Do you have any resolutions for the coming year? Mine is to improve my knitting and crochet skills. And I would like to learn French. And I want to finish a real baking book. It's never too late to try out something new! It is time to pause, cherishing the old and celebrating the new year. Sending luck to our family and loved ones, bake some fortune cookies to warm the heart of a dear friend. Stepping out in style…
While you wait for santa to bring you gifts make sure to take part in our christmas sweater counting challenge. Animals are counted double and if a sweater is owned since the 80ies you can even do triple counting.
Doing a gingerbread house is not the newest idea of course, but I am doing it every year on christmas with great fun. This year I had the (supposed to be!) glorious idea of baking a complete gingerbread village with many of tiny houses and deers and sweets around, without thinking how much efforts and time-consuming that would be. I had the idea of a village quite some weeks in my head already and was so eager of doing it.…
Finally, as we get close to Christmas 2012, the Christmas decoration at our house is finished. This year, the two main areas to look at are the entrance and one of our fireplaces. In the entrance I have put lot´s of wood themed things onto a paravent. I tried to be as vintage as possible there and drove my husband crazy by buying a vintage pair of skis and a sleigh. As a backdrop of the entrance I used my…
Our house is red and white and filled with candy. I can´t believe there is only one week to go until Christmas and I still have not posted the majority of this year´s Chritmas decoration yet. So take this as a start. More to follow.
Today is the final afternoon tea before X-Mas. Everything is prepared and set up. It was so great to meet so many nice people, I am so inspired by all of you and overwhelmed by your cheerfulness. Thank you so much! The tray is waiting for the eggnog Magnolia is waiting to be served & eaten, of course I am looking forward to meet you all again, maybe for the upcoming Valentinesday Tearoom event in February? Merry Christmas to all…
It is now only 9 days until Christmas!! And there is still so much to do... I have had no time to do any Christmas Markets, I still need to write my cards, and I haven't bought any gifts for my family & friends yet! The one good thing is that I can already listening to Christmas songs....Like my every year favourite Last Christmas and All I want for Christmas is you. And of course Christmas Pop Up tearoom starts…