balloons in the blue sky

Yes or No

2009-08-14T18:33:00.002+02:00

Reblog and bold those you agree
I miss somebody right now.
I dont watch TV these days.
I wear glasses or contact lenses.
I love to play video games.
I’ve tried marijuana.
I have been in a threesome.
I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
I’m TOTALLY smart.
I’ve broken someone’s bones.
I’m paranoid sometimes.
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now.
I LOVE sushi.
I talk really,really fast. (not all the time)
I have long hair.
I have lost money in Las Vegas.
I have at least one sibling.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I couldn’t survive without Caller ID.

I like the way i look.
I am usually pessimistic.
I have a lot of mood swings.
I have a hidden talent.
I’m always hyper no matter how much sugar i have.
I have a lot of friends.
I am currently single.
I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I love to shop. Enjoy window shopping.
I would rather shop than eat.
I don’t hate anyone.
I’m a pretty good dancer.
I’m completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
I have a cell phone.
I believe in God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I’ve rejected someone before.
I have no idea what i want to do for the rest of my life.
I want to have children in the future
I have changed a diaper before.
I’ve called the cops on a friend before.
I’m not allergic to anything.
I have a lot to learn.
I have been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
I am shy around the opposite sex.
I have tried alcohol before.
I have made a move on a friend’s significant other or crush in the past.
I own the “South Park” movie.
I would die for my best friends.
I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy.
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and i like it.
I am happy at this moment.
I’m obsessed with guys.
I study for tests most of the time.
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I’ve ever met.
I am comfortable with who I am right now.
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever i can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.

I spend ridiculous money on makeup.
Plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I’m proficient in a musical instrument
I worked at McDonald’s restaurant.
I hate office jobs.

I love sci-fi movies.
I think water rules.
I want to go to college out of state.
I like sausages.
I love kisses.
I usually like covers better than originals.
I can pick up things with my toes.
I can’t whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snakes slither.
I have ridden a horse.
I still have every journal I’ve ever written in.
I talk in my sleep.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I have jazz in my blood.
I wear a toe ring.
I have a tattoo.
I can’t stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
I am a caffeine junkie.
I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical the better.
I’m an artist.
I only clean my room when necessary.
I like a person of the same sex.
I love being happy
I am an adrenaline junkie

Flat Pet.

2009-08-12T15:05:00.002+02:00

I just ordered this cute birdcage-vinyl sticker from ChuckEBryd. They sell a lot more lovely wall-art stickers! I'm looking forrward to receiving my little flat pet-bird.

Levi's Commercial

2009-08-12T10:14:00.003+02:00

I remember seeing this commercial for the first time being very impressed. Now, after several years, I still am! Especially by the ending of the commercial where the boy and girl jump into space. The combination with the incredible music gives me goosebumps. Beautiful and very well thought of.

Trip to Italy

2009-08-11T10:23:00.003+02:00

I just came back from a trip to Italy ( Bologna (nice but a lot of getting lost) - Rimini (awful!) - Fiorenzuola (beautiful!) - Ravanna (cute) - Pistoia (ok) - Florence (love). That's why I haven't posted anything in a while. At the moment I am very busy with a film-project for which I am the Production Designer. A lot of work but I really love it. I've got this list with strange things I have to take care of, preferably for free so that's a nice challenge.

I wanted to share with you a few photos from Italy (or rather, what things I saw in Italy!)

A strange combination of dogs but they really look like a group of nice friends. The little caramel-coloured one in front looks quite bossy and the one on the right standing thinks he's so cool (and he is!).

Make this my birthday-present (from you for me) and I'll love you forever. The pink is so pink!

I got a bit bored waiting at the airport so I started drawing. I started very small and it got bigger and bigger. (And my friend told me to draw a dog peeing! ).

Help! I'm bored.

2009-07-21T17:36:00.001+02:00

I'm bored (click!)

Packages

2009-07-21T16:51:00.005+02:00

As I've told you before, I've got a thing with packages, boxes, bottles... Today I discovered the most amazing package-blog: TheDieline - the world's #1 package design site.

