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Damask patterns

I've got a huge collection of pics on my pc, and there are a bunch of pretty backgrounds, and sure there are damask patterns, cuz I love them!

I googled some more of them for you to enjoy.

 black and white

they can be of various colours

 

 

and even multicolours

but i don't like these that much.. i'm into monochromatic ones.

there are loads of stuff you can make with damask patterns!

cakes

i want to know how they make it!

cushions

shoes

i would so wear them =)

tablewear

martini collection <3

boxes

furniture

this vintage sofa  looks simple, but nice

using chair covers is a quick and easy way of changing your room's look)

wallpaper and bedding. soo cool)

Clicking on each of these pics will take you to their sources. I strongly recommend you to check out all of them, where you can find even more damask pattern designs of everything.

I googled a bit more, and here's what Wikipedia says about damask and Damascus. Apparantely damask the fabric derived it's name from Damascus.
Arabs call the city Dimashq or al-Shām or (which is more important in my case ^_^ ) Madīnatul Yāsmīn (which literally means 'City of Jasmine')

I guess I'm taken with this pattern cuz it has deep connections with me. Funny though.
Anyways this pattern is a great inspiration for me.

15 days of handwriting

I'll probably do this project when I'm bored to death.

Day 1: What do you think of your handwriting?
Day 2: Handwrite your blog name alongside your real name.
Day 3: Handwrite your favorite quote.
Day 4: Handwrite your bestfriend’s/bestfriends’ name/s.
Day 5: Do you prefer printing or handwriting? What’s your opinion between the two?
Day 6: Handwrite your favorite song/song quote.
Day 7: Handwrite whatever you want with a blue/red pen.
Day 8: Handwrite your worst pet peeve.
Day 9: Handwrite something that always catches your attention.
Day 10: Handwrite all the websites you’re updated with.
Day 11: Handwrite your name using your left/right hand (opposite of what you normally use).
Day 12: Try writing about how your handwriting can define you or not.
Day 13: Handwrite your blog crushes.
Day 14: Handwrite “hello”.
Day 15: Handwrite whatever you want and use different colored pens filling up the whole piece of paper or whatsoever

canon 5d mark II cake

Or maybe I'd like a sculpted cake like this for my bd. xD

via Toxel
Original source

cutest cakes

I just can't keep this to myself! I need to share these exquisite cakes with everyone!
Most popular cakes and Topsy turvy cakes

A couple of my personal favourites:

Cupcake Candy Cake

a cirque du soleil theme cake

just a topsy turvy cake

Aren't they just gorgeous?! I would love to have one for my 25th birthday)))

Bold what's true.

     It’s night right now.
    There’s something else you should be doing at the moment.
    You ate chicken today.  
    You are lactose intolerant.
    There’s a nearby TV on.
    You get along with your neighbors.  
    Twilight is a horrible series.
    You’re hungry right now.
    You have worked out today.  
    Running a mile sounds awful.
    You have a job.
    You love to bake Christmas cookies.  
    Your parents are still together.
    You woke up before 11 this morning.
    Baths are better than showers.
    You are 5’5” or shorter.
    You hate British accents.
    Victoria’s Secret is a good store.
    Cats are better than dogs.
    The 90’s sucked.  
    Your cell phone is right next to you.
    Your favorite color is either blue or purple.
    Your hair is short.
    You are by yourself right now.
    The last thing you drank was water.
    You’re in your PJ’s right now.
    Your hair color is natural.
    Fred from Youtube is annoying.
    You don’t drink soda..
    There’s at least 20$ in your wallet.
    It’s cold out.
    Orange juice is better than apple juice.
    You love someone right now.
    Video games are awesome.
    Your sheets are white.
    You have read works by Shakespeare before.
    You’ve been professionally diagnosed with a psychological disorder.  
    You know someone in the hospital right now.
    You’ve showered today.  
    You know someone who has beaten cancer.
    Sneakers are your favorite shoes to wear.
    Chocolate is better than vanilla.
    You’re allergic to peanuts.
    You’ve never been to New York City.
    You’ve never been on a varsity sports team.
    You want to go to Europe.
    You’re using a laptop right now.
    Plastic surgery is a good idea.
    Vanilla is the best scent a girl can wear.
    You’ve made yourself throw up.
    You’ve cheated on someone before.
    You have a broken heart at the moment.  
    Your friends do drugs.

