what made me laugh today...

after some very rough time of hurrying to university and back again, jobbing and so on, i was very pleased to
find something like marcel, the shell on youtube :) if you like, there is also part 2 available. so, have fun!


 

winter's coming...

winter has nearly arrived... and with the colder weather coming, i prefer staying inside, reading a good book, baking some christmas cookies and decorating my room.

in fact, christmas-pretime is all about food in my opinion. just think about all these wonderful recipes with cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla... i could continue this list forever as there are so many other flavours, but i don't wanna bore you ;)

here are some pictures for you with my christmas impressions:

- star-shaped cinnamon cookies -

recipe: star-shaped cinnamon cookies

ingredients:
50g of finely ground hazelnuts
2 egg whites of middle-sized eggs
a bit salt
125g of sugar
1 package of vanilla sugar
1/2 tbs of lemon juice
1 tbs cinnamon
175g of finely ground almonds

whisk the egg whites with a bit of salt and the lemon juice until it is stiff and then add the sugar slowly and whip until everything is soft and creamy again.
put 3 tbs of the cream away for later decorations.
now, add the vanilla sugar, cinnamon and nuts and put everything into the fridge for about 2 hours.
roll out the cookies dough until it is about 3/4 cm thin and cut out little stars.
then, mix the 3 tbs of left cream with a bit of water and decorate the cookies with it.
put them onto a baking tray and let them bake for about 15-18 min with a temperature of 150°C.
set them onto a plate to cool down and enjoy them :)

it's time for some last sunny days

today is one of the warmest days for a long time. and one of the rare days when i also have the time to enjoy this great weather. because normally i sit in class listening to three-hour lectures about geology or computer science and so on. but now, i have four days for myself without any lecture or experiment and that's why i spend my days with ice-cream, meeting my friends, chilling in our garden...

i wear:

a hollister top

a h&m jeans short

a zara belt

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random accessory

i also love to sit outside and read a good book like lauren conrad's 'l.a. candy' and drink a cool bottle of coke light like this one in the karl lagerfeld limited edition. this deodorant spray is perfect for those last summer days, because it smells like citron, vanille and creme...

in the evening i ususally watch some old oc california episodes. i truly love all four seasons and i spontaneously bought them two months ago. another good book is 'the devil wears prada' written by lauren weisberger. her style of writing is so funny and great (:

have a nice weekend!

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found something

this is a give away from zucker-wolke.

i kinda stumbled about her blog and totally fell in love with this necklace. i love, love, love it and i really hope to win it (:

♥

my top 5: pants

leather trousers

i love leather leggings and i also own a pair but these leather trousers are even better, because they are ways warmer for cold fall and winter days (:

waxed trousers

i really like the slim fit of these pants. they make your legs look even longer as they already are.

waxed trousers

isn't this colour awesome?? i love it!! and the zips above the angles are really great for trying them on in just a sec without any stumbling or even worse: crashing to the ground ;)

metallic trousers

i was looking for some golden nail polish but when i found these trousers i totally forgot about the nail polish because now i had something even better: golden trouser ;)

trousers with patch pockets

i love all kinds of comfy pants and so this pair is absolutely perfect for chill out days and hanging around college!!

all pants are from zara as you may have seen while clicking on the links above the pictures (:

so: which one dou you like the most? i totally fell in love with the golden pants and the yellow waxed ones!!

leather jackets and leggings

my new passion are leather jackets combined with jeggings or simple leggings. these two polyvore sets perfectly show how many different styling possibilities you have with these two hotties. i already bought a leather jacket from zara that i will show you next time (:

 

so whih outfit do you prefer? the casual and comfy brown one or the cool black one?

my new school bag

i officially present you my new school bag. maybe you remember my last week's post about school bags and as you can see i chose the leather shopper from mango in a darker shade of brown (: on top of that, i bought this cute little calender for 2012, two pink notebooks and a new laptop bag. so now i'm perfectly ready for university. the preparation courses already began this monday and since then i'm sitting for 9 hours at school learning everything important (or not so important) about chemicals and physics. tough work for some? oh, no you don't know university's pre-courses: it's in fact really easy stuff. i thought about spending my next lasting days of the week at home or work ;)

hope you have a great week (:

♥

monday favorites: fall/winter booties

(1) akira

(2) belmondo

(3) bronx

(4) görtz shoes

(5) diesel

(6) diesel

(7) görtz by kaviar gauche

all via görtz online-shop

this fall, the shoe shops nearly explode by the mass of wonderful shoes in them. but, i swore to myself to wait until the glamour shopping week begins before i start buying some new boots. this is kinda a hard plan as i'm already totally obsessed with some of them. above, you see my top 7 at the görtz shop that is in fact part of this shopping week, but these hotties have to wait until next month ;)

in the meanwhile i started thinking about what kind of a shoes i want to have. the first thing i knew was that i wanted something like a bootie. the colour should be brown or grey or black and that was it.

so i started looking for some booties and the next questions appeared to me:

do i want something like in old wild west movies?

or something laced-up like for climbing up a mountain?

or do i want to have a wedged bootie?

these questions aren't solved or answered but luckily i still have some days to think about it ;)

so what do you think, which pair do you like the most? please tell me what you think (: my faves are (2), (4) and (7)

♥

blue valentine or how damn sexy is ryan gosling??

