Holidays
DIY moss wreath
We’ve never diyed a wreath before, so decided to keep it simple.
We got a cheap styrofoam base at a local craft supplies store,
and collected some moss in the woods. You could buy some fake moss if you want to make a reusable wreath. When you collect your own moss, make sure to remove as much [...]
Clever Holiday Wreaths
I love love love Christmas. It’s by far my favourite holiday. But with the unusually warm weather in Austria, I haven’t really gotten into the holiday spirit yet. So, to make myself and everyone else feel all Christmasy, I have planned a Christmas extravaganza for the month of December with posts about decorations, gifts, trees [...]
Beer advent calendar
Richard’s family gets the same advent calendar from us every year: a beer advent calendar. It is always appreciated, requires little work and can be done last minute. This year’s version looked like this:
Here’s what you need to do to make your own:
Get a crate of beer, some brown paper, white ribbon, alphabet stickers, felt [...]
Christmas Village Advent Calendar
This morning I set up the advent calendar I made for Richard this year. It is a whole Christmas village made out of paper.
There are houses,
a town hall,
a church,
shops and eateries,
an inn,
a cinema,
a barn,
a Christmas tree,
and some details.
Underneath every house a little present is hiding. It was a lot of work cutting, painting, glueing, etc., [...]
DIY Advent Calendars
I don’t know how common advent calendars are in other parts of the world, but over here you can find one in almost every house. The traditional versions are simple with pictures hiding behind 24 doors. Lately, however, chocolate versions have become more and more popular, and all the major chocolate brands now sell different [...]
Thanksgiving decorations
We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in Austria. Nevertheless we have collected some cute inspiration for a well dressed Thanksgiving, or general fall, table.
Easy but impressive pumpkin centerpiece:
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Cute felted leaf garland:
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Cute place settings:
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Tutorials for the garland and the place settings can be found when you click on the “Source” links.
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Autumn-Inspired
Autumn is here and it’s hard to find any blooming flowers, so here are some alternatives to flowering arrangements:
http://emmas.blogg.se/
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We’re not hosting a Halloween party this year (maybe next year?!), but have way too many party inspiration pics saved on our hard drives. Since those pics are really cool, we’ll share some of them so that they can be of use to you guys.
One thing we have found lots of creative inspiration for is [...]
Going batty for Halloween
Every year at Halloween we are facing a bit of a dilemma. We both love Halloween and everything related to it: pumpkins, decorations, costumes, crazy food, trick or treating, etc. But Halloween is not celebrated in Austria, and if we decided to go all out and build a pirate ship (my dream) or a full [...]
Let’s carve!
We caught the pumpkin carving bug this weekend. So we bundled up and drove to the next temporary pumpkin stand and snagged a couple.
This is one of our orange beauties!
… man vs. fruit … and man wins! Armed with various knives, a stencil from www.pumpkinlady.com and a drill this poor little guy didn’t have the [...]