    School is too early.
    Your nails have nail polish on them right now.
    You’re Italian.  
    You have a tan right now.
    You’ve been on a diet before.
    You shop in plus sized clothing stores.  
    Hot Topic is scary
    There are socks on your feet right now.
    You’ve used a hair straightener.
    Shopping online is easier than shopping in an actual store.
    Cheesecake is delicious.
    You’re in Verizon’s network.
    Your BMI falls into the overweight category.
    You have gotten your hair cut in the past month.
    Your birthday is within the next 2 months.
    You’ve been rejected.  
    Comedies are better than action films.
    Math is the best subject.  
    You are fluent in more than one language.
    You love Greek food.
    You consider yourself a picky eater.
    You have more than 3 pillows on your bed.
    You live with your parents.
    You’re happy right now.
    You are a high school graduate.
    You have a pet cat.
    You were born before April 5th, 1991.
    You have brown hair.
    You have blue eyes.
    Your last name is longer than 5 letters long.
    You are in a relationship.
    You can count to 20 in another language.
    You have studied a foreign language.
    You voted in the 2008 presidential election.
    You own a vehicle that is older than a 2004.
    You have worked 3rd shift.
    You have worked in a fast food restaurant.
    You drove somewhere that was further than a half hour away today.
    You live in New Jersey.
    You live in Montana.
    You live in Pennsylvania.
    Your last name begins with an ‘M’.
    Your middle name begins with a ‘C’.
    Your first name begins with an ‘S’.
    You are older than 19.
    You are younger than 16.
    You are an only child.
    Your parents are divorced.
    You have more than one sibling.
    You are an Aquarius.
    You are a vegetarian.
    You have a gym membership.
    You are in the military.
    You have a relative in the military.
    You have been to Canada.
    You have been to Mexico.
    You have been to Europe.
    You are currently enrolled in college/university.
    You have done something you told yourself you wouldn’t.
    You have braces.
    You wear contact lenses.
    You have a tattoo on your ankle.
    You have a tattoo on your wrist.
    You have a tattoo on your lower back.
    You have a tattoo on your upper arm.  
    You have a lip piercing.
    You have a tongue piercing.
    You have your nipples pierced.
    You have your cartilage pierced.
    You have curly hair.
    You have received flowers from someone in the last 2 months.  
    You are engaged.  
    You are married.
    You have children. 
    You are an aunt or uncle.
    Your bedroom walls are blue.
    Your bedspread is red.
    Your bedroom carpet is beige.
    You have been out to eat at a sit-down restaurant in the last week.
    You have been drunk in the past 24 hours. 
    You have lost your virginity before you turned 15.
    You are bisexual.  
    You watch Scrubs.
    You watch Jon & Kate Plus 8.
    You watch American Idol.
    You have been to the movies within the last month.
    You have cursed in front of your grandparents.
    You had a lunch box with a cartoon character on it when you were little.
    You actually pay attention to politics.
    You are still waiting for your first kiss. 
    You have kissed someone within the last week.
    You have kissed three or more people this year.
    You would kiss the last person you kissed again.
    You were told you looked cute today.
    You were hugged today.
    Your best friend is the opposite sex.
    You have paid more than $100 on one item of clothing.
    You had a date to prom.
    You are a good speller.
    You are always on time.
    You believe in karma.
    You have done something illegal within the last 24 hours.
    You have thrown up within the last 6 months.
    You have ridden an elevator within the last 3 days.
    You have spent the night at someone else’s house within the last 2 weeks.
    You have been out of the country within the last year.  
    You love Chinese food.
    You love Italian food.
    You love Mexican food.
    You love country music.
    You love rap.
    You love hip hop.
    You love punk rock.
    You love hard rock.
    You love metal.
    You love classic rock.
    You love bluegrass. 
    You love oldies.
    You love techno.
    You love instrumental music.
    You have taken pictures of yourself just because you were bored.
    You know someone younger than 10 who passed away.
    You have been in a car wreck.  
    You have had stitches.
    You have a parent who is a teacher. 
    You have a checking account.
    You have a debit card.
    You have a currently have a $2 bill in your possession.
    You have dated someone who was 2 years younger than you.
    You have dated someone who was 2 years older than you.
    You have broken up with someone for someone else.
    You have cheated on someone
    You have been cheated on.
    You are Catholic.
    You are Mormon.
    You are Buddhist.
    You are Agnostic.
    You wish at 11:11.
    You have had your current job for more than 3 months.
    You have had your heart broken.
    You broke someone else’s heart.
    You felt bad about it.
    You have an Aunt Karen.  
    You have an Uncle Bill.
    You have a cousin Sarah.
    You have a cousin Adam.  
    You have worked with a Danielle.
    You have ridden in a car with a Stephen.
    You have hugged a Tiffany.
    You have kissed a Blake.
    You have had class with a David.
    You have had a crush on an Emily.
    You have dated a Derek. 
    You have been neighbors with a Hannah.
    You have done something just for the fact that you were old enough to.
    You have been to a cemetary at midnight. 
    You have been a vampire for Halloween.  
    You have been a witch for Halloween.
    You have been a pumpkin for Halloween.
    You have stayed up for 48 hours straight .
    You have been to Walmart within the last 3 days.
    You own a pair of scrubs.  
    You own a cowboy hat. 
    You own a leather coat.
    You are missing someone right now.
    You have been let down recently.
    You have had someone you thought you could trust betray you.
    You would rather have a one-night stand than a relationship.
    You would rather win $500 from the lottery, than guest on a game show.
    You have met someone famous.

