MAGIC WANDS

By | Siječanj 24th, 2016|Birthday, Children, DIY, Halloween, Kids, Let's celebrate!, Princess party|

Help your princess make these magic wands herself. What you need: cardboard wooden skewers glitter or spangle collage paper gold paint spray scissors glue laundry pins Cut cardboard hearts or stars. You need 2 identical shapes for each wand. Apply a layer of glue to one side of each shape. Place the [...]

CHRISTMAS NO-NAME CARDS

By | Siječanj 7th, 2016|Christmas, DIY, Home, Let's celebrate!, Presents|

For years now we have been making Christmas decorations with the names of family members and friends. We use them to tag presents, and to simply hang them on our Christmas tree. The idea is to collect a sufficient number of tags for decorating the entire tree which will thus become a living time-machine and [...]

NEW YEAR’S CHEESE CAKE

By | Siječanj 4th, 2016|Cakes & Pastries, Christmas, Desserts, Food, Let's celebrate!, Special Occasions|

Ingredients: For the dough: 200 g plain flour 50 g sugar 125 g cold butter 1-2 tbsp ice-cold water For the filling: 500 g mascarpone cheese 2 eggs 100 g sugar 200 ml sweet cream 2 tbsp bitter cocoa powder 250 g chocolate 50 g butter 1 tbsp vanilla extract Method: Preheat the oven [...]

STRING ORNAMENTS

By | Prosinac 19th, 2015|Božić, Christmas, DIY, DOM, Home, Let's celebrate!, Pokloni, Presents, Slavimo, Uradi sam|

Decorate your home and Christmas tree with DIY ornaments What you need: string (or twine) glue (I used Drvofix) balloons golden/silver spray paint satin ribbons wooden beads, pine cones, dried lemon/orange slices, … rubber gloves Blow up the balloons to the size of your desired decoration. Place it on top of [...]

OKIĆENI KEKSI

By | Prosinac 17th, 2015|Christmas, Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food, Let's celebrate!|

Sastojci: Tijesto: 2 šalice brašna 220 g omekšalog maslaca ½ šalice šećera u prahu Vanilin aroma Glazura: ½ šalice šećera u prahu 1 žl mlijeka Nekoliko kapi jestive zelene boje Priprema: Omekšali maslac  tucite sa šećerom u prahu i vanilijom. Dodajte brašno i umijesite glatko tijesto. Formirajte ga u pravokutnik debljine 3 cm, omotajte [...]

BISCUITS WITH A CANDY HEART

By | Prosinac 16th, 2015|Christmas, Cookies&Treats, Desserts, Food, Let's celebrate!|

Ingredients: 120 g butter 1 cup brown sugar 1 pouch vanilla sugar 1 egg ¼ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 tbsp mixed spices for honey cookies ½ teaspoon cinnamon 1 ¾ cup flour about 10 “505” hard candies For the glaze (optional): 1 egg white 1 cup icing sugar cinnamon Method: Beat [...]

CHRISTMAS COOKIE-CUTTERS

By | Prosinac 12th, 2015|Christmas, DIY, Home, Let's celebrate!|

Decorate your Christmas tree with these merry cutters. You can purchase them for a small amount of money, or use the old ones that have been taking up space in your drawers for far too long. What you need: metal cookie cutters colourful ribbons glue (I used Drvofix glue) decorative rope a brush scissors [...]

ADVENT CALENDAR MADE FROM TUBES

By | Studeni 29th, 2015|Children, Christmas, DIY, Home, Let's celebrate!, Presents|

A calendar that will make it easier for your children to wait for Christmas - make it yourself by recycling. What you need: 24 toilet paper tubes (or 8 paper towel tubes, each cut into 3) wrapping paper 8 m decorative rope scotch tape 1 long branch (I used an old vine) numbered slips [...]

CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS

By | Studeni 27th, 2015|Christmas, DIY, Home, Let's celebrate!, Presents|

Hanging over a fireplace, underneath a window, or on a rope by your Christmas tree, they decorate any home (while we wait for them to be filled). What you need: red and green felt ribbons white and red thread scissors beads, buttons, spangles… Print the template. Tailor 2 equal stockings, leaving 4 extra [...]

CHRISTMAS TABLE RUNNER

By | Studeni 27th, 2015|Christmas, DIY, Home, Let's celebrate!, Presents|

Investing a little time and effort will make your Christmas table shine anew. I chose silver fabric, but you can match the fabric to the colours and designs of your home. a 150x50 cm piece of fine, strong fabric 4 m silk strips (cut at an angle) of a matching colour Pin the [...]