cookies and christmas lights make me happy

did some baking a couple of days ago. I made the same ones as the last years...peanutbutter-chocolate cookies. sooo good, but you cant eat more than two or three at a time cause of all the sugar hehe

I'm planning to make some other kind before christmas. lets see if I actually stick to it.

and I also put up some christmas decoration around the house. had to take a picture of the pretty christmas lights :)

Christmas is a time for gladness...

...with eggnog filling lots of glasses


getting into the christmas spirit (well more than already ;)) with some eggnog I got for St.Nicholas and Krampus.

official christmas time all around the blog...and some changes

I thought with all the christmas pictures I took in the last weeks it's about time to change my header. it is now officially christmas time all around my blog.

and I also did some minor layout changes. I've changed the comment system to another one, cause I really wanted a reply function, which blogger unfortunately does not offer. so I've switched to disqus. not sure yet if I'm gonna keep it though, cause one thing I don't like about it is that you can't comment with your blogger account :/ we'll see.

edit: okay, back to the original blogger system

and because a post without a picture is not a good post...
I tried another editing on one of the pictures from the last post.

which one do you like better? I can't really decide, I like both, this one is not as christmassy looking as the other one colorwise, but still kinda cool.

another trip to the christmas market...

...means some new pictures :) once again I went to the one in front of the city hall.

they have this really big advent wreath with the first candle already "lit"

this time I kept the focus on the christmas balls



I tried some different editing on these to make them look more christmassy. yay or nay?

I'm planning to go to another christmas market either this week or the next one, so if you're not sick of all the christmas pictured yet keep checking back ;)

hearts everywhere

I've seen some pretty amazing bokeh shots around the web, so I tried out some stuff too.

I tried out some heart bokeh pictures. build myself a hood with a heart shaped in it I put infront of the lens and started to shoot.

not a 100% happy with them, but I think for the first time trying they turned out ok.
here's a comparison shot, to see how the bokeh looks normaly and with the hearted hood.

I'll definitely keep playing around with this and try out some other shapes.

and I also got myself a flickr account. I used to use my deviantart account in addition to this blog, but lately I haven't been all that much into the site. so I switched to flickr for display-only of some of my pictures. So if you're also on flickr, feel free to add me.

even more bokeh...oh my!!

here are some more pictures from the christmas market. don't know what else to write, so just enjoy the pictures...

and of course some more candy ;)

BokehLicious

it's officially christmas time on my blog. one month till christmas is not that bad, right?

one (of the many) thing(s) I absolutely love about christmas markets...you get a beautiful bokeh!!

today I went to the christmas market in front of the city hall since I always have some time during lectures and its right next to the university.

while there are some booths that have absolutely nothing to do with christmas (like soccer tricots) there are some pretty things that would work well as a christmas present.
and no christmas market is complete without candy and junk-food...and of course lots of punch (this time I tried the orange punch...very good)

I've got some more photos from today that I have yet to edit, so there will be more pictures very soon ;)

and I have also added a contact form, to which you can find a link to in the navigation bar at the top