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101: Giveaways!!

I wanted to celebrate my 100th post with an amazing giveaway, but I couldn't ignore the tragic death of Farrah and Michael , so we'll celebrate the 101 post.I still can't belive that I'm writing the 101 post, when I started this blog I did it for fun , now it's an important part of my daily life, I love to share with you my toughts and to read yours.

Chickdowntown.com, the designer dresses site, would offer an amazing opportunity to my readers to win the Twilight Bella jacket by BB Dakota!! I can't give you Edward but I can work on it ;))
I love so much this jacket, the color is great and would be great on jeans or dresses too. Thanks a lot to Chickdowntown.com. Don't miss the amazing offers they'll give you by following Chickdowntown.com on twitter and faceboook I did it of course ;) This giveaway is open to US residents only.

The second prize will be this necklace I did , I'm trying to make some little jewels with a friend and my mum, they're both very very good , I design the jewels and they make them. I don't know if we'll start a "business" but I love the pieces we're making and I hope you love them too.
The necklace is made with glass beads and if you want we can make the earring and the bracelet too.
This giveaway is open to everybody from south to north to east to west!!

The third prize will be a set of 4 bracelets that my mum made taking inspiration by the ones worn by Giselle for Calzedonia add (remember my post?) , they're so fun to wear, I'm wearing now mine and I love the gentle noise of the jingles. They're so cool for summer and looks so god with tanned skin. This giveaway too is open to everybody.

To enter the 3 giveaways you have 5 ways:

- Leave a comment (be sure to leave your email if you don't have a blog account)
- If you are one of my followers or if you start to follow me just leave a comment and let me know that.
- If you repost this giveaway on your blog , Twitter or Facebook, come back and leave a comment with the link, my Twitter is : fairykikka

- Leave a comment and tell me which is your favourite post of my blog.
- Add the MY WAY button to your page come back and leave a comment.

Please be sure to write your email if you don't have a blogger account and to write in you're from US or not.

The giveaway will end on next 5th of July at 11.30 pm (Italian time)..Good Luck!!

Goodbye Angel..

1947 - 2009

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I've read now the news about Michael Jackson tragic death. I wasn't his number one fan but his music was with me since I was a little girl. My sister is shocked, she really is a N.1 fan.
Goodbye Michael , thank you for the wonderful music you left.

1958 - 2009

Recipes Bonanza

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I’m hungry, I’m really starving now , it’s almost lunch time and I’m killing myself watching recipe sites and yummy food pics!! It’s a while that I don’t share a recipe with you so I’m posting some of my favourite recipes , they’re all easy to cook and perfect fot hot weather. Try them and let me know if you liked.

Parsley & Potatoes fresh salad

I love potatoes I could eat potatoes all the time, not only french fries of course, I love them boiled , grilled, baked , they’re so versatile and easy to cook, a perfect solution for quick recipes.
One of our way to cook potatoes is in salad, this recipe is Parsley & Potatoes fresh salad.
Ingridients 4 servings

1 kg patatoes (white)
Vinegar
Lots of parsley
Extra virgin olive oil
salt – pepper

Peel the potatoes and cut them in big pieces, put them in a steamer and let them cook for 15/20 minutes or if you prefer, boil them with the peel for 15/25 minutes and then peel and cut.
In a small jar mix 4 spoons of oil ,salt ,pepper and one spoon of vinegar , close the jar and shake it very well to mix all the ingridients. Let the potaoes cool then pour the sauce and the fresh cut pairsley, put in a fridge for 30/40 minutes before serving. You can cook this in the evening and eat for lunch and it’s a great dish to serve for picnic or summer parties. My mum sometimes add some canned tuna as a single meal, and you can add some boiled carrots.

Courgettes rolls with cheese

Another easy and quick recipe that I love very much, it takes 5 minutes to cook and taste so good!!
Ingridients 4 servings

500 gr courgettes
200-250 gr fresh goat cheese or ricotta (you can use soft spreadable cheese that you prefer)
Chives
Toasted bread
Salt and pepper

Wash the courgettes cut the top and bottom and slice them, not very thick (you need to roll a slice) grill the slices for few minutes , not too much and put them in a large plate and let them cool.
Mix in a bowl cheese, chives, pepper and a pinch of salt , if it’s too try add few drops of extra virgin oil; spread the mixture on the courgettes slices and stop the roll with a toothpick. Serve with chopped chives and some olive oil on the bread slices.

