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Just love this hand-made Vintage Style Black Rose Necklace, attached with a dark silver plated chain with adjustable length - the perfect touch up to that little black dress!    

What a day today! :) We decided to spend some time with my lovely parents Costa & Sophie in Paphos, and it is pouring with rain! Suddenly Sunny Cyprus has turned into cold and rainy Cyprus! I personally think that the weather is confused... its supposed to be turning into Spring, not the other way round!   Its Tasty Tuesday time now, getting dark and a treat of home-made by Mama Sophie apple cake with hot freshly made custard cream is the best medicine in cold weather... Sitting by the fireplace and enjoying the last days of winter to the full!!   Yummy Home-Made Apple Cake with Custard Cream by Mama Sophie... soon on mama's blog  

Hello from the happy Mediterranean island of Cyprus!! Just a quick post to wish all you lovely bloggers and visitors a bright and colorful new week ahead! Looking forward to a productive week with lots of colors, creations & tips ahead xx   This is a handmade flower pot hand-made by the one and only, my beloved father Costas!  

hey hey hello everybody! Today in Cyprus and Greece and Greeks Worldwide are celebrating "Tsiknopempti" which translates into "Eating Meat Thursday" :) hmmm I know this sounds yum (I apologise to all my vegan friends truly xx please forgive me but this is a tradition and custom). Traditionally in Cyprus, we make "SOUVLA" and for those who don't know what it is, its pieces of meat strung on a long pitch, on charcoal which keeps turning, helping the meat cook, and this is done on a "FOUKOU" - a metal dish with poles mainly made out of steel, where the charcoal is placed in. This is always an outside fun day and night!! All types of meat are cooked, mostly chicken, pork and lamb and in all sorts of ways, but the best part is of course the Souvla :). And this brings us to our Greek Orthodox Lent from Green Monday on, so a lot of people will be fasting for the next few weeks leading up to Easter. Loukaniko (Traditional Cypriot Sausage) ...

Haven't been posting for a few days, but been a busy bee trying to spring clean and sort out my home... still got lots to do :) also had a few jewelry orders I had to finish... love just love! Talking about love... what were you up to on Valentine's Day? I know I had a wonderful time! My darling hubby took me down to the beachfront for a long 2 hour walk and pebble / sea-shell picking :) I found some lovelies!!! boy do I have some plans for these babies... and yay! some shells already have a perfect hole in them!!! And whilst I relaxed... for 5 hours, hubby cooked up a scrumptious meal! He made me Chinese, and I absolutely loved it!!! Our romantic dinner consisted of homemade spring rolls (poor hubby thought they didn't turn out good, but personally I thought they were delish!!!), mixed rice, sweet & sour pork, chicken cashew nuts, beef with red cabbage and we washed it all down delicious red wine Gato Negro (yum!)... well hubby preferred some...

"the measure of love is to love without measure" Good Morning everyone ! I would like to leave you with this lovely note on this fascinating morning... love yourself first, love everyone else too, even if they don't love you... maybe they just aren't getting enough love to be able to love in return... by showing them love, you help them realize that it is possible... HAPPY VALENTINES!!  p.s. some photos do have links to affiliate posts or designs from my Etsy shop TheaXessorize - thank you! 

valentines day is just around the corner.. and love is all around us! keep smiling and shining! Theano xoxo

its Friday morning here in Cyprus and the weather is looking good! how are you planning to spend your weekend? well I am planning on clearing out some clatter... out with the old and in with the new!!!!!!! and of course creating! Plenty of crafting & jewelry making! So looking forward to it... :) Have a peek at my wooden bracelets below bracelets galore by TheaXessorize! can't wait to get started... In the meantime, its... COFFEE TIME!! till later my dearies, have a wonderful day Theano @TheaXessorize xoxo

and there's nothing better than a cup (or shall I say a pot in this case!) of hot chocolate flavored filter coffee in my PJs! Just what I need to get my crafting brain cells working ;) have a good one lovelies x

Good Morning! Kalimera :) I'm up very early today and ready to share some Cypriot glory!  Inspirations from the island of love, the people I love! And today's inspiration comes from the woman who has inspired me most and brought me up to be who I am today... my mother Sophie! Friends and family know my dear mum who loves her herb garden and generally everything about gardening! Today I will feature a special Cypriot product all the way from mommy's garden, the long thin RED HOT PEPPER :) beware though, as innocent as it looks, this beauty can bite! They are hot & not for the weak taste buds! Here is a simple way of how I made this wonderful deco for my kitchen wall: 1) cut and wash all chilies 2) place them on a tray in the sun for about a day (till they dry a bit) 3) take a thin sewing needle and a long piece of twine (not thick so as not to break the pepper) and prick each pepper on the top brown part near stem and sew through them...