Mysty's Boudoir

bye-bye :( or :) ?

2010-08-21T21:20:00.005+02:00

hello.

well, good people, it is time to say goodbye to this blog format and move on to the new one, so please go to http://mystysboudoir.blogspot.com/ and follow my post over there.
This blog will remain here for a while at least, but you will see no new posts here.
Hope you like the new format and hope to see you there :)
Stay real!

Coffee maker

2010-08-07T17:07:00.008+02:00

I have a really small kitchen so I need to spare as much space as I can. So I don't have room for a coffee filter or an expresso machine, so I found this coffee making device is a shop and thought it will be just perfect.

(picture: me, experimenting still with editing)

It works on the same principles as an expresso machine. You put water in the lover side, then it has a small part that comes over the water in which you put a few spoons of coffee and over it comes the upper side of the device. Put it over the fire and when the water heats, the steam goes though the coffee and ends up in the upper side. And there you have you fresh coffee :)
I think I'll make a cold cappuccino ;)

I'm going to meeeeeelttttttttttttt!!!!!

2010-08-07T15:47:00.003+02:00

Damn it is HOT outside! I hate summer right now :S I would love summer if it would have warm (not hot and airless) days and cool nights, but here is just over the top heat!

Now moving on to the thing I wanted to share with you today: we're moving to a new blog soon. As soon as I finish with the "designing" and arranging part :)
Hope you'll like ;)

I need to do this as I cannot keep 3 blogs (yes, that actually crossed my mind :D):
this one (personal blog), a cooking blog (not yet released publicly, but it's up and running for a while now) and a craft blog (still in project phase). So I will do 1 single blog to include it all.
I'll try to make 3 list, so you'll be able to separate the 3 main themes of the blog... or some other method, still figuring that part out ;)

Enjoy the summer (if you like this heat)! It's just too much for me though.

The Story of Cosmetics

2010-07-26T20:54:00.003+02:00

Many of you may or may not agree with the following video, but the baseline is true and you should consider the possibility to wisely choose your personal care products.

I, at least, am very selective with what I put into and on my body.
U can't even imagine what goes into our beauty and care products :S :(

Stay healthy!

Oils

2010-07-25T17:28:00.004+02:00

hey guys!

I just upgraded my oil collection. Stay tuned and you'll see what I'll do with them ;)

Have a nice Sunday!

5 amazing stories on Yahoo Vitality

2010-07-18T14:43:00.004+02:00

...about how people changed their carriers radically.

(click on the video to see all 5 videos, this is only the first one)

Enjoy!

Picture editing

2010-07-17T19:17:00.004+02:00

Btw, I am total mess in editing pictures, so HELP anyone!?
Do you have good tutorials or guide books I could use?

Ty!

I'm a girl that is satisfied and happy with a simple life...

2010-07-17T16:18:00.007+02:00

...why is it that these days nobody believes this? Everyone thinks I'm making fun of them when I say that. I don't need much to be happy.
Everyone wants to be rich, successful, hot or famous to be happy, but that is not necessarily happiness.Ask famous or rich people! How many of them get suicidal because "their life is/was hard" or get hooked on on drogs or alcohol or sex as they cant handle their "exciting and happy rich life".
So this isn't a warranty for happiness, no matter how much you'd want to believe that.

I was born in a simple family (not poor that is true, my parents always took care that we have everything needed, but didn't pampered us from principle, not because they couldn't and they did well) and I think that this was more then enough for us to have a happy childhood, have fun, make friends and learn.
I look at kids nowadays: their vacation is fashionable only their parents take them to an exotic holiday and buy them a lot of unnecessary but "cool" stuff.
We didn't care that much about holidays and stuff (ok, maybe we did like barbie dolls, cars and cartoon hero dolls a bit), but friends and the possibility to explore the outside world was so much more fun and educational. I don't want see what kind of adults these kids will grow up to be...

Btw this post was inspire by an IKEA bedroom (it's amazing from where inspiration comes sometimes :P). More specifically, this one:

I was thinking when I saw this: "How cute and simple! This would be enough for a college or rented room. ok, maybe I would by an extra drawer, but basically this is enough for starters".
As long as you have your hope, dreams and you're not ashamed or lazy to work, the rest will come with time. Stuff come and go, so don't get attached to them. I realised that a long time ago, since I started moving a lot as I couldn't carry all my stuff around with me everywhere I went. Most of my stuff I have are still stored at home in my old room.

Oh, in case I haven't told you about this: i have stashed of articles on different themes: home, fashion, health, interesting articles, beauty, etc..
This is my "home folder" for example:

I gather all kind of pictures and articles that I love from magazines, brochures, internet, etc. This is where I found the room from IKEA that is above.
I am also a huge Ikea fan. Simple, affordable and very practical. Also, very versatile. The company and the furnishing product lines give you a huge range of ideas, support and a lot of room to juggle with them.
just look at these rooms:

from here

from here

How about you? What makes each and every one of you happy?