when i'm booored and procrastinating...//

shaped bokeh lights

I've always been enchanted with bokeh lights.. Especially with shaped ones. So before I had my SLR camera, I came across a DIY shaped bokeh lights and vaguely remembered that I need a filter with a cut-out (or punched out) shape: heart, bow, butterfly, star etc.)

So without further ado, I cut out a circle in the size of my camera lens and cut out a BIG heart in the middle of it.I know that's not right. But I always google after I did something and didn't get the desired result. 

This is what I got

left bottom corner

right side and at the top

 Look at the indicated areas.

There you can see the edges of my cut-out heart shape. So, easy to guess it was too big.

Then I googled DIY instructions and now I know how to.

I'll try to make a bunch of shapes and have fun one of these days.

I advise you to google some nice pictures of shaped bokeh lights to see what it must look like when done properly.

red lips and colourful nails

Just saw this in a blog I follow.

I highly reccommend you to enlarge the picture (by clicking at it) and check out her nail color) Back in June my 15-year-old girl-cousin used the same nail polish colours on my 24-year-old self. Only in different order)))

That was fun, really) As people paid curious looks to my outfit (usually totally white) and to my nails. Meantime my toes were coloured skyblue. Nice combination))

p.s. I'm going to use my read lipstick tomorrow. I'm sooo jealous of how good it looks on her lips.

Kris Atomic (via A Beautiful Mess)

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1

First of all, I must confess that I'm a Harry Potter fan totally, utterly and completely! I love both the books and the movies. I can't even tell you who my favourite character is, because I love them all with the deepest of loves.

So you can imagine that my review of the film will be from the fan's point of view.

And there might be a little spoiler at the end of the post, so be careful while reading xD

I was just in time for the last moments of the last promo video, and then it all started.

I was laughing, crying, giggling, crying again, at odd moments really, sometimes I bit my lips and made big eyes at the screen, those biting moments were more frequent towards the end.

When I saw Snape (5th minute from the beginning or so) I realized how much I'd missed them all. I wanted to jump up from my seat, reach out for each and every one of the characters and squeeze them, hug them, do the happy dance with them, hop around them with a silly grin on my face. But especially I wanted to hug Snape and Ron, and maybe even Harry, though I don't love him that much)

But well, frankly speaking Daniel is more good-looking than Rupert, I'm just not into Dan's character.

Now believe me, Rupert looked hawt in this film. He had done some good job on his body, and he was quite a picturesque view. <3

I don't remember everything from the movie, but I clearly remember that at tough moments everyone stopped chewing and sipping, and some people sighed but otherwise kept silent.

There may have been pieces I didn't like very much, like those times when I expected to see something cuz it was in the book and they didn't show it in the film. But they were not very essential I think. Though I wish we saw more of Kreacher in this film.

Now the spoiler part, not for those who have no idea of what happened in the last book (huh? Really? You've been reading up to this line?)

The saddest moment of both the film and the first half of the book was certainly Dobby's death. I cried an ocean every time I read about it, and today in the cinema it was tearing my heart apart to watch the light fade away from the free elf's big eyes. I bet most of the audience shed a tear or two at this point. Truly sad. I'm a crybaby, I know.

On the whole, I enjoyed the movie immensely. Close enough to the plot of the book and very lively. Didn't lack funny stuff. And I just LOVE them all. Madly.

I'm posting this from my mobile, so forgive me any mistypings. I'll update it tomorrow.

HP7/1!!!!!

If I move really quick I'll get to see Harry Potter 7 part 1 in half an hour.

See yaaaa!

organizing meself

and one more thing xD

i love making lists. it helps to be organized (though my life can be called anything but organized)

I just have this little PocketMod with me all the time and I put stuff in there, I try to do something each day. So that I don't just waste time.

But besides that I sometimes make plain lists of things I need/want/have to do. That's how I can always see if there's something urgent to be done.

There are 4 types of to-do's. (I read about these somewhere on the internet)

1. You'll get into trouble if you don't do it in time.

2. People are waiting for you to do it.

3. You get money for doing it.

4. Things you just need to do.

So you just need to decide on your priorities and start doing something.

And lists help to concentrate.

I think I'll start with posting a list of things I want to do before 2011.

