2011

So in January I turned blonde, February found me in Verona, working hard for my university applications and taking pictures of Virginia. In March I went to Venice, Mantova, London and Wales, got accepted to Parsons, LCC and some other schools, made this little video for Rajah. April - Carlota's and Sergio's photoshoots, May brought me the final exams, Rosalba's photoshoot (part I and part II), Ushma's and Carla's photoshoots and leaving the place where I lived for two years. As we left Italy and went travelling around Europe with my family, I think I left that Ieva I knew somewhere along the way, maybe in Venice or Verona, maybe in the mountains here or there, maybe in Salzburg.

In June I managed to get involved in some projects that are still not released (except for Marius' pictures), couchsurf in Poland with my friend Simona as we went all the way to see the Arcade Fire concert in Warsaw and for some reason posted the Doppelganger stopmotion video that I made in spring. Did I mention that I Bubbled the city again? Here! July - making accessories, finished editing Renate's photoshoot, had an article published in a newspaper about my trip to Japan. Participated in the Sea festival street market. August found me relaxing at the seaside in Kunigiškės and Nida, as well as finally finishing editing all the pictures from spring  (Rajah, Tereza) and some new ones (Deimantė part I, part II, part III) . Was invited to be a photographer in the 'Now Japan' event and had a great time with some old friends there. 

September - Arminas' and Jovilė's photoshoots, moved to London, started university. In October I turned 20 and started my beloved 'I dream here too' project. Also, pictures of Ting-Lin. The main highlight of November was definitely the SHINee concert in the beginning of the month, as well as the package from Korea later. I also started learning Korean in November. And pictures of Suomi.

And here comes the last but not the least - December, Finished my university assignment of the term (the Window catalogue), went home for Christmas and made this little monster video. As well as realised how much I love home and my family. That was my year. What a crazy one, I should say.

This year I have definitely changed a lot. I don't think there was ever a year with so many departures, both physically and in my mind. As I left the past behind, I grew to realise the importance of some things that I used to take for granted. This year I have definitely cried the most in all 20 years of my little life, but now looking back none of those tears hurt me anymore. I believe I've learnt the lessons that those tears brought me. 

I have also been very happy many, many times. And I'm especially glad, because over this year that happiness has become a constant feeling, rather than a flash that comes and goes.

And for 2012..? I've got lots of things I'll have to do. But I also just want to be happy. Ieva fighting! 

Wishing everyone the best for the year 2012. Keep dreaming and keep believing! And thanks for being with me all this time! See you next year! ♥ 

New blog design and 90 monster challenge video!

This is a little video of my 90 monster project/challenge I mentioned a few times before.

The idea was basically to fill a little notebook with monsters, because I tend to draw them on random surfaces and never had them all in one place. The notebook happened to have 90 pages and that's why this whole little project became a 90 monster challenge ^^ It's a very simple video I recorded with my phone - nothing too fancy and almost no proper editing either, because I don't have the software. YET - my phone happens to film in hd, so probably more videos coming up in the near future! The quality is great! Yay for samsung!

Anyway, video and the little book made by Ieva Blaževičiūtė (me), music  - 'Dear my love' by 雅-MIYAVI-, one of my most respected and loved musicians. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Aaaaand, of course, the new blog design that is so relevant to this post, haha. Any thoughts? Like it? ^^

Christmas

Me and my brother who was too busy eating grandma's biscuits

I was always somehow against using various phone apps for pictures, but after having tried one I realised how addicting those are. I am still gonna take normal pictures with a proper camera, but I guess you'll see more of random pictures from my daily life from now on. A bit of b/w Christmas for today.

While waiting for my grandma to get ready. Somehow liked how the chairs were put. It was so slippery that day though, we were so nervous until everyone gathered together, because the driving conditions were super bad. It was even hard to walk outside, too slippery!

And I really don't remember when was the last time we didn't have snow for Christmas... :(

Grandpa and Dad testing who's taller. Kinda obvious.

Bored brother

My happy grandma

And my Einstein grandma (here!)

me stalking my brother in the morning

waiting until the rose of Jericho will bloom. More pictures coming later!

my mum cut my brother's hair yesterday and I used the opportunity to take some pictures. The best haircut style change ever! More pics coming later too!

It's always so nice to have all the relatives together, but it's also very tiring at times - eating non-stop for 3 days is a lot, haha. Hope your Christmas was wonderful! 

I dream here too. Week 10.

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Regina, 55 years old, dreams about seeing the sea in winter.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

A little bit later than usual, but I didn't want to spend my Christmas posting pictures - so here are 'I dream here too' week 10 pictures + a few extra since it's already Monday (technically it's Tuesday, though haha). I'm updating every single day again, don't forget to check the pictures out here! 

