sabato 23 febbraio 2013

Cooking...

 
Hello My Friends!!!
Is everything ok there?
The week end started and this...is a good thing...LOL!!!

About cooking...I have to admit that...I've never be a fan of cookin...ok...I must cook because I must eat but...that's all...
Lately...I discover a bit of joy in cooking things and so...there are some of the things I cooked ...

Little stars of bread with herbs cheese, cherries tomatoes and olives...
Lasagne...

Fresh salad with celery, apples, cheese, pepper and walnuts...





Omelette with ham and tuna sauce rolled and sliced...
And...last but not least...a wonderful strudel with apples, walnuts, pine cones, cinnamon, sugar and amaretti cookies...yummy...
What is your favourite dish to cook?
I wish you all a wonderful week end!!!
Hugs, Dany.

mercoledì 20 febbraio 2013

Patchwork Placemat


 Hello My Friends!!!!
How are you today?
I'm feeling better after the flu finally!!! YAY!!!
I'm still a bit tired and I still have a bit of cold but...definitely...I feel better!

I'd like to show you my new colorful placemat...
 I know...it's not an awesome or incredible project...I did much better in the past but...this is the 1st one of my new life...


I found so hard to find the "love of sewing" again...I think I'm a bit depressed and this is not nice...
So...I really loved to sew this easy and small project for get instant gratification ! LOL!!!
It has a patchwork centre realized with scraps of fabrics...
Then I sewed laces on 2 of the edges and added borders all around...


Quilted it  all and...hand sewed the binding ( this is my favourite part...I found hand sewing the binding sooooo relaxing!!!!)
And...TADAAAAA...it's done!!!


It looks great on my new table and make me happy!!!
Now...my next project will be a table topper...
I bought this new white square table, I love it so much!
But...I'd like to have a fun and happy table topper on it...maybe something that change every season...

Ok...that's all for today...
What are you working on?
I'd love to hear from you!
In the meantime...I wish a lovely day to you all!!!!
Hugs, Dany.

lunedì 18 febbraio 2013

Got the flu

Hello My Friends!
How are you today?
I feel like these flowers that are hardly trying to keep the "head" trought the snow...
Yes...I've been sick for all past week...
I started to feel bad Monday morning and immediately the fever jumped up...
Then, pain everywhere, headache, sore troat, cold...wow...what a list!

I really fell so bad especially because for 5 day I wans't able to put the fever down...
This was my very first time being sick and...alone...
And believe me, it was not nice...
My parents were sick too so they didn't come to visit, anyway, also of they were not sick, I would not like that they come here...the flu is so contagious...

I am a strong girl or at least this is what I like to think about myself but, in the meantime, I don't like to be alone...never...also when I feel good, I'd love to chat, laugh, share my toughts with someone.
This is why I'm feeling so hard to live alone.
And, you could easily imagine how bad I fell...sick and alone...
Anyway...today I came back to work and the "normal" life is starting again...

The sun is shining and this is a good reason for smile!
Plus, just the day before the flu, I sewed a placemat for me, I just need to hand sew the binding and it's done.
This is my very first sewing  project since I'm here in the new home and probably...a new start of projects!
Plus, I've finally found the pattern for my new crochet blanket, I'm making a grey giant granny square and I'm loving working on it!
Next post I'll share pics!

Ok, hope you all are feeling well my friend!
I wish you all a lovely week!!!!!
Hugs, Dany.

lunedì 28 gennaio 2013

Swetness for Breakfast

Hello My Friends!
How are you today?
It's a cloudy, cold and a bit snowy Monday morning here and so...I got up with the idea to bake myself something sweet for breakfast and...TADAAAAA!!!
This is the recipe for my quick , easy and delicious muffins (they are not properly muffin...)

2 EGGS
120 GR. SUGAR
120 GR. ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
  60 GR. SEED OIL
1 TEASPOON BAKING POWDER

Put all the ingredients in a blender and blend for about 15 seconds or until you reach a cream...
Now take your muffins' molds and put about 1 tablespoon of cream in each one.
Put them in a preheated oven at about 180 degrees for 10 minutes...
You're done!!!!
Easy isn't it?
They are perfect for tea...
This is the basic recipe but...you can add anything you'd like in them!
I love them in this way but from time to time I add a teaspoon of jam to each one...
I'd like to know if you'll try them!!!
Sweet week to you all!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugs, Dany.

domenica 20 gennaio 2013

Crochet blanket

 Hi there!!!!
How are you today?
We got snow past night, lot of snow...so now all around is white and cold...

The perfect weather for crafting...
I'm going ahead with my crochet blanket but...not sure I should...
I love the pattern, so easy and so nice but...I think it's a bit too "chunky"


And I think it requires so much yarn and I only have 3 big balls...
So, I'm not sure I'll like it...
I think I could make a striped granny square blanket using less yarn...
What do you think?
Any suggestion?

Here there are some pics of the snow outside...BRRRR...

What are you doing today?
I wish you all a great Sunday!!!!
Love, Dany.

domenica 13 gennaio 2013

Hello my Friends!!!!!!!
How are you today?
Here it's a cloudy and cold Sunday...in effect we are expecting snow...
I really hope that...it will not snow here...ok...it can snow in the mountain but...not here...LOL!!!

I love snow but...I would like to be able to take my car out of the garage and...if it snow...I can't do it...

Anyway...I need to work on new projects at this time for keep my mind busy and also for relax myself...

I saved tons and tons of wonderful projects on Pinterest but...I feel soooo much lazy and demotivated lately and...I didn't start anything new...

Now...I've got 3 big big balls of a wonderful grey yarn and...I decided to make myself a blanket...
I found crocheting so much relaxing and so...I'm going ahead with this idea.
I'm browsing the web for searching a pattern that I like and...I found  tons of them.
But one particularly catch my attention: it's called brain dead and...the name...says soooo much about it...LOL!!!!
You have to make a chain, then the first row in a way and...from the second to the last row...you always work the same way...LOL!!!!!
Can you find something easier than this????
And...it also looks  very pretty!
So now...I'm going to start it and then I'll let you know how it is going...

What are you doing today?
Anything exciting? Any new project?
I'd love to hear from you!!!
In the meantime, I wish you all a lovely Sunday!!!!!
Hugs, Dany.

mercoledì 2 gennaio 2013

Happy New Year!!!


My Dear Friends,
the new year is just started and I hope it will bring us good health, happyness, joy for the simple things...

Our life is always so busy and sometimes intricate...I hope it will be a little bit easier...

So, this is my wish for all of us!!!!!

Happy New Year!!!!!
Love, Dany.