The flowers for the King and Queen

After the coronation of the new dutch king and queen, the church where the whole event took place opened the doors to the public to view the decorations and all the other stuff that was used on the day of the coronation.
I  also wanted to see it myself, so i went to the church. After  50 minutes  waiting in the long row, which was not that bad because  when one talks to others time flies by. I stepped inside the church. Which was really beautiful as you can see in the pictures.

Beurs van Berlage  

Balcony of the royal palace at the dam square

the church

Rutte the dutch prime minister

Magna plaza

The flower outside the church

entering

the golden chairs of the king and queen

me

The flowers outside, one hour later

Queensday Nails

Tomorrow The Netherlands will celebrate the last Queensday. After this year it will be Kingday. It's the abdication of Queen Beatrix. She says goodbye to the country and Prince Willem Alexander will become the King of The Netherlands. Time to celebrate it is. I already bought an orange shirt and  a little orange diadem with a gold colored crown. To complete the Queensday look I've painted my nails in typical dutch colors.

As base color i used an orange nail polish. The blue, red and white dots are created by using a toothpick(which now looks like the Dutch flag).

And pink it is!

Finally, my hair is pink. I wanted to color it pink for a long time but did not dare. Now i thought, well i just do it.  The great result:

I've used Pretty Flamingo by Fudge. Fudge is a highly pigmented semi permanent haircolour. They have a big range of colors that will cost you about 15 euro. One tube contains 75 ml.  If you have a darker shade of hair, my advice is to bleach the hair before  you color it with a bright color like this one.  The colored paint will stay in the hair longer and will be better visible.

How to apply make up, 70 years ago

When browsing on you tube  I  saw this  really cool  video that I must share here. It's a tutorial about applying  your make up, from the 1940s.

Happy Easter

Easter, to celebrate that spring has started, well  it's still winter, there was some snow last Friday night, but sitting inside, watching the sun feels somewhat like spring. Yesterday I cooked a delicious Easter diner. tonight  i will enjoy the gourmet. Gourmetten is a Dutch tradition. You and your  friends or family sit around the table with in the middle the grill plate. You can put ingredients  like meat and vegetables on the plate or in your own little pan to make your own little dishes.

Back to yesterday, here's my  Easter dinner

Easter tree

Easter decoration

Pea soup with crisp baked smoked ham

filo pastry with ham green asparagus and sage

main course

strawberry orange ice cake