Creative Design Magazin

 I have to apologize for neglecting my blog. Due to my handcraft activity I was very busy in these days. After I had made my last blog entry, I met with one of my hungarian acquintance, who is dealing with jewelry making and other creative hobbies. This friend of mine after long years of learning and some years of teaching was asked to make a crative hobby magazin. As she knows lots of intresting people with different trades and hobbies, organized a bimonthly magazin, which gives practical information about how to make your own things from jewelry to inner architecture artifacts. She loved my products, thus offered a permanent columns - the topic will be the goth and fairy fashion for everybody. It was published already in hungarian language and the english version will have been available on the next week. In this issue I have made a set - a black lace beaded choker with matching earrings, belt and handbag.

You could buy the magazin on the following link now in hungarian, on the next week in english:

http://heraldpeople.com/konyvek/reszletek/creative-design-magazin/

DIY gaining place

During my long illness I have seriously engaged some handcraft activities - as jewelry making, sewing, creating subjects of inner architecture.  After several try and failure started to feel more and more exciting to realize my thoughts and ideas in earrings, necklaces, rings, and after in some dressing items.

Our family members and friends were really astonished, and liked my products - thus I was asked to crate a jewelry set for a bridal ceremony. Above all they found out, that it would be great, if I make a bejewelled bra for the bride...

The making of the beaded bra was quite interesting, as a matter of fact I had prepared a net from rainbow (AB) japanese seed beads, and sewed it to the bra after it was finished. The straps is made from doubled line of crystal clear strech elastic beading cord and bigger (8/0) glass round beads (partlyAB).

One of our friends, who does belly-dancing had seen this bra and suggested me to make a belly-dancer bra, I had the basic idea, as soon as it will have been finished, I will show it in my blog.

Now is time for the Carnival season. Yesterday evening we were in a ball where the athmosphere was hígh enough.
I was squatting in this armchair, while Pat finished the dressing. Pat grabbed the camera and made a snapshot :)
Before leaving I completed my make-up, put on my heels and we started to the ball.
When we begin the drive it had turned on, that one of the back wheel could not move. Pat stopped the car, and we were trying to find some solution. One of our neighbour helped us with and advice. I had get some hot water in a  bucket and poured it to the immovable wheel. Just imagine - in a prom dress and heels. Pat drove the car away and changed breaking and stepping on it, till she reached to the corner, the handbrake had released the wheel.

Useful advice: when the weather is too cold, and freezing, never use the handbreak!

On the other hand you could even try what helped us out from the trouble.

The ball made us forget the rumpus. We had wonderful time dancing in each others arms.

After all weeks work again I had the possibility to relax with a good book. We had made an exotic dish due to Pat cut her ring finger. As later it has to be iced, Pat get diffrent packs of frozen fruits from the fridge. At least she thought that all were fruits. A small pack turned out to be ready made snails. We thought that it is high time to cook a special italian dish - snail risotto. 

Here is the recipe:

Stew optionally flavored1 kg of purified snail with onion, salt, pepper, cloves, a small spoonful of tomato puree, butter, oil, white or red wine. The cooking time is approx. two hours. Stir constantly until a thick sauce is obtained. Grind the whole thing. Put rice and add water as necessary, or broth. Finally add a spoonful of cream, grated cheese to taste and parsley. 

It is worth to try, for our opinion is is delicious!

Pat's pet

In this weekend we have tried few toys.
If possible we would like to make these gadgets by ourselves.
In the left side of the picture (on the pillow), you could see my favorite caressing tool which was made by me.
When Pat patting me with it, this is the most sensual joy.
On the other hand making it is very simple.

Necessary components:

- cca 12-15 mm thick, 30-35 cm long glass fiber tube
- 1 hank of soft raffia (silver colour)
- hobby glue
- leather stripe cca 10 mm wide, 1 m long
- self-adhesive plastic stripe (silver colour)
- a piece of wire

Take the soft raffia and wrap around your palm. When you think it is enough, tie together the wrapping, and tie together again from outside and cut through the wrap (opposite to the knot). Comb it with dense comb for soft and thin fibers.
Get the wire and lace through the tied end of the tassel and twin it.
Glue it and insert into the hole of the tube.
After drying wrap around the tube with the leather stripe in spiral. Glue the starting and after the wrapping the finishing end to the tube.
Take the self-adhesive plastic stripe and decorate the handle by your taste.
You could use alternative materials intstead the glassfiber tube f/e bamboo rod or soft plastic tube.

