tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89503896115330373162024-03-05T22:13:40.309+01:00Curls & CakesCurls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-2427021701185003972019-09-01T22:41:00.000+02:002019-09-01T22:41:15.693+02:00Triple Chocolate Truffle Pie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello everyone,<br />Today I am here with a new recipe. Those of you that follow me on Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/curlsncakes/">@curlsncakes</a>) might know that I recently came back from a (more than) week-long holiday in London. It was fantastic and I managed to see plenty of shows, ballets and musicals, one of which were the Broadway hit: <a href="https://waitressthemusical.co.uk/">Waitress</a>. The musical is based on a movie from 2007 with Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion, with music written by Sara Bareilles. I saw the movie some time ago and loved it, because it was tragic and beautiful, and had so many pies in it.<br /><br />Waitress is about an unhappy woman, Jenna. She's in a messed up relationship, but works as a waitress in a diner. Jenna's only happy when baking her pies. All along watching the movie and then the musical (which is beautiful with lovely music, by the way) I kept wishing there would be a recipe book for all these incredible pies that Jenna bakes.<br />
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Coming out of the play I noticed a book in the little shop stand in the theatre. And lo and behold, it was what I had wished for: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sugar-Butter-Flour-Waitress-Book-ebook/dp/B01N2GJS7I">Sugar, Butter, Flour - The Waitress Pie Book</a>.<br />I was so excited and instantly bought it (and some other things).<br />
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This first pie that I baked from the book is called the In the Dark Dark pie, and it makes 24 cm pie. I made some modifications to the recipe to suit me and my ingredients more, and I will present that modified recipe. For the original recipe, see the book. Without further ado...<br />
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Triple Chocolate Truffle Pie</h2>
<br />INGREDIENTS<br />
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For the pie shell:<br />
<ul>
<li>1 packet of Oreos (original)</li>
<li>75 grams melted butter</li>
</ul>
For the pie filling:<br />
<ul>
<li>230 grams dark chocolate, chopped</li>
<li>2 dl skimmed milk (1.5% fat)</li>
<li>2 dl heavy cream (35% fat)</li>
<li>2 eggs </li>
</ul>
For the pie topping:<br />
<ul>
<li>2 dl heavy cream, chilled</li>
<li>1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract</li>
<li>1/2 dl powdered sugar</li>
<li>3 tablespoons cocoa powder</li>
<li>Decorations in the form of chocolate curls </li>
</ul>
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DIRECTIONS <br />
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Preheat your oven to 175°C.<br />Crush the oreos in a blender and add the butter to it. Press the moistened oreo crumbs into your pie tin. Refrigerate for at least 15 minutes and then bake in the middle rack of your oven for 10 minutes.<br />
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Bring the milk and heavy cream to just before a boil in a saucepan and pour it over the copped chocolate. Mix until smooth. In another bowl, whisk the eggs and then pour the chocolate mix into the eggs. Pour the egg mixture into the cooled pie crust. Bake for about 45 minutes. The centre of the pie should still be rather loose and wobbly when given a shake.<br />
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For the topping mix vanilla, sugar and cocoa together in a bowl. In another bowl whip the heavy cream until slightly thickened, then add the dry ingredients and whip until stiff peaks form. Pipe the topping using a piping bag and a tip unto the cooled (to room temperature) pie. Add the chocolate curls on top, and voilà!<br />
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I personally preferred this pie chilled, rather than cooled to just room temperature. So if you're anything like me, bake this pie the day before serving and refrigerate until you are going to eat it. <br />
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Until next time!<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Hello all,<br />
Some
weeks ago, at the first sign of some warmer weather my sister and I
went out to photograph this wonderful dress that I purchased from the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/LittleWomenAtelier">Little Women Atelier</a> shop on <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/LittleWomenAtelier">Etsy</a>. This dress is so wonderful and breezy. It's made of 100% linen and it helps me keep cool in the summer.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/LittleWomenAtelier">Little Women Atelier</a> is a shop inspired by the book Little Women by Louisa May Alcott from 1868, and something about this dress, the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/679628354/gray-linen-dress-victorian-dress?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1">Meg dress</a> has the elegance of the 19th century. Whether it's the puffy sleeves or the full skirt, I'll leave to you to decide. <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/LittleWomenAtelier">Little Women Atelier</a> is a family business, and together the incredible women of their family create magnificent dresses, fit for any lady.<br />
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When I saw the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/679628354/gray-linen-dress-victorian-dress?ref=shop_home_active_2&frs=1">Meg dress</a>,
I knew I had to save up to get one. It is one of the prettiest and most
feminine dresses I own, without it being too girly. I purchased it in
pale pink, which is a wonderfully serene and delicate colour, but they
have this dress in many other colours too. The dress is well-made and
the wonderful linen fabric feels so soft. It's a dress that inspires
slow-living, sitting in your armchair with a good, classic book, having
long walks in the warm summer breeze, or baking your favourite cake or
biscuits to enjoy with family and friends. Simply said, it's a dress to
live in and enjoy life in.<br />
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I hope you all have a terrific start to your summer. I will be enjoying it in my breezy dress.<br />
Much love,<br />
Mona<br />
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Hello all,<br />
Some weeks ago I made chocolate macarons, after not having baked macarons for over two years. I was worried that I had lost my touch, but alas it was fine!<br /><br />
That proves that this recipe is an easy one, and that really, you have to be really unlucky to fail with it. The macarons may not have been perfect (I think I would've needed another minute of beating the batter), but they were very tasty. That's really all anyone can ask for!<br />
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Chocolate macarons<br /><br />INGREDIENTS<br />
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<li>100 g almond powder</li>
<li>3 egg whites (about 100-110 g)</li>
<li>4 tablespoons sugar</li>
<li>185 g powdered sugar</li>
<li>15 g cocoa powder<br /> </li>
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DIRECTIONS<br />
<br />I like to prepare my egg whites by leaving them in room temperature for a day before I start baking. It yields better macarons in my opinion.<br />
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Preheat the oven to 150°C.<br />Sift the almond powder and throw away the large pieces.<br />Mix the almond powder with the powdered sugar and the cocoa and sift again.<br /><br />In another bowl whisk the room tempered egg whites until it starts to foam. Then gradually add the tablespoons of sugar. Whisk the egg whites until thick and shiny. You should be able to hold the bowl upside down without anything pouring out.<br /><br />Add the almond-powdered sugar-cocoa mix to the eggs and mix. This is where it can get a bit tricky. Obviously the almond-mix should get completely incorporated within the egg whites, however you usually need to mix it a bit more. I usually pick up a bit of the batter with a spatula and if it falls down in a ribbon like shape it is ready and should not be mixed anymore. Mix it too much and you get flat macarons.<br />
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Pour the batter into a piping bag with a round tip and pipe the batter onto baking trays prepared with baking sheets. Now it is important to let the piped to-be macarons rest on the baking trays in room temperature for about an hour. I know you're eager to see how they turn out, but the resting of the macarons is super important, because the surface dries a bit and that makes them not loose their shape when they are baked, and it enables the feet to come out when baked (if the anatomy of a macaron is a mystery to you, I highly recommend googling it, but below a photo follows to explain some things).<br />
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After the macarons have rested for about an hour in room temperature, bake them at 150°C for about 14 minutes.<br />
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Let the macaron shells cool completely before you fill them with ganache. For my ganache recipe <a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.com/2015/05/celebrating-1-week-of-blog.html">click here</a>.<br />
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I also painted my macaron shells with a bit of edible gold, just so that they would look a wee bit more luxurious.<br />
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And that, my friends, is really all there is to it!<br />I hope you enjoy this recipe.<br />
