I suck at blogging (and other stories)

 Hello boys and girls and imaginary blog readers out there!! How are you all doing?? 

 If you have been reading my blog for a while you already know I suck at updating it! During August, I was busy having fun and this time I was busy being stressed out! Whatever the reason, I'll always be back and share with you though...!  So be patient and email me in between!! That's always welcome!

 Now... I'm gonna nag about the new job - to make it a pleasant ride, I'll post a couple of outfits I wore during happy times in August. Ready?

  Summer outfit I wore in a coffee meeting with my neighbor Aggeliki and her friend, Natasha. I had to take pics of us gorgeous girls of course! The lovely rose ring is a gift from my talented blog-friend Irini! She is a sweetheart and she makes some pretty awesome jewellery! Check her blog here and share the blog-love please!

Back to the coffee meeting: Aggeliki pretending to own somebody else's BMW.....

....the very stylish Natasha....

...and yours truly!

Earrings made by me - glasses made by Dior!

 The new job is exhausting in every possible way. I changed my mind... I have two days off, so I'm gonna spare you good people with my nagging! On to the second outfit...

  

  My lovely mom, gave me some vintage scarves a while ago. One of them inspired this "Mad Men meets the navy" outfit, which I thought is kind of acceptable and wore for a day of shopping downtown! 

More earrings made by me and a beautiful scarf back from the 70's!

 While I was absent from the blogging world, some great things happened! 

1. I got an award from another good blog friend, Ermioni! 

 Ermioni is a new mommy who tries out and shares with us some pretty delicious recipes! Greek cuisine with a twist at "The one with all the tastes"!! Thanks for the lovely award dear! I'm supposed to write down "7 things about me", but this is a loooong post already, so check the previous "7 things about" me here if you're new around here!

2. Tracy made a vlog!! She is just amazing! Most of you probably know Tracy already, but if you don't (and you're inexcusable), go check her blog. Now. Go... What are you waiting for?? 

 Many more great things must have happened, but my bloglovin' shows 493 unread posts. I must have missed something. I'll try my best to catch up! Kisses til next time! Φιλιά σε όλους!

New jewellery with a vintage twist!

Hi everybody! How are you??

 Today I'm feeling very laconic. To make this quick - sad news of the day: it's a critical day today for my country. Let's hope for the best. Sad personal news of the day: my right hand hurts a lot - I mean a lot - and I probably have tendinitis. Here's another reason for being laconic. Good news of the day : I've made some cool jewellery while experimenting with chain, lace and some beads! Enjoy them (along with some pic. editing experiments!). Kisses to all! 

 

P.S. - The lovely Eiffel Tower miniatures and box (originally filled with delicious butter candies) are the gifts my brother and his girlfriend brought us from a trip to Paris last week! You guessed it - I have 600 unedited photos of Paris and I intend to show them all to you!! Be brave!

I have a little secret...

I just stumbled upon this amazing offer while window-shopping for vintage clothes:

We all love a good sale and up to 50% is a fair amount if you ask me. Especially if it allows you to get your hands on one of the kind goodies that you wouldn't normally find in your local providers!

I know that when it comes to vintage, we are way back in Greece! I get the sense that Greeks take a dim look of wearing someone else's second hand clothes! Hopefully this approach is soon changing, because you can find small treasures in thrift stores and flea markets - and really cheap!!

And here is a random choice of 10-things-i'd-buy-if-I-were-rich-and-casually-shopping!!Feel free to pretend it's my birthday my devoted readers!

Smoker's vintage

During the Xmas holiday, we visited bf's parents at his village - nothing weird in that, as this is a very traditional way to spend holidays in Greece : family and tons of food!!! The difference this year is that we left with an unusual present....

 

.... some vintage rolling papers!

Well.. let me explain! The bf's village is on a mountain and they used to grow tobacco there, back on the days when the agricultural production in Greece was thriving. The people were really poor and smoking was a very expensive habit. The government was distributing these rolling papers to the tobacco farmers alone, to cover their needs!

 

Weird, right?? Nowadays they are considered a "cult" object and they are believed to be the best rolling papers ever, as they were made of 100% natural fibres and they had no glue!

After some online searching -thank you internet gods!- I found out that they still exist but with a different packing. The modern version includes two types of rolling papers - they both have glue, but it's natural (made from a plant extract).

 

You can order them online from various sites - The pics I used are taken from this site... - P.S.: Did you notice that the date on them (new package) is 1944!!