The Paper Lantern

I came across this amazing d.i.y on the Design Sponge and I thought I would share my findings with you. This light is super easy to make!

All you have to do is adhere the paper strips to any type of lantern ( however if you don't have an laying around- IKEA is a great source). While looking at the pictures I was thinking on how you could make it your own, so here are a couple of my thoughts:

• ombre strips
• experimenting with the shapes/ size of strips
• putting a different colour bulb in

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In the afternoon, the girls from my class and I went to IKEA for a little shopping and lunch. As the regular food (the meatballs etc) are quite expensive, I opted for the pizza..which wasn't that bad! Followed by the many free samples of chocolate covered cookies.

I ended up picking up a small green vase for flowers. Lately, when I am walking home I have a tendency to see flowers that I like and take them home with me, so I figured that I would replace the existing vase (tomato paste jar) with a more pleasing vessel.

In the evening, I met up with my friend Carolin to watch The Sound of Noise. It was a free showing at the Odeon in the Centre. It was a great movie and I highly recommend it! One of the actors/musicians came and talked a little about the movie and the process- it took about 7-8 years to make and they used over 23,000 sounds. It is a Swedish film but they had english subtitles. The movie below is what inspired the feature film.

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If you know me well, you might know how much I love IKEA....(strange? yes, it can be)

Some classmates and I made our way to IKEA today, hoping on the free shuttle bus from the main train station. Luckily surviving the trip, (the driver was slightly either in a rush, or partially blind) we managed to get off the bus in one piece and find ourselves in the parking lot in-front of IKEA. Very excited and slightly taken aback by the view (not of the building, even though it is amazing ;p ), the countryside and the hills made me think that I was somewhere other than Italy, perhaps Switzerland or British Columbia. We made our way inside and headed to the cafe, where I was eagerly hoping to get some swedish meatballs and lingonberry sauce..until I saw the price. It was waaay more than I was used to, so I opted for dessert instead (another typical Amy move). After we all ate or drank something, we walked around and gathered what we needed. I needed a pillow- as I have been sleeping on towels since I got here (could lead to my sleeping problem here, maybe?!). Completely happy with my 1.50 euro pillow I met up with some of the girls and we made our way to the Swedish market, where I had round two of desserts- gingersnap cookies, chocolates, and some sweet apple juice. Oh how I love IKEA :)

Unfortunately we couldn't take any pictures inside (lame..)

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So these pictures above are from previous days because too be honest, the weather was horrible today and I had a full day of classes 9-6pm (fashion history, fashion economics, and a discussion class). Nothing really exciting happened today as most of us were trying to stay warm and dodge the rain.

However when I was walking back from my apt to school I saw this boy on a motorcycle look back at me, I noticed, he looked again and almost ran into the back of a nice mercedes in front of him- and that was the highlight of my day :p

I had Fashion Economics today, and me and economics don't really mix- so I was a bit hesitant on how to view the class. Luckily it turned out a lot better than what I had envisioned. The professor really made the class interesting and one of my favourite quotes from him was- " never trust a person who is tanned all year long". He then further elaborated on how you shouldn't trust males who paint their fingers with clear polish/well kept hands. Sometimes the topics we talk about are very interesting and oddly he went on to talk about industry people he has met and how they fit this stereotype.

So far, I haven't any plans for the weekend really, there might be a possible IKEA (!!!) trip on sunday, and tomorrow evening all the girls in my class are getting together for a bbq. Its going to be potluck style, and I decided to bring the dessert- there is going to be chinese and japanese food as well as pizza- lots to choose from!