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Waiting for Olivia

2012-02-01T16:41:00.001+01:00

I'll upload all patterns soon, stay tunned.

♥ First birthday party

2011-12-25T22:20:00.016+01:00

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And eventually I managed to put together some pics of Giuli's first birthday party. The theme is elefant with red ballon, totally inspired by Dulce Sobremesa.I made wall decorations, table decorations and the cake and decorated biscuits! Yes I DID MAKE the sugar cake and biscuits, honestly I thought it was ore difficult but it wasn't, probably also because the decorations werent' very hard to make.

I just baked a Madeira cake (Francesca Sugar Art Recipe) and covered it with white sugar paste ( I watched some Francesca's video about how to cover a cake on her channel on Youtube). After that I just placed some blu elephants and red ballons on the top of it. I just had colored some sugar paste with my gel red and blue colors, flatted it with a pinroll, cut the shapes and pasted them on the cake.

And here some pics of the table:

I do love to organize this little party!!

♥ Xmas sweet xmas

2011-12-22T09:25:00.014+01:00

This is our first Xmas at home with my little one. Last year we were at the hospital as he was born right during xmas's eve night!

I decided to decorated our home with traditional xmas colour: white, red and green so Giulio can surely get the real touch of Christmas. He loves to play with my tree!!!!

So I sewed some red hearts, crocheted some white stars (click for getting the pattern) and bought other decoration such as wooden and fabric ornaments. My mum gave me also some white candels to hang on the tree, they look very nice there, very good idea mum!

and also I bought the Santa clothes for Giulio, he looks so sweet in those, doesn't he?!!

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♥ Sugar cookies -part 2

2011-12-22T00:27:00.002+01:00

♥ first bithday party

2011-12-20T12:40:00.000+01:00

idea from Dulcesobremesa

♥ Choccolate Cake

2011-10-27T23:55:00.006+02:00

Mmm so yummy! Do you want the recipe? Today I gonna give you the recipe in Italian!

TORTA CIOCCOLATINO "Clio"

200 cioccolato fondente
150 zucchero
2 cucchiai farina
4 uova
100 burro

Mescola tuorli con zucchero molto bene poi aggiungere farina. A parte sciogliere il burro e il cioccolato. In una ciotola montare gli albumi a neve lasciandoli un pochino di liquido e metti un pizzico di sale. Mescolare i 3 composti e inforna 30/35 min a 200°.

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Advent Calendar Idea

2011-10-26T01:05:00.001+02:00

♥ cyanide and happiness graffiti -London

2011-10-02T22:58:00.001+02:00

I absolutely love this graffiti!

♥ A walk in London

2011-09-28T22:33:00.001+02:00

I wanna be back!!

2011-08-26T23:13:00.004+02:00

I promise I'll be back soon with loads of new inspirations. I'll plan everything during this weekand, hopefully I can post on Monday!

See you soon gals

♥ baby shower

2011-02-07T18:30:00.000+01:00

Eventually I had Giulio's baby shower just in time, I mean, he was born 3 weeks in advance so just 5 days after his shower. I enjoyed so much arranging everything and also the party was really cute and was so nice to meet so many good girlfriends of mine. It was a really good laugh afternoon.

I love so much to organize party I'd like to do that such as second job/hobby!!! :-)

♥ handmade photos album

2011-02-07T10:30:00.000+01:00

As promise but a bit late I'm here with a new post. Sorry for my lack but I'm currently very busy with my new job: brand new mum!
I think now I can come back and post more often than the last month.

Here on the left you can see the gift I made for my husband: photos album (from Papercase, £2) with an handmade fabric cover. I add an "L" on one of them such as L of London and on the other I add just an heart. These 2 albums host loads of pics of us during last amazing and sparkling 2010.

The gift was really appreciate!

I'll be back soon with more news.

♥ just mum

2011-01-04T20:31:00.003+01:00

Hello everyone, sorry for my lack and no posting anymore but i'm a bit busy with my new first little one! He was born on Xmas day and I'm so ... delithed, happy, excited, ....

Hope to come back soon with some posts I've already had in mind such as the present I made for my husband.

♥ pandistelle and paper-toys

2010-12-23T18:00:00.001+01:00

Here we go with some new download by Mulino Bianco, a very delicious biscuit Italian company ! This's a very sweet idea: you can download printables to make these cute decorations for your Xmas tree or others.

Ah of course if you are able to find these biscuits taste them, they are delicious dipped in milk ... mmm

Have a lovely Xmas

♥ xmas tags via "how about orange"

2010-12-21T18:01:00.000+01:00

I just found on HOW ABOUT ORANGE blog this very useful post: free printable holiday labels, perfect for this season! You can find a selection of really nice printable gift tags. The holidays were fast approaching make sure you are ready!!

Enjoy packing your Xmas present,

♥ advent calendar

2010-12-03T18:31:00.001+01:00

Hey all, today I'd like to show the advent calendar I made for my husband. It was very easy to make and it was quite funny as well, what do you need? Few things.

white paper sheets
paper tape
few metres of strip
scissors
loads of fantasy, inspiration and creativity!
some scrapbooking ideas
24 number

I made 24 little envelopes using normal white papers just cutting in 3 strips an A4 paper. I folded up every strip in two and I fixed both sides with paper tape leaving opened the top.

I pasted on each bag one number and then ... I used my creativity! Each front of those bags are different, I added hearts, bunting, just paper tape, some cute designs, more.

When I got all my bag totally dressed up t I hanged them to a string and, here we go, I pinned them up the wall. What is there inside these bags? I wrote short letters or just some quotes I love and I also added candies.

Doesn't it sound very easy and cheap? Have a look at the photos above.

♥ bye bye London

2010-12-03T12:19:00.001+01:00

Hi all,
sorry if I've been no posting but I moved to Italy and I'm really busy to sort out everuthing for the born of my little one. I'm having good time here in my home town, I had the baby shower too and it was really cute and it was really nice to organize evrything. I'll post soon some pics of it.
Ciaooo

♥ super cute baby overall

2010-11-28T16:00:00.006+01:00

I couldn't stop myself, I saw that and iI bought immediatelly and I'm also here to spread the world! It's really too cute this little dungarees by Neck&Neck.

My little Giulio I can't wait to put this on you.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2010-11-25T19:45:00.003+01:00

via ohdeedoh image by Flickr - user Suga Daze

♥ cookies by smitten kitchen

2010-11-23T20:21:00.001+01:00

Hey hey hye! Yes, I currently have a sweet tooth, I do love loads of differents cakes and sweet and I have been so lucky to find this sweet blog: Smitten Kitchen.

It'a a stunning web site where you can find a delicious mix of photos and recipes. All you find is come from a tiny kitchen in New York City. all recipes are come with tutorials on everything so it's very easy to make them.

Here my pinch:
Crispy, Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies.

The secret of these cookies? Don't overbake them!

Conversion: here and here

♥ xmas card

2010-11-22T20:27:00.001+01:00

I found another gorgeous blog in the net: mufn inc. On great designer Paoline's blog now you can find a Christmas card that all of you can enjoy for FREE.

Thanks for this sharing Paoline!! Click on the images to grab your card.

via how about orange

♥ jolie petite chose

2010-11-22T13:31:00.002+01:00

I just bumped into this gorgeous website: JOLIE PETITE CHOSE. They sell a little pieces and mobiles that add for sure a cute and cozy touch at your baby nursery.
This lovingly hand crafted nursery mobile features 5 distinctive elephants with each in its own individual colour and pattern.
This mobile is designed with the elephant trunks pointing up to bring good luck!

