Cute pillow cases for your little ones!

 When I was a child, my mamma made me every year for my birthday a pillowcase with number of my age sewn on it. After all these years, I still have them and still love them. That's why I decided to start sewing pillow cases with handpained designes, first giving them as gifts to my friends and family, now the love has grown and they are available to order! If you wish to contact me to order, you can send me message on my Facebook page (click here) or contact me on Instagram (click here) ust click here, and we'll talk over the details.

Oven baked marrow custard white

As promised on my Instagram account, here's a recipe for baked marrow custard white I prepared yesterday. Some may call it also a Pattypan squash, Franchi custard white, Zucchini custard white or Zucchini patisson. 

Marrow custard white is one of the very low-calorie vegetables! 100g of raw veggie carry just 18 calories, contains no fats or cholesterol! More about nutrition facts you can read if you click here.

Here is the recipe for 2 persons. If you are preparing for 4 people, just double the ingredients.

Ingredients for 2 persons:

- 2 marrow custard whites

- 200g minced meat (pork and beef)

- 1 medium size onion

- 2 cloves of garlic

- half of bun (it can be any kind of bread)

- 150ml of milk (I always use lactose free or coconut milk)

- 3 branches of parsley (you can add as much as you like)

- an egg

- mozzarella cheese

- spices; salt, chilli powder (I use it instead of pepper), home-made mix of spices* (salt, dehydrated vegetables: carrots, tomato, onions, garlic, parsley root, celery, paprika, lovage, turmeric, dill, lovage)

*If you don't have dried mix of spices, you can add a bit of fresh ones and chop them into small pieces. 

1. Cut the zucchini, hollow them out and make sure you leave around 1cm edge. Don't cut too much, they need to hold the filler while being in the oven. A bit of meat you hollowed out, cut to small pieces. Make sure to remove seeds (you can save them for next year to be planted!). Salt the marrow custard white. It will release some water, which you will absorb with a paper towel later, before filling them.

2. Cut half of bun into small pieces and soak them in milk.

3. Fry finely chopped onion in a pan with a little oil. Don't fry it too much! When onion is glazed, add a bit of marrow custard white meat and home-made mix of spices and fry few minutes, then leave to cool. * If you don't have the mix, finely chop just a bit of each fresh vegetables (for example 3 slices of carrot, finely chopped (brunoise), should do)

4. In a bigger bowl mix with hands minced meat, pinch of salt, pinch of chilli powder, 2 cloves of finely chopped garlic, parsley, a well-wrung bun that has been soaked in milk, 1 stirred egg and a chilled mixture of fried marrow custard white with veggies and spices. Mix well.

5. Soak the marrow custard whites, they are probably full of water because of salt. Then fill them with the mixture you prepared in step 4. Cut mozzarella to small pieces and add them on top. 

It should look like this:

Filled marrow custard white

6. And last step finally :) Put filled marrow custard white in preheated oven, set to 180°C and bake for 1 hour.

When done, garnish it with a parsley and serve. Bon appetit! :)

Let me know in the comments if you're going to try it, if you tried it and how it turned out. Maybe you've changed something? Let me know, I would love to read about it! :)

A little toilet humour ;)

I've been self-isolating this week and remembered I took few photos when the pandemic started, so I decided to recreate them. A little toilet humour for these dark days. ;) What do you say? 
 

Pretty and sweet gift ideas for women's day, mother's day, valentine's day, birthdays, weddings, birth of a child, and even business gifts!

If you haven't herd of Honey Heaven, Perger 1757, click here and check them out! They are by far my favourite choice and I've grown up eating their sweets. In their shop, you can find a gift for any kind of occasion, you name it. Birth of a child? No problem, they have beautiful candles! Valentines? Wedding? They are all hearts! ;) Women's day, mother's day? A lot to choose from! Business gift? No problem! There is a lot to choose from! Energy candless, honey liquer, honeybread hearts with a logo on your request, you can even choose packaging with your logo on! They say: »Have confidence in their expertise. Let your business gifts tell your story, open new doors for you, and strenghten your partnerships. Dare to be different!«

By the way, their products are all handmade with love and made of 100% natural ingredients! Their products are also cultural heritage! And they are family business, run by 9 generations allready!

