Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Downtown





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Spend the afternoon shooting downtown with my friend. This is a tradition of ours which we do once or twice a year. 

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

Sunday, December 15, 2013

15-12-13


Designed by Tessa

Happy December!

This is a poster that I designed for a dinner at my fraternity/sorority club. Lately I've been learning how to work with Illustrator & Photoshop and I must say; I'm hooked!

I think I'm going to upload more stuff over the couple of months (;

Saturday, June 8, 2013

I'm back


It's been a while since I've posted something. I've been busy with working, exercising (gym, hockey, running), and spending time figuring out Photoshop.

This is my very first GIF that I made and I am very proud of it. It can get annoying after a while to see the background color change all the time, but hey, you'll get used to it ;)

Have a nice weekend (I know I do, finally some sun in Holland, YAY!)

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Baking



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Just some pictures of stuff I've baked recently. I am very proud of myself how those buns (left corner) turned out! I'm a total disaster when it comes to bread, but I was ready for the challenge and together with my Kenwood standing mixer we conquered it!

Happy Wednesday!

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Paris part 5
















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On the last day we went to Montmartre, the part where most of the artists live. At least, that's what our travel book said. I really liked it because it's very parisian but on the other hand very different.

I really liked that between all those grey, beige and white houses there's a bright pink one. The houses have more green on the outside compared to the rest of Paris. Also a plus. ;)


Friday, March 22, 2013

Paris part 4











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I still wanted to show you all the pictures that I've made of Paris, so here's part 4. We went to the Notre Dame (unfortunately I don't have any pictures of that) and to the Arc de Triompe (including the Champs-Elysees, which I'm not a big fan of). We also walked on the bridge-with-all-the-locks-that-symbolize-the-our-love-is-forever-locks (I forgot the name of the brigde) and we went to Le Bon Marché.

Monday, March 11, 2013

Little peak



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A walk through the neighborhood across my neighborhood (get the picture?) on a cold and sunny day in February.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Flashback


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Saw this picture all by himself on my computer in my file with pictures of Paris that I haven't posted yet (which I'm gonna do in a couple of days, so stay tuned!). This door reminded me of Paris and that I really want to go back.

Friday, February 1, 2013

New goal


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After a few failed attempts to run (at least) 2 or 3 times a week I've decided to give it one more try. I've never been really athletic in my life so it's gonna be a bit of a challenge to maintain this.

I've got a schedule from a running store downtown and within 10 weeks I'm ready to run 5 km (which is around 3 miles).

I really want to reach this goal and if I reach it I get a new pair of running shoes (of course financed by me).

What is your #1 goal for this year?

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Decorated Cookies





I was 7 or 8, the night before it finally snowed after a few winters without it, and me and my brothers played in the snow and all of us were cold and wet. We went inside, put on our pj´s and my mom made some hot chocolate milk. While we were heating up, we were baking cookies. That´s why I love to bake cookies. It reminds me of the good old times. And it´s one of the first things I ever baked! :) Back then we had cutters of cats, people, hearts, flowers and even houses. But nowadays I keep it simple. 

The cookies:

125gr unsalted butter
75gr brown sugar (dark or light)
250gr all purpose flour
1 egg
10gr vanilla sugar 
pinch of salt

There isn´t a specific way of making this dough. Just combine all of these ingredients into a large bowl and start working the dough with your hands. Or you can mix it with a hand mixer or with a Kitchenaid (I love love love Kitchenaid, except their prices..). Once that is done you can or start working immediately or put it in you fridge for a while.

Once you start working with the completed dough you can cut out any figure you want and put them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Make sure to preheat your oven to 175C or 345F. Bake them for 10-15 minutes until they´re golden brown.

The glace:

1 eggwhite
225gr powdered sugar
1tspn lemon juice.

Start whisking the eggwhite until it´s nice smooth, white and foamy. Then slowly add the powdered sugar. Finally add the lemon juice and voilà, the glace is done. When using it for cookies or cupcakes or even normal cakes, let the glace dry about 3 hours (after applying it) before eating it.

What's your favorite recipe?

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Hometown


Holland is being terrorized by this very cold weather featuring snow, cold winds and freezing nights. For me it means that I'm wearing 2 pairs of socks, sweaters with coats, big scarves, gloves and hats (when it suits me). I try to stay in as much as I can, but I met up with a friend downtown to do some last minute shopping before she'd fly away to her adventure (read: a 4 months trip to the other side of the world, aka summer). It was a beautiful cold day, the sun was out and we had a blue sky, so I thought it would be fun to bring the big camera. So here are a few quick snapshots of my hometown.

What did you do this weekend?

Thursday, January 10, 2013

In the mail





''ACNE PAPER'' by Acne

I got something really cool in the mail yesterday! It my Acne Paper that I ordered a couple of days ago. First of all, this magazine is massive! It weighs over 1 kg and it's bigger than my biggest Harper's Bazaar.. (It even doesn't fit into my 'Billy' (bookshelf-thing from Ikea).

But I was so excited when I got it yesterday! I love photography, I even want to study it next year, and when I opened this magazine my mouth was going like: 'oooooooooh' and my heart was skipping a couple of beats. All these pictures are just amazing! I wanted to take pictures OF the pictures.. That's kind of weird, right?

I am so happy with this! Best money (on a magazine) spend ever!

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Paris part 3


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My favorite place of Paris would be Saint-Germain-des-Prés. I love the architecture, the ambiance, the stores (who wouldn't?) and just everything.

We walked around, me taking pictures of everything I saw (like the L.V. store), stopping by the Pierre Hermé store (a famous patissier) and soaking up Paris.


Sunday, January 6, 2013

Paris part 2

Quick snapshot while I'm eating.. Thanks bro!


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Of course, when traveling to Paris for the first time, you can't leave out a visit to the Eiffel tower. So we didn't ;) There was a huge line in front of the elevators, so my mom & dad came up with a genius plan: just take the stairs. Uh? Ok.. Well it wasn't my first choice but after all the experience of visiting and being on the Eiffel tower was bigger with taking the stairs than an elevator. Plus, it's a good exercise ;) (I keep telling myself that with everything I do when I don't really want to do it..)

As a lover of everything that's sweet (as in food) I couldn't leave Paris without going to Ladurée! I bought the Lanvin for Ladurée macaron package (incl. 8 macarons: 3 'lanvin' macarons & 5 of your choice).
The three 'lanvin' macarons were bubblegum-ish.. Not my favorite. For the other five I choose Vanilla, Chocolate,  Caramel, Green Apple and Raspberry. My all time favorite (also bought them in Switzerland) is the caramel one. Yummy!

Also stopped by the American Apparel store and took pictures all the time.

What would be the first thing you will visit when you are in Paris?