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MonaCurls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-54169360572538195912019-05-19T18:38:00.002+02:002019-05-19T18:42:29.923+02:00Woodland elf<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello lovely people,<br />
Hope you are all well. I am doing so well lately *knock on wood*. My medicines have stabilised my mood, and my depression has kept away. At the same time I've been in 12 weeks of cognitive behavioural therapy for my OCD, so I'm doing quite well.<br />
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As I've been doing well, I've had the time and interest in doing things, and I've been dabbling in creating larp characters. This character that I'm introducing today is a woodland elf. I imagine her name is Belilmadia and she enjoys walking in woods and singing with the birds.<br />
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It was fun to create this character and all her little details. The dress is the <a href="https://holyclothing.com/collections/acacia/products/acacia-maxi-petite?variant=1619636912153">Acacia maxi petite dress</a> from <a href="https://holyclothing.com/">Holy Clothing</a>, which I fell in love with from the moment I saw it. I decided on accessories around the dress.<br />
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The most enjoyable part of becoming this elf was adding the elf ears. I have dreamed of being an elf since I read The Hobbit when I was 8 years old. Finally I looked like one, and I feel like the ears were the most essential part. The ears are from the Etsy shop <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/MadhouseFXstudio">Mad House FX studio</a>.<br />
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Dress: <a href="https://holyclothing.com/collections/acacia">Acacia dress</a> by <a href="https://holyclothing.com/">Holy Clothing</a></div>
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Wig: <a href="https://www.wigisfashion.com/products/lf667r">LF667R</a> by <a href="https://www.wigisfashion.com/">Wig is Fashion</a></div>
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Elf Tiara: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/222101744/woodland-elf-tiara-elven-headpiece-fairy?ref=yr_purchases">This</a> from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/Ayalga?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=290190561">Ayalga</a></div>
Ear Cuff: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/listing/290190561/elven-forest-earcuff-leaves-statement?ref=yr_purchases">This</a> from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/se-en/shop/Ayalga?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=290190561">Ayalga</a><br />
Boots: Bought in London<br />
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I hope you liked this character, and these photos. The photos are taken in the woods about 5 minutes from where I live. I realise I'm very lucky having woods so close to where I live. The photos are by my incredible sister.<br />
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BelilmadiaCurls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-23919038535411692272019-03-13T23:21:00.002+01:002019-03-13T23:22:41.159+01:003.14 Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello everyone and Happy Pi Day!<br />
I come to you on this special day with another recipe, this time (of course) for pie!<br />
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This apple pie is adapted from a recipe by the Hummingbird bakery. I personally love my apples to be a bit on the sour side, so I chose Granny Smith apples, but you could use any juicy apples.<br />
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The wonderful apron and dress that I am wearing are both from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/olga_valeska/">Olga Valeska</a>'s <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/olgavaleska/">Etsy shop</a>. And my ring is from <a href="https://www.shopfemmedebloom.com/">Femme De Bloom</a>.<br />
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Apple Pie</h2>
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INGREDIENTS<br />
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<li>520 g flour</li>
<li>220 g butter</li>
<li>4-5 tablespoons cold water</li>
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<li>150 g butter</li>
<li>5 teaspoons ground cinnamon</li>
<li>1 1/2 kg apples</li>
<li>100 g sugar</li>
<li>1 egg + a tablespoon milk</li>
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Preheat the oven to 175°C. <br />
Whisk the 220g butter with the flour, until you get a grainy consistency. Add cold water, tablespoon by tablespoon until the dough comes together. Leave to rest in clingfilm for an hour.<br />
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Divide the dough into two equal parts (one part for base, and one for the pie lid). Roll out one part of the dough until half a centimeter thick and line the pie tin with it.<br />
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Peel and slice the apples in fairly thick slices.<br />
Put the 150g butter and cinnamon in a saucepan and melt the butter, then add the sugar followed by the apples slices. Make sure all the apple slices are covered with the butter-cinnamon-sugar mixture and let cook for a couple of minutes until the apple slices soften a bit, but are not completely cooked. Spread the apple slices on a plate and leave to cool.<br />
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Fill the dough covered pie tin with the cool apple slices. Roll out the other part of the dough, and place it on top of the apple slices like a lid. Cut a couple of slits in the pie lid (so that the steam can leave) and add any decorations.<br />
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Beat the egg and add a tablespoon of milk to it, then brush this mixture over the pie lid. Sprinkle on some sugar and bake for 30-40 minutes.<br />
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So there you have it, my apple pie. I hope you like the recipe and I hope you spend this Pi Day eating lots and lots of pie. I like to eat my pie with ice cream or custard, but I prefer Pie à la mode. How do you like to eat your pie? Please tell me in the comments.<br />
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Hello all,<br />
Today I have a recipe of a delicious, citrusy blueberry cake for you! But before that I need to tell you about my inspiration behind this bake.<br />
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Two weeks ago was my birthday. I turned 28 years old, which I'm very happy about, because finally I left 27 behind me. The number 27 is really difficult to pronounce in Swedish - tjugosju. I'm so relieved I don't have to say I'm tjugosju years old anymore!<br />
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For my birthday, my dear friend Christiane (IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/aliceinthewoodssomewhere/">@aliceinthewoodssomewhere</a>) sent me a package filled with wonderful things, among them a beautiful Ravenclaw-styled apron that she had made herself!! I fell in love with everything in my birthday package, but I'm a real sucker for handmade things. I imagine that I can feel the love it was made with. This apron, in true Ravenclaw colours brightened my life with it's bold blue colour. And with that I figured I need to bake something with blueberry in it. So after a little bit of experimenting, I present to you a blueberry bundt cake.<br />
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Blueberry bundt cake with lemon icing</h2>
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INGREDIENTS<br />
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<li>200 g butter, room temperature</li>
<li>2 dl sugar</li>
<li>4 eggs</li>
<li>4 dl flour</li>
<li>2 tablespoons baking powder</li>
<li>2 teaspoons lemon zest (I used all the zest I got from 1 lemon)</li>
<li>2 tablespoons lemon juice</li>
<li>1 dl milk, room temperature</li>
<li>250 g blueberries</li>
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<li>2 tablespoons lemon juice</li>
<li>3 dl powdered sugar </li>
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DIRECTIONS<br />Preheat your oven to 175°C. Prepare the bundt tin by buttering it, and then add flour to it so that the cake won't stick to the tin.<br /><br />Beat the butter and sugar until slightly fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time.<br />Mix the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, lemon zest) together in a separate bowl.<br />Mix the milk and lemon juice in another bowl.<br />Alternate between adding the dry ingredients, then the wet, to the butter-and-sugar-mix. Start and end with the dry ingredients. Mix in the blueberries lastly. If you use frozen blueberries, like I did, they might become a bit wet, and might sink to the bottom of the batter (this happened to me). To avoid that, roll the blueberries in a bit of flour, and then add them to the batter.<br />
Bake for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out dry.<br />
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For the icing, mix the lemon juice with the powdered sugar until it becomes thick, but pipeable. Drizzle or pipe the icing onto the cake after it's cooled.<br />
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I hope you enjoy this recipe. It was a lot of fun to make it and then bake it, and finally eat it!<br />
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Hello everyone,<br />
It's been a while since I blogged and more than a year since my last Etsy Love post. I'll remind you of what it is - my Etsy Love posts are posts where I introduce you to some of my favourite shops and creators that can be found on Etsy.<br />
