Place to be | EΛΛΗ's

30.12.15

lli's. A lovely place down town of Volos full of warmth and elegance.  Parisian atmosphere and chocolate flavor. The best place to drink your tea, hot chocolate or coffee with your friends while chatting. I love sitting at the soft and comfortable sofa in front of the window and planning things with my boyfriend or working on new projects! Watching my town transforming in its festive blue outfit! The atmosphere around you makes you feel like you are  in Paris at a cozy chocolaterie! On Christmas the decoration is so festive that you can smell orange and cinnamon coming out of the  coffee maker. Elegant lamps, clocks, books, magazines, little houses and characters like they came out of a comic that make you dream of your next illustration. Christmas lights and many paintings on the walls! The perfect place to enjoy your warm beverage or drink, to have fun with your loved ones or sit at a cozy corner and read your book! 

❋ Merry Christmas Cupcakes ❋

25.12.15



erry Christmas everyone!! Today is Christmas! Definitely the most beautiful time of the year! What's better than wish you a Merry Merry Christmas with these lovely Christmas cupcakes?  Have fun today with the people you love! Bake and cook delicious stuff for the festive table and enjoy with your family and friends! Dress up in your fanciest clothes and celebrate! Go out or stay in and watch your favorite Christmas movie! Today is Christmas! Do anything makes you happy! 

Photography | Searching for the orange alley

6.12.15
 υριακή. Οι αχτίδες του ήλιου ζεσταίνουν το πρόσωπό σου και πορτοκαλίζουν τα πάντα γύρω σου. Το κρύο όμως τσουχτερό! Δύο μικροί εξερευνητές ξεκίνησαν πρωί-πρωί για να ανακαλύψουν το πορτοκαλί μονοπάτι. Πήραν σακίδια, κάμερες, τρίποδα, λίγα μελομακάρονα (ω ναι!) και μπήκαν στο αυτοκίνητο. Προορισμός - το Πήλιο. Όσο πιο ψηλά, τόσο πιο πορτοκαλί θα είναι τα δέντρα, λέγαμε. Χμ, χμ! Δυστυχώς τα πορτοκαλί δέντρα δεν ήταν οσα περιμέναμε. Βέβαια από ένα σημείο και μετά το τοπίο θύμιζε περισσότερο φθινόπωρο. Έτσι, σταθήκαμε σε δύο σημεία, βγάλαμε τρίποδο, κάμερες...και κλικ κλικ (!) να τες οι πρώτες λήψεις. Πόσο όμορφα ήταν! Βόλτα στο βουνό χέρι-χέρι ψάχνοντας όμορφα πορτοκαλί μονοπατάκια και μαζεύοντας φθινοπωρινά φύλλα. Το κρύο πάγωνε χέρια και μυτούλες, αλλά τι σε νοιάζει όταν περνάς τόσο όμορφα! Στο δρόμο της επιστροφής, ένα ζεστό τσάι με καραμέλα και κάτι για φαγητό επιβάλλεται. Ανυπομονησία να δούμε τις φωτογραφίες και να αρχίζουμε να παίζουμε λίγο με τον φωτισμό και τα χρώματα ενώ απολαμβάνουμε τη ζεστασιά από το τζάκι που έκαιγε δίπλα μας. Αυτές είναι όμορφες Κυριακές! Μυρίζουν καραμέλα και είναι γεμάτες αγάπη!  

Hello December ✿

1.12.15


ecember. Winter is here and .... It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go...la la la. Oh, who doesn't love Christmas? The whole town is dressed in its Christmas outfit. Christmas lights and decorations are everywhere. It makes you wanna sing "I don't want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need, I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree..". The home is a lot warmer now. The Christmas tree is in its corner, Christmas plates with sweet treats on tables, Christmas lights and orange, cinnamon flavor are everywhere. This atmosphere invites you stay at your home and hide under your warm blankets. "Home alone" playing non stop, pop corn, hot beverages and ginger-bread men cookies. What's better than this?! On Christmas you become a homebody and it feels nice! When I'm at home I love making presents for Christmas. Searching for the perfect DIY on Pinterest and create it on my own. Ribbons, glitter, watercolours! This way you add a piece of your heart in your presents and yeah it's more fun. This Christmas, try to smile and have a great time with the people you love! Dress like one of the elfs of Santa Claus and spread happiness, love and little tartlets. 

