12 snaps of Christmas

Bonjouuuuuuuuuur!

I hope everyone had a lovely, safe, happy, hyggelig Christmas full of love and lollies! We sure did!

I wanted to share a little peek into our Christmas day, and the week or so leading up to it, so here are some of my favourite pics. There may be some more info on some bits and pieces - like newly discovered best recipes and presenty ideas - forthcoming, but given my lack of blogginess through December I don't want to promise anything!

1. Georg, 2. wrapped!, 3. spotty skirts,
4. christmassy baking 09, 5. mmm nuts, 6. Christmas cutters,
7. test kitchen, 8. Christmas glasses, 9. tree time,
10. pizza anyone?, 11. nativity, 12. cookies in jars

Click on the photo titles above to go to flickr for a better look at any of these!


xo

My Creative Space

this week is in the kitchen.



And in that space?
- butter, brown sugar & brandy - all the ingredients for a delicious Christmas!
- two of my favourite Christmassy recipes - and ones that generally get the earliest use - Christmas pudding and peppernoten
- my very special kitchen timer - from Legoland!

To see what's cooking in some other creative spaces click here! =)

xo

climbing the stairs

As promised - the surprise behind last night's window =)



A boy climbing the stairs - and off to bed, don't you think?

xo

adventing

Did anyone else make it to the Scandinavian Christmas Bazaar?
We had such a nice time!
We tried Finnish sima, and ate the most divine danish wienerbrod I have tasted outside of Denmark.

And, of course, there was some shopping too!
Including this beautiful advent calendar:


This is the exact kind of calendar we used to have when we were kid! All glittery and wintery and Christmassy - and not a cheap dodgy square of chocolate in sight!

I have been looking for a real advent calendar like this for years - the lady selling them at the bizaar imports them from Germany, and she had so many gorgeous ones it was practically impossible to choose!

Can you see today's window, all ready for opening?


I'll let you know what I find in there =)

xo

Julehjerte

taadaa, here's my new little felt brooch - the WIP from this week's creative space photos.



It's a braided heart - a very Christmassy symbol in Scandinavia - which makes it the perfect accessory to wear to the Scandinavian Australian Association's Christmas Bazaar!!

The Christmas Bazaar is being held tomorrow (Sunday 29 November) from 2-5pm at the ACT ATSI Cultural Centre on Lady Denman Drive, and entry is with a gold coin donation.

There is going to be all sorts of Scandinavian Christmassy food, decoration and crafty goodies - I can't wait for a little taste of Scandinavian Jul!

For more details click on over here =)

xo

My Creative Space

My creative space this week is my lovely little sewing kit, which started as a handy portable pack to bring along to Brown Owls, and has been carried along and added to for each meeting.


Cute, non? It came in a show bag I got at the Canberra Show back in March.
Let's look inside!


Eeek lots of stuff fits in there!
How about I unpack a bit?


Taadaaa!
Lots of goodies!

In the top half - last week's Brown Owls sewing project, two mint tins (one is full of buttons!), bottle top pin cushions and another in progress, and some cookie cutters I use as templates (the round one is perfect for the top of those teeny pin cushions)

And the bottom - scissors, embroidery thread, brooch backs, quick unpick (not quite worn out!), tape measure and pencils.
Ooh, and tonight's little work in progress! =)

I've popped the photo up on flickr with notes here, if you'd like a closer look =)

xo

For more creative spaces, head over to Kirsty's!

My Creative Space

The black and white spots in the background of last week's creative space have moved to the foreground:



Another gored skirt - this time with 8 panels!



That other skirt is currently under deconstruction! I don't think anything else I have made has ever given my quick unpick this kind of workout!

More creative spaces here!

xo