HAVE A ROCKING WEEKEND!

I know I will!
I'm going to my best girls wedding tomorrow and
I'm finally gonna wear my favorite 1950's dress.
I saved it for a special occasion.
My plan is to wear it with a pale gold toned 3/4
sleeved cardigan and pale gold toned heels with a
dusty pink bow.

I got the dress back in 2008(!) and it was in a
bad state, it was gray and full of red wine stains,

no dry cleaner wanted to touch it. (The tag said
"dry cleaning only".)
I had enough after two years of it just hanging in
my closet looking sad and neglected, so thought
to myself, I never gonna wear it in the state it's
in and I can't wear it if something goes wrong
after a proper wash in the washing machine but
I'm gonna take a chance and give it a go.

I had to remove the interfacing that was in the
skirt (it made it very boxy anyway) and the
rhinestones and then spray it with tons of Vanish
and put it in a laundry bag and then wash it on
the delicate program.
After a few washes it looked good and the yellow
really radiates.
There's still faded red wine stains but you can't
tell if you don't look very carefully.

Detail.

Good idea: I took a photo of the dress before I
removed the rhinestones, that way I can easily
put them back exactly where they were.

QUICK HUMMUS

I must admit that I'm not a big fan of hummus you get
at the falafel places, it's a bit too bitter, too oily and not
enough chickpea flavour for my liking.
Therefore I make my own, oil and tahini free version,
a frugal version if you like.

All you need is:
Chickpeas,
Garlic,
Salt,
Cracked black pepper
A dash of water

I start by mashing the chickpeas with a hand blender
and then I add some pressed garlic, salt and pepper
and a little bit of water so it's not too compact.
This quick hummus is divine to spread on bread and
also yummy to dip carrot sticks in.
Very healthy too!


This is so easy that even a monkey could do it!


I put my hummus in jars and store them in the fridge.


My favorite, hummus on rye crispbread.

ENJOY!

FINDS!

The sun was shining today so we went to a local mid-week
car boot sale. There wasn't many sellers at all but I still got
a few cool bits.


Piece of vintage fabric, 20 pence.
My plan is to make a bolero for myself with this fabric
on the front and plain black in the back.
It's pretty much the only thing it will be enough for.


Earrings, 30 pence.
I don't now if I should spray these red or not.
I'm not a fan of gold so I'm a bit torn.


Vintage hats, 70 pence each.
I couldn't help myself, not for that price.


Old pull toy, 30 pence.
I've started to collect toys from 1950's-1970's lately
and this one was very much played with but too cute
to leave without.


Vintage first aid kit, 30 pence.


Still got the original content.

SKINNY CARROT CAKE

Here's a recipe for a yummy but skinny cake!
You might think the cake will be dry since there's
no oil but it actually stays nice and moist because
of the amount of carrots.
I made my cake without frosting.
I got 10 pieces, each one contains about 95 calories.



You'll need:

2 eggs
1.5 dl light brown sugar
2 dl flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
3 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp cardamon
3 dl grated carrots
A pinch of fresh grated ginger

Frosting
80 g Philadelphia light
1 1/2 dl icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar

This is what you do:

Put the oven on 175 degrees °C.
Use a round baking tin with detachable bottom.
Peel and grate the carrots roughly.
Whisk eggs and sugar thoroughly with an electric
whisk.
Mix the dry ingredients and pour it into the egg
mix and whisk until smooth.
Add the carrots and ginger.
Bake in the middle of the oven for about 30 minutes.

If you want frosting on the cake then let the cake
cool down and mix the three ingredients and spread
it onto the cake.

Enjoy!

CHERRY HATS

OK, just a few more hats I made last week.
These also got a butterfly shaped veiling as the hat
with the yellow rose I blogged about last week.
Now I'm gonna stop blogging about my creations
for a while, I start to suspect you're bored with all
this by now. ;))

LATEST FIND

Haven't been to a car boot sale or looking on eBay for
a very long time, I'm in desperate need of getting rid
off stuff instead of getting more.
For some unknown reason I had a look on eBay and
found this little exotic handbag yesterday and it was
only £10 incl. shipping so I thought I'd treat myself.
I'm only human. ;))

GOTHIC HEART

I finished three hats today, I'm now out of material
so you won't see any more hats for a while.
Here's one of the hats I finished today.
I love how the roses are caged by a heart shaped net.
This will look perfect in the autumn and winter.