I realized today I never shared with you one aspect that fundamentally represents me: my obsession for stationery (or maybe those of you who follow me on Instagram have noticed this over time!). It started early on in my life, my mom still drags me out of the stationery department in every store (shoutout to you, mom, for letting me buy all those cool notebooks today!)  and my friends know they can never go wrong with some cute invitations, a diary or glittery pens. One really important aspect when I host a party is the invitation. I'm really particular about my ideas, so I usually do them on my own. Come to think of it, I think that's why I started using Photoshop in the first place. My funniest work yet was for my house-warming party, I won't go into details but I will say this: Codename: kids next door haha.

Therefore, you can understand that I'm always looking for inspiration when it comes to invitations (thank God for Pinterest!). I was searching for birthday invitations the other day, when I came across Basic Invite. Honestly, I felt like Carrie Bradshaw entering a Manolo Blahnik store! The templates are beautiful and tasteful, and you choose every single detail you'd like for you invitation. And this is where it got amazing to me:  they have the same thinking when it comes to colors as I do-the more shades, the better. You can choose from their +180 colors, and you can change the color of each element on your card-talking about shades of pure joy. If I'm being honest, I would probably end up doing them all in rose gold foil, but you know me and my obsessions by now haha. What really got me over the moon was this wedding invitation I found on Pinterest(collage number 3) which came in a hot pink envelope and then I discovered they have over 40 different colors of envelopes. Like, honestly, how do I go back to my homemade cards after seeing this? I gotta step up my game!

You know how my brain is ultimately wired to fashion (I mean, I do own a fashion blog). While going through their surprise party invitations I actually started thinking what I would wear for such an occasion. I thought I would make some visual moodboards to share them with you. It all started with the first card, for a birthday with an ice cream parlour theme. I don't know who Sarah is, but two things are certain: she is brilliant for choosing this theme and her friends are so lucky to attend this! I would wear some pastels to match the ice-cream for sure, and the dress would have to be ethereal and loose (there is ice-cream involved after all, I wouldn't come in skin tight jeans haha).

For the second scenario I was even more excited, because I found this first birthday invitation. That's obviously because I love my god-daughter so much (it's her name day today, by the way: Happy name day, little angel!! ) and I can't wait for the day she'll turn one, because I know she is going to have an epic party (I'm already making a moodboard on Pinterest). What would I wear? A dress for sure, but I would try to keep it light and casual, and in the childhood theme, so I guess those Chiara Ferragni slip-ons would do the trick (keep daydreaming, Mary!)  

And let's not forget about wedding invitations, because everyone knows they are the trickiest (I grew up watching Bridezillas, so many flaskbacks right now). I honestly feel like you can't fail if you choose Basic Invite, because it's all on you. You make every single choice, and they have this unique option of custom samples. It's great to see everything on paper and the color in real life before sending out hundreds of them! I also love the free address collection service- you share a link they provide with your guests, they can write their address once they click on it, and you receive a nice list of all the addresses you have to mail your cards to.

How do you deal with special occasions, my dear readers? Am I the only one who cares about every single detail (especially stationery) so much?

♪ Summer Bummer - Lana del Rey, A$AP Rocky, Playboi Carti♪

This spring one major 2000s trend came back: the choker. I didn't know what to think of it, because back when it was in fashion I was 10 years old and I would wear one non-stop. Therefore, I kind of associated it with childhood, and I couldn't bring myself to buy one.  It all changed when my cousin Ioana was abroad on vacation and she asked me if I would like a cool choker from Tally Wejil. I was intrigued, because she told me it had several charms, it wasn't just a simple choker. Little did I know she would also pick a dress from Primark in the exact same color as the choker! When I received these two items together I knew right away- "here's my second Untold festival outfit!". Kudos to Ioana for her flawless fashion choices, it was such an amazing gift to receive!

The dress is super light and breezy, truly a summer dream and the best choice in terms of festival wear! The only thing I had to add is this wide belt, which fortunately is purple, because the dress doesn't really emphasize your waist on its own. I absolutely loved this look, it was effortless, comfy and cute at the same time!

Special thanks to my best friend Simona for taking the photos!

I turned 22 this weekend and it turned out to be so much more exciting than I would have expected! The same goes for the Untold festival I attended again this summer! Last year, I didn't know what to expect, but I loved every minute of it: good music, great fun and amazing food! This year I came with certain expectation: I wondered if the DJs I loved last year would have better sets or I would be disappointed. Not only my favorite artists were better this year, but I also finally got to see some live acts I've been dreaming for ages: Tinnie Tempah, MO, Ellie Goulding, Hurts. I also discovered Marshmello this year, and he made my top 3 (along with Afrojack and Martin Garrix) because I found 10 of my favorite rap songs remixed in his set (he seems like a K Lamar fan, I loved this!).

I don't normally post photos on the blog with people in the background (I've been taught since my early blogging days this is a major faux pas) but I had to share with you the outfit I wore on the first day because the message on my T-shirt is my favorite! The fact that it matched my number one skirt was also a plus, I don't think I ever got to post any photos of this skirt on my blog.

As I'm writing this post and seeing the photos,  Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's voice from Beyonce's "Flawless" comes to mind:

"Feminist: the person who believes in the social,

Political, and economic equality of the sexes"

Sorry for the lack of posts, I'm currently super busy because the Untold festival is coming up in two days! I've been wanting to blog about this for some time, this year my bday gift came in a month early: a Rose Gold Iphone 7. I've been saving up for one for quite some time and my parents had no idea. When I told my dad, he made it possible although he was shocked about my color choice (you know me, I'm a girly girl).

The thing is, ever since I got it, I couldn't bring myself to buy another case for it other than the transparent one. The Rose Gold looks just to good to me and I've been dreaming about having one ever since Iphones came out in this color. My friends know that my phone and tablets are always better dressed than me haha- I tend to buy many fancy cases and I change them often. Everyone was shocked I only wanted the original phone to be shown when I got this and they wondered how long it would last.