my brand new life as ...mom!

14 mar 2013

4# book review

this month i’ve read the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald and i’m so totally into the roaring 20s. i don’t have to tell you what’s the book about since it’s one of the most famous american classic in the world but if i had to sum the book in just one short sentence it will be: it’s a book about the desperation of love. the background of a shiny, happy, rich life that the main characters have in common is nothing that a curtain for their desperation and their loneliness.

it was not easy reading the book in english; as you already know (and can easily understand from how i write… ) english is not my mother language and many expressions that fitzgerald used are not so common. So, to understand the story better, i’ve seen also the first movie, the one with mia farrow and robert redford. i’ve read a lot of reviews of this movie and seems that are all agree to say that the book is hundreds of times better and the actors chosen didn’t suit the fitzgerald’s idea. i’m not so an expert to write something like this… i think that lights and costumes were great, but maybe the book has a dept that the movie doesn’t show.

in the end i’m satisfied by my choice of book and the movie was on my to-see list for a while so…

12 mar 2013

abilmente 2013

last week i’ve been to abilmente, an exibition all about creative stuff. there were jewelry supplies, paper models for bags and soft toys, fabrics, ribbons, parties supplies… and a section totally dedicated to cake designers! this was my first time and i really really enjoy my ride! i bought some ribbons, all the needed to create a pattern owl for zoeti and some supplies for her coming birthday (20th of may). her theme this year will be la Pimpa, an old italian cartoon with a kind little red and white dog, called Pimpa, and her friends, such as animals or plants… i think that zoeti is still too young to decide and remember her birthday party so i’ll keep it simple, just red & white decoration and some Pimpa’s designs here and there.i finally managed to find paper straws and cupcake supplies with red and white polka dots!! I know that in US and Australia maybe you can find them everywhere but i live in a small town, near venice, and if i want something like these i have to buy it on internet (with high shipping rates). so find this cute shop (decochic) near where i live was a kind of miracle! and she does international shipping if you're interested in! i love red & white so i hope it will turn out beautiful! and i hope in a sunny day this year!

that’s la Pimpa

10 mar 2013

10/52

"a portrait of my family, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Zoe Tiare: playing at the Ikea. you're becoming such a funny, happy, little woman! you kept saying hello to every single dog we met (and i don't know why but there were like millions of dogs!). you make me laughing sooooooooo much!!

Me and my belly: 19 weeks. first time in our new tub and seemed that you enjoyed that a lot!

My favorite shots from week 9/52 are the one from jellow finch (the little one kissing her bunny reminds me zoeti with her furry hat... yes, a hat, that apparently she can't live without!); the sunlight in big little's pic, and the sweetness of rebecca's.

Linking up with Jodi's 52 project

8 mar 2013

happy international women’s day!

today i just want to share some inspirational quotes i’ve found browsing the web. they’re all from women. Please, notice that it’s not because i’m disrespectful that i’m quoting together actresses and Mother Teresa… they are all women that say something meaningful for me. of course there are somebody, such as Mother Teresa, that not only gave inspiration by words but they used their entire life to inspire people. but i’m sure that even great writers, such as Jane Austen, or innovative designer, such as Chanel, can be a model for some women in some fields. i’ve found people to admire at the supermarket, when i was them helping strangers, between friends, that started new job adventures believing in what they were doing, in my family, when after the 2nd WW they found the courage and the strenght to stand up again. some of them are women and some are (or were) men with great women at their side.

# "We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be" :: Jane Austen
#"There are no ugly women, only lazy ones" :: Helena Rubinstein
#"I was the first woman to burn my bra - it took the fire department four days to put it out" :: Dolly Parton
#"I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life" :: Eleanor Roosevelt
#"Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future" :: Maria Montessori
#"After centuries of dormancy, young women can now look toward a future moulded by their own hands." :: Rita Levi Montalcini
#"Success is getting what you want; happiness is wanting what you get" :: Ingrid Bergman
#"Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman" :: Coco Chanel
#"It is easy to love the people far away. It is not always easy to love those close to us. It is easier to give a cup of rice to relieve hunger than to relieve the loneliness and pain of someone unloved in our own home. Bring love into your home for this is where our love for each other must start" :: Mother Teresa

do you have a women’s quote to share?

6 mar 2013

stills: a weekly collection

in granny’s car // you learned how to put coins in your money box // you’re painting on everything these days (even baloons!) // vegetarian cous cous // pancakes for afternoon // happy birthday daddy! // the last 5 pictures: antiques and modern fair in parma (mercante in fiera)

linking to the beetle shack