Recette : tarte aux pacanes

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J'ai fait cette recette dernièrement et franchement, elle est super :) Je l'ai légèrement adaptée car je trouvais que le temps de cuisson était trop élevé. Dans mon four, j'atteins maintenant le parfait équilibre entre le croustillant des pacanes et la "moilleuseté" du mélange.

Musique : Miike Snow

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Après une prestation un peu inégale sur la scène MEG à Osheaga cet été, Miike Snow est de retour à Montréal au Petit Campus demain soir (22 septembre). Il faut dire que le changement constant de mise en place sonore et la pluie torrentielle est venu compliqué la donne pour les techniciens de la sono.

Ceci dit, le premier album EP de ce trio suédois ne méritait pas ces guitares inégales que l’ont s’est fait servir. Dans le genre électro-pop, l’album de Miike Snow est rempli de chansons à l’énergie souvent contagieuse qui nous donne une envie irrésistible de bouger.


Plusieurs des chansons proposent des mélodies qui restent collé à la tête (Comme « A horse is not a home » ou « Plastic Jungle »). On vient rapidement accro à cet album qui est un de mes coups de coeur de 2009.

Caroline Cloutier (les photos sont aussi de mon cru ;)) aka

Tagged!

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Hey y'all!
So we've been tagged by nathalie et cetera but only got to answer the questions on march 27th, and to post them now... ;-)

The rules are:
1. Respond and rework. Answer the questions on your blog, replace one question you dislike with a question of your own invention. 2. Tag six other un-tagged people. Change the rules if you wish.

What is your current obsession?
Carotte: This grilled cheese!
Lychee: Finding old photo frames.

What are you wearing right now?
C: A lot of handmade jewelry.
L: A lot of colours - I love my new green tights! I'm also wearing an awesome brooch by M8N4.

Do you nap a lot?
C: I'm not a cat.
L: I have a love/hate relationship with naps... because I love to sleep and naps are so short..!

If you were a tree, what tree would you be?
C: A magnolia.
L: I don't want to be a tree!

What’s for dinner?
C: Tacos!
L: I have no clue.

What was the last thing you bought?
C: Bananas.
L: A banana muffin.

What are you listening to right now?
C: Adele.
L: Emiliana Torrini.

What is your favourite weather?
CL: Warm + sunny + rainbow + unicorn

Say something to the person/s who tagged you.
CL: Thanks!

What was the last play you saw?
C: The play button on my iPod.

Favourite vacation spot?
C: Warm + sunny + rainbow + unicorn
L: I have yet to find it.

A book you're currently reading?
C: One piece #45.
L: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.

What is your favourite sound?
C: The sound of crunching autumn leaves.
L: The sound of a pepper mill grinding pepper and of ice skates on ice...

What would you like to get rid of?
C: A stange pain in my leg....
L: A lot of junk at home...

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go?
C: Warm + sunny + rainbow + unicorn
L: Wherever Caro wants to go, seeing as there will always be unicorns.

What did you want to become as a child?
C: A school teacher!
L: Me too! But also a receptionist, a fashion designer, an illustrator, and a hockey player.

Your favourite movie?
C: Singing in the Rain and The Nightmare Before Christmas.
L: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain and Edward Scissorhands.

What was your favourite moment today?
CL: Answering these questions together, laughing and daydreaming about unicorns!

Doll making: closeups

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I love taking work-in-progress photos...
Here are some closeups taken during my doll making sessions.

Early doodles of Alice & Colin

Alice: paper to feltCarotte & Lychee tagsColin: waiting to be assembled

Doll making: part 2 or A Tribute to Hoodies

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Do you remember Keira, our first little fabric / felt doll? When I first imagined her, I had in mind to create a series of 3 dolls: one yellow, one red, and one blue - all hooded. And this little trio, I wanted to proudly name The Hoodies.

I've only gotten to present you Keira, but Caro and I have since created Alice and Colin! Funny thing is they haven't actually made their way into our Etsy shop... It had been a while since we'd updated our work collegues on our Carotte & Lychee projects so we decided, one morning, to bring in and showcase our latest items at the office. At the time, only Keira and Alice were completed... And they were swept up the moment they were displayed! :) I was thrilled!! The only problem was that we had only made one of each and now they were gone! Although the response was fantastic, Caro and I did not have in mind to "mass produce" these dolls and also, since they take up quite some time and effort to create, despite their simplicity, it seemed "The Hoodies" would have to wait a little for their Etsy shop premiere.



So it's now months later, and having said all of this, I will say that they are almost ready! But before officially launching this little trio, I do want to come up with a nice way to present it... Perhaps each with their own little pouch to carry them in? I had fun creating this little doll for a friend of mine :)

I can't wait to feature The Hoodies in our shop! It shouldn't be too long now... ;-)







Fun facts
The first time I worked on Keira, I wore a yellow hoody.
The first time I worked on Alice, I wore a red hoody.
The first time I worked on Colin, I wore a blue hoody... Ok, no, this last one was a lie, but I swear I just so happened to wear the same coloured hoodies as the dolls I was making, both times, both purely coincidental I swear! :)