Apple Pie

You know..

I am hungry. For Apple Pie!
So I'm gonna bake on right now.

^^.

You want some too?

Here's one of the billion recipes that exists for Apple Pie:

Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 cup quick-cooking oats
FILLING:
2/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 1/4 cups water
3 cups peeled, diced tart apples
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
Combine the first four ingredients; set aside 1 cup for topping. Press remaining crumb mixture into an ungreased 9-in. pie plate; set aside.
For the filling, combine sugar, cornstarch and water in a saucepan until smooth; bring to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in apples and vanilla. Pour into crust; top with reserved crumb mixture. Bake at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until crust is golden brown.

Source: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/dutch-apple-pie-2/detail.aspx

Bon appetit!

XX. Fleur

Slash: Paper under the knife.

When I went to New York a few weeks ago (yes, I'm still planning on starting at a post about it..) I visited the Museum of Art & Design at Columbus Circle. And they had a very impressing collection about paper.

Yes, about the paper we all used to write on before computers took over the world.

Take a look for yourself!

Ariana Boussard-Reifel
Between the Lines
2007

Célio Braga
Placebos
2008-2009

Anne-Karin Furunes
Yang Li (from the Shanghai series)
2006

Chris Gilmour
The Triumph of Good and Evil
2009

Oliver Herring
Alex
2009

Andreas Kocks
Paperwork #935G
2009

Georgia Russell
The Story of Art
2006

Rob Ryan
Can We Shall We
2009

(This amazing artist also made a little book. I gave it to Karin as a souvenir from New York)

Here is an interview with the Chief Curator David McFadden:

(I found all the pictures (and film) on the site of the museum itself. http://madmuseum.org/)

Do you like it?

XX. Fleur

Look Beyond The Imperfections

Just a little something for today.

Maybe you already saw the poll. We where wondering what you would like to see here. We love blogging about these lovely things, but we really want to know what you want to see. We adore so many things. Fashion, Cities, Food, Photography, Traditional Art, Writing... I was thinking about posting DIY posts (I made really cute earrings last week) or more of our own photography. Have you got any brilliant ideas you want to share with us? What don't/do you like here? Let us know!

Thank you for your kind comments, we love to read them!

Fleur & Karin.

5 Looks

Another 5 looks. I hope you are enjoying them :) The last couple of weeks I've been really into comfortable long sweaters, lovely vests, boots, scarfs and everything else that looks comfortable and warm. The weather's beginning to get a little grey. It rains most of the time. And according to our poll, you haven't had that much sunshine too. So it's time for some beautiful, warm and cosy clothing. I hope you love them as much as I do. By My Daily Style. A lovely blog you should check out sometime.

By Ines M. on Lookbook.nu By Charlie S. on Lookbook.nu By Nivedita I. on Lookbook.nu By Marita B. on Lookbook.nu

Karin.

Listen and Smile!

The highlight of today was the part were I learned that insects breathe through holes in their back. Quite a day. Not. And now, after some hot chocolate, eating cupcakes with friends, talking and doing practicaly nothing, I feel much better. So I thought, why don't I post a little something today? To make you feel better as well :)

Recently I've been listening to all kinds of music. But two musicians really keep popping up in my playlist. Mika and Owl City. Mika is well known around here, but I never heard of Owl City before. Where you live it can be the other way around. Or you know them both.

Mika has just released his second big album. I love it. It's still him, but more complete in some way. My favourites at this moment (it changes every 5 seconds) :

I had never heard of Owl City, until Fleur send my such a lovely song. After a little tiny bit of research I discovered that it is an American synthpop musical project. The song

'Fireflies' was a hit single in America. That's all I know. At this point. Anyway. This are a few songs I love (not including Fireflies, which I absolutely adore, you should definetly check that one out too!):

I hope you'll love them as much as I do.

Enjoy it.

Turn up the volume and just start smiling.
Have a lovely day!

Liefs,
Karin.

Happier than a Bird with a French Fry

I love this drawing. It really made my day.

Original picture by dazeychic on Etsy.com

Let's spread the love ^^.

A little while ago Karin send me this text.

Michael is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say.
When someone would ask him how he was doing, would reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!"
He was a natural motivator.
If an employee was having a bad day, Michael was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation.
Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Michael and asked him, "I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Michael replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today.
You can choose to be in a good mood or .. you can choose to be in a bad mood. I choose to be in a good mood.
Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.
Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life, choose the positive side of life.
"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Michael said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice.
You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood.
The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life."
I reflected on what Michael said. Soon thereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.
Several years later, I heard that Michael was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications towe! r.
After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of! intensive care, Michael was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.
I saw Michael about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied. "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?"
I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.
"The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon to be born daughter," Michael replied. "Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or... I could choose to die. I chose to live."
"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked.
Michael continued, "...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read "he's a dead man. I knew I needed to take action."
"What did you do?" I asked.
"Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Michael. "She asked if I was allergic to anything.
"Yes, I replied." The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, "Gravity."
Over their laughter, I told them, "I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead."
Michael lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.
Attitude, after all, is everything.
"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Enjoy each day, each breath and mostly---each and every friend.

(I couldn't find out who the author of this inspiring piece is, if anyone knows.. please tell me so I can give credit!)

I really wanted to share this with you, because it made me reconsider a few things. Like how easy it is to be optimistic. And how stupid some people (including myself) can be.
What do you think?

To finish here is one of Karin's (to my opinion) best conceptual photos :)

Let's spread the love ^^.

Fleur.