DIY | Advent Calender

Happy first advent everyone! Hope you're having a lovely sunday! I had a pretty creative day, making my very own advent calendar. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, if I say so myself and I thought it would be nice to share this with you guys, because... well, I just love advent calendars so much! 

What you need:

- clothing hanger

- Twentyfour little gifts and/or candy

- Wrapping paper

- Ribbons

- Wrapping string

- Number tags 

I'm guessing this is quite straightforward, but I'll explain it anyways. 

I started with numbering the tags from '1' to '24' because there are just twentyfour days until Christmas when you open your first gift. Hooray! Then you just wrap your little gifts with wrapping paper. Use ribbons or wrapping strings to attach the tags on you presents. I thought it was a nice idea to save the biggest gift for the 24th day, just to start Christmas off with a bang! After you've attached all the tags, you tie a string on to the back of the gifts so you can hang it from the clothing hanger.

Now all you need to do is to find a nice spot to hang your advent calendar. I liked to hang it somewhere I can always see it, for that extra christmassy feel. 

Do you make your own calendars? Or would you rather just buy them? Let me know in the comments! :) 

Where to buy:

- White envelope with zilver hearts/ Søstrene Grene

- Brown envelopes / Søstrene Grene

- Red & White ribbons / Søstrene Grene

- Brown wrappingpaper / Søstrene Grene

- Clothing hanger / Søstrene Grene

- Red wrapping paper / Action

- Red wrapping string / Albert Heijn

An autumnal walk

So... my last blog entry was about how I loved it that spring was finally there (oops!), and all of a sudden, autumn has arrived already! A lot has happened since the last time I wrote; I finally graduated from university (YAY!) and I went to Paris and New York. 

Right now I'm giving myself some time to figure out what I want, and what better way to think, than to have an autumnal walk in the woods.

I think that every season has something that makes me happy, but I truely believe that autumn is my absolute favorite season. I love the colours, the smells and the way it makes me feel cosy. It inspires me to do things and get creative!  

What is your favorite season? Do you also share my love for autumn? I'd love to read about it in the comments.

I ♡ SPRING!

SPRING'S FINALLY HERE!!!

Oohh how I love spring. It's my favourite season, the birds sing, flowers bloom and my mood gets an instant power boost! 

Over the past few months, I felt quite poopy. There wasn't any progress going on in my life and I felt like I was living in this big grey blur. But now the flowers are blooming and the temperature rises, I feel like I can take on the world again. I'm always amazed by how such a small change in season can make me feel brand new again, every single year. It's sparks me to be more active, more creative and to go out more! 

So, guys! What are we waiting for? Let's go out and do the things we want to do, because.. IT'S SPRING!!

YESS! LET'S DO THIS!! 

Health | tea, Tea, TEA!

Hi guys!! 

Hope you're having a great day today.

Since I didn't have any classes today, I took the opportunity to buy some birthdaygifts for my colleague. I went to 'De Tuinen' (literally 'the Gardens') which is a store that sells all kinds of organic products ranging from cosmetics to all kinds of seeds and teas. 

Since I was there, I also decided to treat myself on some nice tea and a facial mask. 

Now, can I just tell you how cute I think these tea packages are! 

I absolutely love them! They're adorable. 

Yes, I may have bought them only because I love the packaging, and YES I may have tried them both already within an hour. 

I'm such a tea addict. I can't get enough tea. When I think about it I may drink about 7 to 8 cups of tea each day (not sure if that's even healthy). 

Even though I think I'm 'overdrinking', I do know that there are a lot of advantages that come with drinking tea.

First of all, when drinking tea without any sugar, it is an ideal beverage when you're trying to lose weight. When you don't like drinking plain water that much, then tea is your best friend! It keeps you hydrated and gives you the sensation of being full so you won't have the urge to snack. 

Secondly, green tea is said to have some serious health benefits. It helps you keeping a young and fresh look and it can give you energy because it contains caffeine. There are even some scientists who say that it may reduce tumor growth. 

So, put your coffee down and start sipping some tea! 

Bye! x

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Health | Get motivated!

Good morning! 

Today is just a regular day in my life.. which basically means doing my homework.

My homework mostly consists of translating Japanese texts and then write an analysis about it. 

It sounds boring I know, but really, it's not. 

However, I have noticed over the past few days that I don't have any motivation to do anything. I think it has to do with the fact that I have only two classes during the week, which causes me to believe that time is limitless or something. As a consequence, I end up with lots of homework that needs to be done in the last few hours before the deadline. Ugh..

So this morning I thought to myself; Girl! Stop being so lazy! Get you sh*t together and just do it!

This sounds easier than it is, so I took some steps to keep me focused:

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I made a schedule of all the things I had to do today, and tried desperately to stick to it. 

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I made sure my mobile phone was either switched off or put away so that destractions won't get to me. 

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Drink a lot of water! It keeps you fresh and hydrated :)

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And most importantly, I took some breaks. Just 15 minutes is enough to give you're brain a breather and get ready for a next study session.  

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So next time you get stuck with anything and you need some clarity of how to solve the problem, maybe these steps can help you.

Do your best! Always! 

Bye!

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