Make Marbled Sugar Cookies with Embossed Lettering

  A while ago I wanted to make marbled sugar cookies with embossed letters. Luckily my friend Karen from Lovilee had a set of letter stencils. And so we got together for a morning of seriously exciting marbled-biscuit-making! I find that baking & decorating is double the fun when doing it with a friend. If […] Read more…

Grief

This post is a sort of follow-up on the post written last year about the loss of my mother nine months ago. You can read more about it here. Some things – like being a parent & losing a parent – can only really be fully understood when you have experienced it for yourself. I […] Read more…

Make this easy peasy 5-ingredient coleslaw

I grew up munching coleslaw week-after-week-after-week. It was my mother’s go-to salad. And I loved it. Her version was mostly white cabbage sprinkled with garlic salt smothered is a very creamy mayo. I thought eating coleslaw was normal & everyone liked it. That is: until I realized that you are either a coleslaw fan or […] Read more…

A most fabulous gift idea list

My birthday is only 5 sleeps away, so this list contains some of my favourite goodies right now. I hope you’ll also find some inspiration or ideas here for when you next have to give or receive a birthday gift. And obviously these can make great Valentine’s Day gifts too! Pretty Ballerinas – Classy but […] Read more…

Simple Advent Calendar to make with little people

I didn’t grow up with the tradition of an Advent Calendar, so imagine my delight when I first encountered one at the age of 16 in Germany! As an exchange student, I was living with a German family & the mother (Kerstin) sewed 24 mini stockings on a string especially for me. And just there, […] Read more…

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