"The Dieline is dedicated to the progress of the package design industry and its practitioners, students and enthusiasts."

Go check it out and fall in love yourself with all these gorgeous designs!

Today is ...

2009-07-21T12:07:00.002+02:00

Today is:
- stripes
- red red red lipstick
- smiling
- listening to Benny Goodman & his Orchestra ( sing...sing...SING!!! )

Not Stanley's Knife

2009-07-20T20:16:00.001+02:00

Alexander Hulme

A normal day

2009-07-20T20:01:00.003+02:00

Artist Alexander Hulme made a study out of all the things he uses in the course of a normal day. Another example that proves that every-day-objects can be so inspiring! Even when they're not photographed in an artistic, special way. Which I like in this case because it's documentary. Just everyday-objects. Just interesting.

More to see at Alexander Hulme

Bus-photo-drawing

2009-07-20T19:46:00.001+02:00

On FlickR: Atilla1000

Let's go fly a kite

2009-07-20T19:11:00.001+02:00

This is the result of an assignment I did last year at my school ( the Dutch Film & Television Academy). We had to design a building for a sort of island near the Central Station in Amsterdam. I made a large teahouse in a wall inspired by the Japanese art of kirigami, the little buildings are also teahouses where people can enjoy their cup of tea in a smaller environment. The wall is placed in front of two large fields designed for flying kites! The large field is for the adults, the tinier is for children. Of course I couldn't design a kite-flying-island without windmills and colourful flags.

VISION - Lace Up Canvas Shoe

2009-07-20T15:53:00.003+02:00

How cute are these lace-ups! Seen on topshop.com. I really like that they've added some colour to this classic model. Yes, I'm thinking of buying them ( when I get back from Italy of course! But I must admit, I haven't kept my promise. I bought a T-shirt at Zara this saturday. But it was only €5,00 - and very artistic-looking! )

iPhone 3GS... True love

2009-07-17T10:25:00.005+02:00

Within an hour I'm returning to my Amsterdam-appartment and there will be waiting ... my brandnew iPhone 3GS! Finally a new phone, the newest of the newest. Can't wait. Me and gadgets, I don't know what it is.

Edit: I'm in love. He's fantastic. He's my new best friend. One of the most brilliant features is an Application in which you can sing a song or let the iPhone hear (part of) a song and then it tells you which song it is! I can't stop singing!

Only in my dreams

2009-07-16T16:01:00.005+02:00

I can only dream about these wonderful pieces from A.P.C. ... because they're all sold out!
Only the dress is still available. Unfortunately I promised myself not to buy any clothes until I'm leaving for Italy ( on July 24th ).

All three: www.apc.fr

Delicious colours

2009-07-16T11:28:00.002+02:00

Everytime I go into De Bijenkorf (that's a large Dutch warehouse ) I go to the make-up department and read all the names of the delicious make-up colours. They make them sound so yummy I want to eat them! Amber Lights: Peachy-brown with shimmer (Frost)

Dear cupcake: Mid-tone pink coral with gold pearl (Satin)

White Frost: Vivid white with icy shimmer

All three: www.maccosmetics.com

Bridget Jones numero three

2009-07-15T18:08:00.000+02:00

This is the best news I've heard this year so far:

"Renee Zellweger set to return in new movie from Working Title about the hapless singleton's quest to have a child"
( The Guardian Newspaper )

I'm the biggest Bridget Jones-fanatic. I've seen the first two films for at least thirty times (literally), and well... this is just fan-tas-tic. Unfortunately the film won't go into production before the end of the year but it IS coming! Now let's hope it'll be a good one.

Waste Not

2009-07-15T17:53:00.001+02:00

This shows how interesting everyday-life can be. These are photos from an exhibition at MoMA, NY, in which the Chinese artist Song Dong arrayed all the contents of his mother's former home. The woman, Zhao Xiangyuan lived in in Beijing with her man and two children in a tiny house. Conservation was carried to extravagant lengths for the family was very poor.
Look at all those colours and shapes! I've always had a thing for packages so I got really excited when I saw all the different toothpastes.

