Eclectic Love 1: More Sweet Strawberryness

For this week's Eclectic Love, I knew I wanted to feature something strawberry related, and I knew I wanted it to be a necklace, so I turned to Etsy once again in search of the perfect strawberry necklace. I wasn't sure what it looked like, but I knew exactly how it shouldn't look. I was several pages of incredibly cute, but not what I wanted, necklaces when I started giving up hope. Just as I was giving up, I encountered this:

The Strawberry Jam Necklace

It was only when I saw this one that I realized how the others weren't right: they didn't have that magical strawberry shine. Even though some had the perfect ruby red colour, none of them had captured the light emitting qualities that only strawberries have, which made me all the happier when I found this one. 

Have you ever searched for something not because you knew what you wanted but because you knew what you didn't want?

Love,

Rosie

What I Wore: Sweet Strawberries

In case you were wondering, I'm not dead. Like usual when I disappear off the face of the internet for a while, I have been completely occupied with the show I currently in and work. More on that once I have photos of my beautiful costumes, because it would be sad to talk about it with out being able to show you the wonderful custom costumes I get to wear.


For now, please accept this outfit post from weeks ago:

Yes, I know this is not a photo of an outfit. It's a photo of a bowl of strawberries I had just picked from the garden and that my mother was hulling. It's also what inspired me to wear the outfit shown bellow, because strawberries are, in my opinion, one of the tastiest and most beautiful foods that exist.

Jeans, Old Navy; t-shirt, Smart Set; hat, ???; apple necklace, handmade by me from an old christmas decoration; green necklace, gift from a friend.

The necklace is actually an apple, but I felt it had the appropriate feel for the outfit, and I was dying to try it out, so I wore it anyways. It's really bulky, so I'm not sure if I like it or not yet, it may become something other than a necklace in the near future.


Have you ever worn an outfit inspired by food? If so, was it inspired, or pretty literal?

Love,
Rosie

Family Time

I feel slightly guilty about having so many non fashion or style related post lately, but I think it's important that what I write reflects what I feel. And frankly, fashion and style hasn't been very big in my mind lately. So instead, I want to share with you what has been occupying my brain:

Well, not specifically ginger bread houses, just generally spending time with my family, relaxing, unwinding, sleeping, laughing a lot.

With all of us busy most of the time, it's rare that we are all on holiday with no plans, no obligations, and no stress. So I'm obviously enjoying while it lasts, since I know that come January 4 with the start of a new term, I will be far to busy stressing over unfinished homework, and feeling resentful that I have to cook dinner yet again, while my brother sits around reading to properly appreciate my family. Who really are awesome, despite the fact that we are all more than slightly mad.

As of tomorrow, I will try to set aside some time to do more fashion-y things. Until then, I recommend taking time to appreciate your family, the one you were born into or the one you chose.

Thoughts? Requests?

Love, Rosie

192 Zucchini Muffins

If you follow me on Twitter, you will know that a few days back, I embarked on an epic zucchini muffin baking fest. The result was 192 zucchini muffins and 4 zucchini loaves.

They are so yummy, so I thought that I would share the recipe with you. I give you...

Grammy's Zucchini Muffins!

Cream together:

2 cups whit sugar

1/4 cup vegetable oil

3/4 cups apple sauce

2 cups grated zucchini

Add:

3 cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

3 tsp cinnamon

1 cup raisins or chocolate chips ( Use one or the other, or a total of 1 cup combined, but no more or they will have a funny consistency.)

Bake in greased muffin tins @350 degrees Celsius ( 662 degrees Fahrenheit) for 20 to 25 minutes. Yields 24 muffins. Enjoy!

Thoughts? Requests?

Love, Rosie

(PS: Remember that this is a scheduled post, and while I will eventually reply to any comments or questions, it might take a while.)

What I Wore: Wannabe Vampire

Shirt, Smartset; Skirt, thrifted le Château; shoes, Croc flats. I recently read Interview with a Vampire, and Vampire Kisses so I have really been wanting to try out a bit of vampire goth fashion. I like to think of this as sort of vampire, what with the dark red lips (deep plum lip stick covered with darker red lip gloss) and the intense eye make up. Add the flowing skirt and red top, I think it works out pretty well. I am wearing my hair in pigtails, in case you can't tell from the picture, because I thought it might be a neat touch.

Recipe for the drink in my hand:

Really simple 3:1 thick, sweet lemonade and cranberry juice with no added sugar.

Serve in a cut crystal glass for the full effect.