FEELING LIKE A WIENKIND.

No matter how much we love living in London, we still miss Vienna a lot. It's a very special place for us: this is where we both grew up, where we met and fell in love. A while ago we were contacted by the Vienna-based jewellery designer Wienkind. She told us how she loves to take pictures of her favourite places in Vienna and then to transform those into beautiful jewellery pieces. We were intrigued and wanted to see them all! Sabinna picked a ring and a neckalce showing the Riesenrad, which is one of the first things she visited as a little kid, back then in the 90s, when she moved to Vienna. 

FROM A PAINTING - NAN LAWSON

We had a crazy week full of travels and work (see what we were up to on our Instagram). What is the best way to end such a wonderful and stressful week? Yes, a 'From a painting post'! Today is all about Nan Lawson and her cute illustration girl. Really love that green jumper and adorable blushes - a perfect every day look for Sabinna. Spice it up with a red clutch and some heels and voilà: perfect and comfy outfit is ready.

GIVE AWAY / BLOG'N'BUZZ ACADEMY

This is a Give Away for all our Austrian readers! So we are going to switch to German for this post. :)

So, unsere lieben Österreichischen Leser, dieses Give Away ist speziell für euch! Eine/r von euch hat die Möglichkeit bei allen 4 Events der Blog'n'Buzz Academy teilzunehmen, und zwar gratis! Für alle, die mit diesem fantastischem Programm noch nicht vertraut sind, hier etwas mehr Informationen:

"Die blog n‘BUZZ Academy bietet 4 Know-how Events, auf denen nationale und internationale Speakers über Grundlagen und neue Trends im Bereich Blogging referieren, diskutieren oder Workshops abhalten.

Zusätzlich werden für kleine Gruppen On-Demand-Workshops zu Themen wie Fotografie oder Videoproduktion angeboten. Onlinekursangebote aus der Blogger Community runden das Angebot ab."

Wir verlosen das gesamte Package und werden mit der Hilfe vom Zufallsgenerator eine/n Gewinner/in auswählen. Der Teilnahmeschluss ist am 1.2.2014. Um teilzunehmen einfach einen Kommentar unter dem Post hinterlassen oder uns eine E-mail mit dem Betreff 'Blog'n'Buzz-Academy' schicken. Viel Glück!

A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Some photos have this magical ability to bring you back in time and give you the possibility to re-experience certain moments of your life. We have a million photos like that and we love love love looking through them and go back in time. For the past 7 years, we shared our best moments in life with each other and we are looking forward to create more awesome memories in the future. Let's take a little trip down memory lane and check out the years 2008-2011. 

SCHELLA KANN, VIENNA AND OTHER LOVE STORIES

Everything amazing comes to an end - just like our stay in Vienna. It's time for us to head back to London and get back to work. As always we had an absolutely fantastic time here, thank you Vienna for being such a babe! We chilled, ate, partied, spent time with our families and of course we shopped. A lot of you frequently ask us where we like to shop in Vienna. So in this post we decided to show you our favourite Austrian designer Schella Kann. Before Sabinna moved to London to study Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins, she worked for Schella Kann in Vienna. Since then we are both head over heels in love with that brand. The quality of her clothes is fantastic and as Sabinna worked there, we can tell you that there is real passion behind every single piece of clothes. You can find her store in the first district of Vienna in Spiegelgasse 15. It's a beautiful and modern black and white store filled with fashion treasures. At the moment they are having some sale items in store, so hurry before it's too late! Ok, lovelies, we still need to pack, time to say good-bye Vienna! And hello London! :)

FROM A PAINTING - TALI YALONETZKI

It's time for the first post in 2014! Happy new year, lovelies! And thank you for still being around. :) This year we decided to focus more on our special "From a painting", so be prepared for an overload of outfits that are inspired by paintings/illustrations. If you just joined us, no worries, you can catch up here and see what you missed in 2013. :) 

Today's painting of desire is by the great Tali Yalonetzki. We really like her work, it has a very special style, which is very different to all our previous "From a painting" inspirations.

