Sunday 25 November 2012

RICKIE-TOUS! RICKIE-TOUS!


The creepiest thing happened to me last night... I think I might have started a new horror story...

In my room I have a small balcony that is faced towards the street. Our street is quite calm, there are only houses in that street and not many people walk down the road. Cars come every five to ten minutes... So, anyway, at night, if I can't go to sleep I will open up the windows and just stare at the house across the street. This relaxes me and makes me feel cozy. So, you can guess where the story is going to start. I couldn't go to sleep and so I opened the windows to soak in some fresh air. It was windy out so I brought a white blanket to wrap around myself.  I sat there for about five minutes, counting how many cars passed (three if you must know) before I heard voices coming from further up the street. Usually the only people who walk down the street in the middle of the night are people walking their dogs in a rush, so I don't bother trying to take cover. But this time it was (I think) a family of around eight people. It didn't cross my mind that I should take cover before it was too late. So, there I was, sitting in my room with the window open covered by a white blanket that seemed to glow a bit in the light of the lamp post outside. There was one lady who was in the front and seemed to walking her dog (she was still part of that mob of people) when she stopped right across the street from me and stared at me. You would not believe how scary that can be! After a few seconds of staring she pointed at to show all the others what she had 'discovered'. There were probably five children/teenagers and two other adults. They all turned to me and started muttering to themselves (I could have sworn one of them let out a small yelp). I quickly got up and ran to my bed. Then I heard one of them cry RICKIE-TOUS! RICKIE-TOUS! No idea what that means! They sounded like they were speaking a mixture of Flemish, Spanish and German... Which obviously meant I didn't understand a word they said. The tone of their voices sounded like they were trying to call me back outside. This freaked me out even more. I stayed there listening to them for a few minutes not daring to look outside before I heard them go away. I crawled down onto all fours and crawled over to the window to check if they were still there. Gone. Finally! I closed the window and went back to my bed. So much for my plan to relax myself, I stayed up another two hours thinking about what had happened. And the weirdest thing is is that I scared myself into thinking there was a mysterious girl in my house. When I was that mysterious girl..... I can just picture them talking to their friends back home about the night they saw a 'ghost'. Now that I think about it, it's actually pretty cool!!

Thursday 22 November 2012

ATCHOO!


Bless me! Sorry about that... I stumbled on some pictures of flowers I took two years ago. They made me a bit nostalgic of the summer... but let's get back on track! I took them in a botanical garden in Alsace where there were some truly GORGEOUS flowers. Flowers are my favorite subject to photography because of the bright colors that reflect off the petals in the sunshine.

So here they are, waving goodbye to the last rays of summer before the snow fall. Though, don't get me wrong, I love the winter! Just a little too cold...












Tuesday 20 November 2012

Lena Grace


Recently, one of my best friends ( Lena Grace ) was re-doing the header of her blog. She couldn't find any ideas that would match her theme/blog. I then remembered that a year back I had drawn her with one of her dolls. This drawing was a newer version of one that I drew about two years and a half ago. I then asked her if she wanted me to send the picture that I had drawn to her ( she said yes! yay! ) and use it for her header.

Also, today one of my friends asked me how I became so good at drawing. I know this is the cheesiest thing ever but, practice, practice, practice! And I have proof for this! Here is the original and new version of Lena ( The new version is the one she's using as her header)

Original Version

New Version

So hopefully this will motivate you in drawing or any other activity you do. Practice really does help!

AND if you would like to check out Lena's blog click here

P.S: I do know that the thumb on her left hand is the wrong way. I apologize for that biological error...  

Monday 19 November 2012

Blue and Green Music


For all of you who didn't know, this is my 5th year playing trumpet at my school. We have a proper band (only wind instruments and percussion. Sorry strings) with a really really awesome conductor, Mrs. Stock.