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I want to introduce to you the incredibly creative illustrator, photographer, artist, seamstress, crafter and shop owner <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/olgavaleska">Olga Valeska</a>. Her style is influenced by traditional folk art and it has an air of whimsy to it - I absolutely adore everything about her and her shop. You can find Olga's stunning instagram account <a href="https://www.instagram.com/olga_valeska/">@olga_valeska</a>, and her beautiful website <a href="https://olgavaleska.blogspot.com/">here</a>. Her <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/olgavaleska">Etsy shop</a> has fantastic items, such as fine art prints, post cards, notebooks, home decor and hand made items of clothing, like the dress that I am wearing.<br />
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I saw this dress on instagram, and immediately thought I had to have it. I was lucky enough to find out it hadn't sold yet. The size of it was just right, on the milimetre, for me. So I instantly bought it.<br />
When the package arrived it was like Christmas! Olga had packed it beautifully with love and an incredible eye for details. She had added a number of gifts for me in the package, such as a beautiful wooden hanging decoration and a mini wreath, as well as some postcards that are so beautiful that I want to frame them. Finally getting to the dress - I squealed with joy upon seeing it. It is just as folksy and whimsical as I wanted it to be. The dress is beautifully made with wonderful wooden buttons down the back, and the hand-embroidery is delicate, precise and oh-so-lovely! It is a comfortable and stunning dress that made me feel like a snow fairy in it. I adore it!<br />
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Olga is currently working on more items of clothing and I for one am excited about that!<br />
She also has a sale in her shop right now! So please check it out - <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/olgavaleska">HERE</a>.<br />
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Dress: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/olgavaleska">Olga Valeska's shop </a>(one of a kind)</div>
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Hood: Magic Doll (shop is now closed)<br />Knee socks: Primark<br />Boots: Ecco</div>
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MonaCurls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-62213376254838987612019-01-30T19:43:00.002+01:002019-01-30T19:43:55.165+01:00#IAMxTHELIGHTThe gorgeous inspiration and youtuber <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/frogirlginny">Nia the Light</a> (IG: @<a href="https://www.instagram.com/niathelight/">niathelight</a>) created this beautiful challenge where you're supposed to list the things you are and own it!<br />
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For a sufferer of depression like myself it's not always easy to express self-appreciation or self-love. This past week has been a really difficult one for me. I've had a really rough time with my OCD and I have been very low. Things have been dark and dreary, hazy and grey. So this challenge was just what I needed. I very rarely compliment myself, and I very rarely have positive thoughts about myself. However, because of this challenge I wrote a list of all the things I think I am. Then I crossed over the negative words. In the video below I decided to omit the negatives and only say the positives and neutrals. It felt surprisingly good to make a video only saying nice things about myself.<br />
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So I want to pass on this challenge... If you do it, please let me know.<br />
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And thank you Nia for this incredibly difficult and eye-opening challenge.<br />
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Mona<br />
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Hello all you lovely people,<br />
I am here with a new blog post about my first ever cosplay! Yay!!<br />
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For years I have been interested in cosplaying. It seems like loads of fun and I've always wanted to try it, but I've been hesitant... For many reasons. One, being that I can't sew. Well... I suppose that's not true anymore, because I did sew! I made a whole dress, from my own pattern and with a tricky fabric, and all the obstacles could still not stop me! I actually made my own dress! I can barely believe it myself.<br />
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The second reason why I've previously hesitated to cosplay was that I just never found the right character. I didn't know who to cosplay. As a woman of colour I have always wanted to cosplay a character of colour too. I wanted a character that was a woman of colour, because it is important to me that we are seen! As the massive Potterhead that I am, I've always wanted to cosplay a Harry Potter character, but there hasn't been many options (pre Black-Hermione), and the options I had I didn't quite like. Enter Fantastic Beasts! Suddenly there are many more POC in the Potterverse, and they are interesting characters!<br />
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Leta Lestrange interested me from the get-go. Her relationship with Newt is something I'm very curious about and her character seems to be a complex one (which always sparks my interest). When I saw the costume that Zoë Kravitz wears as Leta Lestrange in the second installment of the Fantastic Beasts series; The Crimes of Grindelwald, I knew I had found my character to cosplay!<br />
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With the seven photos of the costume that has been released so far I embarked on my journey of sewing myself Leta Lestrange's burgundy dress. It's a very fun design, there's a theme of triangles on this dress. The sleeves have triangular pieces and there's a cape that is attached in a triangle in the back. The dress is however softened by the circular patterns on the skirt and the elegant cape that drapes the back of the dress.<br />
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It took me a little more than a week and a half to finish the dress. I won't lie - parts of it was tricky, but it was so much fun, and I really think that sewing can become a pastime of mine. My sister and I defied the cold weather to take some photos at one of the oldest buildings in my town. It was built in the 1920's and currently holds a school. It really has a gorgeous architecture that fits nicely with the era of The Crimes of Grindelwald.<br />
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Do you cosplay? If yes, what made you start? And how do you choose which character to cosplay? I had endless fun putting this together, and I do believe I can call myself a cosplayer now. A Potterverse cosplayer, at that! As of today, it is three days left until I see The Crimes of Grindelwald (*excited*), I'm seeing it on the 13th of November and I can't wait! Are you seeing it? When, and how excited are you? And what are your hypotheses on the new characters?<br />
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So the dress is made by me, but the wig is from Amazon, and the wand is Leta Lestrange's wand from Noble Collection. The book I'm holding in some of the photos is actually a stationery set made by MinaLima, that I got at the WB Harry Potter studio tour. All the photos are taken by my lovely sister, and edited by her and me.<br />
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Hello all,<br />
Hope you are well. Today I thought I'd tell you about my amazing experience getting my magical portrait shot by the fantastic photographer Xavier Boldú (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/xavierboldu/">@xavierboldu</a>). In September my sister and I flew to London, for the sole purpose of the portrait. We did do other things in London as well, we made it into a whole trip, but the main reason for going was the portrait.<br />
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Now if you're a Potterhead and don't know about Xavier then you are definitely missing out. Xavier is a freelance photographer based in London, and is currently working on a series of magical Wizarding Portraits. I contacted Xavier after seeing his amazing portraits on instagram, to see if we could work something out, he was the sweetest and I managed to purchase a commission, and with that the excitement started.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">In the process of shooting.<br />Photo: My sister.</span></div>
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Xavier and I planned the portrait together. What is so brilliant about Xavier's portraits is that he finds something about the person in the portraits to include, a characteristic, or a hobby to display. For example for my portrait we decided to go with a potions theme, and portray me as a potions master, because I'm in the laboratory a lot in my work as a cancer researcher. For other portraits he's had bakers and tailors, collectors and merchants.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">"The wand chooses the wizard, Harry".<br />Photo: My sister.</span></div>
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The day of the portrait my sister and I went over to Xavier's flat to take the photo. We were met by Xavier and his assistant photographer Harry (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/focusframe_/">@focusframe_</a>), a whole lot of props, including a beautiful wand made especially for me by <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BrownandLobban">Brown and Lobban</a> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/brownandlobban/">@brownandlobban</a>), and the fantastic velvet costume that I would wear for the portrait. Xavier and Harry had earlier on found the gorgeous costume from <a href="https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/costume-and-props-hire">National Theatre's Costume Hire</a> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/nationaltheatrecostumehire/">@nationaltheatrecostumehire</a>).<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Admiring my wand from Brown and Lobban.<br />Photo: My sister.</span></div>
