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Katie Lee

Katie Lee is coming out with a new cookbook soon. Its called The Comfort Table, Recipes for everyday Occasions. And who did the food styling in this book? Yes, little old me. You can pre order the book here.

Recipe monday

Some years ago my sister asked me to make a cake for my nieces 6 years birthday.
I wasn't really in the mood to bake a cake, so what I did instead was to make cupcakes in coffee cups.
They turned out really cute, with pastel colored frosting and coconut shavings on top.
Just make sure your cups are oven safe.
I got the ones in the picture from Crate & Barrel.

Cupcakes in a cup
Makes 8 large cups

1 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened+1 tablespoon for greasing the cups
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 cup milk
Frosting
coconut shavings

Preheat oven to 350F.
Grease 8 large coffee cups.
Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time.
Mix in vanilla, flour, baking powder and milk.
Mix until smooth.
Spoon batters into cupa, filling about two-thirds full.
Bake until a cake tester comes out clean, about 12 minutes.
Cool, frost and sprinkle with coconut shavings.
Photo by Frances Janisch
Enjoy!

Crafty fridays

These are really cute.
I made these felt flowers for parents Magazine.
You need two smaller and two larger flowers cut out in felt.
Glue them on top of each other with a hot glue gun.
The middle is made of a little roll of felt that you fringe.
Glue it on with hot glue gun as well.
Cover a craft metal wire with felt and glue the flower to the wire.
Cut out one small and one larger leaf in felt and glue them together.
Hot glue the leaf to the wire and you now have a pretty flower.
Photo by Frances Janisch
Have a fab weekend all.

Some loving.

My blog was the first winner of the Swelle blogger award given out by The swelle life.
Thank you so much.
You should check out her blog, it has the right mix of fashion that I like.
Check it out here.

Introducing

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You should really check it out here.
And the best thing is that they have a gift for all of you dear readers.
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Offer valid until oct 31st.

A book by its cover.

I did these images with photographer Frances Janisch a while ago.
They where supposed to be for a book cover, but never got to be used.
So I share them with you instead.

Also, check out Frances new website here.

Recipe monday

Sometimes a dish gets born just out of what you have left in your fridge. A while ago I had some friends over for dinner. One of them forgot to tell me that she didn't eat meat. And I had made like a meat bonanza. I mean it was meat on meat. So i looked in my fridge and came up with a pear and goat cheese salad with mustard vinaigrette. It turned out really nice, she was happy. And I have made it two times after that. Its really good.

Pear and goat cheese salad
serves
4

greens
2 pears, sliced
1 cup crumbled goat cheese
salt
pepper
6 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon mustard

Place the greens on plates and add pear slices and goat cheese.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Whisk together oil, honey and mustard and pour over the salad and serve.
Photo by Colin Cooke
Enjoy!

Crafty friday!

I used to be a florist many years ago.
Walking in New York's flower street always brings me back.
So many beautiful flowers and greens.
This is a bouquet I made for a beauty shoot a while ago.
Its just ferns and chinese garlic.
What you do when you make a bouquet is to start with 3 stems and place the other stems from left to right.
Then you will get a very nice spread of the stems and if you cut them evenly off the bouquet will stand by it self in a shallow plate of water.
Photo by Colin Cooke
Have a fab weekend all!

From New York Fashion week!

Paul and his lovely assistant Don is wearing the latest in this christmas tree skirts.
Please note the wonderful cut and how the skirts ends just below the knee. Paul is wearing the sporty Leaf design while Don goes for the more formal Snowflake.
I think we can all say that this christmas will be a very fashionable one.
Anna Wintour, Vogue

Down memory lane

Not sure what it is, maybe its because I have been sick for 2 weeks now. (Bronchitis)
I just had this urge to look at some of my old work.
I found this story I did for Norwegian Elle like at least 10 years ago.
Still remember it all, finding the location, using friends as models and the work with getting the old car.
But when I look back at it, I must say its really nice.
Its still cute and not dated at all.
What do you think?
Photos by my good friends Nina Dreyer and Jim Hensley