Gifts Week 4

First of all; happy new year! Hope you had some great days with your friends and family. I certainly had some nice days, I also still have some images of the gifts I received during the last week of Advent. So here a photo with the last items :) xx

Gifts Week 3

Here some photos of the gifts I received during the third Advent week. I really like that I got completely different items every week.

Today we had our first snow here in Holland so I was glad that I had my new gloves. As you can see I also received an Asos sweater, three pencils, porcelain salt & pepper grenades, puzzle booklet, blanket and an owl. xx

Merry Christmas

Hope you'll have a wonderful time with friends and family. Enjoy! I wish you a:

Last Minute Gift Ideas

Still on the hunt for that perfect gift for your father, brother or boyfriend? Maybe one of the above gifts is exactly what you are looking for. You can find the items here:

Adidas Stan Smith | HAY wooden hand | USB charger cable | FWSS woolen scarf | Mrporter paperback | Asos leather belt | Onepiece hat | Grow your own Chili kit | Carhartt gloves

Of course it is less hard to find something for women (at least generally speaking). Nonetheless I created a little list with some gift ideas, maybe for yourself? Find the objects here:

Le Specs sunglasses | Fashion Selby paperback | Weekday Mittens | FWSS charcoal hat | Isabel Marant cuffs | Esme Winter notebook | Monki socks | Aesop cream | Baggu foldable tote

Low and High budget Party Looks

LOW BUDGET

LOW BUDGET PARTY LOOK
Always want to look on trend during the December parties but don't you want to spend too much money to buy a new outfit? Maybe this look is something for you. For that fancy dinner, exciting concert or fabulous party. You can shop this complete look for just €120, go shop the items here:

HIGH BUDGET

HIGH BUDGET PARTY LOOK
Do you want to look fabulous during all those December happenings and do you have a lot of money to spent on an outfit? You might be interested in the look I've created for those special occasions. I wouldn't mind wearing this floor length beauty together with silver jewelry and sexy heels, what about you?

Advent Gifts First Week

Maybe you already read something about it on my Instagram (@heritagemode), we are celebrating advent this year. Instead of giving each other one larger gift at Christmas we decided to buy 31 presents for the other. Quite hard I have to admit, but I managed to find nice ones.

Here are the gifts I got during the first seven days! A nice porcelain rhino hook, Dille & Kamille oil bottle, America Today pyjama trousers, wooden wolf, Runners world cookbook, black vase and black H&M scarf. Happy with my gifts! xx

Weekly

What are you looking at?
1. Wrapping Christmas presents for Xmas at my boyfriends place. Love to wrap everything in different wrapping papers and use strings and ribbons to top it off.
2. Some of the presents I got at our place. A beautiful blanket, gift cards for both Hema and Dille & Kamille (Dutch shopping mall and an shop with beautiful living stuff), French Vogue and a box Merci chocolates. Mart gave me a Chanel eyeshadow and mascara, because he knew I was in need of a refill :)
3. Gifts I got at Marts place. This beautiful wooden slice of an oak tree, soap, apron and oven glove. We also got a restaurant gift card and a few bottles of beer and wine.
4 & 5. We went to Sonsbeek Park this morning, for a quick walk. I was wearing my amazing velvet headband I got at Bartinki.
6. The presents under our Christmas tree. My parents and brothers came over to eat dinner with us and Mart and I bought everyone some presents!

Can't believe 2013 is almost over. I'm busy preparing a recap of the outfits I wore this year. How was your year? xx

Weekly

What are you looking at?
1. Christmas reindeer at our home.
2. A risotto I made last week, with homemade sun dried tomatoes (oven dried actually ;).
3. We bought a tiny Christmas tree last week and a few cute decorations, like owls and angles.
4. Another shot of last weeks outfit.
5. Cooking in our new kitchen, which is finally finished!
6. The ones that follow me on Instagram (@heritagemode) already knew I was going to paint our new wooden floors white. So here is a photo after I put the the first layer of paint on the floor.
7. Baked potatoes, tomatoes and homemade Kibbeh with rosé beer of course.
8. This year we decided to put our Christmas tee in a vase.

Merry Christmas! Hope you'll have a great time with your friends and family and see many great xmas movies and eat lots of delicious meals. Enjoy all the festivities! xx

Smokey eye inspiration

I think my Christmas make up will be inspired by these smokey eyes! OK, the Chanel lace and the glitter one are definitely a bit over the top. But a pair of good smokey eyes can do no wrong, although I would rather go for a more subtle version. Are you opting for a party look this year? xx

Christmas Decoration

Love some Christmas decoration when it's not too corny. I love the glass decoration in front of the window and the simple decoration in the branches. Have you fully decorated your house yet? xx

My X-mas tree and inspiration

Above is the Christmas tree currently standing in our living room (which is still under construction). Last weekend we celebrated the Dutch Sinterklaas fest where it's tradition to draw lots and wrap your gifts with a surprise box. My mother had to buy me a present and decided to make this amazing Christmas tree as gift wrap, I think it's really beautiful. Secretly she had been glueing all these laths together during the previous week without anyone noticing. I really like this Christmas tree since I like alternative trees just as much as traditional ones. Thanks mom!

For those of you who are in need of some tree inspiration, I searched the web for some examples: