If the title length allowed it, this homemade rose and lemon balm shampoo would be called “Absolutely awesome rose-lemon balm shampoo that’s better than anything else you’ve ever bought in a store”. Yes, it’s that great.
Butterfly Costume
The last carnivale season was in the name of insect costumes. If you’ve been on this blog before, you probably know that I have been making my children’s costumes myself. Check out also my spider costume that came out together with the two butterfly costumes for our girls.
Facial Butter for Winter
When my youngest was born I gave myselft three presents: a drier to prevent getting crazy from all the laundry, a person to help me clean the house and regular visits to the salon where a very brave lady does the sisyphus job of trying to fight the aging process and prevent me from developing …
String Basket From a Box
This is a tutorial on how to recycle a cardboard box, some string and some scrap fabric into a cute basket-like box that you can use for keeping for example your sewing supplies.
Christmas Liqueur
We make this liqueur for Christmas and New Year’s Eve and it’s so much better than the usual eggnog! So here’s the recipe and enjoy!
Fluffy Bunny Cake
“Mommy, I’d like a bunny cake,” said the upcoming birthday girl and she had me at bunny. So I planned the cake, the decoration and everything. Long story short, it was one fail after another until there was nothing left from my original plan and I had to come up with a new one a …
Origami Mini Book
Our Lily is becoming quite the craftsy kid. She likes to make furniture for her dolls, she makes origami flowers and small gifts for her friends. We made this origami mini book together and actually not just one. We made a pile of them which comes handy now before Christmas. It’s an ideal gift for …
Chore Chart that Works
I think every mom is a little relieved when her children start helping with chores apart from generating them. Let’s be honest – we love them but sometimes we wish we could just go to the office and rest. If you want your kids to do chores regularly a good chore chart is crucial.
How to remove (almost) any stain
Many of us know it all too well – your favorite trousers, kids’ clothes, white tablecloth…all of it can be completely ruined by just one small stain. And you wash and wash and it’s still there. So how to remove a stain really efectively?
Winter poppyseed oil lip balm
Winter has come and I realized we are completely out of protective lip balm. So yesterday I got down to work. I prepared several new recipes and bring you the first one, our shiny new winter poppyseed oil lip balm which will accompany us this winter.
How to Make Perfect Buttercream
Good buttercream can elevate your cake. It should be light and fluffy and melt in your mouth. I want to sho you how to make perfect buttercream because we’ll be needing it in one of my upcoming tutorials.
Muzika, the traditional Czech Christmas dessert
Have you ever heard of muzika? Although it means “music” in Czech, this time I’m not refering to actual music but to a traditional Czech Christmas dessert – a compot that has been half forgotten and is prepared only in some regions. Which is a pity because it’s delicious and really easy to make. So …
Christmas Nut Cookies
At Christmas, the nut cookies are one of the stars of many Czech dinner tables. And not just for their resemblance to real walnuts but also for their delicious taste. They taste of nuts and caramel which makes them the ideal cookies for this winter holiday. If you’d like to learn how to make another …
How to make homemade condensed milk
Condensed milk is a great asset in your kitchen. You can use it to make liqueurs, fillings for cookies or you can just spice up your coffee with it. I’ve come up with a bulletproof recipe so if you want to know how to make homemade condensed milk, read on.
12 creative activities for lockdown or quarantine
It looks like we might still have to preprare for lockdown and some of us for quarantine and here is a list of 12 suggestions for creative activities to help you spend the time.
How to Paint a Poppy
I would like to show you how I paint my little flower cards and that you could do the same even if you’re a painting beginner. There are just a few simple steps to follow and you can paint this poppy easily. At the end I’ll show you how I add a little “Thank you” …
Magnetic Cork Planters
I am a huge fan of succulents, always have been. They remind me of the holidays spent with my grandparents in the house in the countryside where the succulents around the stone staircase helped create a mysterious atmosphere, at least that’s what it felt like when I was a child. That’s probably why I like …
Prepare for the 2nd wave – different face masks to protect yourself from covid
It seems that covid-19 isn’t going away any time soon. Countries all around the world register increasing numbers of infected people and we can only guess what the second wave will look like. However, we know more than we did several months ago, and we know that prevention makes a big difference. Social distancing, washing …
Rainbow Bread
Why a rainbow bread? Why not?
Homemade Sunscreen SPF 10
Each spring I look forward to the lilac in bloom and I always mourn it when it’s gone. It’s a pity that preserving it’s beautiful scent is (almost) impossible in home conditions. However, we can at least make use of the lilac powers in protecting the skin against the UV rays. I make homemade sunscreen …