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And the winners are........

The winners of the wine totes are:
*Cara Marie from Invitationstation
and
*Kim from Helium Studio and Post
A big congrats to you both, may your wine totes never be empty!

Crafty Friday

I'm feeling springy today.
Woke up to a beautiful sunny day.
This has been a strange winter, very mild and only 1 day off snow.
I love it!
So since I'm in such a spring mood today I want to give you a craft that involves flowers.
All you need is an old baking tin. I love them, love the patina they get.
You will also need some small glasses and off course flowers.
Simply place the glasses filled with water in the tin, cut the flowers to size and place them in the glasses.
Voila, you have a beautiful arrangement that just screams spring.


Photos by Alexandra Grablewski

SWEET PAUL Magazine Advertising Special

Hey guys... I'm putting the finishing touches on the SPRING issue of SWEET PAUL! We have 142 pages chocked full of heavenly food, fresh and stylish crafts, fun people, great shopping and so much more. I think it’s our best issue yet!

I'm running a sale on the remaining ad space for the magazine. The rates are VERY reasonable. Contact me today for details! advertising@sweetpaulmag.com

MAPTOTE Giveaway

I was lucky enough to get two Manhattan double wine tote bags from Maptote.
They are such cool bags and perfect for 2 bottles of wine.Made of 100% natural cotton.
Great if you live in Manhattan because after finishing the two bottles of wine you can just follow the map home.....
Check out their other great stuff here!
All you need to do to win one of these fab bags is to leave a comment on this posting.
Giveaway closes friday 10th at noon.
Good luck!

Recipe Monday....

You all know by now that I'm from Norway, but did you know that Bacalao is norwegian as well?
It sure is. Up north of norway they catch the cod, salt it and hang it outside until its dry.
Its quite a sight to see.

Bacalao Brushetta
makes 12

14 oz bacalao, watered and ready to use
1 large boiled potato, peeled and cubed
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, finely chopper
2 tablespoons lemon juice
12 slices baguette, toasted
3 hard boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
fresh thyme

Boil the fish for 4 minutes in unsalted water.
Drain and place in a blender with potato, oil, garlic and lemon juice.
Blend until smooth and season with salt and pepper.
Smear the mixture on baguette slices and sprinkle with eggs, thyme and more black pepper.
Photo by Frances Janisch

Crafty Friday

I simple love the transfer sheets from lazertran.
You simply copy a motif with your ink printer, cut out and soak in water for a few seconds.
Then it becomes a decal that you can use on any kind of wood, stoneware, porcelain etc.
You can do so many cool projects.
Here I did some family images on plates. Looks so cool.


Photos by Alexandra Grablewski

Sweet Paul Workshop March 17th

There is still a few spots left for the march 17th Food Styling and Photography Workshop.
The march 3'rd is totally full.
More info?
Send me an email at info@sweetpaulmag.com
Here are some images from last times workshop.

Denmark, here we come!

Great news for Sweet Paul fans in Denmark.
Femina, Denmarks lagest woman magazine will publish Sweet Paul Magazine. It will be sold with Femina starting march 1st.
I'm so proud of this, this is the second country that Sweet Paul Magazine is published.
Oprah, what is taking you so long?

Drum-roll please..........

And the winners of the tote bag giveaway is.....
*Kelly from Paperstories Blog
*Dina from Avila Photography
Thank you to everyone who left a comment, so many funny ones, you guys ROCK!

Recipe Monday....

I was never the biggest mexican food fan.
Growing up in norway the only mexican I remember was so Taco kits that didn't really taste much.
But off course moving to New York I quickly understood that mexican food is more then Taco kits.
It can be very elegant and simple, clean tastes and well prepared.
I even started cooking some mexican at home.
One of my favorites is this cold crab soup.
Its so flavorful and really easy to make.
I'm really in the mood for something spicy today, so Im off to the market to get the ingredients for this soup.
Enjoy.

Mexican crab soup
You can make it a day in advance.
Serves 4

1 cup tomato juice
3/4 cup clam juice
3 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon Tabasco
salt
1 small yellow onion, finely chopped
14 oz fresh crab meat
8 cooked and cleaned shrimps
12 cherry tomatoes, cut in half
1 avocado, in pieces
red chili flakes

In a large bowl mix together tomato juice, clam juice, lime juice and Tabasco.
Season with salt.
Add onion, crab meat, shrimps, tomato and avocado.
Chill and serve with a sprinkling of red chili flakes.
Photo by the lovely Frances Janisch

Crafty Friday

Sometimes I get really tired of looking at craft projects that means to have to go out and spend lots of money in order to make it.
I wanted to come up with a project that was fun, easy and with things that everyone has at home.
We all have that sweater with a stain or a hole and some sort of vase, right.
So, simply place the vase in the arm and cut off about 2 " from the bottom.
Fold that 2" in and voila, you have a very stylish winter vase.


Photos by Alexandra Grablewski