Faceted earrings

When I saw these little beauties and found out how easy it was to make them (here) I went straight to the shops to buy myself some fimo clay. It took a few tries to get it right (but that's the great thing with clay, you can just start again and again until you are fully happy with the result) and I now have three pairs of cute little earrings which I just love wearing.

You can see the ones a merry mishap has made (she sells them in her etsy shop) here. I'm especially fond of the neon yellow, coal and dark purple ones. Mmh, and the ivory ones too actually. I might have to go back and buy more clay...

Sarah's orange cake

Here's the little beauty we took to the park on Sunday afternoon... absolutely delicious and pretty magic as it gets better and better with every day spent in the fridge! We had a piece for dinner; it was divine.

And you know the good news? There's still some left over for tomorrow!

Pollen everywhere

A thin yellow layer covers absolutely everything over here at the moment - it's the yearly pollen attack! I have to say I don't remember it ever being so bad; maybe it's because it hasn't properly rained in days and days, and the pollen just accumulates everywhere.
What's for sure, is that we have all been feeling the effects of it. Mart, Sarah and I spent a large part of our weekend sneezing and sniffling...!

What you see above is the rooftop under our balcony... pollen accumulated in the small puddles there, and when we had a few drops of rain on Saturday it made pretty leopard-like patterns.

They are forecasting showers later this week - fingers crossed they will wash everything away.

Beautiful weekend

Good food all around

Sarah is one of the best cooks I know - and we have been eating amazing food all weekend long. It really makes me nostalgic of the times when we all lived together, and cooked fantastic dishes all the time.

We are off to the park, to eat the orange cake we just baked. Yum yum yum!

Happy Easter everyone!

Together again

My dear friend Sarah is coming to stay with us for the long Easter weekend tomorrow. I can't wait to see her again! Last time we were together was when I visited her in Dublin last year...

Cloudy goodness

Claire sent me the most adorable cookie cutter for my birthday, and I just had to try it out as soon as I could. I also tried Whitney's way of frosting the biscuits, which took a bit of time but looked really cute in the end. The biscuits tasted quite good too, which doesn't hurt!