this tuesday was our girls-night-out-for-cinema-night and i was so happy to see 'blue valentine' played in our theatres. i have to say: i love, love, love ryan gosling and so it was the perfect movie for me although the future-ryan isn't as sexy as the current ryan ;) i hope he will make a better developement concerning his outward appearance.

the movie was really fantastic. the content was high-level-emotion. the actors were phenomenal. the soundtrack was really great and easy-listening-stuff and i'm once again in love with indie-movies ;) but just watch the trailer and tell me what you think. do you like the movie? have you already seen it?

i proudly present: tuesday facts

this is a second new issue on my blog. the tuesday facts tell you everything about myself. what i love the most, everything interesting about me to know and so on. but i'm not doing this regulary just when there are some facts i wanna share with you or any questions of yours to answer. with this categorie, i try to create my blog a bit more personal because that's what a blog should be like: a little diary.

so feel free to ask your questions (:

♥

monday favorites: school bags

clockwise from top left:

(1) double buckle shopper (zara)

(2) sold out 

(3) shopper-handtasche (mango)

(4) shopper-tasche im lederlook (mango)

(5) shopper-handtasche (mango)

(6) shopper-handtasche (mango)

(7) as seen above

hey all (:

i've decided to create a new categorie of postings for each monday: monday favorites. every monday, i will post about my current obsessions, the things on my wish-list and so on. this first post is about, yeah i guess you already know it, it is about handbags. but not just some ordinary bags for my shopping-trips. i'm looking for a new bag for my university-stuff. my old one is nearly shredded to pieces and the leather begins to look very used. so, it is time to buy a new one. even if i'm still in love with my old dark brown one. but these seven hotties are really good options, don't you think? my personal faves are (1), (6) and (7). which one of these do you like the most? just tell me what you think (:

greets to everyone who is in the same situation as i am: totally stuck between the end of schooltime and the beginning of university. and of course greetings to everyone else who's following my blog!!

♥

hair addiction: braided hairstyles

erin fetherston herself

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erin fetherston's model

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blake lively

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elle fanning

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i love all of these braided hairstyles, can't wait for my hair to be long enough to do something like blake's hair

special effect topper

choose your favorite nail polish as a base and cover it with this special effect topper --> tadaa party nails :D

party nights and chillout days

this is my today's outfit. i'm wearing a h&m shirt, scarf, shoes, bag and accessories combined with a zara chino and primark sunglasses.

in the last couple of months during my chillout time between school and university i really fell in love with everything comfy and casual. i normally wear some chilly sport pants with a simple shirt and my leather jacket. i know, that doesn't really sound cool or fashionable, but as i'm either working at the gym, working out, doing some dvd-girls-nights or reading some books during weekdays it's the best way to dress yourself.

of course, when it comes to a party or a shopping trip, i normally don't wear sweatpants with a tanktop so, don't be afraid of me losing any sense of fashion ;)

party time

i am kinda in party-mood. can't wait for the weekend to begin!! and i've already made some really good plans: tomorrow i will go to a little club in my hometown. okay, you can't really name it a club, it is more a mixture of a little bar and a club. but, the good thing about such a small place is that you somehow know every single person in it. maybe it is not that exciting for people who love to meet new people, but for me it is a good chance to meet up with nearly forgotten friends you barely see on weekdays.

that's it about friday night. on saturday i plan exactly the same but with one exception: i'll go to another really small, wrecked place in my hometown, but it's really similar to the friday's club.

these pictures are some memories of parties or cocktail-nights with my friends. the quality is kinda mess because i hate using the flashlight but i somehow like the way it looks as if you were totally drunk.

hope you enjoy your free days ;)

i definitely will!

♥

coming step fall 2011 campaign

like i already said: i love the colour black and when winter isn't that far away anymore i start wearing masculine fabrics like leather paired with some feminine aspects such as light suede elements and powder colours.

so, i was really interested in these campaign with arizona muse for 'coming step' fall 2011. the rising korean label does exactly what i love the most: compare lightweight and heavy layers. that's why i couldn't do anything else then post these photos taken by daniel jackson for the upcoming campaign.

all via

xoxo isabell ♥

today's outfit - floral dress

dress - zara // jeans shirt - h&m // heels - 5th ave // clutch - we // accessories - random

enjoy your weekends lovelies ;)

ronald stoops photography

all photos via

new in: see-through blouse

just see what i've got last time when i went shopping. this see-through blouse is from vila and it was on sale, that's why i chose this one and not another one. i always wanted such a shirt for i really love wearing a transparent shirt over a black bustier or bra paired with black leggings or my tube skirt. and now i officially found one and i'm very fond of it ;) here you can see how i wore it last week: i paired it with my new vero moda leggings and a black bustier bra from h&m and of course my nude platform heels by zara that i bought for my prom this spring. the bag is from mango and i'm wearing a red manhattan lipstick. and maybe you recognized my hair being a bit darker than before. so you are right. i wanted my hair to be a darker blond for i normally get really pale in winter ;)

see you next time ♥

it's time for a bbq

what do you do when it is one rare day full of sunshine and wonderful weather? yeah right, you go outside and do a bbq! and that's exactly what i did yesterday with my family. here are some photos of it (:

you take a barbecue, some meat and veggies...

then you add a colourful salad...

and some baguette with garlic butter.

for your refreshment we just add a little bit of arizona ice tea...

and the buffet was officially open!

and it seems to me as if i wasn't the only one who enjoyed her day ;)

have a lovely sunday my beloved readers!!

♥