update

heyy, school starts next week for me, so I can't post as much as I used to do. I have two stories online that need to be updated at least once a week, three blogs, I want to improve my drawing skills, and I also have homework and friends. I just made a planning for the next four weeks with what I'm going to post, draw and write everyday. I will post something 3 times a week on this blog. One post will be a link to a DIY video I made. Next week I will post on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

I hope you like my future posts!

bye xxx

shrinky dink charms

heyy, the weekend before my second vacation, I made a few shrinkie dink charms. While on vacation, I drew a few charms, but since we didn't had an oven, I couldn't shrink them. So when I got back home, I shrunk them too. Here are the results:


The first charm I made. It says 'team Peeta'.


Before and after pictures. See how much it has shrunk.


Tiny charms from small paper pieces I had left.


Before and after pictures of the charms I made after my second vacation. Two charms did not turn out well, because they are not fully flat. Luckily the team Reid, mustache and cat cupcake charms shrunk right.

I will make a DIY on how to make shrinky dink charms. It will be a video, so I will post the link when it is ready.

I hope you like it :D

bye xxx

I'm back!

heyy, I'm back from my vacation, so I finally have wi-fi again. I still have one week until I have to go to school, so I will be posting a lot. Not the holiday planning, but just DIY's, fashion things and other stuff I normally post.

This weekend I will make my vacation vlogs of the two weeks, so I will post them after that on my youtube channel.

This is my channel. I only have posted two videos, which were mash-ups, but soon there will be more.
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRRgdiWKYwPQGnPGjW9YX_g/videos

I hope you like it :D

bye xxx

holiday update

heyy, I'm typing this update to tell you that I don't have wi-fi in Belgium. We are in the Netherlands right now to shop, so I could turn my internet on on my smartphone. I'm very sorry...

As soon as I get back, I will post everything.

bye xxx

selfmade t-shirt

heyy, today I wanted to show you a shirt I made. I'm a huge Spencer Reid fan, so I wanted to do something with that. On internet I found an image that says 'Team Reid', so we put that on my shirt. Here is the end result.



I totally LOVE it!!! It turned out so well.

I will made a tutorial on it when I get back from vacation, because I can't make them there :(

I hope you like it

bye xxx

holiday planning 4: TAG wednesday on Friday :)

heyy, since I like TAG posts the most, I'm going to start with that, because I had no wi-fi while I was on vacation. The TAG is about music.

• Favorite song
I don’t have a single favorite songs, I have a few. ‘Give me everything tonight’ by Pitbull, Ne-yo, Afrojack and Nayer. ‘Gone’ by Lasgo. ‘What hurts the most’ by Rascal Flatts. ‘Bubbly’ by Colbie Caillat. ‘Just hold me’ by Maria Mena. ‘Wedding dress’ by TaeYang. ‘Replay’ by Iyaz. Some I have loved for a long time (‘Just hold me’ I love since 6th grade), some of them recently (‘What hurts the most’ I love since four or five months). They all have some sort of special meaning to me.


• Favorite instrumental
With favorite instrumental I mean the instrumental from a song (so without vocals). Since I make mash-ups (remix between the instrumental from a song with the vocals from another song), I have a lot of instrumentals on my laptop. My favorites are ‘Thrift shop’ by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, ‘E.T.’ by Katy Perry ft. Kanye West, ‘DNA’ by little mix, ‘Take a bow’ by Rihanna, and ‘Give me everything tonight’ by Pitbull, Ne-yo, Afrojack and Nayer. These instrumentals I use a lot while mixing.

• Favorite lyrics
My favorite lyrics are ‘What hurts the most’ by Rascal Flatts, ‘A thousand years’ by Christina Perri, ‘Pretending’ by Lea Michele and Cory Monteith, ‘Echo’ by Jason Walker, and ‘Firing Blind’ by Sterling Beaumon. These are all slow and sad songs, but the lyrics are beautiful. I actually like this type of songs more than up-tempo songs.

