Recycled snowflakes are one of my very favorite Christmas decorations. They’re easy to make and we have lots of fund making them with the kids.
Spanish Churros with Chocolate
They say the humanity has become quite a bit heavier during the spring lockdown. I guess it won´t be any better in winter but if you’ve had your kids at home from school for almost a year now your nerves probably need some taking care of. And so forget about a swimsuit body and rather …
Bloody Valentine Cake
Sometimes, when the st. Valentine’s Day is close and I see all those hearts, chocolate pralines and pink things around I feel like making a little fun of it. And sometimes I see it through and do something “different”. Last year’s also very bloody Valentine cake was a great success in that department and this …
Candy Glass
Candy glass is a great decoration for cakes and muffins and it’s fun and easy to make!
Tempered Chocolate – How to Make It at Home
Tempered chocolate is shiny and smooth, it breaks with a light snap and melts in your mouth. You can temper chocolate easily at home and I’ll show you how.
DIY Roll-up Pencil Case
My kids must be eating their color pencils. Or that or I really don’t know where they’re constantly disappearing. I gave it another chance last Christmas and I made each of my girls a roll-up pencil case.
Clear 3D Face Mask
I made this clear 3D face mask thanks to my daughter who has developmental language disorder (DLD). It means that even though she is a normally inteligent girl, she has troubles understanding languages, even her native one. Sometimes she needs to look at our face to understand us. That is not a problem at home …
Last moment costume: SPIDER
I underestimated the preparation for the previous carnival season. In my defense, it was the first time I had to tackle three costumes instead of two. Fortunatelly, my youngest didn’t really care about what he was going to wear and so I didn’t need to feel bad for choosing the spider costume as a last …
Homemade Rose and Lemon Balm Shampoo
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.
Pattern: Clear 3D Face Mask
Here is the pattern for the Clear 3D face mask with filter pocket and wire at bridge in JPG. All the patterns are drawn to fit the scale of DIN A4 sheet. If you’re US-based or have a paper scale similar to the US, the recommendation is to print at 120% although I find that …