Showing posts with label summer 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer 2014. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2014

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!


Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Explore No:8

FASHION / DESIGN























Aloha Tata
It's been a while since I wrote the last "explore" part of my blog. Maybe just beacuse I've picked all eye
candy things for my magazine; match-up that I hardly find something to share here, on "explore". But
nowadays, I'm turning to search editorials, fashion brands, some Californian and Spanish summer feeling
again among all social media images.
Aloha Tata is a brand from Spain, and it is good at bringing different geometric shapes and patterns
together on its fabrics. I discovered this brand thanks to the photographer Igor Termenon who took
this brand's SS2014 lookbook pics. You can check the colorful and summer feeling  lookbook here.
























Lazzari
Another brand I've met recently is Lazzari. Especially its bikinis are worth being checked! This Italian
brand has an interest on colorful shapes, patterns and happy summer mood. Look how its Summer 2014
Lookbook looks superb delicious; here.

ART























Nuria
As I said before I'm in a mood for searching some Californian, Spanish summer feeling pics nowadays.
When I was looking at some new photographers, I've found a name; Nuria, who is a model and a
photographer, traveling and taking an analog camera with her to everywhere! Her photos are giving a
summer feeling, and a carving for a sunset. Let's check her instagram as well.

BLOG
























The Future Positive
If you want to explore creative people and to see how they create a space, and start a small business for
themselves, you are the one who's looking for the same thing with me! The Future Positive blog is created
by 2 friends, but it's getting bigger with the new contributors from all around the world. In this website, you'll
see many other creative lives, which are in Scotchland, Spain, USA or anywhere, and it will give you
enough inspiration for sure.

MOVIE























I have some movies that I get never bored of, and watch again and again. I also split the movies into 3
categories; summer, autumn and winter movies. Stealing Beauty is in my summer list and I want to watch
it again every summer. In this movie, you see a girl's life is changed to be a woman, and how she is
experinced an adolescent life in Siena where she went for a short trip to be painted by a man.

MUSIC 























I've created a summer-mood playlist which inludes some Turkish songs as well. Listen to here.

♫ ♪ ♪ ♫ 




Monday, July 21, 2014

saturday: barbecue, and the feeling of turquoise ☁

posing with my new dress; which was sewed by Türker's mom






















in my parent's apartment where I grew up























hello!

my christmas gift for my friend; Melis


my new book; "Istanbul, memories and the city" by Orhan Pamuk

my detail picture captured by Türker

ready to swim, after a sunbath



lighting show in the sky

start to prepare for the dinner


mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, thyme, olive oil

a little bit of raining

Melis is ready! <3

yummy mezzes, with some raki (a Turkish alcohol drink)


start to fire


delicious mezzes

my man <3

delicious salads made by Melis

a typical Turkish mezze table























Our last saturday with some pics. Summer is not easy in Istanbul; there are many tourists, hot weather so on;
but we turn it into a positive thing since we visit the places we haven't visited for a while, and meet our friends
for barbecue, drinking nights and camping...

If you come to Istanbul one day; don't forget to drink raki with some delicious Turkish mezzes ;)

-- Last year; same place, with the same friends: here

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Weekend: Hydrangeas are everywhere ♤

my magazine match-up

coffee & macarons

take a visit to one of my favorite neighborhoods; Arnavutköy

and its beautiful houses


buying these new babies for our home 

 bow tie and my bridal hat

Türker's boutonniere

we have just started to decorate our bedroom, several steps left to go

good  morning!


home made jams from our wedding are eaten every morning of course :)

sunday: time to go to my parents house

and picked some flowers; hydrangeas!


took them to our house

salad season has officially started!

returning back home, on Bosphorus 

sitting outside on the streets, because it's summer at last here!!! (Karaköy)

and taking more pics...


































and I've just taken a new letter from my penfriend <3






















































































































































It's summer at last! Now we are ready for taking visits to our favorite neighborhoods, shopping for
our home, and planning some trips to near seaside. And of course I'm gonna pick new flowers which
make me feel the new season more and more.

See you!

**
Nihayet yaz geldi gibi gözüküyor. Gerçi bugün yine  yağmur yağdı ama kısa sürdü neyse ki...
En sevdiğim semtlere; Arnavutköy, Karaköy gibi, gezintilere başladık. Dışarıda oturup keyif yapmanın
tam sırası. Bir yandan da evimizi zevkimize göre şekillendirme çalışmaları da devam ediyor. Duvar kağıdı
ve birkaç eksik tamamlandıktan sonra yatak odamız da hazır olacak.

Gelen sorular ve mailler üzerine belirtmeliyim ki; ayın sonunda fotoğraflarımızı alır almaz düğünümüzle
ilgili detayları buradan yazacağım. 
O zamana kadar; en sevdiğim moda bloggerlarından biri olan Bethan ile yaptığım röportaja , Türker'in yaz
smoothie tarifine ve Paris gezi rehberlerime göz atabilirsiniz! 

Hoşçakalın!



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