Have a great caressing play!

Yesterday was the relaxing day in our life.
On these days I enjoy nothing to do. We just lying on the sofa listening classical music and we sharing our thoughts about the world. Usually our cat joins us. I love when it purring to me.
Of course relaxing is comes after cleaning the flat previous day.
We know an ancient trick to speed up the cleaning.

The secret is the vinegar.
If your sink has scaled (cavity) or greasy you could use strong (20%) vinegar to get rid of dirt.
In the bathroom you cold use it also to the toilet, tube, washbasin and tile.
It is great also for window and carpet cleaning.
First vacuum clean the carpet thoroughly, and after pour some vinegar in to hot water and wash up it with a mop. Your carpet will rebirth.

Today we made fried turkey with fresh salad for lunch.
We have a simple recipe:
- Put 1 kg coarse salt in the pan.
- Spice the meat with mixture of grounded color pepper, salt, and dried grounded chanterelle.
- place the meat on the salt into the pan and cover it with aluminium foil. Place to the oven.
- Bake for 1 hour at 220 degrees celsius. After you check with the tip of the knife that the meat is soft,  bake it till brown outside.

While we had been waiting for the meat to be ready we had settled on the carpet for an easy gossip.

On this Saturday afternoon we used the theatre tickets what I got from my mother.

When I was preparing I saw that my skin wasn't too soft.

While I took a shower I used a self-developed peeling method:

ingredients:

2 tblsp coffee grounds (used one)
1 yolk
1 dried sached yeast ( 7 gr )
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon yoghurt
1 teaspoon fresh fruit juice (with high vitamin C content)

Mix with some semolina, till it will be spreadable.
Leave it rest for 10-15 minutes and after stand in the tub with this cream
Rub on your body and your face with it thoroughly. Then take a shower just with water (without soap or shower gel!).
Your skin will be like the baby-skin.


If you have finished the shower you could start to put on your make-up.


If you have got too strong/dark facial hair, you can use hair bleach but the result lasts only for half day.


First you have to shave yourself thoroughly.
Secondly apply a thin layer of Vaseline on your face.
Thirdly you can use hair bleach (powder mixed with 9% H2O).
Fourth after 5 minutes rinse your face with water and moisturise with non oil base face cream.
Put on your usual make-up.

On the way to the Theater...

I wish Happy New Year for everyone!

 After the New Year's Eve Party felt good a little relaxation in the tub. We have celebrated with whirlpool and jorum. I like to pamper ourselves with lot of foam and bath-salt. If we are tired after a long day, Pat and me used to relax in the tub together, while we gossiping about our life.

If you would like to make the jorum, please follow the below recipe ( this quantity is for 12 person ):
          1 pce of Pineapple
          4-5 pce Tangerine
          3-4 pce Peach
          1-2 pce Mediterranean fruit
          2 bottle of white wine sweet
          1 bottle of Champagne sweet
          Piece of Ginger and half mug of sugar

Peel the fruits and cut small pieces. Pur the wine to the chopped fruits.
Cut 10-15 thin slices from the ginger. Put some water to the sugar and boil with the ginger slices for few minutes (5-7 min).
Mix the sirup to the jorum and let it rest for few hours (f/e 1 night) in a cold place.
Half an hour before the party pour the champagne to the mixture.

Please be careful with the fruits because they are also contain alcohol!

Have fun!

If you love the joy of bath you could try an interesting bath salt recipe:
          3 cups of Epsom salt (from the pharmacy)
          2 cups of baking soda
          1 cup of sea salt
          4 teaspoons glycerin (from the pharmacy)
          60 drops Orange oil
          60 drops Magnolia oil or Lavender oil


Mix this ingredients and fill a well-sealed glass.
Per occasion enough for half a cup of it.

Enjoy the bath!