Portfolio – Page 8 – that lemon life

London

Hola everyone.

I’m baaaack. And oh my god, I have so much to tell you guys. First of all I hope you’re all doing good and that you had amazing holidays (if you did have them). Because I certainly did. God, guys, London is such a beautiful city. It’s like the city-version of the love of my life. I don’t even know where to start, so I’ll just get right back to the beginning.

Do you know that feeling when you visit another place that’s not your home but you just feel like you’re home, because it just feels so right? That’s what I feel like when I’m in London. Yes, of course, it can never really feel like home, because home is where my family is, the place where I grew up. But I know that people can have more than one home and I just feel like London is one of those for me. I just soak all of it up. I don’t even know how that’s even possible but I love every single thing about it. I mean, that could be because I always visit the beautiful places of London, but I even love the subway. And since when do people really love the underground? It might sound crazy, but I really love it, no joke. And that’s saying something.

But what I loved the most about the trip – besides the Fall Out Boy concert, which was freaking mind-blowing, by the way – was that my parents and I visited places in London I had never seen before. Our hotel was situated in Whitechapel, we explored Soho even more than the last time and went to a photography gallery, we went for an amazing breakfast in Bethnal Green (I had a vegan version of the typical fry up – the restaurant was called the Gallery Cafe and I highly recommend it to you, it was so awesome) and on the last day we came across a vintage market in Shoreditch and visited Notthing Hill. So many new experiences and places, I loved it.

But before I ramble on and on, I’ll just let the pictures I took do the talking. I hope you enjoy them. Oh and guys, please stay tuned for more postings about London, about the concert and the shopping I did. And yeah, as I already said, I hope you’re all doing good and wish you an amazing weekend. And also please don’t hesitate to leave your thoughts and comments down below. Oh and, as always, thanks for reading. x

Picture Perfect

Hola everyone.

Can you believe that it’s already March? Because I seriously can’t. I mean, I’m going to be twenty freaking two in 24 days. Oh my god. Time seriously flies by. And just to add to all this craziness, I started my sixth and last semester at my university in Vienna yesterday. I still remember my very first day like it was just a few days ago.

But actually, I am really looking forward to this semester. I don’t really have that much to do, just a few lectures and a lot more practical seminars, which I am very happy about. But my highlight has to be a photography course I am doing. I just had my first lesson yesterday and holy moly, it’s so damn amazing. Seriously. I mean, you all know that I am literally in love with photography and my camera, so being able to do this course is like a dream come true. I think I’ll really learn a lot if I invest some time in it – which I will – and we’re even going to do some film photography and then develop the pictures ourselves, which I’ve never done. Doesn’t it sound like the coolest thing ever? It surely does to me.

And as I was already so inspired by the whole photography theory, I took a look through all the pictures I’ve taken in the past years since having my camera and thought I’d present you my very best and favorite pictures. Some of you may know most of them from all of my different posts, but I think they get a different kind of vibe if you just put all the best ones in one big pot and present them to the world. All of the pictures of course have their own little story and background. Some show my beloved ones, some were taken during a holiday in some fascinating city, some are clips from all of my different adventures and some are just from home and show my everyday surroundings. What connects them all is that I love them with my very heart and that they all mean something special to me and that I’m very proud to present them to you. So guys, please enjoy this little selection of my favorite pictures. Oh and please don’t hesitate to leave your thoughts down below. And, as always, thanks for reading and I hope you’re all doing good. x

Winter Wonderland

Hola everyone.

Snow is finally here. And in contrast to my parents, I was actually really damn happy to wake up to our garden looking like a beautiful location in a christmas fairytale. And as snow has been pretty rare this winter, I just had to grab my camera and take a few shots. And of course I took Peaches with me, who I followed around in the garden. I don’t know whether she enjoyed it as much as I did, but I hope. Anyways, please enjoy these clips of our own little winter wonderland. And, as always, thanks for reading and I wish you all an amazing week. x

Christmas Is Coming

Hola everyone.

First of all, sorry for not posting anything last Friday. I had my last exam of this year in the evening at 8 o’clock and I basically spent the whole day studying and preparing for the exam and then I just didn’t have any time at all, to be honest. So yeah, I’m sorry.

