like april

the weather is really quite unpredictable at the moment, it looks like rain all the time and suddenly the sun comes out and you feel like you suddenly woke up in a heated sauna... it is humid and warm, but as soon as the sun disappears you're afraid to catch cold. i find it quite hard to dress, not because i don't have anything to wear, but because it's too warm for tights and too cold for bare legs, and as soon as i ride my bike (well, i won't tomorrow because i broke the front brakes today..) i start sweating like a pig no matter what i wear, just to feel cold as soon as i get off. so, this is what i wore on sunday:

























skirt: gina tricot
top: h&m
belt and bag: thrifted
shoes: clarks
necklace: marc by marc jacobs

and this is what i wore yesterday (yes, i did wear jeans! - though only for the evening, during the day i wore shorts..):

























jeans: vero moda
shirt and belt: thrifted
shoes: swedish hasbeens (via cos)

a bouquet

last week on thursday i held my last swedish classes. as i will finish my studies in autumn i probably won't be teaching next semester, which is kind of sad (but necessary to get done with my thesis). as my courses were rather smallish towards the end of the term i decided to have them over at my place for coffee. actually, the weather turned out far too hot for coffee, but we had some fruit, a nice article to read and a lot to laugh... one of my courses, the swedish 2 class, gave me a flower bouquet and card as a thank you! this made me so happy, and also a little sad because they were a great course to teach and they did learn a lot.. i would have liked to continue with them.

























sadly, some of the flowers didn't stand the heat too well and the faded before i took a picture. so, i divided the bouquet up into three smaller bouquest and they lasted much longer!!

mini mint

today's outfit. mint mini, teal and a dragonfly.

























skirt, shirt and belt: h&m
dragonfly-brooch: thrifted
tights: c&a
shoes: bullboxer

sparrow

the constellation: four men. pickpockets in hongkong. one young beautiful woman. her passport in an old man's safe. the result: pure cinematic beauty.

























johnnie to's new movie "sparrow" is perfect. yesterday i went to see it in the original version with subtitles. i wouldn't even have needed the subtitles, there is so little dialogue in the movie, and all that is important is told visually, and through the jazzy chinese music.

four pickpockets in hong kong. their work is more a performance of art than an act of criminality. it's all about movement and elegance: two quick steps, a little tumble and turn and somebody's purse is a few notes lighter. they meet a woman. or rather, she meets them. they are to be her rescuers, though they don't know it yet, her way to her passport and thus to a new life. the story twists and turns every now and then, suddenly their life is a little more dangerous and also a little more exciting. a noir fairytale with a happy ending. though not at all what one would expect. hitchcock meets hongkong, film noir meets jim jarmusch. i'm still in awe.

if you have the chance, go see it.
(picture through google picture search)

win win

would you like to win something? do you like give-aways? i'm sure you do! i do, at least. so...

i do have the honour to hereby announce a huge give-away on the occasion of mizis madness' 500th post! the big question of course is, why do i write about this here? and the answer is: because you have the chance of winning, amongst a huge bunch of other really lovely things, a really pretty necklace i made!



















so, what do you have to do to win? it's really easy, just write a real creative (video! pictures! songs! interviews! whatever!) post on your blog (actually, i'm not sure if this is open to the general public or just german-speaking audiences, but i will try and find out about this a.s.a.p.) and tell the world (and mizi, of course) why exactly you should win this paket of presents. as soon as you have done this you beam yourself to mizis madness and leave a comment with a link to your post and a message that you'd love to win. also, don't forget to leave your email!!!

deadline is monday, 28th of june, 20:00 (german time). good luck!!!

(picture by mizis madness, necklace on picture by me)

nostalgia

i've been having a fit of teenage-nostalgia today. early teenage, that is. i was a huge fan of the kelly family way back when i was, well, 13, 14? i guess i was a fan for about two or three years, first very openly, then a bit more ashamed and then it didn't take long until they were replaced by, well both bands i considered cooler, and bands who were far less expensive and a lot easier to see on concerts (the former being die toten hosen and black sabbath, the latter being fiddler's green).

anyway, i have finally come over the phase of being ashamed for admitting to have been a fan, and today, with everybody being so nostalgic about michael jackson i spent a few hours on youtube watching kelly family videos. here you go, my back-then-favourites:








and no, i never was a paddy kelly fan. not angelo either.

