Stage Shoot

My friend Maumere has photographed me during my performance! This is the result:

I edited the pictures with simple Windows Photo Gallery. Luckily you can see how much fun we're having! Let me know what you think of it!

Much love, Yasmae.

No end to the Weekend

I have missed this. I know I've been offline for quite some time, but school and other projects gave not given me time to breathe, let alone time to blog!

Soooo, what am I waiting for right? I've got a lot to tell you guys, but I'll just tell you about my weekend (including Thursday), prepare for a shitload of pictures. It has been so perfect I wish there was no end to it. So I recalled it: ..... Week-No-End!

Does anyone have even worse puns? If you do, tell me hahaha.

Let me start off with telling you about Thursday:

My school has an Open Stage/Mic thingy every year right before Christmas break. So Thursday we had a big rehearsal, which meant I was only to sing and listen to other hidden talents of my fellow students; OH YEAH!

That same Thursday my boyfriend Nick took me to the Xmas Dance/Prom/Ball (I don't know what's the right word for it). Everyone looked so classy and there really was that Christmas spirit haha. Live music and later that night 2 house dj's came to tear off the roof!

I spent a whole day in Rotterdam, trying to find the perfect dress. I ended up with a dress completely different from what I had in mind. The shops were about to close and my dress was only €17.90! So I guess you could see it was a real Christmas miracle!

We had sooo much fun! Sunday I fell down the stairs, so I went to the hospital for an X-ray. I ended up having a severely bruised foot, BUT I managed to dance all night on my heels. It's a week ago now and it's still hurting, but I think it was totally worth it. In Holland we say: "Wie mooi wil zijn, moet pijn lijden." > something like: "No pain, no gain."

I am wearing a mignight blue dress. The fitting is quite tight. It's a cut out dress. At the back the fabric forms a bow-tie. A few sparkles fell off my dress, but I expected that to happen for €17.90. I wore my hair in a classic updo. Over my dress I draped the stole of my grandmother. It made my outfit into a ton-sur-ton outfit, by wearing different shades of blue. I topped it off with classy heels.

Accessories: I wore a ring with a bigass light blue stone. I can actually use it as a mirror to check if my make-up hasn't already been smooched off my face hahaha. Besides that I wore a silver/blu/black bracelet (Nick gave me) and crystal earrings.

Friday, I was extremely nervous, oh my God. At 10am we had the final rehearsal, and at 12 the show finally began... I have to admit I actually cried backstage. That's how nervous I was. But I'm so glad I participated. 

My band consisted of:

1 drummer

1 pianist

1 bass guitarist

1 guitarist

1 singer (me)

1 trumpeter

2 saxophonists

We did a cover of I Don't Need No Doctor - John Mayer. It's Ray Charles' song, but we wanted to do a real blues-rock song, so we decided to cover the cover of John haha. 

It was SO exciting to perform for your entire school on stage. The musicians of my band are extremely good at what they do, so we took this Open Stage shit to another level! My guitarist was killing his solo and we we're really having interaction on stage - which means that I made it into a sick duet by playing my air-guitar hahaha. But in all seriousness, it was INSANE! 

Guess what?! The jury loooooved our performance! We came in FIRST PLACE!!! I was in shock, totally, utterly, in shock. Our last year here at this school and we won the friggin' Open Stage! The prize was - besides the honor - a ride in a LIMOUSINE! 

I insisted Nick (who was front row cheering all the time) could come join us. The ride was awesome, there was like a small bar and we had cookies hahaha.

So that's how another Christmas miracle happened!

I am wearing my black heels with purple soles. My purple skirt is made of very thin scuba fabric - now predominant in the ALEXANDER WANG x H&M collection. Thin like carpaccio haha. On top of that a jumper with purple/white/orange smudges by Monki (favorite store ever!). Of course I put my bright orange hat on my head! No accessories needed this time ;)

 I think people are too afraid of mixing colors. Orange and purple go perfect together. Yet I never see people wearing these two together. It's always purple OR orange, never WITH.

To help you get over your fear for colors, check out the Sunday hahaha.

Saterday I did nothing except working, eating and watching movies. Just like every Saturday should be!

Sunday Nick and I took the bus to the centre of our city. Have you ever heard of Dickens Festival? Every year the weekend before Christmas we celebrate Dickens Festival in our hometown (Deventer, The Netherlands). Every year so many people come to our town to visit this festival. It was so crowded, Nick and I decided NOT to go to the Dickens-area, but just to visit the market hahaha. We took the right side, the one without a queue ;)

This picture was taken a couple of years ago, Unfortunately, there was no snow this year.

Pictures of my oufit:

So, orange, red and blue with basics in black and white!

I am wearing tight black jeans with black boots. Underneath my colorful sweater by Monki is an oversized white blouse from my grandfather. And yes, again my bright orange hat haha.

Accessories: the black purse belonged to my grandmother, as well as the golden bracelet and black watch. The golden necklace is bought at Primark.

As you can see I love to give vintage clothes a second life. I think my grandparents would enjoy seeing me wearing and combining their stuff!

Nick and I were kind of hungry so the first stand we walked to at the market was the STROOPWAFEL-stand. How do I explain what a stroopwafel is... a syrup waffle? Maybe a picture will clarify a lot haha.

Mine was covered in chocolate, because duuhhhh! 

Make up:

 I'm actually wearing contact lenses in this picture haha. I forgot to take a pic of my make-up, so I used a pic from a week ago. I chose this pic because I did my make-up the same way as I did this particular day. 
I always start off with foundation and black liquid eyeliner. The gold eyeliner goes above the black. The turquoise eyeliner goes on my lower eyelid, right underneath my lashes. When everything is set, I put on some mascara.



