Lovely Movies

It was my mom's birthday today and I took her to the movies to see "the Other Guys". She's a huge Samuel L. Jackson fan so when I found out his new movie premiered yesterday I knew I had to take her. It was tough keeping it a secret, but I managed to keep her in the dark until his face showed up on the screen.

Too bad he died after 5 minutes though.

Either way it was a fun movie. When watching the trailer I wasn't sure if we'd like the humor, but it was great! And the action was awesome too. It has some pretty original and totally out of the blue action scenes.

It was such a surprising movie in so many ways. And did you know Will Ferrell could sing? That alone is worth the watch really.

Did you see anything good lately? Maybe went to "the Other Guys" too?

Wishlist

It's been such a long time since I wrote a wishlist post. There just wasn't really anything worth mentioning to you guys, until now. I am suddenly very excited about Japanese cooking and I want a rice cooker. You may now think: "Well what's so interesting about rice cookers then?" The thing is, if and when I do get a rice cooker, I want one that's cute. So here are some examples.

I will do a post soon on all the things I prepared today, I took some pictures although they might not be that great given the fact that there is no natural light in this time of year. It was delicious though and I can't wait to tell you about it!

Pretty Sculptures

This is the first time I'm posting sculptures. It's not that I don't like them, I'm actually looking forward to doing more 3D stuff myself, it's just that I don't know that many sculptors.

However Scott Radke's one that's pretty much right up my alley, creepy and (I suppose maybe a little) cute, and with owls! Odd owls, but still most definitely owls.

I will be honest and tell you that it creeps me out a bit too. Although it is something that I can get used to.

If you want to gt even more creepy you should check out a music video featuring Scott Radke's puppets. I found it a tad bit too creepy to post on the blog, but if you want to see it you can click here.

Whether you like it or not, you have to admit that all the creature are really original and that, even though he uses a lot of real-life animals as inspirations or bases, Scott Radke's created this completely new world.

The pictures of his work are phenomenal, it looks like an amazing oil painting. It's so hard to imagine you could actually few these creatures in 3D, isn't it?

Of course I like the owls a lot, but his sea life creatures are amazing too! But I'm just a sucker for teal and orange combined, as well as pretty patterns.

So what do you think? Is it something you can appreciate or did I just go a little too creepy-horror-freakshow on my readers?

Owl Things Considered

For a while now I've been thinking about making more owl designs. After Ga'Hoole that urge became stronger and when I was sketching barn owls, the idea suddenly hit me! Why not make an owlette?

It is inspired by cute little Eglantine and I made it as soft and fuzzy as I possibly could. Hopefully I'll be able to make one for the shop soon too. A brooch. Or maybe even a bookmark?! And I'm hoping to make a stuffed little owlette too, not just a head. How cute would that be?

Anyway here's a little Eglantine clip, just because I grab any excuse to look at her again:

The moment I have more time on my hands, I might expand my Ga'Hoole felt designs a little. There's no such thing as too many owls, right?

Marvelous Music

If you like CocoRosie and artist that are making music with a similar cool weirdness it is impossible not to come across Joanna Newsom.

Her voice is pretty odd and I really had to get used to it. The first time I tried it I didn't particularly like it , but when a friend of mine mentioned her songs, I tried again and am now loving it!

When I was little I always wanted to play the harp. Then one day my grandma bought me a guitar, so I took lessons only to find out years later that that guitar was rusty and useless.

Don't get me wrong I love guitars and I love playing them, but there's still that fascination with harps. Oh well, never too late, right?

Speaking of guitars and Joanna Newsom, you can actually play her songs on guitar, I tried it today. If anyone's interested, you should take a look here.

On a final note: look at her shirt, it has owls on it!

Etsy shop tip and my first Etsy Trade

It is not uncommon for Etsy sellers to trade items with each other. I'd had a few offers, but it usually was something I already had or didn't need at that time.

However when Jean from the beautiful shop Write Owl messaged me there was no way I could resist.

She makes the most wonderful journals but is also very interested in pottery and sells a selection of that too.

A lot of her work is custom and so was the journal she made me. After asking me what color I wanted I had no idea if the colors I had in mind were doable, sky blueish turqoise with light and dark peach, but she said it was no problem at all. And when it arrived it was even prettier than I imagined.

It even had her cute little owl logo in the back of the book!

But: the more owls the better! So I drew my little blog owl in the front as sort of an "ex libris" with my name under it.

Her shop really has something for everyone. Whether you are searching for the perfect gift, just want to spoil yourself or want a book block to put your own cover on, this is the place to be.

Her color combinations are always lovely and even her shop page is so pleasing to the eye.

Here's a little selection of items that can be found in her shop.

