You're my idea of beautiful

A few days ago, I got inspired by a fellow Lookbooker (Frankly: Fashion Zen (visit her blog!)) who created a miu miu-inspired skirt by ironing little sparrows on her skirt. After having searched the web for sparrow-, or cat-print fabric for weeks now, I finally had a new solution for DIY-ing miu miu dresses myself - unaffordable as they are! (And I hope miu miu won't mind me borrowing their idea, I just loved the cats so much - still hoping to get my hands on their shoes!!)

So here's how I did it: I bought transfer paper, made a little drawing of the miu miu cat, digitalised it in Photoshop, printed it on the A4 transfer paper x32, cut out each single cat and ironed it on the H&M Garden Collection dress. And today I'm here to present you the results - hope you like it!

By the way, I got my first real teaching job at an elementary school, and thus will start to work in Berlin in July - can't wait! (Also can't wait to finally live in the same city as my perfect boyfriend)

[Customised H&M dress, Topshop wedges, daisies from the garden]

//Edit: Here's the A4 sheet I originally used, including 16x the cat [Download]. Sorry that it's so small, I don't have a bigger size of it (and it still worked out great printing it on the transfer paper on high quality).

Frühling.

Finally, time to go enjoy the sun without freezing, running around in summerly dresses without having to huddle in a warm coat, smelling the scent of the early blossoms.
My fellow German readers will probably remember this poem from school days:

Er ist's!

Frühling lässt sein blaues Band
Wieder flattern durch die Lüfte;
Süße, wohlbekannte Düfte
Streifen ahnungsvoll das Land.
Veilchen träumen schon,
Wollen balde kommen.
Horch, von fern ein leiser Harfenton!
Frühling, ja Du bist's!
Dich hab' ich vernommen!
(Eduard Möricke, 1820)

[Dress: H&M Garden Collection, wedges: Marni, tights: C&A]

P.S.: My hair looks so stupid right now, I'm growing out the sides of my bangs since I decided they looked too heavy. This will take a couple of years...

Pink ribbons...

... around my ankles. Me likes. Just played around with this ribbon that I found when I was looking for material to wrap presents in. It looks qite a bit Rococo, don't you think? For my part, I had to think of Jean Fragonard's painting with the girl on the swing, kicking away one of her shoes, haha!
I kind of want to integrate this ribbon-thing into my outfit for my boyfriend's birthday - we'll see. I think I'll wear one of the H&M Garden Collection dresses on that occasion as well. I'm in love with nudes so much this spring, aw! And with white or cream patterned tights, double aw! (These tights were bought at a small boutique in downtown Hannover last year, though I don't remember the name)

Hope your week is going well! Kisses!

My shooting with Brigitte

A while back I was invited by the Brigitte-team to Hamburg to shoot a bridal hair-special. I had so much fun that day, met great people and was even allowed (!) to keep my hair like this when I left, so that my boyfriend and I could later on walk around downtown and Reeperbahn with me having white orchids in my hair!
I'd always work with those guys again, they are amazing people!
(Check the current Brigitte magazine to see the first picture in print and the other lovely ladies who were modelling for this shoot, too).

Uni has started again, I'm feeling good about it so far, even if it's a loooot of work this semester. Will spend my afternoon writing and reading stuff for my MEd thesis.

Have a great friday, see you soon!

The Park

[Feist - The Park]
Yesterday was my first time wearing these floral bleached Topshop jeans, after having gone through a long process of getting my hands on them. When Topshop first stocked these pants, I ordered them right away, which only resulted in them booking back the money to my Paypal account together with the information that they could not be sent to me at this moment. So after a month or two of waiting, I rediscovered the jeans on the Topshop website and immediately ordered them again! Lucky it worked this time, they're so pretty.
Had a hard time shooting pictures today. First, a couple of teenage boys started staring at us, then made fun of us and finally they were throing their food boxes at us, forcing us to tell them to fuck off and then walking away ourselves. After that, we had a hard time taking pictures because my sister accidentally switched to RAW+HQ on the camera menu which immediately filled up the memory card completely, unfortunately we only found out about our mistake at home, haha.

Tomorrow I'll see my man again, I miss him baaadly! Also, uni starts again finally, can't wait for this semester to be over so I can finally start working!

Hope you all had a good easter, ate too many eggs and enjoyed the sunshine!

[Topshop floral jeans + suede wedges, H&M blazer, scarf and top, vintage hat]

Black (and White)

Broadcasting the news again from Hannover, missing Berlin badly, can't wait to go back there, soon!
I threw together this outfit in a rush, taking pictures right before going to the swimming pool. It's a super sunny day today, despite the weather forecast and its promised rain - so much for promises, eh!
Well, I rediscovered my harem pants in the depths of my closet just now and decided they were perfect for spring, luckily they're still as good as new. Oh and a new pair of sandals to present, aren't they pretty?!

I wish you all some sweet easter days, see you soon!

[Zara pants, H&M striped top and blazer, Topshop wedges, etsy necklace]