Bloo

2010-07-11T19:00:00.009+02:00

I wanted to write about my lovely friend for a long time now, but I just couldn't find the inspiration to describe her and her hobby in the most wonderful way :)
Bloo is a wonderful and smart foxy lady and her hobby is nail art.
We were room-mates for a while in college and she actually picked up this hobby from our other room-mate Phoebe who had (still does I guess :P) an obsession with having a different manicure each week. Well Bloo took this to a totally new level, to an art form which she masters quite well may I say (although she sees herself as a beginner if you would ask her).
This is not an abstract form of nail art which you need special training or tools for.
Of course you need a few shades of nail polish (whatever you prefer) a dotting tool or a toothpick (yes, you read right) and a whole lot of patience, creativity and exercise :)
The limit is where your creativity ends and Bloo has an imagination that knows no limits :D

She also makes nail design tutorials for who wants to learn to make the designs. These tutorials are detailed step by step from the base coat to the top coat, check them out on her YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/bloospider

Here are a few of her designs to enchant your eyes and make you wish to try this creative hobby ;)

Enjoy!

Lunch Boxes

2010-06-19T21:27:00.012+02:00

hey,

I was thinking that I should really start taking home made food to the office as well.
After gaining some unexpected weight (I really cant figure out how and why) I decided that probably my lunch food has too much calories ... if not then I really have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I don't eat junk food, anything that is processed food, too salty or sweet stuff (closer to non from the second category, better said), greasy food, fried stuff, etc. More then this and I'm going to eat only fruits, veggies and teas :D
Of course that I still have some occasional "sins" related my eating habits, but these are occasional and not from the above mentioned categories :)

sooo, getting back to the lunch boxes. Remember when we were young and small mom packed sandwiches and fruits to school? God, she screwed her brains out to make us interesting and tasty snacks to assure that we will not throw them away and we will eat it. I can only see this now, then it seemed so natural and normal.

Made a search on Google to see some ideas to lunch boxes and I found some cute and interesting ideas for boxes and recipes and I'm here to share them with you also, maybe you also have some thought of taking home made food with you ;)

THE CHILDREN’S LUNCH BOX by Linda Bugaziyanos over at http://www.bodymindfit.ca/
Why would children be more privileged then adults when it come to healthy, fun and tasty lunches :)

Korean Lunch Box
Looks yummy :)

Take a look at this post, how cute these boxes are?! It would be a pitty not to make food this good looking :D

Aladdin lunch boxes

Some lunch box advices

other pictures found over Google (sorry, don't know the links anymore)

And a lot more :)

Now I need to go buy a bag and some smaller plastic or glass boxes to take my food to work as well ;)
Wish me luck!

Anna Bergendahl - This is my life

2010-06-14T23:42:00.002+02:00

simply beautiful ...

Motivational videos

2010-05-27T22:13:00.004+02:00

Yes, I'm on fire tonight! Hell, baby, yes.

Now watch a great motivational video ;)

and another one:

Enjoy!

I got another nice video over here ;)

2010-05-27T21:28:00.002+02:00

Was surfing on UTube when I found this cute video.
You got to appreciate the effort at least, they synchronize so well :)

Enjoy!

Guess: how its made?

2010-05-27T21:21:00.003+02:00

Watch the video:

Now guess how it was made :D

Got it???

Not?

ok, ok, then take a peek over here.

Cute, a?

Weekend inspiration ;)

2010-05-20T22:22:00.007+02:00

I have all this interesting stuff to share and don't know where to start :S

so, let's take it one at a time:

1. Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!) | Video on TED.com

Gary Vaynerchuk: Do what you love (no excuses!) | Video on TED.com

2. Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food | Video on TED.com

Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food | Video on TED.com

3. http://www.printfriendly.com/

A good addon which I will have... as soon as I figure out how to add it on my blog :D

4. Two cooking blogs:
http://cannelle-vanille.blogspot.com/
http://www.bakingobsession.com/

Check them out! Beautiful pictures ;)

Shirley Paden Video Bio

2010-05-14T18:22:00.007+02:00

I never thought of knitting as mathematics... I've been practicing it since I was in the second grade, but I always just thought of it as ... natural maybe :)
If you like knitting as much as I do, just watch the video with Shirley Paden and get inspired.
SO beautiful! Now I wanna do a lace pattern sweater or dress or just a nice blouse!
U never know from where inspiration jumps out of :D

VIDEO link as the embed version is too wide for my blog :D

Enjoy!

Once I was a good & shy girl, then I grew out of it...

2010-05-09T16:57:00.003+02:00

Isn't that an intriguing title?
I saw a title in antlermag.com and I thought of this. Kind of a personalized version of the title :)

Enjoy!

Clean up

2010-05-09T14:10:00.004+02:00

Hello!

I recently read this post on Make+Meaning.
Very enlightening! How true it is!?

(please read the blog post linked before continuing, so you can understand better what follows)

Just take my case. When I was only an occasional visitor of the cyberspace I was creating, doing, making something all the time. The ideas and patterns I got from older and newer books were a treasure for me. Although I knew how to search on the internet, I didn't, I preferred to go to the library and spend hours looking at books or magazines from all over the world. And that was so inspirational for me. Just me and the books in a quiet space. All of these were weekly habits of mine.
And God a learned a lot!

