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21 December 2013

Festive hairclips

It is almost Christmas! And I wanted to make a lot of Christmas posts and didn't make any at all, so I am very sorry. But I'm finally writing one today! Yay! I thought this was a great idea because it's a very easy and quick DIY, and it would be a very good last-minute gift idea or stocking stuffer. And it also looks pretty cute!
¡Ya es casi Navidad! Quería hacer un montón de entradas de Navidad y al final no he hecho ninguna. Lo siento. Pero por fin hoy estoy escribiendo una! Wee! Esta idea me pareció genial porque es muy fácil y rápida de hacer y es perfecta para un regalo de última hora. Además, queda muy mono.



First, I painted some bobby pins using nail-polish as shown is an tutorial I posted in the summer and you can find it here.
Primero, pinté unas horquillas con pintauñas como en un tutorial que hice en verano y que podéis encontrar aquí



I also bought some hair clips and little gift bows and pasted the bows to the clips to make the other kind of clips.
Para el otro tipo, compré pinzas y lacitos para regalos y los pegué a las pinzas.



And that's it! It's as simple as that! So I hope you like it, and have a very happy holidays! 
¡Y eso es todo! Es así de fácil. Así que espero que os guste, y que tengáis unas muy felices fiestas!

03 December 2013

Chocolate caramel shortbread


It is finally December aka the best month in the year! I'm so excited. This is something I'd been wanting to bake for quite some time now, and since it was my birthday today and my house is probably going to get a little bit crowded, I decided it was time I did.
¡Por fin es diciembre, aka el mejor mes del año! ¡Qué ilusión! Esto es algo que llevaba tiempo queriendo intentar hacer, y como hoy era mi cumpleaños y mi casa probablemente va a estas llena de gente, decidí que era el momento de hacerlo.


It took a bit longer than I excepted, but I love how it turned out and they taste great so it was totally worth it! To be honest, taking a good picture of them was almost harder than making them. But I'm so happy I finally baked them.
Me llevó un poco más de tiempo de lo que esperaba, pero me encanta cómo salieron y estaban super buenas así que definitivamente, mereció la pena. Para ser sincera, hacerles una buena foto fue casi más dificíl que hacerlas.

I found the recipe on Pinterest and it's from Le creme de la crumb.
La receta la encontré en Pinterest y es de Le creme de la crumb (en inglés).



This one was of the best birthdays I can remember and I'm just so grateful for everybody I have in my life. Having a good birthday is brand new to me and I just wanted to add this little "paragraph" to share my happiness with you.
El de hoy ha sido uno de los mejores cumpleaños que recuerdo y estoy muy agradecida por la gente que tengo en mi vida. Tener un buen cumpleaños es algo nuevo para mí, así que quería añadir este parrafillo para compartilo con vosotros.

xx With Love, Be.

22 November 2013

Dress your tech: Christmas backgrounds for your iPhone

Hello!

I've been feeling pretty festive for the last few days and I decided to make some backgrounds for my phone. I made every background for both iPhone 4 and iPhone 5.
Últimamente me ha inundado el espíritu navideño así que decidí hacer unos fondos para mi móvil de Nadidad. Los he hecho para iPhone 4 y iPhone 5.

I hope you like them!
¡Espero que os gusten!







CREDITS: To make these backgrounds, I used different fonts that I downloaded from daFont.

03 November 2013

Birthday Wishlist

Today is exactly one month to my birthday so I wanted to share my wishlist with you.

  1. Thomas Sabo bracelet, with an ice-skate charm.
  2. Earmufs from Six, that are actually headphones. (Note: these aren't the actual ones, but I couldn't find those online and these were the most similar ones)
  3. Hat from Sfera (Note: there are three hats I want, but I could only find a photo of this one)
  4. Basic pearls bracelet.
  5. Sleek brush by 3 in lace.
  6. Ofelia blanket.