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Xavier continued to style every prop in minuscule detail for ultimate perfection. And then the magic of Xavier's work started. I had the best time ever with the boys and my sister. We had loads of fun while getting the portrait up to the standards where Xavier was happy with it, and the results really speak for itself.<br />
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The whole experience was one of the best of my life, it was so much fun and magical, and I feel like I made great friends in Xavier and Harry. We had tons of fun, I'm extremely happy with the portrait and will cherish it forever.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Wizarding Portraits series is still in the making, so I'm leaving all of Xavier's information down here in case anyone, like me, feel the need to contact him for a portrait. I'll say this much: It was some of the most fun I've ever had, Xavier and Harry are super sweet and the portrait is magical beyond belief. It is also possible to support Xavier's work by becoming his patron on Patreon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.xavierboldu.com/">Xavier Boldú Website</a><br /><a href="https://www.patreon.com/xavierboldu/">Xavier Boldú Patreon</a></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/xavierbolduphotography/"><span style="font-size: small;">Xavier Boldú Facebook </span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Until next time.<br />Much love,</span></div>
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Curls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-13007877985158206212018-10-14T21:59:00.000+02:002018-10-14T21:59:41.782+02:00Autumn Allure<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi all,<br />
I've been longing to write a bit so here comes a blog post.<br />
In the latest post I wrote about what had happened in 2017 and the beginning of 2018, and since then really nothing has changed. I'm still waiting for therapy, I'm still on sick leave, I'm still not doing any research, and I still feel a bit hopeless. It's difficult to keep up the hope when you still have 6 months to go until you get any proper professional help.<br />
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The physicians, that only contact me by telephone, keep changing my medicine because I'm still not doing well, but in reality they know, just like me, that the best treatment for depression and OCD is CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy). The problem is that there aren't enough resources for mental illness. There is so much more funding for research of physical illnesses than there is for mental illnesses. I, myself, work with cancer research, but even I think that more money needs to be put into mental health/illness research rather than physical illnesses. I'm not saying that physical illnesses are unimportant, but if we keep saying that mental health is as important as physical health, but then do nothing to validate this saying the stigma attached to mental health issues will never ever come to an end.<br />
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Luckily I have the support of family and friends, and I'm dancing a lot to try and help me get out. I've also noticed that going into woods is very soothing. Anyone that knows me at all, knows that I am not an outdoorsy type of person not in the slightest. I much prefer to sit in my armchair at home with a nice book or a cuppa. However, autumn has a unique allure that draws me out into the woods.<br />
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Just a week ago my sister and I went out and photographed a bit. I was wearing my <a href="https://www.sondeflor.com/">Son de Flor</a> dress that in itself has an allure that can't quite be described. This dress makes me want to twirl to the end of the world and back. It a magical dress from an equally magical brand.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Dress: <a href="https://www.sondeflor.com/">Son de Flor</a> (<a href="https://www.sondeflor.com/collections/dresses/products/classic-dress-long-sleeves-iris-blue?variant=6027696308253">here</a>)<br />Cardigan: <a href="http://www.lindex.com/">Lindex</a> (old)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Scarf: Through <a href="https://www.lootcrate.com/">LootCrate</a>'s Wizarding World Subscription Box (<a href="https://www.lootcrate.com/crates/wizarding-world">here</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Boots: A sporty shop in London that I can't remember the name of</span></div>
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Which season has an allure to you? For me, it is always autumn. The colours of the trees, the crunching of the leaves under your lace up boots. The cold sharp air and the pale sun, all have a special place in my heart.<br />
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I hope you are all enjoying the season. Much love,<br />
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Hello everyone,<br />
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Last week I posted a mini blog post with a fun little video that I had made, but I thought I’d write a proper post today. Not regarding the previous post as a “real” blog post the latest post was in the end of July of 2017. So, what has happened since?<br />
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Well, to be honest, a lot has happened, the most noticeable would be that my hair is now lighter and shorter. In the post back in 2017 I wrote that I am having a hard time fitting blogging into my life, and I wrote I didn’t know if it was a lack of time, inspiration or content, and now in hindsight I can say that it was all three with the addition of a deteriorating mental health. At the end of last summer my depression was creeping back, and I was frustrated that it was back. It got quite dark and I once again questioned my being alive, as I often do when the depression is back. I had ended all my medication, but had to see a doctor to get help, because I was very quickly slipping into a very very dark place. I was once again started on new medicine. I did not get better and that took it’s toll on my relationship with my then-boyfriend. I spent the better time of the autumn getting on and off different medication and basically crying. Feeling like life was, once again, really tough. I was lucky to have the support of beautiful friends, and the undying love from my family (that I could not live without). I also started seeing a therapist, which is expensive but was very much worth it at that time. In December I broke up with my then-boyfriend, and post-Christmas things started getting a little better. I got a medicine that worked a little bit better and things weren’t black as night, but more of a grey.<br />
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For most of the spring I don’t feel like I quite did anything at all. I was very busy though. My dearest sister got her PhD degree and spring sprung like springs do. I busied myself with dancing. Dance has been one of my life’s saviours. When I dance I am so focused that I am completely in the moment. There is no time to worry about the future or thresh in the past, it is only then and there. It is only now. I feel like I am completely in the moment and completely gone, all at the same time. It is nothing quite like it and I love it. Dance is a great therapy for me.<br />
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In march I found out that it will take one year before I will be able to see a psychiatrist. I am currently in the queue, waiting for that. And in the meantime I feel like my life is on hold. I write a lot, about how I feel and updates on Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/curlsncakes/">@curlsncake</a>). I wrote a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BmErWpQl6oU/?taken-by=curlsncakes">post</a> on Instagram about my current feelings only a couple of days ago. Like I already mentioned, I feel like my life is in a pause. I’m not well enough to do my research, and am on sick leave from that. The research itself is bad for my health as it is a very highly demanding job and it gives me anxiety. I doubt my abilities and I feel like I will never be good or smart enough to manage my research, so I worry. I worry about who I am, if I am not a scientist. I worry about what my future holds, if anything at all. And I worry about my worth. I feel worthless and stupid. My depression however is better. I have bad days, but most are okay. Not good, but manageable. It’s just that my anxiety is so high and I feel like there isn’t one thing that I’m not worried about. I feel very unsure about everything…<br />
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I try to be creative though, with baking and makeup. Coordinating outfits and dancing when I can. I feel very tired very often, and most often than not I need breaks to be able to finish something, because my energy is low. I meet up with kind and good friends that give me joy, and I hang a lot on Instagram. I’ve noticed that being creative helps. It gives something to the soul that truly nothing else can give you. And that, my friends, is why this blog is back in business. I think I need this blog now more than ever. If you are reading this, then I am so happy that also you are back here. Thank You!<br />