• Favorite male singer
I don’t have a favorite male singer who stands far above the others for me, but I think you could consider Ne-yo as my favorite, because when I scroll through my music list, I have the most songs of him (from all the male singers).


• Favorite female singer
Rihanna and Kesha, because sometimes I need some up-tempo songs to cheer me up. But Rihanna and Kesha also write songs with deeper meanings, which I also like. They have all kinds of songs, so I can choose one which fits my feelings.



• Favorite band
Since a short time, Rascal Flatts. It’s an American country group. Last year, I hadn’t expected myself to like “country”. In a school project, I even wrote I didn’t like country music. But that was before I knew of Rascal Flatts. I like their music, especially the slower songs with sad meanings. First I knew three songs, but before I went to Turkey, I wanted to know their other songs. Since then, I have 43 songs on my music list.


• Favorite tear breaker song
Here I have a few. ‘Cry’ by Rihanna. ‘Boston’ by Augustana. ‘Superman’ by Five for Fighting. ‘Echo’ by Jason Walker. ‘Carry me through’ by Superchick. ‘Match made in heaven’ by Mohombi. ‘Pretending’ by Lea Michele and Cory Monteith. ‘Wedding dress’ by TaeYang. ‘My immortal’ by Evanescence. All of these songs I have used in Spencer Reid fanvideos.

My Spencer Reid youtube channel (if you want to watch the fanvideos I made)
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8fLyxa96Y7oGRS_2dpx8OA

• Favorite album
Believe acoustic from Justin Bieber. I am not a belieber or a huge fan, but I like the acoustic songs on this album.


• Song you love but everyone hates
It’s not that everyone hates it, but I don’t think people my age likes the song or even know it. ‘What hurts the most’ by Rascal Flatts. I’m 16 years old. Most 16 year old girls like up-tempo pop/R&B songs.

• Song you hate but everyone loves
I have a few. ‘Somebody that I used to know’. I think it is a very stupid annoying song (sorry, just my opinion). ‘Mi mi mi’ by Serebro. And old songs, from ’70, ’80, ’90. Can’t think of anything else now, but when I hear it on the radio, I want to skip it.

• If you could only listen to one singer/band, who would it be
Rascal Flatts, because I like very much of their songs. They are stuck in my head, but mixed (so a verse from a song, the chorus from another).

• Recommended song/band/singer/album
Rascal Flatts.

• If you could marry a singer/band member, no matter of his/her age, who would it be
Sterling Beaumon. He is an actor, but he sings too. He has an album, and a beautiful single ‘Firing Blind’. And he looks good.


• About to die, you can only hear one song. Which would it be
‘What hurts the most’. When I hear this song, I sing along. That’s what I want to do.

• Favorite genre
Although I like Rascal Flatts, my favorite genre is R&B. I also like K-pop.

• Favorite song from that genre
I don’t have a favorite R&B song, because I like almost every R&B song. My favorite songs are usual from a different genre.

• First song you liked
I don’t remember, but I think it was a song from K3.


I hope you like it!
bye xxx

Vacation/update

heyy, as you may have known, I was on vacation and I didn't had any wi-fi or other internet connection. I'm back home now for three days, Monday we're going to another place for five days. But this time, we are going to buy a wi-fi card or something. That doesn't mean I'm going to post every day, because it's vacation, the weather is going to be nice (I hope) and we are going to do stuff. But I will post somethings, and I also will post some things I had planned for last week. Yesterday, we didn't do much, so instead of making a tutorial through pictures, I filmed one. I did use my left hand to film, because my right hand did the tutorial, so the quality isn't the best. I will make a youtube channel for future tutorials, so when it is finished, subscribe to that.

I tried to film as much as possible, but we didn't do many interesting stuff. When I'm finished with them, I'll post them on my youtube channel.

I'm going to continue later, because I haven't even unpacked some of my stuff.

bye xxx

holiday planning: sunday's summary 3

heyy, today is Sunday, so I'll give you a summary of the things I posted this week.

Monday style day:

I showed you different fashion pieces with floral print on it.