Have a lovely December Everybody!


εκέμβριος. Ο χειμώνας είναι εδώ...και αρχίζουν όλα γύρω σου να θυμίζουν και να μυρίζουν Χριστούγεννα. Ποιος δεν αγαπά τα Χριστούγεννα; Όλη η πόλη ντύνεται στα γιορτινά της.  Χριστουγεννιάτικα δέντρα, φωτάκια και στολίδια παντού. Θες να ξεκινήσεις να τραγουδάς "I don't want a lot for Christmas, there is just one thing I need, I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree..". Το σπίτι είναι πιο ζεστό τώρα. Το δέντρο βρίσκεται στη γωνία του, Χριστουγεννιάτικες πιατέλες με γλυκά πάνω στα τραπέζια, φωτάκια και το άρωμα του πορτοκαλιού και της κανέλας παντού. Σε προσκαλεί να καθήσεις στο σπίτι και να χουχουλιάσεις κάτω από τα ζεστά σου σκεπάσματα. "Μόνος στο σπίτι" να παίζει συνέχεια, ποπ κορν, ζεστά ροφήματα και τζιντζερο-ανθρωπάκια-μπισκοτάκια. Τι καλύτερο! Γίνεσαι σπιτόγατος τα Χριστούγεννα! Χεχε! Όταν είμαι στο σπίτι την περίοδο των Χριστουγέννων τρελαίνομαι να φτιάχνω μόνη μου δώρα. Ανοιχτό το Πίντερεστ, σε αναζήτηση για το πιο όμορφο DIY. Kορδέλες, γκλίτερ, χρώματα! Φτιάχνοντας τα δικά σου δώρα, προσθέτεις κι ένα κομμάτι από την καρδιά σου σε αυτά! Έχει και περισσότερη πλάκα έτσι!! Αυτά τα Χριστούγεννα γίνε ένα μικρό ξωτικό του Αϊ-Βασίλη και μοίρασε χαρά, αγάπη και μικρά ταρτάκια!


Να έχετε έναν υπέροχο Δεκέμβριο!

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Βake | Cinnamon Rolls

25.11.15
verything outside is turning into orange and finally looks a lot like autumn. While writing this post, I can hear the raindrops hitting on the windows. The other two deers are taking out of boxes all the christmas lights and decorations. In some hours our home will look like a Christmas deer house. I love rain when I'm somewhere warm while I can enjoy my hot cup of chocolate or tea. What's the best treat to accompany your hot drink?  Cinnamon rolls! Oh, those sweet rolls with cinnamon and the sweetest icing ever on top! It's the first time we' ever baked and tasted those delicacies and we were super excited about them. They are so so so delicious! We enjoyed them with milk and tea. Everyone who tasted them loved those sweet rolls.  As for the making of...They were not so difficult to make. The only "difficult" part was that we had to let the dough rise for an hour and we were literally running to make everything ready for the photoshooting before it's dark outside. But they deserve everything! They became so fluffy!! Bake them for breakfast and enjoy them with a glass of milk or in the evening sitting beside the fireplace with some hot tea!   

Bake | They wanted to be carrot cake truffles

3.11.15

believe that the title says it all. Yes, these chocolate delicacies should be and look like carrot cake truffles with chocolate- caramel topping but..there is a but! Due to some kind of technical problem the chocolate mix never became as thick as the lovely Sorted boys show us here. They call them "Brigacake". An easy dessert from Brasil! Hmmm..easy! Yeah, it should be really easy except this part. So, we put the chocolate and condensed milk mix in the microwave and everything melt. Kinda normal, right? How his chocolate- condensed milk mix became like that? Hmm, we don't really know! After a day of refrigeration this mixture never became as thick as it should be for a truffle! Huuuuge disappointment! So, we decided to dip those little pieces of carrot cake into the chocolate mix and let them cool! The carrot cake was super delicious and so the chocolate mix. So, the combination was really good! It was not the best thing we' ve ever tasted but it was a nice sweet treat. Now, you are gonna tell me "And so why are you making a post for them?". The answer is that we really loved this recipe and the cake, chocolate mix on their own were really delicious and we would like to share this experience with you. We would really love to try them again as truffles this time because I think that it would taste delicious. So, enjoy some pics I took using a tripod this time (thank you deer K.) and some gifs. I love making them! So much inspiration, so many ideas for November but so little time. We hope we 're gonna make it happen! 