MASSIVE REVIEW OF 2013

Tomorrow is the last day of 2013, and traditionally we are ready for a review of this fantastic and busy year. Last year we made a review of 2012 by choosing our best moments from all blogposts. This year we decided to wrap up our memories with the help of our Instagram account. Can you imagine that we made 913 photos in 2013? It's insane! :) That's the proof that 2013 was one of the craziest and busiest years we ever had. As the blogpost name already says, the review is MASSIVE, so be aware that it might take you some time to look through the all the photos. So, let's start in the beginning: In 2013 ... 

... Sabinna lived in Paris and worked there for Dior. Then...

WINTER HEAD

 Sometimes it can be quite hard to find perfect clothes and accessories for the winter season - they not only need to be pretty but also to keep you warm. Especially the head can be a problem: I (Sabinna) don't really like to wear hats, as it makes my hair look flat and weird afterwords. A few years ago I found a pretty little fake fur bag in a tiny store in Vienna. I really liked the colour and the shape, but wasn't in need of a bag at that time. So I decided to put it on my head (first just for fun) and see how it looks. And guess what? David and I both loved it! So I bought it and since then it became my favourite winter hat. Whenever I tell people that I am wearing a bag on my head, they get confused first. Then amused and surprised by the fact that it fits my head prefectly (I have to admit I have a huge head :) ). David keeps it classy and wears a beautiful knitted hat by Paul Smith. We guess no one can handle 2 people with bags on their head. :)

FROM A PAINTING - KAPENA O

We are going to keep it short today, as it's another family Christmas day! We hope you had all wonderful celebrations so far and are excited to show you a new "From a painting" post! It's not that cold in Vienna at the moment, but I still prefer to keep my feet as warm as possible. I have to admit I was never a huge fan of UGG boots, but somehow this lower version in black caught my eye and I decided to give it a try. And guess what? I really like it! :) Also as you might see I wear my hair in a different way - the illustration by Kapena O inspired me to try out a fringeless forehead. How do you like it?

MERRY CHRISTMAS, MERRY HAIR!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, dear girls and boys! And of course: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, dear David! :) Today we want to share with you Sabinna's Christmas hair and make you smile. We had a little walk through the 18th district in Vienna wearing that cute (and at the same time crazy) reindeer hair bun and you can't even imagine how many people we made smile today. :) Especially kids turned out to be deeply in love with this hair-do. What do you think about it?

So, lovelies, now we are now off for some Christmas and birthday celebrations! Have a lovely time with your families and may Santa Claus bring you a bunch of gorgeous presents wrapped up in loads and loads of love!

WISHES AND TIME

The year 2013 is slowly coming to an end and Christmas and New Year are not so far from us. We guess that we are not the only ones who are looking back and making plans for 2014 - what do we want to keep for longer and what do we want to change in the next year? Scrolling through old posts actually helps quite well to reflect on all the things that happened within just a year. 2013 was the year of travels and incredibly hard work. We decided to compare 2013 to 2012 and realised a significant difference: There was so much more party going on in 2012! Our label Nightlife is full of posts with awesome photos of us sneaking around the streets of London, Vienna, Manchester and Paris. Parties and nightlife is something that we were really missing out on in 2013. Maybe it's because we just got older, or maybe it's because we worked so hard this year, we don't know ... but what we do know is that it has to change for 2014! :) We want that awesome party faces back in our lives. Let's see how this will work out as I am currently on my final year at Central Saint Martins and David is going to graduate  in 2014 from his MSc at UCL. Does 2014 sound like party? Not really ... but we keep dreaming. :) To visualise our dreams we made a selection of our favourite nightlife photos from 2012. Enjoy! 

VIENNA LOVE AND OTHER STORIES

So, we just came back from Vienna and we are tired as hell! Really looking forward to have a proper sleep after these exciting days! But before we do that, we wanna share a little post with you about our days in Vienna. As you know we won the 2nd place in the Austrian Blogaward competition and on Tuesday we were invited to the NEWS Verlag building to get the award and celebrate. The view from the 18th floor was absolutely gorgeous and we enjoyed an awesome sunset. We say once again: Thank you so much to all of you guys for reading our blog and for all your awesome feedback and amazing comments. It has been a long journey so far and we are already excited for the future. We hope you stay with us and keep being a part of the broken cookies planet! :) 

Ps: We contacted the winners of our Caseable x Broken Cookies Give Away! Congrats to Carina, Mary and Kaja! 

