Decoupage

Hey, what's up?
Have you ever heard about decoupage? Maybe you know more than I?
Actually, in events like that, I took part twice. It was lots of  fun with it. If you don't know how to make some easy decoupage stuff, you will probably an expert after reading it ;)
There was lots of empty beer bottles which were coloured on white. Also, there was many napkins, really, plenty different shaped and coloured napkins. Firstly, we should have chosen some napkins, which we had like. I chose one with teddy bear and one with Eiffel Tower and lots with many decorative things, you know, flowers and so on. Chosen? ok, then, we had to cut out our napkins' figures, when it comes to me, it was a teddy bear and Eiffel Tower. A napkin has three layers, so we had to split the layers, because we needed only one - the most coloured. When all napkins' figures were prepared to be glue onto the bottles, we had to take some glue and "paint" the bottles into glue, then put the figures on it. When some didn't want to paste, then you should try again with glue. When whole bottles dry of glue, it will be good if you paint them with some transparent laquer.
Do you have unneeded bottles? And don't know what to do with you free time? Perhaps you like arts? Just take you friends and have fun. Decoupage is an amazing activity for everyone :)

Lasagna - I'm lovin it...

Hey, hey, hey!

Are you hungry? Don't know what to eat? Don't worry, because today, I'd like to show you my lasagne recipe. :)

INGREDIENTS:

• a box of pasta - the lasagne-shaped
• a little onion
• a piece of yellow cheese
• same extras ( I put olives, but nobody likes it)
• 5 slice of ham
• 0,4 kg of minced meat
• some spices: salt, pepper, oregano, basil, herbs de Provence, marjoram, nutmeg
• half teaspoon of mustard
• one spoon of ketchup
• one spoon of tomato paste
• one spoon of butter
• one spoon of flour
• some oil, milk, and water

When it come to ingredients, you should grate cheese and cut into small pieces the extras as well as an onion and ham.

HOW TO MAKE LASAGNE:

1. Put three pieces of lasagne-shaped pasta at the bottom of rectangular heat-resistant glass plate
2. Put filling on pasta
3. Add some ham and other extras
4. Pour some cheese sauce onto it
5. Again put three pieces of lasagne-shaped pasta
6. Put the rest of filling and the rest of ham and extras
7. Again put three pieces of lasagne-shaped pasta
8. Pour the rest of cheese sauce onto pasta
9. The surface should be sprinkled of grated cheese
10. Put lasagne into oven and roast in 140-180 C during 20-30 min
11. Sprinkle some oregano and basilic on prepared lasagne and eat! :)

HOW TO MAKE THE FILLING:

1. Pour some oil on a frying pan and add diced onion
2. Add the minced meet and some diced ham and diced extras
3. Add all the spices except of nutmeg
4. Pour some water, and add mustard, ketchup and tomato paste

You should mix it almost all time you prepare it.

HOW TO MAKE CHEESE SAUCE:

1. Put a spoon of butter into a pot and when it melt add a spoon of flour and start to mix it quickly
2. Then pour milk (about 2 glasses) and grated cheese and mix it
3. Add spices: salt, pepper, nutmeg

That's all I suppose. If you like cooking have fun. Bon appétit! ;)

E-reading - better than books?

Hellou everyone! How is your Easter?

During Easter we have lots of free time, so we can do whatever we want to. I started to read great book, very intricate and inquistive. It's "Rebecca" - a novel by English author Daphne du Maurier. During reading I was thinknig about e-reading, you know, what's better: paper version of book or the electric one.

Actually, once, I tried to become an e-reader – I bought a smartphone, then downloaded applications for e-readers, and at least I started looking for some books which I’d liked to read. I found some polish, english and even french novels, which I really admire and I think that they are the miracles of literature. So, when I got Harry Potter and Sorcerer’s Stone I immediately started to read it. Before some conclusions about e-reading, I have to admit that I had read this book in paper version first. And I incredibly enjoyed it. Firstly, e-reading was a pleasure for me, because I had my cell always with me so, I could read Harry in a train or when I was waiting for an appointment with a doctor. Actually, I could read it wherever I was. To be honest, it was only positive thing which I’ve noticed. When I started reading (using smartphone) my eyes were tired in a spare of a moment. Also, the form of e book wasn’t for me. When I read something, I have to feel a book, to touch the paper, to smell the specific scent of books, especially of old ones. I love to fold the spine, ”to mark” a book (by chocolate for example –during reading I eat a lot). For me, books are like friends, and it’s very important to make a bond between a reader and a book.

Finally, I think that I’m not a follower of e- reading. Even though nowadays people use all these hi-tech devices, and more and more of us become e-readers, I’m certain that I’ll never be one of them. What about you? Which way of reading do you prefer?