January

In January I - saw amazing things at the Natural History Museum with Mimi, was featured in Oh Marie's Ugly Duckling article, said goodbye to my cat-friend Gerrit, added new stuff to the shop, finished some commissions, watched a lot of stupid tv with Jaap, made lots of huge animal tshirts into dresses, went on adventures in the woods and on the beach with my family, missed Brian like crazy, discovered the wonderful medium that is watercolors, had a lot of fun bff-days, brought my Lost in a Forest sofa to the Petersburch Gallery in Edam where it's currently displayed, did a lot of boring around the house things like painting chairs and putting together ikea stuff, started packing my stuff, had fun with Annika en Mimi in Artis Zoo, did way too little blog and work stuff.

Movies - Napoleon Dynamite: really doesn't do it for me ♥ ♥, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: fine! ♥ ♥ ♥ , Gake no ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ): finally got to watch this with Jaap! Perfect! ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥, Clueless: perfect movie for a night with the bff and loads of chinese food ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥, Mallrats: I was in the mood for something stupid but it wasn't as bad as I remembered it to be ♥ ♥ ♥, Wayne's World: haha loved it ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥.
Books - Dansen op de Vulkaan by Floor De Goede: ugh such a heartbreaking comic ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥, Het Onzienbare en Andere Verhalen by Erik Kriek: so good. SO SO SO SO GOOD ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥, Very Casual by Michael DeForge: weird as hell but in a good way ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥.
Music - Yeasayer, Missy Elliott, David Bowie, Beck, Alamo Racetrack. I've been reaaally into this new song from Beck but nothing new apart from that.
TV Shows - Gilmore Girls! And I may have binge watched all the New Girl episodes I could find.

Previous monthly recaps; September, Oktober, November, December,

♥ Anne

October

LATE AGAIN! But it's time for another montly recap post!
In October I - Added new stickers and brooches and necklaces to my shop. Watched lots of crappy movies on Netflix. Felt so very blessed to have such wonderfully amazing people surrounding me. Finished illustrations I had been working on for forever. Did some commissions. Spent lots of time with my bf and bff (slumberpartiesss!). Made a cat quiche. Found a lot of cool mushrooms. Saw the awesome Feathers exhibition in Gallery 33. Celebrated Halloween in the most perfectly boring way. Basically had a lot of fun :)

Movies - So like I said, I watched lots of crappy movies on Netflix this month; Clueless, Never Been Kissed, Teeth, Revenge of the Bridesmaids, The Last Exorcism, The Midnight Meat Train... I wouldn't recommend any of these haha.
Books - Loooooved Cowa! by Akira Toriyama, enjoyed Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes and still haven't finished 11/22/63 by Stephen King (but it's great so far).
Music - I have been listening to WOLF by Tyler, The Creator non stop this month (but have to say I'm kinda sick of it already haha).
TV Shows - Speaking of Netflix; ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK! God that show is perfect! Also (re)watched a lot of Misfits, but boyyy are those last few seasons awful.

September

♥ Anne

Vlie pt. five

This is when the Into The Great Wide Open festival finally started! It was fun, ofcourse, but not as much fun as the previous years. I'm not sure if the crowd really had changed into annoying binge drinking party people or if we just weren't feeling it ourselves but, yea. I guess this was our last year. Still there were lots of high lights, like; the Dutch Weed Burger, the ghartjes museum, lovely people, the cute art and tshirt stand, Earth Mk. II, the record store, Harry Merry (both the documentary about him ánd his performance), the best mojitos ever, Keaton Henson in a lovely little church, KEATON HENSON, amazing freshly roasted coffee, de kolderkrant, and lots more (am I missing something Mimi?!)! So yea, Mirjam and I had a great greaaattt vacation together and I miss her and the fun we had a LOT. Hopefully we'll do something similar next year but without the festival stuff ♥!

See all Vlie posts here.

♥ Anne

You don't choke on the winter's end

The air was cold but the sun shone, I was feeling sick so my mom, my little doggy Sofie and I went for a walk and picknick in the icy woods. She stuffed three big garbage bags with brown leaves for her garden, Sofie ran around like Cujo until her legs were tired and I filled my lungs with the fragrant air and collected samples of moss to press.

♥ Anne