Maree('s) Muses

Me and Cards I like crafty things! And my favourite craft activity, or maybe the one I am most proficient at, is card making. I do not consider myself "visualy" talented, like I'm not very good at drawing and stuff, but this type of visual expression is very close to me. I have been making cards for a couple of years now. Luckily the internet is an overflowing well of inspiration. My favourite paper-crafty person is Kristina Werner , whose videos have taught me a great deal about different techniques, compostition, etc. Especially at the beginning I really could not afford to buy any of those "professional" patterned papers, fancy stamp sets and hole punches. Not that I can afford them now. But at least every now and then I treat myself to some nice and uselful addition to my crafty drawer. I must say I quite enjoy the challenge of using up all the possible material I can find at home, like scraps of gift-wrapping paper, left over lace, buttons, ribbon,.....

Welcome, dear readers, to March edition of Music Monthly, historically the first one to be published simultaneously on both of my blogs. Yes, I have two, because I’m greedy. What interesting things have you done in March? I for example started my transformation into a professional couch potato. Due to medical reasons though, not by choice. Which makes it slightly less enjoyable. Anyway, I hope you’re ready to listen to some good music. I’ve all kinds of genres ready for you, so let’s dig in.

I'm skipping unimportant chit-chat and getting straight to music! There are a few good songs that I’m really excited about, in this edition :) Read on to discover my favourite tracks of Febrauary and why I like them.

Music Monthly is a blog series that I started bilingually at my previous blog, last year. It kind of fell apart in the second half of the year, but still, if you feel like checking those posts out, you will find them here . I am reposting January and February of this year on Dance the Drizzle, because I want to start afresh and have all of 2013 together at one place. To explain what Music Monthly is about: more or less regular posts somehow summarizing my musical experience of the previous month. As I was looking back at 2011, I realized that what you go through in life often reflects in the songs that keep you company. And through these songs that are with you in your good times and in bad, you build a relationship to a new interpret or a new style of music that you haven’t listened to before. So this will be a monthly insight into what songs have caught my attention and why, which ones got stuck in my head, etc. :) What’s in it for you? A collection of songs, both old and ne...

Hello, reader! Welcome to Dance The Drizzle! First, let me tell you a little bit about myself and explain what you can or cannot expect here. My full name is Marie Honetschlagerova, don’t bother trying to pronounce that. Marie or Maree will do just fine. I am a passionate music lover, and at the moment most of my writing is related to that. I am interested in other aspects of culture such as film, television, … sometimes literature…   If things go according to plan I would like to throw in some film articles occasionally.   Or just tackle any interesting topic that I find inspiring or stuck in my head for no good reason. Why “Dance the Drizzle”? Shall I be honest? It should have been “Dance the Rain”, but that one was already taken. *sigh* So here’s my original explanation for Dance the rain: