As you maybe already know, we're planning, shopping, packing and getting ready for the big big happening in our family next week: Camilla and Edvin's wedding! We are so exited and happy and we really are totally over the moon ... So, as we're all different personalities in the family we are all in different stages of our to-do list before we leave to the beautiful southern coast of Norway for the wedding .... the male members of the family are ... well ... probably doing this their male way ... they need to wash the car, assemble the suit, polish their shoes, maybe go to the barbershop...and then they are good to go... 😁 The girls ... we do it a bit differently... we have been planning, thinking, shopping, made lists, gathering ideas ...
Refreshing elderflower and pineapple popsicles
No doubt the most refreshing thing I can ever think of on a warm summer day must be popsicles. And what's better than fresh, homemade popsicles with real fruits. The ones I want to share with you today are made of canned pineapple, elderflower limonade, raspberries and kiwi. Sooo yummy. You can easily make popsicles as long as you have a suitable mold, it's easy and affordable and you can change it up to find your own favourite. You can for example change up the elderflower limonade with your favourite limonade or kombucha (recipe here) Here is my recipe for today's popsicles 😊 Fresh, summery elderflower and pineapple popsicles 230 grams canned pineapple with juice 400 ml ready made elderflower limonade (you can find the recipe on my ...
Homemade Crochet newsboy caps
I'm so happy and proud to finally be able to share my FREE pattern on my crochet newsboy caps. Must say I love this cute, easy-to-make summer caps. The 3dc-cluster-pattern makes the caps airy and light to wear even when it's warm and sunny outside. The brim gives a tiny bit of shade for the eyes. I wanted this caps to have the classic newsboy look, fit well, be cute, summery and feminine, be loose and easy to wear but still not baggy.... and in my opinion I managed to catch it all. 😊 This caps is suitable for girls and women. It's one size only so if your head is smaller or larger than 56-58 cm you'll probably need to make some adjustments. It also depends a little bit on type of yarn you choose to use. So I recommend you measure ...
Natural spray for natural beautiful looking hair
A few days ago I went to a party with some girl friends - it was so good seeing them and we chatted like girls do ... you know like talking about everything from saving the world, to every day life, kids, lifestyle... and then all of a sudden one of the girls complimented my hair. It made me so happy! Actually quite a few people have complimented my hair lately... and it's not because I just came out from the hair dresser ... because I didn't. So I thought maybe it's because I actually have hair now ... something I didn't two years ago when I was totally bold after chemotherapy.... maybe it's because I've grown my hair longer this year? But no. She told me my hair looks so youthful, shining and fresh, like I was 20 or something. So she made ...
Making my own luxury Rosewater
This summer season is filled with all the beauty and wonderful scents from all the flowers. Here in Scandinavia it's almost like one big firework during these short months of summer and daylight 24/7. I love it all so much! I love each and every beautiful flower. They all have their own uniqueness. It makes me want to capture it all, putting it in jars and preserve it, keeping it so I can find it during the long winter and remind me of natures beauty. So, every year I set out to make stuff based on flowers and plants I love. Today I want to share my homemade rose water. It's a simple but yet beautiful way to preserve the beauty, scent and color if the oh so wonderful wild roses. Who doesn't loooove the scent of roses?! I use my ...
DIY softening Foot salve
I love walking barefoot during summer feeling the grass or the soil or the sand under my feet makes me feel grounded or somehow closer to nature. Are you a barefoot walker? Does your feet get dry and does the skin crack during summertime? Maybe your feet need some love and care ? Today I want to share my favourite homemade foot salve with you. I definitely need to give my feet some extra love from time to time ... I mean they do a great job carrying me around all day ... and the skin gets dry and cracks if I don't take foot soak, use the foot scrub and use my footsalve. Cracked skin on the heel comes from dry, dead skin cells building up, so it's important to scrub the feet well before adding the salve. This salve is made from 100% ...
The best Avocado face mask
Some days are perfect for a little self care. Personally I think Sunday is a good day to take time to embrace one self, relax, recharge and share some time and have fun with the people I love. I must (sadly) admit I've never really been good at self care or doing things for my self. I'm most happy when I make other people happy and bring smiles all around me. But to do so we all need to take care of one self and love one self too... so ... when I first met my wonderful, beautiful soon to become daughter in law, and she arranged the most delightful, fun, caring, pampering home-spa-wellness day for me and the girls I realised how important and fun and good it really is to just take some time to embrace one self and make some little luxury ...
Cheers to the weekend
So, I was bragging about the unbelievably tasty elderflower limonade I got from my mom as a gift for my birthday. This limonade is so good and really versatile. You can mix it with water and drink it as limonade. You kan mix it with hot water, lemon and honey and drink it as tea (it's super good for your immune system) You can mix it with mineral water and a drop of freshly squeezed lemon or lime and drink it as a sparkling refreshment ... you can add it to your smoothie or any juice to add the delicious taste of elderflower... you can add it to sherbet, desserts, you can even mix it with a little bit of prosecco to make a summery, festive drink or mix it with white rhum, freshly squeezed lime, peppermint leaves, sugar and soda to make ...