Now what? I moved away and I don't even know where the library is in the new city (and I've been here for the last 3 years).
Got a job in an IT company doing admin work, 8 hours a day, after that I come home and spend the rest of the evening still behind the desk surfing the internet for blogs and interesting stuff other people do and I don't have the time any more to do.
How pathetic that is? :P

So, the first step was to reduce drastically the number of blogs I follow, because really, not all of them are as interesting as I was hoping for (no offence!).
I only kept the ones I do enjoy following and the ones where the bloggers do bother to post at least one post per month. No offence intended to anyone, this was necessary for my peace of mind.
Second, I will try to give up the games I am unnecessarily playing on Facebook. Quite fun, but useless to be frank.
Third... well, I am still thinking :) but the late spring cleaning has started and I'm not planning on stopping until I feel that the internet is not stopping me from actually living. The internet should be helping us and not stopping us, dont get caught up with it ppl!

Enjoy your life!

Right Said Fred

2010-04-30T22:02:00.004+02:00

Remember him?
He sang the memorable song that even now you hear at some parties :D

BUT ! You wouldn't think that he actually has a pretty nice song also.
Nice, me likey ;)

Enjoy!

New music discoveries

2010-04-27T20:36:00.004+02:00

Here are the newest songs that I found. Well maybe not that new, but I just heard them so they are new to me, ok? :P

1. Lenny Kravitz - If You Can't Say No
2. U2 - Cedars Of Lebanon
3. Florence And The Machine - Howl
4. Beirut - Elephant Gun
5. An amazing improvisation : Beirut - "Nantes"
6. Mumford & Sons - The Cave
7. AIR - So Light is her Footfall
8. Gabby Young and Other Animals - "We're All in This Together
9. Battles - Atlas funny :D
10. Charlotte Savary - Seize The Day
11. Wax Taylor - Our Dance feat. Charlotte Savary
12. Mad World - Gary Jules
13. Parov Stelar - Catgroove
14. And an amazing Awakening...
enjoy!

Back to origins...

2010-04-25T15:51:00.003+02:00

I wanted to tell you today about a friend of mine (I know ur reading this honey), but I just can't find the words to do her justice so I will delay a bit the post about her until I will be able to tell u how much I admire her and love her talent(s) and her for that fact :)

Lately I've been rather down. Too tired, too stressed, too ... just too much.
I'm trying hard to overstep this period (I'm hoping this is just a period), but it just doesn't seem to pass on already.

I am trying to concentrate on what is really important at this point and ignore what is bothering (as it is something that can't be changed for now, unfortunately) so I can get back some peace of mind, but nothing seems to work.
At this point I think it is time to "turn back to origin", back to the point when I was doing only what I liked and what I didn't like I just got read off. It is time for the "get rid off" part :)

Don't worry, it will pass, everything passes :)

source

The tunes that obsess me these days are:

2010-04-19T21:30:00.007+02:00

And so today I can count a couple of songs that I obsessively repeat in my head and on my play list. These are:....

1. "September - Until I Die" for the lyrics

2. "Demi Lovato - Remember December" for the passion she puts in her singing and her voice

3. "Selena Gomez & The Scene - Naturally" so young, what a voice and a personality :P

4. "Paramore - Brick By Boring Brick" darn good voice! "para para pa pa ra!"

5. "SID - Szabad Vagyok" Original lyrics. Best I heard in the last few years, may I add.

6. "INFERNAL - Electric Light"

7. "The Cardigans - I Need Some Fine Wine and You, You Need To be Nicer"
Just to exemplify why : "Bad dog! Sit!" >:D

8. "Sky - Love Show" this is an older one, but too beautiful to miss out :)

9. "Gotan Project - Mi Confesion" Just because it is special.

10. "Charlie Winston - Like a Hobo" a definite MUST!

11. "DOLORES O'RIORDAN - When we were young" Just unique ...

12. "Nightwish - While Your Lips Are Still Red" -> legends...

13. "Faye Wong - Bu Liu" most tranquil song ever heard...

14. "Vitas - Crane's Crying" what a voice, what a voice...

15. "Delain - April Rain"

16. "Kelly Clarkson — Walk Away"

17. "KORPIKLAANI - Vodka"

18. "Newton Faulkner teardrops live"

19. "Marion Raven - Here I Am"

20. "Morandi - Colors"

21. "Alexander Rybak - Fairytale"

22. "Ali Milner - I Can't Wait Forever"

23. "Lisa Mitchell - Clean White Love"

24. "Foo Fighters - Pretender"

25. "Garbage - The World Is Not Enough"

Enjoy!

Fun photo

2010-04-18T13:02:00.004+02:00

Yes, today I feel like laughing :)

Love this picture with Derek Cianfrance, Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. Looks like their are having the time of their life, just goofing around.

photo from here but the internet is full with this picture, choose your pick :D

Cal LoLz

2010-04-18T12:57:00.003+02:00

My friend Bloo, surprized me again with some funny stuff, so I need to share the fun with you all.
Check out this link if u love kitties :D

Absolutely adorable!

And some more trailers ;)

2010-04-15T19:36:00.007+02:00

I just found a few more :P

The Karate Kid (Kung Fu Kid)
The Losers
The Last Airbender
The A-Team
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang

Enjoy!

New movie trailers ;)

2010-04-15T18:48:00.006+02:00

Hey all!