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Finally, on to this outfit. I adore these dungarees from <a href="https://lucyandyak.com/">Lucy & Yak</a>. I saw these dungarees in lilac on Instagram worn by none other than the gorgeous <a href="https://www.instagram.com/magnus_clothing_co/">Magnus</a>, and she suggested I get a red pair. As the faithful follower I am, I got a red pair, and I am in LOVE! These dungarees are the comfiest thing I’ve ever worn, and it’s super duper cute too. I just love them so much. I wore it with a t-shirt from <a href="https://www.monki.com/">Monki</a> and I was good to go. My sister and I shot these photos and I had so much fun. These dungarees make me sillier than what I am, and I just felt like a happy, playful child in them!<br />
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T-shirt: <a href="https://www.monki.com/">Monki</a> (<a href="https://www.monki.com/en_sek/clothing/tops/product.cropped-tee-red.0562509065.html">here</a>)</div>
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Dungarees: <a href="https://lucyandyak.com/">Lucy and Yak</a> (<a href="https://lucyandyak.com/collections/dungarees/products/organic-originals-red">here</a>)</div>
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Shoes: <a href="https://global.ecco.com/">Ecco</a> (old)</div>
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Once again, I want to thank you so much for reading this. You really are wonderful people made of diamonds and pure gold, and I think you are all wonderful.<br />
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MonaCurls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-1129035996522482152018-07-31T20:08:00.002+02:002018-07-31T20:09:23.433+02:00A Summer DayHello anyone that might still see this,<br />
I have been gone from this blog for so long now, I can't imagine anyone seeing this...<br />
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I just wanted to say that I hope that you are all well and let you know that I've made a little video:<br />
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It's just a warm summer's day...</div>
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Hope you all like it and I'm very happy to be back!</div>
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Much love,</div>
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Curls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-7017446420338314722017-07-27T18:16:00.000+02:002017-07-27T18:17:51.795+02:00Maple and Oak Designs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello all,<br />
Once again I disappeared. I'm having a very hard time fitting my blogging into my life somehow. Whether for lack of time, inspiration or content. However today I'm back with a post (as you very clearly can see), and it's half-outfit post, half-introduction (to a company).<br />
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Without further ado, I want to introduce you to <a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/">Maple and Oak Designs</a>.<br />
Leonie, the creator, owner and designer of <a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/">Maple and Oak</a>, and I have been Instagram friends for some time, and I have secretly admired her company of fun and unique accessories. So when Leonie contacted me about a collaboration I was very happy indeed.<br />
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Leonie kindly sent me one of her rockabilly headbands from her shop, and I love everything about it. First off, red is probably my favourite colour to wear. And secondly, and more importantly, polka dots! Polka dots people! I do love me some polka dots.<br />
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This headband instantly lifts any outfit with it's vintage inspired design. It's so cute, and effortlessly so. Gosh it's adorable!<br />
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<a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/">Maple and Oak</a>'s accessories are hand made from vintage, reclaimed and retro fabrics, to reduce the strain on the planet, and it came from all the way over in Canada.<br />
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In August <a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/">Maple and Oak</a> will relaunch their website and shop. You can check it all out <a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/">here</a>.<br />
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Also, check out their Facebook page (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MapleAndOakDesigns">here</a>) and Instagram (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mapleandoak/">@mapleandoak</a>). I will let you in on a little secret too. If you follow <a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/">Maple and Oak</a>, there might *wink* be a coupon code coming in time with the relaunch of the website.<br />
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They ship internationally (yay) and have a whole myriad of wonderfully funky, quirky accessories. I've personally got my eyes on the hood scarves and felted ponchos (as well as the rest of their rockabilly headbands).<br />
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Headband: <a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/">Maple and Oak Designs</a> (<a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/product/rockabilly-headband-red-with-white-polka-dots/">here</a>)</div>
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Blouse: <a href="http://misspatina.com/">Miss Patina</a> (old)</div>
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Dress: Closet via <a href="https://www.modcloth.com/">ModCloth</a> (old)</div>
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I love when you can feel the heart that goes into a creation, and with Leonie's <a href="http://www.mapleandoakdesigns.com/">Maple and Oak</a> the love, hard work and fun is tangible.<br />
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It is time for a new recipe! Yay!<br />
This is my go-to cheesecake. I baked it for my boyfriends family when they were over to my place for the first time, and it was a success. I've made it many times before, so I knew that it would be good.<br />
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This cheesecake is creamy, chocolatey and delicious. One of the things I love about it is that you can decorate it however you want. You can add berries or fruits during the summer season, or sprinkles when berries are scarce.<br />
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I added berries, some whipped cream and biscuit crumbs for decoration, and I think it looks rather nice.<br />
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Chocolate Cheesecake</h2>
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<li>Digestives, crushed - 200 grams</li>
<li>Cocoa powder - 2 tablespoons</li>
<li>Butter, melted - 100 grams</li>
<li>Cream cheese - 900 grams</li>
<li>Sugar - 150 grams </li>
<li>Eggs - 4 </li>
<li>Dark chocolate, melted - 200 grams</li>
<li>Vanilla powder - 1-2 teaspoons </li>
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Preheat the oven to 150°C.<br />
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For the base: Crush the digestives into fine crumbs (I use a food processor) and mix with the cocoa powder. Pour the melted butter over the crumbs and mix until all crumbs are moist. Prepare a 24 cm springform cake tin by greasing the sides and lining the base with parchment paper. Press the moist crumbs into the base of the cake tin, flatten with hand or spoon, and then put into fridge.<br />
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For the cheesecake filling: Melt the chocolate (I use a double boiler), and allow to cool a little. Mix the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with a handmixer until smooth and thick. Add one egg at a time and mix in. Do not over mix! Now spoon a little of the cream cheese mixture into the melted chocolate. This will even out the temperatures. Continue in this way until half of the cream cheese mixture is mixed with the chocolate. Then mix it all in.<br />
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Pour the filling onto the base. Place the cake tin in a larger baking tin and fill the outer tin with water. Bake in this waterbath for about 50 minutes. The times varies, and depends on your oven. The cake should be wobbly in the middle. Once you've removed the cake from the oven allow it to cool before placing it in the fridge, preferably overnight.<br />
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Dress: <a href="https://joanieclothing.com/">Joanie Clothing</a> (<a href="https://joanieclothing.com/product/audrina-lace-dress/">here</a>)</div>
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Hope you all liked this recipe, it really is worth making as it is so delicious. I'm sitting here drooling a bit just as I'm writing everything down.<br />
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just about getting a bit warmer. Last week it snowed basically every day, but
finally the sun is out and you only need a regular spring jacket.</span></div>
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write this post and let you all know about a brand that I only recently
discovered (not sponsored though). I might have been late to the party (it's
amazing that I even arrived at the party at all), as it seems to be a pretty
popular brand on instagram.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SV;">The brand is
called Joanie Clothing and wow!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SV;">I want
everything they make. They have vintage and retro inspired clothes that have a
south European feel to it, with French-inspired tops and this lovely dress that
I'm wearing with a Portuguese Galo de Barcelos print. About this dress, I adore
the warm summery colour and the detailed print. The little bow is like icing on
a cake. It has become my favourite dress and I got plenty of compliments when
wearing it this weekend.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SV;">Had you