She also has a blog in which she writes about her items, other Etsians and currently her "National Novel Writing Month"- endeavor. So if you want to learn more about this seller or maybe want to support her writing for NaNoWriMo you should definitely hop on over there.

1 Year Anniversary: International Giveaway

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Exactly one year ago I wrote my very first blog post. I admit that I posted, and soon after that deleted, one or two blog posts before that, but after that it felt really natural and I always knew what I wanted to write about next. Somehow I never really pondered over the question:"What do I want this blog to be about?".

A lot has happened though: the layout's been changed completely, some topics have changed, disappeared or been added and I'm sure a lot more will change this year.

To kickstart this next year and to thank you all for reading and commenting and some of you for having wonderful blogs yourself, I arranged this giveaway.

The lovely Lily from my favorite Etsy shop Chouettes has been kind enough to offer a few owl goodies to give to one of you.

You get to pick one of these seven items below. Go on take a look!

1. Lovely Yellow Ring

2. Daisy Owl Earrings

3. Yellow Rhinestone Earrings

4. Creme Rhinestone Earrings

5. Lucite Berry Earrings

6. Yellow Lucite Earrings

7. Cute Cameo Hairpin

And the winner will also receive this amazing owl necklace.

So that's 1 adorable necklace and 1 matching item of your choice!

This is an international giveaway

so everyone can join:)

All you need to do is comment with the number of the item you'd love to win along with the necklace.

But there are lots of extra entries to be earned:

+ 2 if you're a follower

+ 2 if you heart Lily's shop Chouettes

+ 1 (each) if you tweet about this, friend me on facebook and/or like me on facebook

+ 3 if you blog about this giveaway

+ 3 (each) if you grab one or more of my banners, I made a whole bunch of new ones. Check 'em out here or click the link in the right sidebar.

To make this easier on you and me please leave all entries in ONE comment in which you state how many extra entries you've earned and how.

And don't forget to leave a way for me to find you if you're the winner;)

Winner will be announced on Saterday the 13th of November.

Good luck and thanks for joining!

Owl Things Considered

As we all know owls are pretty amazing creatures. However it wasn't until today I found out they had this special ability.

The video is a bit long maybe, but I urge you to go see the two tricks this little guy has up his sleeve, or wing I suppose. Especially the second ability came so unexpected.

If you didn't have the patience, or maybe you just wanna see more, here's a shorter clip of the shrinking owl. Because you I just don't want you to miss out on it;)

Did you guys know about this? Or were you as surprised as I was?

Just a Little Update

I have a few little announcements to make:

• I have listed lots of Christmas items today.
• There's a SALE on my Etsy till this Saterday. Buy 2 or more items, get 10% off.
• Tomorrow's my 1 year blogging anniversary!
• ...which will be celebrated by an amazing giveaway:) Here's a tiny little spoiler for you:

Marvelous Music ...and a Giveaway Winner!

Given the fact that I have never ever been so obsessed about anything as much as CocoRosie, it might be weird that I haven't done a post on them yet.

However the reason for this is very simple. CocoRosie isn't exactly everyone's cup of tea.

But If you can handle the moustaches, weird lyrics and animal noises, this might just be the thing for you too.

Anyway I'm going to a show of theirs tonight, the 4th time I will see them live!

Their amazing beatboxer is now their official show opener, I haven't heard anything from his cd yet, but the last time I saw him perform he was great.

I'll hopefully come back with some pictures.

Giveaway Winner

Now onto the winner of the owl decal giveaway.

The random number generator picked....

The lovely Jean from Write Owl (Etsy, blog).

Congrats!

Thank you all very much for joining! I am happy to announce the next special giveaway will be held the day after tomorrow.

Sunday Sequence: Happy Halloween!

Since everyone is in the mood for Halloween I thought I'd do a little owl post. Here are some of the cutest pumpkins and costumes I could find. Enjoy!

Even though the last one isn't really meant for Halloween, as it's just a costume of "The Owl", wouldn't it be cool to go like that?

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Halloween in Holland

As you all probably know, Halloween is tomorrow. We don't have it here in Holland, but a lovely American friend of mine sent me a box full of Halloween goodies so that I could celebrate too. I thought I'd take a few pictures of some of the items and share them with you.

I just couldn't believe how cute and detailed the actual chocolate was, although I have to admit this one is long devoured...

This little bat is so cute! And the candy underneath is really really good!

Along with the halloween stuff came two adorable owls, that I will probably show you soon.

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In return for all these Halloween goodies, I sent her a box of Sinterklaas candy, which is a Dutch holiday that comes with lots of traditional candy.

Before I could even pack the box, someone decided it was the perfect spot to go sit and relax. But I got her out of there in the end and was able send the box to my friend.

Are you celebrating Halloween this year? And if you plan on dressing up, what is your costume going to be? I'd love to hear about it.