All of them are handmade in Jodie’s Melbourne studio and every use fabbric is soft and unique and all patterns are so sweet. You can choose among elephants, owls, tree, birds and more.

When someone asked about the inspiration behind her collection Jodie replied… “My inspiration was to give my lovely little daughter something special made by me to cherish and remember as a part of her life as a baby/infant. Hopefully she will pass the things I make for her on to her own little one someday”…. A lovely reflection that truly sums up the essence of the handmade children’s industry.

They would make the perfect gift for any new arrival.

♥ customize your calendar 2011

2010-11-21T09:28:00.003+01:00

My owl barn offer us possibility to personalize the calenzar 2011 on line by chosing 30 different pics of owls. the tool will create automatically a pdf ready to be downloaded.

***xmas freebies are coming soon***

via how about orange

♥ this shop looks dreamy

2010-11-17T13:34:00.001+01:00

This morning I have some wonderful eye candy to share with you.

sass&belle: home accessorises
Have a look at the website. Isn't Sass & Belle just so magical?

It has draemy little homely things and I could probably spend a fortune in it

Here the address:

Sass & Belle Address
Address: 21-22 New Row
Charing Cross
London
WC2N 4LE

♥ cooking school: delicious lemon cake

2010-11-15T10:00:00.000+01:00

Good morning everyone! I started my week in a right sweet way this morning and trust me ... it's wonderfull to wake up like that: I had 2 slices of this yummy and gorgeous lemon cake! I couldn't help to have just one ...
I baked that yestarday afternoon, it was the first time I made this cake using this recipe and ... OMG it was a fantastic surprise: it's 100% delicious and easy make as well.

Here the recipe, try baking and let me know how the result will be.

Time baking: 30'
Difficulty: easy peasy,lemon squeezy!

♥ how to knit a cool hat - part 2

2010-11-09T21:28:00.006+01:00

*** FREE PATTERN ***

Here you go with the FREE DOWNLOAD of this cool hat pattern! Isn't this hat so gorgeous? I knitted it in one evening watching X-Factor so i can definitely say that the level of difficulty is: easy peasy!

Needles: 4,5 mm
Yarn: less then 2 skeins of Rialto Aran by Debbie Bliss - 100% Extra Fine Merino wool. I bought them on line just here.

Now grab here the pattern and enjoy your knitting!

♥ how to knit a cool hat

2010-11-09T13:12:00.001+01:00

work in progress post

The patter of this cool hat will be ready soon in Italian and English.

Stay tuned.

♥ shopping: H&M HOME * NEW*

2010-11-05T15:22:00.007+01:00

I'm just back from Oxford St and I bumped into the new H&M home collection and i was really impressed!!. Of course I already bought few stuff :-). This new range covers bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen and living rooms. The top effect they used for this first collection is romantice, country, antique-effect cottons, grocery-effect and linens, really cute and right what I do love. This items are now available in London, Stockholm, Copenagen and Amsterdam, they seem pretty cheap and good quality too.

If you have change to go shopping there, you won’t be disappointed. I already decided where to buy my xmas presents for gals friends of mine!!

♥ poetry magnetic words

2010-11-02T08:45:00.001+01:00

What fridge is complete without a set of magnetic words to create phrases? This is truly one of my faves, I love to write on my fridge

Visit magneticpoetry.com and grap that suits more yourself.
Have fun!!

♥ e-book

2010-10-28T19:24:00.001+02:00

Here we go with a great idea! Yes I truly believe this is an easy, cool and clever way to read your favorite blog when you are not able to go online!
How? Visit zinapal and create your ebook! Zinepal turns existing web content into printable PDFs and eBooks in the ePub, Amazon Kindle and Mobipocket formats. It is the easiest way to repurpose your existing web content and reach additional audiences using eBooks and printable PDFs. In just a couple of steps you can have you personal e-book! With this tool you can repurpose your existing online content to reach additional audiences via eBooks and printable PDFs. Actually I was thinking right about my mum, she is not friendly with blogging so I can show her my post using this easy pdf so my blog is available also for her. Guys have a look and get amazed like me! Here you can grab my last pdf newspaper.

Hurry up, let go and try it!

♥ freebie: monthly calendar

2010-10-27T19:22:00.002+02:00

Today I'd love to share with you this template I made few weeks ago to keep in mind all my family business and appointments effortless. I printed 3 of them, I hung them on the board and now we have our own calendar just in front of us, every day till the end of the years ready to be filled in!! I do love to do always new things, explore new places and others, I'd like to think about very easy idea to get but be careful because it's also very easy to forget to do all of these things mainly because we are pretty lazy and tired after work. Well this calendar makes us to remind and add very easily some fun things to our weeks. Having the calendar on our eyes prompts us to keep in mind and book stuff to do such as cineforum evening, discover new restaurants, visit a galleries and more. It's enought a quick look and LETS DO!

Click here to download the template of my monthly calendar and keep you busy!

♥ how to make: halloween's pumpkins

2010-10-25T19:48:00.004+02:00

Five days to go to Halloween and here you can find the last minutes tutorial to make your scary pumpkin lantern. I made one with a friend of mine Cla, she is so good at hand making these kind of things.

Here you can download the template, shape or designs to use for cutting your scary punpkin. And here you can see more pumpkins made by my lovely friend Cla

Isn't it so perfect!? anyway lets go haed and let me give you some tips to get it very easily.

Step by step:

1) First able the crucial point is to find the right pumpkin to cut: it could be soft and the size should be suitable for the template you chose. Of course you can also re-size the template adapting it to your pumpkin.
2) Cope the top where the stalk is (cut at 4/5 cm from it or less, it’s depends of the size of your pumpkin), the copped part should look such as a lid. Keep the lid!
3) Empty properly our pumpkin from seeds and stuff.
4) Put the paper of our template on the side you like, hang and fix it on the pumpkin with the help of some needles. Watch out! Make sure you put the needles in the part of the pumpkin you are going to remove so at the end you won’t find any little marks.
5) With a sharp and small cutter/knif notch and make a lot of little cuts on the pumpkin following right the shape of the design. Now you should see the design impress on your pumpkin in broad terms.
6) Start removing the biggest parts (without pay attention at the little details) then you can starting to refine and give a shape cutting precisely and minutely all borders. If you are in trouble, to get the best design out and to make the work easier for you, you can also reduce the thickness near the edges but don’t go too far! And if that is not necessary please avoid it. Don’t reduce to much the thickness otherwise the pumpkin becomes soft and it can wrinkle.
7) Here you go with the magic secret!! Put on all borders a bit of Vaseline so the edges won’t become black because of the air and also this avoids our pumpkin to dry too much.
8) Now put inside a candle and cover with the copped top. It's done!

Light it up and it’s Halloween’s night!! You’ll find something to suit your skill level!

Download printables here

♥ brand new classy baby shoes

2010-10-25T19:31:00.009+02:00

***PATTERN FOR FREE***

I just finished to kniw this fab little and oh-so-cute shoes and I'm really happy with how they turned out. I can't wait to see these little shoes on my little one. I knitted several shoes and booties so far and I've learnt a bit more about the knit world so I make my own pattern!!! Yes this is what my mind eleborated mixing loads of "knowledge" coming from reading and knitting loads of other shoes patterns.

Do you fancy it? Isn't it so classy and perfect to fit little feet? The ribbon is a pin for the mum to be and i'm going to give away these bows like a present for my baby shower. I've been knitting them n every colors, they look so fab.

Here you go to download for free the pattern.

♥ first runners bottle

2010-10-25T18:58:00.001+02:00

Hi gals, do you know what is my last on line purchase? This super bottle on the left. What is it? It's a fab bottle to keep with you duriing ypur workout, mainly durring your running exercise.

