Here comes the wisdom

Hi everyone,

just sharing some Tall and Tiny wisdom today. Simple question, yet it does make you wonder...

Oh, and we might have just booked a super awesome gig! But more on that later.

Much love, Tnt

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Yoga Challenge

Hi!

21 days ago, my favourite yoga teacher Erin Motz started another instagram challenge. The idea was, that we'd learn/practise an intense yoga pose daily, to become -as they say- 'summer ready'. Honestly, it's not that much about my summer bikini booty as it is about my actual health. I've been seeing my physical therapist a lot lately, and am really working on training my muscles. Also, I'm going to start running soon, I'll keep you up to date! Maybe we can start to run together and motivate each other? So anyway, I did this challenge for 21 days and I really enjoyed it! It's great when someone (in my case, my sweetest boyfriend) can take pictures of you doing yoga, because you really learn a lot from it. Sometimes I think I've got a pose all figured out, when really, I don't. It's only after having looked at the picture, that I realise my back isn't as straight as I thought it was. So you can really use challenges like this to refine your poses. And of course, try out new poses that you never knew existed! 

Another great thing about this challenge is getting in touch with other yogis. Everyone is prompted to add the hashtag #badyogi to their posts, and so when you look up the hashtag, you get this huge amount of photos of people all around the world who are doing the exact same pose as you are. And they are not extremely fit models who can do a handstand on their pinky finger with their legs twisted like pretzels. Nope, just people like you and me, doing yoga in front of the TV, or in the backyard. And seeing them is so motivating!  

I was fortunate enough to go to the beach for a week, which was awesome! I love doing yoga at the beach. Especially the creepy stuff like headstands. I'm still figuring those out, but once I got onto the soft and safe sand, I wasn't at all scared to try them! I also love looking at the vast sea, and the endless horizon. So peaceful. 

And also, the weather! It has been amazing! Aside from the fact that good weather is always awesome, it was extra awesome because I could do my yoga challenge outside almost every day. And I love doing yoga out in the fresh air! 

So... That's pretty much it! If you missed the challenge and feel like trying out some yoga poses, here are my instagram pictures (including some extra pictures of me doing headstands and sundials)! Enjoy! 

✎ Jade

Instagram Challenge, day 7

Hello all!

For day 7, the last day, show your favourite item! It can be anything, from a diamond necklace to a dirty napkin. Just as long as it hold value to you! 

This was the last day of the challenge, and we hope you enjoyed joining us and/or looking at our pictures! Even though the hashtag is #ExploringTheWorld, we haven't told you to hop on the train and go take pictures of the Taj Mahal -though that would've been cool- but instead asked you to explore your own surroundings, the world around you. We think dreaming of big adventures is very important and healthy for the soul, but sometimes we aim so high that we tend to feel like we're not living our lives the way we should. And that is just stupid, because hanging out with your friends or watching a great movie surrounded by chocolates is also living -and enjoying- your life. We should appreciate the little things, which can really make life incredibly fun.

So think about this past week. Go to your favourite spot, work on your resolutions, enjoy being lazy (hibernation, right?), embrace your messy hair, go for a walk and look at all the beautiful things that surround you, and then go eat something really yummy with your favourite item by your side. Now, ain't that a good day?

Last but not least, even though we didn't say it was a competition, we really enjoyed seeing Anne's pictures and would like to give her these earrings! Thank you for joining the challenge! We hope you had fun with it, and hope that you like the gift! Pm us on Facebook so we can figure out how to get them delivered to you!

Lots of love,
Tall and tiny

The Gift: 

Our Day 7 entries: 

Instagram Challenge, day 6

Hello! 

We are nearing the end of the challenge! Day 6 of our #TNTExploringTheWorld challenge: make a pic of yummy food! We don't think it needs more of an explanation, does it? Jade had a lovely meal with a lot of cheese in it. Her boyfriend hates cheese and wasn't at home, so this was her chance to eat a lot of it! And elvi made some nice bread with cheese, egg and pesto! What yummy food did you eat? Show us on Instagram! Enjoy the picture taking, and of course, the eating of the yum yum food. 

Tall and tiny

Instagram Challenge, Day 5

Hello everyone!

Sorry for the delay, but here's the #TNTExploringTheWorld challenge for yesterday! Go outside and make a picture of something nice. Jade went outside and saw these cute doves sitting together and Elvi was a little late with making a picture, so there was no other option than making a picture in the dark at the busstop where she was waiting! So, go out and take a pic! 

XXX TNT 

Instagram Challenge, day 4

Hi you!

Okay, one of the best feelings in the world: lying in bed, stretching out, ruffling through your hair and then just falling asleep again. Right?

Day 4 is messy hair day, because sometimes: messy is good!

And don't worry, we've been #Exploring inside our own apartments so far, but starting tomorrow: we take on the world!

Love,
Tall and tiny #TNTExploringTheWorld

Instagram Challenge, day 3

Yaaaaawn!

Day 3 has arrived (!) ... about a day ago. We've been so lazy today that we haven't uploaded this any sooner! We've both been busy taking care of some practical stuff like job hunting and grocery shopping, which is why we haven't had time to upload our pictures until now. Anyway, as John Cleese's burglar character said when he found out the bank he was robbing was actually a lingerie store: adopt adapt and improve! Soooo... We made laziness our theme of the day! 

Explore the limits of your own laziness! But please don't let it keep you from posting a picture! :)

Tall and tiny

Instagram Challenge, day 2

Hi!

First off: if you haven't joined the picture game yet, it's not too late! Just catch up by posting your day 1 picture!

