Here‘s to an eventful 2013! I wish all my Readers the very best for this New Year and hope you had a magic holiday season~
Spindle tree… so pretty 
How have you been doing so long?
2012 has been quite the stirring year for me with a lot of work and not that much free time and I’m afraid 2013 will stay as demanding as last year but I can’t wait to give my best and make this year exciting and prosperous.
Some of the lovely presents I got 
I’m in Italy right now but instead of helping trimming the vines and enjoying the sun I‘m writing my paper about Shinhanga for the Japanese wood block prints class. Today though I woke up with the feeling I couldn‘t let one more day go by without some serious blogging and catching up!
So here I am~
I know that you’re probably tired of all the Christmas pictures by now and I’m really late this time but since I almost completely renounced taking pictures of all the festivities there are only a few to show. Sometimes it’s nice to be the person without a cam and just relax and let your eyes enjoy the beauty and joy without a lens between the world and the eye, don’t you think?
Probably the best egg salad sandwich I’ve ever eaten! 
One thing I never miss during Christmas time is candle dipping! There are several places where you can learn to make your own candles, colorful or just plain with beeswax and usually I love doing the colorful ones but this year (due to uni) I only had time during one day and since dripping candles can take more than one day, I decided to make simple beeswax ones.
Have you ever tried candle dipping? It’s very meditative and beeswax smells so good! As a child I loved to dip one finger and let the wax cool down to have a shell of my finger… And obviously I still love to do it.
And how did you spend New Year’s eve? To be honest, I didn’t go partying and stayed at our house in Italy. I enjoyed looking at the fireworks down in the valley and had some hot chocolate.
That’s it for now! I have soooooo many blog posts to catch up to and I can’t wait to do so
byebye,
Happy new year!!! ^O^
I never did candle dipping but I enjoy playing with wax too. I love the ring yoi got!!!
Oh, I love how optimistic your words sound ♥
I’ve never done candy dipping before…but I really want to do it someday!! ♥ I love dipping my finger in wax too haha
明けましておめでとう、ネコちゃん！ Have a great 2013.. love your travel pictures. Inspired to out to Europe more.. have yet to see so much!
Yay! You updated :D
It’s always good to be busy and of course, real life comes first.
That is the best egg salad sandwich I’ve ever seen! I bet it tasted wonderful. :9
I’ve never tried candle dipping before but it looks very intriguing. I think the only time I’ve made a candle was when I was a really young child, and I think we used crayon wax instead.
Hope you had a wonderful Holiday and New Years! Looking forward to more of your future posts! :)
Xoxo
Happy happy New year!~
I’ve never tried candle dipping (I don’t think it’s available here ;A;) and I’m very curious on how it works.
I love your shots as always! I hope you’ll continue sharing your beautiful shots in your beautiful blog this year too :)
I spent the new year alone. I still can’t believe my family left me to go on some reunion and I can’t leave the house because they got the keys *sobs*
Happy new year! All your photos look great! (And that egg salad sandwich looks delicious, yum!)
Sabrina
http://thelittleowlshop.blogspot.com
Happy New Year!!
I hope you have a lovely 2013.
I haven;t heard about candle dipping before, it seems really interesting +_+
Haaaappy New Year c:
I love making candles!
The gifts you have received
are lovely c: xxx
Dir auch ein frohes neues Jahr! :)
Köln ist wirklich ne schöne Stadt! Ich fahr immer wieder gerne hin – es gibt immer was zu entdecken. Und jedes Kölsch hab ich auch noch nicht probiert. :D
Ich hab mal in der Schule Kerzen gezogen. Und beim letzten Durchgang hab ich meine schöne Kerze in den Wachsbottich fallen lassen. :( Oh man. Ein Drama ist das gewesen. Ich bin bis heute nicht drüber hinweg!
ねこちゃん、明けましておめでとう！Such gorgeous photos as always and the candle dipping looks so much fun! 良い１年になります様に。。♡ xo akiko
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I’ve never tried candle dipping but it looks like it would be really fun! Thanks for the recommendation =) I still love playing with wax!
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Candle dipping looks like a ton of fun! I have never done that before, but I imagine colored candles could get very creative. I want to make this into a tradition at my house, but I doubt our candles would come out as cool as those huge ones that are hanging. I hope you had happy holidays!
Never candle dipped, maybe because thats not really a tradition here in the states, much less Texas, but looks like fun. Totally know about the finger in wax. I used to get in trouble for doing that… but now I just buy my own candles and ruin my own wax. Seems like you had a great Christmas and fun New Years!
Cheers, friend :)
Wow this is so awesome! I love the photos! And I would love to make candles! I have a Yankee Candle lit right now! Thank you so much for visiting my blog, I hope you enjoyed visiting it as much as I enjoyed visiting yours! <3
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the candles look awesome! You’re half italian eh? I must say…. Rome was a bit too crowded for me this time…. i probably will not go back for new years any time soon.
-liv
http://chocolivlovelaugh.blogspot.kr
Interesting blog!
I’ll check back here often!
xx
Yummy, that sandwich looks delicious and the cherry blossom stationary is super pretty. Hope you have had a lovely 2013 so far!