The lucky stone necklace

Hi! So here I am presenting you actually my first accessory DIY! And if you have a stone with a hole in it, it's probably the easiest necklace you have ever made yourself. So next time you are at the beach, try to find those stones with a hole, which shall bring you luck!

What you will need:

Stone with hole

Leather imitation twine

How to proceed:

Choose the length of the necklace and make a knot at the end.

Insert the other end through the hole and bind it around (see pictures).

- Julia

A Date with Mr. Celery Parma Ham

Hi! This is a variation of a classic "Devils on horseback" and I can just say that I am in love! Healthy but OMG soo YUM! Perfect as a snack on a nice warm summer evenings, which are getting pretty rare unfortunately... Enjoy those evenings and this perfect snack!

What you will need:

• 50g (1-2 stems) celery
• 12 pitted dates
• 70g parma ham
• 12 toothpicks
• pepper

How to proceed:

1. Wash the celery and cut them into 12 pieces, a little longer then the dates.
2. Put one piece in each date.
3. Cut the parma ham into half, alongside.
4. Wrap the half ham around each date and stick a toothpick through them.
5. Lay the dates on a baking sheet with baking paper spread pepper over it.
6. Bake them in the oven at 180°C, eight min long, until the ham has changed color.

- Julia

South African Banana Bread

Hi! As some of you may know I was born in South Africa and visited almost every second year. It fills me with pride to know I come from a place so beautiful. I was searching long time for this banana bread which I love so much. Found it, baked it, enjoyed it, baked maybe 1 million times. Here’s the recipe so that also you can enjoy the banana bread fever!

What you will need is:

• 275g flour 
• 1 tsp. backing pouder
• ½ tsp. sodium (bicarbonat)
• ½ tsp. salt
• 175g butter
• 200g sugar
• 2 eggs
  
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tsp. vanilla sugar
• 3-4 Bananas

How to proceed:

1. Stir butter and sugar until creamy. 
2. Mix eggs and vanilla sugar to it. 
3. Then give the flour with baking pouder, (baking soda) and salt to it. 
4. Then the milk. Mix well. 
5. Crush the bananas with a fork and then mix the crushed bananas to the dough. 
6. Now fill in the batter in a well greased loaf pan and bake at 180 °C one hour.

- Julia

School Planer

Hi! Preparing of the new school year I realized I needed a new school planner. So I wanted to do something personal and special this time, so I made my own cover. 

Here it is (1. Front; 2. Back) and I must say I’m totally falling in love with it:

Trip to KEBAP

Hi! I was the first time at the KEBAP (Culture, Energy, Bunker, Altona, Project) yesterday. It was really interesting and I had a lot of fun. Me and my friend made tea out of mallow and after that we had self made pizza only out of regional food. If you want to experience something alternative you should definitely go there! (Schomburgstraße 6, 22767 Hamburg)

The project is going on since 2010. The problem is that the state won’t give the bunker to the organization, although the bunker is unused. On their Blog you can see what their concept is and how you can get there, etc.. (http://kulturenergiebunker.blogspot.de)

KEBAP has many vegetable patches in front of the bunker.