Hello November ✿

1.11.15

ovember is here. October just flew by and we are in the last month of Autumn. It seems like we are heading to a really cold winter. Ιt took us some days to get used to this cold weather but I think that we love it now! Wrapped in our favorite big, warm scarfs -or as I call them, blankets- drinking tea at our favorite café. The best time of the year to bake some brownies and experiment with hot soups. Get dressed in the warmest colours. The colours of chocolate, caramel and beetroot. Your home should smell like chocolate, hot latte and mum's cakes. Nothing more heart warming. I hope your November smells like a chocolate mousse with sweet moments like the caramel nibs on top. 


Have a lovely November everybody!

Hello October ✿

1.10.15

ctober is finally here. And when I say finally, I mean that it is here for good. Rain, cold breeze, umbrellas and light coats. Studying is here for good too. School and college students are back to classes. No whining for the summer that -yeah- came to its end.  Now you can just look at your favorite summer photos and recollect the lovely memories. For the sea lovers, I suggest long walks at seaside with your raincoat on and your umbrella in your hands. For those who love staying at home, the options are many. Feeling cozy under your blanket while drinking vanilla-caramel tea or hot chocolate along with a muffin and your favorite book. Watching your favorite TV series or hanging out with your friends at home or at your favorite wine spot. Warm wine and delicious appetizers. Yum yum! Oh those memories at our favorite wine haunt. Ready for making new ones?

Have a lovely October everybody!

Food | Bruschetta with tomato, feta & basil

26.9.15

fter a long time, the deer is back with a a new recipe. It's been half a year or so from the last time we got in the kitchen to make something for the blog. These months the three of us were busy and so we didn't have the time to cook or bake something delicious for the deer. Getting back in the the kitchen felt so fun and creative. For our comeback we chose to give you one of our favorite food recipes. It's more like an appetizer but when you have not so much time to cook and you want something really delicious, these bruschettas are the best choice. In the recipe below we are just writing the ingredients you will need and not the exact dosage, because this depends on your appetite and on how many servings you want. Also, you can add any ingredient you want and have in your fridge (olives, dried tomato, peppers). It's so nice when a recipe allows you to experiment with the things you have in your fridge, isn't it?!

Photography | Tranquility

17.9.15

pocket watch. Tik- tock, tik- tock.  Like the heartbeat. Something old. Something that reminds you a significant person. Earrings. Green. Retro? Or something your grandma gave you. Grapes. Green grapes. The colour of hope. Τranquility. Peacefulness. Nostalgia. Close your eyes and enjoy the breeze. Bare legs and toes. No shoes needed. Dance and feel the energy of the earth. 

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art -
Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like Nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priestlike task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors -
No - yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,
Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever - or else swoon to death.

                                    Bright Star by John Keats

Back to school | Hit the books

11.9.15


of September today. Friday and back to school. But Friday? Let me sleep and have fun three more days and I'm going to school on Monday. I promise. I will be a good guy and I won't make your life hard as I'm trying to wake up on Monday morning. I will wake up with a huge smile on my face, eat my breakfast, brush my teeth, wear my clean clothes, grab my backpack and run to school. You're insisting on Friday huh? Okay then. In exchange I want a huge and delicious breakfast. Juice, milk, pancakes with nutella, brownies with little sugary hearts on top, croissants and some fruits please. I'm trying a new healthy lifestyle. Νext to my glass of milk I want a note  from you writing "Have a lovely school year! I love you!". Oh! And a little heart drawn under the note. 
Yes! This is a lovely Friday - back to school. 

Have a lovely school year my deers! 
Full of joy, new experiences, friends and pranks. 
Mommies, have patience, be supportive and creative with your kids. 

