:: fun find :: ENJOY CUPCAKES (VINTAGE TRAILER + CUPCAKES)

Few days ago I did a post about Tifamade (a Paris food lover + vintage bike) and today is about vintage trailer + cupcakes! :) 

Enjoy Cupcakes was established April 1st 2009 and currently has one storefront location in Los Olivos California, where Amber Joy Vander Vliet (baker) is continually inspired by local produce, flavors, wines and respect for food. She takes adavantage of the ingredients that grow in her yard and what the local farmers are offering for sale.

If you want to know even more they have their own blog or you can also check the website. (for ex. photos of cupcakes!) :) 

Adorable restored vintage trailer, twinkling lights, sweet smell of cupcakes, festive decorations.... what`s here not to love? :) 

MOZI + THE PATCHWORK CHRISTMAS COLLECTION

Lovely things & cute design - MOZI.

patterns <3 

:: film :: THE HOBBIT (trailer)

Can`t wait for this one! ;)

CHRISTMAS TRADITION

Every year for Christmas I`m baking a whole bunch of cookies and this year was no exception !  

p.s. there are not all here, cuz I became lazy with the camera :) 

Are you the same? Baking like crazy for the last few days? Any other traditions maybe?  :)

xoxo, M. 

:: fun find :: TIFAMADE: A PARIS FOOD LOVER + A VINTAGE BIKE

She is an American girl in Paris with a fun little business, that she started in 2010, when she was looking for a way to combine her two passions: feeding people and riding her bike.

 "Tifamade is a homemade food, made with ingredients carefully from the farmers`s market, all wrapped up in ecological packaging. The sandwiches and cakes are presented in a lovely suitcase."

 I love the combination of the bike + suitcase !

Lovely packaging, delicious food and a great idea of making a business from the things she loves!

Thumbs up !! <3 

Paris really is a city full of surprises & amazing people ... 

:: LIFE IS SHORT, LIVE YOUR DREAM and SHARE YOUR PASSION! ::

Life is short, live your dream and share your passion.



thx T. for sharing this with me ! ;)

WAITING FOR SANTA : )

Preparing for holidays : baking cookies, making cards, decorations.... it`s a busy week and I`m loving it! ;) 

What`s your plan? Staying home or going somewhere? Did you bake / make things? :)

xoxo

Cinematic Orchestra - To Build A Home

This weekend was intense, I was out friday + saturday, which is really big for me, cuz lately (like last 2 years) I haven`t been out much, especially not two days in a row! : )
I feel like I need to relax a bit, so this music is just what I need right now....
good night xx





How was your weekend? :)

:: DIY :: DECORATIVE STORAGE JAR

If you feel like doing something creative but you don`t really have a lot of time, this DIY is perfect, because all together it took me only about 10 minutes (that includes washing the jars).

Inspiration came from always magical pinterest and the white marker idea, is from one of  my favourite blogs - pepermint.

Pretty jars for storage? Yes, please! I think I`ll have a whole collection soon :) 

Also a few months ago I`ve posted more ideas of what you can do with jars. Click here if you wish to check it out. :) 

SWEATERS ARE COOL

J`adore the patterns of color, tribal prints, geometric designs, chevron zig zags.... lately, it`s hard to decide what`s my favourite thing. 

Sweaters are cool. 

my top choice (bonjour + birds)

via ASOS

:: TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR ::

While checking blogs I`ve discovered that I`m probably the only one, that still didn`t post nothing about the december/x-mass spirit. I`m so busy lately that I hardly keep up with blogging and all the other free time activities. 

  I`ve made a quick collage of all the beautiful twinkle photos that I found on Pinterest, and I have to admit, winter is `charming`. I just don`t know where the snow is?! I miss it! It brings joy (to me and all the other kids out there) : ) 

Twinkle twinkle.... of course I couldn`t go without a GLITTER collage as well : ) I was never a big fan of glitters until last year. Now I think they are super amazing, cuz you can do so many pretty things with them! The only bad thing is, that when you are making some DIY project using glitters they usually end up all over your room and of course all over your clothes. (at least with me is always the same) : )

This year I even decided to have a glittery dress for the New Year`s Eve (the destination is Budapest).

What`s your plan for the holidays?

In the next days I`ll post some X-mass DIY projects. I wanted to make it happen this weekend, but it was mission impossible. So, I have a creative week ahead of me. That should be fun!

Oh and on Saturday we had a small Pre X-mass party with the girls... Thai food,sweets and gifts. A tradition to keep alive!