LET'S CATCH UP.

So what is actually up in our lives? We thought it's time for a little catch up post to tell you what goes on in the life of Broken Cookies. :) We are back in London now and are excited about what comes ahead of us. As you know, Sabinna is studying BA Fashion Design at Central Saint Martins and after a year of working (first for Dior in Paris and then Mary Katrantzou in London) she is back to Central Saint Martins for her final year. David successfully graduated from Vienna University of Economics and Business and is now starting his MSc in Computer Science at UCL. So as you can see super busy times are waiting for us, but we promise we will keep you updated as much as possible and share with you our exciting journey. :) Today we have some polaroids for you, that we took back in Vienna. It's just so comfortable to use a Fuji Instant camera when you go out - it fits in every bag and creates amazing memories that you can straight away put up on your wall. :)

MQ VIENNA FASHION WEEK / MARK&JULIA - SCHIRACH+ROSENTHAL - MILK

Those of you who follow us on Facebook and Instagram already know that we have been hanging around at Museumsquartier the last days. What did we do there? We checked out some sexy Austrian fashion shows during MQ Vienna Fashion Week. 

COMFY WALKING

David loves to wear comfy shoes, while Sabinna prefers high heels, doesn't matter how much they hurt.  :) It's always quite hard to find pretty flats, that would match Sabinna's wardrobe, but finally we solved this problem: Vans for girls and boys. We already showed you our special video for Sarenza, involving pretty sneakers for men, women and kids. Here another day without any feet ache - we can get used to that. :)

ONE COAT - 4 AFFAIRS

Recently Sabinna bought this coat, that turned out to be magical. It's not only warm and super soft, it also has an absolutely amazing graphical print. Additional to that Sabinna discovered its different sides - you can wear it as a coat, dress, half skirt and asymmetric dress. With a piece like that, it's not that hard to say goodbye to summer. :) 

SUNDAYS

Summer Sundays in Vienna are absolutely wonderful. You can drive to a lake or the woods, have a picknick in the sun and meet friends for a chat. Today we had the possibility to try out the Lancia Ypsilon and drive to Burggarten for a wonderful time with some other Austrian bloggers (in the last photo you can see the lovely Catherine, Pia and Maximilian).
We tried their online app to book the car for our trip and we have to admit that we were surprised how easy it works. All you need to do is going on their Facebook page, selecting a car dealer and entering your contact details. Then someone from Lancia will contact you to confirm your booking - now you are ready to go. :)
We hope you also had such a wonderful weekend! By the way: You have now the possibility to shop our looks by clicking on the photos at the end of the post. How do you like it?

DISPOSABLES

We are back in Vienna and today we want to show you some analogue photos that we took with a disposable camera. It's not a secret that we have a whole collection of awesome cameras, that's why people are often surprised to see us using disposable ones. The reason why we love them too is really simple - you can party as hard as you want without being scared of loosing or breaking your favourite camera babes. Instead you have a one-night-stand with a disposable camera. :)

LIPS AND GLASSES

Sunglasses are essential for a summer look - they save your eyes from the sun, cover dark circles from a long party night and make you look a bit like a rock-star. Sabinna loves to ditch all the make-up on hot summer days and instead walk around in pretty sunnies and a bright lipstick. These 2 things are definitely all you need for your face. In this post we show you Sabinna's favourite combinations, which one would you like to wear?

RATHAUSPLATZ FILMFESTIVAL 2013

Vienna is such an exciting place to be at the moment. One of the reasons for that is our beloved Rathausplatz Filmfestival that started yesterday and will continue until the first of September. Every day you will have the possibility to watch concerts, operas and ballets. Additional to that you can enjoy the most delicious food from all around the world and drink great Austrian wine or cocktails.