Hello September ✿

1.9.15


eptember. Hello deer September! After yesterday's summary, we are ready for new beginnings! New adventures! This year two balloοns will join us to this trip. For me, September means a new beginning. September smells like school for me. New books and notebooks, long visits at bookstores for stationary. Leave me there, I'll survive! Since I'm not a student anymore those things would seem like something from the past. No, no! I' ve found my way! Being a teacher -even if i don't have my own class yet- gives you all the excuses you need to get there and buy colourful carbon paper, pens and watercolours, stickers and all those little things that make your craft beautiful. 
Now -yeah- you can start preparing your autumnal menu. Pancakes, apple-pie, cinammon rolls, hot cocoa and soups. As the days are still so hot you can't really crave wearing your high knee socks, your colourful tights and ankle boots. But you can still start making lists of the the places you wanna explore in your hometown, the cities you wanna visit and the books you will read this winter. Τake a colourful balloon in your hands and let it lead you to a whimsical autumn full of sweet scents and pleasant surprises.  

Have a lovely September everybody!

Every month, a new "Hello" ✿

31.8.15
                                 

very month and a new "Hello" from the deer. It's been a year since we took the first chalk and wrote on the ground of our yard. I don't remember how this really started. Back to last August I had bought a box full of colourful chalks cause I wanted to write something on the ground. Then this idea just popped up on my mind and became a beautiful (at least for us) picture to welcome every single month.

Colourful chalks, a cat, happy feet.

A year later, looking back to those beautiful pics. Not only to the pics but also to the memories that come along with them. Each photo of them hides a different story, a different mood...a different scent. Some of them are happy while others are more nostalgic. Some of them were captured in a funny, playful mood while in others the face behind the camera was a crybaby.
The thing I remember is that, despite any condition, I was dressing up (hehe just the bottoms most of the times) and trying my best to write those two words. Why trying my best? Because our cute cats were entagling in my hands and feet. Sometimes they were not at all in the mood of the photoshooting, making us run after them and finally place them on the right spot. Other times they were lying next to the chalk written words like they knew what to do. Agatha (the deer camera) in my hands and click!    
Ground "hello", sand "hello" and snow "hello".
Favorite? The snow one. For several reasons..
It's always lovely to look back and appreciate those beautiful memories. But don't look back for too long. 
Say yes to new adventures!


άθε μήνα και ένα νέο "Hello" από το ελαφάκι. Έχει περάσει ένας χρόνος από τη μέρα που γράψαμε για πρώτη φορά το "Hello September" με κιμωλία στην αυλή μας.  Δε θυμάμαι ακριβώς πως ξεκίνησε όλο αυτό. Είχα αγοράσει ένα κουτάκι με χρωματιστές κιμωλίες για να γράψω κάτι και η ιδέα αυτή ξεπετάχτηκε στο μυαλό μου και έγινε μία όμορφη (για εμάς τουλάχιστον) φωτογραφία για να καλωσορίζουμε το νέο μήνα.

Πολύχρωμες κιμωλίες, μία γάτα, χαρούμενα ποδαράκια.

Ένα χρόνο μετά, κοιτάζω αυτές τις φωτογραφίες. Μέσα από αυτές, όμως, ξεπηδούν όλες αυτές οι αναμνήσεις που συνοδεύουν κάθε μία από αυτές. Κάθε φωτογραφία κρύβει μία διαφορετική ιστορία, μία διαφορετική διάθεση...μία διαφορετική μυρωδιά. Κάποιες από αυτές είναι χαρούμενες, ενώ κάποιες άλλες πιο νοσταλγικές. Κάποιες τραβήχτηκαν μέσα σε χαρούμενη και παιχνιδιάρικη διάθεση ενώ σε άλλες το πρόσωπο πίσω από την κάμερα είναι λίγο κλαψιάρικο. 
Αυτό που θυμάμαι όμως είναι ότι κάθε φορά ανεξάρτητα από το τι συνέβαινε, ντυνόμουν (τις περισσότερες φορές πρόσεχα ιδιαίτερα μόνο το κάτω μέρος) και έβγαινα έξω να γράψω αυτές τις δύο λέξεις. Πολλές φορές αυτό δεν ήταν και τόσο εύκολο γιατί οι γάτες μας μπλέκονταν ανάμεσα στα χέρια και πόδια μου ενώ άλλες φορές δεν είχαν καμία διάθεση να συνεργαστούν. Έτσι, τις κυνηγούσαμε και τις τοποθετούσαμε στο κατάλληλο σημείο. Άλλες φορές πάλι περπατούσαν καμαρωτά-καμαρωτά και πήγαιναν και ξάπλωναν στο κατάλληλο σημείο λες και ήξεραν. Η Άγκαθα (η ελαφοκάμερα) στα χέρια και κλικ!
Ηello στο έδαφος, στην άμμο και στο χιόνι!
Αγαπημένη; Αυτή στο χιόνι! Για διάφορους λόγους..
  Είναι πάντα πολύ όμορφο να κοιτάς πίσω σε όλες αυτές τις αναμνήσεις. Μην κοιτάς όμως για πολλή ώρα πίσω. 
Πες ναι σε νέες περιπέτειες!

