Hello January - Happy 2016 ✿

anuary. The first month of the new year! Welcome 2016 and Happy New Year. A fresh year starts today! A new chapter, as fresh as the soft snow! Let this year be as everyone of you have dreamt of it! We wish

2016 brings you health, happiness, smiley faces, red cheeks, warm hugs, love, positive thoughts, creativity and success! Have a great time today! 

Happy January and Happy 2016!

Cheers to new beginnings! 

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ανουάριος. Ο πρώτος μήνας του νέου έτους! Καλώς ήρθες 2016! Με τη νέα χρονιά ξεκινάει και ένα νέο κεφάλαιο! Τόσο φρέσκο όσο και το λευκό, μαλακό χιόνι! Ο νέος χρόνος ας είναι όπως ο καθένας από σας τον έχει ονειρευτεί! Εμείς ευχόμαστε το 2016 να σας φέρει υγεία, ευτυχία, χαμογελαστές φατσούλες, ροδοκόκκινα μαγουλάκια, ζεστές αγκαλιές, θετικές σκέψεις, δημιουργία και επιτυχία! Να περάσετε υπέροχα σήμερα! 

Να έχετε έναν υπέροχο Γενάρη και Καλή Χρονιά!

Εμπρoς για νέες περιπέτειες! 

Love,

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Place to be | EΛΛΗ's

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 ❋

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

 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 ✿

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  

Love,

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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!