It's a great shape for gripping while running, the size is handy size and not too bulky. It's easy to carry and the water pours effortlessly from the spout - just perfect!

Now my question I ask to myself is? Ok ok i can't run but of course i can bring it with me durion my long stroll.

I'm sure I'll enyoy it

♥ if in doubs bake a cake

2010-10-25T09:06:00.001+02:00

click on the picture to get more information about this amazing poster

♥ today I've learnt

2010-10-22T08:08:00.000+02:00

To follow and get your dreams and aspirations you should believe, trust and count just on yourself.

The result will be more fulfilling.
Believe and chase your dreams regardless and fly highly with them.

My dreams are my life.

♥ Baby Sophisticate Cardigan

2010-10-20T19:12:00.005+02:00

I found this handsome pattern on Raverly and I immediately felt in love with that, everything looks great but my attention was grabbed from the the collar, it is so cute.
Baby Sophisticate Cardigan by Linden Heflin is an extremely quick knit (perfect for last minute baby shower invitations). I just made one for my littel boy and I have never seen anything so perfect. I'd like to make daddy a matching one before baby comes! I'm going to hang of the right pattern then I'll share with you.

I'm actually quite brand new in the knitting world and I've never seen before a pattern like this, I mean, knitting from the collar till the bottom, I usually start from the back bottom till the collar. This cardigan turned into a very easy knit regardless.

Click here to download the english version of this fab baby cardigan directly from Linden's blog.

I did traslation for the italian friends here: italian version.

Thanks Linden for sharing the pattern.

I ♥ knitting

♥ fall is arrived

2010-10-18T21:53:00.004+02:00

Fall is eventually arrived in London, air is so freezing in the morning but the color of the leaves warms up the city.

Hot days are just a memories and honestly a bit of happiness left me.

I truly need to have a deep sleeping to recover a bit.

I'll post soon an amazing pattern of a fab and sophisticate cardigan for little boy.

♥ city guide: istanbul

2010-10-15T19:21:00.003+02:00

♥ tape strips by pugly pixel

2010-10-14T20:00:00.003+02:00

Pugly Pixel is a fantastic blog full of inspirations and useful things to download and perfect to enrich your digital works. I do love to read her posts, i can fins always something very cool and stilyling

Here I've summarized Katrina's 3 fab freebie tape stripes, download them and make amazing images for your blog:

♥ vintage fabric deco tapes (here on the right), the newest!

♥ tape strip part 1 (on the left)

♥ tape strip part 2 (below)

Enjoy using them as I do.

♥ cooking school: singapore noodles

2010-10-13T22:00:00.003+02:00

Just finished cooking this delicious and beautiful plate. it was very easy to made and the taste is brilliant.

Ingredients

250g rice vermicelli noodles
vegetable oil
150g pork fillets , cut into strips
12 raw peeled tiger prawns
3 garlic cloves , crushed
2cm piece ginger , grated
1 onion , cut into thin half moons
1 red pepper , sliced
2 tsp curry powder
300g bean sprouts
4 tbsp soy sauce
1 bunch fresh chives , chopped
4 eggs , beaten
2 red chillies , sliced
2 limes , quartered

Direction:

1.Soak the noodles following the packet instructions and drain. Heat some oil in a wok and fry the pork until it is browned and just cooked through, tip onto a plate. Add the prawns and fry until cooked. Rinse out the wok.
2.Add a little oil to the wok and fry the garlic and ginger until light brown. Add the onion and pepper and cook until just beginning to soften, then add the spices and cook for a minute. Add the bean sprouts, noodles and about 2 tbsp water and toss everything together.
3.Add the soy sauce, some seasoning and chives and stir for another minute. Push the noodles to one side of the wok and drop in the eggs. Cook, stirring for 1 minute then stir through the noodles.
4.For the veggies, turn half the noodles on to a large plate. For the non-veggies, toss the pork and prawns through the rest and tip onto a separate plate. Serve both with sliced chillies sprinkled on top and lime wedges to squeeze over.

It's suitable for 6 person.

This recipe is by bbc

♥ daily inspiration

2010-10-12T13:20:00.002+02:00

Here on the left my last DIY. I'm really proud of that, honestly it gives a fresh and new atmosphere to my bedroom.

It was really easy to make: I just cut the heart and used tape to fix them on the strip. They looks really nice on my wall.

♥ about palettes

2010-10-08T18:12:00.001+02:00

I've made this list of very useful link you can use to find out your palette from pictures and any images.

Color Schemer : you can find the right colour palette of your pictures uploading them (JPEG, PNG, or any other common image format). Another tool like this one is Color Palette Generator.

Color Palette Generator: Enter the URL of an image to get a color palette that matches the image. This is useful for coming up with a website color palette that matches a key image a client wants to work with. Color Hunter: Enter the URL of an image to get a color palette

Css drive: enter the url or upload an images and get your color palette.

Color Scheme Designer: that tool is very useful for designer to find anything around colors.

Here a tool you can enjoy finding new random colors.

Random Color: Find new colors with this handy tool. Use the suggestions to make your own unique palettes.

Last but not least HOW TO FIND the RGB Values of a Color: here a really useful explanation.

Hope you can enjoy them.

♥ floral wooden letters by Emily Readett-Bayley

2010-10-07T18:44:00.004+02:00

This should be a short post to share with you these fab letters I just found: Floral Wooden Letters.

Each letter is hand painted with an Emily Readett-Bayley signature floral design in a non- toxic water based paint. On the website there are a wide range of different style of letters such as natural wood, balck, white and more but also other accessories.

You can also create your own wall and check if that suits your style. Price?

From £2,50 each, no bad.

♥ xmas wrapping: part 1

2010-10-05T20:48:00.004+02:00

Xmas is coming and we should be getting ready to wrap your gifts. Here I did a selection of free printable I found among the net.

Print these lovely gift wrap sheets:
1) xmas paper by mea.
2) more papers by mea.
I just discovered the amazing blog of Kellie Medivitz. She has designed this modern wrapping paper and tags and she also gives us the instructions.
3) What are you waiting? Enjoy her free printable here.
4) another lovely free goodies by kellie Medivitz

I couldn't help to post also this so cute freebie:
5)freebie from last year by a print a day: fab pattern!

and ending properly my first post regarding xmas theme here you go with xmas cupcake cover.

Enjoy and print.

♥ halloween

2010-10-05T13:35:00.008+02:00

Hi all,

it will be HALLOWEEN in less than 1 month so lets celebrate! I selected just few little freebies:

- Invitations by perideaudesigns. Bridgett designed some cute and scary Halloween silhouettes!

- Topper cupcakes by yellows mum

- Idea: design a modern, sweet and scary Halloween tablescape with these easy DIY ideas and items from around your home.

But also a really nice and helpful idea:

- Trick-or-Treat Bag to Benefit UNICEF

Enjoy the halloween period.

♥ lovely crocheted hearts

2010-09-28T19:03:00.004+02:00

Just found these fab hearts!! I couldn't help to share with you.

by little birdie secrets

Pattern:
Ch 4. Work 3 tr (triple crochet) into first ch, 3 dc, ch 1, 1 tr, ch 1, 3 dc, 3 tr. Ch 3, sl st into center and fasten off.

Schema in italiano: 4 catenelle, lavora sempre nella 1° catenella i seguenti punti: 3 punti altissimi, 3 punti alti, 1 catenella, 1 punto altissimo, 1 catenella, 3 punti alti, 3 punti altissimi, 3 catenelle, 1 punto bassissimo, chiudi.

video tutorial

I make my first little hearts in just few minutes. Really cool idea right to enrich your xmas presents wrapping.

