Blueberries {Photo Mosaic}

1. Giant-Blueberry, 2. Blueberry tartlets (2670), 3. Blueberries!!!!!, 4. Blueberry breakfast, 5. Blueberries., 6. Tidal wave of blueberries

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Jansson's Frestelse (Janssons's Temptation) Recipe

A relative of mine lives in Sweden and she says this dish is very famous and appreciated there. She shared the recipe of this yummy food with me and I´m sharing it with you.
If you are curious about the origin of the name, you can look it up here.

Ingredients:

• 5 medium-large potatoes
• 2 large red or yellow onions
• 2 cans or bottles Swedish anchovies (about 25) (According to my friend, the origin of the anchovies is very important, and results may differ if another anchovies are used).
  
• 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream
• salt
• pepper
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 2 Tbsp. melted butter

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 425º. Peel potatoes and either julienne into matchsticks, grate roughly, or cut into ultra-thin slices.

Peel and thinly slice onions. Grease a frying pan with butter and lightly fry onions over medium heat until tender but not brown. Remove from heat.

Lightly grease or butter a casserole dish. Place a third of the potatoes in bottom of dish. Layer half of the onions and half of the anchovies on top of the potatoes; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Repeat layer; use remaining third of potatoes as top layer.

Pour enough cream over potatoes to fill dish 3/4 of the way up. Combine bread crumbs and melted butter and spread across top of casserole.

Bake in oven until browned and cooked through, 50 minutes to 1 hour.

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I hope you liked it! :)
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Pictures source: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Stormy Weather {Photo Mosaic}

1. Raining Again, 2. Its raining, 3. THUNDER IN THE VALLEY, 4. Tropical Storm Hanna - Nikon HDR

Last week, in the Canaries, we suffered a terrible storm that left some parts of the islands without electricity for hours and flooded houses. It´s not something usual, we normally enjoy a nice weather the rest of the year. But Mother Nature is unpredictable...

The house I live in has a very traditional thing here called "patio". Well, half of the roof of the patio flew because of the wind... :( It´ll take a couple of days to fix it.

So here´s my mosaic, remembering the storm.

And here few pictures of the consecuences on the Islands:

And in the end, the rainbow... :)

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Pictures source: laprovincia.es

Happy Blue {Monday Moodboard}

Winter Witch

Original (not print) art watercolor painting - Blue Ikebana

Rabbit Love Cotton Emroideried Coasters

Blue hill ring


For more lovely moodboards, click here: http://fleurfatale.blogspot.com/

Testing Fujifilm Finepix S2000HD

This week I was trying new things with my camera and I made a video-test of the video option.

As a subject of the experiment, I took my cat and here is the result:

And if you are interested on seeing more pictures of my cat, here you have :)

I hope you enjoyed it! :)

New Youtube Video!

I created a new video for my Youtube Channel, updated with the latests designs, Check it out!

Thanks for watching! :)

Chocolate Mousse Recipe

After long time without sharing any recipe, here it is a recipe I love: Chocolate Mousse.

Ingredients

4 1/2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, diced
2 tablespoons espresso or very strong coffee

1 cup cold heavy cream
3 eggs, separated
1 tablespoon sugar

Directions

1. Whip the cream to soft peaks, then refrigerate.

2. Combine the chocolate, butter, and coffee in the top of a double boiler over hot water, stirring frequently until smooth. Remove from the heat and let cool until the chocolate is just slightly warmer than body temperature. If it is too cool, the mixture will seize when the other ingredients are added.

3. Once the melted chocolate has cooled slightly, whip the egg whites in a medium bowl until they are foamy and beginning to hold a shape. Sprinkle in the sugar and beat until soft peaks form.

4. When the chocolate has reached the proper temperature, stir in the yolks. Gently stir in about one-third of the whipped cream. Fold in half the whites just until incorporated, then fold in the remaining whites, and finally the remaining whipped cream.

5. Spoon the mousse into a serving bowl or individual dishes. Refrigerate for at least 8 hours.

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I hope you have enjoyed it and let me know if you try it! :)

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Pictures source: 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6.

Bottles (Photo Mosaic)

1. Bottles, 2. Bottled Stardust, 3. A bottle of Bokeh, 4. Message in a bottle

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Grey Sky (Moodboard)

Ring Triangle Beta
Set of 3 Lovely Cards
Black and white chiffon flower brooch
Army Green Shawl With Crocheted Lace


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New Rings

Today I would like to show you the new pieces I´ve been working on lately: new rings for my shop.