But the positive thing is, the exam was pretty easy and I think I pretty much nailed it and since then I’ve been in such a good and christmasy mood. Which also quite surprises me, as I felt anything but christmasy the last few days and weeks. I actually thought it would stay like that – but here I am, feeling the whole christmas magic filling up my heart. It’s actually so shocking that christmas is just around the corner. And that the year is really coming to an end. It feels like days ago that I came back home from my time in Berlin. So, so crazy. But I guess we are all also pretty much looking forward to 2018. At least I hope so, because I am, honestly. I mean, 2017 has both been one of the shittiest years for the world and one of the best years for me. So it’s kind of complicated to really decide on how to look back at this year. So I really do hope that 2018 is going to be a better, even more amazing year for me, for us, for the world. Because we really need it.

But that’s not what this post is about. It’s about feeling all christmasy, so let’s get right to it. So, my parents just came home today from their vacation and actually, yesterday, I had planned on going to a ball. I mean, I seriously have one of the most amazing dresses ever. I’ll once show it to you, I promise. And it would have been the ball of my own school, so yeah, I had planned on going. But then I basically lost every single sense of motivation I had. I remember standing in front of my mirror, dressed in this beautiful, breathtaking dress and I just didn’t want to go. So I stood there, looking at myself, and then I suddenly had a really cool idea. Because last year, when I got home for the holidays from Berlin, my parents had already put up the tree and the house was all christmasy and I loved it so much. So I had the idea to do the same for them and put up the tree myself. At one o’clock in the night. Yes, I was this motivated.

So, I took out my phone, put an indie christmas playlist on (thanks Spotify) and got to work. And it was so soothing, I can’t even describe it. Do you know the feeling when you’re just so comfortable and happy, that it feels like you’re cuddled in a big pillow made of happiness and love? Because that’s what I felt like right there and then. I mean, it still took my quite some time to finish the tree, but I enjoyed every single second of it. And now I’m sitting here, the tree right across me, sparkling with its shiny lights. And I still get this bubbly, happy feeling. I guess christmas has really got me now. And my parents were indeed really surprised and happy when they saw the tree today. And that just made everything even better.

And I, of course, had to take some pictures of the process and the tree. I really hope you enjoy them. And maybe I can transport some of my happy feelings to you through them. That would be amazing.

But guys, have you also already put up your tree? Are you feeling all christmasy? Oh, and please, tell me what you think about the tree. I got inspired for the colors when I walked past the big tree at university – it’s also blue and silver and gold. And I thought, oh wow, that really looks cool. So I just reconstructed this here at home, for us. And I am actually really proud of the outcome. But what do you think? And what do your trees look like? I’m really curious to know. And yeah, I wish you all an amazing week and I hope you enjoyed this post and the pictures and, as always, thanks for reading. x

Amsterdam

Hola everyone.

So, as recently mentioned in my last post about Martijns amazing show at ADE I was luckily able to visit myself (here’s the link), I was in Amsterdam a week ago for a short trip with my friend. And I can just tell you guys, it was freaking amazing. What a lovely city.

Okay, so first things first. We stayed in Amsterdam for four days, from Thursday until Sunday. Martijns show was on Friday so we thought it would be better to fly home on Sunday, as Saturday was our literal hangover day. God, was I tired. I think we got home at about 5 o’clock in the morning and as excited and hyped I was, I just couldn’t sleep and basically slept for about three hours that night. But oh well. Sleep is underrated, right?

Apart from Martijns show, which of course was the highlight of those four days, the trip was really really really amazing. I loved it so much. I mean, the city is so cute and you just feel so welcomed there. All the people are so nice – as you can see down below in one of the pics, as some guys came up to me all of a sudden while my friend was taking a picture of me and placed themselves around me for the picture. First I thought that they wanted to make fun of us or anything, but they actually were so nice and funny. Like, just look at the picture. How funny is that? And it came out looking so perfect, I just love it.

