Dec
31
Happy New Year!
by Sofia - in DIY projects Good things for kids Party planning
I made a little DIY project for you to use this evening ( yes you still have time to make one, it´s that easy!). The idea is not mine really, it´s from… you guessed it, Pinterest. But I thought it was cute and so easy anyone can make one in just a few minutes. It´s a party in a bag! We are sending the kids for a sleepover as we got invited to a New Years party for adults only. ( Don´t worry, they are very excited about their plans…) So I decided to make them a little party bag to take with them for spreading some festive spirit around them. Or more so litter the house with confetti. But hey, it´s New Years and it´s fun! So their little bags contain some confetti, party pops with streamers and confetti, serpentine, balloons, noise makers and on top of that I included golden party hats for extra fun and to match the noise makers. I also added non alcoholic beverages for them to pop. But I doubt they will last until midnight ( the kids I mean).
Dec
18
Huurretut hedelmät
by Sofia - in DIY projects
Mielestäni huurteisen näköiset sokeroidut hedelmät ovat niin kauniita. Tein niitä tänä vuonna hieman joulukoristeiksi. Jos haluat myös kokeilla niin seuraa kaksi vaihtoehtoista ohjetta…
Dec
11
I had a date night planned with my girls a few days ago. I went to pick them up a little earlier to take them to a Christmas fare. It was a horribly dark and rainy day but we are not made of sugar ( just spice and all things nice). The Christmas fare “Tuomaan markkinat” is gorgeous and they have an old Carrousel that you can ride for free. We also enjoyed looking through all the booths filled with candy canes, hand made soaps, knitted socks, gourmet foods and so much more. We found a little booth with Victorian era reproduction Christmas cards and decorations, old fashioned tin toys, little bunny lights and the cutest little umbrellas that we bought. Thank heavens for the umbrellas as it was pouring at that point. We sat inside to drink hot spiced apple juice and ate cinnamon buns straight out of the oven. It was heavenly!
At home our date night continued with baking gingerbread and decorating the cookies. The girls made a gingerbread wreath to my mother in law who has been poorly and I made one for them. Unfortunately I did not take a picture of my mother in laws wreath to show you because we took it to her the very next morning. But I wanted to share a few pictures of the one I made for the girls. It´s not very fancy as I had my hands full helping the girls with this and that and gathering sprinkles that kept spilling all over but you can get the idea. It´s very easy to make and makes such a cute gift for a friend or a godparent. Just have the kids decorate the cookies before attaching them to the wreath. The best part is that it´s edible so no-one has to feel like they have to keep the gift for years to come on display. You could definitely up the style a little by covering the whole wreath with frosting first. You know this is the sky is the limit type of a DIY. The one the girls made was pretty spectacular with loooots of sprinkles and frosting. Maybe not that edible really but fun.
