Moonbloom

Had so much fun being a part of this photoshoot for Moonbloom's new creations. Flowercrowns, garlands and headpieces, check them out at Moonbloom's Facebook page, Etsy store and Instagram.

My favourite shots by photographer Jocelyn Nguyen.

Vegan choc chip peanut butter cookies

 I like to try and eat and cook mostly vegan/plant based food, so i thought i'd try being homely and make something sweet in the oven. These cookies are kind to animals and the planet, probably not so good for you, but who cares!

I totally winged this but they turned out really good! Ofcourse you can tweak the recipe and substitute ingredients a bit but this seemed to work fine. Nice and moist and gooey. The mixture made about 12 large cookies.

Ingredients:

1 cup brown sugar

1 and 1/4 cups self raising flour

3/4 cup peanut butter

1/5 cup coconut oil

1/2 cup oat milk

3 drops vanilla essence

Dairy free chocolate or chocolate chips

Combine dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. 

Melt the peanut butter and oil in the microwave for 30 seconds.

Crumble the chocolate into small pieces.

Mix all the ingredients together.

Spoon small amounts (about a tablespoon full) of mixture, evenly spaced apart on to a baking tray. 

Cook on fan forced for 20 minutes at 145 degrees C or until the cookies start to brown slightly. 

Allow to cool completely.

Enjoy! :)

Introducing my Etsy store: AmoraMade

So after months and months of putting it all together and finishing things up (it is still nowhere near at a finished stage) i have opened my Etsy store AmoraMade. At the moment i have three items up for sale.
They are all hand decorated resin skull tealight candle holders.

The first one is painted with black chalkboard paint, he can be drawn on with chalk. 

This one is covered in tiny white rhinestones, each one glued piece by piece (very time consuming)

Painted in gold acrylic paint

Each one comes with a tealight candle, they range from $29-$50

Mexico 2012 in photos

So about three weeks ago i returned home from an amazing trip to America, including the United States, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala and a little bit of the Bahamas. I was lucky enough to stumble upon some really great places and take some photos. Mexico was culturally very interesting for me, as although i had been to Latin American countries before, my experience in Mexico was uniquely different. I particularly loved the colonial architecture that makes up much of the countries states as well as the many historical Mayan sites dotted all over. Everywhere i found beautiful handicrafts, lots of Día de los Muertos (Day of the dead) imagery, vibrant festival decorations and lots of great multicoloured buildings, doors and walls. There is a definite pre and post spanish colonial and North American influence which made Mexico so diverse. So here are only a few of my photos, (out of hundreds) shot with a Canon 1000d and old Pentax camera with 35mm film. I felt very inspired seeking out and capturing these moments.

The following photos were taken in the towns of Oaxaca, Oaxaca and San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas 

Intricately cut patterns in tissue paper depicting Day of the Dead figures

A car parked in a street in Mexico City

A brass post box sculpture inside a Post museum in Oaxaca

Inside the Post museum

A modern art museum in Oaxaca

A holiday carnival in Oaxaca

I bought this little black ceramic skull in a market in Oaxaca, the region is notorious for using this type of material in handicrafts

Local artisans handicraft shop in Oaxaca

Beautiful handmade postcards in a tourist shop in San Cristobal

Inside a church in San Cristobal. The neon lights illuminate shrines of Jesus Christ

Our home in San Cristobal

Ancient Mayan hieroglyphics depicting skulls of important individuals

The ancient Mayan site of Chichen Itza

A local displaying his rock and gem collection at a market in San Cristobal

Hello!

So this is my first post! A good place to start would be explaining what this blog might contain in the future. Well, i recently returned from a 6 week long trip to the Americas, found a lot of fantastic inspiration, and captured it in photo form so i'll be posting a few pictures of that soon. I also have just recently completed my first two items and opened my Etsy shop AmoraMade so i'll post some pictures of that creation process and a lot of shop related things. This year i'm studying Interior Design in Sydney, i'm sure there will be a lot of excited posts in relation to that too. Lots to look forward to, lots to learn and lots to do! Welcome!

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