Last week we had the first bit of snow already in The Netherlands, so it’s about time to please the birds. N. didn’t go to school today, because of a bad cold. She was glad she could help me with this bird feeder, that we made out of 5 toilet paper rolls, 2 branches, some peanut butter and bird seed:

It’s a very simple and quick project, that we found on Pinterest. Here are our how-to pictures….

Today, it was raining again, as you can see. We only have little hope for a white Christmas this year

We made another bird feeder as well, but it’s still in the fridge. I’m sure, I can show you tomorrow! See you then

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Last week, N. and I baked some wonderful smelling ornaments for Christmas. These are very simple to make, as you only need 1 cup of applesauce and 1 cup of cinnamon. We also used 1 tablespoon of glue, just to be sure they would harden enough.

We discovered this recipe through Pinterest (ofcourse!) and decided to paint some of the (not edible) ornaments. Be aware, that painted ornaments won’t smell like cinnamon anymore – the unpainted ones still do, though. Here’s a photo how-to, step by step. Actually, N. made the ornaments all by herself – it’s THAT easy! Click on the pictures to enlarge…

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Today I’m in quite a serious mood. So no DIY but a brand new category: Quotes. I’ll start with 3 quotes of my own.

In february 2011, my lovely mom died of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 73.
It was a very long and tough goodbye.
While she was ill, I realized how glad I was that I knew some nice things from her past. There were those funny sayings that she always used to quote.
She laughed, when I used them too and I noticed every time that, somehow, it brought back some recognition.
In fact it’s the same with old songs. Strange, how they didn’t seem to fade. Maybe some lyrics did, but the melody didn’t; even in the last phase my mom still hummed the tunes.

It became clear to me that you should enjoy memories as long as you’re capable of doing so. Someday, you might forget about them.
Let me ask you a question: where do memories go when our memory fails? Do they just dissapear? They might. But they don’t have to.
It feels so good, seeing someone smile because of a forgotten memory that you were

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Even though I made a (coffee filter) Christmas wreath last year, I made a new, totally different wreath today and I must say: I love it!
Last week, I bought some small craft thingies and some decoration that I used for this.

There’s no need for a step by step tutorial for this because all I did was searching through my bags, looking for (mostly) white and (some) brown things, arranging and re-arranging (about 20 200 times). When I was satisfied, I hotglued it onto the empty straw wreath. The flower and white bow had clips. Normally, I would have bought some grey things for some contrast but since we have 2 dark brown leather couches now (in a furthermore mostly white interior), I thought it would fit nice – and it does. I love the little wooden shabby hearts the most. I had some more of the snowflakes and just sticked those on to the windows.

Here are some closeups to enjoy. I hope

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Today, N. made this cute little Christmas Tree. Last year, when she had just turned 3, she also made a tree and it’s nice to see the difference It’s more precise than last year, ofcourse.

It was too difficult for her little fingers to make a cone, so I made one for her. I explained to her in what order the punched circles needed to be glued and I think she did a great job. In the end, we put the tree on a candle holder.

I took some pictures; they speak for themselves, no further explanation needed….

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