How to Tuesday:
I learned you how to write a story.

TAG wednesday:

I had a book TAG with many Hunger Games related answers.

Thursday jewelry update:

I made some resin pieces.

Friday's looks of the week:

One outfit I wore last week.

I skipped Saturday's language, because we had a birthday and today I have to pack for my vacation. We are going to a park with caravans, and I don't know if there's wi-fi, so I don't know if I can post anything. If there is wi-fi, I will do my normal posts, except for Thursday, because I'm not bringing my jewelry or crafting stuff. Instead it will be a drawing update/post. I will also try to film as much as possible, because I sort of want to vlog. The results will be in another post. I hope you like it!

bye xxx

holiday planning: Friday's looks of the week 3

heyy, I know it's not Friday anymore, but I am preparing for vacation, so I have less time to upload. Monday we will go for five days and I don't know if there is wi-fi there, so I don't know if I'll be able to post anything. Today I'll post the looks of today and maybe the language.

Here are the looks:


This is my strapless leopard top with decorative zippers, and shorts I ordered. I think the shorts are too short, so I send them back, but I still wanted to make a few pictures, because the combination looks good. I'm wearing that leopard top now in combination with the shorts from the next outfit.


This is another strapless top, lilac with fabric hanging on a decorative way. The shorts are new. They are from H&M.

I hope you like it!

bye xxx

holiday planning: Thursday jewelry update 3

heyy, today I want to show you what I made this week. It isn't jewelry yet, but it can be turned into it. For my birthday I got a resin set, with resin, hardener, measuring cups, and stirring sticks. My birthday was April 17th, but I hadn't tried it yet, so this weekend, I wanted to make some resin charms. I made 6 resin pieces in total, but 4 failed because they won't dry completely, but I still made pictures of them, because they look nice.

Here are the first two I made (these worked out well):

Here I used some cute stickers with glitters on the background. The first one (the blue piece with the cat sticker) turned out best, because the panda sticker is a bit to large and there's a scratch on the front. They only have a few airbubbles.

Here are the other ones (the ones who failed):

If they would dry completely, I would make charms of them to hang on a necklace, because they are so cool. I used beads, because before I had resin, I used glue to make charms. Only glue shrinks. I wanted to make the beaded glue charms with resin, because I liked the composition of the beads. I don't know what went wrong, but they should be dry after 24 hours and mine were still tacky after 4 days.

When I made more resin charms, I will make a tutorial, but first I want to make some good pieces, so that I can show the end result in the tutorial. Maybe I even film it.

I hope you like this update. It's not much, but it took me a long time, because you have to wait until you see the end result.

bye xxx

holiday planning: TAG wednesday 3

heyy, today is Wednesday, and that means I'm going to post a TAG. Since I just posted 'How to Tuesday' with a post on how to write a story, I thought a book TAG would match well. I know characters in books don't have pictures, but some of my favorite books are made into movies, so I'll post pictures. Here it is:

• Favorite book
The Hunger Games series

These are the English versions.


These are the Dutch versions.

• Favorite book quote
So after, when he whispers, “You love me. Real or not real?”
I tell him, “Real.”
It’s the ending from Mockingjay (the third Hunger Games book).


• Favorite writer
I don’t have a favorite writer. I like reading, but all kinds of books.

• Favorite tear breaker
Mockingjay. It’s not really a sad book, but a lot of characters die, also the favorite ones. I had to reread it several times before it got to me he was dead.

• Favorite male character
I have a few. Peeta and Finnick from the Hunger Games series. Jacob from Twilight. I have more, but I don’t remember them, because lately, I haven’t read a lot. This year, I have only read for school, and the hunger games. And the books for school were boring.

Peeta


Finnick


Jacob

• Favorite female character
Zoey from House of Night. It’s a book series about vampires. I have began with the series two years ago, but I don’t have all the books. Only I have them in Dutch, like almost every book I read. I do read English stories online.

• Character that scared you
I don’t have one. I’m not easy scared.

