Paper Art & Random Thoughts

An unexpected parcel...

So, today I was having a quiet afternoon when the postman arrived.

He had a huge box for me. A friend of mine had told me he had sent something by mail, but a box that big wasn't what I was thinking about.

 It was his late-Christmas parcel for me. 

When I opened the box, which by the way, was very very pretty, the scent of cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and all other spices filled the air, and my mind too.

There were cookies, chocolate pieces and candy  (for my sweet tooth). Also a book with poems and a little statue of a Guardian Angel.

It took me to another place and time, to a fairy tale, to a children's book in which an old Granny baked cookies for her Grandchildren and Neighbours.

I love recieving parcels, letters and so. It just makes me feel really happy to recieve them, to write them, to choose the paper, the pen with which you are going to write and the envelope, I love to take them to the mail, to look at the stamps, to wait until the other person recieves it, and to recieve the answer...and it starts all over again.

Have a nice week.

my (paper) chain of events

There is a new year that begins, which opens a door to the new and unnown, to a chain of events.

 
That's what life and years are made up by: chains of events.

 
One is related to the other...

 
Some are good, some are bad

 
 But they make up the whole chain, that life is.

 
It has a beginning and an end.

 
So lets cherish all those events that make up the chain of life this year.

 
For the joy that is to be here, alive, for the beginning of a new decade, a new year, a new month, a new day.

 
 Happy 2011!

The Star Tutorial

In my last post I shared these lovely origami stars, and (as requested) I will show you how to make them! They are so easy and original to make.

 
 I decided to put them into a glass jar, but I also thought of making a garland or sticking them to some other decoration...

 
 I don't know there are plenty of things to make!

So you have to start by cutting a long strip of paper. I did mine 25 cm long and 1 cm wide.

 
 (NOTE: Don't make them too short if they are too wide, if not you won't be able to make a nice star)

Then I made a "knot" and gently tightened it. Then I flattened it.

 
   
  
 Afterwards turn it around and fold and tuck the "surplus" of paper inside the knot .

 
  
 
 When you are done you have to fold the rest of the strip around the knot, to the opposite side of the pentagon that has formed. Then turn around and do the same.

 
 
 
 Continue doing this until you have a little part of the strip left. then tuck it inside the pentagon, if you have to, you can cut a bit to make it fit inside.

 
 
 
  
 
When you are done, you have to gently press the middle of each side of the pentagon with your nail to form the star.

 
 You should end up with a puffly, cute little star! You have something to entertain yourself for a long, long time. You can make them of different sizes and colours...You choose!

 

twinkle twinkle little star

Yes, I know I have been absent for.... too long!?

This is my fault but I can't make time (I wish I could) ! 

Maybe you are asking yourself ... why this title?

Well... I am an origami lover. Origami is the japanese art of paper folding. 

A friend of mine showed me a lovely decoration she made with these little stars...

So I decided to make my own!

 
 
 
  
If you want to see more origami figures visit this page 
 
 

 



Gelateria

Near my neighbourhood there is a very famous Ice Cream Parlour. This is very well known, and old too.

 
These ice creams are too special...If you ask, they chocolate dip your ice cream. Yum!

I asked for orange and chocolate ice cream, and it turned out to be huge!

I just have a sweet tooth, specially for ice cream, gelatto, whatever you want to call it!

Peach Mousse&Bayrisch Creme

Two desserts , One cook (me)

(from left to right: peach mousse, bayrisch creme: This is another german recipe. I have already tried two others)

This wasn't a challenge, but it was worth eating!

♥ N

 

1st October

New month, new experiences, new people to meet, new possibilities, new things to learn, new everything.

A new month is a good way to  reflect about your life, the people who sorround you, the things which you would like to change.

It is a new start, like a blossom. It is still fighting to open...some are ready, some are not, but in the end they all open up to give you a nice surprise!

  
 

Vestiges

 
 I adore warm weather, but I like it cold too. I think I am just in the middle. Not one end or the other. Just the middle.  The good thing about spring or summer is that flowers are blooming, birds are singing, there is magic around you. I put it this way: nature is like animals, it hibernates during winter and autumn, a looong, deserved rest;  and suddenly wakes up again in summer and spring, with all its power and liveliness.

So, whether you are saying goodbye to good ol' summer, or saying Hello! to pretty spring, lets have a proper welcome or goodbye party (depending on your hemisphere) and show what you enjoyed the most about this beautiful season that has just gone by, or the one that has just started!

♥ N

For breakfast, tea and dessert!

Did you know that scones and fruits make a great combination?

 
I used strawberries and also added some cream, sugar and cinammon and they made the perfect match! I think this would go great with peaches too!

Waiting was worth it....