FOSTER THE PEOPLE - 'Pumped Up Kicks'

Ok I`ve posted this song also on my FB , but I had to make a post on the blog as well, cuz this is kind of my diary and always when ill search for good songs, that I liked in the past, I`ll know where to search ...
+ the other day I got a feedback from some friends that they would like to see more in the cinematheque and music section,so Ill try to do my best !
p.s. pumped up kicks + this song are my top picks for the last week, cuz I`m playing it over and over again! : ) (I always do that, until I find other 2 songs to obsess with) :)

LUCY CHADWICK - A SELBY FILM for ZARA

                      Lucy Chadwick, in a film by The Selby for Zara.

The funny/sad thing is that I forgot on which blog I saw this movie (and im sorry for that (!) but I`m doing my best to remember, just my blogroll is enormous and I`ve added a bunch of new blogs today). Another funny thing is that the blogger that posted this video watched it without the sound , as I did (my sound is off cuz I`m also watching a movie at this exact time /you know that`s called multitasking lol, I do it often/ ), so I have no idea what she`s talking about (probably about her life), but c`mon the apartment is amazing (black&white&wood) + the house <3! I love the details, for ex. the coffee pot - super stylish one!
Her clothes are gorgeous and I would like to own that glasses (even though I just bought new ones) : )

:: GOOD FOOD TO GROW ON ::

Yes, I love mandarins and I love Persimmon! (btw i had to google it to find out how its called in english, cuz honestly I just knew the name "kaki" ) :) ... Good food to grow on? Well, I saw this sign during my stay in the USA (it was in some McDonald`s in Miami) and I was quite `shocked`. We had a good laugh about it and that`s it. Of course I strongly disagree with that, even though I love fast greasy food! : )

So, my point is, that when I was thinking on the title for this post, I remembered on that occasion and that`s how I got it. Good food to grow on. : )

YOU CAN WORK IT OFF TOMORROW

As you can see I`m in the muffin mood :) I was baking them again and they look a bit burned but in reality they aren`t.  :) (and it was the first round which I always manage to make it a bit darker and "crunchy"). :D

Maybe also cuz of the chocolate and dark flour, I dunno. But I did 3 more rounds and they were perfect, but I was to lazy to change all the flags and take photos again. 

They were already tried out and the feedback was good, so I'm pleased. 

I was playing a bit with washi tape for the flags and I found this cool prints that were perfect for decoration. :)

:: film :: ONE DAY

Time for some romance/drama that made me cry hard. (haha my ex roomie would know how that looks like, cuz she was always lending me her pillow at the critical moments , and she got it back soaked with tears.) :D

Enjoy the movie, girls get some tissues and of course, good food, most likely in a chocolate form. :)




More about the movie of course on IMDB.

SATURDAY EVENING + SUNDAY MORNING

I`ve been busy this weekend. I didn`t manage to do all the things that I was planning, but that`s ok, Ill do it during the week. On Friday we went out on a 90`s party (which was great), so the saturday was lazy and the evening was reserved for movies and pizza (always a good combination). Sunday was like most of the Sundays, spend in the family circle. Btw I already did some small DIY`s with washi tapes, but I`m waiting to get it all done, so that I can show all final products at once and just in one post.

How was your weekend? Anything special? Any DIY`s? :) The usual?  :) 

SATURDAY EVENING

SUNDAY MORNING

WASHI TAPE -makes me happy-

 Hi washi tape. You are finally mine! :) I was so enthusiastic about it (still am)! It`s so lovely (not sure if the word lovely is correct to describe it, but anyway)! Uhhh and now it`s time to finally make some things prettier with this magical colourful tape :) 

And I have to thank Mimi for it, cuz she was the one that helped me, so that I can be a proud owner of this washi`s  : ) 

Check her blog as well, you`ll find some inspiring things there! 

:: SCOTT SCHUMANN aka THE SARTORIALIST ::

For everyone that haven`t seen this, you should. (especially if you know about the sartorialist`s blog).
I really admire him and I`m a big fan of his work / blog.
You can find his biography here.  Hm, for the photos, I suggest you, to go to his blog and check it out.
If I`m honest, I was thinking to insert some photos in this post as well, but in the end, I couldn`t decide which one, cuz there are just to many.     : )

http://www.thesartorialist.com/

HOMEMADE IS BEST. (IKEA COOKBOOK)

Guys when I saw this, I was amazed. It`s a cool cookbook. I`m sure every girl would want it! :) (maybe boys as well) :)

So the main attraction in the campaign became a 140 page coffee-table baking book presented in a very visually unique and spectacular way.

The designers were inspired by high fashion and japanese minimalism. The idea of the book became to tone down the actual cake and put the ingredients in focus. The recipes are presented as graphic still-life portraits on a warm and colourful stage. And when you turn the page you see the fantastic result.

The baking book contains 30 classic swedish baking recipes everything from small biscuits to large cakes.

Enjoy ! ;) 

You can find more photos at http://demo.fb.se/e/ikea/homemade_is_best/.