buy less things I don't need.

10. Make money

I hope I manage to do all this. Have you got any new years resolutions this year or did you last year (and were you able to execute them) ?

Two days, two skirts

Two days ago I had finally gathered the courage to make a skirt with a zipper. I've tried it before and it didn't turn out great last time. In fact it was a total failure. But this time it went better. The first skirt I started making was with a red checked fabric wich had been lying around for quite a while now. From the moment I bought it, I new it had to become a skirt. And so it did. However, it didn't turn out perfect. There are still a few loose threads, so I'm going to add lining. Hopefully that will fix the problem.

The next day my second attempt at making a skirt turned out rather succesfull. I used this yellow/blue checked fabric and I'm quite pleased with the end result. I made it a little different than the one from the day before, and I think I've got all its flaws covered. To make both of the skirts I didn't use any pattern. I just measured myself and went from there. If anyone is interested in how to make this actually easy gathered skirt with zipper, I would be happy to write an tutorial, just let me know!

Merry Chrismas!

Merry Christmas to all! Yesterday I decorated my room for Christmas and I also made these little christmas trees. I think they're cute and they're so simple to make. Just cut out the same shape of tree out of different colors of paper. Fold them in half and stick the sides together. And your done! If you want, you could use more special paper or decorate this ordinary colored paper with glitter. Maybe I will do that.

I'm so glad we're having a vacation, because I've been so bussy lately. It's nice to just have time to do nothing and relax. Okay, in truth, I'm not very good at doing nothing. I have tons of projects that I still want to do or finish!

All you need

The last couple of days I've been pretty bussy. The little time I had I spend on Pinterest. I came across this quote saying: All you need is less. I like sayings like this, especially this one because it really made me think. It is so true that I have way to much stuff that I don't use and even forget about. So I decided that it would be a good time to start cleaning up my room. I'm far from finished, but there was already so much stuff I found that I could go without. I've already sold some via the internet, and hopefully in a few days the rest of my stuff I put out there will be sold as well. From now on I'm going to try to buy less and at least think more about wether or not I will really use it.

Last year we had a project on my school wich was all about who you are and who you want to become. We took a suitcase, decorated it and filled it with things we made during this project or were important to us. Now almost everything I find in my room and want to keep for sentimental reasons, I put in there. It is a nice way to store items that you really don't want to throw away!

This is me #1

Today I didn't feel so well, so I didn't feel like writing a lot of stuff. However I thought it would be fun for you to know a little bit more about me.