♥ party time: baby shower memo

2010-09-25T13:00:00.002+02:00

I love all these hues of blue, they are so cute, light and bright indeed. Here you can find a list ofthings to do and keep in mind to organize a successful baby shower. I'm not an expert in this parties but I did a good research among several blogs of party-planners and here I've summarized for you. You can find a wide choice of different thigs to keep in mind.

♥ Atmposhire
bunting, pinwheels, paper pompoms, pegs , music

♥ Card:
Save the date
Invite
Thank you for coming

♥ Printables
(choose theme, font, palettes)
food labels/signs, popcorn case, food toppers
sign/tag for cadeau

♥ Food
sweet food: cupcakes, macarones, scones, bignè, meringues, cake, jam
salted food: popcorn, tarallini, little sanwiches
candies: sugars bottons/dice, lollypop, jelly bean, chocolate,

♥ Drink
hot, cold and soft drinks

♥ Setting the table
cultery, tablecloth, napkins, glasses, plates, straws

♥ Petit cadeau
don't foget to be polite, give to your guests a present to thank them for coming. That could be such as something you hand-made, cookies bag, candies bag, cookies shape or let your mind to be creative.

That I got is it's really important to focus the theme of your party and choose the right pallettes of colors to use, every party should be full of vibrant and colorful details!

♥ 3 little things

2010-09-24T13:02:00.001+02:00

clockwise from the top
♥ monogrammed mugs by anthropologie, £ 6,00 (via trendinozze)

♥ earrings by bellaluna, USD 26,90

♥ bride veil, my favorite!

♥ knitting first newborn

2010-09-23T09:00:00.003+02:00

Hey hon, I'm just popped in here because I wanna share with you my first works I knitted for my little coming baby:

Aren't they oh-so-cute?? I felt in love with them, I can't wait to see them on my baby!! I should thank to CarissaKnits and ... for sharing their free pattners to the net community

♥ baby hat: this is a very easy pattern made by CarissaKnits.
Here the pattern to download, you can find it also on raverly.

♥ baby booties by Routh Bennet: also they are very easy to make, here the pdf pattern and on raverly for more inspirations. Traduzione italiana disponibile cliccando sul seguente bottone:

♥ freebie: business card

2010-09-22T20:42:00.002+02:00

Just a short post to share a nice and original business card idea: Google Me Business Card! You can customaz that with your name. check this link out to download the pdf (page2). Isn't it cool?

via howaboutorange, one of my favorite blogs.

♥ bride and groom signs

2010-09-19T20:39:00.008+02:00

I found another fantastic free customization from This amazing blog: The Wedding Chicks. Are you looking for Bride and Groom Signs? Here you go!
Here you can find not only the free downloadable signs but also you can custom them simply make your color selections and fill in some info. After you submit the form, a personalized image will arrive directly in your inbox to use however you desire.

These below all colors you can chose for the design and the text.

Chose your palette and enjoy!

♥ ravelry and my new fave

2010-09-16T19:33:00.002+02:00

Hi honey, I wanna share with you my last fave and what I discovered yesterday, I'm too excited, I'm feeling like a child has just got a new toy!

I used to knit and sew a lot but after the university when I started to work I left this my passion bit by bit. I wanna show you a secret: vigutto, check that out!! This is my old blog/brand, it was cool few years ago but in the last years I just sewes something behind order. The last best product was fabric laptopcase set: vigcase.

Anyway, now I'd like to kint something for my little baby and I found several super blogs and an amazing social network: revelry! It is a place just for knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, weavers and dyers to keep track of their yarn, tools, project and pattern information, and look to others for ideas and inspiration. I found such a lot of inspirations!! but also I can't wait to add my works I did in the past.

Stay tunned ... I'm going to share everything with you.

On another side I'm going to change the headline of my blog so ... I need inspirations!

♥ baby boy clothes

2010-09-15T21:25:00.002+02:00

clockwise from top left:

♥ bermuda/romper by neck&neck
it's so cute for a little baby, I felt in love with it immediatly. NECK & NECK is a Spanish children’s fashion brand with its own design, which is distributed exclusively through a network of own company shops or franchises. The price is also no too high £19.

♥ sneaker booties by Michelle
They are perfect for a by new born, I found across the net several shoes and booties patterns but honestly the most of them are really more female than male. This shape is perfect for a boy! You can find and download the pattern directly on her blog, click here.

♥ shirt by zara
this 100% cotton shirt is totally cool for a little boy. He could look totally a little man waering it. The price? Very affortable £ 12,99. Of coure the smaller size is 3 months

♥ hat by Hadley, her blog shescrafty
I find it really sweet and cute for a little son. She sells the pattern on her Etsy shop. Hurry up!!

♥ crossover body suit by Petit Bateau
Perfect for keeping your little one warm and cosy day or night. It's designed with easy snap buttons and a crossover front for quick changing. The traditional palette makes this cotton suit a great choice for bouncing baby boys. Of course the fabric is 100% cotton. Buy it on line at selfridges £15.

♥ knit hoddie by gap
This garter knit hoodie is the gap's ultimate in cozy. This chunky knitting hoodie means easy dressing and a happy baby.

I can't wait to star with my baby's shpping!!! I know I'll became a baby clothes shopaholic.

♥ drin drin in portobello

2010-09-15T18:52:00.009+02:00

Hi all,

I decided to add a yummy post today. I bumped into this fantastic gelateria just last weekend and I was first really impressed about the design of the shop and the graphic they have used about brand, sign, packaging and all paper stuff. After that I couldn't help to taste the icecream and ... it was heavenly! OMG!!! It was so soft, delicate, creamy ... such a delicacy!

DrinDrin is located in the heart of Portobello Market right next door to the Electric Cinema (189 Portobello Road London W11 2ED) and it's open every day till late (11 p.m.).

When I got home I immediately checked thier website and it seems they spent a great deal of time to create recipes from most refined artisanal Italian tradition, the gelato is completely natural. They try to avoid emulsifiers and non-natural thickeners. You can taste gelato or sorbetti as well.

If you are are around don't miss it!!!

Visit also http://www.dridrigelato.com/

♥ freebie: shopping list

2010-09-10T19:15:00.008+02:00

Hi lovely, I've just been back home from holiday and I need to do a big, massive, huge shopping for home so I got insipation for my last printable! It couldn't miss at all!

Hope you like it as I like. It's thought to add colour to a bit boring housework.

Have a lovely wekend full of shopping!!!

♥ washi paper tape

2010-09-07T18:53:00.005+02:00

Ok ok I'm damn late! But i just discovere this wonderful product: washi paper tape.
What is it?
These adhesive tapes are made of washi, handmade Japanese paper known for its use by artists and craftspeople. They can be used for gift-wrapping, more pretty packages, book-marking, arts and crafts and other projects, they are also perfect to decorate your handmade packages, scrapbooking, card making, fancy labels and any artsy collages. It is easy to tear by hand, write on and remove too.

They usualy are a little transparent, so it looks great layered. It tears nicely, too!

Where can we buy them?

UGUiSU: is an online store for Japanese stationery and gifts which is run&owned by Hiki. Hiki lives in Tokyo.
Washimatta: karen sato is the lovely (nagging) wife of techan living and working in tokyo.
Happytape: Happytape is colored Japanese masking tape, now in the United States. It is made of Japanese washi paper.

I can't wait to place my first order!!

♥ exclusive vip event at Benefit

2010-09-07T12:33:00.012+02:00

You can't believe what's happen to me yesterday, WOW. I flew back from Italy to London and on the plan the girls sitted next to me was reading the Sophie Kindella's new book. Is the new book in the bookshop!!?? I didn't know so I immediatly thought I had to buy it. Her last book (Twenties Girls) I read was so funny, great and light reading as well that I can't miss the new one!

