Last minute snack

We probably have all been in the situation: It's weekend, stores may be closed but you get a call from friends or family that like to come over.
Do I have anything to serve as a snack?
Home made or fresh baked goods are the most popular but you're not always prepared for that.

From now on, you will.
Make sure your freezer always provides puffy pastry (bladerdeeg), grated cheese, ground beef and have an egg, salt, pepper, sesame seed and/or poppy seed in stock.

Let's get started!



First of all preheat your oven at 220 degrees and lay out a few slices of the pastry to get on room temperature.




Slice 'm up, lay them out on a baking tray coverd with baking paper and cover the top with some egg. The egg is to let your topping stick and to let your snack have some more color after baking.




Sprinkle your chosen topping. I have the sesame and poppy seed combined with some coarse salt and the others are topped with grated cheese.

Option two!



Lay out the pastry (sticky side up) and cover about half of it with the cheese and some pepper (optionally).




Cover one side with some egg, fold and close by the use of a fork. This way the pastry will stick together and it also looks neat, doesn't it?




Cut up into smaller pieces.




Again, cover the top with some egg and the leftover cheese.
Bake for about 20 minutes and you are done!

Puffy pastry is ideal to have in stock for these kind of 'events'. You can fill or cover it with anything you like and it's probably the easiest thing to do.
Have a good weekend and don't forget to stock up your freezer.

Love,
Noes

Memory jar

I guess we can say that I am one of those people that collects. I like keeping things that belong to good memories but as you can imagine that results into a box full of cards, business cards, holiday maps, cinema- and concert tickets.
Every once in a while I go through the entire box to see everything and to try to get some order instead of a box full of chaos, order that of course... never lasts.

To get at least a few things in 'order' and at the same time at display, I made a memory jar.

Step 1. Get a jar that is high enough for all the tickets to fit.

Step 2. Sort out everything you have and make a selection for the memory jar. I decided on cinema-, concert/festival- and sight seeing tickets.

Step 3. Fill the jar in a way so that your favorite things are at display and find a good place for it in your home.

This may be the most easy DIY you can imagine but I still love the idea.
Let's make some more memories!

Love,
Noes

Bloggers Masterclass

Thanks to the Dutch Grazia magazine I had the opportunity to participate in a bloggers masterclass today.
Bloggers Sabrina of afterDRK and Anna of NSMBL had many smart and fun facts to share.

For example, did you ever consider adjusting your blogs name so that it's high in alphabetical order? Apparently I did very well by calling my blog According To Noes.
Since it starts with the A, it will always be very high up in any list and online search results and therefore will probably have more pageviews than a blog starting with a character lower in the alphabet. It never really occured to me but luckily I chose well.
Smart of you ladies, very smart!

They also addressed practical but smart tips for photography, advertisement, cooperation with others and so on.

Even though the morning was already great as it was, Grazia had arranged fabulous macarons, cupcakes and gift bags. Thank you Grazia!

The giftbag included the latest Grazia issue, windows 8 samples, a bracelet by Nikki for dance 4 life, a Blond Amsterdam notebook, OPI nailpolish and the cutest lipstick USB-stick.

Thank you Grazia, Sabrina, Anna and Polle for all the fun stories, great tips and tricks and above all a fun, well spend saterday morning!

Love,
Noes

Porcelain painting

For Christmas I already made a few personal gifts using porcelain paint on mugs. Since those turned out to be a great success, I decided to take my chances and make some more.

The first plate I made, this one, had such positive responses that I continued with another fun saying and added some color...

And made a duo of cake plates upon request for a friend.

Since there were a present for a birthday I wrapped them up According To Noes style and off they went. Fingers crossed that the birthday girl will like them!

What will be next?

Love,

Noes

Copycat

A new year, you want to make a fresh start and with that comes a new look or rather a whole new wardrobe.
Unfortunately, not everyone has a celebrity sized budget but we would still like to look that way.

What to do?
It's copycat time...

Like Emma's look?
Shopping a similar look was never this easy. Zara is offering many discounts at this moment and the beautiful beige coat as well as the black and glitter jumper are part of it. Finish this look with your favorite black jeans, ballerina's or sneakers and RayBan Wayfarer sunglasses. A cool and comfortable look at a great budget!

Not exactly your style?
What about SJP...

Your average workday or a night on the town, SJP knows what to wear.
Continue your shopping spree at Zara for this great leather jacket. Sarah chooses for her white Converse Allstars while running some errants but you can also pair it up with black leather boots or pretty pumps.
A sweeter look consists of a white lace blouse with ruching (also Zara), big hair and soft make-up. A great example for a pale pink lipstick for a budget look is 'Darling' by Gosh.

As you can see you don't have to be a celebrity to look like one and you don't need their creditcard (although it would be nice).

Love,
Noes