Hello! You might have noticed I went a bit MIA in the last few weeks… well, there’s a valid reason why! If you follow me on Instagram or via my newsletter, you might have heard the news already. But this month, one week ago to be exact, I finally launched my new business and website and I’m officially…

SELFCARE With Valentine’s Day and January just gone by, February is usually the month when I think a bit more about self-love and care. I can hardly remember to treat myself to something nice these days, so discovering BuddyBox* this month was a breath of fresh air! I’ve never been one for subscription boxes, but I…

You’ll know by now how I switched to using mainly natural beauty products since a couple of years now. Whilst I found it difficult to discover some nice gems that were completely natural and organic in the beginning, with the years I’ve become enthusiast of seeking and testing new natural products and by now I’ve built…

Usually, I’m a volcano. I am a creative at heart and it’s not a big secret by now, and I have all the ideas all the time, always feeling so annoyed days only come in packages of 24 hours and finding myself frustrated that there’s just too little time to do it all. This last month…

Organic Relax Vata Tea – Pukka ; Algae Omega 3 ℅ NothingFishy FOOD + HEALTH You know I love my nighttime teas, and I just needed the perfect excuse to incorporate the same flavours and scents in my everyday tea. So this Pukka option, featuring organic chamomile, fennel and marshmallow root, totally felt very appropriate…

In my New Year’s Resultions this January, I purposely avoided any reading goals. In the years I’ve learnt I’m not good at setting specific goals just in general, and this mainly applies to books and readings. However every January I’m extremely motivated to start new reads, and this is the time of the year, together…

After nearly two years from the last time I went short with my hair, last November I decided I was tired (once again) of my long, shape-less locks and that it was time for me to finally go back to a shorter haircut. I was pondering the idea since the beginning of Summer, but really…

With January and all the New Year’s resolutions being a real deal at the moment, and especially after all the festive eating, it was about time for me to start a bit of a January detox. Let’s face it, the beginning of a new year’s always the time when we’re all the most motivated to approach a…

Well hello there! I hope you’ve had a good start of the year so far! This being the very first post of 2017, I though I’d stick to the bloggers cliché of writing down some New Year’s resolution and start a chat about a few of the things I’d like to achieve this year. In…

Oh hey! Hope y’all have had the loveliest Christmas and Boxing Day! I spent both in bed with a terrible flu, but was spoilt to the very best presents and some heartwarming love, so I won’t complain! A couple of days before Christmas we took some time to test our Holiday’s table setting with the…

I really don’t know where the time is going this year, but by the time you’ll read this little note it will be Christmas already! If only Christmas could last longer… I don’t know about you but there’s something so heartwarming to me in seeing all the people, no exceptions, all devoted to the same…

Can you all really believe Christmas is THIS week?! Or is it just me? I really don’t know where December is going, it still feels like it has just started. This is my very favourite period of the year and I always want enjoy it all at its fullest as much as I can: I…

If you know me just a tiny bit, you’ll know I have a passion for loungewear and pyjamas especially! To me, there’s not a particular season to be a PJs lover, but comes wintertime and I’m all about staying cosy and warm and curling up whenever you can spot the occasion to. Last month I…

To me tea is art. It’s slowing down, warming up. It’s taking the time I need to stretch out and recharge. Anyone who knows me will confirm I don’t go one single day without at least one cup of tea! It’s a habit I’ve learnt to grow years ago, but it’s not actually been always…

Everytime I start something new, I can immediately tell if it’s something I’m going to be obsessed with. And this is exactly how it went when I started this “learning to knit” thing of mine! I’m such a granny, I know, I know! But everything that calls for an endless number of cups of tea, layers…

Soft Peachy PJs Set – Chelsea Peers ; Sleepy Body Lotion ℅ Lush Nighttime The more we get close to proper Winter, the more I feel the need of wrapping myself in a cosy blanket, drink hot tea and spend time inside. Of course to do so one needs a big amount of PJs, so yes, I stocked up…

Comes tomorrow and we’ll be officially counting down the days until Christmas – perfect time to start shopping! Anyone else’s excited? So yes, that’s it for my gift guides this year, I really hope you enjoyed the items involved as much as I do and liked the articles as much as I loved putting them…

01. Touchscreen Gloves (similar) ; 02. Biscuiteers Nutcraker Biscuit Card ; 03. Clipper Organic Snoore & Peace Infusion ; 04. Pure Silver Dipped Gold Bar Necklace ℅ Zu Jewellery ; 05. MOA Daily Cleansing Ritual ; 06. Monki Mint Lace Triangle Bra Let’s talk stocking fillers, shall we? If there’s one thing I love about buying Christmas gifts, it’s certainly…

01. Amber Fox Print ℅ Sarah Taylor ; 02. Filo Bluetooth Tracker ; 03. Miel Café Design x Casetify Phone Case ; 04. Wild & Wolf Hook, Line & Sinker Lunch Bag (similar) ; 05. Brekka Milano Chunky Beanie ; 06. Modern Man Toiletry Bag + Mr Bear Family Beard Balm + Lush Lord Of Misrule Shower Cream ; 07. Five Elephant Coffee I…

01. Wool & The Gang Knitting Kit ; 02. Christian Lacroix Journal + Desk Box ℅ Garden Collage ; 03. Petite Mila Rosy Trousse + Pentel Aquash Watercolor Pens ; 04. Miel Café Design x Casetify Lemonade Phone Case ; 05. Deer Zoofold Animal Hat ℅ Zoofold ; 06. Watercolor Wishes Card Kit ℅ Stampin’ Up! Being such a lover of crafts and homemade myself, buying gifts for any…

01. Nike Juvenate Sneakers ; 02. H&M Soft Bra (Similar) ; 03. Jawbone Up Move Fitness Tracker ; 04. Teatox Set ℅ Teagime ; 05. Adidas Performer ClimaLite Leggings Ah, christmas gift guides! In the past I’ve tried a whole lot of different formats, but this year I wanted to create something a bit more ‘me’ and personal, sharing a selection of unconventional…

It is amazing, isn’t it?, how easy spending money can be in 2016 when you can buy things with one click online and have them delivered at your door the next day! Still, I am a huge fan of shopping on the internet and believe, if you do it consciously, there’s no better thing that’s…

You might remember a few months back I said I was trying to up my fitness game and especially walk a lot more during my days, by implementing the Jawbone Up Move Fitness Tracker into my daily life to keep track of my steps and sleep. Well, as of today, I’m already three months in and, yes,…

I am the biggest brownies fan ever, let’s admit it! But brownies are not your everyday thing, let’s admit that too, because it’s always very hard if not impossible to find a balance between healthy ingredients and that gooey results. Truth is, I’ve tried so many different healthy brownies recipes, but they never really were…

You know if there’s one big brand I love, that is Lush! I’ve been a lover of their natural beauty range for years now, my very first choice when it comes to all things skincare, haircare and bath *art*, of course; I’m also a true believer Lush should open more shops here in Italy, so,…

. F O O D . This has been the first month when the wheather outside was chilly enough to properly enjoy a cup of tea, and with that, I decided it was about time that I tried out some new flavours. Turns out, I did buy a new tea, still the notes are always…

If there’s one thing I love, is getting pampered! And we all know that already, thanks to the endless list of ‘how to pamper yourself‘ guides I’ve written for this blog… But let’s be honest: there’s a reason why we keep trying to recreate the perfect spa at home, and that is because the most…

You might remember last year I wrote a feature on Brother and how to implement one of their labellers in your daily life, and today I’m pretty excited to collaborate with them again to bring you four new ways to use a labellers as a personal organizer and try and be creative with it in…

This Mint&Berry mini crossbody bag (similar here) was exactly what I was after and I loved the Cognac colour as soon as I saw it! But moving from a huge shopper to a tiny bag was kind of traumatic: I was used to carry my whole house and more with me all the time all summer…

It has been several years now that I’m suffering with eczema, which is what has brought me to a very simple and basic skincare in the first place. I have tried so many skincare products in the years that I’ve lost count of how many disappointed me at treating my dry itchy areas, until I decided…

You might remember I’ve shared a post about my #Girlboss perfect pair of jeans earlier this year… well, today I’m sharing another work-from-home look of choice and I’ll call it #Girlboss Uniform just because it sounds way cooler than it actually is, me showing you what I wear everyday at home! But you know, being that I’m living…

I can’t really express how excited I am about Autumn this year! I have been looking forward to the season of chesnut-picking hikes, orange leaves everywhere, cosy blankets and sweaters and countless cup of tea so very much recently that I might or might not started being a bit impatient for the weather to get…

. B E A U T Y . This cleanser – I got it before our holiday in August, when I needed to stock up on my usual Lavera cleanser but couldn’t find it anywhere. I also was very keen on buying something a little bit more gentle instead of what I usually used (which I…

