Jewellery idea

both from net-a-porter.com

While browsing my favourite online-shop I came across these two gorgeous bracelets which I think are totally easy to recreate. I already made a bracelet similar to the left one and will try to make one like the right one soon. Usually I tend to be a no-jewellery kind of girl but these handmade-style things really got me into wearing something to embellish myself.

I have too much stuff

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I am moving out of my room in Mönchengladbach because I will start an internship in Hamburg in March. I'm really looking forward to that but I hope that I won't have to move house for some months. Yesterday we started to gather my things and in the end we had about 7 garbage bags full of clothes. I knew that I had quite many things but I never thought that it would be so many. It really got me thinking about what I really wear from all that I own and something that I learned in school came to my mind. Do you know the Pareto principle ? It is a sort of relation that can be applied to many different things. In my case it could be said like this 80 % of the clothes that I wear frequently only make up 20 % of my garments.
Now I'm thinking that maybe I could find out which garments are the 20 %. Of course a pair of dark denim jeans, some blouses ( white and printed), sweaters, dresses. What would you say are your 20 % ?
And how do you manage your wardrobe ? Do you cull pieces that you haven't worn for a couple of months or do you hoard them like I used to do ?

New fabrics

Here are two of the fabrics that I recently bought.
The first one I got at the Zanders Outlet in Mönchengladbach. It is also available online but in different colors.The material is 100 % Polyester. In reality the colours are a little bit more yellowish but somehow the camera can't capture that. I got 1 m for Sorbetto or another top.

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The other fabric I got at the small shop of Marché Saint-Pierre where they only sell coupons. This will become a blouse and a skirt. It is very cool because it will always remind me that I spent Valentines Day in Paris.

Paris, mon amour !

That's me looking all touristy in front of the Eiffeltower.

Paris is the city of love, so it was great being in Paris on Valentines Day - on my own. But I think that we live in a modern society, so today it's acceptable to travel alone as a woman. Though I heard before that I should take care of the guys from France and their attitude I had the impression that the young men of Paris can't be described with this stereotype anymore.
Because I'm such a cheapskate - and love this way of travelling - I didn't sleep in a hotel or hostel. Instead I contacted a girl on couchsurfing.org and stayed at her flat for three nights. If you haven't heard of Couchsurfing before you should really check out this amazing way of travelling at low expense. I was very lucky with my host, because she was a real Parisian and she took me out to see a Burlesque show - something I would have never seen without her. During the day she was working so that's why I explored the city by myself.
On the first day I went to see Montmartre and the area around Sacre Coeur. I had informed myself beforehand about vintage, second-hand and fabric shops and so I made a tour to find them.
I started at Place de Clichy and went into the Rue de Clichy. There you can find one of the Guerrisol stores.

Guerrisol is a second-hand shop, where you can find a bargain but you really have to search for it. Most of the garments are on piles and you have to get in there and dig for the treasure. Also the garments sometimes have stains on them, so it's really a lucky day if you find something cool. I saw some great polka dot palazzo pants and a lacey dress but unfortunalety not in my size. They also have quite a good selection of boots and shoes.
There is another Guerrisol at Barbès Rochechouart. They had the most garments on hangers and a good selection of boots which were only 5 € each (whereas in the other in Clichy they were 30 €) and luckily I found some in my size. They need a new sole but I think a cobbler can fix that easily. Pictures will come when they are back from the cobbler.

From Place de Clichy I walked to Sacre Coeur.It's a really impressive church with amazing wall paintings. And since it's on a hill you have a beautiful view at the city. Small hint : I can only recommend to go from Clichy along Rue Caulaincourt and take the small streets. If you want to go to Sacre Coeur from the metro station Anvers you need to walk up the stairs ( which are like 500 steps). There is also a funicular but of course you have to pay for that. 
On the bottom of Sacre Coeur you find different fabric shops ( turn left when you come down from the cathedral). The two biggest ones are Tissus Reine and Marche Saint-Pierre.

I got some beautiful chiffon-like fabric in red with little white hearts on it from the little shop on the right where they sell coupons ( mostly 3 m for about 10 € but also silks at 30 or more €). The two stores have a good selection, but I have to say I'm a bit disappointed because from what I read on the internet I imagined the stores to have a wider selection. But maybe I'm just spoiled because if you have worked for an online fabric shop and seen place like Hüko in Berlin it's hard to beat that.

But there are some other small shops in the side streets, one that only sold leather, which were really interesting. Lots of silk and lace.
The next day I went to check out Le Marais, which is where all the small boutiques are. Really interesting things and lots of inspiration. I also went to Louvre and Champs Elysees but my feet hurt so much from all the walking that I called it a day at 4 pm and went back to the flat. In the evening my host and I went out to see a Burlesque show in the quartier Oberkampf which is where the "bobos" hang out. Unfortunalety no pictures because my camera is very bad in dark rooms.
On my last day I took the metro to Tour d'Eiffel, saw Trocadero, visited the Musée d'Art Moderne ( permanent collection for free) walked to Les Invalides and again to Louvre and Tuileries. In the evening I took the nightbus back to Germany.

Everything comes to an end one day

I made it. Three busy weeks with 9 exams and now I'm done. If I passed all of them I won't have to write any exams for a couple of years. What a relief. Now I have time again for the pretty things in life, like knitting and sewing. I finished my cardigan but have to weave in the yarn ends, I'll take pictures next week.
The past days were busy celebrating the end of the exams with lunch at a lovely turkish restaurant close to university, then an afternoon of ( fabric) shopping and a trip to Cologne to eat out in a running sushi restaurant. Finally ending the exam time with a night out with my favourite girls. Oh, what a great time !
It's hard to believe that the lazy student life will be over in a couple of weeks. No more sleeping in and skipping lectures without anyone noticing it...
So to make the best of the days that I can enjoy my student status I booked a bus to Paris.

www.weltwunder-online.de

Tomorrow I will leave in the morning and then spend three days in the city of love. Any tips what I should visit ?