Vegetarian Burritos / Vegetariškos burito

I like Mexican food! It would be better to say food fantasies in Mexican food style. I was making vegetarian burritos the other day. Well I am not vegetarian now  – probably I am too lazy to make a separate dish for myself for every meal (both my husband and my daughter are the real … Continue reading

I Pretend I Am A . . . Home Stylist Vol. I / Apsimesiu, kad esu . . . namų dekoratorė, I dalis

Kæri dagbók [Dear diary], it is already second week as I imagine I am working in different fields that I would like to work in real life. I was a fashion designer last week (still working to complete the tasks that I set up for myself then). This week I have started to imagine that … Continue reading

I Pretend I Am A . . . Fashion Designer Vol. I, II, III / Apsimesiu, kad esu . . . drabužių dizainerė, I – III dalis

Hi there everybody! It seems that I am behind with my project . . . Oh yeah I am! I am not an excuse person but I promised the updates and did not deliver. Well I had a terrible stomach disorder earlier this week and just started to get well today. I kept on publishing … Continue reading

How I Could Forget It??? / Kaip aš galėjau pamiršti???

This is one more my vintage helper! How I could forget it ? This is an old electric German wafer pan. I like wafers from my childhood. It was a dream food on weekends then. After Tjorvi’s old aunt died nobody wanted this pan so I happily accepted it. The pan is quite old: it … Continue reading

Baking Bread: Icelandic Bread I / Kepu duoną: islandiška duona I

One of my Icelandic culinary discoveries is Icelandic bread. Truly Icelandic bread is traditionally baked without yeast. I the moment I have discovered and baked two types of Icelandic bread: rye bread and with herbs. This time Icelandic bread with herbs 2 cups of rolled oats 2 cups of full corn wheat flour 1 cup … Continue reading

I Pretend I Am A . . . / Apsimesiu, kad esu . . .

It is so many fields that I would like to work in! Interior and interior accessory designer, fashion designer, photographer, artist, stylist, cook, collector of vintage pieces, children book illustrator . . . I would like to try myself in all these spheres! Starting from today I will start trying myself in all these fields, … Continue reading

Progress In Daughter’s Room / Progresas vaikų kambary

    This is how Elin’s room looked one year ago. She was two and still sleeping in our bedroom. In the room there still is a build-in oak finished wardrobe, old leather sofa, white cupboard and commode (used to have a changing table on it) from some Danish children furniture company that I do … Continue reading

Balloon / Balionas

  A couple of weeks ago we were in a Family festival at Reykjavik town bus company. There were inflatable jumping castles, carousel, face painting, hot-dogs, old and new buses to look at, trips to the bus wash inside the bus and many other good thinks. They were giving balloons, of course. There were the … Continue reading

That Is How It Looks / Štai taip tai atrodo

Remember the project for my friends that I was telling about the other day? This is it! They finish painting it. They added a shelf with IKEA holders. I think the big spot of orange is missing. What about this IKEA pouffe with a hand made cover out of this IKEA fabric ? Photo courtesy … Continue reading