heard of Joanie?</span></div>
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<img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUO7I2d0xSwCVTyQxS3ENGz447l2FYUgIOJlhsas9jqQTL6JpguhrCLAM_PIre4VBvqPPlSBQyVsuT-0-dJ3bim4l6VkmLSxP67vMAzGO6UtxYtng-TH3t2rt3Xkx2asoXS2IrGcBAcG50/s640/DSC03839_fix1.jpg" width="426" /><br />Dress: <a href="https://joanieclothing.com/">Joanie Clothing</a> (<a href="https://joanieclothing.com/product/valentina-portuguese-border-print-cotton-dress/">here</a>)<br />Lipstick: <a href="https://besamecosmetics.com/">Besame Cosmetics</a> (<a href="https://besamecosmetics.com/collections/lipstick/products/besame-red">here</a>)<br />Necklace: Edblad</div>
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all a happy rest of the week. Take care.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: SV;">Much love,</span></div>
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</xml><![endif]-->Curls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-47924833224089827082017-04-17T16:17:00.001+02:002017-04-17T16:21:17.842+02:00I did another coverHello all,<br />
<br />
I hope you have had a most awesome Easter holiday.<br />
<br />
I just wanted to share that I have done another cover that is now live on<br />
my youtube channel. It's from the musical Amélie, based on my favourite<br />
movie of all time.<br />
<br />
<br />
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<br />
I just cut my fringe into the Amélie-fringe and thought what better time to do a mini-cover from the musical that I wish I will one day be able to see.<br />
Hope you enjoy it!<br />
<br />
Much love,<br />
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Hello all,<br />
and Happy Easter!<br />
<br />
It's been almost two months since my last post, and while I feel a bit bad for not having posted anything in this time I've honestly never felt better... Those of you who follow me on Instagram will know that I feel great health-wise. As I said in a post on IG, usually me not being active on here would mean that I'm not doing too good. Previously it has been during my rough times with bouts of strong depression or anxiety where I've not been around here. But I am very happy to say that my health hasn't been this good for years. I can barely remember the last time I was doing so well mentally, and I am also really happy to boot. I am however quite busy, with work and other things... Good things.<br />
<br />
Again, if you've seen my IG lately you will know that I now have a boyfriend, and he is making me so happy it's ridiculous. I've never been the type of person to leave my happiness to someone else. I believe that you need to make yourself happy, and to be honest, I never understood what the big deal about a romantic relationship was. I still hold on to the fact that your happiness lies within you, but I'm definitely understanding the big whoop about a partner. It's like icing on a cake, it heightens my happiness, makes everything that much sweeter.<br />
<br />
Anyway, so that's what's been going on in my life, work and boyfriend are keeping me busy, and blogging has taken a backseat. For Easter I had to bake though, so without further ado, here is my Easter bake.<br />
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As by tradition, I made cupcakes for Easter, with chocolate eggs from Lindt and they were delicious. Also, my sprinkles are from <a href="https://sweetapolitashop.com/">Sweetapolita</a>.<br />
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I hope you all have a fantastic Easter with a bit of spring (in my city it's snowing...).<br />
Much love,<br />
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Hello all you lovely people,<br />
I hope you are doing well. Today is my birthday, I turn 26, and I am weirdly okay with it.<br />
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I had an excellent birthday together with my lovely family. I received great gifts (among them Harry Potter related ones), and we saw Moana (which was so beautiful, and I wish Lin-Manuel Miranda will get the Oscar so badly)!<br />
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If you follow me on instagram you will have seen the amazing cake that my family got for me. It was fancy, and gorgeous. It was inspired by the Swedish Princesstårta in flavours, but made to look a bit more haute. It had an almond base and was filled with raspberries and topped off with a vanilla bavarois.<br />
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You would think that that cake would be enough, but no. Being who I am, I also needed to bake a birthday cake of my own, and while mine was much simpler, it was still delicious.<br />
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I made a lemon and vanilla layered cake with whipped cream frosting and a filling of lemon curd. It was one of the easier cakes I've ever done, so I thought I'd share the recipe with you.<br />
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Lemon and Vanilla Birthday Cake</h2>
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INGREDIENTS<br />
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<li>345 grams flour</li>
<li>1 tablespoon baking powder</li>
<li>225 grams butter, at room temperature</li>
<li>300 grams sugar</li>
<li>4 eggs</li>
<li>1 teaspoon vanilla powder</li>
<li>250 ml milk</li>
<li>300 ml whipping cream</li>
<li>300 ml lemon curd</li>
<li>Yellow food colouring (optional)</li>
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DIRECTIONS<br />
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Preheat the oven to 175°C. Prepare two 20 cm round pans with parchment paper at the bottom.<br />
In one bowl, sift the flour and baking powder together. In another bowl beat the butter until a bit fluffier. Then add the sugar and beat for several minutes until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, and add the vanilla. Add a third of the sifted flour and baking powder to the egg mixture, then add half of the milk. Continue to add the second third of the flour and finish off by adding the last half of the milk, followed by the last third of the flour.<br />
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Spread the batter into the two prepared pans, I like to weigh them so that they become equal in size. And then bake for about 30-35 minutes depending on your oven. A toothpick inserted in the centre should come out clean.<br />
Let the cakes cool completely before you proceed.<br />
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Place one of the cakes upside down on your serving plate. Spread 250 ml of lemon curd on the cake. Then place the other cake (also upside down) on top of the spread lemon curd.<br />
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Whip the rest of the lemon curd together with the whipping cream until stiff peaks, adding a few drops of food colouring if wanted. Proceed to spread the lemon whipping cream frosting around and on top of the layered cake. Save a bit of the frosting to pipe a border around the cake and add sprinkles if wanted. My sprinkles are from Sweetapolita.<br />
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There you have it! Simple as that.<br />
It became a very moist and fresh tasting cake. I liked it, especially considering it was done in a flash.<br />
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Have a fantastic week!<br />
Much love,<br />
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Curls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-91474374358992274682017-02-14T22:59:00.000+01:002017-02-14T22:59:27.682+01:00Vday cleaning<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello all you lovely people,<br />
Happy Valentine's Day!!<br />
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I hope you all have a fantastic day, filled with love and chocolate (which is basically love, so love and love).<br />
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I have personally spent Vday loving myself - which is also important, and should not be forgotten. And then of course loving my family and friends. I also wanted to extend that love to you, by sharing a recipe with you!<br />
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These little pink rolls are called Dammsugare in Sweden, which means Vacuum cleaner. Why? I don't know. I've always thought it's because they're shaped like the vacuumy part of a vacuum cleaner. But for now it will remain a mystery.<br />
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Anyway, you take crumbs from biscuits or cakes and mix it together with a few other ingredients to get a sort of dough, then you roll out the dough to thin logs which you then wrap into marzipan (usually green, but I made a Valentine's-y pink instead).<br />
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The most important ingredient is arrack or punsch, these little things are also called Arrack-rolls or Punsch-rolls. I personally don't use alcohol when baking so instead I used arrack aroma. It does have a distinct taste/scent, but I like it very much. However, fair warning, not everybody likes it.<br />
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Without further ado, the recipe...<br />
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Vacuum cleaners</h2>
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INGREDIENTS<br />
<ul>
<li>Crumbs from cake or biscuits, I used 8 digestives</li>
<li>2 tablespoons cocoa powder</li>
<li>1 teaspoon vanilla sugar</li>
<li>30 grams almond paste</li>
<li>1 decilitre oatmeal </li>
<li>2 tablespoons brown sugar</li>
<li>85 grams butter, room temperature</li>
<li>0,5tsk Arrack aroma or actual arrack or punsch</li>
<li>400 grams marizpan</li>
<li>Food colouring (optional)</li>
<li>150 grams dark chocolate</li>
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DIRECTIONS<br />
