D.I.Y: Summer tastes ☉

Iced Tea with Mint

what you need:
- a couple of tea bags (flavours are up to you)
- 4-5 branches of fresh mints
- handful ice
- 2 big cups of cold water
- 1 teaspoon of sugar or honey
- 1/2 lemon
- rosehip (if you don't have, you can add any edible flowers, or dyed herbs)

how to do:
- brew 2 type of tea bags in a boiled water (1 big cup is enough)
- then take it into the refrigerator for 2-3 hours
- add cold water in it
- crush mints in a different cup, then add into the mix
- put the lemon slices and the ices
- lastly, add some rosehip and honey 

Watermelon Salad

what you need:
- watermelon
- fresh mints
- nuts
- olive oil
- basil
- feta cheese

how to do:
- cut watermelon into the slices, and take the cores out
- put a little bit of olive oil (it sounds weird, but it tastes so good with watermelon)
- add feta cheese, mint, and basil

Bon appetite :) and happy weekend!

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D.I.Y: Summer Smoothie ☾

What you need for a summer smoothie (for 2 person):

- A blender like this  (the easiest one to use and keep dregs/peels alive)
- 2 Bananas
- 3 tablespoons of yogurt
- 1 tablespoon of honey
- 1 tea cup of raspberry or 6-10 strawberries
- 1 slice of watermelon

Mix all together with a blender. You can change the ingredients according to your taste.
Also it's a good idea to serve them with a piece of mint and a water with strawberry!

Thanks for my love; Türker for this recipe <3
Enjoy!

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D.I.Y: Natural Peeling for Face

I've been very interested in natural peelings and beauty stuff lately so I want to share one of my favorites.
This a homemade peeling for faces which can be applied easily with these ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon of yogurt
• 1 tablespoon of maize flour
• 2 teaspoons of rose water
• 1 shredded lemon peel

Mix all ingredients, then apply to your face. Do a massage all over your face (except eyes and lips part of

course) for 3-4 minutes. 

Then clean your face with mineral water! It's done! :)

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Son günlerde doğal ve ev yapımı olan peelinglere ve yağlara kafayı taktım. En sevdiğim doğal peelinglerden

birini de paylaşmak istedim. Yapması oldukça basit. İhtiyacınız olanlar:

• 1 çorba kaşığı ılık yoğurt
• 1 çorba kaşığı mısır unu
• 1 tatlı kaşığı gül suyu (ben Otacı'nınkini kullanıyorum)
• 1 adet rendelenmiş limon kabuğu

Hepsini karıştırıp yüzünüze masaj yapın. Göz altlarınızı ve dudak çevresini boş bırakacak şekilde sürün.

Masaj bittikten sonra maden suyu ile temizleyin. Farkı göreceksiniz :)

--Yakında argan yağı ve yumurta akı da deneyeceğim, sonucunu yazarım!

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Tuesday Inspirations: New Year Theme ★☄♫

I'm pretty excited for the new year! 2013 was one of my favorite years!
I'm curious about how 2014 is gonna be...

Here are some inspirational images that I use for my new year night especially
in case of food :) I want to try some tapas, canepes and cheese sticks, if I
satisfy, I will share with you for sure!

-- To see its sources, check my pinterest.

Happy new year, and thanks for following my blog in 2013.

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D.I.Y: Mulled Wine Recipe

You will need:
1 bottle of wine
1/2 lemon
1 orange
1 apple peel
1 cup of water
50 gr. of sugar
1 root ginger
1 galingale
2 cinnamon sticks
A pinch of dried carnation
1 cardamon
A pinch of cardamon
1 nutmeg (break into pieces)

Preparation:
Add sugar into the water in a pot. Then add put all spices into the water. Boil until you get sure it boils up.
Take boiled water from the stove and leave it 15-20 minutes to make it cool.
Now it's time to put this spicy water into a new pot with wine. Add the half of lemon, apple peel and
orange (as you see in the picture below - dried carnations sticked on it) into this wine&spicy water mixture.
Cook it for a while but don't boil!!! It takes 4-5 minutes until it gets hot. Then take it and filter before
serving.
Enjoy!