a nice day with a friend

i went to a local fleamarket and to ikea last saturday, with a good friend. we had been planning this for quite some time, and had a very nice day, even though we almost got soaked a few times by the sudden rain. the fleamarket was not as big as we had hoped, but we both found some stuff (and of course we couldn't leave ikea without buying anything, but no pictures of that today..).

























i found this bags little sister in dark blue. have used it a few times already and am very happy about it..

























i also found a german sewing magazine from october 1962. in very good condition, too.















































and last but not least, two small saucers, handpainted from the 50s or early 60s. they are not really season-appropriate at the moment, but i do guess that winter will come faster than i hope...

sad

this is from last friday. i was both sad and exhausted. quite a lot of emotional baggage right now. i need a lot of peace and quietness. thinking about turning off my phone for a day or two. not reading any mail. amongst a lot of other stuff one of my favourite teachers died last week. i missed the memorial service. because of this teacher i started to study film. he taught me that batman is just as much worth as jane austen and godard.

























blazer: ebay
skirt, t-shirt, tights: h&m
shoes: wedins

saturday, sunday

this was saturday and sunday. saturday visiting my friend and collegue in hamburg, sunday taking a stroll through town with another friend. new shoes, also.

























saturday:
dress, tights and belt: h&m
shoes: bronx

























sunday:
jeans: vero moda
belt: thrifted
blouse: gina tricot
cardigan: h&m
shoes: bronx

i also tried a new hairdo, with braids and hairflowers.

let them eat cake

i love baking. it has become one of my favourite hobbies, and makes both me and my neighbours and friends usually very happy.



















last week i made a rhubarb version of one of my current favourites: the lemon merengue pie. it was delicious!

























also, i found i could not withstand the smell of the elderflowers out there, so i made some light liqueur with elderflowers and lemon. it is really easy to make, just pick some elderflowers (around 12-15) and put them inside a bowl. wash two untreated lemons carefully cut them into slices and put into the bowl as well. at last, pour about 0,7 l of water into the bowl and let stand for about 24hours. filter, blend with around 200g of sugar and 0,7 l of vodka. done!!

a monday in oslo

tomorrow two weeks ago in oslo. a holiday monday. summer. warm. afternoon in the park. thanks to my favourite person in the world for taking pictures on the way home.































































































skirt: h&m
shirt: cubus
bag and belt: thrifted
shoes: strauss

summer shoes

this summer i love shoes in all shades of brown. like those:
















bronx























din sko, deichmann, h&m



















vagabond

cinema cinema

today i've been to hamburg, at the library. got myself a usercard, found a lot of books for my thesis, which is good. and tonight i'll go to the movies and see this film which i have wanted to see ever since i read about it: the fall.

longing for sweden

i'm a little homesick for sweden today. it seems ages since i was in stockholm.



and who wouldn't be in love with this music?

bargains bargains

yes, i went a little crazy at the fleamarket last saturday. bought a few dresses, some porcelain, some hats, two picture frames and a little lady:

























this little sewinglady is sadly enough missing a foot, and also, she doesn't quite fit me as she is one size too large. so i would like to sell her to a home where she'd actually get used. she measures ca.94cm around the bust, 74cm around the waist and 98 around the hips. anybody interested?























hats hats hats! and a lovely glass-goblet which looks black but actually is a very dark violet. the red hat you have already seen here, and the strawhats i am planning to make headpieces from.















porcelain - i just couldn't resist those bowls for sallad with the blue apple-halves on (there are actually three of them in different sizes..), and then i got those small soup bowls with the red dots, also three of them, for just one euro, and the graphic 50s roses on the cup and saucer were soo pretty.. well. shame on me. i already have not enough space for my kitchenware, so i really shouldn't have. we'll need a big kitchen with lots of space in the future!

but then, here comes the best: the dresses.

80s 50s-style cotton summerdress. i said i'd never wear pink, but i'll prove myself wrong with pleasure.

























bright orange 60s mod-dress for winter. it has really cool detailing at the pockets and the belt, and i like the little collar and blue stitching..

























white 60s summer mod-dress. just a little on the big side and with a few stains, which i do hope will disappear in the washingmachine tonight. i guess i'll sell that one on ebay, if nobody here is interested?

























this dress is the cream of my finds: a 50s, maybe early 60s dress in charcoal, probably lightweight wool. it is in perfect shape and fits like a charm.















and just look at the little bow under the lovely collar! and the belt in the same fabric as the dress, with a fabric-covered buckle! and i can tell you that i got it for under 10 euro. guess who felt proud!