a couple of pictures to document my greedy shortbread habit

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also some of my lovely finds from last weeks fleamarket

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the only way to really keep me from biting my nails

is nailpolish

o well

ESSIE is my favorite kind 

and now all colours are available here in Germany too

but i probably should switch entirely to "healthier" brands like BUTTER or SCOTCH

but till then i indulge in all kinds of red and coral 

those go so well with this summer kind of weekend were going to have

my grandmothers (and greatgrandmothers) tulips 

very Sixties

and classy till the end
(i bet they would look great being carried around by Don Draper
in his new checkered sports jacket)

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want even more petals?

go HERE

on this very April-like Sunday

- sun, rain and hail - 

i started reading A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD

and after just a few pages i decided i like it very much

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and i really liked the ZEIT MAGAZIN from last week

those recipies sound and look amazing

also not suitable for the histamin intolerant

but maybe i pop one of these wonder-pills

and try them anyway

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shortbread is something i can and do eat

lots and lots

and it´s so easy to make

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here´s how i do it:

125g butter, soft

1/4 cup + 1 table spoon icing sugar

1 cup flour

1/4 cup starch flour

salt - i like a lot

cream the butter with the icing sugar

quickly add flour and starch flour

knead lightly

form two balls, flatten them with a rolling pin

cut into 6 wedges

transfer to a baking tray - chill for an hour

bake 20 to 25 min at 160°C

some things i love to add to the dough:

salted butter from the Ile de Re - it´s divine

dried cranberries and caramelized salted and peppered chopped up almonds

crushed fennel seeds

aniseed

caraway

white tea (1 - 2 bags)

...

(these additions work for me but probably not for everybody with histamin related problems)

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the butter biscuits over at THIS IS NAIVE look very tempting

i put a few more things up on my WEBSITE

and started updating the SHOP with the LOOKING PENDANTS

they are really fun

and you´ll get a free set of FLORAL POSTCARDS

when ordering one of them - or any other piece of jewellery - in April

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dying tulips are the best kind

even better in the dark

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have a lovely weekend

i´m planing on hitting the flea market, COOKING and potting plants

next to a huge load of work...

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how about the new blogger?!

i hope i´ll adjust to it very soon... 

it´s such a grey Sunday around here
the walk in my suburb was more ugly than usual
i´m not used to a not pretty neighbourhood
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tried to cheer myself up
with potting my geranium cuttings
shown here the most tacky ones
in my matching 60s staircase and flower pots
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got the first pieces of clothing with prints made by me
i really like how the black tulips turned out
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AND:
i put the FLORAL POSTCARDS in the SHOP
(find more pictures HERE)
turned some ink drawings i made last summer into colourful springlike paper goods
and to spread some flowered joy
i´ll send out a free card set with every jewellery order this April