Postcrossing

Today shortly about one of my hobbies - Postcrossing. Postcrossing is a project which allows you to send and receive postcards to and from all over the world. Why? Because there are people on this planet who prefer piece of paper with stamp on it to emails.

First of all, you should register and create your profile, for example like me. Remember to check your post address twice, just to be sure postcards will find you ;) And then:

1. request address from the site
2. mail your postcard
3. wait for postcard sent to you
4. register received postcard

 It's also possible to take part in RR (round robins) group - one of theme group. Here you can see postcards from "City view", "Write wrong" (write and paint with weaker hand) and "Handmade postcards". I always have great time preparing cards for RR group.

And this is my favorite card and best envelope ever!

Christmas "to do" list

It's only 10 days till Christmas so we decided to move on with our "to do" list:

- decorate tree

- wrap gifts

- make cookies for Santa

- sing carols

- spend time with family

- wait for Santa

Our progress is around 32% - we already made gingerbreads and decorated tree.

Christmas Gingerbread!

I love gingerbread with all my heart. This year I decided to make them myself and asked Tengo to be my Santa's helper. Well, he had fun only with taking photos and eating :P

What do you need:

50 dag of flour

15 dag of castor sugar
1 tea spoon of baking soda

2 tb spoons of przyprawa korzenna (special spice for gingerbread)

15 dag of soft butter or margarine

1 egg

20 dag of liquid honey

How to make them:
On pastry board  put flour, castor sugar, baking soda and gingerbread spice. Add butter/margarine and cut it into small pieces.
Add one egg (better not to small) and honey. Mix it well till dough will be smooth and elastic.
Roll out dough to thickness of 5 mm and use the shapes. Put gingerbread on baking tray and bake 15-20 minutes in 200 C degrees.
*Gingerbread is ready when it moves smoothly on baking tray*
You can decorate them after they are cool.

Smacznego!

Easter in Georgia - red eggs

About Red Eggs I heard around 2 weeks before Easter. Everyone was talking that they're delicious and that one can't stop eating them but noone wanted to tell me what exactly they are and they are made. Finally, I got to know WHAT they are - casual eggs boiled for 15-20 minutes in beetroot broth.

Red eggs are a symbol of torture and can't be forgotten on Easter table. Traditionally, they should be eaten with sweet cake - Paska. Very original combination for me but tastes good :)

How to make it:

1. Prepare beetroot broth - boil mashed beetroot with brown onion's skins on Great Friday. Let it stand overnight outside. Next day morning you can start "painting" eggs.

2. Place eggs inside hot red broth and boil them for 15-20 minutes. "Mix" eggs from time to time so they will have nice and intensive colour on all shell.

3. If you want to have some fun, place herb (we had parsley) on egg shell and wrap it nicely in tights. As a result you will have a herbal pattern.

Georgian alphabet

Exactly 1 year ago I heard Armenian joke about Georgian alphabet:

"Georgians were very jealous about beautiful Armenian alphabet so they came to Mesrop Mashtots (creator of Armenian alphabet).

- Please Mr Mesrop Mashtots, create some beautiful alphabet for us to.

Mesrop stopped eating his spaghetti, took plate and threw all pasta behind him.

- Here you go, this will be your alphabet."