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Even more cinnamon

Three years ago I found these lovely ornaments in a german magazine called landlust and since then I just get them out every year again. That’s why today I’ll tell you how to do them. The following ingredients are needed and supposedly available in nearly every household. 1.8oz cinnamon, 2 tbsp finely ground cloves, 1 […]

A scent of Christmas

Just in time for advent the temperatures started to go down and everybody will enjoy the scent cookies and fir branches. I specially love the light scent of cinnamon waving through our homes. I found these little trees at etsy.com and reproduced them myself. You can use leftovers of holiday fabric to make them. Take […]

Last-minute advent wreath

  Saturday night and you just forgot that tomorrow we’ll have Advent Sunday. Well, then there’s only one thing to do – spontaneous crafting action. Take a large glass bowl and fill it with decorating pebbles and Christmas balls in your favorite colour. Place four  Pendulum Christmas Tree candle holders on the edge of the […]

Advent wreath

This kind of advent wreath will need some space and goes best with country style furniture or on a roofed terrasse. Then the candles should be replaced by glass candle holders. The rack is made with three birch tree logs being 4 feet long and having a diameter of 1.5-2 inches. Just beneath the upper […]

Advent calendar Par IV

  One of the quickly done calendars. Simply choose a wicker heart and decorate it with a Christmas ribbon matching with the color of the wall behind it. Mine will hang on a light brown wall. The lovely Santa box is made with the template of the mini gift box which I showed last October. […]