Feliz año nuevo! May all your wishes come true in 2010

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Here goes a little preview of the long awaited Sonia Rykiel for H&M knitwear collection, which will be released the 20th of february for women and girls (1,5 to 8 years old).
What do you think?

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German Vogue January 2010. Pictures by one of my favourite photographers: Camilla Akrans

 

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…apart from seeing family and friends back home:)

Hand-embroidered “The Smiths” songs. Available here

working link here
Great video by Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck

photos of my cupcakes @the “Changing room Barcelona” Thanks to Fenke

finding the perfect matte red lipstick: Lady Danger from MAC

great hair in Vogue Nippon, January 2010

2 of my favourite interior photos found via Lolitas

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While I am still waiting for my “Kawai Bento boxes” book to arrive I can’t stop searching for pictures of these cute Japanese lunch boxes. There can’t a better way to make kids eat healthy, don’t you think?

via Flickr

via Flickr

 

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A new flavour in my cupcake menu : Yummy Coconut Cupcakes with Coconut and Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting

orders via Ilovemuffins.es

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I normally don’t do 2 “things that made my day” posts in a row, but these couldn’t wait:)
By the way I am a bit stressed out that it gets dark at 5 – I don’t like taking pictures with flash. I see myself going to work with my camera,  tupper ware full of muffins and cupcakes and bags of clothes to take some pictures in the lunch break…hmmm, is it still long to spring?

here in Barcelona people seem not to care about the Sonia Rykiel for H&M collection, so I had all the time in the world to make my selection:)

beautiful jewelry by Buddug

Can’t wait for the “Gainsbourg” movie to come out

wooden clocks at fey handmade

soy milk waffles with chestnut spread for breakfast

interesting people and places, nice pictures and cool styling on backyard bill

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Trying out new recipes – these are Cinnamon Roll Muffins

Lina Persson’s new photography blog “No hidden compartments”

My new Fake-fur Leopard coat from Miss Selfrige

The Ruby Lookbook 2010 (New Zealand) with lovely model Zippora Seven. I love every single outfit

A beautiful Romy Schneider in this newly edited documentary….

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Oh, why can’t I buy the Australian Frankie Magazine here:(. It’s so inspiring! But I’ve treated myself with the first issue of the Frankie Magazine Photo album, with dreamy, pretty pictures of more than 100 amateur and professional photographers around the world. I’m in love with it

The book can be can be bought here.

Fleur Audet

Susannah Conway

Katherine Squier

Valeria Picerno

Laina Briedis

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As promised here comes a new recipe of the first pie I made (very “desperate housewives”ish, as my friends say) -  a yummy cinnamon flavoured pear pie Can’t wait to have a piece for breakfast now and finally have some time to dye my hair:) (I am thinking of a more redish tone, Bree-inspired of course:)

Pie Dough (Paté Brisée) (for a 24cm double-crust pie)
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*300g all purpose flour
*1 teaspoon salt
*1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
*240 g chilled butter, cut into small pieces
*ca 80ml cold water
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In a bowl combine flour, salt and sugar and add the butter. Combine with a mixer or food processor, then add slowly the cold water. The dough should not be too wet and sticky. Divide the dough in 2 discs and wrap in plastic. Let chill in the fridge for 1 hour before using.
Then roll out one half of the pie and fit to the pie dish( on a floures surface), pressing the edges down and cutting the dough approx. 1,5 cm over the dish.
Roll out the remaining half of dough for the cover. Out of  the leftover cut some shapes, such as stars, hearts, leaves etc.

Pie Filing
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*150g chopped walnuts
*50g chopped almonds (peeled)
*950g pears -  peeled, cored and chopped into small pieces
*240g canned peaches, chopped into small pieces
*1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
*1 teaspoon salt
*90g brown sugar
*1 tablespoon butter, in small pieces
*2 tablespoons wheat starch, or instant tapioca
For the pie shell:
1 large egg whisked with 2 teaspoons of water
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In a large bowl  combine all the  filling ingredients and fill into the pie shell.

Brush the eggmix around the edges of the pie then transfer the cover on top of the pie and pres the edges down, cutting the excess dough off.
Cut some shapes out of the cover and place the shapes you’ve cutted out before. Brush the whole cover with the eggmix.
Sprinkle some sugar on top of the cover put the pie in the freezer for 30 minutes before putting in the oven.

Preheat the oven @ 200ºC and bake the pie for 20minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 175ºC and bake for another 40-45 minutes. The crust should be golden brown. Let the pie cool before eating and enjoy

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