This year I was lucky enough to spend my birthday in Tuscany, in one of the most beautiful coves I’ve ever seen, but that meant we hadn’t some proper time to celebrate. Yes, I bought myself cake for breakfast (of course!) and had a lovely dinner-for-two at one of the cosy restaurants facing the local harbor…

If there’s one thing I always end up realising when I go on a holiday to relax and switch off, is how difficult I find enjoying myself outside of my little world of routines and working non-stop. Even at weekend, because before having my break in August I felt so guilty about it that I…

It’s almost two weeks now that we’ve got home from our Tuscany holiday this Summer and it still feels so far away already. I almost can’t believe around two weeks ago we’d wake up and decide what heavenly cove we should visit next, planning road trips, beach picnics and what swimsuit would be best to…

Where sand whispers Oh this place! I’ll admit I was pretty much sold on visiting it just by having a quick browse on the internet and discovering it was pretty much the most beautiful cove you could have seen in Tuscany. And yes, they were all so right about it! To get there the very…

I’m wearing… Bikini – ASOS (Top & Bottom) ; Shorts – ASOS ; Top – Stradivarius (Similar) ; Hat – ASOS ; Shoes – Similar Do stay tuned for more pictures from the seaside and for a little Tuscany guide with the upcoming posts! x

2016 has been the very first year I started attending weddings as a guest. And apparently, as you keep venturing in your twenties, these are occasions that will keep happening quite often! But really, I never gave it a proper thought before about how hard dressing for wedding guesting can be. Because your dress can’t be anywhere close…

If there’s one thing I start missing when around the last month of summertime, that is surely baking. With the heat calming down slightly, this last week saw a couple of nostalgic baking sections, doing my favourite thing of them all: testing and trying new recipes! This one was firstly properly put to the test last…

I’ve never been one who have found some sort of interest into supplements by any means, so I was a little reluctant when I was firstly introduced to the new VITL Greens. But I knew the brand since a while and have had the pleasure of working with them at a couple of recipes in the…

Let’s talk Summer holiday plans, shall we? Summer is just passing by way too quickly this year – it’s probably due to the fact we’ve seen more thunderstorms than sunny days up until one month ago, and that I haven’t found myself properly enjoying summertime as you’d be supposed to (with a few days off…

I always begin these “pampering routine” posts like this, but I really am not one that loves to just sit there with face masks on for a couple of hours and do absolutely nothing. Or just feel like I’m wasting my time. That’s why I hardly really find time to pamper myself at all most…

Yoga Practice for Weight Loss – Madeleine Shaw ; VITL Greens ℅ VITL I’m usually not one who is anywhere close to be curious about supplements, I don’t want anything artificial in my body at all and prefer to source nutrients into my food instead, but I had already worked with VITL a couple of times…

I don’t know what it is, maybe because flowy summer dresses look so appealing to me, but every Summer I seem to rediscover my passion for fashion and for buying unique style pieces. This Summer in particular, I’m finding myself itching to give something new a try – and I swear I never thought I’d…

Oh photography! We all love it, one way or another, we all take pictures daily nowadays and have our phones and computers storage full of memories. It’s so absurd to think just a few decades ago people would still rely on films and that a few decades earlier people wasn’t even able to take its…

If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’ll know I’ve been obsessed with Skillshare for quite some time and have been suggesting it a lot lately! Whether you’re a creative and like a bit of DIY, a designer and want to learn new topics in your sector or simply someone who likes art and learning new…

It’s probably not quite the same everywhere, but here in Italy we’re literally experiencing Summer at its fullest potential, which is not extremely positive if you don’t have a pool or the sea a couple of steps out of reach. But what better excuse to have a few too many glasses of iced coffee if…

Don’t know about where y’all live, but here in Italy we’re fully experiencing some proper Summer heat! These last few days have been so hot that I barely had the strenghts of moving my body around the house, let alone all things that involved stepping outside or, well, in the kitchen (living hell!). But this…

Last time I wrote a post about pasta, I was almost uncertain readers were going to like it at all, and then it became my most popular post of all times within a couple of days! Add the fact I basically rediscovered my passion for pasta and for my roots while writing that post, and…

Oh, picnics. There’s anything nicer and more summery than spending the morning in the kitchen putting together your favourite portable recipes, filling up a basket and heading outside to eat on the grass? It has been three years that I have had the perfect picnic all planned in my mind (recipes, decor and even what I…

OITNB ; Paper Fairy Lights – Maison Du Monde Life Like the rest of the world, this month I’ve been *obsessed* with Orange Is The New Black. For some reasons I realized I still had a few episodes from last season to catch up with, so as soon as the new season has been released earlier…

It has been a couple of years now, since when I decided to cut parabens out of my haircare routine completely. I couldn’t have been happier with the results I’ve been seeing on my hair ever since and now I can barely remember the feeling of sad, flat, dehydrated hair. Yet it hasn’t been all…

I’ve been complaining about the weather for weeks now, saying how sad it was that Summer should have been around since a while but all we got was nice-ish mornings and sad rainy afternoons everyday since the beginning of June. But then, you know what, Summer wasn’t *officially* started just yet, so there were reasons…

With Summer coming around, all I want to have for breakfast is iced coffee and something quick and ready I could also eat on-the-go. That’s why and when chia puddings and breakfast jars started sounding very appealing to me! I know, I’m kind of late with the trend, but I love being able to quickly…

So let’s start another weather talk, right? Here in Italy Summer is just keep us hanging on. The odd storms aren’t really missing an evening lately, while mornings are sunny and nice, but not really hot just yet, which makes getting dressed the harder of tasks! But while not really being able to wear flowy skirts…

It’s been a long while since the last time I dedicated a whole blog post to makeup. It’s probably down to the fact I mainly only wear the boring bits (foundation, concealer and mascara and nothing else!) on a daily basis and rarely step out of my comfort zone or play with eye makeup at all!…

As soon as the warmer season come around I can’t help but have my mood at its best all the time, and myself feeling extremely positive and full of energies. Not to talk about the highest levels of creativity making their appearance all of a sudden! Running a creative business, I always try and make the…

I’ve eyed up Frank Body scrubs a little while ago but having so many scrubs to go through already, I decided to give them a go only recently. Being my first time with their products, their The Grind High Club kit sounded so appealing to me, giving me the chance to try out four different mini coffee scrubs at…

I’ve been wanting to put together a Summer wishlist since a while now, but for some reasons it really didn’t feel like Summer was going to come around until just a few days ago. And then it suddently showed up with some glorious warm sunny days that are filling my body with energies and positivity!…

A couple of months ago I talked about my very first experience with Teagime and teatox programmes just in general, and since then I’ve actually been drinking my blends quite religiously everyday (although I must admit, as the weather is getting warmer, I sometimes forget about my nighttime cup) and have also received my new box…

It has been months that I’m on the hunt for the perfect pair of mom fit jeans. And I’m not even kidding! I’m a difficult one with jeans indeed, my body shape isn’t apparently considered as standard and I find it difficult to shop for denim from brands different from H&M, as much as I’d…

With the whole Italy theme going on recently on the blog, and all the pictures and the talking about food, it felt very appropriate to finally share some pasta recipes on this blog! It’s very surprising to think I never really posted one so far – as you see pasta recipes from each and every blogger…

On our very last day in Rome we had time to kill until our flight in the evening and went on a mission to find the most picturesque streets, gardens, and breathtaking views on the city to take the very last pictures of our staying. We said goodbye to beautiful Rome with the brightest, warmest,…

My inner perfectionist and list-maker can’t really feel 100% confident and stress-free without a list or two (or three!) in my day-to-day life, I won’t even begin to tell you how many she needs when planning a trip! I’ve spent hours making lists of things to see and restaurants, cafes, shops and gardens and places to visit that…

From the very first minute we were there, I knew why they call Rome “the eternal city”. Rome it’s deeply fully drenched of history; the kind of history you can still see with your own eyes even during a bus jorney from the airport to the city centre. Rome has pieces of history scattered everywhere,…

Around one month ago we decided it was about time to switch off for a few days and finally travel again. And kind of “impromptly” booked a trip to Rome for the end of April! I was being so busy with catching up with lots of work that when it came time to pack and…

The Green Balm – MOA Beauty I’ve been a cleansing balms lover for a very long time, but it was about a couple of years I haven’t bought any! I don’t remember how I found out about MOA – probably while I was stalking social medias as I remember me being all “oohh” and “aahh” when I…

I have written about what I like to keep on my bedside table and my bedtime rituals not long ago, but since then, and since I’ve been having some difficulties falling asleep at night lately, things have changed a tiny bit in my routine. I’ve added some new products that seem to work wonders at inducing sleep…

I can not express my love for Spring weekends at words! There’s nothing more lovely to finally have a sunny weekend day all for yourself after spending the whole week looking forward to it, and enjoying the hours of beautiful light outside doing things that involve nature, soil, fresh flowers, tidying, and all those things that…

