Bangs and glasses - Part I - before

it comes a time to every girls life to think about pros and cons to get bangs. will I look good? and if yes - what kind of bangs should I get? and so on,and on. than ypou just flip through the magazines by checkign out models and celebs to see how they look like and think that you can pull that off just need a courage to do it.
My case is even more complicated :D I need a sight glasses ( yes, with the age comes also this :( ) and now thinking if I can have both - bangs and glasses! :)so
yesterday I found an awesome look for my next bangs :)

aren't these the coolest bangs EVER?! :D heheheh
just kidding, more thinking of swept bangs, something like this

AND hopefully will look like this :) :

and also have found some cool frames, specially loved Tom Fords Cat-Eyes

Check them out here.

so this is the end of part I - DREAMING and the desired outcome :D the real one - yet still to come :) stay tuned :) and if have suggestions or comments (or want to talk me out of this little experiment) - drop me a line. all help needed and welcome :)

DIY: Vernazza Vase Project

One of my favorite places on the world is Vernazza (one of the Cinque Terre little fishermen towns) - a paradise at Italian Riviera. (can check out some of my pictures from Vernazza here or on my pintrest page).

On 25 October 2011, Vernazza was struck by torrential rains, massive flooding and mudslides that left the town buried in over 4 metres of mud and debris, causing over 100 million euro worth of damage. The town was evacuated and remained in a continued state of emergency. it was terrible time for the lovely vilalge, but it were reconstructed and got back on its feet again.
So when I was there last August I saw these lovely, colorful peebles and shatters and splitnes of different ceramics, vases, walls,etc.  along all the coast - as remines of all Vernazza, I decided to "put them back together" creating something dedicated to this lovely place and memories - something lasting,i picked them up and  made a mosaic, which I glued on my plain,white vase for Orchidea to make it more pretty.
So now I have my own, unique, colorful vase from Vernazza which carries the charm and story of the town and makes me dream of Summer, beach and the sun every time I see it :)

colorful peebles from Vernazza

voilà - colorful flower pot

DIY: let's bake Latvian cookies!

There are no kid in Latvia who wouldn't remember what is a austiņa - little ear (because of the form that reminds of an ear). as my bro'  wrote that he tried to make them and passed me recipe, than I decided to make them as well and share with you the recipe to try your own, homemade, easy biscuit recipe.
You will need:

• Flour - 500gr
• Butter 300gr
• 1 egg
• Water - 160ml
• Sugar - 1 glass ( I used brown and white sugar - mixing them together)
• Salt - ½ tea spoon
• Lemon juice 1 tea spoon ( I used fresh lemon for better flavour)

Preparing: ~ 1h (baking for 2 plates x20 min. 200-210 C°

 

1. In the bowl pour flour and salt. Grate in cold butter on a "roughest-biggest whole" side while constantly "soak it" in flour in order to prevent from sticking together.

2. after butter has been mixed in, add egg, cold water and the tea spoon of lemon juice.

3. Knead the dough quickly before the butter has gotten warm.
4. Make a "brick" from the pastry and put in the plastic bag and put in a fridge for 1h.
5.sprinkle the flour on the surface where you plan to put the pastry (make sure it is not wet and big enough)and use rolling pin to stretch it in a rectangular form.

 6. try to make it as thin as possible (the thinner it is the more layers the "ears" will have).
7. pout the half glass of sugar of the surface

 8. roll in from both sides equally - like a book cover

 9. put it back in a fridge for 15min.
10. meanwhile warm up the own to 200-201 degrees.
11. cut the long roll in half to easier to operate. and cut into pieces - around 12. or at least 1-1,5 cm thick

12. Put on the table -source sugar and put each piece in it.
13. than take the rolling pin and make it flat from both sides. as much as sugar sticks- that's the right amount.
14. put on the pan the baking paper and biscuits and put baking for 20min. in 200C° meanwhile put the rest of "ears" back in fridge.
15. I put them in the top part of the own to get them browner and also switches sides of the pan as well as turned them around to get them more brown.

16. and voilà - that's the result. and tastes great! :)
they are perfect with afternoon tea and gossiping with your girls,breakfast or just as a snack.  :)

if you try them as well- let me know how was it! :)

p.s. some of the pictures are not mine, as didn't have good light to make close ups, but the result was the same :)
 

Sneak a peak in photo shooting

2 weekends ago my dear friend and an amazing photographer, asked me to be a stylist for a photo shooting. (excitement). so here it how it went - in few pictures, till waiting the other official ones.
his work you can check out on his homepage http://www.gaetanocartone.com

Model-Kassia from Elite Model Agency.

this is taken by my phone. sorry for quality

hehe loved the tag as a stylist on his FB page ^_^

All other looks - still to come :)

Spring on your nails

Today sun is shining and birds are singing and it means just one thing - Spring is coming after all! So to capture this feeling i put some imagination and colors also on my finger nails. And this is the result - pastel, happy nails.

So what's your Spring-nails look? :)

Recipe: Oat flake cookies

Other day I remembered my childhood recipe - Oat flake cookies and I decided it is time to make them once more. the best thing of this recipe is that there is no flour and it is really easy and fast to make. check this out:
you will need:

• 3 glasses of oat flakes (I use the big flakes) - it is approx. 500gr
• 3 eggs
• 250gr butter
• 200 gr sugar (if want less sweet use just 100gr)
• 1 d.spoon of vanilla powder or few drops of the concentrate for smell
• a peel of lemon (can do without too, but makes additional flavor
• (100gr raisins or almonds (whatever you prefer or nothing)

Preparation:
1. melt half of the butter (125gr) on the frying pan (better big one)and once that done put on it oat flakes and burn them slightly: (

once ready take them off the pan and put them in a bowl to let them cool down.
2. Then separate the egg white's and whip them until you can lift the whisk.

3. mix together the rest of the butter (cut it n the small pieces before) with sugar, oat flakes and yolks, (also vanilla, lemon peel and raisins/almonds/hazelnuts/coco - whatever you prefer. yes, even chocolate)
4.  carefully fold in the egg whites together with the rest of the mass

5. take the dessert spoon and make measure the size of the cookies and put them on the baking pan I usually put under the baking paper so it is easier to get it off afterwards

(as it was a Valentine's day than use the heart-shaped cooky form to get the shape.

6. put in on already heated oven (200C') and bake till it is ready, usually takes some 10-12min.

and it is ready! :) (this was my 1st pan (out of 4) so the hearts came in 2nd round and were looking a lot prettier too, hehe. but taste is what matters, right? :)).

Note! :) make sure you don't overcook otherwise it will become really hard, but still good.
 Note nr.2:) keep in a box with lid so remain slightly soft :)
Note nr.3 :) perfect with Milk and afternoon tea or at breakfast

try them out and let me know how was it! :) bon appétit ! :)

Coffee break with my ladies

This week I really have a spring feeling: sun is shining, people are somehow more happy and you can see more colors around you. so what can be better to have a coffee break with your friends?! :)

Posing in this pictured was inspired after last weeks Photo-shooting

btw, at my coat is attached this small piece of adornment made of red and white yarn. It was a gift from my Bulgarian friend- Svetty. In Bulgaria it is worn all March to celebrate the upcomign spring and the celebration is called Martenitsa. really nice tradition ^ ^ so I am supporting it! :) and hope one day will visit this country I have heard so much good about! :)