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A working day

This week i’m suddenly busy. With work. So yes, that is a good thing. I’m working at two assignments now, but i have a third waiting. I should work on that one over the weekend.

I did also make some pickled radishes. I saw a recipe for those over the weekend, and yesterday i did buy them on the market. Quick pickled radish with ginger. I’ll be making some of the sushi rice with avocado. Sounds lovely.

I also went to the doctors assistant this morning. I’m not sure i ever mentioned it here on this blog. I have diabetes. It was diagnosed five years ago. Over the past six months my sugar level has risen. So i had a change in medicine. That is not working though. In a months time i have to go back after another change. If that doesn’t help, i will need to start giving myself insulin. Not something i look forward to to be honest.

I did come across some posts about a low-carbohydrate diet for diabetes-2 patients. So i will give that a go. That might work. And really, i do need to loose a bit of weight. Stop eating the cookies Ellen!

I do have some ideas for posts. But they still need work. So i don’t think they’ll be done tomorrow. Well, the song might be done. That would be great!

That is it for now. I could write a lot more. About the Roger Federer – Marin Cilic match i did watch for a while this afternoon. Great, great match. And Federer won! The first match i saw that caught my attention. I did miss the Djokovic defeat last week.

That is it for now. Have a lovely day!

Published on July 7, 2016 at 6:00 by Ellen

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Patreon

Last week i made a Patreon page for myself. It does remind me of this kickstarter page i made on lfs.nl a year and a half ago. I got one dollar there. So i don’t have any high expectations. But still, this could be a nice way to add some monthly income. My fonds are a bit low at the moment.

I will add some information on this website about this page. And yes, i will need to make a Paypal account for myself.

I do need to think about where i will add the information about this Patreon page. It could be in the footer. Or on the about page. It’ll work itself out i’m sure.

Glad i got this done.

Published on July 6, 2016 at 6:00 by Ellen

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I have some minor boards on Pinterest. The past months i added a board about jewelry and about the Dutch royal family. Both were for posts. The most expensive jewelry in the world. Staatsieportretten.

I started out with a Do it yourself-board, a Rotterdam-board and a Cooking-board. All three are still quite bare. Minimal fashion has some more, 29 pins. And the jewelry and Royal Family boards have loads more. Most i actually got from Pinterest itself.

I just made a new board about Raf Simons. I love his work. In yesterday’s post, The most beautiful dresses of all time, i showed three of his dresses. He does give an extraordinarily extravagant minimalistic feel to his clothes.

I do follow a few people. Jeffrey Zeldman. David Lebovitz. Heidi Swanson. Joline Jolink. Angelique van Velzen-Smeenk. L P. lotte v. Carlos Restrepo. Gretha Agate.

Jeffrey Zeldman is a webdesigner whose books i learned from so much, whose blog i read irregularly. Lebovitz and Swanson are cooking bloggers. Joline Jolink is a fashion designer whose clothes i love. The other people i’m not sure about. I must have come across their boards and simply enjoyed them.

Aah, L P has many gardening, permaculture and food boards. Carlos Restrepo has boards with artists and photographers. Gretha Agate has some royalty boards and royalty dresses.

Of these nine people i follow, Jeffrey Zeldman has the most pins: 68.900. Music, directors, cinema, design, places, photographers, artists, fonts, illustration, cats, writers, albums from hell. Too much to get all in once.

As a closing remark to this post, i never really got into Pinterest. I probably never will, but it is a good way to get stuff from the internet together and go through it once in a while. Just as a reminder.

Published on July 5, 2016 at 6:00 by Ellen

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The most beautiful dresses of all time

Published as the worst dress ever, the Swan dress worn in 2001 by Björk. I think this dress is enchanting. Designed by Macedonian designer Marjan Pejoski.

The dress worn by Audrey Hepburn in 1954, designed by Givenchy.

Backless Guy Laroche dress worn by Hilary Swank in 2005.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 27: Actress Michelle Williams arrives at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards held at the Kodak Theatre on February 27, 2011 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Michelle Williams wore this pearl embellished Chanel dress for the Oscars 2011.

HOLLYWOOD, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Actress Amy Adams arrives at the Oscars at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 24, 2013 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Oscar de la Renta designed this dress. Amy Adams wore this to the 2013 Oscars.

A Dior Raf Simons dress for Jennifer Lawrence for the 2013 Oscars.

Lupita-Nyongo-Light-Blue-Prada-Dress-Oscars-2014

A light blue dress designed by Prada for the 2014 Oscars, worn by Lupita Nyongo.

© PHOTO PETER STIGTER JAN TAMINIAU 28-09-15 AMSTERDAM

A dress designed by Jan Taminiau for the Autumn/Winter collection 2015.

Dior Raf Simons strapless white organza dress embroidered with chiffon, Fall 2012.

Alexander McQueen designed this silk dress for Spring/Summer 2003.

Raf Simons designed this wedding shirt for Jil Sander in Spring 2012.

Published on July 4, 2016 at 6:00 by Ellen

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Cloud

Published on July 1, 2016 at 6:00 by Ellen

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Train

Published on June 30, 2016 at 6:00 by Ellen

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About Ads

Ads is very Dutch. The subtitles are Dutch. The ads itself are Dutch.

It is hard for me to see. This is the world i’m living in. A Dutch world mostly. Yes, many influences from outside, of course. Mainly from the UK and the USA, but also Belgium, Germany, a bit of France.

So i don’t know how people from other countries view a clip like this one. With interest? With curiosity? Or maybe they don’t like it all? Eew…

I posted this clip on facebook, where it went away silently unnoticed. Most people use facebook to publish stuff, not to read, a friend says.

My work is very much outside the current art world. First of all, it is impossible to sell. I don’t want to sell it, i simply want to show it.

Right now my work is hardly noticed by anyone. Some people enjoy it, like it. Let me know that. Something which i love! Many other people pass this website and don’t leave anything. No idea what ideas go through them.

I should search more for ways to showcase my website. It is hard though, you gotta go through so many spam filled content to find a little gem in between hoards of trying to make money sites.

I should try again.

Published on June 29, 2016 at 6:00 by Ellen

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Halfway last week i got this idea of filming ads on tv and making something with them. I made two long shots of ad breaks and started to work with them. I enjoyed it. The material is lovely. I also liked the grainy tv images. First i wanted to use a tripod, but later on i simply made shots with the camera in my hand.

Music was a bit hard. First i tried Miss Kittin. But then i thought of this song i really like and from which i have no clue how i got to know it: Motor from Jewelz and Sparks.

To be honest, up until half this day i thought i would publish this clip the end of this week. But i realized it was nearly done.

I did add some images of the movie Independence Day in between. Especially the plane flying into the fire. It is a bit hectic, with the music, the images.

When i watched it coming together i sat there with hands before my mouth and tears in my eyes.

Enjoy!

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