I'm a movie fan, that much everyone knows. I don't get to see enough movies (no time, too tired, etc excuses may I add), but I definitely check out every single trailer that I can put my hands on :D
Here are some new ones that I would like to see in the near future:

Sex And The City 2

The Runaways

Date Night

The Expendables

Clash of the Titans

How to Train Your Dragon

Letters to Juliet

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

and so on.... this is just a short list of the movies I NEED to see in the upcoming period.
What movie did you see lately?

Easter Eggs

2010-04-04T15:33:00.008+02:00

Since I was little I had a fascination for lovely things. I'm like the crows that are attracted to shiny things. If something is bling, I'm there :D
My fascination also includes the tiny and fragile Easter Eggs and the skills needed to decorate them.
Absolutely fascinating!

Here are some examples so you can understand by obsession:
1. Russian eggs

2. Romanian Traditional Eggs

3. Ukrainian Eggs

picture from here

and so on :)

These are just some examples of the huge range of these beautiful creation.

Enjoy!

A Joyful Easter!

2010-04-04T15:18:00.004+02:00

picture source here

Seasons India

2010-03-24T18:38:00.008+01:00

Well, I am not a big Orient fan, most of all because of the women undermining tradition (no offence, but it is quite true), I do prefer the European freedom in which I grew up.
Yet! I can't seem to get enough of their fascination regarding health and beauty from every point of view.
We Europeans are stressed, very professional, serious and quick in everything we do, but Asia gives us a good lesson on how to just lay back, relax and enjoy the simple beauties of life. And they do discover beauty even where we Europeans wouldn't think of. All my respect for that!

I remembered the things I wrote about above after I saw these :

I just remained: "oh! WOW!"

Seasons is an Indian brand with some gorgeous dresses.
Even if you wouldn't wear them on the street, you need to admit that these are just "WOW"!
I would love to have one of those dresses, I would find some opportunity to wear it, don't worry about it :P

Now serious: they have a Facebook profile and a downloadable calendar on their webpage, check them out ;)

Irish Industries Historical Fashion Advertisement from 1911

2010-03-23T21:47:00.005+01:00

Me like this :D
I LOVE lace in general, and everything related to Irish... and old, vintage stuff ...
so you can understand why I stopped at this page :)

Enjoy!

Be Who You Are!

2010-03-17T23:16:00.004+01:00

Just something I support and found over here

Check out the rest of their articles as well, you may like them :)
I am a definite fan at least.

Signature

2010-03-17T23:10:00.003+01:00

Which one do you like?

I cannot decide, I like all 3 of them :)

Made them here ;)

Interesting styles

2010-03-15T21:56:00.011+01:00

I really do love interesting people. Not necessarily beautiful, just interesting; the ones that have that "something".

Like this guy in this picture:

Or this one:

I love people who are stylish without being fashionable. Just the way they are, with their own, personal style. There is nothing better then a well defined personal style :)

That is why I instantly fell in love with this blog : BACKYARD BILL

Fyi, Bill has a new website, check it out : http://www.backyardbill.com/

Hope u'll love it as much as I do!

45 Rules for Men

2010-03-15T21:50:00.002+01:00

I've got this list from a good friend I will be writing about shortly, but it is really trueeeee :D

So check it out ;)

link

CHLOROPHYTUM COMOSUM (aka spider plant)

2010-03-14T22:45:00.005+01:00

Growing up surrounded by nature and green plants all around me, it is quite difficult for me to get used to the dusty, gray city, with no air to breath and suffocating heath in the summer. Need I say not, I prefer winter to summer, if summer is 40 degrees Celsius :(
So each time I talk to mom and dad back home, I am bugging them that I would love to have in the apartment some plants that we had at home (mom still has them, I learned from her to love plants :)). Dad was always the one taking care of the vegetable garden and the fruit trees and mom was busy with the flower garden and the countless plants populating the house. It is jungle (in the good sense of the word) from the inside and the outside :)
Last time my parents came to visit us in the big city apartment, dad asked me if I want him to bring me some plants also. YES! Of course!
Well, my thought was that he will bring me 1 or 2... but dad always thinks large scale :S He brought me around 10 plants :O
Yeah, I was totally shocked. Where the hell will I put all of them?
In the end I put most of them in the kitchen (now it's a bit crowded, but at least it's green :)) and the rest of them ... well, all around the room.
Most of them I knew what kind of plants they are, but there was a particular one that I had no idea what it's called.
So I started searching the net for it. It is rather hard to find a plant when you don't know it's name, but I finally found it :D

It is a Spider Plant (CHLOROPHYTUM COMOSUM)!

Ok, mine is not as big and fluffy as the ones in the picture above, but it will, now that I know how to take care of it :)

What plants do you have in the house?

Changes...or not

2010-03-05T23:52:00.005+01:00

Someone recently told me : "How much you've changed!"
Needless to say that the person in case didn't even knew me in the first place to be entitled to make such a presumption, yet my answer was shockingly quick and accurate (usually I tend to remember some time after the moment passed what i should of / could of said): "I didn't change, I just learned a lot."
I also wanted to say after that : "Maybe you should too." but I restrained myself from being nasty and sarcastic. :)

From this I remembered another line that I should of told to another person, but the perfect line came after several hours from the moment I should of told it (typically me): "I am Me. You can upgrade me, but you cannot change me." (it was a discussion about how some people tend to mold their personality to other powerful characters around them.
I am usually the one that is being mimicked, I never take over other peoples habits, lines, thoughts, etc, unless they are somewhat like my own habits, lines, thoughts, etc.
I'm proud of myself for that :)

Holy crap!