I really want all of these things so I'm going to buy them if I don't get them for my birthday.

30 October 2013

Skeleton cookies

Hey!

I made these cookies yesterday because... to be honest, I just didn't feel like studying. This is being such an intense semester.
Ayer hice estas galletas porque... para ser sinceros, no me apetecía estudiar. Este cuatrimestre está siendo super duro.


I know they look the best, because I was in a hurry and didn't even plan to bake them. But I still think they're pretty cute and simple and I wanted to share them with you.
Sé que no son precisamente las más bonitas del mundo, porque tenía un poco de prisa y ni siquiera tenía intención de hacerlas. Pero aun así, creo que son bastante monas y simples así que quería compartirlas.

My basic chocolate cookies recipe:
  • 200 g butter (Room temperature)
  • 125g white sugar
  • 350g all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg white
  • 1 teaspoon of lemon juice
  • A pinch of salt
  • 2 tablespoons of pure cocoa powder
Mi receta básica de galletas de chocolate:
  • 200g de mantequilla (a temperatura ambiente)
  • 125g de azúcar blanca
  • 350g de harina
  • 1 clara de huevo
  • 1 cucharadita de zumo de limón
  • Un pellizquito de sal
  • 2 cucharadas de cacao en polvo puro.
Then simply mix everything.
Simplemente mezclad todos los ingredientes.

Pre-heat oven to 180ºC / 350ºF.
Precalienta el horno a 180ºC / 350 ºF.

Put the tough in the fridge for about 30 minutes so that it'll be easier to work with and cut it using gingerbread men shapes.
Deja la masa en el frigorífico por unos 30 minutos para que sea más fácil trabajar con ella después, y córtala usando formas de hombres de jengibre.

Bake the cookies for about 7 minutes.
Mételas al horno 7 minutos, aprox.

For the icing:
  • Cold water
  • Powder sugar
Para el glaseado:
  • Agua fría
  • Azúcar glas

Mix as much as you need of each until it's thick enough. Mine was too liquid because, as I said, I was kind of in a hurry, which is another reason why my cookies don't look very good.
Mezcla las cantidades que creas suficientes de cada una hasta que esté lo suficientemente espeso. Mi glaseado se quedó demasiado líquido porque, como he dicho, tenía un poco de prisa, que es otra razón por la que mis galletas no quedaron muy bonitas.

Then put the icing in an icing bottle and draw the skeleton bones once the cookies cool.
Pon el glaseado en una botella para glaseados y dibuja los huesos del esqueleto en las galletas, una vez se hayan enfriado.

And that's it. I hope you enjoy it, and happy halloween!
Y eso es todo, espero que os guste y ¡feliz halloween!



Ps. I wanted to show you this face my cousin did cause I think it's so funny what she thinks a face should look like. She's such a cutie pie. And she kept trying to stick those in my face and her own, ha! 
Pd. Quería enseñaros esta cara que hizo mi prima, porque me parece super gracioso cómo cree que debería ser una cara. Es un amor. Y todo el tiempo intentaba pegarme las cositas en mi cara y en la suya.


Ps 2. All the photos I took where AWFUL, so I decided to edit and publish the ones from my instagram instead, sorry. 
Pd. Todas las fotos que saqué eran HORRIBLES, así que decidí editar la entrada y publicar las de mi instagram. Lo siento.



03 October 2013

DIY Mini paper pumpkin

Hey!

I came up with this quick craft idea. It's so easy to make! You can even put some candy inside and give it to someone as a gift. Or you can leave it empty and use it as decoration.
El otro día se me ocurrió está idea, que es super fácil de hacer. Puedes poner caramelos dentro y regalárselo a alguien. O puedes dejarlo vacío y usarlo de adorno.


