look, how nice, Liesel gave me the happy 101-award. this time you had to write 10 things that make you happy... that's easy, i could write 101 things that make me happy! here's my top 10: (not in a particular order, by the way)

1. my boyfriend and how he holds my yarn when i'm knitting or crocheting.
2. buying cheap or second hand buttons and sorting them by color when i get home. afterwards looking how my pots are getting fuller every time. and, most importantly, when i am in need for buttons for a crafty project... going trough all my pots to find the perfect button!
3. looking back at old design or crafty projects, seeing every flaw and mistake in it, and thinking to myself how much i improved since then.
4. talking with family and/or friends, drinking some wine, eating some olives or cheese... preferably on a warm summer night.
5. receiving letters, postcards, packages by mail. nothing beats a handwritten letter, really. i'm 21 and i still have a penpall!
6. making plans for “the future”, being slightly scared but so excited about it! (and already decorating my future appartment/studio in my head)
7. taking my analog camera with me, taking photos of random things, getting them developed (in a perfect world: developing them myself in the blackroom!) and put the nicest ones in my photo albums. also in this catagory: watching a polaroid picture develop.
8. cleaning my room and messing it up again!
9. planting flower or vegetable seeds and watching them turn into a flower/plant/vegetable!
10. finding unexpected treasures on a flea market! i always look for nice books, tin cans and pretty porcelain, but finding something you weren't looking for (like my sewing box) is even better!

i'd like to give the award to Lilavanille (because i just recently discovered her blog and i'm loving it already) and to everyone else who feels like making their happy-10-list!

also: some photos of my weekend, i spend most of my time sitting behind my laptop (working for school) but i found some time to do some gardening and crocheting... in the sun ofcourse! (another thing to add to the happy-10-list!)

last week (actually, two weeks ago, i'm running late), Kelly from Ma vie en vert gave me the "sunshine award", which really made my day! Thanks again, Kelly! i'm totally going to ignore the rules of the award, except for this one: "give the award to as many bloggers you want." i'm giving the award exclusively to Kamiel and Odille for bringing some unexpected sunshine to my life... more about that next time!

and for now:
i'm wishing for some sunshine... for my zucchini's!

great news: i got a blogger award! Tie-ne nominated me and it really made my day. So thank you Tine!!


the award rules are:
1. thank the blogger that gave the award (check)
2. put the award on your blog (check)
3. link the person who nominated you (check)
4. share 7 interesting facts about yourself
5. nominate 7 other bloggers


my 7 interesting facts:
1. i can't go to a flea market or to a thrift store without buying buttons, books, porcelain or vintage tin cans.
2. i really want my older sister and brother to have kids soon, so i can spoil them with selfmade gifts. i would also make a great grandma!
3. i'm currently in my master year in graphic design at KASK in Ghent. my masterproject is about designing pocket book versions of 5 medieval stories. i really enjoy designing books!
4. i started knitting at 18 when a friend of mine lost her scarf. i decided to make her a new one, and i haven't stopped knitting ever since.
5. i finished reading The Dark Tower series by Stephen King some months ago. it took me two years to read all seven books, and when i finished, it was really dissapointing. not because of the ending of the story but because of the ending of the reading.
6. my blog name comes from an interviewi once read in Knack Weekend. i cut it out and pasted it on my sketchbook for my second bachelor year. back then, my blog was mostly about assignments from school and collages and drawings from my sketchbook. although i changed my blog last year; i decided to keep the name because i'm quite a nostalgic person, and i think it suits me very well.
7. i can sleep anywhere, anytime. on the train, on the bus, standing up, in theoretic classes. i even fall asleep sitting on my boyfriends motorcycle.

and i nominate the following bloggers:

1. ma vie en vert: for inspiring me to think ecologic and because i enjoy reading her blog alot.
2. miss stik: for sharing great recepies and inspiration.
3. de oontand blogt: because i love her photos and her original blog name.
4. madam hert : for her original banner and her HOLGA photos.
5. handmaidliset: because i learned how to crochet, just because of her blog.
6. eloleo: for her links to great sewing projects, for her tutorial for the recycled shopping bag and for inspiring so many creative people.
7. emily: for telling us what's hot and happening in beauty world.