2010-03-05T21:53:00.002+01:00

That was my reaction to the number of posts made by you guys in the last 3 weeks :O
Your active no kidding :D

Then I thought that it's quite understandable, when you follow 120 blogs and I usually read around 500 posts per week from all of you... multiply that with three very busy weeks (and a lot of traveling) and you'll get the final number ;)

Well, my reader is displaying 1000+ as a number, but I guess it is around 2000.

So wish me good reading, this is going to take a while... a pleasant "while" :)

White rooms

2010-01-29T22:55:00.003+01:00

I am not done yet with the bucket list :D before you ask :) yes, it is long as I predicted, but I still have the feeling that I am forgetting stuff that I want to do, just don't remember at the moment...

But back to the title of the post.
When I was young I really liked rooms that were painted in happy, powerful colors (meaning not white, black or grey).
I had my whole room painted in orange, just so my parents could get me to shut up about it :)
Dad always used to say: "white is the best color. It makes the room feel way bigger then it really is, it is hygienic and if it gets any other color from smoke or dust, then you can see right away when you need to redo all the painting. It is a calming and relaxing to sit in a white room."
I never agreed with him. My eyes are very sensitive to very bright colors (due to their color) and white for me was just disturbingly bright and couldn't agree with him.
Today, I am starting to see what he meant...

Look at this room. Isn't it just relaxing? I still can't stand bright light, but I am willing to make a compromise, it is just too beautiful to ignore it :)

WHAT'S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST?

2010-01-14T21:41:00.002+01:00

I recently saw this link (my memory is too short at the moment to remember exactly where :P) and started thinking... what's on my bucket list?
Did you saw the movie "Bucket list"?
I bet even if you are the happiest man in the world it would make you think a bit...
What dreams did you have when you were little? Did you lived to see them all completed? Why not?
One of my fears would be to die too young and not be able to do all the things that I want to, as my bucket list is quiiiiiiiite loooooong :D
I dont have a specific list written on paper, just in my head.
I will try to see how long would it be written on paper (/word sheet) and let you know about the outcome :)

Take care!

New year's resolution :)

2010-01-12T20:46:00.004+01:00

Ok, I just thought of a new years resolution :P

I want to live my life more lively in the new year and not let health issues get in the way of that. Enough with the excuses! Just think of it and do it! :D

Regarding my blog, I would have another resolution ... I would like to post more about the beautiful stuff that I love and do, then what is already up and posted by a loooooot of other Blogs (no offence, I still love and follow you for inspiration :* ).
B free and B yourself!
These are the rules that I promised myself to follow all my life and will not start to break them now :P

Happy New Year!

2010-01-12T20:32:00.002+01:00

Hey there!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!! And maybe even a lucky New Year ;)
Sooooo, what's up? besides the sky :P

Did you make some resolutions for the new year? I didn't... I don't know why, I just didn't.
I'm not planing to change in the new year, maybe thats why.
But then again, I started thinking why everyone remembers to start from the beginning, to make plans and to (maybe) stick to them... Isn't that something that you can do any day?
Yes, it is, but then again, we forget, we are comfortable and we refuse to make efforts unless utterly necessary. Am I right? Of course I am, I am talking from experience :)

But(for quote some time)now I know where I am heading, or at least wish to. Do you?
I am perfectly aware that I still need to learn a LOT of things to get there, so in the meantime I am learning and spending the rest of my time with stuff that I love.

Sometimes.... you just need to be patience and let nature take its course :)

Brilliant! and very nice

2009-12-18T21:03:00.004+01:00

Check this out! it will worth your time promise ;)

Think Different (copyright Apple, inc. 1997)

2009-12-17T22:48:00.002+01:00

Simply wonderful! Enjoy!

Alexandrina Hristov - Printre Flori

2009-12-17T22:45:00.002+01:00

My new addiction :) A great painter and singer!

Downloadable articles about creative thinking and innovation

2009-12-17T22:40:00.003+01:00

I found this website a while back. Very interesting articles about creativeness and innovation, about appreciating life and thinking outside the box.
Check it out! NOW! :D

http://www.ideachampions.com/

http://www.ideachampions.com/downloads.shtml

Chritmas tree

2009-12-17T22:08:00.004+01:00

Will you have a Christmas tree this year? I haven't had one for 2 years now, not a real one at least...
2 years ago... I don't even remember anymore why I didn't buy and decorate a tree :P
The thing is that I don't feel the need to kill a tree to feel that I respect and follow tradition anymore. It's morbid! Its like stabbing a living thing in your living room, decorate it and just watch how the life slips away from its body... horrible!!!
No, I will not cut any tree just for tradition! You can use decorations without a tree as well.
How about being creative about it?!
What do you think of the ones below? They are from here.

Hedgehog In the Fog

2009-12-17T22:04:00.001+01:00

A cute little Russian story :)

Hedgehog In the Fog
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Tips for Successful Seed Beading from Beading Daily

2009-12-17T22:00:00.001+01:00

Check out these tips for starting out a beading project.

Interesting enouth to consider the posibility!