All you need is:
Sólo necesitas:
  • Orange and green paper
    Papel naranja y verde
  • Glue
    Pegamento
  • Scissors or an x-acto knife
    Tijeras o cutter
Cut the paper into stripes (mine were approximately 1.5cm wide) and paste two stripes forming a + .
Corta el papel en varias tiras (las mías tenían 1.5cm aprox de ancho) y pega dos formando una +.


Paste all the other stripes forming a circle.
Pega todos los demás formando un círculo.


Bring two ends to the top and glue them. Then glue all the other ends on top.
Dobla dos de los extremos hacia delante y pégalos. Luego, pega todos los demás extremos.


I then cut a small green circle and pasted it on top. This both helps cover up the ends and looks like a leaf. To make the stem I cut a thin and long piece of green paper and curled it using my scissors.
Luego, he cortado un círculo verde pequeño y lo he pegado encima. Con esto, cubres los extremos y parece más o menos una hoja. Para hacer el rabito, he cortado un trozo de papel verde largo y finito y lo he rizado usando las tijeras.

If you don't know how to curl paper ribbons using scissors, you can watch this video.
Si no sabes rizar lazos de papel con las tijeras, puedes ver este video.

And... That's all! I hope you liked it!
Y... ¡Eso es todo! Espero que os haya gustado.


By the way, guess what day it is today! That's right: it's October 3rd! Do I like Mean Girls a little too much? Probably.


02 October 2013

October calendar

Hey!

I know I haven't posted a lot lately but... blame my professors for that. Seriously, you should e-mail them and tell them not to give me so much to study and so many assignments.
Sé que no he escrito mucho últimamente, pero.... echadle la culpa a mis profesores. En serio, deberíais mandarles un e-mail y decirles que no me manden estudiar tanto y tantas prácticas...

I have made a new calendar for this month, which is in Spanish too.My printer wasn't working so I couldn't take a photo of the printer calendar, but I hope you like it.
He hecho un nuevo calendario para este mes, que además está en Español. Mi impresora no funcionaba así que no he podido sacarle una foto al calendario impreso, pero espero que os guste.





Have a nice day! And happy October!
¡Qué tengáis un buen día! Y, ¡feliz octubre!

14 September 2013

DIY Pompom Magnets

The other day, I was scrolling down my favorite website and I saw some pompom magnets and when I clicked on the photo it lead me to a website where you could buy them. Buy them! Considering how incredibly easy to make they are, I seriously do not understand why would anyone buy them... So, you know I have a mission and it is to spread the word about things you can actually easily make at home instead of buying them so... here goes another DIY.
El otro día, estaba cotilleando mi web favorita y vi unos imanes de pompones y cuando hic click en la foto, me llevó a otra web donde podías comprarlos. ¡Compraros! Teniendo en cuenta lo facilísimos que son de hacer, no entiendo por qué alguien iba a comprarlos en vez de hacerlos... Así que, como sabéis, tengo una misión, y es difundir la palabra sobre todas esas cosas que puedes hacer fácilmente en casa en vez de comprar... Así que aquí tenéis otro tutorial.


All you need is:
Necesitaréis:
  • Wool
    Lana
  • A fork
    Un tenedor
  • Scissors
    Tijeras
  • A magnet
    Un imán
  • Glue
    Pegamento

Start by wrapping the wool around the fork. The more wool you wrap, the fluffier the pompom will be.
Empieza enrollando la lana alrededor del tenedor. Cuanta más lana uses, más blandito será el pompón.

Then, cut a longer piece and insert it through the middle space, underneath the wrapped wool.
Luego, corta un trozo más largo de lana y mételo por el hueco del centro, por debajo de la lana.

Bring the other extreme of the wool over the wool and make a know as tight as you can.
Pasa el otro extremo por encima de la lana, también por el hueco del mecio, y haz un nudo. Apriétalo tanto como puedas.

Insert your scissors through the loops and cut them.
Mete las tijeras por dentro de los círculitos que se forman y ve cortándolos.