… bring May flowers. Shall we start a conversation about the weather or would it class this blog as a boring read?! But I love me a little weather-exalting chat, especially when spring sunny days are involved! Recently I’m being in a very good mood just because Spring is in full bloom and the weather is…

Not long ago I’ve shared my favourite phone apps to boost creativity especially if you’re a creative or business owner of all sorts, and since some of you seemed to find it helpful, I thought I’d share my all time lifestyle favourite apps as well today! This will include anything from photography, maps and even…

Today’s a very special day for this blog, finally turning two years old! I know in this kind of posts people go like “Whoa, where’s the time gone”, but although I do think this last year of blogging flew by, I guess in my mind it still feels like I’ve been updating this blog for a…

Springtime is officially with us and there’s really nothing that could make me happier, if not enjoying Spring season allergy-free. I’m being quite lucky this year with my allergy being very light until now, but I know how traumatic allergy season can be. I’ve been living with pollen allergy for years, with runny nose and itchy…

I was mentioning in my latest post we’re experimenting with fruit puree and biscuits recipes, and actually all of them are inspired by this recipe I’m sharing today. OK so this includes words like ‘healthy’, ‘vegan’ and ‘oat’, but these biscuits are not as they sound at all: they taste nutty and flavourful, they are…

With Easter falling tomorrow, it was a little bit sad I haven’t really talked about chocolate at all on the blog yet, right? Well, fear not, me and Lindt have teamed up to bring you a chocolate-y version of the delicious classic that hot cross buns are. Slightly spicy and covered in an amazing honey…

Spring… I’m never this excited to welcome a new season if not with Spring! Juicy summer fruits are what I miss the most in colder month, and when the first warm comes out I just can’t help but be excited about the months to come and the juicier, softer fruits we’ll be blessed with each…

Exactly one week ago I was up and about for a trip to Milan on my very own for the first time in what seems like ages. I had my camera with me because I was heading to a Lush blogger event, and it took me half a second to realize Spring was finally showing its…

Whoa! It has been over an year since I shared my last Etsy Favourite Finds post! It was in my plans, one year ago, to keep supporting small businesses on Etsy and sharing the love on this blog once in a while, and although I’ve kept buying from my favourite creatives, I only recently realized a blog…

You might know by now I’ve always been a morning person since I was a little girl. I’ve always enjoyed waking up early to get to appreciate the morning light at its fullest and I’ve always thought mornings are when my creativity hits its highest points. I love everything about early mornings, I enjoy waking…

Although I’m coming to love bath time more and more recently (thanks Lush for making me rediscover my bathtub!), I’ve always been a shower kind of gal: no matter how hard I try, I rarely can just lay there and relax, take time for myself without doing anything at all. It just feels a waist…

I’ve been wanting to do more style posts recently, but truth is I’ve been living in comfy outfits all the time, being busy working all day every day. I work from home and sometimes the temptation of working from your bed in your PJs is very high and compelling I’ll admit, but I’m telling you something:…

It has been a very long while since the last time I sat here typing down a little life update for this blog! Or that I asked you what you’ve been up to lately. Apparently I’m not good with consistency when it comes to monthly blog series, so this year I decided I won’t keep…

I’ve always wanted to try a teatox programme but somehow I’ve always been restrained by words like “painful colon-cleansing effects” or nausea, cramping and so on. That until I had the pleasure to discover Teagime just a month ago: Teagime aims to be a new, all-natural, gentle teatox programme with uniqueness in mind. They create tea blends…

It hasn’t been long since I started enjoying the whole bedtime process. I used to stay up until late night at my laptop or watching TV or using my phone, which I came to realize wasn’t really ideal just before bedtime. Beside keeping me up until late, it also didn’t allow me to rest well…

I don’t know about you but the sunny weather of the last few days is making me think about Springtime a little bit too often. This softly warm sun heat is actually making me crave proper Spring even more! You’ll know I’m always very excited about the change of season, but this time it’s more…

I’ve always been a morning person ever since I was a little girl. There’s no way I can manage to sleep until late morning or afternoon, even if I’ve been awake for most of the night: to me, not waking up early is missing on the best, most productive part of my day, I’d end…

With Valentines Day behind the corner, shops dusting off all the lace lingerie and chocolates, I don’t know about you but I’m feeling the love! I actually never used to enjoy Valentines Day but at a certain point in my life (and no, not since I’m not single anymore) I came to realize that besides all the…

Flu and cold season is upon us and as if a full awful week of illness back in October wasn’t really enough, I caught another cold last week! I’ve spent most of my time feeling horrible and laying in bed, because if I get a cold I get it in full force (if you’re one…

It’s Pancake Day in two days, and even though I believe you can ‘treat’ yourself to pancakes literally everyday (there are a lot of healthy versions that tastes just as good!), it’s a pretty exciting recurrency isn’t it?! Here in Italy Pancake Day is called ‘Martedì Grasso’: it’s the very last day before Lent, the last…

I believe in the power of makeup and clothes. They might seem insignificant but we girls know what a nice foundation, a pair of jeans that just fits very nice, comfortable but beautiful shoes, a radiant red nail varnish or lipstick could do to our confidence. Yet what I’ve learnt in the past few years…

Over the past couple of weeks or so I’ve sampling some great tea the lovely people over at Dunedin Tea sent over. I must tell between the huge selection of tea flavours and types on my ‘tea shelf’ you can rarely spot some loose tea, so it was pretty lovely to try out a few picks and something…

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up ; Enjoy The Little Things Candle – Maisons du Monde I’ve been reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up since a couple of weeks now and I’m not finished yet, but I’m in love with it! The approach to tidying up and discarding Marie Kondo teaches through the pages of her book is…

Check out Why You Should Get Into A Paraben-Free Haircare Routine by Giada at Mode Around this time two years ago I decided I wanted to cut parabens out of my haircare routine completely. And let me say one thing: that’s probably the best thing I could do for my hair apart from stopping using…

I’ve already shared my love for the Balanced App and the importance of treating yourself more often in a recent post, and since starting using that app and writing that article especially, I’ve started getting into those activities I love doing but somehow I always find myself too busy for actually practicing them. I realized what I…

If you read my blog since a while, you would have seen tuns of mentions about tea in my posts – it’s just no secret at all that I love a cuppa every now and then. Or even more often. I like all about tea. From the boiling and pouring actions to the very first…

Check out Great Apps to Boost your Creativity by Giada at Mode The best thing about upgrading my iPhone after so long (apart from new emojis)? Being finally able to have enough storage to download all those apps I’ve always felt I couldn’t live without. First on the list, anything that could help with my…

As the new year started I downloaded the Balanced App on my phone, and with my usual way to intend things, I thought I’d start to use it to force myself to do things I need to do more as if what I usually do is not enough. It was only when notifications started to appear on…

Working from home full time, it’s always nice but also quite challenging at times to find a balance between breaks and lots of non-stop working hours. With the start of the new year, we are trying and leaving the bad habits behind us (which for me come in form of too much procrastination or too…

First post of 2016! And first post after not blogging for what it feels like ages: then happy New Year everyone! I’m a strong believer that setting big goals for the year ahead is more counterproductive than anything else, with great goals tendency to become overwhelming or making you feel you actually didn’t do it during…

‘Tis the season of homemade food and trying your hands at new recipes, isn’t it?! I’ve been baking even more than usual lately, between the several Christmas cookies testing (totally necessary, right?) and all the Holiday dinners that somehow need to be prepared. If there’s one thing I can always rely on, those are homemade…

No more sleeps to go! Today is the day. Hopefully you won’t be reading this post today, and instead will be thinking of getting all things nice and ready to celebrate Christmas day, enjoying all the food and the company, unwrapping your well-deserved Christmas presents, spending your time with your loved ones, and then eating…

I like handmade things. Handmade gifts especially. Every Christmas I feel like between the many gifts I buy for others, the ones I create with my own hands are the most special and most appreciated. I’ve been putting together a cookies mix in a jar to give as gift to my favourite people the last few…

Not sure how, but this time every year things start to become stressful and frantic, between the whole organizing Christmas day and buying the last few presents and then wrapping them up. So seeing your Christmas tree all surrounded with beautifully wrapped gifts, perhaps that’s the view I most enjoy about the Holiday season. Or…

Is brittle even a Christmas tradition anywhere? Not sure why but I keep associating brittle or, how we call it here in Italy, ‘croccante’ with the festive season, yet I’m sure it’s not purely restricted to Christmas. It must be that handmade brittle starts appearing every so often in Christmas markets especially, or that we…

Even though I’ve never been a massive movies lover, over the past year or so I’ve come to love occasional movie nights, especially impromptu ones that include homemade popcorns or, around this time of the year, an indulgent whipped cream topped hot chocolate. I’ve never been one that loves to sit in front of the…

