Monday 31 October 2016

Pumpkin Festival At Manikata


Hello my fellow readers,
Yesterday (30-10-16), at Manikata there was the pumpkin festival. I personally don't like pumpkin but I for sure like the atmosphere of this festival. There where all types of things made with pumpkins. Some of these were:


 Pumpkin Cake
Sweet Pumpkin Pie 
 Pumpkin Muffins
Pumpkin soup - served in Maltese bread
 
Pumpkin Cakes
 Pumpkin Pasta
 Pumpkin Rice
Pumpkin Maltese Cheesecakes

And then there were other Traditional Maltese food without pumpkins included such as:
Snails

Apart from these there were multiple Maltese and locally made things such as:
Sun Dried Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Olives, Pickled Onions, Strawberry Jam and Capers.
 Pumpkin Jam
 Wine
 Peppers
 Carob Syrup
 Honey
 Bees Wax Creams
 Fruit, Alcohol and Wine
 More
and More Honey
Handmade Key chains
Mincemeat
Herbs
For kids...

And a Beautiful display on Maltese karettuni.

Let me know if you liked this different post and if you want to see more of these :)

Thank you for reading,
                                      Lourdes xx

Thursday 27 October 2016

Desiree Boutique Launch and new collection

Hello my fellow readers,

Yesterday I was invited at the newly opened boutique by the designer Desiree. When I stepped in I was happily greeted by Desiree herself. The shop is very nice and cosy, it welcomes you with beautiful designs and creations. Apart from being an interior designer, she also makes designs on shoes, bags and cushions which she customizes herself.

Her new collection (for A/W 2016/17) consists of shoes and bags with the paisley design and motivational quotes.
'Don't stop dreaming', 'One life, live it', 'Drive your passion' and 'forever fearless' are all motivational quotes written on lip-shaped bags. As Desiree said, "These quotes are what women should hear more often". Some creations where also made on acrylic handbags and others with the shoes and bag with matching designs. The collection is filled with a variety of colours.

These one-off designs can be found at https://www.facebook.com/designerdesiree/?fref=ts and http://www.desireedesignworks.com/. Her shop is found in Sliema, more details are on her website and facebook page both linked here.

On display there where also beautiful handmade tiaras by La Fleur -https://www.facebook.com/TiaraLaFleur/

Also a big Good Luck goes to Desiree on both opening her new boutique and also for her show at the Serbian Fashion Week in the coming days.










































Thank you for reading,
                                      Lourdes xxx