Trim the ends so that it looks more rounded and cute.
Recorta los bordes para darle una forma más bonita y redonda.

Glue a magnet to the bottom and... you're done! I used hot glue, but I'm sure most types of glue would work.
Pega un imán abajo y... ¡ya está! Yo he usado pegamento térmico, pero estoy segura de que casi todos los tipos de pegamento funcionarían.



01 September 2013

Printable calendar

Next week is my last week of holidays (oh no!) and I'm not looking forward to going to class again at all but... it's not like I have a choice. So to help me keep organized during the school-year I made this cute calendar and decided to share it with you. (Yes, I'm spending my last days of holidays on photoshop).
La semana que viene es mi última semana de vacaciones (¡oh no!) y no me apetece nada de nada volver a empezar las clases pero no me queda otra. Así que, para ayudarme a organizarme este curso, he hecho este calendario y he decidido compartirlo con vosotros. (Sí, estoy pasando mis últimos días de vacaciones en el photoshop).


It doesn't look that well in my picture because I'm running out of color ink, but I hope you like it! Click here to download it.
No sale muy bien en la foto porque me estoy quedando sin tinta de color, pero espero que os guste! Haced click aquí para descargarlo.

Peanut butter filled cookies

Last week, I was bored as hell and decided to bake a little to keep me busy for a while. So I went on the best website ever (aka Pinterest) and search for some cookie recipes. I tried 2 different recipes but I only took pictures of this one.
La semana pasada estaba muriendo de aburrimiento y decidí cocinar un rato para tener algo que hacer. Así que, entré en la mejor página web del mundo (aka Pinterest) y busqué algunas recetas de cocina. Probé dos distintas, pero de la otra no hice fotos.



I wasn't meant to make a blog post or even photograph these cookies, which is why I didn't really bother to make them look good, so... sorry they're not very cute, I only wanted to do something with my time.
No tenía intención de publicarlo en el blog o siquiera fotografiar las galletas, así que no me molesté en hacer que tuviesen buena pinta, así que... lo siento si no son muy bonitas, sólo quería tener algo que hacer.



I can't find the exact recipe because I forgot to pin it but it was pretty similar to this one.
No encuentro la página de la receta exacta que seguí, pero era muy parecida a ésta:

Ingredients
For the filling / Para el relleno:
  • 3/4 cup confectioner sugar
    3/4 de taza de azúcar glass
  • 3/4 cup peanut butter
    3/4 de taza de mantequilla de cacahuete
Note: I actually used 1/2 cup of each because I didn't have much peanut butter and I still had some left, so maybe try using 1/2 cup and make more filling if you need it.
Nota: Yo use 1/2 taza de cada porque no me quedaba mucha mantequilla de cacahuete y aun así me sobró. Así que os recomiendo que probéis a usar 1/2 taza y luego hacer más si lo necesitas.

For the cookies / Para las galletas:
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
    1/2 taza de azúcar blanca
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
    1/2 taza de azúcar morena
  • 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
    1/2 taza de mantequilla (a temperatura ambiente)
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
    1/4 taza de mantequilla de cacahuete
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    1 cucharilla de extracto de vainilla
  • 1 egg
    1 huevo
  • 1/2 cup sugar
    1 1/2 tazas de harina
  • 1/2 cup pure cocoa powder
    1/2 taza de cacao en polvo puro
  • 1/2 cup baking soda
    1/2 cucharilla de bicarbonato
Directions
  1. Mix the ingredients for the filling and leave aside
    Mezcla los ingredientes del relleno y reserva.
  2. Beat the butter, sugar and peanut butter in the bowl of an electric mixer.
    Bate la mantequilla, el azúcar y la mantequilla de cacahuete en un robot de cocina.
  3. Add vanilla and egg and mix again.
    Añade la vainilla y el huevo y vuelve a mezclar todo.
  4. In another bowl, mix the flour with the cocoa powder and the baking soda. Slowly add this mix into the other one.
    En otro bol, mezcla la harina, el cacao y el bicarbonato. Añade lentamente esta mezcla a la anterior.
  5. Preheat oven to 180ºC / 375ºF
    Precalienta el horno a 180ºC / 375ºF
  6. Make a ball using 1 tbs of cookie dough and flatten it. Make another ball with 1 tsp of the filling and place it on the cookie dough. Cover the filling with the cookie dough.
    Make another ball using 1Haz bolitas con aprox. una cucharada de masa de galleta y aplástala. Añade una bolita de una cucharrilla de relleno. Envuelve el relleno con la masa de galleta.
  7. Bake for 7 to 9 minutes and let the cookies cool on a rack.
    Hornea entre 7 y 9 minutos y deja que se enfríen fuera.
Adapted from Baking and Mistaking
Adaptada de Baking and Mistaking