Have you herd of UršaNina? She makes the perfect wool felt ballerinas that you can enjoy most by wearing them bare feet! Soft in the winter as slippers and cool in summer for hiking around ;) I take them with me wherever I go! They are so tiny and take minimum of space! Perfect to take few pairs with you ;) 

But wait, she's not only making ballerinas! Click the link here and see what else she offers. From phone cases, slippers, bags different sizes, purses, accessories, all handmade with love! I promise you will love it too!

I've allready blogged about these pretty ballerinas, click here to read it.

I would love to hear from you if you tried any of these items and how do you like them. Also if you haven't, what would you love to get?

How to make a fabric face mask

All humanity is now living in a situation modern times have not yet seen. If we can learn from our past, human species is a stubborn race and through perseverance we will get through this if we only stick to primary and easy health guidelines that are presented to us from professionals and health organizations. First and foremost is to stay at home and lay off family trips for some other, safer times. If not for you, do it for the elderly population. Respect your fellow human being and be respected yourself.

In these challenging times when safety/health equipment is running out everywhere or there is significant shortage of it, I thought I would show you how to make a face mask yourself. This is an easy and effective way to sew your own face mask following the blueprint I linked below, which you can also download in PDF format.

What you need is:
- Scissors
- 100% cotton fabric (as thick as you can find at home or if you have an option, order it online)
- Elastic (you can also use elastic fabric)
- Sewing machine (prefferably overlock, but if you don't have any, just a needle and a thread would do)
- Sewing chalk

Stack pieces of cut fabric on top of each other and sew the edges. Don't sew the middle (nose) part yet.

When you're done, fold it on half with inner side out. Let's say the inner side will be the turquise fabric (photo below). And sew the last part together.

It should look like this (photo below). Make sure it's sewn well together. Then fold edges on both sides and leave enough room for elastic or strech fabric string to fit through. Make a seam.

If you have a plastic needle, it should be easy to insert the elastic or strech fabric string. If you don't, find a wire or something thin as wire to push the string through.

I bought the plastic needles in Tedi (photo below).

And finally, click below to download the PDF file of sewing pattern for the face mask.

Face mask pattern PDF

Please make sure to put the mask on your face with clean, desinfected hands and not wear it longer than for your grocery shopping. Then carefully take it off with your head straight, put it in a bag and desinfect when you can. Do not leave masks in pockets, on seats or on the closets. Those areas might be contaminated and masks are a delicate thing, you put them on your mouth and nose which is where the virus enters the body. So keep in mind to act with masks thoughtfully. Desinfected masks keep in zip-lock bags.The easyest way is to cook it in a boiling water for at least 10 minutes. When it's dry, iron it and save it in a sealed bag to keep it clean untill next time you need it. Only desinfect masks that you wear and don't forget to desinfect drying place. 

I hope it all made sense, good luck in making your versions! I would be really glad reading your comments and see what you have created! Leave a comment below and let me know how it worked out for you. Take care of yourself and each other!

Pretty ceramics

I love the old part of Ljubljana, the narrow streets and the little shops that offer so many pretty and unique pieces of art. Quite few shops offer local products from jewelery, ceramics, clothes to food. Whatever your heart desire and might remind you of this beautiful dragon city when you return home from vacation.

One of my favourite shops is Babushka boutique. It's located in old city centre, on Stari trg street. Check the link for more. I often shop here gifts for my family and friends and of course sometimes for myself ;)

Recently I discovered a really pretty ceramics made by Marina Marinski. She is Croatian artist and her ceramic products are amazing! I love it how they are made, I love the colours she uses and I love the forms!
I purchased a tiny cup that is supposed to be a coffee cup (espresso cup), but since I don't drink coffee and loved it so much I bought it, I'm gonna use it for other things ;)

As an art teacher, I always love to wear unique things that make me happy and my kids love it as well. I love to inspire kids how to make that kind of things themselves, how to be creative, how to be unique.
So another thing I have found and I can wear, is this pretty brooch.

I adore the watercolour detail and I absolutely love the gold flowers on it!

If you are interested in Marinski products, you can buy them in Babushka boutique or you can order her ceramics online at Marinski Heartmades. Check her webpage! You're gonna love it! ;)


Recently I purchased another cup that is bigger, latte cup, to enjoy my tea time with Marinski ceramics. The collection is growing and there are many new, pretty pieces I can't wait to get!

Ruby the pink ;)

Have you ever tried Ruby chocolate?
While walking thru the beautiful city centre of Ljubljana, I noticed it in a chocolate store in old part of city. Hit the link and check the location!