2009-12-17T21:57:00.001+01:00

How Precious Life Is!

Christmas dinner tables

2009-12-17T21:52:00.006+01:00

Hey there!

How is your Christmas table gonna look like?

need some ideas? see below ;)

i.Anton's photostream

2009-12-10T22:59:00.003+01:00

Im in love!!!!!!!!

I saw some pictures on a blog (between the many - many ones I follow) and it had a link to the owner of the photo. Well, I followed the link (natural curiosity, I guess :P and yeah I know curiosity killed the cat) and I found a looooot more photos like the one I admired on the blog.
Some of them even more beautiful then the one chosen to be shown on this certain blog (my opinion, dont hang me for it).
Take a look and get in loved like I did :) Dreamy pictures!

i.Anton's photostream

I want a new bike :(

2009-12-07T21:50:00.002+01:00

... to be more specific: this one :D

Sewing, patchwork and kids

2009-12-07T21:35:00.005+01:00

"I'm Rashida and I heart linen!" and I loved to read your blog :)
She is the owner of "I heart linen" a blog full of life and creativity.

Rashida, I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed to read your blog and I'm gonna be a faithful reader of your from now on :P

Facebook

2009-12-07T21:32:00.002+01:00

you know what I observed? I update my facebook profile more often then my blog? why is that?

Uh, ah, another gourgeous find :D

2009-12-07T21:25:00.003+01:00

hey again!

tonight im o fire! I started surfing some very nice blogs lately (since im too lazy to get mine back on track :P) which lead me to some very nice handmade artists.
You people make me jealous! You have time to do exactly what you like, when you like to, how you like to and and where you like to. Envious, yes :P
Here I present Dot Girl and her beautiful watch and cuff links. Enjoy! I know I did :D

Journals

2009-12-07T21:14:00.004+01:00

Ok, I usually don't do free advertising, but these ones are just extra nice.

Julie Boyles makes some very nice and dare I say intimate journals. Just take a look and u'll get convinced.
These are just gorgeous! I'd love to have a journal like this.
I have a collection of journals (most of them still clean :D), boxes, bead jewels, dyi patterns... etc .
Yes, I know, I have a lot of obsession (and you don't know half of it :P), but hey! I'm a woman, I'm allowed to :D

I need to move to a decent city...

2009-12-06T01:18:00.002+01:00

I don't think I've mentioned this before, but I am living in a capital city that is just as dangerous as New York, just not as interesting.
I grew up in a nice, quiet, small city up in the mountains and I always swear that I'll never ever more here. I just knew I would hate it here... YES, HATE! I don't agree with the usage of this word (aka "hate") because its a word with high load of negative feelings, but this is one of the very few things that I really do hate and I cant deny it... just cant!
I moved here by necessity a few years ago (and i'm not liking it ever since)because my love was here and because I was presented with a nice work opportunity here... but even if my love is worth every single moment of struggle, the work isn't (it turned out after some time that the work is not that terrific then I imagined, but hey! thats life...).
So... I need to move... first in a better neighborhood (although this one should be a nice one also... but "should" is the keyword here) and then (as soon as I decide where next) to a smaller and quieter city.

Cant wait :)

Cooking... and maybe a new blog?

2009-11-01T12:58:00.005+01:00

Hey there,

I was thinking this morning about the blog and about not having enough time to do everything I want and need to do... but then, this is the curse of modern world. Im not such a modern girl in this way.

I would like to go to work and still have some time and energy to do stuff that have no connection with the usual job I do. Like our parents did when we were growing up. They started word at 6 or 7 and finished at 3-4 PM. From 3-4 PM you still get to do a lot of other things, the day is still young at that hour :)

But no, today we start work at 8/9/10 max and we get out in the evening, when all you get to do is go home, eat something (most of the time you don't even get to eat something all day long), shower and go to sleep so that in the morning you can start all over again. God, this is just pathetic! Really! This wasn't the life I was dreaming about when I was little :(

I'm guessing your all saying now that if I don't like it then I need to change my job... well, gladly, but I actually like the job I'm doing (most parts of it, there are always some parts you just need to do, but don't like it) and most part of the people I'm working with, but the operational part of most bigger companies is just disappointing. A lot of unnecessary tasks that do nothing to help the job, just slows it down. That part is just frustrating! mrrr...

Well and so, the only hobby of mine that actually do practice regularly is cooking. I'm not a great cook, I just like to eat and Mom made me practice a lot when I was younger, so it kind of grow on me. The saddest part is that I am cooking only because I have to because I lack time. If I want to eat something good then I need to cook it, so...
But it is a process that I love doing, whenever I have time and I'm hungry :) as I cook better when I'm hungry :)
My cooking is not based on recipes, I never get to do it exactly as in the recipe, I always "need" to modify it at least a bit :) It is also mostly based on what is in the fridge at that moment or what can I buy from the market close to me quickly.

The conclusion is that I do this a lot (a girls got to eat, doesn't she) and since everyone seems to be very please with my cooking (by bf is an absolute fan) and since I did gather a LOT of recipes along the years, I am thinking of possibly sharing some recipes with you also by making a separate blog for this.
This is still in project faze, so don't expect it tomorrow, but what do you think? Is this a good idea or the blog word is already over saturated with cooking related blogs?

hmm....