31 August 2013

Dress your tech: Polkadot hearts backgrounds for iPhone 4 & 5

Hey everyone!

This is my first 'dress your tech' post, and I actually hadn't ever tried to make iPhone backgrounds before starting this blog. I gave it a couple of chances this summer but I was never very satisfied with the results... until today. I do know these aren't the prettiest backgrounds ever, but I did think they looked cute enough. So... here you have!
Este es mi primer post de 'dress your tech' y, de hecho, nunca antes había intentado hacer fondos para iPhone antes de empezar este blog. Lo he intentado un par de veces este verano pero nunca me convencían mucho los resultados... hasta hoy. Sé que no son los fondos más bonitos de mundo, pero aun así me parecía que eran los suficientemente monos para compartirlos. Así que... aquí tenéis.


I made four different colors you can  choose your favorite. Just click on the color you want and it will open a new window with the background.
Los he hecho en cuatro colores distintos para que elijáis vuestro favorito. Sólo tenéis que hacer click en el color que queráis y se os abrirá una ventana con el fondo.

iPhone 4:

   

iPhone 5:

   

I hope you like it. Please, let me know in the comments if you do or if you want me to make more. Have a nice day!
Espero que os guste. Por favor, si os gusta o si queréis ver más, dejad un comentario. ¡Que tengáis un buen día!

30 August 2013

The Liebster Award

I hadn't heard of this until Eleanor tagged me. But it looks like a fun and nice idea.

I have actually been tagged by both Eleanor and Georgina, so I'll answer to their questions in the same post.


Rules
  • Nominees have to answer the 11 questions that are addressed to them by the person who has nominated them (me).
  • The nominees then nominate 11 other bloggers that have under 200 followers and ask them 11 new questions.
  • The people you nominate need to be informed about their nomination.
Eleanor's questions

Favourite sweet/candy?
Peanut Butter Cups

If you could meet one celebrity who would it be?
McFly. I can't just choose one. All of them.

What/who do you love the most in the world?
My best friend.

What made you want to start blogging?
Actually, I've been interested in making websites and stuff since I was like 10 years old and I'd started some other blogs before, but it was coming across blogs like For Chic Sake and Agus Yornet what inspired me to start this one.

What is your must have beauty product?
BB cream.

What is your favourite season?
Winter

If you were invisible for the day what would you do and why?
Maybe prank some people and listen to some conversations.

If you could move to any part of the world where would it be?
New York City!

Who is your inspiration?
I have a lot. My grandmother, my friends, McFly, Bethany Mota, Brian Cag...

What couldn't you live without?
Internet. Or my best friend.

How do you see your future in the next 10 years to be like?
Hopefully, I'll graduate from University, get a job, move out (and I hope I'll move to another country). Maybe married and with kids.


Georgina's questions

What's your favourite season?
Winter

Favourite high-end and drugstore/high street brand?
I love maybelline and benefit.