Hope that everyone is alive after these few days of non-stop eating and you guys had a lovely time with your families or loved ones! I did! :)

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Vitalija, 52 years old, would like the children in her school to be happy.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Benona, 28 years old, wants to be happy.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Julius, 51 years old, would like to finish building his summer house.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Ramunė, 37 years old, would like to spend more time working on her own personal development.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Gražina, 50 years old, would like to study Philosophy and Geography, learn English and travel around the world.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Indrė, 20 years old, dreams about visiting Paris.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Agnietė, 20 years old, would like to travel around Latin America and live in Spain.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Edita, 41 years old, would like to live in the countryside.

Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Winter Wonderland

some pictures from the Winter Wonderland in Hyde park, London. I went there twice, the second time I brought a tripod and tried to do some low light photography. It all failed though, because of the strong wind, so in the end Heymon and I just walked around a little bit. In any case, these are the pictures I/we got. Just wanted to have a bit of a Christmasy mood in the blog.

Merry Christmas everyone, I wish you all a happy and warm time with your families and loved ones. Take care~

Some indie(an) tasselness!

Hello hello! So this time instead of posting an accessory that was made in summer, I decided to show something that I made a few days ago. Even though I still have loads of pictures from my summer accessory making madness ^^ This time it's an experiment - I was always drooling over those tassel+leather+feather necklaces that Taemin would wear (I seem to be obsessed with Taemin's necklaces, but he always wears cool ones...I made one before - here) or those I would see in various fashion websites. So I tried to make something similar for myself...Not sure if it worked out or not, but so far I like it. It's very hard to work with feathers, because there is literally no way how to make them stick to any material and stay there in a correct place.

I also used a golden spray for the ends of the tassels and some spiky turquoise beads to have more of a colourful accent. I'll try to make more items with those beads, but they're also hard to use because of the shape. But I love the colour ^^

These pictures , though, were taken using a direct flash, so the real colours are more visible in the close-up pictures in the end of the post!

Ever since I came back home I've been doing random things, but I'm slowly getting back to my productive self. I've realised that every single time I go away for a longer time and stop making things, it takes time to get back to the patient Ieva mode... Probably because when I come back I have so many ideas of things I want to make that I'm just jumping around indecisive of what to make first ^^ Anyway, enough blahblah-ing, let me know what you think about this! 

P.S. I've been stumbling accross some cool blogs recently and thinking that I might try to include more of my own findings and stories...even though I've decided not to put anything here that is not made by me. Not sure yet, but might change things next year. Let me know if you have any suggestions or you think something would be interesting to you!

I dream here too. Week 9.

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Yeyang, 23 years old, dreams about having a Lamborghini.
London, U.K.

Week 9 - my 365 project 'I dream here too'. Follow the project's tumblr here - a new picture posted everyday! 'I dream here too' also moved to Lithuania this week, so you'll be seeing more Lithuanian faces now :) I'm already going around and hunting random people and their dreams, haha.

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Jakison, 33 years old, wants to photograph children in Africa.
London, U.K.

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Gabrielė, 19 years old, would like to have 5 dogs, 5 horses and a cat.
London, U.K.

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Jurga, 36 years old, wants her children to be happy and to travel somewhere.
Panevėžys, Lithuania.

Rimgaudas, 77 years old, dreams about getting a particular edition of K.Donelaitis’ ‘The Seasons’ (liet. ‘Metai’) in Russian, which is missing in his collection of K.Donelaitis’ works.
Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Rita, 44 years old, wants to spend a month in Mauritius.
Panevėžys, Lithuania.

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Edmundas, 36 years old, would like to travel to Tanzania.
Panevėžys, Lithuania.

http://idreamheretoo.tumblr.com/

I dream here too. 2nd month special!

2nd month anniversary special - the best ‘thinking’ faces!

JB and Se Yeon.

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A bit of Christmas in Vilnius

just a few pictures of the main piazza in Vilnius, the capital city of Lithuania. We stopped by when driving from the airport to my hometown...even though I guess London has many more lights and everything, Vilnius is much prettier for me before Christmas. Too much is too much. Or maybe I just love home too much.

one of the main points was that you could actually see the beauty of the place without a huge mass of people...which London cannot really offer, hihi. Lovin' the main street in Vilnius being that empty. Well it was also pretty late.

I'm doing very well at home, getting back to making accessories, also doing a few diy projects and slowly starting to think about my next uni assignment...As well as chilling and watching movies with my parents and that huge TV that they bought. Man, I get suprised everytime I see it, haha.

Funky squirrel/cat brooch

Another little animal creature - a cat-squirrel, this squirrel's little relative. Made in summer, sold already.

Made from fabric, leather, fimo clay, little chains and beads.

I'm in Lithuania now, at home. Super happy and that's all I can possibly say right now.