Happymaking stuff

I have been given this beautiful award by: Under lock and key!
I am very grateful and i want to thank the owner of this beautiful blog with all my heart!



(The rules: Put the logo on your post. Nominate 5-10 blogs you like. Be sure to link to your nominees in your post. Let them know they have received the award by commenting on their blog. Share the love and link to this post and the person who gave you the award.)

I'd love to give this award to the following LOVERS!
Angela from Rags and scribbles, Lisa from Leeselooks, Hila from Lumiere, the owner of Anywhere I lay my head and Missa from Thriftcandy.
You all know why, my dear friends!

I have also been tagged by the owner of the wonderful blog (with the most beautiful name...) Heart-shapedmorning.

With as much creativity as you can muster, show your heart in:
1 picture
1 poem
1 song or piece of music
1 phrase or quote
1 item of clothing
1 place
1 Disney princess
If you want to join in, tag 6 more blogs!

The picture(s):

A dreamer, enjoying beauty, love and interesting people...



...but with some black holes in her life,
she tries to brighten,
but she sometimes feels like she lost the strength within.



The poem

How
if you could
surround yourself
with light-heartedness
and that would be
your space.

~Bert Schierbeek~



(The above poem is translated from the Dutch version by myself,
i hope the magic of it didn't get lost when translating it into English.)

The song or piece of music

This was a very difficult one, because as you all will agree,
there are too many gorgeous songs to name just one.
I had to make a choice.
I chose this song because her voice is just beyond words,
and it touches me every time i hear it.



Other favourite songs of mine are: Some devil by The Dave Matthews Band, Streets of Philadelphia by Bruce Springsteen, Bridge over troubled water by Simon and Garfunkel, Staralfur by Sigur Ros, The girl you lost to cocaine by Sia, Nothing compares to you by Prince (Unfortunately i could only find the Sinead O'Connor version...), Glorybox by Portishead, Porcelain by Moby, 21 grams Theme by Gustavo Santaolalla and Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls.

I really can't stop!
There are much more songs that make me happy, melancholic, sad, teary, smiling...
But all in such a good way!

The phrases or quotes

"How glorious it is, and also how painful, to be an exception."

~Alfred De Musset~



"You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you, that it holds you in its hand and will not let you fall."

~Rainer Maria Rilke~



"Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth."

~Fyodor Dostoevsky ~



Item of clothing

I can't live without my AA basic shirts.
Especially the Tri-blend Deep V necks.


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This is quite boring, isn't it?

Other AA stuff, I'd LOVE to have!


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The place

Well, that must be my own home.
Otherwise i should be some place else.
Of course i dream about other places...
in beautiful countries with breathtaking nature
and lots of sun and warmth.
But i am here.
This is my place.







Places i often dream about...





The Disney Princess

To me, there's no princess like Ariel.
I've always been a huge fan of The Little Mermaid.



I'd like to tag the following bloggers.
Only play along if you like to, of course!

Matilda Irene Linnea, Indigo Tangerine (this blog has two contributors!), Heart in a Cage, Rosie Posie Rosie and Vintageveggie.

(Most of the pictures come from weheartit, but if one of them is yours, just let me know and i'll give you credit immediately.)

EtsyLOVE

(I just purchased this beautiful item from Pepperminte!)

Ooh, I can't explain in words how much i love Etsy!
It's just so amazing how many wonderfully, talented people there are in this world.
It really makes me beyond happy...


(From Oh hello friend's shop)

What also made me very, very happy was the discovery of a truly amazing blog.
Oh hello friend, is one of those blogs you find and ask yourself:
WHY haven't i found this one before?
The owner of this blog posts a lot about gorgeous Etsy stuff,
and she also has a great shop on Etsy herself.



This gorgeous shop Squirrellicious is from The Netherlands!
Look at those beautiful things....
And she definitely loves birds too!


(Unfortunately already sold)



I fell deeply in love with this beautiful,
leather and lace purse.
It's from Forestbound.



Another lovely shop is Creativeyarn from Rome, Italy.
She sells the most adorable, knitted things.
Also, the prices are very reasonable!