What's your favourite place to go on Holiday?
New York City

How would your friends describe you?
As... weird. Probably

What/Who inspired you to start your blog?
Agus Yornet & For Chic Sake

What's your favourite blog?
Those two. (Agus Yornet & For Chic Sake)

What was the first make-up item that you ever bought or was bought for you?
Pencil liner

What is your favourite nail varnish colour?
Pink.

What is your main haircare product?
Argan Oil. It has magic in it or something.

What's your favourite pastel colour? (Sorry guy's I just love pastels!)
Pink!

My questions
  1. Describe your dream holiday
  2. Favorite Disney Princess?
  3. Favorite color?
  4. Name something you can't leave home without. (your cellphone doesn't count)
  5. Favorite social network?
  6. If you could teleport right now, where would you go?
  7. If you were given the chance to live forever, would you take it?
  8. If you had to live forever and you could choose one person to live forever too, who would you choose?
  9. Your top 3 make-up products.
  10. Do you believe wishes can come true?
  11. Are you superstitious?
I nominate
xoxo, Be

21 August 2013

NYC haul


I don’t think anyone who is not from the US can travel there and come back home empty-handed. And I wasn’t going to be the exception.
No creo que nadie que no sea de Estados Unidos pueda viajar allí y volver a casa con las manos vacías. Y yo no iba a ser la excepción.

I personally don’t think I bough that much, but for those who may think I did, you should know that I’d been waiting for this trip for a pretty long time and Spain is kind of trashy and I always want things I can’t have here so I made a shopping list with the main things I wanted from the US and I bought mostly everything! Yay!
Sinceramente, no creo que haya comprado tanto, pero por si alguen piensa que sí, que sepáis que llevaba mucho tiempo esperando este viaje y que España es un poco… una caquita y siempre quiero cosas que no hay aquí. Así que me hice una lista con todas esas cosas y la verdad es que compré casi todo. Wee!

We have none of the stores I shopped at in Spain. In fact, the only thing I bough there that I could buy here are the toms but they’re literally trice their american price here so I just had to.
En España, no hay ninguna de las tiendas en las que compré. De hecho, lo único que podría haber comprado aquí son los toms, pero cuestan literalmente el doble que allí, así que… no podía evitarlo.

Lauren Conrad's books

American Eagle

Aeropostale

Forever 21
(ok. there is one Forever 21 in Spain. But it's not in my city and it would take me like 5 or 6 hours to get there so it doesn't count)

Old Navy

Toms

Bath&body works

EOS and babylips

Yankee candles

Victoria's secret

By this time, some of you may be freaking out that there are so many stores/products that we don’t have here. But what can I say? Some are lucky, some are not.

Back from NYC

Hey everyone!

I'm back from NYC (which is obvious, if you read the post title). I've actually been back for a week but, unfortunately, I don't have wi-fi or a very good signal where I am now so I haven't used my computer a lot.
Ya he vuelto de NYC. De hecho, hace una semana que volví, pero no he ternido wi-fi ni una cobertura especialmente buena, así que no podido usar casi el ordenador.

I had such an amazing time there (which is also obvious, I mean, it's New York!). I think everyone who knows me knows that New York is my favorite city/place in the whole world - although, as someone once said "New York is not a city, it's a world" - so it just had to be amazing (if you know who said that, please let me know in the comments). Nobody can go to that city and not enjoy it.
Me lo he pasado genial allí (aunque, es obvio. Quiero decir, ¡Es Nueva York!) Creo que todas las personas que me conocen saben que Nueva York es mi ciudad/lugar favorita de todo el mundo. Aunque, como dijo alguien alguna vez, "Nueva York no es una ciudad... es un mundo" (Si alguien sabe de quién es esa frase, que me lo diga en los comentarios). Así que... tenía que ser genial. No se puede ir a Nueva York y no disfrutar.

I also wanted to share with you some of the pictures I took there...
También quería compartir algunas de las fotos que hicé allí.







You can see more photos in my flickr.
Podéis ver más fotos en mi flickr.