A Friend Once Told Me #7

A little inspiration for the day
Have a nice day everyone

A Friend Once Told Me #6

Been done a lot of thinking lately, to search for a answer on how to deal with things, i just simply cant find that answer.
I've always wanted to make everyone happy, and put myself to the side, just to please others, but I've learned that people aren't going to treat you nice, just because you treat them nice. Some people are just some assholes, and they are never going to change. So fact is, i just have to find some others sweet people i can care about, cause others don't deserve it, I'm not going to waste time on mean people anymore. I rather have a few true friends, than being fake, and just trying to make everybody going to like me - cause that is not going to happen, you're just going to get more haters, because you're turning into a fake bitch.
I say what i feel, and say what i think, and people there tell me to think before i talk, screw you. I think before i talk, it's just you there don't like to hear the truth, and that's not my problem.
I'm not going to talk nice just people someone tell me to, I'm not going to wear other clothes just because some think it's ugly, I'm not going to change my personality just because some don't like me.
- Deal with it or leave.

Fashion: 3 to die for-accessories

Have been away from my blog for a while(busy at school, busy with friends, dealing whith things ect.) but now i'm back! x) - and in a spring mood! hmmm fabby
And i'm back with 3 accessories to die for!

1)

Buy here

2)

Buy here

3)
Buy here

That was all for now, hope all my readers are doing good!

Sorry...

The blog is a bit on standby atm, as i dont have that much time! and i dont have that's much to talk about! - But i've holiday next week, so i bed there will come some updates there!
Otherwise i'm glad to have good friends around me, they can really Cheer me up! :')

Listen to this song - love it

Bring On The Summer

I've said it sooo many times now! But i really look forward to the summer!! Looks forward to festivals and gigs, the sun, the beach, ice cream, beach parties, Hmm it will be great!! I soon got holiday again 1½ week to go, i must survive, otherwise i wont be able to go see Mika! - Sadly i'm a bit busy these weeks, too many classes!!
But i'll stay cool!

Elephant!

Photoshoot in pop magazine ss11.

Oh My Oh Land

I loooove Oh Land so much! x) she is amazing! In the start i thought she was a bit boring! But i've just got to love her more and more, so much i'm going to see her this summer!
It's going to be an wild summer with so many festival and gigs! and fabby music!
I'm going to see:
Oh land
Alphabeat (3 times)

Nephew
Aura
Malk de koijn

Kashmir
Turboweekend
The Storm
I'll have so much fun!



A Friend Once Told Me #5

When The Art Gets Political

This week we had an art week at my school, and i got the subject agriculture.. and out from that we had to make 2 political paintings. First when i heard that i was about to die.. cause it sounded so boring! and we had to be in groups with 2 persons.. but they boy i should be in group with never showed up, so i had to do it all by myself! xD .. well it ended up with being an OK week.. but i'm still glad that i've weekend now.


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The first is about battery hens (spelled right?) And about how bad they live, and the chicken is in two parts, and you can see the skeleton, to indicate how bad they feel.. and then the text says "Where do your eggs come from?"
And is only made out of coal and chalk.


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The other painting.. was i in bit of a hurry with, because i spend too much time on the first.
But it's about pollution in the ground water.. and if the farmers dont stop to use nitrate in their manure.. it will effect the drinking water in the end, and the animals.
The painting is also inspiret of Ai Weiwei.. if you know him!
and it's just made of normail paint lol!
and the text says "protect your local rat and your own health"

Food: Oreo Stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

Makes 24 giga cookies
Prep: 25 minutes
Cook: 13 minutes
Ingredients
• 1 cup (2 sticks) softened butter
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 package Double Stuff Oreo cookies
Directions
Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together with a mixer until well combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
In medium bowl mix the flour, salt, and baking soda. Slowly add to wet ingredients along with chocolate chips until just combined.
With a cookie scoop, form balls with the dough.
Place one ball on top of an Oreo cookie, and another ball on the bottom. Seal edges together by pressing and cupping in hand until Oreo cookie is fully enclosed with dough.
Place onto parchment or silpat lined baking sheets and bake cookies for approximately 13 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