Whilst I missed the appointment with my latest monthly favourites, and since I’m feeling the festive spirit quite a lot, I thought it was the perfect time to gather up some festive favourites of mine for this blog. So here are a few things I’m loving lately… The December Issue of The Simple Things – Although…

When Christmas is around, I almost always forget Winter doesn’t start before the 21th; but while Winter solstice is still a week away from us, it’s surely starting to feel a lot like Winter indeed! Every change of season I always marvel at how thoughtful nature was when deciding when us human would be (not…

I am a fan of sleeping with my curtains open, so when the first warm light of the day hits I naturally wake up at the perfect time every day. And I’m especially a fan of winter sunny crisp mornings, perfect for waking up early and indulging in a bit extra time in the duvet…

Here in Italy bringing a real pine at home to be used as Christmas tree is not really a thing (which I’m totally OK with), yet I love how pines smell and I’d like to associate that scent with Christmas as most of the people do! We’re not starting to bring home a real tree, but…

Make some tea Tea is the sweetest healthy treat you can ever ask for on a chilly winter day. Needless to say I’m a fan of all things tea, from tasting and trying new flavours, to the simple classical ritual of pouring, stirring and sipping. There’s no better thing than a hot cup of tea…

Today’s post is all about gift ideas for all the men in your life! I know for a fact that buying gifts for men is one of the most dubious yet fun thing to do, but finding something they would really appreciate is a whole other thing, isn’t it? That’s why I asked for the help…

With Christmas less than one month away (anyone else excited?!), and the sales just around the corner, it’s definitely time for me to share some gift ideas, if any of you need some inspiration! I know for a fact that a gift guide is just the best thing ever existed when you need some Christmas…

I wasn’t even finished with my spooky Halloween bath products that I was invited to join the lovely people at Lush to get to know a few of their new Christmas products. As a lover of the Holiday season and all things festive, as well as being I already a huge fan of a few…

First of all, as with the recent email I sent to all Miel Café’s newsletter subscribers, I hope these lines meet you in a safe and happy time. Hope you all are well! *** This is my favourite time of the year: with Christmas around the corner (can you even believe it?!), it’s already time to get our minds…

Before being introduced to Brother I would have never thought a labeler could have ever come somewhat of useful in my daily life (yet I say I’m an organized person!) but I of course jumped at the chance to try one of them out on a daily basis and accepted the challenge to use a…

Hope you enjoy the November calendar free printable! I had so much fun designing it and am so excited for the month ahead! Get your free download by subscribing to the mailing list through this form here! P.S. For more hand-crafted printables check out our La Papeterie! x Grab your free download

Not that I am a huge fan of this sudden cold, but I have to admit the colder months have their own charm. With the chill being the standard, I’m starting wanting to collect all things cozy, and only be in cozy environments too! All the cozy coats and knitted wear and jumpers (not to…

If you ask me which has been my first makeup product ever, I’d surely reply it was a Maybelline one. I remember even my first makeup review blog post was about a Maybelline mascara (and we’re talking of times when this blog didn’t even exist in my own mind!). So when I was invited to celebrate Maybelline’s 100th…

Last week I was invited at Lush to see the very first Italian Lush Kitchen and discover some of the freshest Lush products. Actually, we were lucky enough to see the very first More Than Mortal and Enzynamite being created and packaged (by us!) in Italy. We were invited to discover how Lush freshest products are made, what are…

As I’ve already mentioned in my latest monthly favourites post, I’ve only recently made the switch to Skillshare‘s premium membership, and I’ve been in love with it ever since! Skillshare is just the perfect place to go where I want to learn something new or different. Especially on the desig front, there’re so many creatives and awesome teachers…

With the days becoming shorter and chillier, I’ve started craving proper autumnal food since a couple of weeks, sentence that generally stands for ‘soups’. Last year I’ve shared the recipe for one of my favourites soups (Autumnal Potatoes + Onions Soup), but as a lover of all things pumpkin, I couldn’t help but come up with…

Even if always a bit late, I’m actually enjoying putting together this little calendars every month! This time I’ve decided to feature my own calligraphy in my October calendar – and I love it even more! Hope you like it too! Find the free download below and, if you need another reason to subscribe to…

Corset Bra – Forever21 ; Striped Jersey Top – H&M With the start of the new season and my birthday being at the beginning of the month, I thought it’d be a good time to treat myself to some new style basics I’m completely obsessed with! I’ve spotted this striped H&M Jersey Top at the very beginning of the…

It’s not often that I share a fish recipe on here, but if there’s one dish I truly love is salmon filet (with roasted potatoes, please!), and while experimenting with its cooking methods and marinades, I’ve come to the conclusion that salmon filet is best in the simplest of forms. All it needs is something…

With the first day of Autumn behind the corner, I realized it was probably about time to print some of the pictures we took this Summer and also edit the small pieces of video we took when we were on holiday, but also to share them on here before it’s a little bit too late…

As much as summertime has been a good one this year, I can’t really express in words how excited I am for Autumn to be around! Now that the days are becoming chillier and shorter and the afternoons are being spent inside more often, I can already feel the new season being in the air,…

As many of you would know, I’ve been running a blog design shop since almost a couple of years, and as I’ve announced a couple of times already, I’m planning and working to expand it and make it look more professional and integrate more of my skills in my work apart from web designing. I don’t even…

If you asked me what I thought of lemon desserts only a few months ago, you’d have seen me stick up my nose. But then, as soon as Spring began this year, probably due to the way too many nice-looking lemon loaf recipes I’ve spotted on Pinterest, I started craving all things lemon. Lemon cakes. Lemon…

I’ve been introduced to Happiness Boutique not long ago, but immediately felt passionate about their pretty online store and their philosophy. Everything about the brand spreads happiness and opening one of their jewelry boxes is just such a joy! Not only they sell beautiful statement (but also dainty) pieces to spice up your outfits in the most…

It has been a long while since the last time I’ve created and shared a calendar on this blog, but since I’m getting to work with Illustrator almost everyday and that I’m getting the hang of it, I thought I’d bring the monthly calendar freebie downloads back and try, this time, to keep it going…

Beach bag – Similar Shall we talk beach bags?! I’ve a thing for stripes, that’s for sure, and navy too. So when I spotted this Stradivarius beach bag (similar) in the sales, and knowing I’d have needed one as my previous beach bag was old, boring and pretty worn-out, I couldn’t help but get it! And I’ve loved…

We’re back, back to the usual, back to work, to homemade breakfasts, to the same desk and the same laptop, and August’s already come to an end. I can’t really believe how fast time runs when you’re having a well-deserved vacation, even more than the rest of the year, which is flying by so quickly…

Whilst the first two weeks of our staying in Lignano were super hot and sunny, so much that all we were able to think of was the pleasure to immerse our bodies in the sea, the last week saw a couple of scary thunderstorms and gloomy days, which didn’t stop us, though, from visiting and…

As much as I like country living and big cities, and as much as I’d prefer visiting a big capital as a vacation of choice, sometimes the seaside just calls my name so loudly. I didn’t even ever thought I’d enjoyed getting back to a classical relaxing kind of holiday that much. But these past three…

Soapwalla Deodorant Cream I’ve been on the lookout for a natural deodorant that really works for a while. Some are great in texture and consistency, but doesn’t smell nice, others make my skin feel super soft and smell great, but don’t really last for long. Truth is, finding a natural deodorant that ticks all the boxes…

I’ve announced it a few times already, but in these last few months I’ve been working non-stop at a few design projects that I’m planning to launch this Autumn. Some of those will stay secret a bit longer, but I thought I could give you a small preview of something very exciting I’m putting together! I’m…

I usually try to explain and introduce my recipes at words, but here all I can think of is: boyfriend-approved. He might be a little partial as he’s totally a white chocolate lover, but I can’t really keep count of how many times he asked me to make these pancakes for breakfast! And it’s not just…

In July we decided to take a couple of weeks off from working non-stop and get back to enjoy those simple things that just didn’t fit into our routine anymore: like having a mexican dinner cooked from scratch, a cinema night at home, a walk outside, just those things that you forget about when you’re…

Lush Montalbano Shampoo Bar ; Lush Catastrophe Cosmetic Mask ; Soapwalla Deodorant Cream I’ve had a quick tour into my trusted Lush boutique this month, and as usual, things ended up with me picking up more than only the free mask I was expecting to come home with. I got a new shampoo bar (and if you…

Whoa! These last two months have flown by, literally! I feel like I need to try and explain where I have been these last few weeks and the reasons behind my absence, but all I can say is that work has been the main priority for most of June and July and I’ve decided to take…

Some recipes have been handed down from generations to others, some others you just spot them on the internet on a random day and somehow they become some of your favourites too. This is the actual story behind this black loaf. I spotted it on Pinterest and found something fascinating and attractive about it, so much…

Anyone after the perfect summer picnic recipe? Truth is, comes summertime, and I truly wish my oven could go on holiday. Don’t know about where you live, but here in Italy the weather is being crazily hot lately, and the last thing we’d like to do is heating up our kitchen even more with a…