I hope you have enjoyed them!

Have a nice weekend! :)

Carnival In The Canaries

Here in the Canary Islands, there is a great tradition of celebrating the Carnival, so today with these pictures I want to make you trave to my city and enjoy this party.

We choose a Queen, a senior Queen and also a junior. The costumes are very elaborated and heavy, but also very spectacular.

There is a big parade, where everybody can participate and be part of the party. A lot of music, colors and feathers...

Also, we have a big stage where many galas, concerts and events for children are celebrated.

Our Carnival last three weeks and every weekend there are celebrations on the streets, with people dancing disguised with their original costumes.

I hope you have enjoyed this virtual tour ! And if you happen to be in the Canaries this weekend, enjoy the big parade! :)

My Goodies From Swiedebie!

Few weeks ago, I ordered this lovely pincushion from www.swiedebie.etsy.com and I wanted to share with you the experience, so I made this video:




Isn´t everything so cute and pretty?

And here is the beautiful pincushion, being used for my sewing projects :)

Thank you very much Swee! :) I´m very happy with everything!

For more cute and wonderful items, please visit Swiedebie!

Eye See You...{Photo Mosaic}

1. The Eye Of Jenny, 2. Brown Eyed Girl, 3. eye ♥ you, 4. If you haven't cried, your eyes can't be beautiful., 5. STOCK IMAGE EYE EDITED - GREEN WITH ENVY - (PART OF THE 7 DEADLY SINS SERIES), 6. Oh, Eye Love You..., 7. Eye, 8. Eye, 9. In my eyes, you can see my soul, 10. Eye see the world, 11. In your eyes, 12. Blue Eyes

Feeling...observed?

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Borat killed the Thong

FASHION - Its confirmed, the thong is dead as a fashion item.

Oh sure, some people (who don't have a clue) will continue to wear the thong, especially if they're hicks or just mucking around with their boyfriend... but as a serious fashion item (ie. supermodels wear it on fashion catwalks) the thong is dead.

Some say Monica Lewinsky kick-started her affair with Bill Clinton by showing him hers.

Some say the thong is uncomfortable, impractical and leaves nothing to the imagination.

All we know is its dead, maybe not as dead as powdered wigs, but certainly dead as far as the lingerie industry is concerned.

In the glory days of the thong it never once outsold women's panties, briefs or even jockeys. What it had instead was media attention.

During the 1990s the thong was on the catwalks, it was promoted by Cosmopolitan, it broke rules for what was considered sexy... and the next thing you know people were wearing them in public, accompanied by low-rise jeans and Sisqo wrote "The Thong Song"...

But beyond media fluff, celebrities and supermodels, teenagers and young women wearing them... it never truly became mainstream.

And then the movie Borat came along... in which he wore an electric green, V-shaped thong swimsuit wedged deep between his hairy buttcheeks.

Voila! C'est incroyablement horrible!

In fashion terms the thong was now passé. It was done and over with. Next please!

So instead what I am predicting is lacy briefs... but worn in such a way that people can see the top of them. Just a peak.

In my opinion silk and lace will never go out of fashion. They're just too comfortable and enjoyable to wear. The trick is to make a fashion statement with them by letting people actually see them a little. That way they know what you're wearing and say "Hey, thats damn sexy. I want some too!"

If anyone asks you can just say they're really comfortable, but in reality you will know they're also totally sexy otherwise they wouldn't have asked about them anyway.

The trend now is to give people a glimpse of your underwear... just an inch of that highly decorative lacy bra, an inch or two of your snug lacy panties... its playful and suggestive (and probably not good to be wearing at work), but it gives a bold fashion statement about what you think is sexy.

Valentine´s Special: Last Part.

Today I show you the last part of this Valentine Series I started five weeks ago. Next Sunday is the Valentine´s Day and I wish you all a happy and full of love day!

You missed the previous parts of this Special? See them HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE!

FOR HER:

Blueberries and Strawberries - M - Earrings - Fruit Tart Collection

Dancing with snowflakes - dangle earrings

Felt wool red bracelet

felted embroderied heart for a sweetheart

FOR HIM:

The Boss CANVAS and 1 BOOKMARK SPECIAL OFFER

Windmill Box

Imprint Me Silver Fingerprint Cufflinks for him, wedding, groom, personalized

Recycled bike inner tube wallet with neon green orange closure

I hope you have enjoyed my picks and Happy Valentines! :)