Lucy Lavender: April 2014

4/27/2014

Floral Easter Outfit

This year I surprisingly enjoyed Easter and all these preparations. Dyeing eggs, decorating my room and so on. Easter lamb is ate by now, and so all those laboriously dyed eggs.
You maybe won't believe me, but this dress is just so comfy! I love the contrast of black and colorful flowers. Baby blue and violet are such a beautiful spring colors! And also I love how my belt bought last spring on Asos matches them.
We cannot forget jacket on chilly days. This one has lace. It is warm as a blanket, because it contains wool. You already know the boots. They are my favourite shoes ever!

Lace Jacket | Promod

Floral Dress | H&M

Belt | Asos

Tights | Tezenis

Boots | Humanic

Love life,
Lucy

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4/26/2014

Maybelline Scholarship Contest

I signed in the competition with Maybelline. I took a few pictures which define me as a person. This one is with my favourite Maybelline mascara. It was so fun taking the pictures! It would meant world to me, if you vote for me! It is really easy. You just click on "To se mi líbí", which means "Like" and that is it. I don't want to use you. Voting is up to your decision.

Winning contains plane tickets, 1000$ as a pocket money, 4 months of language school in New York. Collaborate with Maybelline, one of my favourite make up brands would be just unbelievable! New York is my dream place to visit. And imagine me writing to you from New York. It would be like travelling together! Maybe I could start vlogging, so you could follow me during my journey. It sounds so great!

The link is here.

Thank you so much to those who voted!

Love life,
Lucy

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4/22/2014

Easy Easter Eggs | DIY

Hello everyone! I know that is after Easter now, but I though I still post this article. I feel you can still decorate your house with it for spring, because spring is still here. Or you can use this trick next year.

Because I didn't have any egg colouring at home, I was wondering what to use. That is the moment how this idea was born. You need just a few tools.

I am sorry for the bad quality of the upcoming photos. A storm decided to came over and ruin the perfect moment for taking these pictures. What I did is I took a little lamp which normally stands on my desk. Welcome little lamp lighting. I hope you still enjoy this DIY.

Kolonial - Bonjour Brno

On Sunday I went on French festival named Bonjour Brno. There are so many activites during this festival. I deciced to go on a Kolonial, which is something like market place with loads and loads of various stuff. From food and beverages to clothing. It was one huge pleasure for me. I love those markets where you can find adorable things. It is like finding treasures.

It felt like little piece of France in Brno. On my list of places I want to visit in my life (not actual, but virtual) is visiting France. Paris, Eiffel Tower, lavender...(that is where my blog name came from...haha) ...great cheese and wine...

...speaking of cheese....I don't remember what kind of cheese this was, but it was delicious!

I can tell you, I drank there the best wine I have ever had. Again, I don't remember the kind, which is not good! But it was the second one from the left. (yeah, me and names...)

Let me tell you, because of my flower and nature obsession, this was my favourite stand on the whole market!

Let's face it...wait...what?

It's like you're my mirror...(Justin Timberlake sounds in my head)

Oh my beloved Paris, someday we will meet in "person"...

How adorable are these brooches?

Oh deer!

Gimme cupcakes and I will give you everything I have...except my cupcakes...

Korean type of sushi on french festival? Why not!

After Kolonial, me and my grandma went to the coffee shop. They had yellow chairs and I totally fell in love with them.

Books are a must...for me. (Caution, book lover is talking.)

Alma Alexander - The Secrets of Jin-Shei

Somebody said "macarons"?!

Oops...naked man.

Now I have finally at least one blue eye.

I hope you enjoyed this article!

Love life,
Lucy

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4/10/2014

Amaranth Pancakes | Recipe

One morning I decided to make myself pancakes, which are healthier than normal ones but still delicious. So I thought I would share these recipe with you guys. I practically made it up all by myself, except the recipe is based on the one Jamie Oliver did on his Youtube channel.

I am so happy with the result. You can still taste the amaranth flour in there while eating *obviously*, however with honey and fruit it is the perfect breakfast!

Ingredients:

(8 - 10 pancakes)

½ mug (0,25 l) plain flour

½ mug (0.25 l) amaranth flour

1 mug (0,25 l) milk (here I am using rice milk)

1 egg

1 apple

1 pinch of salt

¼ baking powder

1 tbsp butter (or vegetable oil, which you prefer)

Something on the top (honey, fruit, oatmeal....)

Step 1

In the large bowl mix together all the dry ingredients - amaranth and plain flour, salt, baking powder.

Step 2

Now add all the wet ingredients - milk, grated apple, egg. Wisk all the ingrediends together, until you see little bubbles in the mixture.

Step 3

Turn on the cooker. Put a teaspoon of butter on the crepe pan (or normal pan) and wait until the butter is heat up enough. You will recognise that moment if you put a tiny bit of the mixture on the pan and it starts sputter.

Step 4

Now comes the moment when you take your ladle (or just some scoop) and pour the mixture just on the middle of your pan.

Step 5

When the fringe starts to seem done and you can see little bubbles in that area, it is time to turn over your pancake. If it is golden brown, you are on the right path. Repeat this proces with every pancake you make.

Step 6

Flavour you pancake with whatever you want and like. I doused mine with honey and sprinkled with grapes.

Step 7

Eat your breakfast and be delighted!

Let me know in the comments below if you try out this recipe.

Love life,
Lucy

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4/08/2014

Romantic Breeze

Because the sun is shining much more lately and I can literally smell the spring I had to put here this outfit. The dress looks so girly and vernal, I just love it, even though I don't wear it that often. It is made from light, very comfortable material. the second reason why to love this dress.

The day this photos were taken (by my mum...haha) weather outside was incredibly warm. Birds were singing, sun was shining...the perfect day for a walk, time to relax and re-energize. I am so thankful for these days, when I can just enjoy the weather, loose up a bit in the nature, take a deep breaths to breathe in the spring.