IKEA Bryggkaffe Mellanrost Every coffee lover likes to experiment with their coffee, yet I wasn’t looking for a new brew when I decided to pick up this organic medium roast 100% Arabica coffee by IKEA. I wasn’t expecting anything extremely lovely, but I’m actually finding myself impatiently waiting for breakfast time just to filter and drink…

As much as I’d want to be as present as in other seasons on this blog, comes summertime and I always seem to find a tiny bit less time to type things down on here! It’s not that I’m planning to not updating this blog for a month or two, not at all!, it’s just…

This year Summer seems to be a bit late, and with it peaches seem to refuse to ripen. Nonetheless we started craving summer in food form almost a week ago, and when you want to put together a plate that instantly reminds of summer evenings spent in the garden, under a gazebo and the fairy…

Not sure I’m ready to say goodbye to springtime and see it in a whole year (Spring is by far my favourite season, and I always feel a bit nostalgic when I see it go to leave place to summertime, with its hot long days and irritating mosquitoes!), but surely I’m ready to say bye…

I’ve grown up to my mum’s homemade bread, and to me there’s really no better bread than her home kneaded and patiently raised, home baked loaf. It reminds me of my childhood, the flavour and consistency will always be different and on another level to anything else. Homemade bread is art, experience, tests and getting better….

You’ll be aware of my love for coffee by now, but if there’s one thing I love more than a hot Italian cappuccino as first thing on a cold winter morning is iced American coffee on a super hot summer day spent wandering around a busy city. It has been a few months now that…

If in other seasons I’m slightly OK with my flat hair (as much as one can’t be bothered by boring hair), comes summertime and all I’m after is voluminous, undone, wavy and texturized locks. I’ve tried countless beauty products to achieve it, but nothing really works magic on my hair, but there must be a reason why everyone…

Can you believe I discovered iced coffee only less than a couple of years ago?! Now it’s the main thing I love about the weather getting hot; caffeine plus ice cubes is totally on the higher top of my favourite and most refreshing summer drinks. I said I was going to try and cut coffee…

As with literally every single season, I’m excited for summertime to come around! I’m not the biggest fan of the heat and the mosquitoes that characterize Italian summers, but nothing can beat the still fresh air of an early summer morning, the iced lattes, the extremely delicious juicier fruits, lighting lanterns in the evening outdoor, the golden…

Well hello! Anyone else enjoying the fresher, juicier fruits and summer-like atmosphere that seems to be around recently?! I think I’m officially ready for planning vacations and eating all the watermelons and juicy strawberries that summer is going to bring! I’ve recently uploaded a couple of new phone case designs inspired to summertime and its thoughtless…

Notepad – Muji; Pens – Muji STATIONERY I’ve shared my obsession for stationery just recently, but even this time I couldn’t *not* take the chance to share some new favourites! I’ve discovered Muji pens a couple of months ago and I keep asking myself how could I have lived 20 and more years of my…

Hey May, where have you gone? I haven’t have enough time to even think about summer vacations that June is already here between us in a couple of days! I’ve been so immersed in projects and work and life issues that this year is seeming to pass by way too quickly to me. May has…

It has been a year since the last time I decided to start afresh with this blog and I haven’t regretted the decision ever since! Deciding to start writing about what I truly love on here has been so lovely and opened my way towards some great opportunities. If you have landed on this page…

Comes the warm weather and the fresher, juicer fruits and I’m all about smoothies. If in wintertime I can’t say no to a baking session to have cookies always done for an afternoon snack (you know you have a sweet tooth when chocolate becomes a daily basic), in spring and summertime I can easily switch…

I’ve been blogging since a while now, and also am running a small business at the same time, but only recently I’ve found a great routine to plan, schedule, write, work, publish and create, all of this while also staying organized. Most of it is thanks to some great (and mostly free) online tools, websites…

I remember the taste of my step-mother’s shortbread covered in Easter egg dark chocolate (that year we won a huge Easter egg, that huge that we made chocolate covered cookies for a very long period – not complaining, really) like it was yesterday, though I was probably not older than 13! When a parcel filled with various…

You’d know by now that I have a little something for pretty stationery. It all started with one notebook or two, a pen and than another, and now I just can’t seem to stop hoarding cute paper goods. I tend to justify it as “I need it to, you know, stay organized when I work/blog”…

Am I the only one that gets extremely excited about the weather being this warm, enough to start drinking iced lattes again? I have been experimenting with different latte flavours, and even if coffee will always be my favourite, for a healthier alternative I’ve been drinking iced chai lattes quite often recently. It was at…

A few months ago I’ve shared what my workspace looked like at that time and you might remember I was on the market for a desk update already then. I’ve been thinking about giving my workspace a little twist ever since – at the end of the day it’s the place where I spend the…

It has been a while since I promised I would have talked about my blogging kit more in details in my Top 10 Photography + Editing Tips, and even though I know there are lots of posts similar to this one available online already, and that I’m never confident enough to share tips and suggestions as…

There’s something purely enjoyable about waking up bright and early and cooking my own breakfast from scratch at the first lights of a day. It has something to do with the mood for sure, but I’ve always been a believer that a good start of the day (usually a good ol’ breakfast) is the elixir…

Recently we’re getting into the habit of waking up bright and early, putting ourselves together and head to our usual and favourite bakery for breakfast on a weekend basis. It feels such a treat, especially since they have the crispiest yet softest, most buttery croissant and the sweetest airy latte foam you can ever dream…

The thing with blogging is that sometimes you just want to take photos at literally everything you do/wear/eat and do a blog post about it; but the things I do/wear/eat sometimes are too many to be shared on here and I end up to pile post drafts in a forgotten archive. Those are fated to…

Along with the banana, strawberries, honey and lemon smoothies I’m getting into the habit to drink every afternoon, these are the things that I’ve loved in April… Beauty. Garnier Micellar Water – Natural Organic Deodorant ℅ Earth Conscious. I’ve always been such a fan of Bioderma that I wasn’t able to think of switching it up with something different one…

Can you believe April is already over? It feels like yesterday that I was trying to sort out how to finish up my Easter chocolate and to who I should have given some of my chocolate gold bunnies as I had too many! Yet meanwhile Spring has officially sprung, shoes and clothes for the new…

I seem to always complain about if it’s too cold or too hot! These pictures are dated back to last month, when the sun was warmer for the first time this year and we went for a one day trip to Milan with only one thin layer on (a thin flowy dress for me actually!)…

How can’t you love the time of the year when you’re able to spot kilometers of beautiful yellow fields and the sky is that clear and blue that you can even see the mountains in the distance? Not to mention the refreshing beauty of the not too cold not too hot weather that fills the…

With the weather starting to be nicer and warmer, the occasion to go out bare legs start to be more frequent, even for one that wears tights as long as she can. If some of you are as pale as I am, you’ll understand how revolutionary was to me to introduce self tanners in my…

Two DIY posts in less than a week? Yes I know, it feels kind of strange to see that many crafts on here, but I’ve been itching to try my hands at something different than typing blog posts and twitter status all day, and I’d love to introduce more DIY tutorials on the blog again…

It’s not a usual thing that I get to talk about party and special occasion clothes on here, but I do love pretty dresses, especially when they include flowers and lace and show off a romantic feminine feel! It also seems that this summer will be the time to wear something fancy for a few…

When I started my first blog years ago, I wanted it to be all about easy craft and DIY little projects as I was going through a period of my life where I was giving vent to my creativity by creating the easiest yet cutest DIY jewelry, homeware and all kinds of crafts really! Many…

I guess you’ll be tired by now to hear me rave about IKEA that much, or maybe not, maybe you’re fans of the Swedish best invention ever too? When I hear people saying they never visited IKEA because there’s not a store near them, I feel such a lucky girl to be able to go…

One year ago Miel Café was born after long years of exploring the blogging world and finding my own path. Miel Café has been a project, sometimes something even bigger I ever thought it would be, and opened my way to exciting opportunities and helped me discover my way through photography, writing, baking and crafting!…

Best thing about Easter? All the chocolate you’re left with the days (and sometimes even months) after. Between chocolate eggs and the huge amount of chocolate bunnies Lindt spoilt me with this year I have a feeling that, for the first time in my entire life, finishing up my chocolate will be quite a hard…

I’ve always been a fan of Lush Christmas ranges and that’s actually the main occasion I think a Lush haul is totally necessary. Besides from their hair products that are staples in my haircare routine, I’ve never really been attracted by their other collections, maybe just because I’m not a huge bath lover and surely…

Happy Easter! A little postcards post from our little family to all yours – we really need to start a family tradition and do these for every festivity! We hope you all can have a joyful Easter jam-packed of chocolate eggs, fluffy bunnies, walks and smiles. * Gold Bunnies ℅ Lindt (check out their limited edition…