Love,
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Birthday Girl | Sweet 23

17.8.15

Sweet 23. This month I became 23. Standing behind of those candles wiser (oh well!) and full of new experiences. A wish! Believe in it and it will come true! Phewwww!
* 
That Tuesday. Two surprises. A petit strawberry cheescake at the morning and a banana ice-cream cake that afternoon later were waiting for me. Lovely, unexpected and so moving gestures from my dearest people!  
Sweet delights, smiles, fooling and photoshooting around with people I love. 
Dreaming, laughing, creating, discovering places!
Yeah.
Let every day of this 23 years old girl be like that!

In the mood: The Paper Kites - Bloom   

DIY | Tea Bag Shape Bookmarks

6.8.15

Lately I've been reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the very first time. I have a lot of friends, including my sisters and my lovely Brazilian friend Ruh, who are mad about Harry Potter and everything around him. As a little kid I never felt like reading any of Harry's books or watching the movies. So, I think that the time has arrived now at my sweet 23. The girl writing here, blew 23 candles on 4th of August (birthday themed post is coming!). Starting reading the book I realised that I didn't have a bookmark- a cool one! So, I decided to make one. It was such a fun process and so easy to make. I decided to put that "You fell asleep here" quote cause I found it really smart. I bumped into it on tumblr some years ago and instantly fell in love with it. Follow the steps shown in the pics, add your own style and let your imagination and creativity lead you to your own unique bookmark.  

Hello August ✿

1.8.15

August. For me, by the time August arrives, i feel like summer comes to its end. From the one hand, this is kinda sad cause I love all those whimsical sea sceneries, the floral dresses and bikinis, bonfires with  friends at a beach, beers and lovely moments. From the other hand, we have a promising autumn which is coming with all its cute and cozy home and cafe moments. The end of the summer..yeah maybe now you' re gonna live the best moment of it. It might have a little surprise for you! Just wait and make every day of August beautiful!

Have a lovely August everybody!


 
Love,
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Love is a flower | Μυρτιλλο, Βολος

15.7.15

"Love is the answer, and you know that for sure. Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow."
-John Lennon-

Μία μέρα του Ιουνίου, από εκείνες τις δροσερές που ο ήλιος δεν είναι τόσο γενναιόδωρος να σε ντύσει με τις ζεστές αχτίδες του, βρεθήκαμε με τη φίλη μου στο Μύρτιλλο. Ένα cafe-bar γνωστό για την υπέροχη θέα που έχει. Απολαμβάνοντας όλη την πόλη του Βόλου μπορείς να βυθιστείς στις σκέψεις σου και να ηρεμήσεις. Το όλο σκηνικό γύρω σου σε βοηθά με τον τρόπο του. Κελάηδημα καναρινιών, καρέκλες Φερ Φορζέ, άφθονο πράσινο, ποδήλατα, φαναράκια, ποτιστήρια, πολύχρωμα λουλούδια. Μία εικόνα βγαλμένη από παραμύθι.  

Α breezy day in June, one of those that sun isn't generous enough to embrace you in its warm rays, me and my friend went to Myrtillo. A cafe- bar, known for its beautiful view. Enjoying the beautiful town of Volos, you can immerse in your thoughts and calm down. The whole atmosphere around you helps a lot. Birds singing, Fer Forge chairs, a lot of green surrounding, bicycles, lanterns, watering cans, colourful flowers. It reminds you of a fairytale.

Hello July ✿

2.7.15
July. SUMMER, SUMMER, SUMMER! Lessons, exams, job are finally over. Not for me but for many of you! Αiry dresses, sandals, flowers on your hair. Carefree and happy moments at beautiful beaches with people you love! Enjoy your summer as much as you can! 

(The "Hello July" post is kinda belated due to some other activities of mine. The text above is short for the same reason, too! Hehe)

  Have a lovely July peopleeee!
                        


 
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