And I found this idea of birthday lists via Elsie from "A Beautiful Mess". (The idea's from HulaSeventy)

The thing is you make a list of things to do before your next birthday. E.g., when I turn 25 in January'11 I'll make a list of 25 before 26. I'll have to do 25 things before I turn 26. And so on. 26 before 27. 27 before 28.

It's gonna be FUN!

Done with lists for now.

new blog

and yet another thing I'd like to mention here.

as I've got a collection of mugs and cups I want to post them all for everyone to see. So I think I'll have another blog here, filled with my love to cups! I just need to come up with a cool title.

any ideas?

the picture isn't mine

Monday Morning

Our first Monday Morning is about today's MM.

It started rather early cuz I didn't bother to go to bed. Instead I was surfing cute pictures of cups and cupcakes, of kids and fashion girls, and installed a couple of useful apps on my Nokia (I <3 Nokia!) Now I've got skype at hand everytime. Nice, huh?

Than after a nice warm shower I had a nice warm breakfast.

tea, cake, eggs/

 Best breakfast as long as we are out of milk and I can't have cereal. Pity.

So I definitely don't like raw eggs, so I cooked them a bit. Like this.

or a bit more cooked than these..

As I usually drink warm tea with no sugar I make a hot cup beforehand, and it cools while I'm eating. And I accompany it with 2 slices of cake.

And a picture of a cute cup and a superhero cup (the pics are not mine) to finish this oh-so-boring post.

new labels

As I'm obviously not getting the Blogger of the Year award (not even of the Month or the Week) so I decided to spice up this blog with something actually boring. I'm going to post something every Monday Morning (Moarning?) no matter what happens.

So today's a Monday and we'll be having our first Monday Morning entry in this supercute blog of supercool me.

And besides I think I'll start adding labels to all the entries from the very beginning. Wish me luck!

p.s. if you think I'm weird you might be correct, cuz no one actually comments here, so I'm probably talking to myself all the time and I even blog for myself.

floral dress set

floral dress set by Hasmik Asatrian featuring a denim jacket

i want a floral dress!! and I want to wear it with a denim jacket. 

Most amazing weekend!

Now, ladies and gents, let me tell you 'bout my weekend in Moscow.

I was invited to stay with my most favourite second cousins. I just love them so much, cuz they are truly the best realtives I have (after my parents and sister ofc). There's nothing they won't do for me. And they seldom ask me to do something for them. So you see, they are perfect.

Ofc you might think that I'm taking advantage of their kindness, but that's not true. I hardly see them during the year, and last time I saw them was in September (remember me and my bestest cousin playing UNO?), and before that it was about 3 years ago. So I definitely don't take any advantage. I just love them. And they love me.

Now enough of this sentimental rubbish.

We decided to go to Moscow together with my best friends Milena and Masha. I and Milena took the train to Moscow on Tuesday morning (8:44am, monstrous time, I had to get up at 6am) and Masha was supposed to join us in Moscow on Saturday morning.

So, we were in time for the train, we had some food and drink with us, and we had my UNO cards, and music. We had a whole compartment all to ourselves. That was just great!

Our compartment was a mess, but so cosy :)

We sang songs, and had them recorded to our mobile phones, took tons of pictures and had so much fun, we slept a bit and finally (after a 6-hour journey) we were there.

It was raining when we got into the carriage, and it was raining when we arrived. So we were not in the mood of leaving the cosy compartment and going out into the wet city. My cousin Ara (who was waiting outside) began to worry that we were not coming out, and he met us just at the threshold of the compartment. I was head over heels happy to see him.

Here's Ara, we're already at home.

so shy ;)

Arthut, one of my second cousins

Anoush, my pretty little babe)

Ani and Ara, <3 <3

and I

First night we played UNO a bit.

i'm not too proud of how I look in this pic :)

We laughed a lot. I laughed so hard that I literally fell on the floor =D Arthur had hard time trying to help me to my feet.

The next day I had some stuff to do in the morning, but in the afternoon we went for a walk, though Anoush and Arthur felt terribly bad, they got cold in the morning. And Arthur had hardly slept at night. We went to this huge mall which is called Yerevan-Plaza. Only it turned out you can't take photos there. So I've got only 12 pics. Here's one of them.

 And then one of my best friends Asya came to see me. She brought a lovely bouquet of white tulips. I love tulips, but people always give me roses.

here's the cutie, and my aunt is right behind it)

Then the other one of my second cousins came to visit me (I've got loads of cousins: first, second, third)

Petros, me and Arthur

Ani took a bunch of photos of us all)

it's not hard to tell who's my favourite, right? <3

he's my favourite!

And I suppose I need to finish this post with a lovely tulip photo. Sure, the weekend story is not over yet. I'm terribly sleepy, that's all. =)