Springtime is by far my favourite time of the year (did you guess it already?!) and Easter is my favourite holiday second only to Christmas and no doubts a huge part of the deal is due to the amount of beautiful flowers you can spot everywhere while walking along a street, the amazing view of…

If there’s a season I love, it must be Spring. With its colours, pink blossoms everywhere, the warmer but still fresh air, longer days and brighter sunlight (and the list could go on and on – read here for more!), there’s no need to wonder how it’s able to boost positivity and sweep ‘meh days’…

March is already over! Can you really believe it?! I’m ready for the new month to come though, as April is by far my favourite time of the year; with Easter, spring coming to its climax, a few exciting opportunities ahead and my blog’s birthday, how couldn’t I be as excited as ever for it…

I don’t know about you, but I’m super ready for April! As much as March has been a nice month (not extremely beautiful and with ups and downs as usual, but not too bad as well) and the weather has been getting lovely, I’ve stepped outside the house today and was welcomed by the most…

Since deciding to get involved with a healthier approach to food, my kitchen pantry totally has had a makeover. I’ve always been a fan of eggs, or quinoa or honey, but only recently I’ve realized how good they could be for myself and how to make them the base of my healthy meals. Rapidly the…

After a feet-wrecking busy day up and about in Milan on Saturday (pictures of that day are on their way and will be on the blog soon!), we slept in super late Sunday morning, woke up and ate fresh croissants for breakfast, then kind of wanted to skip lunch (but we didn’t), just for finding…

My working out motivation comes and goes: last summer I was all about it, I took half an hour or a little bit more for myself and some cardio almost everyday and I truly enjoyed it, I even wrote an entire post about it back in August last year, and yet it only lasted three…

Chinese Style Tea Set ℅ Moooh!! I’m such a fan of tea, I’ve not always been – there was a time when I always politely declined any hot tea offers when I was at someone else place – but growing up I’ve started enjoying the art of boiling, infusing, pouring and relaxing with a warm…

I’ve been craving the nice weather so badly and it has been lovely the last few days, but today is the most grey, soggy and saddest of the days after such a lovely sunny weekend – so it might be the best of the moments to gather together bright and colourful objects I’ve spotted recently…

I’m a creature of habits and I live by routines. Everything I have to do, I need to plan it ahead and the only things I feel at ease at doing are ones I do everyday on repeat. There’s something so nice and comforting in knowing exactly how your day will go, that you’ll go…

With this blog of mine and my little design business coming to one year of existence in less than a month, I’m so enthusiastic about how things turned out for both of them. I’ve been extremely busy designing blogs, headers, creating illustrations and coding templates this past months that either I can’t remember when I…

None of my thumbs are green, seriously, and I might be the least appropriate person to write a gardening tips post, but one thing I’ve learned this last few years, is that a green thumb can surely be grown! Plants I was buying used to die after only a pair of weeks and fresh flowers…

I’ve already introduced you to Woodbuds once, but it was about time I shared the love for these earphones and the company behind them by going a little bit deeper! I’ve scrolled through their Instagram way too many times recently and these pictures were in fact inspired by them, by their philosophy and the idea…

Many years of blogging mean that I had to discover the reality of photography and photo editing quite a long time ago; things have changed quite a lot from when I began, from my kit to my editing softwares to even my personal taste. My photography is still evolving and I’m still trying to get…

There’s a moment when you come to the point to adapt all your favourite unhealthy recipes to a more ethic, wholesome, processed-ingredients-free version of them all, but it’s only when you bite into a mouthful and think the healthy version is even better than the original, that you realize healthy eating is actually not that…

It’s March, yay! I almost can stop pretending it’s spring already as I did non-stop for the past 30 days as soon as a ray of sunshine warmed up the air a little bit. These pictures were actually shot on an odd very warm and spring-ish day of February. The sun was warm enough that…

Earphones ℅ Woodbuds TECH You’ll hear me talking about these earphones again very soon, but I couldn’t resist mentioning them between my monthly favourites. I’m completely fascinated by Woodbuds‘s ethics: their earphones are made out of bio-pastic and naturally crafted wood, their packaging is 100% made from recyclable material, and every 100 sets of earphones they sell, they…

As much as January‘s been a tough month, I’ve tried and approached February in a slightly more positive way. I need the warmer weather to be here so badly, the winter blues’ve totally hit me recently and only on the odd warm spring-like days I totally felt renewed! I’m super excited for the new month…

I guess I’m not the only one that is trying to achieve a healthier lifestyle lately (or have your New Year resolutions gone out the window already? I hope not!) and there’s no need of a reminder for knowing everything starts from what we put in our body. However I must admit Eat Pretty is…

Remember when I asked for a bunch of tulips for Valentine’s Day?! They came, a bit late, but they came! I am not one that is used to have flowers in every room, but I do love fresh flowers once in a while, and even if most times I just buy them myself, it’s truly…

There’s something lovely about weekends, setting the to-do lists aside and purely enjoy some free time the ways you like it to be. Sleeping in, heading over our favourite bakery for breakfasts, forgetting about work for a few hours and simply doing things that free our minds for a day, is why we love weekends…

You might have caught our little Valentine’s Day guide to the perfect cozy and casual date and might have guessed our date of choice is one spent inside, being cozy and doing something cute and creative together and this is exactly what we planned for Valentine’s Day this year – nothing too fancy, just the…

Even though a mainstream New Year resolution of mine was to try and achieve a healthier lifestyle, I’m actually gradually and consciously changing my food habits only recently. I’m trying to not make huge revolutionary changes all at once, and avoiding processed food as much as I can is one of my main priority; this…

Right so, Valentine’s Day is only two days ahead, and believe me when I say I’m totally, completely, absolutely stepping out of my comfort zone with this post, but it’s love season, this means it’s entirely acceptable to talk about lingerie, right? Right. And believe me also when I say, this is the first time…

For years I haven’t been a fan of Valentine’s Day and thought it was such an overrated and commercial date, not to mention how sad it is to spend it alone if you don’t have an actual partner! This until a pair of years ago, when I realized Valentine’s Day might be superficial and a…

I always forget how intimidating shooting outside during a cold Winter day with only one thin layer on can be, especially if it snows, brrr! – but the result is always the most fascinating. It’s that period of time when I start craving the new season so badly, I need tulips, picnics, colours and three…

Latte art has always been fascinating to me, but don’t ask me when I started actually trying to achieve it. It’s really not meant to be – everything I needed started falling apart, beginning with the milk-frother and then the whole coffee machine. Nice! Not to mention I really should invest in more adequate utensils…

– 10 days to the big day! Have you got something exciting planned?! Either if you don’t want to plan anything, you don’t have someone to spend your Valentine’s Day with, you have planned to organize a nice dinner for two or something special like a romantic picnic lunch, I’ve got something for you! A…

I bet I’m not the only one who envy some healthy (and not-gross) shine on normal not oily hair! The thing with having a oily scalp is that you have to try and eliminate as much oil as you can to avoid to feel the need of washing your hair twice a day, this means…

Whoa, wait, is it the last day of January already? It feels like 2015 has only started yesterday! January wasn’t my favourite month, however I’m pleased to say I was able to try a lot of new things that obviously could make to my monthly favourites, and yes, this includes a lot of chocolate but…

January is definitely not one of my favourite months: with the whole going back to the usual routine, feeling you might have gained a few extra lbs during the Holiday that you need to fix, the grey and cold days, things can be a bit stressful and depressing. We were lucky to see a bit…

Don’t know about where you live, but here in Italy the weather is being pretty unusual: we’re enjoying a few very sunny days lately, which are quite different from what January usually looks like around here and the temperatures are also very enjoyable and almost remind me of spring already! As much as I like…

My skin was being very itchy and nasty lately over my whole body. It was going on since a long while, months, years, and it seems something chronicle and I couldn’t really see an end to it any time soon. So now I’m making the switch to all natural basic skincare (and haircare too) to…

The truth about New Year resolutions is that they’re easy to list down, less easy to tick off. Especially if you have a big chocolate craving going on at every hour of the day. But I’m working on it! A few weeks back I in fact tweeted about having a big jar of peanut butter…

It’s no secret I have a weakness for a good old online shopping session (more often than it’s considered healthy, I may add), but you might not know my favourite place to shop online is, no doubts, Etsy. When I think of it, I think of thousand or more pair of hands working at something of…

I get so envious when I hear people saying “I’ve already lost 5lbs since New Year!” so maybe it’s finally time to put all the Christmas chocolate away and roll up those sleeves getting healthier with a January detox! It’s no secret I’ve been particularly lazy the past pair of months, and it’s one of…

Right after New Year when our bellies have gorged on for days, my mum made this delicious almond pastries for the first time and we all started struggling with our new year resolutions since the very first days. And I’m sorry if you’re trying to engage with a healthier lifestyle lately, but I can’t really…

