Flowers

Another perfect summer day. The perfect day for the munchkin to cut some more flowers from our flower patch. We used to have a vegetable patch, but we didn't use it any more. So the munchkin and I decided to grow flowers instead.

From a distance it doesn't look like much...



But when you look closer, there are some really pretty flowers in there...








The munchkin was too busy playing in the sandbox with the little man to help mommy cut the flowers... Never mind! I just want them to have fun!!!

Easy kids craft tutorial

On friday we went to the beach. We collected all kinds of beautiful seashells. So yesterday, we were at home with a big box of shells, and no idea what to do with them.

So we took out the clay (the cheap, air-drying kind from Hema) and rolled it flat, used a cookie cutterto cut out hearts and pressed the shells in them. And voilà! Decorative and easy! The perfect kids craft for a rainy summer day!

The artist herself was proud of her work and didn't mind posing for a picture for mommy's blog... ;-)

Missing in action...

I was planning to finish the cross stitch duvet cover for my little friend Emil. But somehow the dotted fabric is MIA... I discovered that just after the fabric store had closed, of course. So it'll just have to wait... I can show you the finished cross stitch piece though!



While searching for the fabric I did find a project that I started some time ago, that was whispering to me, "finish me! Finish me!" in a very Alice in Wonderland manner... So I decided to finish that. It will be a quilt for the munchkin. Nothing is better to sleep under on hot summer nights!!!

Baby Boom

We are having a baby boom! so far, this year has brought my friends two baby girls, a baby boy and two more on the way... And it's only june! So no surprise that my friend and I went to see another baby yesterday. She was adorable! I made cupcakes for the occasion. Easy ones, since it was extremely hot on tuesday... They were cute anyway!





This weekend I can show you a picture of the finished baby blanket. The cross stitch piece is finished, you should see the callus on my fingers...

Cake pops tutorial...

Haha, fooled you! I did try to make a cake pop tutorial, and I almost finished it, but it's been so extremely hot the last couple of days that the chocolate melted so fast I couldn't take any decent pictures... It just would not set!!! And we are not used to these temperatures here, so no AC... This is what it's like in my back yard...

Busy, busy, busy me...

Sorry that I have been shamefully neglecting you! I am so glad that you decided to visit my blog anyway... So I want to show you what has been keeping me so busy...

I am working on this



which will be combined with this



to make a gift, just like this



while working out what to make with these



and taking care of these



I'm also working on a tutorial on how to make the easiest cake pops EVER, with no baking involved! Right now I am trying which ingredients give the best results... While gaining ten pounds... :-p

So I hope you'll forgive me...

Cake pops

Today I decided that this would be the day that I produced some decent cake pops. I bought two books on cake pops recently, this one and this one. The reason that you didn't see me making any was that I failed miserably!

But... Today... Succes!!! They don't look like much, but they are delicious!

Next time I promise they will look cute too!