This piece by Kjoo is just beyond words.
Unfortunately the price also is, but i fully understand that,
for such an amazing piece.
From



She also made these gorgeous items...



I also really like this sweet clutchbag.
Made by AandVdesigns.



This made me gasp for breath. Really.
Isn't this the most wonderful idea ever?
Art by Knitalette.
I believe you can only buy the photographs in her shop now, but i think she also sells the stones. Of course they are all sold out to the very lucky ones!







At Wren and Chickadee you can buy the loveliest photographs!
Make sure to visit...



The most special and original necklaces.
Made by Tinctory.



Look at this cushion!
From Feed the Dog.



This shop 'The Paper Apartment' is just delicious.
Take a look yourself!



I also found this beautiful brooch.
Owls are birds too, right?
From this pretty shop.



I was already planning to make something like this.
I hope it turns out as pretty!
Made by Mykonos.



I hope you all enjoyed this post.
And that you all love Etsy as much as i do,
and support these creative people!

Nighttrain to Lisbon (Final)

I already did two posts before about the book
'Nighttrain to Lisbon',
since i am so fascinated by it.

I finally finished it.
I was a little frightened to finish it,
since i always feel a little sad when something so good,
ends.

Maybe some of you are a little bored by these kind of posts.
I understand that.
Nevertheless i wanted to share some last words
from the book.
Just because they touched me deeply,
and i hope they will do the same to you.

To make the post more interesting,
i used the gorgeous photography of Lieke.
I have no words for her talent.
Just look....



There are things that are
too big
for us people.
Pain, loneliness, death,
but also beauty, eminence and happiness.
Because of this,
we have created religion.
What happens when we lose that?
Those things are still too big for us.
What stays with us,
is the poetry of our individual lives.
Is that strong enough,
to carry us?



When is someone himself?
When he was like he always was?
The way he saw himself?
Or the way it was when,
the burning lava of thoughts and feelings
burried every lie, mask and self deception?



The fear that life
would be unfinished.
The consciousness that you couldn't be
what you wanted to be
so badly.



Due to intimacy,
we are attached to each other.
The connection is compelling:
she requires exclusivity.
Sharing is betraying.



He had lived in a purgatory of doubt,
harassed by the fear to overlook himself.
"It was in Coimbra, on a hard seat in the lecture room,
when i realised:
I can't step out."



Every time i am too late,
no matter how quickly the light of the observation
rushes behind the things.
Everything is always,
already completed.
(...)
I am never there.



Maybe the train rides in a circle,
constantly,
without anyone noticing,
even the train driver.



Usually,
everything i see when i wake up
annoys me.
Both internal and external.



They didn't understand,
that it wasn't about Lisbon,
but about him: Amadeu.
His homesickness wasn't the longing for
what he knew and what he loved.
It was something much deeper,
something that touched him in his essence:
the longing to be able to escape back,
to behind the controlled embankments
of his inner self,
that protected him from the dangerous fires
and the treacherous floodings of his soul.



When we had realised,
that with everything we do and experience,
we are just quicksand...



When we had realised,
that despite all our effort,
it is just a case of pure luck,
whether we succeed in something or not,
when we apparently realised that with everything we do,
are quicksand for ourselves:
what happens to all those wellknown
and worshipped feelings such as
pride, remorse and shame?



The others are your court.



He considered melancholy
as a timeless experience
and he thought that melancholy.
was one of the most valuable things,
humans knew.
"Because it shows the fragileness of people."



I lay next to her,
i hear her breath,
i feel her warmth,
and i am terribly lonely.
What is that? What?



When others abstain us from their
devotion, respect and admission,
why can't we just say to them:
I don't need all of that,
i have myself.
Isn't it an horrible form of un-freedom,
that we can't do that?
Doesn't it makes us slaves to the others?
Which feelings can you insert against it,
as barrier, as bastion?
Of which nature should the
inner freedom be?



Since then,
i know how people are connected
and intertwined with one another
till their deepest depths,
without them having the slightest presumption
that they are.



Thank you so much Lieke,
for allowing me to use your photography on my blog!

(All words are translated by me from the Dutch book,
so you may notice some English mistakes. Tell me, so i can learn from it.)