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Just a small post to tell you I made a IG-profile for my blog: and you can find me HERE! 

Statement necklace: Madrid stradivarius.com

So, I am in Madrid and  can't  find the time to post long blogs, because …  we are way to busy shopping, sight seeing, partying and more..but I wanted to post something so:

Here in Madrid I found a store called Stradivarius, never heard from it before but I love it a lot .  You can compare the concept with that from forever21: really cheap but nice clothes.  I didn't bought any clothes because every time I saw something I liked, it wasn't in my size  =( .

I did find two statement necklaces.. a real bargain, because the both of them were in sale for 3 euro each!  

I will definitely go back to the store this week, to see what else (new stuff) they got and hopefully go for a crazy shopping.  

xoxo

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Blog Class Event by Yara Michels from thischikgotstyle.com

As you may have noticed I haven’t been very active on my blog lately. The main reason for that was that I didn’t exactly knew which way I wanted to go with my blog. 

I couldn’t decided wheter I wanted to blog in dutch or English or couldn't  figure out how I was going  to stand out in this saturated piece called fashionblogs.

As you may have read in other posts: I started blogging 5 years ago for other websites. I enjoyd blogging for them so much that I randomly decided to start my own blog. Perky assumed that I would get the same amount of readers and so, just out of the blue, I started this blog 6 months ago without any strategy to start with. 

Bieng a communication student, I should have known better : I need a (better) strategy. (and a name for my bloggggg!)

A couple of weeks ago, I was visiting Yara Michels well-know blog: thischikgotstyle.com which announced a physical blog class event. I was thrilled and signed up right a way. So I was kind of bummed when I didn’t heard anything…. That was until last Friday: They called me to let me know I  could attend the blog class this Saturday: excited! 

The blog class event 

Because the place were the event was held is a 2 hour trip, I decided to go to bed early and get up early .. well, that didn’t work: I overslept and woke up 20 minutes before my train left…ending up doing my hair and make-up in an overcrowded train while standing. (paint yourself the picture of what the result of that looks like ). 

Because of the rush I was in I forget to take my camera , bloc note and – not so futile- paint my nails.    Anyway, the event: 

First of all: This chick is a GREAT presenter, convincing and effective, serious but made room for humour. Loved it. Also notable: Yara welcomed each and everyone personally at the door. 

I have been to a lot of classes/lectures etc and usually the guest /head speaker , comes up 5 minutes before the presentation and will disappears quick and quietly, afterwards. 

(from thischikgotstyle.com)

Her presentation started of with some information about herself and the way she started her blog. 

She started 5 years ago with no strategy plan at all: “ 5 years ago there was no plan needed, now you need a good plan, you will not get very far without one”. So there is my step one ;)!

She explained to us: 

• The importance of consistency: try to blog everyday and make yourself a blog-schedule (which content on which day?) 
• Put emotions to your content: Describe why do you love/dislike something so much. 
• Illustrations: Decided whether or not and on which level the images on your blog is important for your blog (or theme of your blog) + create and maintain your own signature in photography.
• Social media: Social media works as an extension of your blog; don’t spam! 

Off course she told us a lot more (such as business and your fashionblog), but next week their will be an extra edition of the blog class, so can't give it all away right ;)!

Afterwards there was time to ask some questions and have drinks with the team ofthischikgotstyle.com and other bloggers. Unfortunately I had to leave almost right after the blog class , so I had to miss that =(.

At the end we got a goodie bag filled with:

So, my homework for this week: make a good plan and my name, come up with post I like , but most importantly : like to share with you.

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P.S  I'm  collaborating with followfashion.nl and in two weeks I’ll be competing in their blogger battle: excited..! Off course I’ll be posting all about that here; so stay tuned!

here we go: Spain !

Even tough it’s a long wait till summer , I bought myself some sunglasses, because I’ll be heading to Spain today!

Because, for some strange reason, I cant find any of my sunglasses I needed some new ones. 

Found this really cheap sunglasses on Ebay  for just $5 (check it here)! Usually I just wear simple aviator sunglasses, because I feel like nothing else fits me properly. But when I saw these I had to buy them…;) So, after my last mini trip to London last month, I’ll be going to Spain. A friend of mine is studying there so my best friend and I, are going to join her Spain experience. I’m really excited to go there for the first time and see my friend !   

Comfi airplane outfit:

Top: Here on New Look x pants: H&m x Shoes: Nike air max discoball x Blazer: H&M x coat: Zara

xoxo

Faye 

SHOPPED: Nike Disco ball

Nike air max disco ball

I am totally in love with my new sneakers. I've been searching for sneakers a long time now, but as I am not a big sneaker fan, I had a hard time finding them. But when I saw these on someone's instagram I had to order them right away! 

Do you like them as much as I do? :D

XOXO Faye 

Q&A a day - potter style

So this is not something new or anything but I had to share it: Q&A a day.

 I'm not the type to keep up a diary and then stick to it (I'm way to lazy to fill in a whole page of stuff I've been doing that day).

 But a couple of months ago I red about this book on a blog and liked it right a way. but on the other hand, I thought  that I shouldn't buy it because I would never use it the way it should be used (on daily basis). 

But now, after coveting this book for months, I couldn't  resist buying it today. 

What is it?

The concept is really simple: The Q&A a day journal shows you what was going on through your head each day - for five years of your life. The journal gives you different question everyday which you must answer (in one sentence). After you've done this for a year you start all over. After five years, you can read all the answers and see how you've changed (or didn't change). 

The same author (Potterstyle) will release a similar book but than for college: Q&A a day for college: 4-year journal. And when that one is out I will, no MUST, get a copy of that one as well!

The journal is so pretty. It has a brown cover with elegant black letters... but the thing that finishes it, and I like the most is that each page has a gold lining. 

Some questions are really easy to answer and for some kind of meaningless. But some, I think, are much harder to answer. 

So the plan is to stick with this and write something everyday

… you like it?

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