• Character you hate
I can’t think of a character I hate.

• Book you love but everyone hates
I like the CSI: Miami books. Last year I found a few at the library, and I read them in a very short time. I know there are more, but the library doesn’t have them anymore. I think that’s because they weren’t very popular.


• Book you hate but everyone loves
I have never read a book I hate but everyone loves. It’s not that I never read a book that I don’t like. When I hate a book, the rest does that too. For my English lessons at school, we had to read a book from a list. A lot of us choose ‘Room’, because it looked spectacular, also the description. But at page 100, nothing had happened. It was the most boring book we have ever read.

• Favorite character duo
Katniss and Finnick in Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Their friendship is just very beautiful to read. Finnick cheers her up, gives advice, saved Peeta and her, helps her through hard times. I wish I had a male friend like that (who also looks that good).


• Which book surprised you the most
The Hunger Games series. I began to read the Hunger Games before the first movie, but I hadn’t finished it when I saw the movie. When I was packing for my vacation to Turkey, I needed some books to read. I saw catching fire and mockingjay lying on the shelves. I started to read them with the thought I have nothing else to read, but when I started , I became addicted.

• If you could read only one book forever, which would it be
The Hunger Games Mockingjay in English. I have read the series in Dutch and I can’t find them in English, but I know some English quotes and they are so awesome in English.

• Recommended book
House of Night, because it’s very good written. It has romance, action, fantasy, vampires, a bit of horror. It has everything.

The first book

• If you could marry a book character, no matter of his/her age, who would it be
PEETA MELLARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is so cute. His behavior, his looks, everything!!!


• About to die, you can only read one book. Which would it be
Mockingjay. Because when I end it, the last thing I’ll read would be my favorite quote.

• Favorite genre
Romance, action, fantasy.

• Favorite book from that genre
Romance: the Hunger Games series
Action: the Hunger Games series
Fantasy: House of Night

• First book you have read
I don’t remember. Maybe Disney or Barbie.


Sorry for my ovrload on Hunger Games answers. If you decide to do this book TAG, comment the link to your blog or video so I can see it.

I hope you like it!

bye xxx

holiday planning: how to tuesday 3

heyy, yesterday was tuesday, but I didn't have time to post it so I'll post it now. I love writing stories, so I thought I could give you some tips to start writing a story yourself. Here it is:


1. Choose your genre, subjects and style
2. Choose your characters
3. Choose your storyline
4. Begin to write
5. When you don’t have any inspiration
1. Try to find it
2. Wait a few hours
3. Wait a long time
6. Let others read it

1. Choose your genre, subjects and style
When you want to write a story, you have to choose where it is about. You can write a romantic story, a thriller, a comedy, a fanfiction, a fantasy story, there are many genres to choose. You can also combine the genres: a romantic fanfiction, a fantasy thriller…

You also have to choose subjects. I think the most common subject in stories is love, but there are other popular subjects: war, family, crime, magic, monsters…

Try to choose a few, so that your story has some content. Also try to find a writing style you like. Your style makes your story unique. A writing style depends on the choice of words, use of metaphors, figures of speech and dialogues. You can also add your style by the choice of point of view. You can write from the I-perspective (as if you are the main character), the he/she-perspective (describing someone else’s live) or from the all-known person (like you see a movie and comment what you see). Most of the time, I use the I-perspective, but I use multiple points of view (one chapter from person 1, the next chapter from person 2…).

The last thing you have to choose before you can start is how you are going to begin your story. At school I learned the Latin terms for them, so I’ll use them with explanation. You have ab ovo (from the beginning of the story, chronological written), in medias res (from the middle of the story, later a rewind to the beginning and then the whole story) or post rem (written after the whole story happened). This is your base for writing a story.

2. Choose your characters
If you are writing a fanfiction, (most of) the characters already exist. You know how they act, so you can apply that to your story. If you are writing another kind of story, you have to make the characters yourself. You don’t have to write a complete biography about each, but it could be useful to form them a little. Describe their looks, age and behavior in a document, and when you write something new about them, add it in the document.