Anyway I was walking throught spitalfield market to get home when I spotted an A4 poster hung on the window of Benefit Cosmetic' shop saiying: Celebrations for the launch of Sophie Kinsella new book: Mini Shopaholic....and more. Whhhhaaaaattttt????? Seriously?????

I went inside and I first got a free drink and some special and gorgeous cupcakes (I checked on line who was the maker!!) then a free natural and amazing make up (my husband liked that a lot!) and after that I attended the presentation of MINI SHOPAHOLIC, the Sophie Kinsella's newest book by her! What the next? I got my free autographed copy with a personal dedication!! Actually I coudn't help to tell her my story about the plan and the book and she was so amazed she told that to her agent and we laughed a lot. She is so cute and kind!

What fantastic welcome back did I got from my lovely London??!!

♥ freebie: recipe note

2010-09-02T21:00:00.007+02:00

Here we go with the free template of the week, I made this pretty card for collecting the recipes from your friends.

I chose this hue of red because I love cherries and ut remind me right them. I've already written my first recipe on this note, it came from a close friend and it's focaccia alla genovese; now I just have to try making. If the recipe is truly easy-made and good I'll share with you.

Click on the images to download the pdf file.

♥ oh my shoes

2010-08-31T16:28:00.001+02:00

This is my big passione: shoes. I love them (and bag too) more then other other accessories.
The best designer ever is Giuseppe Zanotti (3 - 4), have a look at those stunning creatures: white sandals with a big classy flower on the front, perfect for a bride and the other one more everyday use, in gimpy style, they are perfect for every occasion. The orange shoes are by Bionda Castana (1), it's a new finding I did thank to a girl friend of mine. Orange satin is a special choice for the summer. In black you can see a creation of Azzedine Alaïa (2), a Turkish designer. I really thik this style is amazing and unique.

The prices?? I don't wanna know them!!!

♥ flag toppers

2010-08-28T09:51:00.002+02:00

I promise this is the last time i speak about flags and buntings but I coudn't help to don't make my own flags!!! I mede my flags to put on the top of your little sandwiches or simply food during your house party. I also add a writting so you can apprise your guests of wich kind of stuffing or ingredients there are in that specific sandwich or food. Nowaday there are a lot of vegetarina or allerging people so these my little flags can be helped.
So here you can find a paper with 4 different types of them in differnt colors too: Veggies, mayonnaise, meat and cheese.

You surely already know how to build and stick the little flags around toothpicks.

Click here to download the pdf.

Hope you like them! Print, Stick and Party!!

♥ words at the ready

2010-08-26T11:52:00.004+02:00

Here we go with another page to print! I made this really useful print to hang up the wall for me. It's just a paper where I can write the new English words I learn and where I can write also the Italian definition so my fiancé can learn them back. I find it very usefull because I have them always under my eyes and this helps me to memorize them better. If you are learning a new language I think this can support you. Click here to download the pdf.

Enjoy your summer

♥ pom poms

2010-08-24T11:23:00.004+02:00

Here another thing I do love! Pompoms are so cute and fluffy that they immediately make happier and cutier the room where they are. I spotted on the amazing Sodapop Design blog a tutorial to hand-make it and it look like easy to make (hopefully). All you need is: fabric, paper lantern, glue gun and patience. I'll try making during my hols and I'll give you feedback. I love spending time checking Caro's blog out, I always find beautiful inspirations, original ideas and cute handmade things to make! Check her post here.

Do you think is this DIY too much for you? No problem put hand to your pocket and go to the Etsy shop: A Dash of Coulour: a wonderful world of tissue art! You can buy gorgeous pompom right there!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ADashOfColor

♥ freebie: weekly calendar

2010-08-22T18:39:00.002+02:00

I like so much to create graphics!! Here you go if you need a weekly calendar.

Click on the images to get the pdf file

♥ eventually ... holiday!

2010-08-19T19:00:00.001+02:00

I can't believe 3 weeks have gone by since I turned 30th! It's really true time flies away great fast. Moreover this is a oh so nice and excited period for me so it seems time goes more faster. Anyway I'm here to say you I'm finally going on holiday next week so I'm not sure I'll able to post. I've been working on some freebies, I hope to find time to finish them so at least I can share them with you sooner.

Enjoy your hols

♥ flags&bunting

2010-08-17T20:26:00.004+02:00

You already know I’m totally addicted of flags and buntings. So I went hunting for them around the web and I nicely found a lot of really cute handmade and super-cool things. I decided to do a summary of them such as a post and share them with you.

Some inspirations:

1) Cake Bunting by Kiki La Ru
Kiki La Ru's Cake Bunting makes cakes look extra special and festive! It’s really something special and unique, a real eye-catcher! She says: Every time I bring a cake topped with my Cake Bunting to a celebration, it gets a lot of 'ooohs' and 'aaaahs.'
2) Little Newspaper bunting by Corikindered
3) Valentine's Day Garland by Lavander. Use different type of papers and choose the size of the flags then sew them together and use them for embellishing your room adding a little love or paste them on your Valentine’s card, Valenine’s menù or use them simply to better wrap your gift.

Print and Party:

1) Free printable flags by Daily Suze. They come in 4 cute hues: coral pink, light teal, lavender, pastel green. Suze made 2 different sizes of them (big and small). You can find 4 sheets of printable paper bunting she has prepared for us!
2) free downloads by Creature Comfort. You can find here another set of bunting in 2 sizes (party bunting and food topper flags). Because of the used colors these would work great for a nautical themed party, a child's room decor or more, let your mind work.
3) Alphabet letters bunting by Ruffled, check my past post for all details.

Print as many pages as you'd like!!

Invitations:

1) Here my favorite finding, it’s really brilliant!! The Wedding Chicks offers us possibility to customize these gorgeous "save the date" cards for free at their website, I’m totally in love with the colors and those birds too! And also it’s very easy to get yours, go and try!

2) Bunting invitations and rsvp cards by Haley Dolan of Bread of Many . They are available for free download in three colors on Nonpareil Magazine.

3) If you don’t have time or you are simply no good at hand-making things you can have a look this website Tea For Joy where you can find invitations to buy.

Play and have fun!

♥ getting ready for meteor showers

2010-08-16T22:25:00.010+02:00

The meteor shower is peaking this week, probably the best evening to watch them will be on Thursday 19th in Uk so i'm getting ready to have a oudoor evening. It is expected to peak at around 11pm and continue through the night and the perfect condition of the waether could help us to spot them properly. Seeing stars in their full splendour, shining bright in the sky above you, is one of the unofficial wonders of the natural world and don't forget every fallen stars you spot you can express a desire.

1) Bring a lounge chair or blanket, so you can relax and look up with ease. Check out some of my favorite blankets from Toast (from €59)
2) Some candles might help you in the dark and let me say that they makes atmosphere. I found these wonderful outdoor glass candle holders. They are by Sundance (from € 20).
3) Thermos can't miss at this date. Remember to bring with you some hot tea to warm you up. By Sigg (from € 20)

Are you ready for your meteors night?

♥ inspiration: necklaces

2010-08-14T16:16:00.003+02:00

I'm totally in love with all of them. I found them several months ago on the web and I'm really sorry but I can't truly remember in which websites/blogs I found them. I rpomise next time I'll take note about all sellers. I can't hide my idea to make them using these images such as inspiration.

♥ freebie: thank you card

2010-08-13T18:45:00.004+02:00

I was too excited about making new graphics so I made other 2 free patterns for you, they are "Thank You" cards.

