a week full of surprises!

Liv loves surprises. Most of the time they are good ones and keep life exciting. This week has been a tough one, I lost my dayjob a little earlier than I had planned. That created a panic attack and major mind chaos. I also lost my favorite ring, that my grandma gave to me: A real golden beauty with a timeless art deco appeal and a diamond. But then there are good surprises, like that my man stays calm and strong in shitty situations and proved to be a proper rock. The holiday plans are screwed, and I just got an amazing beach bikini, but with the job situation it looks like we have to cancel the holiday, I was so excited about. I couldn't find time for my new writing project either. So: My dear readers, whoever knows a contact for any suitable job for me in London, please feel free to email me!

how to overcome hibernation mode

Summer is over. My body starts to get into hibernation mood. When I get up in the morning it's still really dark outside. But there is always coffee... The other good news are that there is an exciting new blog project coming up. The ladies of Artschoolvets, a cool Berlin based group of artists, designers, musicians etc. are about to launch "this is Jane Wayne" the female counterpart of the main website. I am more than happy to follow their invitation and join the cool ladies behind it. I will keep you up to date about the launching date. I have to push my self now to get out of hibernation mode, to get the print look books done and preparing for sales and production. Get started with the new blog....and finding myself some cozy winter clothes. I hope to work with lots of great brides this season and I am already really looking forward to create fantastic styles for them!

All I've ever wanted...

MACHA is still one of my favorite jewellery designers. I wrote already about some rocking rings by Macha a while ago here.

Her wedding/engagement ring collection is just so cool, that I have to mention her again. The Mackenzie Ring for example with its 5 spiky black diamonds that were set upside down along one side for a glamorous alternative to a stud. I would totally want that one as my wedding band. Possibly with grey diamonds? Black diamonds? Upside down? She is a genius! That's why she offers equally stunning rings for men. And I totally want the Rockwell Ring as engagement ring. For me customized with a yellow gold band and a white gold "rock" Look how rad the different styles are looking together: here The Mackenzie would also go with all the grey diamond designs, that I loved so much and wrote about here.

Do you think you will be a good mum?

image via Lunamag Blog

Someone lately asked me that question. My answer was: That's what I ask myself every day. And it's true. I don't know yet if I want to have kids one day. Not now. That's for sure. Right now this topic seems to becoming huge and I do get quite paranoid. So many blogger ladies, are pregnant right now and some of my friends are as well. And I have had a weird dreams about pregnant women for a whole week.

I don't feel it, the whole baby, mum, family, kid thing. Maybe it will come one day -maybe not.

The older I get the younger I feel. The more I know about the world and life the more I realize how much I don't know. It is getting more complicated, so the only way to handle that is to simplify things. I don't feel very grown up at this point, and I know I did a few years ago.

If that sounds confusing to you, you get an idea about how much it confuses me. I have always been pretty impatient and I can't see my own progress because life feels to slow. At the same time it is running way to fast, so fast, that I can't fit everything in that is important to me. And most days the "To-Do-List" is way too long.

That makes me think I am not really wise yet. Not to mention the financial part, of having started a business before I even paid off my student loan.

How do you feel about having kids?

shoes. for grooms.

shoes by Florsheim by Duckie Brown How awesome are those men shoes? They come in so many different cool color variations that you could match them to almost any suit. So if you are in the lucky situation to be able to go groom style shopping in NYC,you might be happy to hear that there will be a Florsheim Pop-Up Store at 109 Mercer Street for the upcoming 6 months.