Going to london, meant in former times "going to topshop". Since 2 years or so, it got a new meaning: "Going to Anthropology". And that's what I did yesterday. why is it, that you always want to move in their store?!? how do they do this??? and why are they constantly so good with all that stuff for the kitchen, bathroom, etc.? I wanna buy everything and put it in the luggage to bring it home... it is just too…
Last time we went to our hometown Stuttgart, I visited the flea market with my friend. Well, the expectations were not so high, just a little look around here and there....I saw some old carpets and windows, hmm, they are too big for the car....the plates were not so nice and also the teapots were just old, nothing else. Many,many coffee machines and an old dirty waffle maker,....but finally my eye spotted this wonderful chandelier! Could this be the perfect…
Thanks to the 1st of may holiday, we have a really long weekend ahead! and, to make it even more perfect, Inge from Munich and Kristina from Hamburg are coming for a private „reunion“ party of former collegues from the company we are working for. I am looking so forward to meet them again! They wanna arrive at coffee time today, and I needed an easy but yummy sunday cake.
What shall you do with all those fresh asparagus, ready to buy nearly everywhere now? I was looking for nice ideas at Martha's website - I found the asparagus tart! so I blowed the dust off my tart pan and started right away. The tasty recipe included gruyere and ricotta cheese (which sounds great I guess) and I want to spread some fresh herbs over the finished quiche later, lets see what's available in the garden?! maybe some rosemary...can't wait…
Well, we all love colourful buntings. There are so many different ideas and you cannot only use nice fabrics, but allover printed paper as well. Today’s bunting idea for our porch was to use old handkerchiefs. The result is: supernice and quick to do project! The most difficult thing was to find enough of the vintage handkerchiefs in different dessins and colours (at the Diakonie Kaufhaus I found some and on Ebay of course). How many you will need? finally I had around 30 pieces available, thats why the front door got their own bunting as well….than iron it down diagonal. As a strap I used left over gift wrapping tape. Our porch and main door entrance looks fantastic. Hope you like it as well!?
Well, easter is gone. We went to Egmond aan Zee in Holland, like every year. Cute litte town, very relaxing. The weather was not really nice, so I can’t give you pretty beach pictures….but, on the way back to Germany we visited the Van Dijk & ko Warehouse in Amsterdam. This is always worth the trip. I took some pictures there so that you can imagine the varieties of this store. Please have a look to the new chairs and some small cupboards we took back home with us!
Hello sunshine, this was the greatest, lazy sunday afternoon birthday party ever….so relaxed, easy going, enjoyable time with some friends and great cake buffet. When I searched for a nice idea for my birthday party, there were always blogs with this vintage fair birthday party theme and I loved it! In Germany we don’t have these kind of country fairs, so I tried to adopt the theme and built some other stuff around it. Most important thing for me is always the sweets & treats table (the empty spot on the upper right from the cake buffet is reserved for the cinnamon rolls – they were still in the oven). To get the country feeling I added some ponies and also ribbons patched on linen fabric to the table. Not to forget the homemade cherry lemonade in some vintage bottles with doily labeling. The surprisingly fantastic weather was enough reason to put everything out on the porch: cushions, blankets, even the decorated floor-lamp, ballons, the paper baubles, a Hello Kitty pinata, everything was set up outside… We did some crafty thing as well: I provided embroidery hoops, fabrics, lace and stuff and all ladies were sitting in the sun doing some needlework.
