"The Preface"

  In order to show you how I'm going to change my room, you'll have to see how it looked before the renovation.
  Ok, so I got my room when I was twelve and that explains A LOT. As every child all I wanted was a bunk bed and when I got it I was happy as a calm. But soon afterwards I got fed up with it - I cannot recall the last time time I slept on the top bed. Of course, I must admit that having an extra bed was useful when we had guests, who stayed overnight.

After I turned fourteen and entered the puberty there was only one thing on my mind: "You have to express yourself!" - I remember the tiny voice inside my teenage head repeating these words day after day. And my amazing parents allowed me to destroy my wall and furniture by hanging posters of my favourite bands and actors, my drawings, tickets and flayers on them.





As I stated earlier in the blog I turned eighteen so you can imagine how a young woman feels in a teenage room. Here is were my generous parents stepped in once again by giving me the freedom and resources to turn my personal space into the dreamy boudoir where I could rest, study, work and have fun. Until that happens I'm going to sleep on a mattress on the floor but that's a small price for a dream.
xoxo, A.

all images are from my personal archive
 

New start... literary

  Hey there. I know it's been quite a while since I last posted something but now I'm back for good. During the next couple of weeks or so my blog is going to mainly about DIY furniture paint, wall decoration and organising because I'm redoing my room.
  I'm about to get rid of my old furniture, my bunk bed, my wardrobe - everything! I already found the most amazing antique store and I fell in love with a couple of thing there. They need a serious renovation but with some paint and a lot of imagination they will look great.


  The basic idea is the room to be a mixture of the Shabby Chic and Provence style. It sounds simple but that kind of furniture is extremely expensive in Bulgaria. That is why I'm going to have to turn cheaper furniture into beautiful French antiques. Every step of that makeover will be shared here. I have a bunch of ideas and I'm anxious to start!
  xoxo, A.

picture source: here

18 and life

So two days ago I turned 18.

 Wine, tears of joy, laugh and a fancy dinner with the love of my life - that was the cherry on the top. The dream! And this is me, entering the grown-ups world
 And this is me 11 years ago when I first entered school. Can you spot the difference?
I'm in this really nostalgic mood, watching to old photo and competing who I was to who I've become.
Anyway, I keep these thoughts to me and my closest people. I'm having this big party tomorrow and I still haven't sent any of the indentations and I also have some work around the appartment. So, that's all for now. See you around.
Happy birthday to me,
xoxo, A.

  I know I haven't posted in a week but I was so busy! School wasn't that hard but I had to bake muffins for the charity sale we were organising (they had a tremendous success) and in Tuesday a good friend of mine, who lives in London came back and stayed with us for three days so I had to entertain him.  I took him to a local bar,  he and my boyfriend tried to teach me how to play pool, we smoked hookah - he can't complain of boredom.
With Tony (I look awful!)
  Another important thing I did this week was to make something I planed to all summer long - a board of memories: photos of me and my friends, tickets from concerts, theatre performances and museums,drawings, greeting cards, even a badge and a neckless. I was too lazy to do it during the summer but I decided it was about time (another finished task from my end-of-the-decade list). So here's the result.

  Too bad I don't have more space on the board for new photos because after three moths as a couple me and my boyfriend finally have a picture together.
  During the rest of the week I was reading and drawing. I really want to start writing again and I have a couple of ideas but that can wait. You'll get to read my comment on the book and to see the finished drawing next week.
xoxo, A.

Chill


  I'm having amazing weekend so far! It started at Friday when I went to school and it turned out that  I had no classes. I had a coffee with some of my classmates and then I came back to my house with two of my friends because I needed to change my clothes. For some unknown reason (no, I shall not say that it was because of my silliness!) when I left home I was dressed only with a long shirt/dress and a Spring jacket. I had the feeling my blood was freezing. While we were at my place Vesela found my camera and we made one hell of photo shoot. She's amazing photographer and at the same time my favourite model. So here are some of the photos we made.


me being a badass


fierce
 



with Vesela

lovely

with the wind in her hair

"with her cherry lips..."


Vessy and Sissy
Sissy




  I think the photos turned out so good because none of us took them seriously. We just had fun and the result is stunning. As I mentioned I love Vessy as model but when I start taking her pictures with the intention of doing it as a photograph they're always awful. So here's advise from me - never take anything seriously!
   After this epic photo shoot we met another friend from school and went out for a glass of wine. Afterwards I went to see the new Narnia with my boyfriend (more on that - in the next post).


  Pretty good Friday, wasn't it? Well, today wasn't that much of a fun. In the morning I had an appointment with my beautician. She works at the other end of the city and the weather was so bloody cold today too so you can guess how fun was that. Anyway, I went back home around lunch and I decide it was a proper time for me to finally tidy up my room. Mission impossible! It took me like five hours and I still have some finishing touches to do. But I'll deal with that tomorrow.
   Witch brings me to my Sundays plans. I have to dye my hair, to bake some muffins, to visit the Book Fair, to print some photos and to buy a board on witch I'm gonna put them (along with bazillion other stuff). And I have to be ready with all of these before 3:30 p.m. when I'm meeting some friends. It's gonna be a busy day!

Wish me luck,
xoxo,
A.

Dreaming of the winter in Paris...

Okey, third post for today. I know I'm getting annoying but as I checked two of my favourite blogs I found out that  they have snow in Paris! That's not fair! I want snow... and I miss Paris... I WANT SNOW IN PARIS! Instead of this I'm stuck in the cold but snowless Sofia and I'm listening to my extremely odd playlist (Garbage, Dean Martin and Billy Idol - what am I thinking!?).

From Daily Photo in Paris

From Yanidel’s Street Photography Blog
They say that's snow's going to fall around here by the end of the week but I don't want to wait till then! I WANT BLOODY SNOW RIGHT BLOODY NOW! I realise I'm acting like a five-year-old but I don't care... I want snow! And I want to go back in Paris!
Yours truly, even when whining,
A.

Christmas spirit!

14:14 Posted by Darla 0 comments
It's December, guys! You know what that means - Holidays, presents, lights, snow, cosy warm living rooms... ah, I can't wait. As you can see the Christmas mood has taken me over and I've already started making plans. Yesterday was my only school exam before the holiday ( at least I hope it's the last one) and now I have all the time till Christmas eve to concentrate on preparation.



First of all, with the winter holidays right around the corner I have the difficult task to find the perfect gifts for my loved ones. I usually I enjoy buying presents but right now I'm in a bit of a dead end street since I want to give them something special. Plus me and my boyfriend celebrate our 3 month anniversary in 4 days, one of my dearest friend has a birth day on the 23th and my mom's - on 30th. In less words - I have quite some things to buy.
  Just don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining about that. My only problems is that I'm running out of ideas. You know, when you have to buy 13 different gifts is kind of hard to be original. So here's the rough list which I'm going to complete in the next three weeks:
*For mom: 1. Paco Rabanne's Lady Million
                 2. Some nice sweater or scarf
                 3. still thing about that one
*For dad: 1. His favourite  Azzaro
              2. The Big 4 DVD Live from Sofia
              3. His birthday is in January so I have time to thing about that one
*For my friends - that's the hardest part: I'm considering a bouquets of Poinsettia, books, jewellery and so on and so forth but I haven't picked anything yet.
*For my dear boy: Shhh! That's a surprise ;) I've already bought the anniversary present and I'm certain he'll love it but I don't wanna give anything away just yet. I'm still racking my brain thinking what else to buy him and I'm not telling anything until I decide something.

  The second thing that I'm really existed about is that this year I'm hosting the New Years' Eve dinner. It won't be the big party as previous times - just the opposite - a quiet and classy dinner for four (top six) people. I'm already browsing trough recipes and ideas for decorations. I'm thinking about some kind of meat for main dish but I haven't decided yet whether it's gonna be turkey, veil or pork. I'm considering meat or potato pie as well. I'll make at least two different types of salad and, of course, the traditional Bulgarian banitsa and home-made bread. And the desserts! Ah, I have so many ideas about the desserts! Candied orange peel, muffins, cookies, cake, pies! I'd have to think everything trough since I want to food to match both the drinks (whiskey, champagne and wine) and the decorations.
  Which brings me to part two - the decorations themselves. The Poinsettia comes up again - in the middle of the table, surrounded by candles and Cinnamon and Vanilla sticks. I recently bought this lovely set of black and white dishes I think I'm going to use them but I don't have matching glasses so I'm not sure yet.
I've never been so over-exited around this holidays. It's kind a strange. I don't even care what is Santa going to get me - I just want to make the people I love happy by giving them the perfect dinner and amazing presents. Wish me luck, I'm going shopping!
HO HO HO!,
A.