Sponsored by www.hobbii.dk Happy Monday!It's mid July, it's the warmest summer in more than 70 years in Oslo .... we are enjoying the days off and summer at home, rewinding after the wedding weekend one week ago and just chilling, doing things we love. Yes, we love DOING things. So, we enjoy our staycation in the garden, working on our self made pergola project (Jarle is doing the most woodwork) and after doing the entire framework we've now added in windows on two sides of the pergola 😊 I'm enjoying the day at the deck chair in the garden. Crocheting. I'm really so excited about the collaboration with hobbii and the beautiful organic wool I'm testing, I can't help myself but sharing my crochet project. Most times I don't share ...
raspberry vanilla cream pie
🇳🇴👇🏻 Today we've had another celebration in our household. Yes, we love celebrations of all sorts 😊 So, we celebrated Iver's homecoming after finishing his one year duty at the Norwegian army. We also kinda pre-celebrated his 20th birthday this upcoming week. And because we are in the middle of the raspberry season and because Eirun and I picked some huge buckets of raspberries in the forest yesterday - what better to serve for the celebration than raspberry- vanilla cream pie. Ok, I admit we had raspberry cream cake and some chocolate mousse too .... but today I'll share the super yummy raspberry vanilla cream pie with you. Hope you'll like it. (Scroll down for English recipe 😊 Norwegian description and recipe in the middle of post ...
Lunch at the beach
We are having Some wonderful warm summer days here on the southern coast of Norway. We enjoy a few days off before the upcoming wedding on Saturday and today was perfect to chill at the beach. We brought our sup (stand up paddle) board and had totally fun practicing and paddle. This is a wonderful and fun investment. It's not for small children but for teens and adults this is a perfect "toy". It's also pretty sustainable (even if it's made of rubber). It's definitely nothing you throw away after one or two times use like any other floating plastic toy.. it has more than one use and it might be used for both stand up paddle (like it's meant to) but also sitting, laying down, playing, floating, relaxing... I tried sup first time last ...
garden green watermelon salad
Happy Sunday! Sundays are time for relaxing and recharging... in our household it's family time, time for good food and just hanging around the house, being together doing things we love, feeling relaxed and comfy. In Norwegian we call it "koselig" or "kose seg "... same as danish "hygge", wich I notice have been a hot, trendy word after it became clear the Danes (and Scandinavian people) are ranked to be the happiest people in the world ... so obviously "hygge" or as we say "kose seg" must be a good thing .... 😂 Today our Sunday have been spent at home, we packed for departure tomorrow ... grandma (mommo ) came by to try some dresses and we helped her pick the right one for the upcoming wedding. It was so much fun. We had lunch and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
