Picturesque Month ~ 06'15

~ Started the month with a smoothie challenge where I exchanged one meal a day with a green smoothie. Due to the fact that I don't own a great blender the smoothies weren't that smooth and especially when you're using greens it's important that they are well blended. I still liked the challenge and it was an experience for my tastebuds.
~ My favorite movie of the last year finally came out on DVD: What We Do In The Shadows
If you haven't seen it already, shame on you! No kidding, it's awesome. If you're even remotely interested in vampire movies you have to see this mockumentary.
~ If you're travelling by bike in Berlin: wear a helmet and carry a coffin in your baggage rack. People seem to respect you more on the street ;)

~ AT-AT loves Smoothies, too.
~ Enjoying the open water on my brothers boat.
~ I made a Fascinator!

~ June is pretty much my favorite month because it's my birthday in June. The husband got me a Count Duckula T-Shirt and a coffee cup!
~ Then we went to our first ever house viewing. Exciting! Too bad there was way too much work to put into the house to make it liveable. Afterwards we had a vegan döner.
~ Bowling fun with the girls! I didn't feel like throwing a big party and this was a really fun idea.

~ A colleague came back from her world travel and brought me back a thrifted little jar from ´New Zealand.
~ I had my first proper artichoke at the going away dinner of another colleague at White Trash Fast Food. It was such a mess!
~ June is not only my birthday month, but now also our anniversary month. We celebrated by taking a Minication to a castle close to Berlin doing lots of walking, relaxing & eating.

~So many concerts in June! Saw the X Ambassadors at a mini showcase at our office.
~ Eagles of Death Metal! It was so metal that the husband got a nose bleed ;P

~ Snoffeltoffs! Weird exberliner Gig at So36, but the guys rocked it as usual 4/5 Bazooka Points
~ Larkin Poe did a showcase on our offices rooftop. So cool! Both the location and the band. Can't wait to see more of them in the future. 5/5 Bazoka Points
~ I became a rockstar myself! Just for a second at least. Celebrating the "new" Rolling Stones record with a hashtag campaign #stickyfingers

12 Days of Halloween ~ 12 Flying Bats

On the twelfth day of Halloween my true love gave to me:

1 Haunted Castle
2 Faced Suit
3 Eyed Carved Pumpkin
4 Spooky Spiderwebs
5(0) Shades of Orange
6 6 6 Devilish Dips
7 Deadly Sins Punch
8 Troublesome Testtubes
9 Infected Syringes
10 Batman Cookies
11+ Instagram Photos
And finally 12 Flying Bats

being a kindergarten teacher the future husband has plenty of experience with paper crafts, so when I asked him to craft me some paper bats for the windows he was all in.
So he cut out the bats he drew from memory and I put then on our windows with tape.

This is it! My 12 Days of Halloween. I slacke off a little on the middle, but it all came together in the end. And since Halloween was on a thursday with year I'd say that today is still part of this Halloween weekend. I hope you enjoyed my little Blogstravaganza.

Happy Halloween & good night out there, whatever you are!

12 Days of Halloween ~ 11+ Instagram Photos

On the eleventh day of Halloween my true love gave to me:

1 Hounted Castle
2 Faced Suit
3 Eyed Carved Pumpkin
4 Spooky Spiderwebs
5(0) Shades of Orange
6 6 6 Devilish Dips
7 Deadly Sins Punch
8 Troublesome Testtubes
9 Infected Syringes
10 Batman Cookies
And 11+ Instagram Photos

Happy Halloween!

Arts 'n' Crafts 'round the house

I like to surround myself with handmade or thrifted goods. Most of our furniture is second hand and our wall-art is mostly hand made.

Here's a few examples:
A gift from M&M, good friends of ours for our engagement. Such an awesome idea & super sweet. It's placed above our bed.



This was a christmas gift to my man 2 years ago. He loved the Neptune Fountain even before he ever placed a foot in Germany. The picture is from a Berlin calender and I found the frame in my parents attic.



A handmade laptop-case for my man, used it once so far on our trip to Washington. As long as it's unused it decorates our bedroom wall. Not my best sewing work, I might add...



Heart-shaped cutout of cork and a bit of cloth. Add some pins and you got a nice jewellery holder to pimp you wall.



Self-made calender from a folder, half-calendar, half pinboard.



Simple way to keep your paper towel in reach. Figured that out while wondering what to do with my humongous amount of scarves from when they were "in".



So yeah, eboy is pretty cool. That's why I decided to upcycle this thrifted mirror with his Berlin-artwork.



Count Duckula is pretty cool too! A homage to my childhood hero, the vegetarian vampire duck.



And last, but very far from least; a portrait of myself. A gift for my 21st Birthday from my good friend and artist Rory from skalitzers. Be sure to check out his new gallery soon if you're around Revaler Straße in Berlin.



That's it for now. I might do one of these with our furniture. It's nice to find out the story behind a piece of wood sometimes..