Hardcore Sunday

I actually don't know if it's an hardcore Sunday, cause i've pretty much headache and it is Monday tomorrow, urg!
But i'm glad this week is soon over.. because it have been a really bad week! Pff. - Meeting early, home late.. Train strike so you have to walk for 4 hours home in the rain during the night! Swollen eye. Finding out both of your parents are alcoholics. Getting so disappointed by friends there let you down. - But i've decided not to be annoyed by mean people anymore.. will just let them go!
And next week will probably be bad too! Will spend the whole week with an boy i hate to death, getting my grades from my exams :s. Having my first gymnastic show in this season.. and i'm not ready at all!!
Every night before I go to sleep I lie on my bed and stare up at my blank walls. I try to imagine the future, but right now it's as blank as those walls. All I can see is a past that I barely recognize any more.


Anyway, today i've been studying, reading, wearing mud mask! lol And will make fresh pasta with gorgonzola cream sauce and bacon later today! om nom nom!

Also did my nails! Errrh there is not much to tell about that.. I just like to do nails! Because i cant draw, and then nail art is just easy to do! >.<
Here is some of the nail art i've been doing:  

I'll stop being negative now! xD - So today i found out that i'm going to Spain for 2 weeks this summer together with an friend! That will be fun! And get some sun, cause now i think i've been looking at this boring weather for long enough! I need spring!
Listen to music keep me going!

/Helena
xx

Moodboard - Colorblocking

Moodboard - Shows the colors there will be hot in the spring! ;)

Sunday Songs

Pfff, it's the last day of my holiday! Damn it, now there's like 7 weeks to my next holiday! - And i so need some nice weather with sun! I've got really tired of this cold and raning weather, it makes me all sad!
In my holiday i've been studying and listen to music.... So much fun i had, or...

Here is the songs i've been listening to during the week:

I adore him soooo much, and i dont like the original song at all - But this one.. awww

Normally i'm not much for Beyoncé either, but this one are so different!

And he is just cute as always!

xxx



Food: Buns With Raspberry Cream

Ingredients for ca. 24 buns.

Dough:  

3,5 dl milk

100 g melted butter

50 g yeast

½ teaspoon salt

50 g sugar

Ca. 600 g wheat flour

To inside the buns:

50 g soft butter

50 g sugar

Raspberry foam:

2 ½ dl double cream

2 – 3 tablespoon raspberry jam

Icing:

Powdered sugar

Raspberry juice

(Or you can just make it normal, plain white)

Heat up the milk, and  put melt the butter in, and the yeast.  And wait til it’s dissolved. Put in sugar, salt and flour.

Let the dough raise for 30-40 min.

Meanwhile whip butter and sugar together.

Share the dough in 2. Make them into 2 squares (ca. 30x40 cm), Share each dough into 12 new parts. Put 1 teaspoon on each dough piece. Fold the dough around the cream. ( so the cream cant flow out of the bun when you bake them), put the buns on a roasting pan, with greaseproof paper, with the closing ends down.

Let the buns raise again for 30 mins

Brush them with, egg, milk, water – or what you feel like. And put them in the oven at 225 C° for 12-15 mins.

Let the buns cool down.

Whip the double cream together with the raspberry jam

Spilt the buns and put the raspberry cream into them, and top with the icing.

Eat and enjoy!

A Friend Once Told Me #4



Clothes: Free People Daisy Dress

It may be that the presence of Karlie Kloss in the look book helps to sell it; but i can’t help thinking that this Free People daisy dress with lace cut-out detailing at the waist is the kind of piece you’d end up wearing to death. It’s available in red, but the ivory colour is definitely me pick.

Famous Blog Spot: Anne

A little blog from Anne!

Hi :)

I'm Anne (crazyaboutmika on MFC and twitter)

I wanted to share a place I love with you

If you visit the south of France, be sure to go there :)

Here's the link of the webcam to a wonderful sandy beach

You can control the cam and see different views

http://www.narbonne-tourisme.com/node/562

Right now, it's winter, but in summer many families

go to Narbonne Plage to have a nice swim

and enjoy the lovely summer weather.

Sunday Songs

I'm sexy and i know it - that line have been in my head all the day! And i don't get it cause i haven't been listening to the song!
Anyway.. I've 1 week holiday now, well needed - Would just share it!