Being I such a lover of mid-seasons, the one only thing that I truly enjoy about winter is Christmas time, and now that it’s over, I can’t deny I’m quite craving the arrival of the warmer weather, all the blooms and the reborn nature that spring brings along. This being enhanced by the fact that…

Even if I don’t have proper style resolutions for the new year, I surely want to start embracing even more my personal style and wear more preppy, cute, feminine clothes in 2015 because those are the clothes that make me feel confident and comfortable in my own skin. Winter is probably not my favourite time…

It doesn’t seem so but it’s been a while since my last hair update! I usually do them when I chop my hair, but this is a different one because I’m keeping my hair this not too annoying mid-length a bit longer and, and I’d never thought I would have ever said this, I’m trying to…

With my last post we can say I’ve closed 2014 chapter and am ready to officially say hello to the New Year on here too! Yet I’m still quite enjoying all my chocolate from Christmas… All in all, 2014 was a good one to me – yes, I’ve seen better years before where health issues didn’t…

Now that 2014 is done and dusted and we’re all ready to welcome 2015 in, I have one last post to honor a few of the things that made my 2014 a very nice year. These are the best discoveries I’ve made the past year, that really needed to be shared: some of them are…

I know I’m a tiny bit late with these monthly favourites, but the Holidays have kept us all super busy as you might have guess by the lack of presence over here! Christmas and the festive period are my favourite time of the year, so this time I thought I’d honor the Holidays spirit a…

In this very moment I’m tucked into bed with two thick blankets and a hot-water bottle piled on my belly reflecting on what my 2014 has been and what I want my 2015 to be, and I feel so lucky and blessed to be able to do what I do, to spend my life with…

A pair of days ago, when Christmas was done and dusted, we had the pleasure to see the first snow of the year! I mean, the snow can be a pain in the ass if you are stuck somewhere and need to use a car, but otherwise I can’t help but loving it. The air…

Hey there! Hope y’all have had a very lovely time these past few days! In my last catch up post I told you I was going to come back pretty soon with a new update about my Christmas: deciding where to stay on Christmas day was not so easy, but in the end I spent Christmas eve…

Somewhere in the world it’s almost Christmas at this time (exciting!), so I thought I’d put together a very festive post to wish you all the best for Christmas day! Christmas eve calls for festive baking, let me tell you this: it’s kind of a tradition now over here, the very last pair of days…

Even though Holidays are meant to be spent with the closest ones and celebrating the fact of being together as a family (or at least that’s how I see it), one of the things I’d love to do and have never done is to go for a Holidays getaway, maybe right after Christmas to celebrate…

{ 1 ; 2 ; 3 ; 4 } It’s been a long while since we had our last catch up so it’s about time to share what’s going on in our lifes now that Christmas is behind the corner. I’ll go first! This year, Christmas got me hooked: I started being excited about it around…

Now, we sadly don’t have Starbucks here in Italy so we can actually save most of our money that would otherwise be gone in years of coffee, but at the same time I’ve tasted Starbucks lattes only in a few rare occasions during the past years, and there’s been no chance to try any of…

Last Thursday we had a busy but lovely day in Milan to attend the grand opening of the H&M’s Italian flagship store in the Duomo area, which meant we have waited a good hour standing in the cold and watching a big red countdown screen. Luckily the weather was pretty nice, but even though the…

Not sure the most will agree, but I love handmade gifts, especially when those were made from the one person who gifted it. I completely appreciate when someone spend time over something and I think it totally gives the gift another bigger and deeper value. Simple cheap objects can transform into something beautiful that might…

I was thinking “Maybe I should break the Christmas related posts off a bit and do something different for once” but then I thought there’ll be plenty of time to talk about non-festive stuff in 2015 and now I’m way too excited for Christmas time to stop talking about it! So yep, I’m bringing you…

Today’s Christmas Jumper Day and of course we are wearing our festive woolly very proudly as real Christmas sweater lovers as we obviously are! Hopefully you’ll have worn yours too at work or school, but if not it’s never too late, and don’t forget to check out Save The Children and donate today, and remember even the…

Looking for winter inspired cookies recipes? I’ve got you covered. And if there was one thing missing in my Christmas posts, it was a recipe (believe it or not!). I’ve discovered this recipe last year around Christmas time and tried it out multiple times with the help of friends and family (I even brought a…

Christmas Decorations ℅ The Christmas Boutique The past few days have been spent putting together a Christmas tree, hanging festive decorations, buying Christmas presents and wrapping them up. So don’t ask me why I’m feeling super festive! This year I thought I’d mix things up a bit and instead of going for the usual wrapping…

a christmas gift for you! ; Everytime I think of this little blog of mine I feel so lucky to be able to do something so different, creative and special on a daily basis, but something even more special is being aware that there’s people out there that share my same passions, that like to…

Last on the homeware front are the beautifully-made Duvet Cover Sets from H&M Home. I must admit I’ve a weakness for anything from the home section of H&M – but if there’s one thing they do well that is for sure the duvet sets’ designs (they’re all so beautiful!) and since when I tried my…

The previous pictures are from yesterday’s afternoon when we decided to head over to town to embrace the Christmas spirit by browsing through the cutest Christmas markets. I’m such a fan of the festive period and any festive printed/themed thing that if there’s one thing that can make me willing to face the cold and…

Chocolate Lava Cakes ℅ Lindt You should know I’m more of a “from-scratch” kind of person when it comes to baking & cooking, and I always say there’s nothing more satisfactory than having a long intensive baking session and enjoying the results right after, but sometimes it’s also nice to have something quick and easy to…

You might have read last week’s Christmas Gift Guide :: For Her where I started this year’s Christmas blog series; this time I’ve teamed up with my boyfriend to bring you the ultimate gift guide for him! All these gifts are boyfriend approved and something he would love to receive for Christmas but also things that can…

a home update ; In any season more than winter I feel the need of adding new themed pieces to the home: when the days become colder and colder there’s something so warming about new candles, warm-toned little objects to have around and a soft and cozy blanket to lay under while sipping hot tea…

Don’t want to start a sloppy post, but being that this blog is a sort of diary of my life, and that the man in question is a huge part of the mentioned life, I thought this was kind of due! Today’s the birthday of my favourite person in the world, and this totally deserve…

I’ve been seeing Christmas decorations around, have already taken my first (and other twenty) visits to Christmas themed shops (including a browse through the Christmas Ikea stuff), have applied holiday themed desktop & iPhone wallpapers, have read way too many festive themed blog posts and recipes, compiled Christmas related mental wishlists and believe it or…

an italian recipe ; You know I’m Italian, right? And you must know that we love our pizza in Italy. Me and my boyfriend teamed up for something different this time and made a little video-recipe for the recipe of our homemade pizza, to share with you how to make an Italian pizza from scratch!…

Gay Fantasy Tea Cup Birdfeeder ℅ For All We Know I might not be the biggest china hoarder, but I could spent hours browsing through a fascinating ceramics shop and adding tea cups to my list of things I need to buy when I’ll have a home for my own. Especially if we’re talking vintage. Anyone else?…

cozy nights in ; You’d have noticed a recurrent theme in my latest posts, but as I was saying in my last update, I am totally in love with cozy nights in now that the weather is chillier. There’s something special about autumn and winter that makes nights in something I am always looking forward to,…

cinema night ; As soon as the weather becomes chillier I start enjoying more than ever some cozy nights in (not that I’m a fan of nights out anytime of the year, but you know…!) and it was a while that I wanted to experiment with popcorn and do something a little bit different than…

You probably already know I’m obsessed with vintage clothes lately, especially after being sucked in by Masters of Sex just a month ago (and if you haven’t watch it yet, you totally should as it’s so well-made and the ’50 dresses are so beautiful to watch!); so when I was introduced to Rosegal it was such a nice…

let’s talk autumn staples ; I’ve done so many autumnal themed posts so far, but only recently we are having a typical autumnal weather here in Italy, and I realized I haven’t compiled the list of autumn staples I wanted to share with you since a while. This year I’ve decided to invest in a…

a very autumnal soup ; And yet another autumn related post. I can’t help but be excited about the current season and everything that makes it cozy. There’s nothing better that a hot soup when it’s super chill and pouring rain outside and I’ve recently discovered the perfect autumnal soup and had to share it…

life & food ; I feel like my boyfriend buys me panda-shaped things every month, but in October he bought me this super cute Panda Cookie Mug from LennyMud on Etsy and I’m in love! I love the cookies compartment that makes my tea time even sweeter and the little heart in there… oh, how cute! A good pairing…

jumping juniper ; During my annual tradition of a Lush trip as soon as the Christmas and Halloween collections are out, I thought it was time to invest in a new natural and organic shampoo and since I’m such a fan of Lush and their products and love to try out new things from their…

sinister bites ; I was planning a very different and creative recipe for this Halloween and was very excited about it, but for a lot of reasons I wasn’t able to shoot it until now and probably won’t be before Halloween, so I thought I’d shoot something a little bit different instead, which turned out…

the bag ; You all might already be familiar with my day trips around, especially to Milan which have happily become more frequent recently – being that wandering around a big city for a day means you totally have to carry a few essentials in your bag (you know, just in case…), I decided to…

romantic & cozy ; If there’s something I love is how a pretty dress can change my whole mood. I love how romantic dresses can make me feel a sort of princess, very feminine, it has the power of immediately make me feel nicer. Whilst I do love deep berry colours or burgundy a lot,…

indungelt ; Come autumn and winter and I start needing something more indulgent, a delicious treat for a cold afternoon; so since it’s Chocolate Week, I thought I’d share a very indulgent, creamy, dairy homemade caramel hot chocolate, which not only is a very autumnal drink for a chill afternoon, but it’s also the sweetest…

shop! ; May the day that online shopping was born be blessed, there’s nothing better than snuggling in a cozy throw on the couch with a warm cup of tea while browsing through my favourite online shops and finding amazing deals and buying everything I need from home! Bye bye stress! Don’t know about you…