Zucchini frittata

This is the “must” dish for summer, my mum’s one is divine, she also cooks the “mini zucchini frittata” , so yummy and a great finger food!!
Ingridients 4 servings

300 gr crougettes (zucchine -try to find small ones , they cook better ans faster)
4 eggs
50-70 gr of grated parmesan cheese
1 spoon extra virgin olive oil
salt – pepper

wash and cut is “discs” the crougettes, fry in hot oil until they’re golden brown. Put them in a plate with absorbent paper to take off the excess of oil. In a bowl mix eggs parmesan a pinch of salt and pepper, sometimes I add a pinch of saffron too to give a nice yellow color. Add the crougettes to the eggs and stir a little bit then fry it in a large frypan with some hot olive oil , the oil must always be very hot. When the sides of the “frittata” are cooked and gold turn the frittata on the other side, you can use another plate to do it. When the frittana is well cooked let it cool on a plate, it’s better to serve it warm or if you want you can cut it in dices and serve it cold as appetizer or mix the dices in a salad.

Salame al cioccolato (chocolate salami)

In all my childhood parties the thing that I can always remember is the “salame al cioccolato”, every mum has her own recipe and it’s a classic of our cuisine and tradition. It’s a very easy “cake” that don’t need owen but only fridge. I love it , my recipe is:

Ingridients 4-6 servings

200-250 gr of “dry” cookies (don’t use butter cookies or digestive)
150-170 gr of butter
100 gr sugar
2 egg yolks
75-80 gr of powder cocoa
50gr of peeled almonds
2-3 spoons of rum

crumble the cookies , I prefer small pieces but you can crumble them in the size that you prefer, but don’t make a “powder” of cookies. Cut the almonds in small slices or dices. In a mix bowl add eggs yokes and half of sugar and whip until it become light yellow and it’s get soft, add the melted butter , cocoa, rum and the rest of sugar, stir and mix very well to get a smoth mixture.
Add the cookies and almonds and stir for a while.
In a aluminum foil put the mixture and give the shape of a salami, fridge it for 2-3 hours. Cut in slice for serving and don’t forget to put it back in fridge to keep it cold and hard.
Sometimes I love it with some whipped cream or a scone if icecream.

And to finish all nothing is better that Granita al Caffè (coffee granita)

Easy easy and taste soooo good!!
Ingredients 4 servings

150 gr sugar
4 cup of espresso
cream
icing sugar
extra dark chocolate for serving

in a pan add the sugar and half liter of water and boil for 3-5 minutes until it become a “syrup”
let it cool then add the coffee and stir. Add the mixture in a bowl put it in the freezer for 2-3 hours and stir every 20-30 minutes, until the mixture get frozen in “big coffee crystals”. You must mix and stir well to make a soft granita.
In a bowl whip the cream, if you want you can add the icing sugar to sweeten the cream. In 4 tall icecream or granita tumblers put the granita (it’s better to take away from the freezer the granita 2-3 minutes before not more or it will melt too much) add the wipped cream on top and some flakes of chocolate.
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This is my 99th post , stay tuned for the 100th celebration!!

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Summer Solstice & Awards

Happy Summer dear friends!! It's official, tomorrow it's Summer and today it's the summer solstice, so we're in the best time of the year, we must celebrate, dance, sing, drink and salute the Sun our "father" and enjoy the mother nature blooming, it's the magic of nature!! I've the feeling that something will change the bad time that I'm having since this winter will go away and the new season will bring happiness hope and peace. I wish you all the best,to find what you need and most important to love what you have..

Oh, dont let the sun go down on me Although I search myself, its always someone else I see Id just allow a fragment of your life to wander free Cause losing everything is like the sun going down on me

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Today I'd like to introduce the "My Way" award, it's the award for free spirit, free people that are not scared to be themselves, creative bloggers and artist, nature lovers..people that loves ti live MY WAY. My lucky number is 4 so I'll give this award to 4 people, blogs or other for all summer long and my first 4 picks are:

The novelista barista
TenThings
Completely Coastal
Modern day pioneers

If you feel "My Way" too feel free to grab my button, and you if you know some blogs artist or people that deserve the "My Way" award let me know and I'll give it to them or just simply give it to them now!!

I wrote this post yesterday and today I've found out that I've 2 more awards..THANK YOU!! I'm blushing and still shocked so many awards and so much love!
This time the love comes from the lovely The Novelista Barista

she gave me the Kreativ Blogger award, thank you very much dear!! I pass it to:

Constant Cravings
Gypsy Feet
By Maryjane
Through the Looking Glass

and the other lovely award it's from blondie-lox (do you remember her amazing cards that I've featured here ?) I love it, I'm so honored to get this award , she wrote on her blog:

carlotta @ my way for her incredible taste! i love her etsy finds list! she even featured my postcards before, which made me flattered!! :):)

Blondie-lox definitely deserve the "My Way" award , such a great talent and amazing artist thank you!!