For our December concert Ms. Stock is making us play a song called " Blue and Green Music " composed by Samuel R. Hazo which was inspired by the painting called " Blue and Green Music " Painted by Georgia O'Keeffe. And I find that, well, truly and utterly inspiring!

I love how it starts out really mysterious and creepy and sounds kind of Egyptian. But then there is this whole twist and it becomes hopeful and really beautiful before once more going back into a dark mysterious place. To really enjoy this song, listen to it until the end. The beginning might be a bit boring, but when you get to around 2:30 there is this big build up before releasing my favorite part (which is the hopeful and beautiful part I was talking about).

Here is the painting and the song recording! Hope you will too feel truly and utterly inspired as I am after you've heard/seen this!

Oh, and another thing. The mallet solo at the beginning and end, my friend Thomas is playing it in our band. Just, FYI.


(This is not our band playing but a recording of my band may be posted in December after our concert.)

Saturday 17 November 2012

Accordion Athena


My friend Athena is dying to learn how to pay the accordion so to motivate her I drew a picture of her with... can you guess??? An accordion!!! 

Thought I would share it with you guys too in addition to the fastest accordion player in the world! (He's pretty amazing!)  So sit down and relax!






Good luck Athena!!!


Twit - a - woo


Did you hear that? I think it's the owl with my Hogwarts acceptance letter!!!

That's what I would have liked to say the day of my eleventh birthday but never did! I never understood why... Maybe I should send a quick e mail to Dumbledore and tell him that my letter hasn't arrived yet... BUT if you have a friend that is simply dying for theirs (like I do!) then here is a crafty solution just for you!!

You will be needing:

- White and yellow paper
- Paper in the color of your choice (this will be the color of your owl. I chose brown)
- A black Marker
- A metallic green pen
- A cream colored envelope
- Glue
- Scissors

1. Cut out the outline of the owl (without wings and feet) from the colored paper



2. Cut out the outline of your wings from the colored paper and an outline of a tail.



3. Cut out the feet outline from the yellow paper



4. Make an origami beak out of yellow paper. Click here for a tutorial. I cut out the edges of the beak to make it fit on my owl.

5. Cut out 2 large circles (eyes) from the white paper and 1 big oval (stomach)

6. Draw 1 small circle (pupils) in each white circle with a black marker to make the eyes. You can also draw small curved lines in the oval (see final image) in the oval for its stomach.

7. Stick the eyes and stomach onto your owl. Secondly, stick the beak right under the eyes. Then stick the wings and tail on the BACK of the owl.

8. Stick the feet just over halfway up your owl. DO NOT stick the toes!

9. Take your envelope and write on the outside the name and if you want their address with the metallic green pen. (e.g: Mr. Daniel Radcliffe  22 unknown street in a land far far away)

10. Finally stick the MIDDLE toe of each foot at the front of the envelope (where the name and address should be) and the outside toes at the back (where the flap is).



There! Now your friends can stop worrying about their letter and get on with their magical studies at home!

P.S: I THINK I JUST SAW AN OWL OUTSIDE!!!!!!! :O

Friday 16 November 2012

Cloudy Socks


I was looking through my wardrobe yesterday and found my FAVORITE PAIR OF SOCKS EVEEEEEER!!!! I used to wear the all the time in 6th grade but since then I completely lost track of them.
I tried them on and they still fit me!!!! I am SO excited for spring so that I can wear them!!!!!
Here's an edited picture of them so you can enjoy them just as much as me!!!!


I love the little clouds on them!!! They make my legs feel freeeeeeeeeee!!!

Chilly


Starting to feel a little... I don't know! Chilly? The summer is already long gone and winter is right around the corner. Does anybody feel like time has grown wings and flown by? It feels like just yesterday I started school again...
But lets not dwell on the past! Let's move forward and make the most of upcoming events (I know I'm excited!!!)
Time to put on some thick layers and drink some nice warm cocoa by the roasting chimney... mmmmm..... What a wonderful life it is!
So to celebrate the coming of winter I drew a little something just for you ;)

Enjoy!!