Photos: www.nytimes.com

French Fonts

2009-07-14T11:45:00.001+02:00

Here at Smeltery, founded in 2002 by a Frenchman named Jack Usine, you can download the most incredible fonts, for free!

Font: ALusine
Font: MEgalopolis Extra

Photos: www.smeltery.net

War Horse

2009-07-14T10:28:00.001+02:00

This morning I read about War Horse, a play about a little boy who becomes best friend and owner of Joey, a horse. After some time Joey is sold to a British officer to ride into battle in World War I. The little boy is determined to find Joey and leads him to enlist, underage, so he can fight in Europe as well and maybe find his horse.

I haven't seen the play myself but I was amazed by the horse-puppets, for which their creators received an Olivier Award for design. Every part of the horse can be moved individually, which really makes them look alive, they even breathe!

There is a really interesting article about how the horses were made here

Of course I was curious to see the horses in motion, if you are too...click!

Photos: www.nytimes.com

Cosiest feeling

2009-07-10T10:24:00.001+02:00

The most cosiest feeling in the world:

Lying in bed under a warm blanket hearing rain outside.

Rain please

Learning Italian

2009-07-10T00:11:00.000+02:00

I'm going on a 2-week-trip with my best friend to Italy by the end of July. When going to a "foreign country" I'm always scared that people will ask me something in a language I don't understand. That's why I'm kind of obsessed with learning foreign languages. It started when I was little with the English language. My favourite thing to do during vacations was translating English Vogues, I seriously spent hours writing everything down in Dutch.
Four years ago I went to Spain for the first time. I got really frustrated when I couldn't understand a thing from what the Spanish people were saying so when I returned home I began a do-it-yourself course in Spanish!
And now it's Italian. It definitely is more difficult than Spanish but it does help that I know quite some words in Spanish. The pronunciation is really different though. But I can count already!! I can feel your curious... Let me show you:

uno
due
tre
quattro
cinque
sei
sette
otto
nove
dieci
undici
dodici
tredici
quattordici
quindici
sedici
diciasette
diciotto
dicianove

Molto bene, eh?

Dan in real life

2009-07-09T23:52:00.001+02:00

This evening I watched "Dan in real life"(2007), starring three of my favourite actors: Juliette Binoche, Steve Carell and Amy Blunt. I loved every minute of it. The acting, the music ( FANTASTIC!), the production design was also great. I decided, as a future-production designer, that this film really stands for the sort of films I want to make "when I grow up". Just like Little Miss Sunshine (2004), which featured Carell as well (that rhymes!). It's just great. I'm in love. I really can fall in love with movies. Not many. But if I do, it's true love.
Dan in real life tells us the story of Dan, a widower who has to take care of his three daughters. During a family weekend Dan falls in love with a woman, which puts him in a complicated situation which leads to funny, touching and strangely romantic moments.
To get you in the mood, two beautiful songs from the movie. One of them happy, one of them slightly sad, but beautiful.

The sad one (cover, but nicely done... I couldn't find the original)

The happy one

Bike

2009-07-05T16:23:00.000+02:00

When I was little the best day of the year was always the day I got a new bike. A few weeks ago I finally bought a bike in Amsterdam because I got really fed up with travelling by tram. And again, I was as happy as I was when I was a kid with my new bike.

via: Flickr: Selba

Ryan McGinley (photographer)

2009-07-05T15:56:00.000+02:00

via: http://www.ryanmcginley.com

Up!

2009-07-04T13:00:00.000+02:00

A few days ago I watched Pixar's latest movie UP! And watched it again two days later. What's always the case with me and Pixar: I fall in love. Balloons, blue skies, lovely characters (Kevin is my absolute favourite) and especially fantastic music! To encourage you to go and see UP!, here's the most beautiful soundtrack from the movie called Married Life. If you like this, you will fall in love, just like me.