Aqua Love

Aqua.. what a beautiful color! I'm waiting everyday for my Mr. Mail-Man to bring me some aqua colored yarn that I recently ordered online. I need it to make my "Ladybug in the Clouds" cozies. It's the yarn that I use the most! So, while waiting I decided to look for some beautiful and inspiring Aqua colored items on the web... let's see...

Nice shoes!

Nike Shoes

My husband would never wear this tie... but the color is just too pretty!

Aqua Tie

How about this lovely Wedding Favor box? it reminds me of Tiffany..

Wedding Favor Box

I love this brief-case!! Isn't it gorgeous?? Color and all.

Aqua Briefcase

Did you know you can change the color of your keyboard buttons??

Silicone Keyboard Buttons

Well.. I couldn't not post my Cozy! I can't wait to receive my yarn to make a load of these!

My Ladybug in the Clouds Cozy

I think that's all for tonight! I just want to let you know that I added a new page in the blog.. I will start to Advertise!! I see that almost every blog does it and it's something I can do as well!

Check it out!

SPONSOR PAGE

And now Farewell! Have a Sweet Night!

xoxo,

Cozy Giveaway ♥

One of my favorite books is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. It's such a beautiful novel, full of suspense, romance, drama... I think you should read it too!! 

Different movies were also made out of this story.. the one I'm watching right now {I'm super cozy in my bed on a rainy day...} is this one, the 1996 version:

I have it on DVD and I watched it so many times... I'm never tired of it and right now I'm in the mood of watching it... is it maybe because of the gloomy clouds outside? At the same time I'm crocheting my Ladybug on a Rainy Cloud COZY! Perfect Combination! :)

Oh! I almost forgot!... I'm in another wonderful giveaway!! Please go check out my Guest Post and Giveaway HERE!! I'm giving away this Coffee Cup Cozy:

Stay Cozy and Warm!!!

xoxo,

Hair Pretty GIVEAWAY

Hello!!!!

I hope you all had a great long week-end!! Did you go anywhere fun? I stayed cozy at home working on one of my orders for one of the best customers ever!! ;) 

Today I just want to quickly share the opportunity to win a GORGEOUS hair-pretty from one of the best crafters I know!! The super fun and sweet Kristine from TheFoleyFam!! Did you know she has also an Etsy SHOP? Go check it out! Here's some of the pretties.....

Shabby Chic pretty Flowers

Go Packers!

Delicate Lady Headband

Red Satin Ribbon

I'm so happy I have 2 of her clips... but I want more!!!! :)
So please... enter her Giveaway HERE and show her some Love!!!

Good Luck!!!

xoxo

Don't You Love Ornaments?

Hello everybody!! It's true that Christmas is little less than 2 months away.. but you can already smell it in the air! What do I mean? Well, Thanksgiving is going to be soon and I know that many people start decorating their homes and putting up the Christmas tree! Today I looked for cute ornaments on Etsy to share with you.. maybe you'll get inspired for some new type of decorations...

What about some cute little mushrooms? Handmade with felt....

Felted Mushrooms

Or the classic vintage ornaments.. I love these!! My Mom has exactly the same, still in the old box..

Vintage Glass Ornaments

..some "cookie-style" little figurines... adorable!

Soft Ornaments

For those who like vintage (like me)..there's some old wooden toys to hang on the tree...

Vintage Wooden Toys

These pretty wooden discs will give a rustic look to your tree...

tree branch ornaments

I had to find some crocheted ornaments..of course!! These Christmas stars are beautiful!

Crocheted Stars

I love the shabby-chic look of these Heart Ornaments..

Shabby Chic Hearts

And what about this little Tree made of fabric rosettes?..just gorgeous!

Rosettes Christmas Tree

..and for the Gypsy inside of me.. I couldn't resist these colorful and original ones!!

Bohemian Style Ornaments

Happy decorating!!! Please visit these shops...there's much more to find!!

Have a Blessed Beautiful Day!

xoxo,

P.S.

Don't forget the GIVEAWAY still going on to win my Cozy!!! :)

NOVEMBER GIVEAWAY!!!

I just want to let you all know that I'm in 2 giveaways this month!! I will first show you my feature on a beautiful blog I sponsored last month: 3 Four and Under. Trisha is a very sweet Mom of 3 beautiful children and has also a pretty Etsy Shop. She wrote about me HERE! Go check it out and enter the Giveaway! If you don't need it.. it could be a cute Christmas present for someone who loves sipping his tea or coffee in style! ;)

{For those who don't know what a "Giveaway" is... well.. just click on the link above, follow the directions and you can be picked to win my Ladybug on a Rainy Cloud cozy!}.

What are you waiting for? You only have one week!!!

The winner will be notified and will receive my cozy for free♥

Hugs to all,

Spicy Oil Recipe.

This Sunday I'll share with you a recipe that I just experimented in my kitchen! Spicy-Delicious-Oil!! The only oil I ever use is Extra Virgin Olive Oil {EVOO as Rachael Ray would say...}, because that's the only oil used everyday in Italian cuisine. I use vegetable oil only if I need to deep fry {because olive oil burns too fast and would burn my food as well}. Well, the type of infused oil I made today is used to give a light spicy flavor to your food.. it's delicious even just sprinkled on a piece of bread!

All you need is this:

• 1 bottle of 500ml of EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
• 5 small spicy fresh peppers (I got mine from the Mexican store)

Clean well and pat dry the peppers. Remove the stems and cut them in half. Put them in a pot on low heat, pour the oil and let it warm up. Once it starts boiling, let the peppers infuse for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and let them cool down. Pour the oil by passing it through a small colander into a bottle {I used the same bottle I took the oil from}. Use the oil to cook your food or to just give extra flavor.

Enjoy!!!

xoxo,

Our Halloween

Hello!!! I hope you all had a great time yesterday.. for the night of Halloween!!

As an Italian, Halloween is not one of my traditions, even if I heard that now it's becoming very popular also over there (just to copy America, I think). I've been asked by a friend what is the meaning of this feast, if there's a deeper layer behind ghosts and witches. I had no idea what to say! I always thought it was an ancient pagan feast that "made fun" of death, trying not to be scared of dying... something like that. Instead, I have found out, after some online research, that it actually comes from Christian background, or at least it was somehow adapted also to Christianity. The word Halloween is thought to have been influenced by the Christian holy days of All Saints' Day {also known as All Hallows, Hallowmas or Hallowtide} on November 1 and All Souls' Day on November 2.

I'll copy and paste the explanation I found about dressing up:

The custom of wearing costumes has been linked to All Saints/All Souls by Prince Sorie Conteh, who wrote: "It was traditionally believed that the souls of the departed wandered the earth until All Saints' Day, and All Hallows' Eve provided one last chance for the dead to gain vengeance on their enemies before moving to the next world. In order to avoid being recognised by any soul that might be seeking such vengeance, people would don masks or costumes to disguise their identities".

Interesting! isn't it??

Well... after this history lesson I'll show you a picture of my happy children last night! We didn't go Trick-or-treating {after a scary experience two years ago..} but we received lots of candies from different people anyways!! :)

Hugs to all and Happy All Saints' Day!!