Another fun and affordable table for your Christmas table. Use coasters as place holders. You can write the names of you guests on cork coasters with a simple marker.
I made personalized coasters before, you find them here.
Get creative with paper this year when decorating your Christmas table. Did you know gift wrapping paper can make a great table runner?
Or try some origami instead. This simple Christmas tree is such fun to make. I made it from pages from a Christmas magazine, making them very affordable. You find the instructions here.
Download a free Christmas coloring here: Christmas2015Coloring
This year I would like to inspire everyone for Christmas with some table setting ideas. My first tip is to get your vintage china out of the cupboard. I used to love my grandmother’s teacups, that’s why I made sure I inherited a fair share of them!
If you have fine china cups, they are perfect for your candles. To add some height to your table, use a cake stand. You can place a serving dish with a tasty side dish on top for a festive treat.
My son recently celebrated his birthday. He handed out these lovely creatures for some festive fun. We just combined these googly eyes from Flying tiger and simple carrots. This made for a healthy snack and a fun simple trinket for the kids to take home.
Last time I made these beautiful cars, but my son really enjoyed being able to join in this year. This made all it feel extra special for a toddler in the “I wanna be independent” fase!
If you are anything like me, you will have started planning your Christmas dinner(s) by now. Normally cooking is a spontanious thing for me, but for parties and holidays I make a list of what I want to make. After this I plot out my preparations in time, scheduling my shopping, prepping and cooking over the days before Christmas. Ideally, I do as little as possible on Christmas day.
Here are my favorite recipes for Christmas this year:
Starters
Side dishes
Main dishes
For more Christmas inspiration look at my Christmas page or my Christmas pinboard.
My sweet mother bought me a laminating machine the other day (thank you mum!). And I must say I have been feeling very inspired! I used this machine to create a beautiful gift for my son’s daycare lady’s. They are like second mothers to him, which makes them extra special!
I drew 3 bookmarks with a black marker. One with a lucky theme with clover fours, one with a love theme with hearts and one book marker with a party theme with balloons. After this I went crazy with the coloring pencils. Of course I wrote a personal message on the back of the book marks and I added a foto of my toddler. To preserve the book marks I laminated them first, after which I cut them out. I attached ribbons with a bead that can stick out the book they read.
I attached each marker to a beautiful bouquet for a festive surprise. Of course you could also let your toddler do the coloring for a personal touch too.
Today I had lots of fun wrapping a gift for a family member. This blog used to only evolve around gift wrapping. With the season of giving coming closer, it is time for some gift wrapping inspiration!
As you can see in the photograph I take gift wrapping very seriously. Here are my tips:
When you wrap presents, please don’t hold back. It’s like your Christmas decorations, less is not more…
For more wrapping inspiration:
For this rainy fall weather I created this beautiful drawing for coloring fun with my toddler. I would like to share this lovely printable with my readers. A great project for all ages. Download FallColoring here.
I colored mine using water colors and crayons and I had great fun making it.
If you are in need of some winter time mommy inspiration, here you will find more kid’s fun.
On a cold and wintery day, we just love making cheese fondue.
As a metnlintje first, I made you a (downloadable) decorative recipe! You can just follow the instructions on the FondueSketch to make the fondue. This recipe serves 2 greedy adults and a toddler. Don’t forget to season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
I grew up in Switserland. This means I am quite a puritan about how you are supposed to enjoy your home made fondue. These are my Cheese fondue guidelines:
My family loves cheese, so everyone joins in for this one at our home. It always makes a festive meal in our home. We light the candles and we take our time to saver the cheese but it also leaves lots of time for conversation. Hope you enjoy it too!