Swirling with Nike

 

So it is Thursday and I have a current crush! Check these Nike shoes I just bought!!! I hear you asking me: Did you buy them for running? Nope.... Can you wear them to work? Hmmm not really.... Will you wear them a lot? Uhmmm probably not really.... Why did you buy them?... well because they are freak in awesome and I love Nike! Oh and because I only have All Stars and this is something different.... Did that work? Can I keep them? Before you answer please first have a look at the shoes:

Oh before I forget, did I mention I bought them on sale?! .... Ok I am out of excuses... I hope I convinced you (and myself) that this was a good deal...

P.s. Almost weekend! So just 1 more day before the Swirling weekend starts!

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

What's in a name?!

So I was thinking that a lot of you probably think my name is a crazy weird Dutch name.... well it kinda is! And I think only the Dutch can pronounce it properly... In Asia they tend to call me Lieki (Lykki), in the US they like to call me Leika (Lyka) but here in Europe it is just Lieke (pronounced Leeku).

I also got the question where my name originates from/what it means.... To be honest I have no idea.... Which is weird because I know a lot! especially a lot of random fact that you never need (unless you play "Who want to become a millionaire?"). Some of the things I know and you probably never need: 


1) most Dutch cheese isn't made in Holland but in Germany. But still it is called Gouda Cheese
2) The tulip isn't a flower that originated from Holland, it is originally from Turkey

Tulips & Hagia Sophia - Istanbul

Me & Tulips - Istanbul

3) Narcissus (Greek mythology) died because he fell in love with his own reflection
4) Cleopatra wasn't really Egyptian, her ancestors were Greek

And here is another fact you will know but never need: 

Name: Lieke
Gender: Female (in case you did not notice I am a woman/girl/female)
Origin: Greek
Meaning of Lieke:
The girls name Lieke is an abbreviation from Angelique (Angelika). Angelique is originated from the Latin word Angelus or Greek Angelos, which means "Messenger of God" or "Angel". The name Lieke was very popular in the South of Holland (which is where I was born and live) and is now being used a lot in Holland and Northern Belgium.

So there you have it! It is not that weird of a name at all!!! You could basically start referring to me as "Lieke the Angelique messenger of god".... Uhhmmm or maybe not....

Just Lieke will do just fine!


Enjoy the rest of your week!

Black & Brown and everything in between

Ok, so here is my latest crush!!! 

Aren't these shoes amazing?!! I bought them on Marktplaats.nl which the Dutch version of Craigslist. I found them via Roos from Moderosa. She is one of Hollands best known fashion bloggers! I personally love her simple black & white style and of course it helps that she is gorgeous!

 

Anyway, you can imagine how excited I was when I saw these shoes online for sale!!! They fit perfectly and are stylish and will never go out of style!

 So in case you wonder.... yes those All Stars are also mine.... The clothes and shoes I wear really depend on the day of the week and especially how I am feeling that day... so you never know how I look!

Want to discover Moderosa? Click here to go to her style and blog.

XoXo Lieke

Swirling 30 in 30

So Erin from Living in Yellow is hosting a link up where we can share your list with things what we want to in the year of our life.

For me that is the 30 in 30! I wish it was like 15 in 15 because it was pretty hard to think of 30 things I want to do in this year.... Actually I never thought about it, but once I started it wasn't so hard!!!

1. Run half Marathon! This is easy because I have 1 planned 1 week after 1 turned 30!

2. Do a 1 week Daytox, this a combination of eating healthy and yoga for 7 days.

3. Take my niece to the petting zoo!!! Now I go with my boyfriend and I do all the animal feeding but doing it together with my niece is sooo much more fun!

My favorite friend!

4. Go and sell my 'I don't wear them anymore' clothes at the IJ-Hallen in Amsterdam

5. Make another fabric bag. Made 1 for my brother as a diaper bag I want to make another one just because it is sooo much fun!

6. Not eat so much candy that my jeans won't fit anymore

7. Go out for a fancy smancy dinner with my boyfriend

8. Save more money for a possible wedding and honeymoon.... this is like so far away but still won't hurt to start saving some money

9. Make more clothes myself! I have loads of fabrics but I just can't find the time to make clothes! So if I could make something once every month that would be fabulous!


10. Read all the Game of Thrones books!!!! Am still stuck at book 2....

11. Get a new phone! I now have a BB from work but I want a Samsung Galaxy! BB is to limited for my high tech needs ;)

12. Play pool with my boyfriend! He is really good at this 'sport' and I just want to play 1 game with him and kick his ass!

13. Go to Italy!!!

14. Get 100 followers on my blog!

15. Not buy clothes for a whole month! This is a difficult one... should plan this one in between sales when temptation is the lowest

16. See Train live!!!

17. Visit my cousins

18. Host the first give-away on my blog

19. Drink more alcoholic drinks.... might sound weird but for some reason I just don't alcohol that much... And just a glass of wine more often won't hurt right?

20. Watch all seasons of breaking bad

21. Learn to do the crow and headstand at yoga. Still can't do them properly after 1 year of yoga

Crow                                                Headstand

22. Make a fancy birthday cake for someone.... for myself or someone else.... You know the one with fondant and a cream filling.... 

 

 

23. Get my legs tanned!!! They are always so white and I want them to look more tanned and summery! I have to jump to hide them.

24. Clean and pimp my balcony

25. Meet more Dutch life style blogger

26. Host a blogging event in Holland

27. Go out for a morning run before work

28. Learn how to make the Asian food my mother in law makes

29. Make a stuffed animal for my niece

Felt Animals

30. Do more fun things with friends and family

That's how I would like to swirl from November 4th, 2012 all the way through November 4th, 2013!

Keep on Swirling!!!!

XoXo Lieke