Shopping: Perfect for Christmas

Hi guys!

December's almost here, just a few more days! Christmas fun is coming closer and closer, but here in the Netherlands we first have Sinterklaas to celebrate on the 5th of December! Then after that, it's all about Christmas. But, what to wear?? And what to wear on New Year's Eve?? Well, I'm planning on doing a Christmas outfit and make up ideas photoshoot. I'm not sure yet when we'll be doing the shoot, but I'll keep you guys up to date!

Here are some things I bought lately, both the top and the backpack are from a vintage store in Utrecht, Episode. You can also find this shop in Amterdam, Brussel,London, Paris and Copenhagen. Maybe you have visited their store once? I'd love to know what you guys bought over there, or what your thoughts are on the store! We used to have it in Rotterdam as well, but unfortunately it's gone. But as I'm studying in Utrecht and the store is not very far away from my school, I can still visit it often :-)

I've been looking for a backpack like this for sooo long. And, newsflash, I've bought more bags than shoes last month haha. I'm seeing a little shift in my addictions...

X Saskia

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Shopping: Finally got my knuckle box

Hi guys!

Do you know the knuckle box? The incredible, extremely gorgeous knuckle box? Well, I got myself one of those incredible, extremely gorgeous knuckle boxes yesterday!! I've been craving it for such a long time now... It wasn't cheap at all, but my mother gave me a gift card (I still had to pay a lot though, but it helped, thanks mum! <3) so I just bought it. I knew I would regret it if I didn't buy it. So why not? Why not be a little crazy sometimes, if it will make you happy for a much longer time? And I can guarantee you: I'm happy. Super happy. Do you love this bag just as much as I do?

Sacha knuckle box

X Saskia!

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Preparing for Winter

Hi guys!

It's getting colder and colder these days.. People outside are wearing thick coats, gloves and warm boots. I´m trying not to wear gloves yet, or too warm clothes. If I start wearing my warmest clothes right now, what should I wear in December?? I'm already wearing my winter coat though. It's really nice and warm, from Zara. I shared it on my instagram account already, so it'll be up on my blog soon in another instagram post! :-) For the pics below, I decided to wear my old winter coat, which I bought two years ago at H&M. I bought the fuzzy hat I'm wearing last year, so I'm kind of mixing these old items. But this hat will be perfect for each winter, and the combination with the coat is just really comfy and cute. What do you think? :-)

What I'm wearing:
H&M fake fur coat // River Island hat // Accessorize ring

While your reading this, I'm getting all prepared to walk in a fashion show! Woohoo, how amazing is that!! It's a fashion show organized by my sister's friend. I'm so excited, I hope I can post some pics of the show later! I'll keep you up to date through my twitter page! ;-)

X Saskia

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Instadiary

Hi guys!

Haven't updated my blog in quite some time (again..)! As you might have read, I had my first exams last Friday and Monday. We spent the rest of our week in Hilversum, working on a project. Tomorrow will be the last day of this project, after which 'normal school life' will start again. I'm sorry for not posting any outfit pics in a very, very, very long time! I come home late every day, so it's already too dark outside to take outfit pics.. I hope I'll have more time next week!

Here's another instagram update. You can follow me via the link below this post. My username's saskiavanrij. I'll also post lots of my instagram pics on my twitter account!

What's in the pics?
1. summer outfit // 2. on my wrist // 3. Bvlgari drawing // 4. outfit // 5. September issues // 6. blue skies, oh how I want them back! // 7. smiling strawberries // 8. my doggie // 9. our fish // 10. Hungarian pie // 11. outfit // 12. Dress in the making // 13. River Island bathing suit // 14. nailpolish and rings // 15. Finding Nemo, favorite movie! // 16. winter wishlist // 17. I want to go to Disney Land Paris! // 18. phone case // 19. phone case // 20. L'école National // 21. Modefabriek outfit // 22. art in a book // 23. read this blog! :-) // 24. galaxy top outfit

Lots of pics haha, and this isn't even everything! I've got to keep this instadiary up a bit more haha.

X Saskia!

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DIY Neon Necklace

Hi guys!

A couple of weeks ago, I bought a necklace in sale at H&M, but I never really wore it. It has a quite classy look, so it can make an outfit very neat. Then I thought about the neon trend taking over.. Why not give this necklace a little neon touch, to make it edgier and less neat? Well, that's what I did. I searched and searched for a neon spray paint (which I eventually found at Formido, a Dutch construction market) and then started spraying! Want to know how to create a necklace like this? Well then, here we go.

What you'll need
- Your necklace
- Spray paint
- Tape to cover the parts you don't want to spray
- Newspapers
- Hairspray

Follow these easy steps to create your neon necklace!
1. Cover the parts you don't want to color in tape. Make sure you don't see any bead directly next to the one you want to spray, to prevent these beads from being colored. You can just wrap some tape around the other beads, as we're also gonna cover this in a newspaper or anything else you'd like to use (an old towel / t-shirt / ...)

2. Go outside! You don't want to cover your entire house in neon. Put a newspaper underneath your necklace and the towel / t-shirt / extra newspaper over your necklace. Then start spraying. I sprayed about 3 layers on the beads.

3. Let it dry. You can spray some hairspray over the paint when it's completely dry, to seal your paint.

4. Wear it proudly! :-)

Of course you can also do this with any kind of object you'd like to spray. Personally, I'd love to spray the heel or toe caps of a pair of heels / flats / whatever type of shoe. Are you planning on doing a neon DIY? I'd love to know what you're gonna do and how it turned out! Of course you'll see any other neon DIY's from my hands as soon as they're completed ;-)

X Saskia

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