How is your weekend so far?

Mine is fine! I'm so exited for tomorrow! That's when I return to Sanoma Media (my last internship where I had a great time). Back then I was an intern at "Stay or Go" and "10 voor je Tuin", now will I do things for vtwonen and the other Home Deco sites. I can't wait to see the blogs I wrote appear on those sites! :) But blogging is not the only thing I'm gonna do. I also get involved with the design of the websites and making flyers and banners as promoting.

It will be long (fulltime) weeks for me, but I don't mind it. I think this is gonna be the best internship of all time! I hope I'll get permission to show you things I've made there. In the meantime I'll be working on my portfolio, cause maybe soon, I might get a call from the school I want to study after the Summer. My portfolio has to be complete and good looking for that meeting. But don't worry, I won't let you down! ;-) Oh, and the name of the school I'm applying for is KABK in The Hague. And the study called: Grafisch Ontwerpen. This was the best school I visited. And I've been to a lot, I'm telling you! Great projects, nice students.. Yes, this is the perfect study for me :) My dad (who is a Graphic Designer) is so proud of me and likes that one day, I will do the same thing he does! We can build a father/daughter business together, haha! :) Well, first I have to make my exams at my current school. But, you'll never now what the future brings ;-)

November time!

Hello bloglovers!

It's officially November and that means only 2 months left untill 2012 starts. I turn 20, my internship will end and I'm going to 3 concerts of the best bands ever!

To begin with band number 1: Saybia (November 2, Patronaat Haarlem) Saybia is one of the best bands of the zeroes. It's so different than other bands. The lyrics, the bombastic melodies.. it hits you. We have these tickets for months and now the time has come! I hardly can't wait to see this band live. Actually, I must confess I'm a little bit nervous for this gig. I think it's gonna be one of the best concerts I've ever been to. I think I might have to cry and they will blow me away!



Number 2 is on November 14, in the HMH Amsterdam. I'm talking ofcourse about Elbow! This British band will perform for a sold out audience and play there beautiful songs. I love Elbow, it's so magnetic! Alternative music in a special way. "The Seldom Seen Kid" is one of my favorite albums and when I saw them on Pinkpop and Lowlands this year, I was sold! And what also makes this concert special is that I'm going with my dad (for the first time) so that's cool :)



And last but not least (we also have gigs in December but I will blog about that later) Number 3: Okkervil River. From Denmark to the UK to Austin Texas USA. November 24 (MY BIRTHDAY!) also in Haarlem. My sister came to me a few months ago and said: 'Lisa, you're not gonna believe this! Okkervil River is coming to Holland!' Me: 'What? No, that's impossible! Nobody knows Okkervil River here!' She: 'No, it's true! Do you wanna know when and where they come?' Me: 'Eh, yeah ofcourse!' She: 'Don't fall of your chair.. they're coming to Haarlem on your birthday.' Me: 'WHAT?! No way!' But she was right. 2 years ago my dad came to me and said: 'If you like A Balladeer, you definetely gonna like this!' And he gave me "The Stage Names". And also this time I was completely sold! What a great music, that voice.. I've never heard something like this! And now, we are 2 years later and I'm gonna see 3 of my favorite bands live in 1 month. It's insane!



But like I said, it's also the last month of my internship at Sanoma Media. Too bad it's done because I liked it there so much! What a great company with nice people and cool projects. I'm really gonna miss it! But I'm trying to come back and do also my last internship there (but how that will end..)

And the last thing I'm gonna say and then I'm ending this blog, I will visit some schools where I will go to when I'm done with my study. One school in Utrecht, one in Zwolle.. and I'm celebrating my birthday on a Sunday instead of a Saturday.. for the variety :)

So.. I have a lot of plans for this month! What about you? Is it also gonna be a crazy month for you? Or are you gonna celebrate Thanksgiving and relax during the weekends and after school/work? I wish you all a lovely month and see you soon! (I will make reports from all the gigs!)


Love Lisa

Photoframes

Goodmorning! :)

As you might read it on Twitter, I've got a cold and don't feeling very well :( That's why I'm home today. To rest out and hoping feeling better tomorrow. Well, there's one good thing in this, now I have finally all the time of the world to blog! :) After my internship at Sanoma I don't feel like blogging because it takes some time and I already do that a lot. But today, on this sunny Wednesday, I'm gonna blog for you :) I have discovered a great new site called Flickr. (you might have heard of it ;-) It has such a cool photos! I always use Shutterstock for nice pics, but it's not a very good site when you need good interior design ones. Well, Flickr does have those photos and much more! When I worked at Ikea it notice me how popular photoframes are. And especially those shelves where you can put them into and don't have to make a hole in your wall. I see it very often in magazines and I think it's a huge trend! Well, these photos do not have shelves but are very inspire full! Oh, and about Ikea.. it's of the running. The department where I wanted to work has no room for me. So I've decided to quit at all. I don't feel like going to an other department where I don't know anything or anybody. I'm also in my last year of school and I've got a really busy year with my exams and internships, so for me, there's actually no use to work this year. I only wanted to stay because I liked the job and the colleagues. But hey, that's life. There will be many other opportunities in the future, so I stick to that!

Well this is definitely the longest English blog I've ever wrote! Hoped you liked it and you'll have a nice week.


Love Lisa

Designers Guild

Hello :)

I would like to introduce to you: Designers Guild. An English brand with nice wallpapers en lovely fabrics. Maybe you've heard of it, it's a very popular and knowable brand cause of it's flowery colouring prints. I absolutely love it, because I love colours and flowers, as you might know ;-) I didn't sold it very often at my internship, cause the wallpapers were not very cheap and it has a likeabilitymark. You love it or totally hate it. Well, in my case I totally love it! You too? Here I have some examples so you'll have an impression. Or you can just visit the closest store in your neighbourhoud to see it yourself.


Love Lisa