My inspiration blog - by Eline Kwantes

Personal inspiration from Tel Aviv

Wow, it's been almost a month since I posted something to my blog. Been quite busy lately and amongst other things, I went to Israel on holiday.

Here's some photo's of things that inspired me over there... I'll start with some things that caught my attention in Tel Aviv:

Fake painted windows and door on a building - funny display window in window


Real veggies and fruit on the local market and... respect for the disabled fruits :)


Funny pluches - pillows from MiaTou, where everything in the shop is handmade!

What's up with Black in Japan?

Was just visiting PingMag, the Japanese blog, and found their post about the colour black quite funny.

"Summer is all about a white wardrobe and accessories - you would think. But no! This summer, we are fully into black mode. Right now, the colour black, or “Kuro” in Japanese, is surprisingly enjoying widespread popularity in Japan." the Tokyo-based blog tells us.

Check out these black swabs and eggs. And there's more black items, such as toilet paper, black airplanes, pigs, etc.

Allow yourself to see how beautiful life is

It sounds a bit corny, but just wanted to share a thought I had this morning...

We seem to be 'eaten' by our lives and let it happen to us. We think about the bad things that happened lately and all the dumb things we still need to do.

But... sometimes you just need to allow yourself to let it all slide off your shoulders. Look at the sky and see how beautiful life is!

That's my thought for today, hope it inspires you :-)

Don't believe the hype - blog about body image, girl culture etc.

I just came across this site and found it both very interesting and inspiring... Don't believe the hype is a blog by a woman named Audrey, addressing current issues on girl culture, body image, celebrity hype and more.

I totally agree it's rediculous that the current day models, moviestars, artists etc (who've always been fashion rolemodels), are sooooo abnormally thin!

Of course, insecure young girls take this as an example, since this is the ideal they're confronted with. And what does a young girl want to be? The perfect girl, so nobody will bully her and she becomes very popular in school and out...

But now, being on a diet is just not healty for young kids. What parents can do is just raise them in eating healthy food! That will make a lot of children and youngsters healthier in life.

But now, they shouldn't be wanting to be as thin as the current day rolemodels. That's simply not healty and could have them create an obsessional fear for becoming obese.

Did some quick Google-ing, as I hear anorexia is becoming a bigger and bigger problem in Western countries. Just read that 5% of Britain young girls is estimated of having anorexia nervosa... That scares the hell out of me - happy to not be one of them, and even more happy to hear about initiatives like Don't believe the hype. You go Audrey!

Since I'm talking about not such a positive subject... Why I found this topic inspirational? - I think it's great that some people spend a lot of energy on addressing a topic that doesn't always get a lot of attention in society. Even cooler I find when an initiative like this makes it to reach the broader public :-)

The sky in december and januari

Made some pictures with my phone, from the car and on the beach. When I put them together they make a nice image of the sky in december & januari. I always loved looking at the sky, so here we go again:

Save yourself - follow your dreams

Inspiration on your desktop

Fed up with staring at the standard Windows desktop? Bring some inspiration there...

   

November       or     October

Sympathetic sponsor-marketing

Crystal Clear was one of the sponsors of 'Holland's Next Top Model' (dutch link). I heared 1 million people watched the finals, where Sanne finally came out as winner.

I think Crystal Clear made a smart sponsor-marketing move here, especially the poster campaign to be seen all over Holland. By offering Sanne an English course (in public, see image!), they kind of joked around with the badly English-speaking girl.

A great stimulant for word-of-mouth marketing (talk of the town), if you ask me...

Inspirational quote

"Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how."

By an unknown writer, from Worldofinspiration.com

We all love make-up and Photoshop, right?

I'm honestly impressed by the Campaign for real beauty by Dove. This other video, that you might have seen on TV already, I also find very interesting: What girls think about themselves...

I think Dove has really found a good marketing angle here, that will appeal to a lot of women over the world and might just bring this brand to the top! Which woman doesn't want to hear she's beautiful, even though you're not a model? GO Dove!