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

2009-10-25T18:29:00.001+01:00

Very good advices!
Enjoy ;)

two true singers...

2009-10-18T00:03:00.003+02:00

Jewel and Faye Wong are two of my very short list of favorite singers. Why? They actually feel the song when they are singing them.

U cant be unimpressed by some of their songs if u have at least a bit of sensitivity in u!

enjoy ;)

Morning video :)

2009-10-17T23:56:00.000+02:00

Draw with me

2009-10-17T23:48:00.001+02:00

no posting...

2009-10-02T22:04:00.002+02:00

I must admit that I wasn't very creative in the last period... yes, I'm uninspired... and maybe too stressed, but I promise I'll get back on the track soon :)

Origami Project

2009-09-06T19:32:00.004+02:00

Here is a pic with the Lilly I've made yesterday. Hope U like it ;)

Take the "Buy Handmade" pledge !

2009-09-06T19:29:00.002+02:00

Origami

2009-09-05T19:54:00.003+02:00

I recently rediscovered Origami. Loved it while I was younger, but I kind off forgot it along the way.
Inspiration was provided my miss Mila and her blog Loveology which I read and follow with a lot of pleasure :) I saw some very nice origami birds in some of her posts that caught my attention and I would try to do some myself. Said and done :D
Google searched "Origami bird" and found a few patterns.
The first one was a bird (that was what I was looking for in the first place of course) and the following video was rather helpfull:

Origami Flapping Bird - Funny bloopers R us

Then I thought I should move on to something else... like flowers... more specifically a Lilly :)

Origami Lilly - Click here for funny video clips

Both of my projects turned out to be succesfull (so I haven't lost my touch :D)
I also found a blog fuuuuuuul of Origami patterns.
The blog is called Origami Instructions , check it out if Ur interested in making more of these everlasting decorations. Ok, maybe not everlasting, but long lasting :) I still have a rose that I made when I was 12-13 or so :)

I was thinking of making a bouquet of paper flowers... wouldnt that be nice? and U dont even need to put water on them or change them :D aint than convenient!

New movie

2009-08-14T19:15:00.000+02:00

Do you like cooking?
I know I like eating :D

Trailer: Julie & Julia

Flixster - Share Movies

Enjoy ;)

Talent

2009-08-11T16:04:00.000+02:00

Newton Faulkner teardrops live (Massive Attack cover)

Creativity talks

2009-08-01T18:24:00.002+02:00

Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Tim Brown on creativity and play

Elizabeth Gilbert on nurturing creativity

You can find more of these on www.ted.com
I hope u enjoy these as much as I did :)

New face ;)

2009-07-25T16:17:00.003+02:00

I've changed the appearance of my blog today, the combination of grey and purple that I had before was quite nice, but not nice enouth. I hope you like the results ;)

If u need a little help with ur blog, take a look at the links below.

The banner was made with Puresilva and the background is from HotBliggityBlog.com. They say that "the best free blogger backgrounds site on the entire interwebular planet. No exaggeration. " and I tend to agree with them :)

You can also find some very clear explanations on how to change ur background picture from Isaac Yassar, to whom I need to thank again for the help.

Knitting...

2009-07-21T21:27:00.008+02:00

Its hot as hell outside and I am thinking of knitted stuff, aint that ironic? :)

I stumbled into a few nice links on the net which I would like to share with you and maybe if I write them down I will actually remember them for the future :P

First is Rowan Knitting & Crochet Magazine.
I found a few very nice pics in the gallery, patterns that can be downloaded for free , a forum and knitting products. In conlusion, its worth visiting and worth remembering ;)

Then, another interesting one is Dill Buttons
Werent you fascinted when you were little by all those mayestically elaborated buttons (not those plain plastic ones they sale nowdays in shops) that your mother or grandma had on their blouses? My mother had a big box of those. They were like a treasure box for me. Well, I found two catalogs here fuuuuulll with buttons the way I like them. If you like them also, check the link out :)

Germans will always remain germans.. I hope :D
They always were fabulous designers. RICO DESIGN is a perfect example to this.
Here are some pics to convince you of that :

Untill next time guys!

Hand made stuff and the modern world

2009-07-21T20:10:00.014+02:00

Modern world doesnt apreciate real art anymore... something beautifull that was created not necessarily for the practical side of that object, but for the beauty of it.
And Im not talking about painting or sculptures (some of those are really not understandable for some people, including myself), but for example hand made stuff.
Beeding, knitting, sawing, handcrafted stuff, goblens etc etc.
Women are not willing to learn these anymore it reminds them of the time when that was all that women did (besides making and raising kids). Im guessing that women are just sick of that image and they reject from starters anything that reminds them of the old times.
But things have changed!!!
WE dont need to do it because its mandatory and you "have to do it", but because you "can do it" and the result can be preety rewarding ;)
Imagination and patience is all you need to do it :)

I love DIY stuff! First because you can make what you want(you just have to put your mind to it) and second because what you make is more than surely unique. You're not gonna see a woman going on the street with the same pair of earings or bracelet that you made for yourself.
And third, because man are fascinated by a woman that haven't forgotten to be feminin and they can't seem to figure out how you can make from a couple of beeds and some accesories the perfect earings that matches your dress and looks beautifull on you. :)
Im not refering here to some pathetic excuses for a man, who think that women exist to serve them and to multiply their "seeds" (God! I hope they die out), Im talking here of the men that stop beeing hipocrites and admit that not only leather is atractive and that lace (for example) can be just as sexy as hell :P But as the below picture shows, the best combination is leather and lace ;)

You can find a lot of people blogging about handmade stuff, this is a link for example.