You have different kinds of characters: round characters, flat characters and types. Round characters develop through the story and you get to know (almost) everything about them. Flat characters do not develop through the story and you get to know some things about them. Types do not develop through the story and you barely get to know them. Most of the time, types are minor characters. Your main characters are round, the others are flat or types.

3. Choose your storyline
When I write a story, I first write a short summary of all the important things that I want to happen. I think this is useful, because if you don’t have any inspiration, you can look through your summary to get ideas. Also if you decide to stop writing a specific time, you can look where to continue when you start writing again. I like to write every idea, because I’m afraid I will forget them. I sometimes change my storyline, because when you are writing, you get new ideas.

A story must have some things in it.
First, you must have a good beginning. If the first chapter is boring, people stop reading, because they think the rest will be the same.
Second, you must have some exciting things in your story, a shock, something unexpected. You can build it up, slowly prepare them for the shock, or you can write it at an unexpected thing, so it will be a real shock. When you have written a storyline, you can start writing your story.

4. Begin to write
Write your first chapter, than write your second…
Try to write every day at the same time. I write almost every night at 11:00PM till midnight, unless I’m tired. Some people like to write in the morning, some at noon, some at night. Later at the day, I get more creative. I get most of my ideas when I want to sleep, so it takes some time to fall asleep for me.

5. When you don’t have any inspiration:
1. Try to find it
If you want to write, sometimes you can’t find inspiration. What you can do is try to find it. Search online for other stories, for pictures, songs, anything that can give you inspiration.

2. Wait a few hours
If you really can’t find any inspiration, take a break. Have a snack, go on a walk, do something else besides writing. When you think you’re ready, try writing again.

3. Wait a long time
Sometimes it helps to take a long break and just forget about it. A few days/weeks later, you read what you have written so far and you can continue better than before. I once waited two weeks, went on vacation, and when I got back, the chapter was finished with just one sentence.

6. Let others read it
I post my story on Wattpad, an international website where you can post and read stories. You can follow other people, so when they add a new chapter, you get a message. People can post comments on your stories, and likes. Some comments say they love it, some give tips, or ideas…

I sometimes ask a question at the end of my chapter, example: when I end my chapter with a cliffhanger (an open end), I ask: what do you think will happen? And sometimes people react. I like to get the opinions of my readers, because I write for other people, not for myself.

Here are the links to my wattpad stories:

http://www.wattpad.com/story/5863442-safe-a-spencer-reid-criminal-minds-fanfiction
Safe (a Spencer Reid/Criminal Minds fanfiction)

http://www.wattpad.com/story/6434606-pretty-boy-fell-for-more
Pretty boy fell for more (a Moreid/Criminal Minds fanfiction)

http://www.wattpad.com/story/7095996-pretty-boy-can%27t-get-more-moreid-fanfiction
Pretty boy can't get more (sequel to Pretty boy fell for more)

http://www.wattpad.com/story/6586591-it%27s-not-about-winning-a-hunger-games-story-by
It's not about winning (a Hunger Games fanfiction)

I hope that this was useful.

bye xxx

holiday planning: Monday style day 3

heyy, today is the third Monday, and today I will show you some floral fashion pieces. Since this spring, floral prints are very trendy. You see them mostly on jeans, but I will also show you some other interesting floral pieces.


Here is an example of an outfit with floral jeans.


You also have floral jumpsuits, which are very popular this year.


I like this kind of blouses. The shape makes you look skinnier.


Floral doesn't have to mean soft colors, as you can see in this dress.


I totally love bows, bows are so cute. And to combine them with floral print and a crop top, is a great idea.


This kind of skirts were cool in the '70, and now they're back.


Because it is summer, I had to post a picture of shorts.


This dress doesn't have the typical floral print, but the colors and the flowers give it a beautiful look.


I love this floral bandeau bikini.


To complete the floral style, the last photo I show is a headband.

I hope you like it.

bye xxx