les trucs

great things to add to your home. folding changing screen, an adorable world map, and fun word fridge magnets.

fashion inspirations

amos lee -> crash vegas

soul suckers - amos lee

by my side - ben harper

creature fear - bon iver

headin' for the city - danny vera

blinding - florence + the machine

beautiful girl - INXS

river - holly cole

slow show - the national

long may you run - neil young

things behind the sun - nick drake

trouble - ray lamontagne

scarborough fair/canticle - simon and garfunkle

pocahontas - crash vegas

elderly woman behind the counter - pearl jam

here is what i am listening to atm. mostly just folk, classic and soft rock.

lily emke

this week was intense to say the least. my little niece lily emke (emke is my real name) past away a few hours before she was born on sunday. her death was no surprise since the doctors detected her fatal illness early on in the pregnancy, but no information can prepare you for a death of an infant.

she was around 4 lbs and beautiful. her funeral was yesterday afternoon. she is in heaven now happy, healthy and beautiful. may she rest in peace.

have a nice weekend :)

it's friday!!! i am not doing anything really exciting this weekend. it's lent at the moment so there are attempts at cutting out food groups :P. hasn't gone completely according plan. i'm kind of wishing i was in vancouver because of the olympics, but of course, i am happy visiting my brother here. i just sent in uni. and college application this week, so deciding whether to do a year of college in canada first or start university in holland right away is what is on my mind these days! it is very exciting and a little stressful. hope you all have a nice weekend as well!! x- shalom

blanc et noir

à ce moment

à ce moment i am into long shirts and tights, red nail polish, am reading a man for all seasons (i have just begun so i cannot give a judgment call on that one) and am OBSESSED with florence + the machine. love the lungs, i always want to jump up and dance. i did actually, just 30 min ago with my niece... she was not as enthousiastic and thought i was quite strange actually. but here you go, emi à ce moment.

stockholm street style

love swedish style... always will. this lady looks darling. tights with long loose shirts and sweaters( tons of layering) and heeled ankle boots are what i have been seeing. looove it!!

what is love?

"love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angers, it keeps no record of wrongs." - 1 Corinthians 13: 4-5(NIV)

lief!

who will you give your heart to this valentine's day?

à ce moment

"à ce moment" i have reintroduced the french language into my daily life... well at least i have just begun. i bought a french grammar book in paris last summer so that i could keep my french up. i haven't even opened it since then until today. it was fun reading and writing in french again.

as well, musically, i am really into florence + the machine, phoenix and nick drake, if you wanted some inspiration. :)

missed connection

what a sweet missed connection

darling flats

i love these Women's Flat Shoes for sale at the ALDO Shoes Online Store.

have a wonderful weekend!

i'm still with my brother harold. it's been a lot of fun and craziness the past week in a half (with six kids and a pregnant wife in the house), but this weekend is definately going to NUTS, and i mean that in a good way of course. their family friends (who also have 6 kids) are coming to stay for the weekend. 11 kids, 1 baby, and 5 adults all under one roof! should be grand!!

funny wilde

"I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying." - Oscar Wilde

cutie kitty

you can't help but smile at this!

a not so secret desire

how awesome are polaroid cameras??? i want one so badly, but i don't know what's good. but i like the rainbow on this one!

happy kitchen

this is my dream kitchem at the moment and i found it on the little green notebook blog. isn't it cute? i know it is kind of futile designing a kitchen i most likely won't have for another decade, but HEY! it makes me happy :).

something for harold

for my brother who has a slight obsession with lego :) here's to you harold

the selfish giant

this children's book by oscar wilde is a beautiful story but i particularly like this edition of the selfish giant from bloombury children's classics because the art is so gorgeous! here are the last few lines for this touching story:

"Downstairs ran the Giant in great joy, and out into the garden. He hastened across the grass, and came near to the child. And when he came quite close his face grew red with anger, and he said, "Who hath dared to wound thee?" For on the palms of the child's hands were the prints of two nails, and the prints of two nails were on the little feet.

"Who hath dared to wound thee?" cried the Giant; "tell me, that I may take my big sword and slay him."

"Nay!" answered the child; "but these are the wounds of Love."

"Who art thou?" said the Giant, and a strange awe fell on him, and he knelt before the little child.

And the child smiled on the Giant, and said to him, "You let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise."

And when the children ran in that afternoon, they found the Giant lying dead under the tree, all covered with white blossoms."

phoenix love

completely obsessed with the french band phoenix at the moment:

rubix cube

for christmas this past year i got a rubix cube. it is such a simple and non-expensive gift and I LOVE IT. i never play with it actually.... haha but i just like what it adds to my room. just something funky to have.

side braids

i predict that this is going to be the hottest spring hairstyle for the ladies. i have seen it almost everywhere, magazines, on the runways and celebrities. and it's awesome for us because it's so EASY to do!