Stitches and Thrills

Nowadays I usually start the day with either of these 2 shakes. The Barley Grass Detox Breakfast Shake is a detoxing shake to start the day freshly. I usually take these on my work-at-home days or weekend. The Soy Protein Soy Shake is my energy shake, to get ready for a more physically demanding day at work. Barley Grass Detox Breakfast Shake : Ingredients: 200 ml Coconut water 1 banana 1 tablespoon barley grass powder 1 tablespoon oat bran 1 teaspoon maca powder 10 drops Vitamin D oil Extra fruit for taste variation: strawberries, blackberries, melon, pineapple. All in the Magic Bullet blender...& breakfast is served! You can also use wheat grass in stead of barley grass. Personally I find wheat grass to have a more earthier taste, barley grass has a softer taste and is less dominant. Soy Protein Energy Shake: 200 ml soy milk (unsweetened) 1 banana 2 tablespoon (approx 25 gram) soy protein powder (unsweetened) 1 tablespoon milled flaxseed (my favouri...

In my revamped Etsy shop AllFairness (previously called BonnetsByMissMinoes) I've added a fun new product: Wire Headbands. Although these headbands are already very popular in the US and Britain, they are still fairly new to the Netherlands.They are a prefect accessory for the trendy 1940s 1950s retro fashion of this season. The wire headbands that I sell are handmade by me, from either GOTS certified organic cotton, or vintage fabric from the 60s/70s/80s. What makes the wire headband so fabulous is you can wear it in so many different ways. I know there are already English YouTube videos around, but I thought it be nice to make one in Dutch, to show the different styling options.The sound is very soft though, as I filmed it with my compact camera. So you might have to switch the volume to 11. This is the first video I ever made... (For Big Bang Theory fans: I had to think about Sheldon and Amy's flag instruction video.) ;-)  Bunny Twist  Hairband ...

When I was a young baking girl I was terribly unsuccessful in baking cookies. They'd usually end up being very dry tooth breakers. Cakes & tarts however was a different story: I excelled at banana or apple loafs and vegan cheesecake. The fact that I couldn't make a decent cookie did quite bother me (or at least that little perfectionist voice that resides in my head). A friend brought me on the path of baking cookies again when we were choosing to try to get rid of all the refined sugar in our food and drinks. Based on several recipes on the internet and my own experiments I made these delicious soft Chewy Banana Oatmeal Cookies. Chewy Banana Oatmeal Cookies. (recipe for about 22 cookies) Ingredients: 50 gram raisins (= 1/2 cup) 100 ml water (=1/2 cup) 75 gram flour (= 1 cup) 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 2 tbsp coconut oil, extra virgin (soft, but doesn't have to be melted) 125 gram oat meal (=2 cup) 2 ripe bananas 50 gram chopp...

As promissed: On reaching 100 followers at my Miss Minoes Facebook page , I will share with all the lovely  100+ of you this knitting pattern I made for a chevron knitted phone cover. Thank you for following! =^x^= Chevron Zig Zag cover for mobile phone. Used materials: - 4 Sock needles metric 3.5 / US 4 / UK 9 - 20 gr colour A, 20 gr colour B (Double Knitting DK yarn) - Big embroider needle. - Button with 4 holes. - Optional: crochet needle (metric 3.5) Gauche for pattern 10 cm (4”) = 22 stitches and 22 rows. (Fair isle knitting can be quite stiff. If you are a tight knitter, you might want to go for a bigger size needles.) You’ll keep the thread of the other colour yarn at the back of your knitting, try not to pull this to tight. Pattern in 2 sizes: Small phone (11.5 cm x 6 cm) Medium phone (13 - 13.5 cm x 6.5 - 7 cm) There is a little stretch in the cosy, so you can pull a little in either length or width to get a snug fit. If your ...

June 20th 2013. Worldwide there were Etsy Craft Parties happening that day. I attended the one in Amsterdam. It was an excellent festive event and networking opportunity, organized by Ka-Ching Collectief , a collective of 5 Etsy sellers at Storm Gallery in Amsterdam. We crocheted, made booklets or cards, but most of all had a lot of fun. The Ka-Ching Collectief also have a cool pop-up store there, with handmade and vintage items, worth checking out. Thank you, Ka-Ching girls: Babette Annabel Maggie Barbara Karin

DAY 1: On the first full day we went to see the fabulous exhibition "David Bowie Is" in the Victoria & Albert Museum. Every aspect in the career of this talented artist was displayed (costumes, painting, lyric sheets, where he gets his inspiration etcetera). I love how the exhibition was put together. Tip 1 : If you travel by Eurostar train to London, you'll get a 2 for 1 discount at the Bowie exhibit, when showing your train ticket. Tip 2 : We were in line for 45 minutes, you then can buy a ticket for a later timeslot. But there is also a possibility to book your tickets on line in advance via the V&A website. Tip 3 : The V&A is free (but for special exhibitions), and would be perfect to spend a rainy day in London. While waiting for our timeslot we walked to the top floors to see the variety/entertainment/theatre costumes. Among other I saw Adam Ant's Prince Charming, but also well known costumes from cabaret and musicals. For Tuesday evening we h...

Here is another delicious result of my experiments in the kitchen. This spiced cake-variation is the result after 2 previous attempts. The first 2 were also very nice, but lacked the exact taste I had hoped to achieve. :-) The quinoa flour was on my wish list for a while already. I made the spiced cake with Coconut Oil Extra Virgin, because that's the healthiest. But if you really don't like the taste of coconut you can also get the one where they removed the coconut smell. Spicy Date & Pecan Cake (no egg / no sugar / gluten free) 250 gram dates (unseeded) 300 ml water 1 teabag Yogi Himalaya tea 100 gram coconut oil (extra virgin) 200 gram quinoa flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon milled/broken flaxseed mixed with 1 tablespoon water 50 gram pecan nuts, raw (The coconut oil is more easily processed if it's soft. In my kitchen it works to put the bowl with oil on top of my cooker, the oven underneath spreads enough heat to melt the oil a bit...