P.S: Thanks to my love; Türker for the recipe ;) He's an expert of it.

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Malzemeler:
şarap-1 şişe
limon- yarım
portakal- tüm
elma kabuğu- 1
su- 1 bardak
şeker- 50 gr
kök zencefil- 1
havlıcan- 1
dal tarçın- 2
karanfil- birkaç tane
kakule- bir tutam
muskat- 1 (kırarak)

Yapılışı:
1 bardak suyu boşaltın, şekeri ilave edin. Karanfili, kakuleyi, zencefili ve diğer baharatları atıp 
karıştırın ve kaynatın. Kaynayınca ateşten alın ve 15-20 dk. kadar soğumaya bırakın.

Büyük bir tencereye hazırlanmış suyu ve şarabı koyun. Üzerine yarım limonu, karanfil takılı 
portakalı (üstteki fotodaki gibi) ve elma kabuklarını koyun. 
Çok az pişirin, 4-5 dk. kadar. Ocaktan alıp, süzerek servis yapın. 
Afiyet olsun! (Malzemelerin hepsini kolaylıkla aktarlardan bulabilirsiniz).

Not: Tarif için Türker'e teşekkürler ;)

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D.I.Y: For your feet ♨

Hello! I'm pretty new about D.I.Y (do it yourself) things, but I search for what I should write for the next.
This time I have something about for your feet. I don't like to buy so many beauty stuff, instead I usually
use natural things for my body and face. This is a relaxing natural recipe for your tired feet!
It really works when you get exhausted after a long hard working or walking whole day.

Here it is:
*A pinch of lazmarin 
*Half of a bottle of mineral water
*Flax seed oil (4-5 drops)
*2-3 drops lemon
--and if you want, add some natural rose water into this mix.

Put all of these into a hot water in a bowl and dip your feet in this water. Wait until water gets cold.
Then you feel that your feet have become softer and more rested. Enjoy!

**If you prefer, you can put some t-light candles around you when you do this DIY, and listen to
Iron & Wine songs at the back ;)

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Yorgun ayaklara birebir gelen bir tarifi paylaşıyorum. Malzemelerin hepsi aktardan bulunabilir.
Bir tutam biberiye, 4-5 damla keten tohumu yağı ve gül suyunu birkaç damla limon damlatılmış ve 
biraz da soda konmuş sıcak bir suyun içine koyun. Ve su soğuyana kadar ayaklarınızı içinde bekletin, 
işte bu kadar :)

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D.I.Y for your home!

I've never done a "do it yourself" here before but I decide to do more when I have ideas :)
Here are my home's handmade decors and frames. Especially in the following months, I'll do more
because I'll start to live with my bf officially and we want to reflect our home in a way we create!

1. Polaroids Androids: These are all our friends, we took polaroid pics of them with the same concept,
"holding something in your mouth" :) It was so fun and a little project of our home.

2. Where I've Been Map: I take a print out of a world mad then I stick it onto a thick plastic platform.
Then I start to pin the places I've been to on this map.

3. Memories Bottles: I keep some bottles and flowers especially when they have a special memory.
This flower remained from a special concert, and this bottle when I firstly tried brandy in Bosnia :)

4. Watercolor Painting: Me and my bf do watercolor of the places we've been to. It's a fun way to
see and remember our past, travels and memories. This one was taken in Paris, Moulin Rouge as you
guess and the turned into a painting by us.

5. Old Magazines Collage: I love doing collages, it's so relaxing and fun. This one was made with old
mags tearsheets. I hang it on my living room's wall.

6. Table Mat: My mum made this one. It's easy; you just only need to find a felt then cut it as if you want
a shape then make some flowers (with a mould shaper) to stick on it.

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Evimiz için yaptığımız bazı eğlenceli süs ve tablolar. Eğer sormak istediğiniz bir şey olursa yorum kısmına
sorabilirsiniz!

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