22.6.12

Welcome, Summertime!

Happy summer, everybody. 

And Happy "wintertime" for my friends in Brazil, South Africa and Latin America

I wish you a lot of love and lemonades:-)

Flor




21.6.12

Fashion: hottest trends in France for Summer 2012

Fashionistas,

Let´s take a look inside the French Glamour of June 2012 with Liv Tyler in the cover.
There we can find the yellow trend color (my favorite trend for this summer), plissed/pleated clothes, culotte, and Rihanna as gangsta Diva.

Enjoy,

Flor





Crochet: Colorful coasters for colorful cups

Hi,
Are you celebrating the summertime? I hope so.
I´m spoiling my kitchen and my table with colorful cups and colorful coasters designed and made by me, off course! That´s my (one of many others) way to celebrate the summer:-)

See you,

Flor





Cross Stitch: Peace

Hello and thank you for being there.

I missed my blog:-)
One of my dream travel is Tokyo. Inspired by this city I´ve stitched this ideogram for a requested greeting card. According to site http://www.orientaloutpost.com/shufa.php?q=calm this single character that means balance, balanced, calm, peace, peaceful, calm, equal, even, level, smooth or flat in Chinese, Japanese and old Korean: you decide. Yes, you decide:-)  And remember: in Japanese means only flat or level. This one is not the best choice for a greeting card if you major audience is Japanese.

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Only good reasons to love my job: always learning, knowing, searching, designing, redesigning.

Hugs,

Flor





28.5.12

Food: How to make sushi rolls?

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."
                                                                                     Albert Einstein

Good Monday

I don´t have the answer (not yet) but I will make the perfect sushi roll one day with the help of this site http://makemysushi.com/ . I swear my attempt of sushi rolls was much tastier than it looks:-)
With all my apologizes to all Japanese people and chefs, I tried to do California Roll Sushi (http://makemysushi.com/index.php/Recipes/california-roll-sushi.html )  and the Classic Sushi Roll with conserved tuna fish (lol) (http://makemysushi.com/index.php/How-to-make-sushi/classic-roll.html ).
Please, if you have tips to improve my skills in this field, let me know. And smile...life is too short!

Enjoy and happy week,

Flor

25.5.12

Cross Stitch: Most popular quotations

 Dear Readers,


For this weekend I suggest one of my brand new patterns/charts for one of the most popular quotation used to put away the haters around you or with you...or coming soon (yes, they are everywhere, anywhere, LOL): "Don´t hate the player, hate the game." It´s also nice to remember us that rules sometimes seem not to be fair and that´s why I wrote Players, in the plural. But you can make it in the singular.
We can not "To kill a mockingbird" just because he flies better than haters, can we?  Forget about my interpretation and find out other good ones here: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Don't+Hate+The+Playa%2FPlayette+Hate+The+Game  Smile!
Pick up your favorite color, find a nice frame and a good place to show off your new project. I hope you like it and stitch it.

Happy weekend,

Flor



23.5.12

Fashion: Crochet jewelry in neon colors

Good Wednesday,
Take a look in this personalized crocheted collar, inspired in the colors of the Ukrainian flag where this gift belongs to. The collar fits very well in formal or informal outfits.

Happy day,

Flor



22.5.12

WIP: Crocheted squares in neon colors

Girls,

I`ve told you that I am a neon-maniac. Lucky me, I have projects where I can use my obsession in a creative way:-)

Good night and sweet dreams,

Flor


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Lifestyle: How to make homemade ice cream...

...for kids and family.

Hey, hey
Are you spending well your week? I hope so!
Its almost Summer time. Time for ice cream. I know you feel guilty when your kids ask for ice cream. Obesity, cholesterol, processed fats makes you think twice. I`ve found a way, I mean a cheap way, to let them eat ice cream as a game and in a healthy way. I can assure you that is a very good ideia. My family loves.





All you need is favorite yogurts, colors and 40 minutes in the freezer. Done!

Enjoy,

Flor

18.5.12

Fashion: My neon color scheme

Hey, 

I must confess: I am totally obsessed over neon color. I made these wallpapers for crafters and crochet addicts. I hope you like, girls.

Thanks for reading,

Flor