Charlie don't surf

I’ve been tagged few days ago by L’armadio del delitto in a new tag about music. The original tag is about italian songs that french needs to know, but since I don’t know much about italian songs ( know it’s a shame!!) because I’ve never liked it very much, I’m going to answer to my tag with any kind of music.

The song to thrill

There’re tons of songs that I love to listen when I need a kick, new old rock, but the only song that is an evergreen in my ipod , in my car or at home is : I can’t get no satisfaction - Rolling Stones.
It’s a song that I love so much for the energy that it gives me and it’s a part of one of my favourite movie ever, Apocalypse Now.

The “when I’m sad” song

Wish you were here – Pink Floyd, it’s not a very sad song but it helps me to be positive even if my mood is bad and I feel down, I love this part “We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,” it’s probably one of the best lyric ever.

The song to feel like a child

That’s an easy one, there’s only one song that gives that feeling and it’s The Goonies 'R' Good Enough - Cindy Lauper. I grow up with The Goonies, I still watch and love it so much, the soundtrack it’s another character, and of course I adore Cindy, she’s a free spirit like me. I’ve always loved her and hated Madonna so I was really “politically incorrent” at school, everybody loves Madonna, but c’mon Cindy in 2000 times better, she’d be a perfect Goonie!!
Please Hollywood don’t make a remake or the Goonies pleaseeeee nothing can be better than the oroginal!

The song to dance all night

I don’t really like to dance, I used to when in London but it was ages ago and I loved to dance dark or industrial techno (!!) now I like some brit pop or still techno. I love Chemical Brothers Fatboyslim Prodigy Underworld stuff like that and the perfect dance song it’s still Vodoo People – Prodigy!

My first song

I have no idea!! My parents as I said before here loved music very much so growing up I’ve always listened to their records, from what I can remember it’s Frank Sinatra (thanx dad!) My Way and it’s still one of my fav song ever, and of course a mantra since I have it tattoed on my back. Sinatra it’s like a LBD you never go wrong with him!! The first song that I loved it’s On with the show – Motley Crue. I discovered them at elementary school I’ve changed my tastes many times but my Crue are always with me and yes I still think that Nikki is hot!!

Best break up song

One word : Hurt – Nine inch nails … need I say more?? Read the lyryc and you’ll know why. Trent is a genius and Hurt it’s a real masterpiece, that song goes deep in your soul it tear and rip it an then you feel ever more bad and sad but it’s what you need.

The song that I’ve been looking for

Too many too many..each song I love it’s a song that I was waiting and looking for, but as I said to my sister few days ago that has totally different music tastes, the song that I “need” to listen every day it’s I’m yours – Jason Mraz. Don’t ask me why but since the first time I loved it and still love it so much, it’s such a cute and happy song that it’s perfect for every time of the day or every mood. So the song that I’ve been looking for since ages is that one, and even my sister or friends that have different tastes love it and after a couple of notes start singing a long!I bet you’re doing the same!!
… Well, you done done me and you bet I felt it…

My “best find” song

White rabbit - Jefferson Airplane I always laugh so much when Benicio del Toro in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is in the bathtube and starts screaming and he ask for White Rabbit..I don't know why is my best find but I love the song & the movie!!

My favourite soundtrack

Yeah right as if I have only one!! Ok only one???!!! Almost Famous has everything. There’re so many movies I love for the beautiful soundtrack, and Almost Famous has some of my fav song in it, it’s pure rock n roll!!
Other movies with great musics are Billy Elliot, The Lords of Dogtown, Velvet Goldmine, Footloose, Topgun, Point Break...

The outsider

it's the most stupid song on earth but I love it...

I'll tag all of you, I'm so curious to read your answers and to find new song to love..come back and let me know when you're done!!

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Etsy finds : It's seafoam baby!!

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I love so much this color, it's fresh, it's pure, it's summer, it's clean, it makes me feel relaxed and happy; it's a mix of green, nature earth hope (in Italy green is the color of hope!) , white the color of pureness soul clouds, and blue the color of water sky and calm. Seafoam it's the perfect mix of all those things and the perfect color to wear in summer , it's great on every skin tone and instantly gives a fresh touch to outfits, home, makeup, everything!! Since I adore so much this color I've made lots of researches on Etsy about it and I've found not only one treasure but tons of gorgeous things to buy and share with you. Here some of my favourite shops and finds, of course this is a small selection so click click click on every single shop and enjoy their amazing wonderful handmade treasures.

tenthings