{ 1 ; 2 ;  3 ; 4 } a very autumnal update ; For the ones of you who follow me on Pinterest already it’s not a big news I’m feeling very autumnal recently and this change of weather is influencing my mood completely. I love this season, the cozy clothes and blankets, warm nights in, the infinite number of cups of tea…

new haircut ; You might have noticed from my latest update that my hair is shorter. Yes, I had it chopped… again! I had it chopped back in June and then again last month always the same midi length, but recently I was itching for something different, something new, an even shorter hair style for wintertime when updos are not my…

autumnal again ; I’m so glad you liked my first outfit post so I thought I’d share some other autumnal looks I’m loving recently. I’ve been on a hunt for a skater high waisted skirt that really fits me and looks nice on me since forever but I’ve never found it until now. This H&M striped…

comfort zone ; As many long time readers of this blog probably already know, I never snapped and wrote an outfit post in my life! This is officially my first time trying, I was never comfortable enough to actually do something similar before, but I’m now pretty sure you’ll see more style related posts on…

new pieces ; As I think I’ve said a million times already, I’ve just realized I hadn’t got that many autumnal pieces in my wardrobe which, if you ask me, it’s the perfect excuse for a good old online shopping session, which I’ve had (and not only once) recently of course! When the season changes…

wishlisting ; I don’t think I’ve ever written a wishlist post on here, but when autumn comes around I can’t help but compile several lists of things I’d love to purchase and be pretty excited about literally… everything. I have had a huge wardrobe clear-out and re-organization session lately, which made me realize I don’t…

I’m kinda sad September is already over as I think I’ve already said it’s my favourite month of the year, which is strange if you think Septembers always are the cruelest to me. This past month wasn’t that exciting at all apart from my birthday right at the beginning – as for the rest I’m…

WARM COMFORT DRINKS Yay! It’s that time of the year again when it’s totally a-okay to dust off all the tea and get cracking with warm drinks and I couldn’t be happier! I’m relatively new to chai as I tried it last March for the first time ever, but since then it has been my…

I’ve been pretty inspired by this blog post from Natalie about how important sharing the love can be in the world of blogging and I realized it’s been a long long while since when I wrote down my last Reading Material post but I’ve decided I should try and make this a monthly thing because I love…

SEPTEMBER FAVOURITES September is my favourite month of the year and not only because it’s my birthday month, but also because it’s when the weather is still nice but start to be crispy and chillier, not to mention I love when autumn starts to be around. It literally flew by, I can’t believe it’s already…

THE BLOGGER Something I love is getting to know something more about the bloggers behind my favourite blogs, and I just realized that even though I often talk about me in my posts, I never really dedicated an entire post to allow you to get to know me a little bit better. So here are…

Now, I’m no expert of Milan by any means and I don’t even visit it as often as I would like to, however one of my goals for the next months is to visit it more frequently and discover new pretty places. You know I love to share, so I decided to start a little…

I’ll be completely honest with you guys, when I was asked to enter the SACO Kitchen Challenge I was way too excited for it and immediately thought it was the right time for uploading something on my YouTube Channel; however the video I was thinking about isn’t similar to this one by any means. It turned out…

I’ve already introduced you to this amazing garden before and if you’ve read me for a while you’ll remember how many times I mentioned I wanted to visit it. This summer wasn’t helpful with its always cloudy and rainy weather, but we somehow managed to find the perfect hot summer day to visit it and…

Since entering a healthier lifestyle I’ve been trying and experimenting new ways to eat clean and healthy without sacrificing the flavours. Sometimes this requires way too much time and most of the time I just want something quick and easy to put together and eat immediately after, so here are two healthy breakfasts idea I’ve…

Being that I spend most of my time sitting at a desk and typing codes and words on a daily basis, it feels pretty weird I’m pretty much the only one who didn’t shared her workspace yet. So here is the thing: as much as I would love to own a Pinterest worthy workspace, I don’t…

This is part two of two of our little experience in the nature we had almost three weeks ago now (read and see Part I). As we went deeper into the trees we found some amazing natural and semi natural little waterfalls as well as an old tiny wooden bridge, lots of trees, leaves and…

TO SAY THANK YOU There’s no special occasion for this giveaway but only to say thank you to all of you who read and comment my blog and chat with me on Twitter, these are the things that make blogging one of the best things that happened in my life! My blog just recently hit…

As much as I love long hair, huge infinite braids and beautiful long curls, I can’t see long hair on me. I’ve already addressed this topic in the past, but as soon as my hair starts to grow a little bit too much over my shoulders I start feeling the need of chopping it all off,…

A few days ago I got to stay at my boyfriend’s place a few more days and on one rare sunny Sunday afternoon we decided to go for an excursion to admire and walk through the beautiful green spot we had right behind the corner. I can’t deny it was a long painful walk and…

As many of you would probably already know, I am Italian, live and blog from Italy. This may sounds nice and intriguing to some of you, but this also means I’m an international blogger, which has its long list of pros as well as a lot of cons. Being an international blogger it’s a whole…

August was such a nice month to me and I kind of feel like I need to give you a little life update. Something you probably already know is that I started this more controlled and healthier regime, eating cleaner and working out almost everyday which to me is a huge switch from what I…

I was so happy about July and sad about letting it go that I didn’t think it was possible for the new month to be as good, but August was so nice and definitely on top of my list of favourite months this year! Last month I said I was secretly enjoying that summer never…

I’m turing 21 today but I am a little bit sad of leaving my twenty-year-old self behind being that this past year was full of beautiful moments, tough times that evolved in something good, a lot of changes and happy feelings and this is probably the first time I can find positivity in everything that…

I’m not even close to be the most fit person out there, and I started to be consistent with my workouts only recently, but I do have a good motivation but am not heading to the gym at the moment. I’m trying to stick to a strict routine of working out everyday at home on my…

A few more pictures from our most recent day trip to Milan that we had exactly one week ago. As I said in the first post about this day trip, we were not lucky enough to find Brera’s California Bakery open (I was really craving a piece of cake and was very disappointed when I found out…

I’ve noticed you enjoy reading about little day trips like this and since I particularly enjoy sharing my pictures and what I do, this is another mainly illustrative post but a lot of more pictures are coming your way later this week (just so you are not plagued by a lot of pictures all at…

A little list of things that always make me feel refreshed and renewed both body and soul wise: . Cleaning; . A hot/fresh shower (according to the time of the year); . Exercise; . Healthy meals; . Refreshing skin mists; . A new hair cut; . Hot baths; . New clothes; . My cleansing routine…

As much as I love baking and cooking, I just can’t stand the heat in summertime and being in the kitchen for hours on a hot summer day is not nice at all to me. This is why I’m trying everyday to come up with some quick, healthy, easy and fresh meals to eat at…

Don’t know about you but one of the things I love to do is going for an Ikea trip and this is not something that happens really often but last weekend we headed there for the last summer sales day (it was due, you know what I mean!) and we literally ended up to spend…

If you read this blog since a long while ago, you’ll probably know I’ve/am dealing with some health issue in this last period of my life. Without going deep down in details with it, finding myself in first aid two times in three weeks was no fun and it’s something I rather prefer not to…

It doesn’t happen that often that I close the bath door and indulge in some me (and only me) time but recently I’m feeling pretty stressed and bad mood is always around the corner and when my body feels physically tired all I really want is some pamper time. You know when you buy all…

More and more bloggers decide to make the big step of switching from Blogger to either WordPress or Squarespace everyday. More and more bloggers post about how to migrate to another platform and why you should really do it. I started on Blogger and still have a Blogger blog and have always thought Blogger has its…

I’m a bit late with this month’s mini goals (again) but not that late as last month so it’s fine! I’m actually collecting a few little goals for this month recently and this time they’re really mini and easy to accomplish but hopefully this will mean that I’ll be able to tick them all off by…