Today is a Happy day!

So today's post is a happy post! Well I think most of my posts are happy post except for this one maybe.....

So I was reading this post by Teresa from Delightfully Darling and I just loved the pics! So I was inspired to make my own happy post. So just sit back, relax and let the pics speak for them selves and be inspired!

Pinterest - Coreen Tarbell

Pinterest - Jordan Huntzinger

Pinterest - Marie Eve Wakefield

Pinterest - Marina Djogic

Pinterest - Marina Djogic

Pinterest - Saturnis Behne

Pinterest - Toccara Pascale

Pinterest - Withney Troxel

And did this make you happy? Are you inspired? I am!!!! What is your way to stay happy? If you have any happy thoughts you want to share please do so!

XoXo Lieke

Me, Myself and I part 2

So here is another Me, Myself and I post. More things you didn't know about me!

1) What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?  
Open a lunch room where I can make and sell my healthy sandwiches with unprocessed ingredients, tasty smoothies, tea, coffee, maybe also cake or something..... And I would also make this a working/learning place for people who are mentally challenged or need special guidance. 

http://www.pinklemon.nl

http://www.pinklemon.nl

2) If you had only six months left to live, what would you do with the time? 
Pfff there are loads of thinks I would love to do; go shopping on Rodeo Drive and spend all my money, be in a movie, go on a date with Hugh Jackman, go surfing in California... but numero uno would probably be travel to all the places in the world that I hadn't been to before:

Australia 

New Zealand

Malaysia

Japan

French Polynesia

Canada

Madagascar

Egypte

India

And maybe even Iceland to watch the northern lights

3) If a front page news article was written on you, what would the headline be? 

"29 year old girl from Tilburg, The Netherlands avoids disaster by cracking joke."


4) What is your biggest pet peeve? 
Ok so don't hate me for what I am about to say: mothers who feel the need to go shopping with there child in a stroller in the H&M...... and the worst part is when they push the stroller against my ankles/legs when they want to pass!!! Obviously I don't have kids, but it is just rude to push your stroller against my ankles when you want to pass... what happened to ask if you can pass when I am in your way? I don't even understand why you need to go shopping with a stroller...

Anyway, I know for sure that none of my lovely readers are like that..... right?!

http://www.someecards.com

5) What is your favorite chick flick movie? 
This is easy! The Moulin Rouge!!!! Oh no Pride and Prejudice! Or both.... hmmmm this is a difficult one.... can't decide..... HELP!

So now you know a few rare things about me! If you want to join please visit Amanda @ For Love of a Cupcake and link up your post!

XoXo Lieke

Partly cloudy

So this week I have Wednesday/Thursday and Friday off!!! I really needed a few days off because it is a long haul till my summer holiday. But after this week only 3 weeks left!!!!

So today the sun was shinning, the temperature was great so I decided to go out for a nice relaxing bike ride. Since I have a lot of non-Dutch followers I decided to take a lot of pictures during the ride so you can all get an impression of how it looks where I live. Well I don't live where the pics were taken, but I live just a bike ride away!

I also had a new biking experience.... taking a picture of myself while riding my bike! Never done that before, pfff can you image I ride a bike ever since I can image but never took a picture while riding my bike! Safety first I guess....

Ok so here we go! If you have any questions or remarks just post a comment, I would love to hear what you think if the Land of the Dutch!

So that was my day today! Hope you enjoyed the pics! 

XoXo Lieke

Blog Angel update uno!

Hi there it's me Lieke from Swirling Away Everyday! Today I want to tell a little something about a special undercover project I am working on this month. It is called Blog Angels! Which is totally awesome! In short it means I am to help and guide a certain blogger with growing her blog, reaching more people and getting more attention from other bloggers. I cannot get into any specifics, but my blog Angel is such a darling! Her blog is awesome, very positive, her blog is as bright as sunshine!Having a blog Angel is so much fun! But in the beginning it was a bit difficult, because you have to get to know the blog and the blogger behind the blog. This wasn't as easy  as I had hoped but the past few weeks I am having more interaction with my Angel which is awesome! This really gives me the feeling that I can help her and make a difference!

The main thing I have learned from these past weeks is that you have to be pro-active and consistent. If you do not get the feedback from your Angel you had hoped for, don't give up and just keep on swirling and trying to help your Angel! We all want people to like what we write so just keep on being positive and leave nice comments, or ask a question in your comment so you get some more personal interaction. 

My goals for my blog angel is to help her grow her blog and getting more followers. I started with just leaving nice comments on her blog and trying to grow her confidence in her blogging skills. Even though you write you blog for you it can be quite difficult when you don't get any feedback from other blggers. So by just leaving nice honest comments I hope her confidence and her blog will grow.

SabraKahn -  http://www.flickriver.com

So there you have it, an idea of what it means to have a Blog Angel. In case you are interested and also want to help bloggers just contact Rosie at CraftBotic!

XoXo Lieke

Photo-a-day diary

So I found this challenge on Dana's blog Five30three and I think this is a nice challenge for me for this month! It is not very complicated, just take a picture each day related to the subjects of the below low list:

1 - Outside

Ok... so this picture wasn't really take today.... I wanted to take a picture after work but now it is all cloudy and looks like it might rain....

 
2 - One

One is for this one Petunia seed that came out. I started this little project at work, 2 pots with each 5 Petunia seeds in it. This one kinda failed.... guess my fingers aren't as green as I'd hoped....

This one did work!!!! Now we have to wait for the actual Petunia flowers... :(

3 - Coin

Coin earrings!

4 - Somewhere I sat

Doing my nails

5 - Logo

 
6- Writing

7 - 8 o'clock

8 - Glasses

 9 - Messy

10 - Ring 

 
11 - Purple

 
12 - Spoon

 
13 - Simple

14 - Arrow

 
15 - Ready

 
16 - Food

 
17 - Faces
18 - Inside
19 - Hole
20 - Today
21 - Cool
22 - Home
23 - Pair
24 - Path
25 - Fresh
26 - Dream
27 - Tap
28 - Clock
29 - Down
30 - Card
31 - Hidden