Apr
8
Marie Puce
by Sofia - in Good things for kids Shopping
I´m looking forward to my yearly spring shopping trip in Paris with my mom. We have no definite plans yet but hope to get round to it at the end of the month. Fingers crossed! A few favourite streets and shops are always on the agenda. One of those is Marie Puce. They have very French children clothes and I have written about the shop before a few times. Simple designs, Liberty print as well as pretty colours ( not just pastels) and cute accessories like basic leather sandals. They also have my favourites for babies, rompers and bloomers. I have my eye on some cute vichy print tops that will look just as adorable with white shorts or jeans or skirts and cardigans. One in blue and white and and one in pink and white. These are the kind of shirts that are easily worn at school or nursery as well as on the island during the summer as they are simple cotton.
Apr
7
Easter dinner
by Sofia - in Cooking Party planning
I hope you all had a great Easter! Ours included lots of family time, many rounds of dominoes, some good food and great wine and we went to see some cute new born lambs and chicks. They were all just a few days old if even that and so adorable. All in all we had a fun and lovely time.
I really wanted to share a few photos from our dinner table setting from one of the nights that we dined in our house. Our menu was inspired by the spring. We had green asparagus for starters. I really love it with a mixture of great olive oil and butter heated up with herbs such as oregano, sage and thyme. Add some grated lemon rind and juice, salt and pepper and you are in heaven. Generous shaving of aged parmesan on top is a must! For our main course my dad prepared the lamb and the sauce for it. He is the best chef in the world. I made us a big salad of mesclun greens with a sweet balsamic dressing and garlic potatoes. No one in our family is really in to the creamy kind and everyone always just wants the crispy topping so instead of making it in to a casserole I sliced the potatoes very thin on a mandolin, spread them evenly on baking sheets and drizzled olive oil on top. Then I added plenty of garlic, salt and black pepper and put them in the oven until crispy golden brown. To die for-good. Mint jelly is a must with lamb in our household and we baked an Italian Easter bread to go with it. I actually used my friends challah recipe that is a little sweet and added boiled and coloured eggs for lovely original looks. I added some saffron to it for a lovely yellow colour. This was a suggestion from a colleague of mine and the colours looked very pretty together. I also braided a regular challah loaf to save for the morning and we made ridiculously good french toast from it for breakfast. For dessert I made some meringues to be served with pretty pale green pistachio ice-cream, whipped cream and red currants. I´m sharing the recipe for those meringues this week. We used the rest of the whipped cream at breakfast. What a feast!
I found my inspiration for the table setting on Pinterest. I chose a few photos that had a great casual and a little “farm table”-feel to them. Fresh and spring like.
Apr
1
Easter baskets
by Sofia - in DIY projects Good things for kids
As I mentioned before on one of my blog posts, I ordered the girls Easter baskets from Pottery Barn Kids to be filled with cute little things and treats for Easter. This is how they turned out to be…
Tein tytöille tänäkin vuonna suloiset yllätyskorit pääsiäiseksi. Vähän herkkuja ja pientä puuhasteltavaa. Tilasin valkoiset korit Pottery Barn Kidsistä. Ne käyvät mielestäni hyvin myös pikkuisiksi piknik-koreiksi tai ne voi vaikka ottaa torille mukaan.
