Decorating easter eggs

Hello Everyone!

Easter is coming and all the shops are full with cute decorations, like colored eggs, yellow chicks and cute sheep.

So I decided to make my own Easter decoration! Thus, i made decorating eggs out of paper.

I used a piece of paper, where I drew on the egg as if it would be open. It actually looks like a flower. You can decide to draw other shapes inside each side, like what I have done. You can also use different colors of paper, I used only pink, 'cause I find is cute for Easter!

Following, you can cut it out with a craft knife or a small pair of scissors. I used scissors. At this step, you might want to add some glitter to make it more fancy.

Next, is the egg's assembly. Lift two sides and stick them together with glue. Stick the third side in place at the top. Then, thread a needle, with a knot in the end, and pass it from all sides up trough the top of the egg. Stick also the last side. Use the thread to hang the egg. And... tatatata! The egg is ready!

Αυτοσχέδια ζύμη μικρογλυπτικής

Ψάχνοντας στο διαδίκτυο κάτι για να καθησυχάσω τις δημιουργικές μου ανησυχίες, έπεσε το μάτι μου σε διάφορες συνταγές για ζύμες μικρογλυπτικής...... Σε κάθε συνταγή που έβλεπα υπήρχε και κάτι το διαφορετικό. Έτσι μετά από πειράματα κατέληξα στη συνταγή που θα σας γράψω τώρα, η οποία δεν χρειάζεται και ψήσιμο....

Συνταγή
200 γρ.ξυλόκολλα
200 γρ.αλεύρι για όλες τις χρήσεις
2 με 3 κουτ.σούπας ηλιέλαιο
1 κουτ.γλυκού ξύδι
1 κουτ.γλυκού γεμάτο κρέμα προσώπου

Τα ανακατεύουμε όλα μαζί,  και τα ζυμώνουμε πολύ πολύ καλά....Για να δώσω χρώμα χρησιμοποίησα τέμπερα.
Φτιάχνουμε αυτό που θέλουμε και το αφήνουμε να στέγνωσει καλά για 1 με 2 μέρες.Ορίστε κι ένα μικρό δείγμα από αυτά που έφτιαξα εγώ....

Lemonade!

Yesterday, we had some visitors over at home for D&D! I had also many lemons in the fridge, that I was afraid they would get spoiled. Thus, I decided to make a lemonade. The recipe I got from my aunt! Last summer, while I was in Greece for holidays, she offered me this homemade lemonade, which was delicious!

I saw the lemons in my fridge and decided to make the juice myself too. I share with you the recipe :)

For the lemonade:
you need 5 lemons,
2 mugs of sugar,
1 lt water.

Use the juice of the five lemons. Add the zest from two of the lemons and the actual lemon-mugs from the rest three after wringing. In the mixture add the lemon seeds too! Next is the sugar added.
Leave the mixture in the jar for 2-3 hours, in order to become homogenized. For the sugar's dissolution, is good to stir, the mixture, now and then.
In the end, filtrate the mixture so to keep only the juice and add the liter of the water. As you can see in the following images, I put my juice in a bottle, that its capacity is not even a liter, so actually there was no space for the water. So what I did, is to fill the 1/3 of the glass with my lemon juice and the rest with water and gained the same result.

The result was a really nice juice that everybody liked! Now is your turn to try it! Let me know if this succeeds. :)

Φτιάχνω άλατα μπάνιου στο σπίτι μου.

Τα άλατα μπάνιου κάνουν την εμφάνιση τους γύρω στο 2700 π.Χ. στην Κίνα. Αιγύπτιοι,έλληνες και ρωμαίοι τα εμπορεύονται γνωρίζοντας τις αντισηπτικές τους ιδιότητες.Τα άλατα μπάνιου έχουν ευεργετικές και χαλαρωτικές ιδιότητες.Το να φτιάξεις άλατα μπάνιου είναι μια πολύ απλή διαδικασία, που δεν θα σας πάρει πάνω από πέντε λεπτά για να τα φτιάξετε.Τι είναι πέντε λεπτά μπροστά σε ένα χαλαρωτικό μπάνιο;;;

Υλικά που θα χρειαστούμε:

2 φλ.αλάτι χοντρό
1 φλ.άλατα Epsom( γνωστά και ως άλατα θειικού μαγνησίου)
1 1/2 κ.γ. Μαγειρική σόδα
10-15 σταγόνες αιθ.έλαιο της επιλογής μας
Μισό φλ. βότανα της επιλογής μας( προεραιτικά)
Χρώμα ζαχαροπλαστικής(προεραιτικά)

Τα βάζουμε όλα μαζί σ' ένα μπωλ και τα ανακατεύουμε να πάνε όλα τα υλικά παντού.

Επειδή εγώ προσωπικά τα χρησιμοποιώ για το πεντικιούρ μου ή για ποδόλουτρο, 
έβαλα μέσα αιθ.έλαιο tea tree και πράσινο τσάι.Το tea tree εκτός των άλλων ιδιοτήτων του,δρα κατά των μυκητιάσεων,ενώ το πράσινο τσάι κατά της κακοσμίας των ποδιών.

When does a letter come?

My name is Eftychia and right that moment I am sitting behind the screen of my computer, in order to write this post to you. In fact, I am sitting behind my computer screen the whole day, because this is my job. I am a MSc Bioinformatics student, with Bachelor in ICT & Business and have been working as a web developer. In other words, my daily life is behind a computer. That doesn't mean I don't like it, on the contrary, I do like it! I enjoy what I do, as I enjoy writing this post to you at the moment. But what I really like is being afk (away from keyboard). And what I LOVE is postcrossing!

Our life is bombarded by computers, e-mails, text messages on the mobile phone...it is very easy to keep in touch with your friends, you only need to move your fingers. The idea of writing a letter seems outdated, boring or even funny. But be honest to yourself; who doesn't enjoy a personal letter at your postbox? Each time I get a letter, my heart gets wings and is ready to fly ! I am so happy, that I feel like every single cell of my body gets a smiley. Can you imagine that? And the reason lies to the fact that the letter is much more personal. Sending a letter is the next thing to showing up personally at someone's door.

Receiving someone's letter or card is like receiving a unique present, something that was made for you and only. The letter is something personal, you can read one's handwriting instead of Arial or Verdana! You can see the frustration, stress on somebody's handwriting or how calm and happy he/she is. A letter carries each person's thoughts, ideas, creativity, geekiness and of course feelings. Is something unique made by you aiming for a person you love/care. The paper that was earlier sitting on your desk, now sits on another's. Letters create a connection, that modern, impersonal forms of communication will never approach. And yes is me, this geek girl sitting the whole day behind her computer screen, that  hates technology when it comes to creativity, imagination, building memories, friendships and communication. A letter travels among people and places to come to you and I can't stop longing for it! So right now, you that you read my post, grab a pen and a paper and drop me a few lines. I'll make you happy too when it comes my turn!

If you think that letter writing is an old fashion, you would be surprised to know how many people, nowadays, send letters and postcards. There are many blogs related to snail-mail, stationery, stamps etc. that show how many letters are exchanged everyday (and not only for christmas), share the happiness and embrace the flame for letter writing! Anyone who has ever come across the old letters of parents and grandparents and suddenly felt transported back to another time and place, knows well the legacy-leaving power of letters. What will we leave our grandchildren? The username and password to our email accounts?