Ruby chocolate is all natural and the pink colour comes from aging it! Who would it thought, right!? You probably wonder how it tastes. Well, it's got fruity flavour with some sour notes. Not like any chocolate you're used to. It is sooooooooo good! Mmmmmm! Try it with some pink lemonade! Cheers! ;)

In love with Zoya ;)

From the first day I started using Zoya nail polish, I'm enthusiastic over it. Zoya nail polishes are as natural as they can be, contain no formaldehyde, toluene, dibutyl phthalate or camphor! They are safe to use in pregnancy and for anyone with allergies, which was the primary reason I bought the first bottle and became loyal to the brand.

It's really hard to pick one favourite, since season changes and so does my mood and colour preference. I do have few picked that I use all year long, but wait till my next post, I will introduce them to you. ;)

These are my most commonly used Zoya shades:

This summer I'm going bananas over one particular Zoya shade! I love the perfect, vibrant summer shade of Maura and I love the fact that one layer of nail polish is enough and I'm readdy to go! I don't have much time for manicure and make up before I go out, so I'm always in search for easy to use, quick dry, one layer sufficient,... kind of things. ;)

Let me know in comments below what is your favourite Zoya nail polish and how satisfied are you with the collection you use.

Pretty ballerinas Ursanina ;)

Do you travel a lot? Are you a teacher? Do you walk a lot at work? Does your feet want and need to breathe?

I do love my feet to feel comfortable and I always struggle to find that good pair of shoes that I can wear all day without complaining how my feet hurt and take them everywhere I go just in case I need to put something cosy on my feet. At the Christmas fair, which I love to explore every year and see new things from local craftsmen, I noticed beautiful, colourful felt slippers and decided to check out the Ursanina webpage (← click the link and start exploring).

What drew my attention were ballerina flats 😍 in wide variety option of colours and a clip on flowers! Which means, you can change it anytime, use it as hair decoration as well, or clip it on cardigan, on purse,... you name it ;)

Ballerinas are made of colorful fabric, with a 100% woolen sole inside which is an outstanding insulator! That means it will give a nice cooling effect in summer days and nice warming feeling in colder days!

If you are worried, how to clean them, it's easy. You can wash them in washing machine, but make sure you use wool programme (cold water) and gentle wool detergent, something like Perwool. I use it for all my woolen clothes, slippers and shoes. Just make sure you don't wear them in rainy days. ;)

I hope you will enjoy them wearing as much as I do 😍 and please feel welcome to comment how you like to wear them, or if you haven't got them yet, just ask, I will gladly help you out and answer.

The hunt for quality and easy to use hairproducts

I get a lot of questions about my hair, that's why I decided to write a blog about products I use. Yes, it's all mine and natural colour. I don't use any hair dyes and I cut them every month around 2cm and once or twice, sometimes 3 times per year around 20cm.

My hair is about 1m long and went through hormone imbalance, pregnancy hair loss, dandruff, stress, unsufficient care because of lack of time and now it needs a lot of love and attention 😉

I tried with all kinds of shampoos and currently I'm extremely satisfied with three of them! First is Naturavit anti-dandruff creamshampoo ( ← Click here and check it out), which is available in all DM stores across Slovenija or you can order it online. 

Then there's Rausch shampoo (← Check out the link), which is available in all Müller stores in Europe, and L'Angelica (← Check out their home page) Almond and royal yelly shampoo which is available in all Müller stores and also in all DM stores in Europe. If you don't have any Müller shops nearby, you can order from Müller online shop (← Check out their website)! 

When I shampoo and rinse my hair, I love to apply the Christali Argan oil in spray or oil. I personally prefer oil, because hair gets much smoother, they are so much easyer to comb (long hair get soooooo tangled!!!) and that smell and glow just makes me fell happy 😍

Besides the argan oil, I also use coconut, buriti oil on daily basis and apply it on dry hair in the morning when I leave the house in a hurry. It's so much easyer to comb long hair, it will will give you wonderful glow and your hair will smell like summer and coconuts 😉 Oil is available in all DM stores in Europe. By the way, it's labeled vegan. Try it! You won't regret, I promise! And a hint... Basket of all those products I mentioned could also be a really nice gift to someone with longer hair! 

I alreaddy blogged about L'Angelica products and you can read all about it here (←click the link).
Do you have any questions? Want to tell me how you use it? Feel free to leave a comment below! 😉