Whats your hobby?

2009-06-25T14:49:00.008+02:00

We all have hobbies, at least one, don't we?

I read once, that : << There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." >>
I partly agree with this and partly not... it depends on the person and about how obsessive you are about that hobby.

Some people do it to relax, others to create, others to disconnect themselves from the outer world, but the main purpose of having a hobby is to do something that will make you happy.
But then, people are greedy by nature. When something makes you feel good, of course, you will want more and more and at a certain point you will become obsessed with the thing that fills you with happiness, proud, passion, etc.
Hobbies are also called passions(not by chance, I'm guessing) and as passion can become obsession, the same can happen with a hobby.

When you start neglecting your friends, family, health, job, yourself or anything else that should normally be important to you, when instead of dealing with your problems you search for refuge in a hobby... then you need to rethink your priorities. You need to stop when you walked through the fine line between hobby and madness.

When I think of the above mentioned quote, I always remember famous artists, that were considered obsessed, mad, mentally ill at the time, but today they are considered genius artists. Just think of Vincent van Gogh or Picasso as examples.
Their hobby was their torture.

As long as we don't exaggerate, hobbies are good thing, aren't they :)
So... what's your hobby?

PS: picture link http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mags/qf/c/PopularScience/12-1938/hobbies_hobby/med_hobbies_hobby_0.jpg

Savage Garden Hold Me quote

2009-06-18T15:47:00.004+02:00

More than angry words I hate this silence
It's getting so loud
Well I want to scream
But bitterness has silenced these emotions
It's getting hard to breathe
So tell me isn't happiness
Worth more than a gold diamond ring?
I'm willing to do anything
To calm the storm in my heart
I've never been the praying kind
But lately I've been down upon my knees
Not looking for a miracle
Just a reason to believe

Status of a friend

2009-06-18T15:38:00.002+02:00

I am the one who tells you to run free,
Run through the fields of your fantasy,
Run like a beast that haven't been tamed,
Just like a wild that haven't been named.

(I don't know who wrote it but I like it)

Quote About Aging

2009-06-18T15:31:00.003+02:00

Aging is a matter of mind. If you don't mind it doesn't matter.

vulgar versus sensual...

2009-06-18T15:19:00.002+02:00

I was searching on google a pic ... a boudoir kind of room.Since I had no success with the word "boudoir", I tried "sensual", but all I got was naked girls and perv pics...People!!! Don't you know the difference between these two anymore?

Pity....

There is such a difference....

A sensual person can make your life enjoyable...
A vulgar one can make your life ... well, that may depend on each persons needs and wishes, but vulgarity is not a desirable atitude.

"Sensuality is, in essence, how in tune you are with your senses. Do you notice smells, textures, sounds? How sensual you are plays a key role in both your sex life and your overall ability to derive pleasure from life."

What troubles a modern woman? "Machos"

2009-06-17T09:52:00.006+02:00

That morons still exist !
Will all the education in the world, some man (well rather immature kids, but anyway) still believe that a woman likes to hear (yelled out in the street with at least 10-15 people around - It's no fun for them if no one hears their "masculine shout") stuff like: "OMG! what an ass! perfect for slapping!" or "I would sooo eat an ice cream, will you give me yours to lick?"(situation: me eating an ice cream).
Come on ! How pathetic is that?
NO ! A woman does not like to hear stuff like that!
It will not make you look more masculine, maybe she will just have an incontestable proof that you're absolutely retarded!
Whats worst?
When these "masculine" men get angry when you tell them to bug off, or to buy their own ice cream and leave yours alone... and then you find yourself splashed from head to toe with a bucket of water with tens of persons around that do nothing ... what to do? Just walk away, theres nothing you can do (besides ripping their head off and getting to prison because of some dumbasses) ... humiliating ...
yepp, I live in the stone age...

Links

2009-06-16T15:47:00.002+02:00

Im an internet addict... yes-yes, I admit it :)
I have so many links saved on my work computer and at home, that it would take me at least a day to open all of them and check them.
Some of them are usefull, some of them are fun, some of them are ... well there are a lot of them for a lot of reasons :)

You will find my favorit links listed on the blog, hope you will find them usefull or at least interesting :) enjoy !

Back :)

2009-06-16T13:00:00.003+02:00

Time is relative my dears, so after a longer "soon" then I was speculating I'm ready to start typing for me and for you.
I could never keep a journal/blog for a longer perioud of time. I get bored easily, or forget to write, or don't have something to write after a while about one single thing.
So... I decided to write about a bigger topic.
Something that is so abstract that noone can ever finish it.
The general theme is -> a womens privat place. Her room, her mind, her thoughts.
Who can ever completely finish this topic? :)

Soon...

2009-03-06T22:36:00.002+01:00

I deleted all the previous post as they were random thoughts with no connection between them... it just had a chaotic feeling.
Soon I'll be back ... with new ideas and a main theme for the blog ;)