Here you can download the files:

Thank you pdf 1

Thank you pdf 2

Ok ok they are just nice but they are my first creations, give me a change folk! Anyway I hope you appreciate these my freebies, I'll make more for every occasion.

I also decided I wanna make this blog take off. I've never launch properly it because I wasn't interested in it so far but now I'd like my blog was browsed more. I keep my finger crossed and I'll look for any suggestion about blogging.

Have a lovely weekend.

♥ fancy a freebie? knitting note

2010-08-12T22:39:00.009+02:00

I'm still here with big news (I was too excited to wait till tomorrow): I made my first pattern! I decided to post some freebies for you made right by myself!

I'm really, really super excited about this my new commitment which is like a ... "graphic". I'd like to learn about using a proper graphic program and I'll do it for sure so I can improve my future patterns!

The first freebie is note papers for your memo about knitting works. Hope this is welcome, to download the pdf file click on the images on the right, print it and cut it out!

I ♥ knitting!

♥ baby shower

2010-08-12T19:10:00.007+02:00

Hi hi it's time for me to do outing: I'm having a baby very soon and you can't imagine how happy we are!! As every mum to be I'm getting crazy with clothes I'd like to buy (OMG gap has so many cute and marvellous miniclothes!!), things for fornishing the new room but I also think about party time! So the first party for my baby will be the baby shower and it is in December, I know it's really far away but I can't help to think about all this oh so cute things.

woollen booties by Frogginette

Actually in the past days I was blogging on my faves and I already found a lot of insipations but I don't wanna stop to glimpse in every nooks. Any Suggestion?

For sure a bunting can't miss at that party!

Here a little tip to make a very basic and easy bunting:
Materials:
Variety of cute fabrics
3 m of Ribbon
Scissors

Instructions:
1. Cut 12 long isosceles triangles from fabric. (basis: 20cm and height: 24 cm)
2. Pinch the flags with pins on the ribbon
3. Sew the top side of flags on the tape (you could also staple them)
4. Iron them

Enjoy!

♥ fresh watermelon juice

2010-08-11T18:59:00.001+02:00

Hi all, it's hot and i'm dreaming of watermelon juice!! There is nothing better than a refreshing Watermelon drink to beat the summer heat. This recipe is easy to prepare too and everyone would love it.

Ingredients
1 little seedless watermelon, peeled, coarsely chopped
1 lime juice
cubes of ice
1 tbsp sugar (if you want)

Preparation
Blend the pieces of watermelon and lime juice in a blender until smooth (few seconds). Add the ice cudes in the blender and mix for just a minute more.

Enjoy the summer.

♥ travelling around England in quirky accomodations

2010-08-11T18:41:00.010+02:00

Canapy & Stars has a fabulous range of extravagante holiday structures in UK, curated by Sawday. They include lots of marvellous carvans and canopies with a particular interest in treehouses (future plans include a Georgian treehouse).
It's was really amazing to bump into that website.

It's a wonderful, cute and cozy collection of beautiful and quirky places of a camping kind! Over the coming months they’ll have everything from stunning tree houses and luxury yurts to log cabins and Gypsy caravans – even an Iron Age roundhouse. Always comfortable and cozy, sometimes unashamedly eccentric, these will be Special Spaces to stay for those in search of escape, mild adventure or the chance to go slow. Have a look at the Canopy & Stars website for summer holidays with a dash of eco-panache: http://www.canopyandstars.co.uk/ .

Thay are lied around Cornwall, East Lothian, Sussex, Somerset and more regions.

Aren't they gorgeous?? I can't help thinking at the romance of sleeping in those places ... Unfortunatelly They are sold out for the next few month and i don't think it's a great idea go there during the fall.

♥ cycle hire london

2010-08-06T21:41:00.008+02:00

I wanna share with you this new brillian initiative of London' s governament: cycle hire. They are really everywhere and it's reallye asy to take it and ride!!

Well done!

♥ positive printable

2010-08-06T17:00:00.003+02:00

It's Friday and I just found this oh so cute blog:
Kind Over Matter. I'd like to share with you this so printable post: Positive Prinatble.

Please have a look and enjoy your weekend printing some of these stunning papers.

Actually ?'ve just found this full of inspiration blog... I think I'll spend part of my weekend browsing it.

♥ ibiza

2010-08-05T22:02:00.010+02:00

It's no true Ibiza is just a crazy island for young people wanna be crazy during night life. I went there last week to celebrate my birthday with some friends of mine and we had a really good laugh long weekend. Actually we chose to have relaxed days because of my little baby I'm proudly carring. Anyway here some suggestion regarding awesome venues, beaches and places I saw there:

Las Salinas is a very long, wide crescent of pale sandy beach and it is bordered by pine woods. You can enjoy the sun also with music blaring from the party bars (The Jockey Club or Sa Trinxa Beach Bar). Location? really handy because it takes just 10 minutes driving from Playa d'en Bossa or Ibiza Town or 30 min by bus number 14.

Cala Vedella is on the west side of the island, it's just 10 minutes driving from St. Josè. It's a little bay, the crystal clear water is perfekt for swimming and there is a stunning view that is perfect to watch an amazing sunset. It's popular mainly for families and couples, as well as a good choice of restaurants, bars and shops too.

Portinax is an other magnificent gulf with crystalline clear water, high, rocky shorelines and a seabed of fine, white sand. the location is north east, 10 minutes from San Juan. We had a nice morning ending up with a yummy fish lunch just with the table of 2 metres away from the sea.

To avoid: surely Cala Talamanca. It's a pity because the restaurants there are really cute and good but the sea is ...honestly ... horrible!!

What about the evening? here just a couple of suggestion.
Blue Marlin is perfect to close goodly your day up with a cocktail on their total white mattres on the beach. Expencive.

Plaza del Sol restaurant is just on the wall of the old town, you can be delighted by a stunning view of ibiza town. The atmosphere is classy, romantic and you'll have dinner with candle's light. Expencive.

We didn't have time to check this beach venue in playa d'en bossa out but it seems to be really cool: Sands.

At last if you have time to go to Formentera don't miss it!! It's such a magic island! When you get the island you can rent easily a motorbike and go around the island simply by that. I'll post some suggestion on Formentera in a separate post.

Hope this can be inspiring for your hols.

♥ MARIMEKKO

2010-07-26T19:33:00.009+02:00

Hey hey do you already know the brand Marimekko? I felt in love for a dress of it and all his abstract design fabrics last years and since then I always check Marimekko's moviments. Now I bumped into this set of free wallpapers, aren't they really cute and cool? My favorite it's that with the strawberry and I'll use it to wrap the next birthday gift!!

♥ free printable bunting

2010-07-26T15:45:00.010+02:00

I couldn't wait to share with you this fantastic free printable available I found at Ruffled? I couldn't help to pop in here and spread the wolds immediatly!! It's a amazing printable alphabet-letter bunting!! I love and I have to admit I'm pretty addicted of bunting and flags. This printable is stunning!!

Download all 26 letters to spell out any message you could possibly think up. Some letters have more than one pattern/color, so you can mix and match.
Let's party!

♥ to fly away

2010-07-23T13:06:00.006+02:00

♥ agrycult: new way to get fresh fruit & veg

2010-07-09T13:06:00.007+02:00

I'm really glade when I bump into some new, really interesting and exciting projects! Well here we go! I found this website called AGRYCULT where you can get a subscription for a box of italian and fresh fruit or veg and they are able to send it straight to your place!! It's a great idea!

