valentine’s issue // 2013

Welcome to our mini Valentine’s issue.

We have been thinking a long time about something to short-en your long winter waiting for a spring issue of You&Me. And of

course something worthy. And what time would be more appropriate than the greatest day for all the lovers? All this gave birth to an issue full of

inspirations and ideas how to make this year the St. Valentine’s Day for your beloved one the most wonderful ever.Besides the unique proposals, you will find a few hints, how to sweeten this day together, how to wrap your gifts, and if you are too busy to search for a lovely Valentine’s card, we have one ready for you. We have prepared not one but two beautiful bouquets for you. Love stories are a part of St. Valentine’s Day

definitely, so there is no way to avoid them.We hope that you will enjoy this special mini issue and will look for-

ward to spring issue a bit more.

With LoveLuc & Radostina

Him and Her

Chocolate cake

With love

Extraordinary package

Sweet hearts

Will you marry me?

Flowers & Living

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photography // Veronika & Petr Mlýnkovi

photography // Veronika & Petr Mlýnkovi

She is Natálka. He is Miloš.

They decided to get married.

How did all this happen, and what is their story? You can read about it

in the winter fairytale story.

The first meeting

We first met when I attended elementary school and Milošek was an apprentice in our school canteen. He was the most handsome cook I had ever seen, wan-dering around the kitchen in a fresh clean white polo shirt with the collar up. His only activity of the day started when I entered the canteen. Out of the blue he came to the counter to serve my dish and stood there until I left. He was 17 and me 13, so I was just a little girl for him. Till now he remembers the green sweater I was wearing then.

I was 17, practicing as an apprentice in a school canteen, trying to “cook” and Natálka was a 13-year old cute girlie in a green sweater.

The first date

There wasn’t any official first date. We spent the first evening with a group of our friends and then dating every day.

The first kiss

He kissed me good night in front of the house.

The one

When we are together, we are one body and one soul. It’s really me when I’m with him and I feel like in a fairytale. I know I can always count on him and not to worry. We were predestined to meet 7 years after we have seen each other for the first time. So I believe it will last forever and he’s the one.

The one

We are so similar and foolish in the same way. We complement each other and laugh at the same things. I know a can trust her with anything and ask her for help whenever. I know I will never feel the way I feel with her, with anyone else.

The proposal

It was like a fairytale. Milošek proposed on a holi-day in Greece, in a small beautiful old town. We were standing in the garden upon the sea reflecting the Moon. He looked at me, hold my hand, kneeled and pronounced he would love to spend the rest of his life with me and asked me to marry him. I burst into tears immediately and my answer was clear.

Don’t remind me of that. All I knew was I wanted to propose in Greece, because she loves that country. I spent 2 hours thinking about where to hide the ring so she wouldn’t guess anything. Finally the ring travelled in my sneaker. After landing in Greece I still didn’t have a clue when and where to propose. The other day we went for a dinner to a small town carved in the rock. I knew she would love that place, so I hid the ring in my wallet. I controlled it anx-iously the whole evening, trying not to lose it. Then

during the walk in the town, I forgot everything I had planned to tell, so it was spontaneous and perfect.

She about him

He is sociable, foolish and ambitious. Protective, sweet and sensitive. Some day calm, other day restless, once kind, once tiresome. But he is loveable and heavenly handsome every single hour of the

day or night. I am aware of all his attributes and love them all.

He about her

She is unique, completely different than anyone else, doing things in a ponderous way. She is my cutie and I love her so much.

Sweet hearts

For lollipop hearts we will need

10 tablespoons of sugar, 10 table-

spoons of water, 4 tablespoons

of vinegar and food coloring. In

this case we used red.

Put all the ingredients into a pot

and cook for 10-15 minutes. So

that all the water scalds and the

mixture is thicker. Before you pour

this mixture into the molds, wipe

them with oil. It will be later easy

to remove them. After pouring

mixture into molds, allow sufficient

time to cool and to harden.

Chocolate Cake

175 g butter200 g dark chocolate300 g plain flour375 g brown sugar25 g cocoa1 tsp baking sodapinch of saltpowder sugar2 medium eggs200 + 200 ml cream fresh strawberries

1. Heat oven to 180°C. Grease and line the base of a 20cm cake tin. Put the butter and 75g chocolate broken into chunks in a small pan and gently heat, stirring until completely melted.

2. Mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa and baking soda with a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl. Whisk

the eggs and cream. Scrape the melted chocolate mixture and egg mixture into the dry ingredients, add 100ml boiling water and whizz briefly with an electric whisk until the cake batter is lump free.

3. Divide the mixture into three parts, put each one separately into the tin and bake for 25 mins. To test they’re done, push in a skewer and check that it comes out clean.

4. Take strawberry syrup and drizzle little bit over the cakes. When the cakes are cool whisk the re-maining cream and the powder sugar together un-til softly whipped. Spread over two of the cakes and then spoon over the strawberries. Stack the cakes together. Spread the cream over the third cake and put on top of the other cakes. Pile the fresh straw-berries in and around the cake and serve.

Decorative paper, we chose gold

Various accessories, we liked lace bows

and flowers

Scissors

Adhesive tape or glue

If you want to make your gifts look styl-

ish this year, you must wrap them with style.

First impression always counts. And when

you are opening beautifully wrapped gift, you

enjoy it even more. You know, what I mean.

We used gold paper and lace ribbon or flowers

to wrap our gifts. Well, originally the ribbon

was hair clip, but it beautifully matched with

our package, so we removed the bottom part

and glued it on the package.

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Will you marry me?photography // Dara Zidková concept & styling // You&Me

There are a few days in the year when every woman hopes that this might be just her BIG day. The day, when the love of her life

asks her to marry him.

St. Valentine’s Day is one of them. Be-cause of love glances, sweet words and love notes usually lead to the proposals and a proposal is followed with plan-ning of a fabulous wedding day, we de-cided to show you one of these days.

Every girl’s dream is to get a little tur-quoise box with the legendary Tiffany & Co. sign at least once in her life. We will make this dream real, at least part-ly. You can dip into the beautiful emer-ald color of the diamond on the Tiffany

Legacy ring. And of course, when we speak about engagement, we can´t for-get the legendary design of the Tiffany Setting engagement ring.

The color of this year is officially a beau-tiful Emerald. It is incredibly strong color, but not distracting. Looking at this color will settle peace in your mind. In combination with a delicate pink we created the perfect atmosphere for an intimate dinner for the two in love.

photography Dara Zidková // concept & styling You&Me // hair & makeup Probuď labuť – Monika Cabáková // engagement rings Tiffany&Co. // decorations Flowers&Living // table and chairs Raut Servis // location Prinz Prager Gallery

If you like handmade gifts and

cards, and you also like to give

them to your loved ones, I’m sure

you would love our two original

versions of the Valentine´s Day

card from Say Yes.

This year you don´t need to rush

and look for the right one. You

have already found it and as a

bonus you can spend more time

with your love. Just choose the

one that you like the most, print

it and add a personal message

or a love note.

to download this card,

please click here.

to download this card,

please click here.

With Love

Flowers & Living

What did you want to be when you were a little girl?I called my mother to help me to recall and answer this question. She said I wanted to be a confectioner/baker just like my granny. And nearly everybody in my family can bake cakes. But my father remembers me always digging the earth and dreaming to be a florist.

What led you to flowers, flower design and weddings? My journey had been set very early. I studied at the gar-dening school, flower arrangement, and then continued at the college. And how did I get to weddings? Right when I started my own business. Flowers are a part of every single wedding and I can’t imagine it any other way.

Flowers are an inseparable part of a wedding. What is your favourite part of the decoration?The church decoration I guess. It’s very rare in our country; the brides mostly find it unnecessary. So these moments are really precious. I love the atmosphere of a silent and peaceful church.

What are your favourite flowers to work with?Different one every six months. These days I fell in love with pink colour and rose Avant Garde. And I like to work

with nearly anything.

Do you prefer to work due to order or freely?I like the most when the client comes and trusts me that much to let me a free hand.

What do you consider to be your greatest success so far?I think the greatest success is still waiting for me. There is always a lot to improve, to be better and better. A great suc-cess is that our flower shop has been opened for 8 years, thanks to my family and my perfect employees.

What would be your perfect day like? All alone, my feet on the table, cabin in the woods, French Alps maybe, at least one meter of snow outside, bunch of tulips, cell phone turned off and no access to the internet.

What are the trends for the next wedding season?I’m not a trend-follower. I merely count on my instinct, and it whispers that my favourite pink will be trendy. Together with traditional flowers and lace. Spring brings tulips, ra-nunculus and aromatic hyacinths.

For more information: Flowers & Living

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