Spring Crochet Cushion
A couple of months ago I had a bit of an internal tantrum when I discovered every one of the couch cushions commandeered by my two-year old Munchkin. She was determined she needed them as…
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Kawaii Candy Corn Gift Bag
I’m a bit of a wimp when it comes to horror movies. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve watched a scary film, and I can’t say I enjoyed it… nor…
Woven paper baubles
A quick update; The two amazing ladies who created the templates for this project have just released a wonderful book full of gorgeous projects just like this one. I’ve written a review and show one of the…
BB-8 template
I got my nerd on last week. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, my husband is something of a Star Wars fan. Don’t get the wrong idea, our walls and shelves are not plastered in…
Treasure cupcake containers
Whilst coming up with concepts for Munchkin’s Easter morning tea, I was trying to work out how to make the sweet Miss Etoile baking cups I’d purchased at Pfister smaller. Because no Munchkin I knew was going to…
Stormtrooper pop up card
DM is a huge Star Wars fan. Munchkin had watched all of the movies (mainly through closed eyes) before she was 5 months old. So for his birthday it seemed appropriate to make him a Stormtrooper…
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In Print…
So in the midst of our move to California, something really cool happened. And in the resulting chaos, I took enough time to do a quick happy dance, posted it on social media and continued…
Woven paper rocket
A few weeks ago I was sent a copy of a gorgeous new paper weaving book by Anna and Lena Schepper. They’re the two geniuses behind the woven paper baubles I made a few years…
I haven’t forgotten you!
I haven’t forgotten you lovely readers! Even though from outward appearances it appears I’ve abandoned the blog, I haven’t! Life has just conspired against me and I’ve had no time to sit and make. We spent…
Inspirational reads: I love paper
Due to a series of unfortunate events this past weekend, I found myself (not unhappily, I should add) wandering the streets of Paris alone for a few hours. Finding myself at the Pompidou, I immediately lost myself…
Spring Cleaning!
I wrote a few weeks ago about taking a breather from blogging. To focus on my little one, our currently tumultuous but very exciting existence and Spring cleaning the blog. Then I went to a…
An Easter morning tea with two toddlers
One of the best things about being a mother to an 18 month old toddler? Being able to do all the fun things I love doing, for her! We altered our plans to go to…
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Chocolat Chaud – Hot Chocolate
The other day I had a friend visiting from Australia, she managed to arrive just in time for Switzerland to decide that Spring was completely overrated and that it wanted to return to Winter. It rained…
My Favourite Iced Coffee – Cold Brewed
It’s warming up! Which means it’s cold brewed coffee season in our house. Have you discovered it yet? It’s amazing. It tastes as good as coffee smells! It seems to taste sweeter as it…
Bunny Ear Vanilla Sugar Cookies
For Munchkin’s Easter morning tea, I created some little bunny ear cookies to sit on the rims of the little ladies babyccinos. I used the gluten-free vanilla sugar cookie recipe I’d used for her birthday…
Fresh flowers & bees; a 1st birthday cake
A few weeks ago we celebrated Munchkin’s first birthday with two splendid parties. For the first I made a Miffy themed birthday cake and for the second, we went with a fresh flowers and bees theme. For…
Gluten-free Vanilla Sugar Cookies
One of the most talked about parts of Munchkin’s birthday party were the cookies we gave away as gifts. My wonderfully talented friend Nikki from Toute Sweet took some time out with her friend Summer…
Gluten-free Raspberry Friands
I had an itch. I needed to bake. It had been so long that my Kitchen Aid had a light coating of dust! The cover of What Katie Ate has been giving me cravings for friands for…