We don't need to go anymore to the supermarket, we know what we are eating, we know that they are italian, we know that they are fresh, we can eat the seasonal veg and we also help the italian agricolture to grow up! They can source seasonal food and support Italian farming. You can aslo buy some cheeses from them and I guess they wanna enlarge their store with more and more local prodact. I think this comunity of farmers is based in Molise (South of Italy).

The objective of this is to come together buyers and local farmers: it's a simple way to eat healthily, and it doesn't cost the earth.

They are working a lot on line right now and you can reach them on their blog, twitter and facebook! You can aslo find some recipes and advise how is the best way to cook and eat the food.

Marco Vitale is one of the creator of this service and I have to admit that these guys are doing a really good job!

How it works:
Every week they can send you a balanced diet of fresh fruit and veg that changes with the seasons.
You'll get delicious, organic fruit&veg from experienced small-scale growers who love what they do.
Why are they asking for a subscription? Because your weekly order can help them to plan crops with the farmers, keeping them in business and you in healty food.
If you are interested in this new and ambitious project contact them for sure they'll help you better understand this challenge.

I like this and I wanna support it!!

♥ AGRICULT

♥ today I've learnt

2010-07-06T16:26:00.001+02:00

I can stand the pain without tablet (yuppy!!)
I can live without complaining :-))))
To sleep no in the darkness
I love "Postal Service"
I hate smell of coriander

♥ turban and Her Highness Sheikha Mozah

2010-07-06T13:48:00.011+02:00

Who is she? the new classy Mrs Harrods sice her husband, Emir of Qatari, bought the famous magazine Harrod's in London last spring. As consort of the Emir, she is a social activist and the driving force behind a host of innovative and ground breaking programs in Qatar, Her Highness is guided by her faith in Islam, her dedication to the Emir's vision for the future, a deep respect for traditional values, and a commitment to the highest possible standards.

She is a gorgeous woman, elegant, grace, classy and also sparkling. Why am I speaking of her? I love her style and her ... turbans!!!
I dressed a turban last Sunday... it was stunning!!

♥ Unité d’Habitation in Marseille by Le Corbusier

2010-07-06T13:23:00.007+02:00

Here an amazing building from Le Courbusier's project. this colourful builting is located in Marseille and was built in 1947-1952. It comprises 337 apartments arranged on 17 floors. The building also incorporates shops, sporting, medical and educational facilities, and a hotel too. This building should be a "tool to live" where 1.500 people can live leisurely. Now the Unité d'Habitation is an hotel: nothing has changed since 1952 : neither the space organization nor the light, the clearness, the parc; the facades or the furniture. Spirit and materials are there.

It offers a great diversity of services : cute bedrooms (cabin), studios, large bedrooms, mini suit and more.

"It is a rare place for stay, charged with sense, magic and calms that we propose to you".

I can wait to be there!!

♥ business card

2010-06-17T18:18:00.002+02:00

What is it? Easy to explain! I've collected sevaral busines cards of restaurants, coffee and bars in a few years. Actually I find the graphic of most of them really good looking so I decided to stick some of them up a board and hang it on the kitchen wall. so I found a solution to embelish my wall and also The best busines cards I've never had are from several Berlin's restaurant, I also got thousand cards in Thailand and Vietnam from my last trip, it seems that there everyone has a business card!!!

My favorite business card is from Hakkasan - London! go and check it out!! the food is amazing and the venue is ... stunning!!!

♥ patchwork pattern

2010-06-15T19:45:00.002+02:00

My last hobby is sewing and I'm doing lot of research throught blogs looking for nice patterns and things to made. Actually I found loads of amazing blogs, the net is full of really ceative women! Anyway I discover another good tool: the Victoria and Albert Museum has created an online patchwork pattern maker.

You can upload your image, pictures and the tool gives to you the right pattern so you'll be ready for cross sewing. Here below the web page I did with my image! You also can download the pdf of it, is not it really cool? And trust me very very easy.

Have fun with this tool by V&A!

♥ weekend game: what your prefered colors say about you

2010-06-11T12:20:00.013+02:00

Hey hey here we go with my last discovered on line tool!

Select colors you like and dislike in this cool quiz. Then all sorts of data about your personality will be revealed.

Have fun this weekend with this super test!

My result:
You are a leader, you know how to organize the groups of persons and give them your energy.
You are also able to have an in-depth thinking, you think before acting, and you know how to communicate your knowledge.
Finally you are dynamic, your actions are only directed by your own will and you know how to lead people.

♥ recipe card maker

2010-06-11T08:42:00.003+02:00

I just find this amazing tool, it's a generetor of card repipes. Next time you want to share a recipe to a friend, try printing out recipe cards using this tool Skip To My Lou's recipe card maker. You can choose different layouts and the size too. It's really a cute way to pas your recipes to friends.

Here on the left my first recipe card I made ready to share with you:

♥ tagliatelle ai funghi!! Enjoy tagliatelle and also this tool!!

♥ clare nicolson

2010-06-09T18:20:00.006+02:00

I just bumped into this wonderful and oh-so-cute website and I immediatly pop in here just to show it to you, it's too gorgeous!!!! I've a pleasure to introduce to you .... http://www.clarenicolson.com/
I'm totally in love with birds in this period and this website is full of them! OMG!! I found lovely birds made from vintage fabric and filled with fragrant lavender, go and have a look at them and you can check that truly all types of fabrics are amazing. The website is oh-so-lovely too, all backgrounds are fantastic! You can also buy several and different kind of colorful cushions: the design on the front of each cushion is digitally printed onto cotton or silk, while the reverse is a coordinating panel of vintage fabric which is sourced for every cushion making each one unique and extra special! Below some samples of their wonderful and vintage fabrics.

Clare Nicolson creates a range of teatowels. The digitally printed teatowels are available in 100% cotton.
Also all teatowels come with a vintage fabric tab to hang wherever you want and make your kitchen even fancier! Is not stunning this little elephant on this teatowel? I totally love all these goods.

♥ still birds

2010-06-08T18:24:00.003+02:00

Hey lovely reader out there, here a new project I gonna make. Here is the other thing I add to my DIY list: they are little aromatic birds.

I found them from this super-creative website Spool and here you can download the pattern. I totally LOVE this shape, so colorful, so simple and sweet. I gonna stuff them with dried lavender I already bought from this website: lavander.

I guess so they can be sachets or you can put somewhere such as something pretty to look at and in the maintime the smell is nice.

I'll make the birds from some of different fabrics I bought a while I know for sure they'll be lovely, ok not the first!! . Seriously I'll show some pics of them so you can check them out.

Anyway I'm going to use them like gift, what do you feel about receiving handmade gifts?

♥ kit talking shirt by Petit Bateau

2010-06-07T19:00:00.002+02:00

Hi all, i've just discovered this terrific kit! They are 29 ink pads proposed in the kit: Talking Shirt. With the help of 29 stamps, 2 washable ink pots and your unlimited imagination you can create original t-shitrs! Washable ink becomes the excuse to write just about anything that crosses your mind. You can change the sentence on yout shirt every time you want.

Unfortunately i also discovered this kit was available in all Boutique Petit Bateau from 28th April till May 18th 2010. I missed it!!!!

♥ happy sunny friday

2010-06-04T13:39:00.000+02:00

♥ Yoga Session in London

2010-05-19T18:39:00.001+02:00

This post to say I found a really cozy and friendly place where I had a really relaxed lession of yoga. I found this thanks a post on secret london.

The centre is called YOGANESH CENTRE and it's neal Benthenal Green tube station. The teacher was so nice and cute, she follewed us on every steps and it has donation based classes!! After my lesson I was totally regenerated!!

