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Here you can find the best DIY ideas and projects for your little ones.

Have a look and start a craft project right now. Arts and crafts. Birthday treats. Easy tutorials for various seasons. Advent calendars, Easter egg colouring and and and… enjoy! Arts & crafts for kids and their parents.

29.11.17

Gift Guides 2017 – grand parents

Another request and researched with lots of pleasure!
Grand parents!

What to gift your parents aka grand parents.

They have everything, usually do not want anything and you wonder what is a good and lovely gift. One that is will be used and cherished too.

Here are some ideas:
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1. Design classic – the Stelton vacuum jug, designed in 1977. Functional and a minimalism beauty. The tilting top lets you serve with just one hand and it also has a handy screw cap, making it ideal for use on the move.

2. Grandpa mug.

3. The Porthole is a simple and beautiful infuser that can be used to create cocktails, infused oils, dressings, lemonade and more. Stylish look, easy to use and it includes four delicious recipes.

4. Gloria candlestick. Creating a nice gentle luster with its beautiful halo. The candlestick is made of brass and is available in two sizes.

5. Garden Kit – great kit in a handmade pinewood crate that is perfect for transporting the tools out to the garden or that can be reused as a planter.

6. During the dark season more people than you think suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. Struggling to get going in the mornings, difficulties to concentrate, as well as suffering from lower energy, self-esteem and confidence. Light therapy can help. This one is medically certified to treat SAD. {and it feels good even when not affected by SAD and helps to get over the short days quicker}

7. New baking and desserts cookbook SWEET by Yotam Ottolenghi with over 110 innovative recipes. From Persian Love Cakes, Middle Eastern Millionaire’s Shortbread to Flour-less Chocolate Layer Cake with Coffee, Walnut and Rosewater. Yum!

8. Exclusive backgammon set – classic wood or cork, luxury or leather. Endless combination of colors, materials, and styles to choose from and perfect to start playing right under the tree.

9. One-of-a-kind custom heirloom wooden Victorian jigsaw puzzle. The centerpiece is centered on your chosen address and is shaped like a house. The map slowly reveals itself piece by piece as you assemble your neighborhood, starting with familiar areas and discovering new ones along the way.
More jigsaw options here.

10. Fine porcelain plates.

Gift Guides 2017 overview:

* Stocking Fillers

* Small Children

* Children

* Teens

* Adults

* Teachers

* Grand Parents

* Best Friend

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22.11.17

Gift Guides 2017 – children

Hello!

Welcome to the next Gift Guide. Today we are covering children from age 3 to 9. {smaller children ideas you can find here}

Boys and girls, from bike to kitchen, from arty to beauty.

How are you getting along with the gift shopping? I have to pick up some parcels later on but I have the feeling that we are pretty covered. Oh… I like to be done a little early so no rushing and emergency shopping.

Let’s see, some pretty good ideas for children:
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1. Bikes – balance bike for age 2 and up or a 12 inch pedal bike age 3 and up. The 16 inch for age 4 and up or the 20 inch for age 7 and up.
All come in a beautiful pale green or pale pink.

2. Milton & Goose play kitchen.

3. Coconut Lip Gloss for kids.

4. Colorful round swinger that is perfect for inside playtime.

5. Baby Alpaca cushion.

6. Miller Goodman PlayFolk. 75 Wooden Shapes coming with a storage bag.

7. Giant coloring poster & felt pens. Choose from many different posters that fit best with your child’s interests such as sport, cities, homes, world maps or Christmas themed prints. So much fun!

8. Beautiful wooden doll’s house that leaves a lot of room for creativity that can be mounted on the wall. There is a smaller version too.

9. Limited Edition Pink Organic Cotton Tent With Pompoms.

10. Ceramic Happy Day Doll’s Tea Set. With napkins!

Gift Guides 2017 overview:

* Stocking Fillers

* Small Children

* Children

* Teens

* Adults

* Teachers

* Grand Parents

* Best Friend

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20.11.17

Gift Guides 2017 – Stocking Fillers for the whole family

Yay, I made it. The first gift guide is out and more will follow over the next days…
Starting with Stocking Fillers or good little ideas for Advent Calendars {find the best ones here in case you still need to get one}.

