New year 2012

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Post Christmas blues

With Christmas behind and being few days out of the office, the only thing I do is chill + enjoy long sleeping, going to town for a walk, snuggle under a blanket and watch TV in the long afternoons (with a fine cup of tea of course).

It's a little bit strange being away from all the urban hustle and bustle, without a hundred mails as a morning welcome, without traffic jams, noise and people rushing to work. Just peace. Stillness. I even turned my iPhone off.

And it is going to be the same just five days from now - back to work, back to routine. Its ok, I love my job, I love my friends, my colleagues. But for now, I'm gonna pretend the world doesn't exist.
I'm leaving you with few pictures of my hometown Zagreb - in all its beauty and with special holiday charm....

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Freebie: Printable Christmas gift tags

Are you running around getting all ready for the big day? I am and can't believe that there are only three days left… And the whole year is almost over, huh...Anyways, I thought you might like some cute gift tags to spice up up your gifts under the Christmas tree. Print them out on a cardstock or some other heavy paper and cut 'em out. Happy Printing, happy wrapping…

 

Click HERE to download.

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15 fantastic Christmas wrapping ideas

Just looove this time of the year. Christmas is my favorite of all the festivals and holidays.
Excitement is in the air, the anticipation of getting together with friends and family adds to it, with all those lights, colors, and smells of the holiday season. Even the snowfalls that make everything look like a greeting card turns the cold winter into the best time of year to enjoy.
And of course, there are Christmas presents. We give them to our loved ones to show them how much we care. Even the simplest gift turns into a delight if you wrap it with style and creativity. And wrapping gifts around Christmas should be all about fun - creative and inexpensive!

Here are some fabulous ideas I found. Remember - love counts, not the price.

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Old garage transformed into a dream house

Meet Jérémie Buchholtz.

He is a photographer, living constantly on the route Paris - Bordeaux. His desire was to have his own apartment in Bordeaux. But guess what, he didn't have enough money to afford it. So he found and bought for coins an old abandoned garage and decided to do something with it.

Well, not really, really for coins. The price was 80,000 euros ($107,000) - but still less than half the price of a similarly sized home in Bordeaux. Here is were the real problems started. This was a rundown storage space, full of junk with no natural light and with huge metal doors.

Most people would gave up at the very beginning but not Jérémie Buchholtz, who immediately called a friend - architect Matthieua de Marien and asked him to help him converting this old ruin into his new home.

De Marien transformed a part of the garage into a garden in order to increase the flow of light, and the metal gate were replaced with wooden. In order to get as much light, large glass surfaces are used all around.

Since the height of the roof could not be changed, because the garage is located in the historic city center, the architect played with the rest, and the photographer got 12 square meters of garden and 40 square very functional living space.

"He fulfilled all my desires. I liked architect's idea, all in one place - the bathroom, closet, couch, bed, everything for everyday life " said Jérémie.

And I think they made a real masterpiece, didn't they ?

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