Hello December ✿

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!

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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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♫In the mood: It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas- Michael Buble  

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Βake | Cinnamon Rolls

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

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 ✿

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 ✿

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

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

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. 

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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

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 ✿

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!