Sunday, August 31, 2014

Meet Violette The Mermaid

"i must be a 
mermaid,
i have no
fear of 
depths,
and a great
fear of
shallowing
living."

- anaïs nin



an outfit for a mermaid sunday

the loved one vintage dress
grandma's gold heart
ecco sandals

i've joined meet up:) to meet new friends while enjoying creating & doing. today was a meet up at the horniman museum & gardens. i did not stay long but did capture this beauty, it's taken with my samsung galaxy phone, the clarity of this phone's camera is unbelievable. 

early this morning i created a walk as usual and i always pass by this tree. i transformed this photo into purple magic. i am exploring my samsung. love love love to play. 
what you think?
love to you all beautiful creatures
xxx
alice solantania violette saga


Saturday, August 30, 2014

An East Dulwich Saturday Outfit

i have a date in 20 minutes:)



a candy cute brilliance outfit to spellbound;)

beyond retro dress
antique cross necklace
screaming mimis bangles
office ballerinas

i am off! wish me luck beautiful creatures:)

xxx
alice solantania saga


Thursday, August 28, 2014

Meet Violette Amorina Solantania Saga

i have a dream


make a wish

meadham kirchhoff for top shop up in the cloud baby doll dress
antique cross necklace
office envy ballerinas

about a year ago, this was happening:)))
the face above is having that breakfast in 2 months:) those 10 days i devoured in new york were the most happiest of 2013 for me. 

 all i can think of now is new york. what i am to do. what i am to enjoy. i guess i'll just be hanging and taking snaps and wishing the time is a never ending story.

what is it with this city that one just falls in love with? have you been there? if so, do you love as dearly as me? why you think is it such a perfection city?

i snapped some lovely photos last year with my canon, you can look at them here
xxx
alice solantania saga

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Meet Aria

hey beautiful creatures:)

i am consumed with games of thrones. so today i am a romantic version of aria.  fear cuts deeper than swords. allelujah, wish me luck.

after my morning walk i went to a cute place in penge, alexandra nurseries it's called. a place full of plants that too has a cafe. i loved my soy latte. one can choose to sit among the plants or sit upstairs among antique china that one can buy. 

i found alexandra nurseries through a website i am in love with, this is your kingdom which features lots of wonderful places in & around london. explore explore explore:)



outfit

vintage tea dress
antique cross necklace
burberry violet flowery printed flats

today's brekkie:)
i wish you a lovely wednesday
xxx
alice solantania saga

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

I Did Not Have A Drog Problem; I Had A Problem With Reality!

 yup! that's about right.
i love all the cats of the gardens:)
my fave dress (vivetta) & beloved garden.
i am stunning.
thank god for beauty!
we are born & then we die! true or false?
prettiness! wanna be my valentine?
pink fluff = yes always
shine on beautiful creatures,
moi and some flowers

today started in the woods as usual, started book 3 of games of thrones and i am once again addiction perfection. came home and intended to dress up and take some outfit photos but the rain got to me and i decided to bake some hearty bread instead:) went to the gym and listened over & over to ulf lundell's kapten kidd, the voice of this man is beyond me. came home & finished off some laundry before heading off to franklins where i realised OMG i have nothing to say today. i am empty. not sad empty just empty. so started to go through the bank of my iphone photo library and found treasures. one certainly do come across such beauty from everywhere all the time:) thank god for that!

do what you love
do it often
life is short
live your dream
&
share your passion
august is soon to be over & we are back to life again in terms of routines. i love routines. i am working on the order of doing things & what to focus on come fall. i tend to be highly disorganised  so i am planning to be on top of things:) finally!

much love
alice solantania saga

(quote photo from pinterest)

Monday, August 25, 2014

Diary 255: Written On The Pages Is The Answer To A Never Ending Story

turn around and look at what you see!


“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”

- ira glass


inspiration magic
anyone knows who photographed this cotton candy cherry perfection photo above?














these past 2 weeks has been about re-grouping myself, make plans and set goals. i guess it's been the perfect time to do just this since i have not been well and thus not been able to do much. also perfect time because we are entering fall and that to me always means new beginnings:)

images:

1&2 beauty from my morning walks here in dulwich from last year. 3 inspiration. i have no idea who took this photo. i think it's magic:))) 4 on my way to central, oxford circus. passing this while on the bus always wakes me up. i am in london:) 5 a lot of the planning has been happening at the albion. 6 macaroon heaven from the albion. 7&8 i went to whole foods for nutritious thingies, trying to get well. they have the best bakery. here's rocky road heaven and some coconut berry cake. 9 i think this stylish lady is from one of my beatrix potter books. 10 breakfast a few days, blueberry heaven. 11 this cat:)))) adores this corner outside my door. 12 it's been raining cats and dogs. hallelujah. 13 dulwich woods this past week. 14&15 obviously a lot of planning and thinking has been happening at my second home franklins. 16&17 the princess bride fairy dress i wore the other day. is it not pefection?

i've been baking too:) tweaking the bread!

raw chocolate

for 1 large heart  shaped piece
0.6 dl cacao
1 tablespoon stevia
0.4 dl melted coconut oil

mix the caco with steva. melt the coconut oil and mix it in so it becomes like a paste. put in to a form, i use hearts:)

put it in the fridge for 20 minutes. this one is DELICIOUS. So healthy for you.

buckwheat & coconut flour bread with chia seeds
AMAZING VEGAN BREAD with chia seeds & coconut 

8 dl whole buckwheat flour
2 dl coconut flour
2 dl soaked (1 dl dry with 2 dl water) chia seeds (soak over night)
dashes of  sea salt
3 teaspoons  baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
some coconut oil (heated up)
ca 6 dl water
4 squeezes coconut stevia liquid

preheat oven to 170 (350) degrees

mix all dry ingredients well. then mix in the wet ingredients. mix well. pour into the loaf pan and bake for about an hour and 15 minutes!
cool before slicing!

xxx
alice solantania saga
(title & top quote is taken from the never ending story song by limahl)