Today is 2011, Tomorrow is 2012.
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My Christmas tree. ♥
This is how my beautiful Christmas tree looks like! ♥
A belated Christmas gift.
This book came in the mail today & it was a belated Christmas gift to me from my mom; My Way To Hell - Dakota Cassidy.
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Snow White & The Huntsman - Trailer #2.
My Christmas presents. ♥
My Christmas presents. ♥
1 gift-card on the Science Fiction (SF) bookstore & 2 gift-cards on H&M. ♥
The Twilight Saga: The Official Illustrated Guide by Stephenie Meyer. ♥
Elixir & Devoted by Hilary Duff. ♥
Eat, Pray, Love & Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert. ♥
Camera-bag that's especially designed for my camera + 1 extra battery. ♥
Christmas Eve. ♥
I only took a photo of the Christmas smorgasbord on this year's Christmas Eve, haha. ♥
Merry Christmas! ♥
Daniel Radcliffe: No one will want to see my film.
Daniel Radcliffe has been in front of the camera for most of his life so far… but now he’s looking to write something.
The 22-year-old British actor told MTV recently, “I am trying to write a script which is fun and frustrating and terrible at the moment but hopefully will be good at some point.”
“Beyond that, I don’t know. It will be a film that no one wants to see,” Daniel shared.
Daniel added about what else he’s been writing, “I actually wrote a poem the other day for the first time in about eight months and I went, ah, actually that’s half decent. Everything else I’ve written has been crap, but I wrote something the other day I was actually pleased with.”
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Trailer.
My weekend with Elin.
On Friday, December 16, I met up with Elin after she quit her school and then we went Christmas shopping. After we were done with our shopping, we went and bought some food, then we went home to my place and left/picked up my things and after that we went home to Elin where I was going to sleep over.
111216 - Elin forced me to taste a coconut for the first time. She bought one when we bought food. I don't think it tastes that much actually and the texture was a bit weird. I actually think cookies/candy with cocos in tastes better than the actual coconut, haha.
111217 - Me, Elin, Marjo & Lars played Monopoly where Elin beat us all. I thought I would get some extra luck in the game when I stole this little Hello Kitty figure and played with it, but I didn't get any extra luck. This Kitty can't be that smart since she ended up on Elin's London-hotel 3 times in a row...
111217 - Meet my new friend, Elin's Mamegoma stuffed-animal! It's just too cute! ♥ I definitely have to buy a Mamegoma stuffed-animal for myself so I don't have to steal Elin's stuffed-animal to talk with... Haha!
I stayed at Elin's place until Sunday, December 18, when I went home again.
Hello Kitty plastic buckets!
I got 2 of these Hello Kitty plastic buckets from my aunt today before I left their home.
She saw them at Willys and took 4 (I think they costed some money if I'm not wrong, since it's a official Sanrio product, but otherwise these plastic buckets don't cost any money) for me and my cousin. Everyone knows that I love Hello Kitty so she was nice and took 2 of them to me too!
These plastic buckets is normally where the candy is at Willys and they're used instead of candybags but they're not there anymore so I don't know where you can find these Hello Kitty plastic buckets now.
I won't use these 2 plastic buckets I got to have candy in since they would probably get squishy inside and I don't want them to be ruined. I'll use them to have things in them instead.
Fourth Advent 2011.
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Polar-bear. ♥
I found this little polar-bear in a toy-store when me & Elin was down town and did some Christmas shopping.
The polar-bear is actually small and the photo is a bit misleading, since the polar-bear actually is maximum 1cm.
Now I've placed it together with my larger polar-bear decoration on one of my shelfs in my room. ♥
DIY: 3 Christmas Gifts!
I think “Whimsical Jars” that she talks about in the video is really good and creative tips on DIY (do it yourself) Christmas presents, i.e. Christmas presents you can do on your own.
And what's really good is that you can do different versions of the present, depending on who you want to give it to and what you think the person needs/wants. I even got to think about some own ideas about what you can have in these “whimsical jars”, beyond the ideas that Blair mentioned in the video. If you also get to think about anymore ideas on what you can have in them, please share them in a comment!
I actually got really happy after I'd seen this video because I know that my mom is someone who will appreciate and be happy for a so called “whimsical jar”, so I'll definitely make one for her! ♥
Just like Blair (otherjuicystar07) says in the video you should give a present like this to someone you know will appreciate it. It would probably be a bit weird to get a present like this by someone you barely know, but it's a good present for someone you know will appreciate it.
After I'd seen the first video I found the video below, also on otherjuicystar07's YouTube:
In this video she talks about something she calls “Knapsack of Hope”, which also is a good and creative DIY Christmas present, just like the other presents that was mentioned in the first video.
This present can probably be given to more people than the presents in the first video, but at the same time you still have to think about who would appreciate a present like this. Once again it probably wouldn't be so appreciated by someone you don't know very well.
