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Lavender wand

Summertime, vacation – who won’t think of sun, beach and waves. But of course we’re thinking of those large purple lavender fields reaching the horizon in Tuscany and Provence. Even in Germany you’ll find lavender in nearly every garden or on numerous balconies. If you’re really fond of it you’ll always try to conserve their […]

Barbecue

Initial part of my last week-end barbecue table decoration were these little wooden flowers glued on cloth pins. An off-white table cloth formed the neutral layer for dark brown paper napkins and felt coasters. A glass candle holder filled with small pebble stones gave us a restrained light after sunset. From my garden I took […]

Mini shortbread cups

My last discovery for desserts – small cups of shortbread filled with various sorts of cream. Based on a traditional shortbread recipe you simply have to roll out the pastry at 2-3mm and cut cookies. Your cups will look very nice with a flower shaped cookie cutter but cercles and squares will work too. Place […]

Paper vase

  Inspired by folded muffin wraps I made these little green vases for my strawberry table decoration. The advance of these vases is that you can produce them at any time in any color you need. According to the flower and the size of the water container you’ll need origami papers mesuring between 10 or […]

Strawberry center piece

Strictly in file gerbera and fabric strawberries are arranged in the center of my table. Match them with a red or green and white checkered table cloth or put them directly on a rustic wooden table.  The following picture shows some ladybeetle paper napkins on a white plate. The bigger plate on the left repeats […]