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My tips for easter
Easter for me symbolizes new beginnings. It is also another occasion to relax and have a good time with people you love. Here’s my new and older suggestions for your Easter preparations:
- Decorate some branches for Easter. Just trim any tree or shrub you like.
- Make your own bread, it’s easier than you think. Read about baking bagels right here. By making the dough on Saturday evening, and doing the first proofing in your fridge, your timing will be perfect for brunch on Easter Sunday.
- Decorate Easter eggs, a fun activity for the whole family. Boiled eggs will keep for a few days in your fridge. Make them a few days in advance. For an even easier alternative: buy boiled eggs.
- Make pancakes for your Easter brunch. The batter can also be made a day in advance and kept in your fridge.
- Bake some yummy cupcakes and ice them in easter colors.
- After hunting for Easter eggs, hand out home made bags to take your treasures home.
- Looking for more ideas? Check out my Pinterest Easter Board.
Meet Cloudette
Meet Cloudette. Inspired on some of my pins, I have created this lovely nursery decoration. The rain drops contain bells.
Download the Free A4 Printable Cloudette Pattern here!
Our little garden…first plants
Spring weather has finally arrived in Holland! Today, me and my toddler continued work on our gnome garden. I assembled the components earlier.
The attention span of my toddler allowed for 5 minutes of sowing and gardening together. After this my little toddler got distracted by his sand box and left me to finish up. However, I am pretty sure he will be glowing with pride when the garden starts to grow.
Fabulous Five ! Jar upcycle…
I love using up my used jars for gifts and decorations. Below I listed my 5 favorite pins. You can find a bigger selection on my Pinterest board “Just love jars”.
- Lavender sugar – for a recipe with lavender sugar go here
- Decorated lids
Anyone can make these!
- Soap dispenser
With easy to follow instructions
- Lemon meringue pie – on this site you find many more Maso jar creations
These meringues look so jummy!
- Hanging flower vase
Hanging flower vase on www.intimateweddings.com
Our little garden
I love growing my own veg and favorite flowers from seeds, and I have been searching for a way to get my toddler involved in this activity without letting him garden among my seedlings. This means my toddler should have his own patch of dirt in my poststamp sized garden.
I found the solution while searching garden ideas on pinterest: a fairy garden! Like the one you find on this blog.
creamerchronicles.blogspot.nl
I spent the cold moths of winter looking for some basic items for the fairy garden. A colleague supplied one inhabitant, and his donkey and the “home” came from the thrift store.
I painted the gnome house myself on a plain teapot. When it stops freezing my son and I will get started on the actual “gardening” in a big pot. To be continued….
Fabulous five! Valentine ideas
Happy Valentines day! Here come my 5 favorite ideas for surprising someone you love, using simple materials;
- Send your loved one a hug
- Make this simple but elegant card!
- Surprise him with a “heart attack” on his car, office or bedroom
- Give him Dates in a jar
- Make him some artwork
Birthday surprise
Painting ceramics is surprisingly easy! I made this birthday plate for my nephew in 20 minutes. You do have to bake your plate in order to harden the paint.
I bought the plate from a thrift store and upcycled it in a few simple steps using:
- permanent marker or sharpie pen
- Decorfin Porcelain paint
- Paint brushes
I drew my design with the permanent marker. I colored in my design using the Porcelain paint. I baked my plate in the oven for 45 minutes.
This plate can go in the dish washer. This way my nephew can eat of his birthday plate every year!
Try your own hand at making a personalized plate.
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Pimp een knijper! Versier de knijper met verf, glitter of washi tape. Versier de knijper met een lintje en een papieren vorm.
Je kan deze knijper gebruiken om:
- Je boom te versieren
- Kerstkaarten op te hangen
- De tafelschikking vast te leggen
- Kaarten op de kado’s te bevestigen
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Leuk voor op een kado of in de boom, een versiersde dennenappel!
Verf eventueel eerst de hele dennenappel groen en laat het boompje drogen. Verf hierna de punten wit. Bestrooi de witte verf eventueel met glitter.
Met ijzerdraad kun je kralen om de dennenappel wikkelen. Je kunt ook pompoms gebruiken als kerstballen, en deze erin duwen. Met pijpenrager of lint kun je de dennenappel verder versieren.
Je kunt het kerstboompje ergens aan hangen, of zet hem op een bloempotje.