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Crush the digestives into crumbs, mix together with the cocoa powder, vanilla sugar, almond paste, oatmeal and brown sugar. Then add the butter (at room temperature) and make into a dough. Lastly add the arrack aroma. Form dough into thin logs, about 1.5 fingers thick. And place in fridge.<br />
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If colouring marzipan do so now, and then roll out the marzipan to a rectangle. Take the dough logs out of the fridge and place onto the marzipan. Wrap the marzipan around the logs and cut away the excess. Cut the logs into smaller pieces. Melt the chocolate and dip both ends of a roll into the chocolate.<br />
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Hello all you lovely people,<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/02/nutella-cupcakes.html">Last year</a> on a day just like this, I claimed that it was no ordinary day. And I'm here to say that is the case this year as well!<br />
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It's <a href="http://www.nutelladay.com/?geo=global">World Nutella Day</a>!!<br />
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*confetti and balloons*<br />
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I've also mentioned before how February is a yummy month, because it's got the Nutella day, Valentine's Day (obviously you eat something sweet on Vday) and <a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/02/fat-tuesday.html">Fat Tuesday</a> where we eat <a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/02/fat-tuesday.html">Semla</a> in Sweden.<br />
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This year I decided to combine two yummies in one!<br />
I present to you -- the Nutella Semla!<br />
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It is basically a Semla-bun filled with Nutella instead of almond paste and dusted with cocoa powder instead of powdered sugar.<br />
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For the Semla-bun check out my recipe from last year <a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/02/fat-tuesday.html">here</a> from the post <a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/02/fat-tuesday.html">Fat Tuesday</a>.<br />
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The Nutella Semla</h2>
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INGREDIENTS<br />
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<li>Everything needed for the Semla-buns minus the almondpaste and powdered sugar</li>
<li>1 jar of Nutella</li>
<li>Cocoa powder</li>
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We'll start from where the buns are out of the oven and cooled.</div>
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Cut off the top of each bun. I use scissors and cut out a triangular shape. Leave the lid for later use. Empty the middle of the buns, creating little wells. Spoon in as much Nutella as you can fit inside of the wells.</div>
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Whip the whipping cream with vanilla sugar until soft peaks and pipe it onto the filled buns using a star tip (I use Wilton 1M). Add the lid on top of the piped cream, very gently pushing down a little. Dust the lids with cocoa powder.</div>
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I hope you all have a fantastic Nutella day!<br />
Please let me know if you make these yummy little pastries!<br />
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Hello you,<br />
Hope you are all doing great and that you're keeping warm or cool depending on where you live.<br />
Where I live in northern Sweden it is cold (not very, but enough to not be able to photograph outdoors), and I'm keeping warm with blankets and hot cups of tea.<br />
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When I was a kid I loved rocks, stones and crystals of all kinds. I used to collect some and at times I would get them all out and arrange them in order of colour, just look at them and be joyful. The little things really make me happy, and I was like that as a child too. The littlest thing could amuse and preoccupy me.<br />
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Top: <a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/">Book of Deer</a> (<a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/collections/all/products/celestite-top">here</a>)</div>
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Jeans: <a href="http://www.forever21.com/eu/default.aspx?lang=en-US">Forever 21</a> (old)</div>
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Lipstick: <a href="https://besamecosmetics.com/">Bésame Cosmetics</a> (<a href="https://besamecosmetics.com/collections/lipstick/products/noir-red-lipstick">here</a>)</div>
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This lovely top from <a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/">Book of Deer</a> with a crystal print reminded me of my box of rocks, and I went searching for them in my old stuff, and to my surprise, my box was still there, with crystals and stones of different shapes, sizes and colours - all living in harmony. It made me happy.<br />
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This unique and dreamy top also makes me think of the 70's, and I imagined that it would be what I would wear on the cover of my soul-rock record. Arms outstretched above me, my curly mane billowing behind me, a cross between Freddie Mercury and Erykah Badu. Well, I sure wish anyway...<br />
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I think I'm going to go arrange my rocks now.<br />
I hope you all have a fantastic week, take care of yourselves.<br />
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<br />Curls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-27418723904223295562017-01-11T21:53:00.000+01:002017-01-11T21:53:15.071+01:00Faves of 2016Hello all,<br />
I hope you are doing well, and I hope that 2017 has started off in a brilliant way for you!<br />
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I have a hormonal disease known as Hashimoto's thyroiditis that leaves me feeling really crap at times, and this last week has unfortunately been like that. I'm thinking about writing a post only about that at some point, but for now, I just wanted to let you know that I'm not doing so well, so new content will have to wait.<br />
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But I have been seeing that a lot of bloggers make a little summary post about their favourite outfits of the past year in January, so I'm doing that! Here are my 10 favourite outfit posts (+ 1 baking post, and 2 extra photos) of 2016.<br />
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The past year started really well for me, and I posted quite a few outfit posts. My favourite of January would have to be this one:<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/01/magical-year.html">Magical year</a></div>
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I wore a beautiful velvet dress from <a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/">Book of Deer</a> that I just adore, with an icy grey bow with embroidered bears, and a rose gold zipper. Ugh it's to die for.<br />
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In February I had my 25th birthday and my favourite post from that month is the post with my birthday cake:<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/02/a-quarter-of-century.html">A Quarter of a Century</a></div>
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However, my favourite outfit post of the month was this one:<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/02/are-you-still-here.html">Are you still here?</a></div>
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Once again I wore <a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/">Book of Deer</a> (wouldn't be the last time), this time the perfect winter's dress. And I topped it all off with specs!<br />
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In March you'd think that Spring would make an appearance but it didn't (not in northern Sweden anyway), so I continued to photograph my outfits indoors. My favourite was yet another <a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/">Book of Deer</a> dress:<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/03/flora-and-fauna.html">Flora and Fauna</a></div>
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This dress is stunning and with it's embroidered magpies it is a really unique and quirky dress. I added saddle shoes to complete the look.<br />
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April came and I wore berets a lot. This is my favourite outfit from April:<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/04/silly-nilly.html">Silly nilly</a></div>
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I wore a Dear Creatures dress, and have since then heard that there is no more Dear Creatures, which makes me sad. But I'm glad I've got this lovely dress to remember them by. The red accents really made this outfit.<br />
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May was perhaps the best month yet - I had my 1 year blogiversary, and celebrated by hosting a giveaway together with <a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/">Book of Deer</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/05/1-year-blogiversary-giveaway-win-your.html">1 year Blogiversary - Giveaway: Win your favourite Book of Deer dress</a></div>
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I wore a stunning summer dress from <a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/">BoD</a> with the cutest pattern, and headed outdoors to snap the photos (finally some sun and warmth).<br />
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My favourite outfit from June is this one:<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/06/vintage-joy.html">Vintage Joy</a></div>
