Easter Special - Egg Hunt by Faberge

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Easter is almost here and what better way to enjoy it than with a one of a kind Egg Hunt in THE city of the Olympics this year - London!

210 eggs (created by names such as Mulberry, Diane Von Furstenberg, Selfriges a.o.) have been put o display for The Grand Eggstravaganza! in Covent Garden where they can be admired 2rd to 9th of April. Hurry up and have a look at what you will be searching for aftwerwards in London's city for 40 days and nights.

There is of course a nice surprise behind this "treasure hunt" - there are keywords to be found on each egg, and for each correct one submitted,there will be one more chance for you in a draw which could have you at the end as the winner of the Faberge Diamond Jubilee Golden Egg (estimated around 100.000 pound sterling - see picture below). Enjoy the hunt and don't forget to be a kid again!

Oh, and one more thing - if you decide to, and it is still available, you can own an egg of the 210, just by winning an auction for it, so start bidding now!

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Happy Easter!

To all my dear friends and readers, I am wishing you a Happy Easter time with your loved ones. Have a wonderful time!!!

A tous mes chers amis et lecteurs, je vous souhaite un heureux temps de Pâques avec vos proches. Un temps merveilleux pour vous!

An all' meine lieben Freunde und Leser, wünsche ich Euch ein Frohes Osterfest und Zeit mit Euren Lieben. Habt Sie eine schöne Zeit!

Easter Eggs - The luxurious way

Easter is a celebration with a high significance to Christians. But over the time, just like the red and fat Santa Claus has been introduced to traditions by Coca Cola, so has commerce developed around the Easter period and companies grab the opportunity to do some outstanding Marketing actions. Such as designing a special Easter egg for their clients and limiting that edition to certain pieces, so that they make that item desirable and artificially rare.

I must say that, even if also luxury houses do this, I find that some of their results are really amazing. It is, of course, very important with whom they team up so that the eggs not only carry the brand name, but also taste good. I have picked some examples of what can be done, in the following order: Swarovski for 2011, Roberto Cavalli for 2010, Armani Dolci for 2010, Harrods for 2011, 2010 and 2009 and at the bottom of the page, Selfridges' over 1500$ egg from 2009. Enjoy and have a wonderful Easter time!

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Easter Fair - Sala Dalles + new discovery

For those of you still in search for the perfect gift for Easter,...I might have found something for you. The other day I was taking a walk with my friend when we both stopped to visit an Easter Fair in Bucharest, which is located at Sala Dalles. The fair is open 10.00 till 20.00 until the 23rd of April, so even as a working person you have enough time to go there and pick out some lovely gifts for your dear ones.

Besides the Romanian traditionally hand-painted Easter-eggs, you can find a lot of other hand-made items, such as pottery or blankets, there are even artists displaying their self-made jewelry or paintings and you can even get a painting done for yourself. There are also cosmetic products, most of them created on a natural base, and if you have a sweet tooth, you will be delighted to find a lot of goodies waiting for you. My attention was drawn to a stand where there were sugar-crafted gifts, representing flowers, swans, ladybugs, eggs, rabbits etc. ...surely made by a chef confectioner. Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of them,...but you can find them at the back of the hall, on the left.

On the first floor, there was another stand which caught my attention.The merchandise was different and very fresh. I am passionate about design and clever ideas of design which make it into our daily lives, not just those who are meant to be put in a museum and looked at as they don't have any functionality. The products displayed at the Easter fair by tanaaa.ro are really special and functional.

Take for example this fantastic jewelry, which is based on strong magnets. I had already seen the one on the left on someone in Bucharest, and it is amazing. You can have a necklace, two bracelets,...or a thicker bracelet, or a bracelet and a ring or a thick ring,...or many rings or a block to play with or.....ufff...there is actually no limit to this. But be cautious! I have been warned this piece of urban jewelry can become addictive.


If you are eco-conscious, then there is also something there for you. Take for example these paper-watches. Yes,...paper! Of course, the mechanism is not paper, but the rest is really eco-friendly and created by an Italian designer called Giuseppe Casillo.

Furthermore, there are these eco-friendly wallets which you can find, designed to last for years and years in your use, with patterns on them or just plain and you can design them. It is also water-resistant, so you can take it virtually anywhere you'd like to.

Of course, tanaaa.ro has a lot more things to discover...this is my friend who was fascinated by some things they have.

I hope I have woken your interest in this stand and also in the fair and wish you find your perfect gifts.

Best regard,

Inge

Palm Sunday

Today is a special day for Christians, but I am not going to get into religious details now. I will let you read more about Palm Sunday here. Every day this is on a different date, but you always have Palm Sunday one week before Easter. I took a few pictures lately which I though would fit for this occasion. The one below is part of the gate entrance to a wooden church, located in a village museum in Golesti, close to Pitesti in Romania.

What I know people do this Sunday only in Romania (correct me if I'm wrong) is to celebrate those who have flower names. I don't know why, but I really love this tradition. It makes you smile when you see how man flowers surround you,...and they are your family or your friends. It gives just another impression that spring is here.



And because I am talking about spring,...people in Romania say that, the way Palm Sunday will turn out to be,...from the weather point of view, that's exactly how Easter will be. So I am happy because the Easter bunny will find us in a sunny Bucharest next week. Have a wonderful Palm Sunday!