May
7
Princess Charlotte
by Sofia - in Random
Suloisen pienen Charlotte- prinsessan syntymän johdosta ajattelin kerätä teille muutamia omia suosikkejani tyttövauvojen vaatteista. Nämä kuvissa näkyvät ovat kaikki joko La Coquetan tai Jacadin. La Coquetalla on vauvoille aivan erityisen suloisia puuvillaisia neuleasuja. Ja Jacadilla taas ihania ohuesta puuvillakankaasta tehtyjä lahkeettomia kesäpotkupukuja ja hattuja. Meidän tytöillä oli usein pienenä juuri sellaiset joko nilkkasukkien tai myös pienten nilkkaremmikenkien kanssa. Peini puuvillainen neuletakki vaan lisäksi ja täydellinen vauvan kesä asu on siinä.
To celebrate the arrival of baby princess Charlotte I picked out some of my favourite baby outfits for girls. I love the knitted cotton outfits from La Coqueta and their gorgeous bonnets. And I have always been a fan of those light cotton rompers with little summer hats from Jacadi. These were the kinds of things my girls wore when they were babies.
All the photos with a white background are from La Coqueta and the baby blue ones are from Jacadi. Both brands have gorgeous baby clothing for both boys and girls. And a lot of other colours than pink too.
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Aivan ihanaa päivää!
Lattemamma
p.s. I have always loved the name Charlotte. I think it is one of the prettiest girls names. And I always knew that if I had a baby girl and she resembled a Charlotte, I would name her that. And I did. ♥
May
6
A Mothers Day craft
by Sofia - in DIY projects Good things for kids
On Saturday mornings when mr. Espresso likes to sleep in a little we often fill the dining room table with our craft things. Glitter, scissors, glue, pretty silk paper, stickers, pencils and so much more. Cotton Candy is our craft pro and she is usually the one to come up with an idea ( she seriously made me do decoupage with her!). There is also a children´s tv show ( Neppajymykerho) where they publish ideas for crafts and she is always thrilled to try a new project. This time she wanted to make paper flowers from cup cake liners and I thought it would be the perfect craft for Mothers Day. We took it a little further and made stems for the flowers from pretty paper straws and made a whole bouquet. These are easy to make. A 5 year old can do these without help ( better than mommy in our family) but a 3 year old needs assistance with scissors and assembly. But if you only use glue and stickers like Bubble Gum did then it works well for the little ones too. But these are fun to do with kids and I like the whole idea of crafting being a project we can all do together. I think this colourful bunch of flowers was pretty and I would sure be happy to wake up on mothers day to one of these. It´s also a great craft to make for grandparents.
For the flowers you will need:
scissors, glue, cupcake liners, paper straws
optional are glitter, stickers, confetti etc.
For the flower pot you will need:
a papercup or similar
something to stick the straw stems to ( I used the “oasis sponge” used for flower arrangements)
May
5
It´s here!
by Sofia - in Random
Yay! Finally the day I start to count weeks to after the year changes is here. The summerhouse will be opened. This is so exciting! I´m not even going out there myself yet but to know the season has started is very special to me. It´s one of my absolute favourite places in the world. I know it´s does not sound very glamorous without a plumbing system or a shower with warm water but for us it´s such a happy place. It´s the place where we wake up in the morning knowing there are many little tasks to do like chopping wood for the sauna or picking blueberries for a pie but at the same time if we don´t really feel like it we can just leave it until tomorrow and enjoy the sun on the rocks idling away in the sea breeze.
It´s nice to invite the neighbours ( as in the girls grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins) for coffee and waffles. Especially as the blueberries are picked from a few meters from the house. I fry the waffles in our summer kitchen outside the house.
Morning coffee on the rocks. Pure bliss.