Okay we saw some lovely stuff yesterday! But we're really hoping to see more pictures of you guys! Before we tell you the challenge of this second day, we'd like to explain why exactly we are doing this challenge. (and yes, arrows for this one)

➳ 2015 has begun, and we want to start it off well. We'd like to enjoy the little things about life. Like yesterday, when we sparkled up some new appreciation for our favourite spot at home. It's often the little moments that count the most. 

➳ We'd really like to get in touch with all of you and thought this would be a pretty good way to exchange some fun stuff with each other!

➳  It's just really fun. 

So there you go! Now, as promised, the new challenge! Haven't we all thought about some new year's resolutions? Whether you laminated them and hung them above your bed, or just thought about it after having too much champagne around midnight, you've been thinking about it. Maybe you want to change something, or maybe you want to keep up a good habit you already have. But 2015 is going to rock!! 

Post a picture of yourself keeping up with a new year's resolution, starting the year off nice and fine, using the hashtag #TNTExploringTheWorld! We are so going to finish the first Game of Thrones book and 青 唱 宠 by the end of the year, right? (don't try looking it up on Google Translate, it's literally qing chang chong and won't make any sense, whatsoever) 

Tall and tiny

Instagram Challenge, day 1

...aaaand GO!

Day 1: Post a picture of yourself in your favourite spot at home! Whether you live in a dorm, an apartment, a studio, a suburbs house, a mansion or a majestic palace, we bet you also have a special spot in your home that you prefer over any other place. We chose in front of the TV in PJ's and behind the piano! 

Share yours through Instagram, Facebook, e-mail (tallandtiny@hotmail.be) etc. using the hastag #TNTExploringTheWorld!

TNT

TNT Instagram Challenge!

Hi!!

We're announcing our very own Instagram Challenge, yay! For 7 days, we will each post a picture within a certain theme and invite all of you to do the same! Every day around noon (here in +2 Belgium) we will post the challenge and then it's all up to you to do the same thing! If you don't have an Instagram account, don't worry, we'll post them on our blog as well and you can always e-mail us your picture at Tallandtiny@hotmail.be, post your picture on Facebook or if you have either of us on Whatsapp or Hangouts, that's okay too. To join the challenge, follow 'princesslettuce' and 'elviism' on Instagram, or check the blog daily! 

Oh, and don't forget: if you post on Instagram of Facebook, use the hashtag #TNTExploringTheWorld! That way we can trace all of your posts!

Ready? Set?

TNT

BadYogi Challenge

Hi!

Don't we all want to start the new year off well? Well, I tried to do just that, by joining yogi Erin Motz in her Instagram challenge! For several days she gave her #BadYogiArmy assignments such as "take a picture of a pose that makes you feel celebratory" or "show us a pose you love to hate" etc. I had a lot of fun with it! It was also very educative, because by seeing myself on pictures, I realised I did some poses wrong and tried to perfect them. If only I had enough room in my apartment for a big mirror... 

What have you done to try and start the year with a bang? 

Love,

✎ Jade

#BadYogi

Hi everyone! 

About a year ago I started doing something that has really changed my life for the better: yoga. Now, as you're reading this, you're probably thinking "I should do some yoga too, but I'll never be good enough at it" and that's why I write this post. To say: NO! No no no, that's not true at all! Yoga can seem like (and often is) exclusive to a community of absurdly flexible, strictly vegan and spiritually enlightened people who make you feel like you're chubby and immoral and remind you of the fact that you cannot even bend over to tie your shoelaces or pet your dog.  

I always felt intimidated by yoga as well, until I discovered Erin Motz' youtube channel. She has a playlist called the 30 day yoga challenge which contains 30 videos from about 15-20 minutes, in which she teaches yoga classes for beginners. She is the reason why I got over my fear of yoga. I'm just going to quote her, because she says it so well:

"If you’re constantly afraid of making a mistake or that people will judge you or think you’re weird or stupid, and you base your actions on those things alone, you’ll only get as far as everyone else’s acceptable standard."

She invented the concept of the bad yogi, which means that you can do yoga without feeling like you have to be part of a certain community, or adjust your entire lifestyle and eating habits. Yoga is for anyone, so yes, that includes you! If you want to know if you are a bad yogi too, check out her website here! 

My boyfriend's mom got me the official bad yogi tank, and I've enjoyed doing my morning sun salutation in it, after which I rewarded myself with a bit of chocolate, #badyogi style. 

If you are at all interested, give it a go! Here are the links to:

The 30 day yoga challenge (Do You Yoga Channel)

The 4 week yoga challenge (Bad Yogi Channel) 

Her blog, Facebook and Instagram

And don't forget: it's not about stretching super far until you're injured! Just take it easy, keep breathing and enjoy your practice. You'll feel all different really quickly. :) 

Lots of love, and remember, bad is good.

✎ Jade

Mockingjay Nails

Another Hunger Games post!

I found this wonderful tutorial on youtube for Mockingjay nails and thought I'd share it here. I wore these when I went to see the movie! If you like them, try it yourself and don't forget to share your result with me!

Here is my picture of my own nails :

And here is the wonderful tutorial! Check out the channel, she has great stuff on there including many Christmas themed nails:

Obviously mine are not as perfect as hers, but I still think they worked out pretty well. :)

✎ Jade

Disney Characters on Instagram

Hi!

I read this wonderful article on Hello giggles that I wanted to share with you! This is what artist Simona Bonafini thinks Disney characters would be like if they were on Instagram, taking selfies. I love this kind of concept. I'll be sharing some more Disney parodies soon! 

✎ Jade