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Happy and Colorful Ideas for Grey April Days

March 26, 2016

[Werbung:] Hello my dear readers! March and April are often filled with grey days, but spring is coming soon and I have some colorful and happy ideas for you to make those days brighter!

I have recently teamed up with OTTO for a Pinterest cooperation and we are currently sharing inspiring content and products in the prettiest pastel colors. Make sure to have a look at OTTO’s pastel color board on Pinterest! :)

So today’s the day for pastel colors and happy activites against bad grey weather mood.

Happy and Colorful Ideas for Grey April Days

Go to the park and watch the blossoms bloom. // Get crafty and make pastel color spring decor. What about origami paper tulips?

Throw a party and use helium balloons for decor. Makes so so happy! // Sort out your wardrobe and make space for pretty spring clothes!

Declutter your home and make everything bright, clean and pretty. This is so satisfying! // Get out your bike and explore the city! Bad weather can’t stop us, there’s so much to discover!

Invite your friends for a colorful springtime brunch. // Dress in happy pastel colors and dare to wear something different than usual.

Get crafty! Draw, sketch, paint, this is so much fun! // Get out of bed in the morning with fresh milkshakes and smoothies, this gives you power and brigthens up your mornings! :)

Go to a carnival or funfair and get yourself some candy cotton, mhhh! // Bake! Invite friends for tea time and make cupcakes or muffins.

Let’s go and do some gardening! Work on your balcony or in the garden or get at least some fresh plants for your home’s inside. Instant spring feeling, even when it’s raining! // Ice cream season is coming soon, so enjoy it and grab your first cone of ice cream of the season, even if it’s still grey outside!

Those grey days will be over soon, so don’t worry and make the best out of it. Spring is coming! :)
Happy day!
Lu

P.S.: This blogpost was written for a cooperation with OTTO. :)

Folge OTTO Fashion & Lifestyles Pinnwand „HeuteIstDerTag für Pastell“ auf Pinterest.

Parties

Colorful Sweet and Savory Party Food Table

February 18, 2016

It’s party time! Two weeks ago I had my 29th birthday and I realized that I hadn’t even completely blogged about last year’s party, so here we go. :)

One year ago, when I turned 28, I celebrated my birthday with a big Rock’n’Roll theme party and invited all of my friends. There was loud music, confetti, people in petticoats and pretty suits and lots of laughter. Perfect night for me.

Of course back then I did not only prepare pretty decor, I also made a colorful food table in the kitchen.

Luckily, I got everything done before the sun went down, so I was able to take photos of the brightness and all the delicous food. And as every time, I had a cooperation with lovely Partyerie who sent me honey combs, pretty paper dishes and cups for the party.

Making a big food table always takes lots of planning and preparations.

To make sure everything fits onto the table, I planned which plate and bowl to use for which food and arranged everything in a pretty way, varying shapes, sizes and colors of the dishes.

For the sweet part, I made cupcakes, a cheese cake, a chocolate cake and a third cake about whose flavor I have forgotten now that it’s one year later. :D

The cupcakes were with raspberry coconut flavor (my favorite!) and I topped them with cream cheese and Raffaello.

Hmm!

Savory food on the left, sweet food on the right.

Most of the colorful bows and plates are from RiceDK with whom I have been working together in the past. I looove their kitchenware. :)

There were also some sweets I’ve known back from my childhood days. So much candy!

Mhhh! Makes my mouth water!

That was wonderful!

While posting about last year’s party and food table, I am already planning this year’s one, can’t wait to show you more!

Thanks for reading and happy weekend! :)

DIY

DIY: Wooden Geometrical Magnets

February 8, 2016

Hey everyone, here’s an easy peasy DIY for you today. Grab your craft supplies and here we go!

Make geometrical wooden magnets for your fridge or another magnetical surface. You won’t need many tools and supplies and it’s a nice gif for people who already own everything they need.

Make Your Own Geometrical Magnets

What you need:

– Slices of wood

– Magnets

– Acrylic paint, transparent paint, paint brushes

– All-purpose glue

Glue the right side of the magnets onto the back of the wood slices.

Use paint for the foundation. Maybe you’ll need several layers. Let dry in between.

Use tiny paint brush tips for embellishment and geometrical patterns.

After having let dry the layers of color, use transparent paint for a nice finish.

Yippie yay! Have fun with your new magnets!

They surely brighten up the kitchen space! Have fun making your own ones! :)

Happy day,

Handlettering & Illustration

25hours Hotel Number One // A Winter Trip to Hamburg

January 21, 2016

[Werbung:] Oh Hamburg, my love! During several trips in the last few months, I have discovered my love for this beautiful city.

The more I fell in love with Hamburg, the more happy I was about new opportunities to go there again. :)

Past fall, I got in touch with the 25hours Design Hotels and they invited me to visit them in their 25hours Hotel Number One in Hamburg which was the very first one of their hotels. Over the past years, they have opened seven hotels in several wonderful cities (for example also in Berlin and Vienna) and they all look differently: sometimes cool, sometimes nostalgic, sometimes with a retro touch, sometimes mostly bright and colorful.

One year ago, I had already stayed at their 25hours Hotel The Goldman in Frankfurt for a business trip and was super excited because of all the colorful concept rooms and art hanging on every floor. This time, I now drove to Hamburg and stayed in a retro room with lots of bright light, an airy design and clear lines. The whole hotel is furnished in 60s and 70s interior.

Next to the main building from the 50s, there’s even an additional guest house with separate rooms and a huge kitchen which can be shared by all guests. Such a great idea for a friend’s trip with a larger group!

Our room had a super modern bathroom with a really nice design, huge shower and separate toilet space. I wish I had a washbasin like this!

You know it’s all about the tiny details, isn’t it? The hotel has a Disney comic book library (how cool is this?) next to the dining room and the have the nicest embroidery on their bed pillows. “Let’s spend the night together” and “Almost home.”

The hotel’s meeting room even has a basketball basket. Haha, fun times for business meetings!

After arriving in Hamburg and getting a tour trough the hotel, we walked to the Elbe. It’s about half an hour walking distance away from the hotel and it’s really nice to walk along all those old houses in Ottensen. When you go to the Elbe beach, definitely go to Strandperle! It’s a lovely beach bar, open all year (even nice in winter and not so crowded as in summer) and they have the B.E.S.T. fish buns! The buns themselves are so fresh and crispy and their Matjes fish is so so so delicious. Oh my, this makes my mouth water so hard while writing this text! Ha! You need to go there! :)

A walk along the beach is always lovely. :) Happy times!

At the old museum harbor Övelgönne there is a ferry station which then brings you back to the Landungsbrücken and Hamburg’s main harbor. You can use the ferry with your normal public transportation ticket.

After a first Hamburg day with strolling around and eating LOTS (and I really mean it – lots!) of fish, we slept super well in the big hotel bed and then enjoyed breakfast in the prettily designed 70s style breakfast room.

No culinary wishes left open at the breakfast buffet. And all those colors! :)

The best thing about the comfy bed? There was even enough space for me to use it for handlettering. I started before going to bed and finished a Hamburg illustration in the morning. So so relaxing for me.

The whole second day in Hamburg was for exploration. Make sure to visit the Empire Riverside Hotel close to the harbor and close to the Elbtunnel (which you have to walk trough and enjoy the view of the city at night with all the lights!), go to the sky bar on the top floor and be happy about a breathtaking view over the city! They have windows on all sides and it’s just amazing (but not for boyfriends who are afraids of heights, so take care… :))!

If you are a coffee lover, check out torrefaktum. Pretty store, pretty corporate design and of course good coffee (according to my boyfriend and a friend of mine who once lived near by and went there super ofen – I myself don’t drink any coffee at all :)).

Hamburg’s streets are so nice and there’s always so so much to discover. We went to the Schanze, there’s so much street art which is totally different from the motives you see in Berlin.

If you like beer, visit the Craft Beer Store next to Ratsherrn Brauerei at the Schanzen Höfe.

It’s a heaven for beer lovers (they have so so many different kinds!) and guess what I chose! – Lemonade! :D Packaging victim. This bottle was just too cute to leave it behind.

I got the funniest button at a button machine and then we had coffee and super delicious cheese cake (I even ordered a second slice of it ;)) at Herr Max, it was melting on my tongue, mhhh! If you haven’t been there so far, do not only go because of the delicious cake, but also because of the pretty vintage style interior.

For dinner, we ate at Ti Breizh (House of Brittany) and their crepes were really good. Nautical flair and interior, delicous food. Afterwards, you can walk along the tiny canals at the Speicherstadt.

Hamburg, day number three: the hotel has so many more pretty rooms to offer! I loved this large one with the pink pops of color and the retro lamps.

New day, new aventures. Such an #amazing and #superb time. #thankyou for letting us stay at your hotel, dear 25hours Hotel team! :)

Strolling around foreign cities is always fun, so much to explore. I love the Övelgönne harbor with its contrast of old and new.

Park Fiction with its palm trees is not only nice to look at on magical summer evenings. At the fish market (which is open on Sundays), you can take nice photos and again take the ferry which connects Finkenwerder with the city harbor and stops in between and brings people to the Elbe beach.

When being at the Landungsbrücken harbor, definitely go to Brücke 10. They have super delicious fish and crab buns. You can have a beer, enjoy their white wooden furniture (not too touristic!) and watch boats and ships go by.

Oh Hamburg! It has been a pleasure again!

Ahoy, dear 25hours Hotel team! Thanks for the invitation for this travel report cooperation! Can’t wait to come back!

Have fun with your next Hamburg trip, check out my Hamburg board on Pinterest and make sure to ask me about some recommendations!

Thanks for reading! :)

P.S.: This blogpost was produced in cooperation with the 25hours Design Hotel. Of course everyhing written here is as always my personal opinion. Thanks for following around! :)

Freebies, Handlettering & Illustration

Handlettering Printable: Happy New Year 2016

December 27, 2015

Hooray, the year is coming to an end and I bet the next one is gonna be even more awesome than 2015!

This past year has been full of changes, emotions, adventures, love and friendship for me and I am more than excited about it and really in the mood to celebrate what has been and what is coming next.

To end 2015, I have prepared four handlettering printables as a free download for personal use for you. Hooray, a new year is coming and new adventures are waiting!

Download the free printable: Let’s celebrate!

Download the free printable: Let’s make 2016 wonderful!

Download the free printable: Awesome new year.

Download the free printable: Great 2016.

Have fun with the printables (for personal use only!)! You can use them as wall art prints, gifts, place cards on your party table or as postcards for happy new year’s mail to your loved ones.

If you post photos of my work online, feel free to tag me with @luloveshandmade and to link back to me, I’d be happy to see your photos! :)

Enjoy New Year’s Eve and have a wonderful start to the new year!

Merken