Anyway after that I bumped into anothere oh-so-cute venue just on the right of Yoganesh: the gallery cafe: some tables on the terrace outside, a big glasses door and a really cozy atmosphere inside. Yestarday there was a gig as well so I felt totally in love with this small cafe. I looked for some review oon line and it seems quite cool especially on Wednesday and Friday evening but also it's very fancy for the Sunday brunch.

♥ Celebrate 10 Years of Tate Modern

2010-05-19T14:03:00.003+02:00

Last weekend it was the festival to celebrate Tate Modern’s 10th anniversary and there was a free arts festival for all in the turbine hall. This event was No Soul For Sale – A Festival of Independents. The festival brought together over 70 of the world’s most exciting independent art spaces, non-profit organizations and artists’ collectives, from Shanghai to Rio de Janeiro.
Here on the rigth some snaps regarding the exibithion I saw, actually all of them were very strange and weird, honestly I couldn't get the properly meanings of everyone. There were also some perfomrances,art events, music, and film. I had 2 hours of really good time.

♥ life

2010-05-14T13:35:00.000+02:00

"E stasera affini la lingua, non nel senso di baci, nel senso di parole. E io avrei una gran voglia di ridere, ti prego, dimmi che stasera mi farai ridere, col vino e le anguille e i gesti delle mani. Vengo a vederti, ma tu fammi girare la testa, che nonpensopiùnonpensipiù, cantiamo sbagliati a collo rovesciato e poi facciamo la cosa giusta, ci complementiamo."

♥ cineforum

2010-05-10T22:54:00.010+02:00

As every Monday evening my friends and I watch a movie: cineforum' night! I've brought this appointment with me in London and so which films for this evening? Scarface direct by B. De Palma and with the superstar Al Pacino. I have to admit that I've never seen it and I can't wait for it!!!!
The top3 of best movies I saw during cineforym's night is this:

La Giuria
Conspiracy Theory
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

If you have some titles to suggest please write me, they are really welcome!

♥ lovely birds

2010-05-07T21:17:00.004+02:00

This afternoon I went down to the city to buy some accessories for my new sweet home. I went to Muji, Butlers and John Lewis. I got losing at John Lewis, 7 floors of everything and trust me you can find there loads of really pretty things at convenience prices but you can spot them out after an hard and scrupulous research, this definitely means you should go there without boyfriend!!

Anyway I found everything I was looking for and also lot of wonderful other thing but I was good and I didn't buy them ... so far! I found so many stunning things on bird theme and I immediatelly felt in love with them! I'm going to be back really soon!! I collected some pictures of them here on the right, are not all these birds so cute and gorgeous? All of them are from John Lewis: you can hang these oh-so-pretty fabric bird decorations or this delicate bird ornament, made just from wire and wood, around the home to brighten your space in summertime.
The metal tealight holder (on the top) is perfect for adding a Victoriana-inspired look to home and of course it can miss a little bird hooked on top. These pretty bird-shaped placecard holder with a silver finish are my favorite after the bed sheets: pastel-coloured, embroidered birds perch prettily on this chic and white bed linen. Girls ... I need to be back there right now and pick them up!!!

♥ tapas night

2010-05-06T00:08:00.008+02:00

Here my last supper, I don't know why but I love the little food, finger food, all food you can pinch and which food is as perfect as tapas??!. I bet with my boyfriend, we had a competition on SPANISH TAPAS. It was a really good night!! we bought lots of ingredient and Spanish wine as well and we started to make our 3 tapas per each! On the left you can see my tapas: croquettas, mozzarella frita, toast with eggs, tuna and ali&oli, everything was really yummy. He made patatas brava whit chilli souce, bacalao fritos and stuffed pimientos. Who won? .... it was a very hard decision, everything was good, tasty and high quality food. Eventualy both of them were winners!

the ingredients?? Best quality, low cost and good fun!!

♥ last news from London: WHITE CHAPEL GALLERY

2010-05-04T00:32:00.000+02:00

My last exploring took this straordinaty gallery: WHITE CHAPEL GALLERY (E1 7QX).

It is a public art gallery on the north side of Whitechapel High Street. Internationally acclaimed for its exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and its pioneering education and public events programmes, the Gallery has premiered international artists such as Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Nan Goldin, and provided a showcase for Britain’s most significant artists from Gilbert & George to Lucian Freud, Peter Doig to Mark Wallinger. Actually all of their exhibitions are quite odd and weird but you can miss it!

♥ secret london

2010-04-21T23:27:00.007+02:00

Do you believe this place is in London??! Promise!! I was really surprise when I bumped into this amazing and marine area!! I was walking and looking for a pub to have a beer after work and I found this stunning place (incredible!!!) and also a gorgeous pub. I couldn't stop myself to pop in just a moment and share this only photo I took early, actually my camera battery was empty. Stay tuned I gonna go there tomorrow to take lots of snaps!!

♥ lovely cups

2010-04-21T11:03:00.010+02:00

I love thislittle set of coffee cups! Aren't they so cute? I'm becoming crazy here in London , there are too many shops! These cups are from marks&spencer, there is whatever you want in his shops, the desing is so cool and the price pretty cheap. I love spending my time inside the supermarket and this is one of my favorite because of his focus on desing and mainly on packaging of all his goods.

Which the next supermarket to exploring? the biggest Tesco!!! I'm very confident in it!!

mv loves...

Waiting for Olivia

♥ First birthday party

♥ Xmas sweet xmas

♥ Sugar cookies -part 2

♥ first bithday party

♥ Choccolate Cake

Advent Calendar Idea

♥ cyanide and happiness graffiti -London

♥ A walk in London

I wanna be back!!

♥ baby shower

♥ handmade photos album

♥ just mum

♥ pandistelle and paper-toys

♥ xmas tags via "how about orange"

♥ advent calendar

♥ bye bye London

♥ super cute baby overall

Happy Thanksgiving!

♥ cookies by smitten kitchen

♥ xmas card

♥ jolie petite chose

♥ customize your calendar 2011

♥ this shop looks dreamy

♥ cooking school: delicious lemon cake

♥ how to knit a cool hat - part 2

♥ how to knit a cool hat

♥ shopping: H&M HOME *** NEW***

♥ poetry magnetic words

♥ e-book

♥ freebie: monthly calendar

♥ how to make: halloween's pumpkins

♥ brand new classy baby shoes

♥ first runners bottle

♥ if in doubs bake a cake

♥ today I've learnt

♥ Baby Sophisticate Cardigan

♥ fall is arrived

♥ city guide: istanbul

♥ tape strips by pugly pixel

♥ cooking school: singapore noodles

♥ daily inspiration

♥ about palettes

♥ floral wooden letters by Emily Readett-Bayley

♥ xmas wrapping: part 1

♥ halloween

♥ lovely crocheted hearts

♥ party time: baby shower memo

♥ 3 little things

♥ knitting first newborn

♥ freebie: business card

♥ bride and groom signs

♥ ravelry and my new fave

♥ baby boy clothes

♥ drin drin in portobello

♥ freebie: shopping list

♥ washi paper tape

♥ exclusive vip event at Benefit

♥ freebie: recipe note

♥ oh my shoes

♥ flag toppers

♥ words at the ready

♥ pom poms

♥ freebie: weekly calendar

♥ eventually ... holiday!

♥ flags&bunting

♥ getting ready for meteor showers

♥ inspiration: necklaces

♥ freebie: thank you card

♥ fancy a freebie? knitting note

♥ baby shower

♥ fresh watermelon juice

♥ travelling around England in quirky accomodations

♥ cycle hire london

♥ positive printable

♥ ibiza

♥ MARIMEKKO

♥ free printable bunting

♥ to fly away

♥ shopping: H&M HOME * NEW*