And the city overall has such a cool vibe to it. I mean, I’ve never seen so many good-looking people in a matter of four days. No wonder I want to move somewhere up North. And all the stores and restaurants and cafés are so cool too. They all look so modern and new and stylish, it’s nearly overwhelming. I couldn’t stop looking around in total awe. It was actually my first ever time visiting The Netherlands, but after those four days I fully understand why it’s one of the happiest countries on the planet. It was really hard for me to not smile during those days. Seriously.

What made the weekend even more special for me was of course ADE. It’s so crazy to be in a city that is filled with people who share the same love for music. And let’s not forget all the DJs that were there too. I got a teeny tiny heart attack every time I saw the yellow flags around a corner. God, I can’t wait to visit the city and ADE again and make the most of it – go to all the different shows, of course visit Martijns shows on Friday and Saturday and go to different talks and masterclasses. The festival is literally such a cool opportunity to see different artists and meet so many different people from all over the world.

And I think apart from ADE, we also made the most of our trip. We went to different museums – the museum for modern art and the Van Gogh museum -, walked around the city pretty much the whole day, went to supercool restaurants and cafés and visited basically all the important places you should see when you get to Amsterdam for the first time. I really really really loved it.

Also, I just have to mention that Dutch is such a cute language, oh my god. No is Nee there. Nee. How cute is that? And the architecture, it’s so charming. All the crooked windows, walls and houses, the cute bridges and holy moly, so many bikes. I’ve never seen so many bikes in one place. And I think that also shows the amazing mentality of the people there, because most of them use bikes or if they use cars, they are mostly e-cars. What a green city. Really.

So yeah guys, there you go. Those were the four days in Amsterdam in a nutshell. I really enjoyed my stay there and I can’t wait to come back, preferably during ADE. I can quite understand Martijn for living there and not moving to LA or something, like all the big names in the music business. Good choice.

But guys, have any of you ever had the chance to visit Amsterdam or ADE? Did you enjoy it as much as I did? And do you maybe have some tips for me what to do the next time I get there or which city I should visit next? Please don’t hesitate to leave a comment down below. And until then I hope you enjoyed this post and the pictures down below. I’m pretty sure that Amsterdam is one of the most photogenic cities I’ve ever been to, so please enjoy. And, as always, I wish you all an amazing week. Oh, and Happy Halloween. x

The new office

Hola everyone.

As some of you may know, I have a special place in my heart for interoir design. It’s a passion of mine that I kind of found out about like one year or so ago. I mean, of course I’ve always loved decorating rooms and buying decorations and furniture and imagining how I’d furnish and arrange a room, but since last year, this love and interest have somehow deepened. Especially after I got the order from my mum this year after getting back from Berlin to clean out and redecorate my room. Which I did. I threw back quite a lot of things and then replaced most of them with plants. That’s also when my addiction to plants really took off.

So, anyway, since then I’ve been thinking about interior design all the time. And thinking about how I’d decorate our house if I could change something. And then I remember walking past our office one day and looking at it and I hated it. I really didn’t enjoy looking at it. There was not a single sign of design or love or anything else. It was just a room, packed with furniture and other stuff that didn’t match at all, for the simple purpose of not having a empty room. Here’s a picture of how it looked. I know it’s pretty crappy, but I think you get an idea of what I mean.

So I talked to my mum and made it my mission to turn this horrible thing of a room into something I could really enjoy spending time and studying in. I started this summer and I finally put on the last touches a few days ago and now it’s finished. And oh my god guys, I love it. I really really do. And I’m so freaking proud of it. Because now it’s a totally cute, modern, lively and stylish office.

I covered the horrible blue of the couch with a big, fluffy blanket, bought some nice plants, removed or hid all the furniture that didn’t fit my intended color palette and then put some pictures and frames and decoration I did myself on the walls (the light bulb vases, the world map pinboard and the clock are DIY). I even printed out the design of my tattoo I got in Paris, which I think is so cool. And of course the old typewriter from my moms childhood is basically the biggest eye-catcher in the whole room. And, yeah, I think the room itself really had a huge transformation. And I’m super happy with it.

And without further ado, I present you our new office. As I said, I’m really happy with how it turned out and it’s the biggest reward for my self to be able to walk past it and take a glance with a smile on my face. I hope you like it too. As always, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment down below, I’m really curious about what you think of it. And yeah, I wish you all an amazing week and thanks for reading. x