P.S: My toes are starting to get numb...

Thursday 15 November 2012

Movember



Happy Movember everybody!!! Hope yours is growing long and shaggy!
But what about girls you say??? Well, here is my cunning solution for all girls who would like to participate!!
I have made a simple stache that will make your friends laugh so hard their mustaches will fall off!

You will need:

- Cardboard
- 1 lolly stick
- Glue (strong)
- Black paint or marker
- Transparent nail varnish (optional)

1. Cut out a mustache shape out of some cardboard.
2. Color / paint the card board and lolly stick COMPLETELY
3. Stick the lolly stick on the side or center (depending on you) of the mustache
4. Leave to dry
5. Coat the whole thing with nail varnish and let to dry (optional)
6. Voila!

You can also add a top hat by cutting half a toilet paper roll (cardboard part, not paper!) and sticking it to a circular shaped piece of cardboard. I stuck a bobby pin under it so that you can keep it in your hair!

So, here are a few pictures of my friend Jiwon with the mustache! If you would like to visit her blog (which she would deeply appreciate!!) click here.






Giant Acorn


So, this morning i wake up and see this giant acorn in my garden. I looked up to see if there was any sign of, well... anything! But no. The sky was clear and there weren't any trees near by.

Here is my hypothesis:

While i was sleeping, aliens from the planet Zorg came to earth to do some biological studies on acorns. Since the aliens of planet Zorg measure an average of three meters they need to increase the size of the acorn to investigate it. So increase the acorn they did and after they did their studies they left the acorn on earth BUT forgot to shrink it to its normal size. This then comes to my conclusion.

Starting from today, i believe in aliens.

Farewell from the planet Zorg





P.S: For all of you who are freaking out, aliens from the planet Zorg are allergic to chocolate chip cookies. 

Wednesday 14 November 2012

Halloween Cupcakes



Like cupcakes? Like Halloween? I do too! A few weeks ago (the Monday before Halloween FYI) me and my friend Sara made the most delicious and epicly awesome Halloween cupcakes EVER! They were half chocolate (Starbucks hot chocolate powder was used. mmmmmm! ) and half vanilla with a thick blanket of icing! Not only was the icing good, but fun too! We made monsters, pumpkins, more monsters, mummies, an alien and some others that were off topic... These may look hard to make but with just a tooth pick you can make pretty good stuff!!! We also used some chocolate for decorating too (which tasted even more delicious!!!). We got some of our ideas from the internet but most came right from the top of our heads!!! Here they are:
Not really sure what this one was supposed to be... Looks a bit like a dragon's egg or some sort of green spiderweb... 

Some cool swirly cupcakes made with the leftover icing

Monstrously delicious!!!! 

Not Halloween themed though my friend is convinced it looks like a witches hat...

Cute alien from outer space ready to eat every cupcake it can get its tentacles on!!!

My friends amazingly made pumpkins. Inspired from the internet

The mummy is watching you!!! Also inspired by the internet.

And my favorites and, in my opinion, most delicious! Hairy monsters made from chocolate!!! How cute!!!

2nd Post... exciting!!!



Hello again!
As a second post I thought I would show you what kind of drawings I do. This is one of my favorites which (in my opinion) looks welcoming!! Please give feedback, it would mean a lot to me!!
Cheerio

Do I hear a knock on the door?



Hey!!!
Welcome to my blog! I hope you find it nice and cozy and that you settle in just fine!
So what is this blog about???
It's all about my memories, dreams, hopes and creations! I will be posting creative things I make and give you some step to step instructions if you feel like doing it at home! I will also be sharing drawings that I do because, well, I LOVE drawing. I usually draw in my free time and find it quite relaxing!
So, I hope you will enjoy this blog since this is also the first time I make one! I also hope that you will enjoy the things that I make/draw and that it will stretch a smile across your face!
Enjoy!