HALLOWEEN

These were our Halloween costumes!! I was obviously Eve...you see how the left side is Eve after the apple and the right side is before the apple! My lovely Sophia is a very pretty sugar skull! It was so cute how she seemed to be smiling all the time because of the mouth make-up! I LOVE it!

And Ioannis my baby girl (just because of our all time favourite youtube video..see below!) he went as a golden shower!! Just wonderful! with tights and shoes and cardigan and make-up and ohh so golden everything! 

We had so much fun getting ready..we ordered pizza and drank wine and danced. So much fun! Just to go to a party that sort of sucked..but ok. We ended up leaving after about an hour and went to our favourite pub were someone threw beer at me (he didn't spill it..he literally threw it at me) and splashed it into a friends face..so we went home! 

But it was still a fun night!! I love halloween. I just wish it were a bigger deal here!

Oh well next year we'll throw our own party!! ok Janni? 

Look how cute she was trying to get us all into the picture! BEAUTIFUL!

Trying to pose for a photo but not being able to stop talking? Yeah that's me!

Hope everyone had a fun night dressing up and going out!!

Here's the baby girl video! 

love Andrea

A Day in The Park!

We've been using the last "sunny" and kind of "warm" days to roam around Vienna. (They're over now...we're in for a lot of cold and rainy days! I HATE IT!). We went to the park and played Tabu. Sophia and I were in a team and we kind of sucked! But it was still fun!

Eventually it got really cold so we went home and Hansi (the wonderfully handsome young man next to me) came with. We spent the night watching funny videos on youtube (as always!)

These was one of our favourites that night! 

 

This is Ken Tiger! This is kind of funny and sad at the same time!

Ohhh wait!! This video is just too cute!! Hansi loves it!! 

Make sure you watch the original as well! This little guy is just so cool!

love Andrea

Sewing A Dress!

Hello there everyone! This is me sewing! Not my prettiest self but I thought I'd share it anyway.

I saw this girl wearing a dress with a sweetheart neckline and I loved it! Soo I tried it myself.  I usually sew things from vintage materials...simply because I can't really afford the ones that I like as much in stores. I always find great materials in my favourite second hand store here in Vienna. 

I used the stool to draw the neckline of the beige material I didn't have anything else that size and round. Also i used one of my t-shirts to roughly draw the outlines of the beige part.

And now you will get to see one of the things I hate most!! Mixing b&w photos with colourphotography but ok..my boyfriend took the photos not nowing that I was going to put them on Stylemingle a few weeks later. 

I pinned the turquoise material to the beige one...making the shape I wanted. This was really tricky since I pinned them into the mannequin and then had to repin them so that I can sew it. Plus I kept sewing the mannequin to my dress. I got so annoyed that I stopped sewing it for a couple of weeks and then eventually got back to it.

This is me repinning the material!! uuuhhhh!! ahhhh!! 

It didn't quite turn out how I wanted it to but I still like it.

I kind of cut it too short and wasn't able to put in an elastic band at the waist...but I like it like this as well. I'm no professional so I guess it's all good!

Look how happy I was to finally wear it! Mensch Mensch!!

This was just me sharing a bit so I didn't go further into detail but if you want to know anything just ask!  Hope you like it!

love Andrea

RAINY DAYS...

 the last days where so rainy and cold.

but this is no reason NOT to go out. you just have to dress up a bit wormer, wear good shoes

AND you need a hip umbrella, like mine.

 

and please look at the nails, the great sheer nailpolish from American Apparel makes this possible.

especially in these dark and rainy days colour is so IMPORTANT!!!

here a video how to do it extra colourful and lovely:

 trousers, longsleve, bag and umbrella from American Apparel. Jacket from H&M. Lipstick Chanel.

You can combine it like this as well, a big cardigan, a circle scarf and sneakers 

(or for winter some leather boots) 

and you have a total different outfit, yay! 

scarf and cardigan American Apparel, shoes vintage.

LOVE Steffi

I baked it myself with LOVE! well made Apfelmus!

Today I decided to make Apfelmus instead of baking something. Although I would like to make Apple   pie as well but that's for another day. My roommate Flo and I bought this huge bucket full of apples..for only 3,99€..so since then we've been making everything with apples.

This is a really easy recipe ... and you can easily change things up each time you make it..to keep it interesting. Not interesting in the cooking show way but exciting and fun. Yes Apfelmus can be fun!

So these pictures show the first step. Peeling your apples! GO ON!! DO IT!! It did take some time as I used about 2 kg of apples. You would think that it's way to much for only 3 people ...well you..no not for us!! 

The first step is just to peel the apples and cut them into tiny, thin little slices. I used on of those apple peelers to make my little slices.
After that...you put the apples into a pot with about 150 ml of water in it. It doesn't have to be a lot of water just so about 1/3 of the apples are covered in it. Then you let it simmer for about 10-15 minutes.

Then you add your spices. I chose to put only 1 flat tablespoon of brown sugar in (the apples were already very sweet), 1 tablespoon of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon vanille sugar and 1 tablespoon of cloves.

Basically you can put in more or less of everything depending on how you like it. But we all loved it!
I did have to add a tad bit more water though because I didn't want it to be to chunky.

I let it cook on low heat for about 40 min. You don't really have to stand next to the pot all the time..just make sure you check up on it every 15 min or so and stir through it. 

Now you just have to wait till it has the consistency you like. And if you want it to be really smooth...go through it with a mixer. 

This is a really easy and tasty recipe. Just cut the apples and mix it with all the other Ingredients and let it simmer on the stove until its finished. Easy peasy!
We ate it warm with vanilla eis-cream ... but it's also great with pancakes!
If you have any questions..don't be afraid to ask!
Have fun with it! I did! 

Tüdeldü!

Let's travel to Egypt!

Hello, hello! So I got introduced a couple of posts ago, I'm Hannah. I thought I'd start my blogging experience by sharing a wonderful week with you. Here is my warm and sunny (not like this silly german snow, yes... SNOW, weather) EGYPT trip!

 If you think of Egypt, you of course think of pyramids and the sphinx, but I didn't see them this trip. I went very far south... to Marsa Alam. There was nothing but desert and the beach.

 I met these very nice egyptian guys. They lived in a little hut by the beach and sold jewelry. I met them on my first day in egypt and spent a lot of time with them. They where so very sweet and shared everything they had. They made me a bunch of bracelets, gave me pretty necklaces, shared their tea and cigarettes and gave me great spices (the first picture). I should have just stayed with them!! No stupid german nasty weather to deal with.

One day I went horseback riding. We galloped around the desert and I swear.. I haven't felt that free in a very, very long time. I rode that cutie patootie on the left..

 Yeah, I like this guy. God, I had so much fun with the camels. They are so freaking relaxed and their faces... they always have a "what the hell do you want from me, you freak. " look on there face.

BUT the best part of the trip... I went snorkeling. I have never ever seen anything that beautiful. So you snorkeled and snorkeled all the while the water is like up to your hips and then BAM it just dropped 15 meters. AND THEN you saw corals and fish in the most colorful ways possible. It was crazy!! I even saw clownfish, let me tell you.. those little nemos are freaking cute.

ICESKATING

First time iceskating in 6 years!! It was so much fun and I only fell once!!! I was so proud!! 

This was such a major event that I needed to share it with the world!!
Ohh and these two cutie-pies are Ioannis and Sophia!!

<3 Andrea