California girls

Weekends are my happy days! indeed, this weekend was sooo nice - perfect weather, sun catching, vintage-charity market attending, hanging out with friends and discovering new, nice places and of course get some new snapshots ^_^ so this time I hit the streets with Sara to do some lil' shopping and get some lunch.
we went to this lovely place called California Bakery, here in Milan. MUST try this when you are in the city! they have this charming atmosphere and really nice interior -  place where food is made with love and served together with a cup of Café Americano (the American style coffee). they have cupcakes (to see the cupcakes, check out my Instagram)  and amazing bagels, great soup and delicious cakes and, and top of that nice staff. :)
so here are some pictures from California bakery at Via  Larga( outside terrace) and streets of Milan.

 

mm the food smile

 It was a perfect day to put on my new, vintage flower shorts from Beyond Retro, Stockholm. I already wrote about this adorable vintage clothing store, so can check out the entry and tips here.

 

Vintage-up! Need Help Dressing? - Beyond Retro

While in Stockholm you must visit Beyond Retro! it's a vintage clothing store for Men and Women.
It all started in England and now they have several shops in London, Brighton, Stockholm and Gothenburg as well as online store. check them out here. and the best thing is that they are shopping around all 27 EU countries :) so check them out and get inspired for your new style, trend or just re-fresh your garderobe with some unique, vintage and chic piece :)

I visited the one in Upper Queen Street, Drottninggatan, Stockholm. And here is what I saw...

evening gowns

ties everywhere ^_^

and colourful bowties, scarves and tights

 oh, loved these skates. unfortunately no space in my bag :(

 the corner of leather sandals.

 tulle skirts.. ^_^

 

hats, hats, hats

bags, bags, bags

 and than I decided to try on some stuff.. :) of course :) so here is what I tried. ( sorry for the quality of the photos but was using a phone for this mission :)
 I won't tell you what I bought, so just go ahead and guess it! :) :P.. just couldn't resist :)

 1. yellow, long sleeve dress

 2. Mexican pattern dress

 3. lime-flower dress

 4. Flower  skirt-shorts

 5. abstract-colourful shorts

 6. Rose pattern sweater

so what do you think? which piece/s I managed to squeeze into my bag? :)
 

Easter Inspiration: DIY, Recipes, Decoration

I have always loved Easter feeling, because it is all about colors, coloring, DYIs, games, eggs, holidays and bunnies!! :) when I was kid we used to wake up on Easter morning to go searcing in the garden where the Easter bunny has left eggs+gifts to us with our name tags on it. it was always so exciting. than later the day you have a nice breakfast with family with some typical easter desserts and egg fights and than you hit the city to participate in differetn activities around. markets, contests, games, dancing performances etc. than is
the tea time and family and relative meeting..ahh memories,memories. anyway, this entry is nto about memories but about Inspiration and ideas how to create a cute Easter weekend and make your house around you look a little nicer.
I usually color eggs with a natural colors (like onions - blue and brown, tea, red beets, raspberry brunches, etc to get differetn colors) and weeds, flowers and herbs as well as rise and grains to make differetn patterns.
here are some pictures taken by my brother (he is really good at this) with my mom's creations. she is a master, but I try to keep up.

so thisSaturday I will be trying to make something like this as well. (if need an advice - drop me a line).
As today feeling inspired than will try to make some Easter sweets as well. and I found this awesome chick cupcakes.

How to make healthy muffins you can see here . The other idea for Easter chick-cupcakes would be with grated lemon topping and chocolate.

than I found how to make Easter pretzels :) at stoplookingetcookin.  isn't this fun? :)

for some real egg decoration could make something like this:

really simple and looks great.
 for a table decoration all you need is some colorful cutlery and napkins and string and you can create art! :)

than if creation finds you, can make your ownbunny-napkins. check out the tutorial of Natalie here .

continuing with creations check out this awesome tutorial by Fashion Diva here.

to make some decorations of egg shells all you need to do is to have some ideas, colors, nail polishes and you can go Easter-wild.

to make some "snacks" for the bunny or a candy carrot bag like this check out the tutorial of Clare here

and don't forget about cards this year as well. Check out these vintage, Easter postcards and tags.

to download postcards and tags click here.
and for soem CUTE-CUTE tags check out the Babalisme's blog here.

Love the E and bunny tag. E is not only for Easter but also for Egi :) heheh (feeling cheerful and silly today).
so let's create, share and have  a Happy Easter full of cupcakes, bunny biscuits,
 tea time with friends,

 smiley moments, nice dresses (remember this spring is all about floral patterns and pastel colors) and bunnies! :)

Souvenire from Toscany

This small Toscany weekend is getting better and better:) got this awesome,leather purse in a flea market in Prato.so lovely-real learher from 70ties:)

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