At the end of the post you can find a list of all Gift Guides that will be published for this year and I will update the links once they go live.
You can see I added a few categories, by request, and keep every guide to a crisp 10 ideas max. Less or more, isn’t…

It is, really, a Family Gift Guide. The kids of course that I split in small, children and then teens. But our partners should not be forgotten, and the grand parents, the teachers {always tricky} and what about our friends?

I hope you will find these helpful and inspiring! Merry Merry and some lovely festive weeks until Christmas!

Please find now my Gift Guide for Stocking Fillers for the whole family:
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1. Great looking gift box set of two playing card decks.The set comes with rules for Pontoon, Rummy, Solitaire and Whist. For anyone who likes to play cards and great for future travel games too!

2. Cat puzzle! 49 pieces for everyone who likes a fun puzzle.

3. Donna Wilson knitted Christmas Decoration set. Cute and perfect for just anyone…

4. Holztiger Giraffe – wooden animals are always a good idea.

5. Wave Socks … for your teens, friends, yourself…

6. Lemongrass & Peppermint Children & Adult Lipbalm

7. Hay’s bits & bobs – I love to give these. So pretty and useful. And they come in all kind of colors!

8. Leather rabbit watch – for the little ones.

9. Small Rabbit night light.

Gift Guides 2017 overview:

* Stocking Fillers

* Small Children

* Children

* Teens

* Adults

* Teachers

* Grand Parents

* Best Friend

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10.11.17

The best Advent Calendars in 2017

Yes, it is this time of the year. And you know what – I already have all 24 little surprises for our Advent Calendar ready. {only because I picked up little bits and pieces in drug- and bookstores during our trip to Germany}

And yes, it is November and the first of December is really not that far away. I browsed the net for you and here are my favorite Advent Calendars for 2017:

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You like boho? You will love these from Numero 74.

The stars come in dusty pink or petrol blue {top}.

Or in white as a all-ready-pre-filled version!

Or these little bags that you can hang anywhere {in the tree?!} and also come in dusty pinks or petrol blues.

DIY kit including little surprises!

Very easy to assemble forest animal Advent Calendar.

For design lovers – the black Christmas Calendar from Design Letters is a must!

Check last years post too, most of the calendars are available this year too.

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08.09.17

Lovely Paper by Djeco

The creative team of the Djeco brand has launched a new line: Lovely Paper. And we were so lucky to be able to test and try some of those products here at home.

I have a very soft spot for anything paper. Books, magazines, postcards and of course craft supplies. This is perfect. Djeco is a brand that I always check when I need a gift, adding the Paper Collection is such a great extension because finding gifts for teens is not always easy but they {usually} all love crafting.

Everything is beautifully illustrated – of course- and the new collection includes notebooks, gums, pencil cases, masking tape, diaries, pens and colored pencils and also these cool glossy stickers that I still know from my own childhood. The ones we collected, got albums and carefully sticked them in those. And then showed them to our friends. Do you remember these?

This beautiful Djeco stationery range makes every kid’s heart beat faster.

There are also glitter and metallic markers, secret notebooks and mini stamps sets.

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And those beautiful flowers that Leonor loved to put together. The set includes everything to create these Origami beauties and make a really lovely decoration for parties or in the kids room.

As you see there is truly something for everyone and a good craft session, on a Sunday morning for example, is always a winner here.

We also got this really cool Silk Scarf set in the Peacock Design.
It contains a silk scarf that you tightly pin to the box to make a taut canvas. Then you paint the design with the silk paint. The paint will stay nicely in the ‘designated areas’ – it is made like this. Step-by-step, the scarf will be an absolute beauty.
Romy loved to do this!

This shop has a good selection of the Lovely paper collection!

Happy week end everyone, maybe with some crafty moments. Seeing the weather we have here now it is time…

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arts & crafts

Here you can find the best DIY ideas and projects for your little ones.

29.11.17

Gift Guides 2017 – grand parents

What to gift your parents aka grand parents.

22.11.17

Gift Guides 2017 – children

20.11.17

Gift Guides 2017 – Stocking Fillers for the whole family

10.11.17

The best Advent Calendars in 2017

08.09.17

Lovely Paper by Djeco

This beautiful Djeco stationery range makes every kid’s heart beat faster.

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