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I wore my first ever vintage dress, and I loved it!<br />
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July came by and I wore <a href="https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/WindramDesign">Windram Design</a>:<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/07/summer-florals.html">Summer florals</a></div>
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This dress and the petticoat I wore it with made me feel and look like a cupcake. It was fantastic!<br />
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In August the country is at its greenest and everything is beautiful.<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/08/country-life.html">Country life</a></div>
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I wore an old <a href="http://misspatina.com/">Miss Patina</a> dress, with a hat from <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/">ModCloth</a> as I went poké-hunting.<br />
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September was an exciting month for me!<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/09/zebrawood-champagne.html">Zebrawood & Champagne </a></div>
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I went on my holidays to London, I saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, as well as some other awesome plays and musicals. I met with Andini from <a href="http://www.adventuresofananglophile.com/">Adventures of an Anglophile</a>, and Nora from <a href="http://www.norafinds.com/">NoraFinds</a>, as well as meeting <a href="https://www.bookofdeer.com/">BoD</a> creator Eilidh. Best month ever!!!<br />
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The gorgeous and beautiful Andini and I, on the Millennium Bridge (the Harry Potter bridge). Look at her awesome outfit!! That hat!</div>
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The ever-stunning Nora looking ridiculously classy, the ethereal beauty Eilidh dressed in an own design, gorgeous as ever, and I.</div>
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In October and November I was very lousy at blogging, and I didn't get one outfit post worth mentioning posted. But in December, at the very end of 2016, I went out with a bang, and an awesome outfit (if I may say so myself).<br />
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<a href="http://curlsncakes.blogspot.se/2016/12/new-year-good-bye-2016.html">New Year, Good bye 2016</a></div>
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I discovered the brand <a href="https://www.tatyana.com/">Tatyana</a>, and wore this incredible skirt for New Year's Eve.<br />
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And that was my year in outfits!<br />
Hope you enjoyed this post, I personally loved looking back at the year in style.<br />
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Much love,<br />
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Once again it is New Year’s Eve!<br />
I hope you all have a very Happy New Year and I wish you all the best!<br />
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Last year I summarised the year that had passed in a blog post, and I thought I’d do the same thing this year. But before that let me just mention my outfit of tonight!<br />
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I am wearing this skirt that is ridiculously beautiful and I feel fantastic in, from <a href="https://www.tatyana.com/">Tatyana</a>. I saw this skirt on Instagram and knew I had to have it. It reminded me of something... I couldn't quite place my finger on what, but I was serious about owning it.<br />
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I was lucky enough to get it on sale, and I was even luckier to have it arrive in time for NYE. As I was getting ready I put on this V-neck top and bam! It hit me! It reminds me of the beautiful outfit that Grace Kelly wore in Rear Window (which happens to be one of my favourite Hitchcock's). Google it! It's uncanny!<br />
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I decided to keep the rest of the look completely 50's, so I wore my perfect <a href="https://besamecosmetics.com/collections/lipstick/products/besame-red">Besame Red</a> lipstick from <a href="https://besamecosmetics.com/">Besame Cosmetics</a> and finished it off with a loose powder (<a href="https://besamecosmetics.com/collections/face/products/vanilla-brightening-powder">Vanilla Brightening Powder</a>, also Besame). You'd think I was sponsored by <a href="https://besamecosmetics.com/">Besame Cosmetics</a> but unfortunately I'm not. Their products just feel very authentically vintage.<br />
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To top it all off I actually googled retro hairstyles for natural hair and got a brilliant hit. I found <a href="http://www.vintagehairstyling.com/bobbypinblog/2014/01/easy-vintage-hairstyles-for-natural-curly-hair-look-2.html">this</a> blog post on the blog <a href="http://www.vintagehairstyling.com/bobbypinblog/">Bobby Pin</a>, and I adore the hairstyle. It is really hard finding vintage and retro hairstyles for naturally curly hair. Most hair tutorials start with much looser curls than I have. So if you have any ideas for retro hairstyles for natural hair please leave me a comment!<br />
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On to the 2016 round-up...<br />
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While 2015 was one of the hardest years of my life, 2016 has been one of the best years!
I have not recovered from my illnesses, and probably never will as they are all chronic, but I have gotten to a point where I manage my mental illness in a way that enables me to live my life.<br />
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I’ll be honest - I’ve had crap times in 2016 (as those of you who have followed me might remember). Days where it’s been impossible to get out of bed. Weeks where my anxiety has been so high and my OCD has made it so hard to get out of my apartment. I’ve even had months during this last year where I’ve felt so very low and uninspired in life. But it has all been isolated times surrounded by, in large, better times.<br />
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Top: <a href="http://www.topshop.com/?geoip=home">Topshop</a> (old)</div>
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Skirt: <a href="https://www.tatyana.com/">Tatyana</a> (<a href="https://www.tatyana.com/womens/skirts/graceful-skirt">here</a>)</div>
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Heels: <a href="http://www.baitfootwear.com/">B.A.I.T. Footwear</a> (<a href="http://www.baitfootwear.com/product-page/2527684711">here</a>)</div>
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Pearls: Borrowed from Mum</div>
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I started this year feeling better than I had for a decade. Last year ended with me being on a high. I was on good medication and I was continually working with a psychologist fighting against my OCD, anxiety and depression. In 2016 I have been entirely free from suicidal thoughts, and that, my friends is a major step in the right direction.
I am back to work, full time! Which makes me so happy I could cry. I have bad weeks, and days, but all in all I am back to my previous self. I recognise the person that I am.<br />
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I still have OCD. I still have my obsessions and perform my compulsions, but as I mentioned - it is manageable now. I can lead a life at the side of being sick. It’s not all about my illness anymore.
All of this, getting back to being happier and healthier has made me realise how important health is. And I’ve decided I want to end this year with a message of hope.<br />
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If you are doing unwell, whether physically or mentally, believe me it can get better! It’s not impossible! Get as much help as you can, and be as open as you can be - a healthier life is possible.
I went into 2016 feeling hope and joy, and it has treated me well. I will continue to fight in 2017 for a happier, healthier life. And I wish all of you find your joy and happiness the same way I have.<br />
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Thank you so much to everyone that I’ve interacted with! You are all incredible! It still means everything to me that you are here and are willing to listen to my story. I also want to say that I am here and willing to listen to your story too! If anyone suffering from any mental illness feels the need to talk, I’m here! Talk to me! Because talking about it really eases something.<br />
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Here’s to 2017! May it be all you hope for and more!<br />
And for the last time this year - Much love to all of you,<br />
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<br />Curls n Cakeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304523865399129191noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8950389611533037316.post-35091366729563004002016-12-24T13:42:00.001+01:002016-12-24T13:42:15.355+01:00Happy Christmas!Hello all you lovely and beautiful people,<br />
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I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and to let you all know that I recorded a wee cover of the song The Christmas Waltz sung by among others She & Him.</div>
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The song was a real challenge for me as it is quite low, but I adore this beautiful song, so I decided to cover it anyway!<br />
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Merry Christmas and Much love,<br />
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