Except the 2 videos I found a third video with tips on a good Christmas present, on macbarbie07's YouTube:
In this video Bethany tells us how you can do your own snow-globe!
I guess that most people like snow-globes so that's something you could do and give to almost anyone. I would like to do one on my own but I don't have the material I need at home so therefore I can't do it right now. But I'll definitely do my own snow-globe some time in the future!
You don't have to do only Christmas presents by this tips, you can do them as normal presents too if you know someone who has a birthday who would like some of the presents that was mentioned/made in the videos.
If you know any other good ideas for DIY Christmas presents please tell me about them! ♥
❝The Host❞ - Stephenie Meyer.
The book was really good and I recommend it to everyone who likes books in the sci-fi genre! And to the rest of you as well, since it was so good.
The book is about:
“Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading 'soul' who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer & Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.”
I read some chapters from the book every evening/night and I didn't want to stop reading when I started, which is a sign that it's a good book you're reading. And when I finished the book this weekend I only wanted even more!
I'd really want that Stephenie wrote a sequel to the book but so far I haven't heard anything about a sequel + that the book finished in a way that makes it possible to write a sequel to the book but the history could also stop where the book stopped. But it would really be fun to read a sequel to it because like I said I want more!
I can definitely say that “The Host” is my new favorite book and I really look forward to being able to see the book turn into a movie. If you didn't already know, “The Host” will also be turned into a movie. The movie is planned to be released in 2013 and the filming will start in February 2012 according to IMDB. Which actors who will play the characters is already planned so search for “The Host” on IMDB and you'll know more, if you're interested. It's hard to say if I'm happy or disappointed with the actors that have been chosen to play the characters. I think that I'll only be able to answer that once I've seen the movie so I'll have to wait until that before I can answer that.
Third Advent 2011.
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❝Harry Potter❞ 1-7 Box Limited Edition! ♥
from the post office! ♥ The box contains all the 8 movies (the 7th movie/book is, as you may know, divided into 2 parts), extra-material + a photo-album.
I was in a very good mood for the rest of the evening since I was so happy! My mom couldn't really understand my happiness over a movie-box, haha, but for me it's not only a movie-box, it's also the world's greatest Harry Potter movie-box! ♥ I got box number 24.725 of 25.000 btw.
It was no doubt for me to buy the box when I first got to know that it was going to be released.
Second Advent, Christmas fair.
We didn't buy anything on the fair because they mostly sold handcraft, pastries and candy but it was fun anyway to look at the fair since I more or less love everything that has something to do with Christmas.
Last year we were at Skansens Christmas fair (it's like a zoo originally) and we didn't buy anything there either if I remember correct but it was fun to look at it anyway + get to see the few animals who was outside. I would totally want to go to Skansens Christmas fair this year again and I asked my mom earlier today if we could go to it but she didn't like that idea so if not someone else want to go there with me I won't go there on my own so then I have to wait to next year instead.
Except buying a jacket and being down town I've also been good and cleaned my desk when I got home. I just have a few things left to put away before I'm done. I promised myself to clean before Christmas (& actually before First advent) since it gets more cozy and it looks better with a cleaned room when you have Christmas decorations up.
Now I'm going to put away the last things before I'm done and after that I'm actually thinking of Christmas pottering, i.e. make own Christmas cards as I do every Christmas. It's Second Advent today so it would be suitable if I did it today. But I'll see if I do it or if I just move myself to the sofa and watch TV instead.
Fake fur jacket from Kappahl.
I found this fake fur jacket on sale at Kappahl so I bought it.
It's a black (with a little dark brown) fake fur jacket.
I bought it for 300:- and it cost 999:- from the beginning so it was a good bargain!
I tried on another fake fur jacket in a lighter color that was longer, but it was way too big for me. It was the smallest size in the XLNT sizes which is size L but it's a extra big L since it's the XLNT sizes. So therefore I couldn't buy it since it was too big and it would just look weird to wear a jacket that you clearly can see is too big. That jacket's on sale prize was also 300:- and I think it cost 1000:- from the beginning so that would have been a really good bargain otherwise.
If you want to buy a fake fur jacket I recommend you to go and check at Kappahl since they have them on sale right now!
Second Advent 2011.
“Into The White”.
“Into The White” is the first movie that Rupert Grint is starring in after the 3 latest Harry Potter movies.
I don't know if I'm going to like the movie but I'll probably just watch it because Rupert is in it. Plus that the movie was shot in Trollhättan which is in Sweden, so it's fun that he have actually been in Sweden and shot a movie! Trollhättan is known as Sweden's “Hollywood”. If I'm not wrong it's sometimes called “Trollywood”.
The movie was also shot in Norway and it's a Norwegian movie and not a Swedish movie and they talk both English & Norwegian in the movie. So far there's only information about when the movie premiers in Norway and that's at March 9, 2012.
“Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”.
“Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” premiers at February 17, 2012 in Sweden and at February 10, 2012 in the US + the UK.
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