Organisation

“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common – this is my symphony.” – William Emery Channing

Recently, I spent a full weekend organising my closet and jewellery and well actually my whole apartment. It was so fulfilling! I found pieces that I had forgotten I even had, plus came up withe a couple of outfits that I don’t think I would have if I hadn’t cleared out all the clothing and jewellery that I dont/wouldn’t wear anymore..

It’s pretty amazing what a couple of plastic containers and dividers can do to make jewellery more accessible. Getting ready in the morning really couldn’t be easier, I just have to try really hard to keep it organised, otherwise I am going to be back at square one!

But so far.. so good :)

I hope you are all having a lovely week – it’s halfway to the weekend!

An Irish Blessing for you…

MAY YOU ALWAYS BE BLESSED

WITH WALLS FOR THE WIND.

A ROOF FOR THE RAIN,

A WARM CUP OF TEA BY THE FIRE.

LAUGHTER TO CHEER YOU,

THOSE YOU LOVE NEAR YOU.

AND ALL THAT YOUR

HEART MIGHT DESIRE.

(IRISH BLESSING)

{Outfit: H&M blazer; Lush polka dot top (from Nordstrom); G-Star RAW jeans; Aldo shoes; Juicy Couture cuff as seen here}

1 year ago…

A year ago today.. I started Aartifi-IT.

It’s extremely surreal, I can’t believe a year has gone by already! So many things have changed in my life, and so many things about me have changed too.. and yet still there is so much change yet to happen as well..

2012 is going to be a very exciting year for me :) I really can’t wait.

I picked out a couple of my favourite moments of the last year for this post, it was a lot of fun to go back and re-play some of the memories :)

Click on the pictures to see the originals posts :)

I hope you all have a great weekend.

small miracles

Sunsets, flowers, views from our apartment, pieces of jewellery which hold so many memories, painted nails and my favourite drinks..

I hope you’re all having a lovely week.

More shots from the Aartifi shoot from here coming soon!

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