It's not a new song, but new video - I adore them!

Just because he is cute - and sing well!

Lil Wayne is cool.

A Friend Once Told Me #3

A friend once told me that you should trust in yourself, and like who you are.. Even if it can be hard sometimes. Clever words. - But it's easier said than done.

Famous Blog Spot: STEP

Tim Burton’s always been an inspiration to me. He’s mostly known for his dark films, mostly starring Johnny Depp and his twisted stop motion animation films, Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare before Christmas being the most well-known I think. But making films isn’t the only thing he does. He’s also an amazing illustrator. I’ve got two of his books:  The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy, a collection of beautifully illustrated gothic tales.

 Illustration from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy by Tim Burton

The 2^nd book I have is called Tim Burton. It’ a collection of drawings and illustrations he has done over the years. Some are the first drafts of the characters in his films. It contains example illustrations of Edward Scissorhands and the Corpse Bride. It’s a great way to really get to know Tim Burton’s drawing style and way of thinking before he starts making a film!

One of his characters, Stain boy has gotten his own animation film, directed by Tim Burton. You can watch them here:

Episode 1: http://www.timburtoncollective.com/movies/stain01.swf

Episode 2: http://www.timburtoncollective.com/movies/stain02.swf

Episode 3: http://www.timburtoncollective.com/movies/stain03.swf

Episode 4: http://www.timburtoncollective.com/movies/stain04.swf

Episode 5: http://www.timburtoncollective.com/movies/stain05.swf

Episode 6: http://www.timburtoncollective.com/movies/stain06.swf

And of course, as the creative genius he is, Tim Burton’s website is a illustrational dream as well: you can control Stain Boy while he walks around in Burton’s gallery filled with illustrations and drawings. http://www.timburton.com/

But Tim Burton isn’t the only one who inspires me with his illustrations. There are more lesser known (or even completely unknown) illustrators I want to share with you!

Imaginism Studios is a group of illustrators, some of which have already worked on quite well known animation pictures!  You can find more info about every member  and what they’ve accomplished so far on their site: http://www.imaginismstudios.com/

My favourite ilustrators from Imaginism Studios are Bobby Chiu and Kei Acedera: they know their colours well and succeed to create dreamy colour palettes and  fantasy animal that are both ugly and beautiful. Their illustrations make you dream about wintery cold Christmas nights, snuggling up by the hearth with hot chocolate and a nostalgic children’s book.

Time to Relax by Bobby Chiu

Animal Chef by Bobby Chiu

Horsefly by Kei Acedera

And this would probably be my all-time favourite illustration from them:

Dodo by Bobby Chiu

If you want to see more fabulous illustrations, you can check out their DeviantArt page:

http://imaginism.deviantart.com/

But the prove that you don’t need to be successful or famous to make gorgeous illustrations can be found on DeviantArt. There’s plenty of unknown people just doing their thing and creating extraordinary drawings and illustrations. Here are a few of the illustrations that caught my eye over the past few weeks. Make sure to check out their DeviantArt page to see what more they’ve done! 

Tropicalia by Mathiole

http://mathiole.deviantart.com/ 

Interloper by Relaxeder

 http://relaxeder.deviantart.com/

 Harvey the Greedy Chipmunk by LostsoulX44

http://lostsoulx44.deviantart.com/

The Descent of Man by LostsoulX44

http://lostsoulx44.deviantart.com/

Mister Ow land the Owl Lady by Lostsoulx44 
http://lostsoulx44.deviantart.com/

















Deer by Galazy http://galazy.deviantart.com/

Last Resort by Pallanoph http://pallanoph.deviantart.com/

Monstros e Baloes by Tamillegarcias
http://tamillegarcias.deviantart.com/

The Cry of Pain by Culpeo-Fox           

http://culpeo-fox.deviantart.com/

And then last but not least: the illustrator Sui Lam, a friend of mine! She still studying  to become the most awesome Graphic Designer ever!!!!  She’s not only making great illustrations already, but also has an amazing sense for everything esthetic!  Here’s her site: http://malius.hk.st/

Here’s a few of her designs: