I've had this banana colored fabric for such a long time and I had no idea what to do with it. Yesterday I finally decided to make something out of it, a banana clutch. It was the color that inspired me to make this decision.
It's not that perfect, I could have done it better but I'm still going to wear because I made it and I spent time and effort on it.

My mom didn't like it, lol, but I hope you do! :)

It all started from a post my roommate found on Pinterest, with a simple recipe how to make cold porcelain. 

It took us a lot of thinking to figure out what we wanted to use it for, and we went from doing a mermaid doll to jewellery beads. Eventually, we chose a theam for our necklaces and picked the perfect ribbon. 

The recipe:

1 cup of cornstarch

1 cup of vinyl glue

1 tablespoon of lemon/vinegar

1 tablespoon of cooking oil

1 teaspoon of body lotion

Note: We used aluminium foil to shape our beads, polished the porcelain and baked it for ten minutes.

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I had my first snow angel this year (well, that would actually be last year), and I got to build my petit Olaf.  ^^

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This year I was dressed up like a charleston femme. I had so much fun with my blonde wig, and solved my life's biggest dilema, wether blonde hair suit me or no. People's reaction was pretty good so I guess yes ! :D

On this Halloween eve, I couldn't think of anything better than some tart à la citrouille. 

Sugar is very important this time of the year. 

Pumpkins are not only for decoration at this time of the year. 

So for the first time in my life, I made a pie, a pumpkin pie to celebrate the upcoming holiday!

Better to be early than late! Besides, I would carve pumpkins all year if I had to. 

So yes, the best time of the year is coming once again, and I'm pretty excited. 

This year, I wanted to have my special Halloween sanctuary. I bought the, what I like to call, "Halloween essentials", and started from work. 

It's almost October and seems like all the leaves have forgotten to turn yellow. I didn't even expect to fit in so well with my mom's old shirt, lol.

It was sure hot today, and I didn't see that coming for I was dressed for a normal strasbourgoise day.

Even though it might sound weird, I can't wait to take my sweaters out of my closet :)

On my last friday off, before la rentrée this monday, I'm under my warm blanket trying to type 2000 more words for my report which is due this month and daydreaming about the warm sunny days spend by the beach.

..But then again, we're only 35 more fridays away from the next summer.

This post goes to my little brother on his 15th birthday. 

May you always be the greatest Lakers' fan. : )

When the fishbowl gets too small, it's time to pack up, leave and jump into the lake. 

The pomegranate, as a fruit, is as ancient as human history itself. It is even said the very famous apple of Adam in the Eden's garden, must have originally been a pomegranate, and later has been confused with an apple. But then again, I believe that's just a rumour, lol.
Given its numerous seeds (belived to be in an exact number of 613)  in different countries, religious and throughout different ages it has always been considered as a symbol of prosperity and fertility.

Lately, I've been doing researches for well-known paintings where they integrate this fruit as an element.
I was very intrigued by the painting of Dali "Dream caused by the flight of a bee around a pomegranate a second before waking up", and then it hit me, it can't be the only one. And I was right!

Starting from ancient times, or even earlier, the pomegranate has never again stopped being used in art. Sometimes in still life kind of paintings, sometimes associated to people or events.
I've selected some of them, those who I found more interesting and I'm sharing them with you :)

It's safe to say that the Northern Albania is highly underrated. People don't even know what they're missing out, all because they're too scared to drive a mountain or too lazy to climb one.

If you were close to my mother, you would probably desperately want to cross the border line of Shkoder, visit the Albanian Alps and so. She had never been there too, until this year, but the way she would describe those places, only by refering to the books she had read and the stories she had heard, would make you day dream and long for fresh air and waterfall sounds too.

Since my father is a patriot of Southern Albania, it took them 20years of marriage to reach an agreement and finally settle for a trip to Theth (small village of Shkodra).

Without doubt, I would describe this experience as the best one of my life so far.

I could feel the adrenaline while we were driving a rocky one way road next to a who-knows-how-deep valley, I could feel the freshness while breathing the clean air of a 1000m above sea level mountain and I could pinch myself after bathing in the extremely cold waters of the waterfalls and not feel a thing. You don't get that everywhere !

For what it's worth, we had to climb craggy mountains for like hours, we had to put up with the heat, which was very tiring and frustrating, but in the end, it was all worth the fatigue.

So, if you still haven't been there, why wait? Why not spend a weekend on a budget, visit places and taste traditional dishes? And don't forget the hospitality! It has characterized the albanian people ever since noone can remeber and it's surely well preserved by the people of the area too.  

I could post a thousand photos and still, you wouldn't understand the honesty of my « wow »s everytime I would reach a tourist attraction, parce que en vrai ça rend beaucoup mieux.

I couldn't help myself without posting something on my blog, especially now that I'm enjoying my spring break back in my place. 

Something to remind you that I'm still around :) 

The pomegranate's blog wishes you...

My mum's flight was postponed due to bad weather conditions so she couldn't make it for Christmas. She's currently in Milano, staying at my aunt and hopefully she's taking a train to Strasbourg tomorrow. We still don't know about that, so fingers crossed !
I've never had a super fancy Christmas, but this one was the loneliest of my life.
This year's Christmas eve found my family's members spread in different corners of the world. Ironic, cause the well know expression goes "Natale con i tuoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi".
However, we stayed home, ate dinner and watched TV.
And no turkey,  of course. (Woohoo!, my first Christmas as a vegetarian :D)

As you may know (or you may not), Strasbourg is the Capital of Christmas. 

Well, there's finally something on the bright side of  "Not going home for Christmas". 

I know it's sad (I'm not a heartless person) but mom is coming for a visit so Strasbourg will feel like home for a while. :) Remember, home is wherever mom is.

Anyway, if you're following me on Instagram, you would know that like two days ago, 11/29 to be more precise, the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony took place and the 443rd Marché de Noël started.

I took some pictures today to share with you my pre-Christmas-ish winter days.. Don't judge, it was so crowded and that's the best I could do.

One year ago, I would post my very first blogpost, totally unaware I was creating so a virtual spot where I would post my thoughts, ideas, desires and things I like and love. 

After one whole year, I'm really satisfied with my TPB's progress. This blog came out of nowhere, totally par hasard, but now it's like family to me :)

So yeah, I woke up this morning and had Breakfast at Pomegranates. I even made a heart shaped cake out of crepes and blew a candle, wishing lots of other happy years to come to my sweet pome!