black cape dress: COS; sequin clutch: Primark
playing around with my blue wig
coffee and tea
My lovely readers, I'm so sorry I have been absent for so long. It's just that work takes up so much time and energy recently.
However, I wanted to show you this sweet DIY I made as a Birthday gift for my sweet M and her husband in March. It is strongly inspired by this beautiful post from the girls over at a beautiful mess, but I added the red lips and moustache. I really like how this turned out. I'm thinking this might also be a nice wedding gift.
All you'll need is 2 plain white mugs and red and black porcelain markers. Follow the instructions on the markers and have fun drawing.
millefleurs
Ok, so has this silently become a food blog here? I don't really know. But I must say, I really love how this cake turned out. I used this recipe in a cake form, made some buttercream frosting and spread it all over the cake and finally covered it in a thin layer of white fondant. Then I cut out the pink blossoms from pink fondant to decorate the cake (and hide the not-so-pretty bottom part of the cake).
By the way: sorry for the bad pictures. I was in a rush... all those blossoms took longer than I expected...
very berry
a better place
Things that make the world a better place
This is the theme of the Couch Blog Star Award. When I heard this, I immediately thought about: baking!
I don't know about you, but whenever I'm in a bad mood or I need some cheering up, I head straight to my kitchen and start baking. Cookies, cupcakes, muffins, or even a rainbow cake you name it. It feels so rewarding to create something so pretty and tasty.
So on one grey and cold January sunday I tried tiny little tartes au citròn. They were incredibly delicious!
It may not be the fastest treat you can make, but so worth it!
By the way: I hear so many people have problems with meringue. I somehow never had. In my experience the most important part is that the egg whites are really cool (refrigerated for at least 1 day).
This is the theme of the Couch Blog Star Award. When I heard this, I immediately thought about: baking!
So on one grey and cold January sunday I tried tiny little tartes au citròn. They were incredibly delicious!
It may not be the fastest treat you can make, but so worth it!
By the way: I hear so many people have problems with meringue. I somehow never had. In my experience the most important part is that the egg whites are really cool (refrigerated for at least 1 day).
DIY 2013 agenda
And for those of you that are late like me, I'm providing this calendar for you to download in english (here) or german (here). Get the cover (here).
Simply print out all pages except first page in booklet duplex on regular printer paper. If you don't have duplex, use booklet front pages only first, then put the paper in the printer again and print booklet back pages on the backside. Instruction here
Print the cover on cardboard.
For the spiral binding, first cut all pages in the middle and assemble in the right order. Then take them to a copy shop, they can do the spiral binding for you. Or maybe you have a machine for that, like I do.
Or you can also just use the sewed version that I also used for the Paris Journal here. In that case, do not cut the pages, but instead fold them in half and sew together.
blueberry meringue
I got some tartelette forms for christmas that I wanted to try out yesterday. I can't believe how delicious these turned out to be! Make sure to try them when they're still warm.
30 before 30
So, no new years resolutions to share this year. However, ever since my 29th birthday I have been collecting a number of things I would like to have done before turning 30 this year. Some things are really trivial, some are quite a challenge for me, and some were already accomplished (like the trip to Paris and buying a skateboard). But after finally completing the list yesterday, I thought why not share it here at the start of the new year.
Let's hope it's a good one
Happy new year everyone!
I hope you had wonderful holidays and a great party (or a quiet celebration) yesterday.
I celebrated the beginning of 2013 with some friends and made little wish jars for everyone, where the wishes and resolutions for the new year can be kept.
I used little spice-jars that I filled with silver stars, little pigs or clover and finished off with a label.
I'm going to write my wishes down right now!
2013 - let's hope it's a good one
sweet moments
I really love chai tea latte. Last year I made homemade chai syrup for the first time, and last week it was time to make some again. Here's my recipe. I read over at nicest things and here that you could also add some pepper. Maybe I'll try that next time.
Once you have your syrup, just take a cup of steamed milk and add about 2-3 teaspoons of syrup.
on my wall
I found this idea to repurpose old videocassette cases as picture frames via cool outfit, and thought this is a great idea. Now I have these two pretty cases hanging above my bed, and they can even store little secrets.
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