I hope you enjoyed the stories with all pictures included! If you have some fun stories to tell us, don't bother to share!

Much love, Yasmae.

Denimitely

Definitely. Denim is friggin' awesome. This raw material can be brought to life with any fashion elixer. I don't know... maybe I'm in some sort of Harry Potter-mood today. 

Anyways, I've been checking out Pinterest for the last couple of weeks (O my Gaaaawd, I totally love Pinterest!), when a couple of denim fashion items flew accross my screen.

I absolutely love these hand-crafted looking pieces. I really hope I'll will be able to make these. Maybe with a little bit of sewing classes, the bottom one will be mineeeeee (of course own version of it)!

When that time comes, you will denimitely see mine on the internet.

Let us know if you have ever done anything like this before. Or maybe you didn't do it on your own, but you own an awesome denim piece!

Much love,

Yasmae.

Hmmmm, (P)interesting! Obaema?

Check this out. I've literally never taken a look on Pinterest. Until 3 weeks ago. I have to admit, I am ob.s.e.s.s.e.d. with it. There are so many things I see and want to make, or do, or create, or buy, or just.... stare at it 'till 3 am hahaha.

Unfortunately, I didn't actually have time for my "life". All my hours were put into school. So, when you visit my page, be aware of the fact it's the start of something big. It's just..... really small right now hahaha.

HERE'S MY PAAAAAAGE!!!

= http://www.pinterest.com/yasmae/

I so badly want to change my room into something else.... my walls are now turquoise, lime green and white. "Change! Yes we can!" ~Wellllll, if Obama said so....~

Oh, by the way. I met Obama in Amsterdam and he was a total sweetheart. We're homies now. Got to call him bae... or should I say OBAEMA?!

But ooooookay, back to the story.

I saw many, many, many great things on Pinterest, but there was one I would really love to do:

I mean LOOK at it. It is goooooorgeous! Classy and stylish, but still looking so creative and hand-made. I have a lot of white furniture in my room, so this should fit quite perfectly.

Let me know if you have inspirational and cool stuff in your room! Or, maybe you're also searching for things to renew your room and spice it up a little!

Much love, Yasmae.

Golden gal

Whaddup y'all? How are my golden guys 'n gals doing? 

I am in love with my new pants... super high waisted black skinny jeans by Monki (25 euro). Finally some pants that can hold my butt and aren't too loose around my stomach. I've been combining it with different tops, but here's part 1:

I've been wearing it with a grey crop top, to break the black-n-gold. So basically... this outfit is pretty basic, but accessories make the difference. Starting from the bottom: beige all stars, black pants, black and gold belt, grey crop top (H&M 2 euro!!), gold bracelet, black and gold necklace. You can see I'm feeling strooooooooooong, haha.

So, started from the bottom, now we're here: hair and make up!

Haha ofcouuuuuurse, it's black and gold, too. I personally love winged eyeliner. I finished it with some golden glitters, which I applied with an eyeshadow brush.
My hair is a basic ponytail with a little twist. Literally, I just twisted some strings of hair and put my scrunchie around it. To make sure it stays this way, I used 2 bobby pins.
And voilà, you're ready to go.

READY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!

GO GET 'EM TIGER! KICK SOME ASS!

Much love, Yasmae.

Swedish wishes

Don't you guys get that itchy feeling beneath your skin a few times a year? The feeling you get when you, once upon a day, walk into your room and think: WOW THIS NEEDS A CHANGE! This feeling enhances even more when I browse through the brand new IKEA catalogus. 'Cuz daaaaaaaaaamn, I want it all. Well.... almost.

Did you know that you can just design and style up your own 'room' at ikea.com?! You can even view everything in 3D. I've made quite some designs for the bedroom. Different styles, different colors, different people. For you, I've designed different rooms. 

So let's start with the 2D design of the bedroom I'd love to own when I will no longer live at my parents' house. You can see it's quite simple, and that's actually just how I like it. The core must be simple, so you can decorate and jazz it up without losing the sense of serenity - which I think is a huge must for a bedroom - and it becoming a chaos. This leads us to the important question... how to decorate?

MODERN STYLE

For my bedroom, I want it to exude calmness, without being boring. So I kept the color palet quite easy. Various shades of brown and grey, with lots of white, to keep it basic. For decoration I'd love to work with different types and shades of vibrant colors. At the moment, I chose blue 'cuz that's my favourite color. The headboard of the bed is so clever! You can easily place your beloved magazines, books and more in the headboard, so you don't need to crawl out of bed, all the way accross the room, to get it.You can see - or not - that the wardrobes' exterior are made of mirrors. Pragmatically: able to see yourself and your outfits from head to toe. Smart: make your room look extra big by visual deception.

Now, some different styles:

SCANDINAVIAN STYLE

CLASSICAL STYLE

COUNTRY STYLE

This one is definitely my second favourite. I love the stone wall, because it's just so different from anything else. I'm not quite sure it's practical. It wouldn't surprise me if I'd end up with scratches from that stonish wall.




So there you have it. Different styles, designs and types of bedrooms. It's all just very easy and relaxed. I haven't made any vibrant ones, but that really doesn't bother me haha. If you want a room that has that POW-factor, go ahead and create one yourself :D!
But either way, just go to IKEA and try to put together your dream bedroom! Have fun! 
I hope I've given you some inspiration!

Much love, Yasmae.