Coffee And Vanilla

Don’t throw away old t-shirts, turn them into rugs MATERIALS 4-6 old t-shirts or pyjama tops in as many or as little colours you like, cut into 2.5 cm / 1 inch strips EQUIPMENT fat crochet hook (I used 9 mm one) needle and a little bit of thread to secure the last chain on the rug METHOD stitches used: chain (ch), single crochet (sc), slip stich (sl) FOUNDATION CHAIN Start with 7 ch, connect ends of the chain with sl to create a circle. ROUND 1-3 Work 1 sc 1 ch 1 sc 1 ch etc...

With summer just round the corner I’m always more than ever concerned about dry skin especially the one on the elbows and heels that is exposed in summer clothes and shoes. For the past few years, during and after two pregnancies I struggled with those problems a lot and tried most available on the market creams and ointments with very little effect I must say, they are all either worthless or do not have pleasant scent. But regular applications of plain vaseline / petroleum jelly, just...

After watching very much loved “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” movie last weekend, we could not resist making some themed crafts. And with the pot of grass already at hand (leftover from Easter) we had no other choice but to make truffula trees MATERIALS wooden skewers fluffy pom-poms in candy pinks and yellows flower pot with grass EQUIPMENT black permanent marker all-purpose clear permanent glue (like UHU, Bostik or GSD) METHOD With a marker paint stripes on the skewer...

Last weekend my 6 year old daughter and I we went to Odeon West End to see “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” movie preview. The Lorax is a comedy for children, adaptation of one of Dr. Seuss books written back in 1971 and now animated by Universal Pictures & Illumination Entertainment under direction of Chris Renaud. I completely did not have any expectations as we did not read any of Dr. Seuss books yet, but I was very excited because I haven’t also seen any 3D film...

[Inspired by Good Mornig Hearts from Sherbet Blossom] I made those pancakes for my older daughter who is not feeling well today and needed some cheering up. INGREDIENTS for the pancakes 1½ cups self raising flour or ½ cups plain flour + ½ tbs baking powder 2 cups milk ¼ cup oil (I used hazelnut oil) 2 eggs for the topping fruity syrup – I used natural concentrated raspberry juice EQUIPMENT non-stick frying pan spatula to turn the pancakes recycled squeezable...

I don’t know if it is just my luck but every time I buy sponges on the ropes for my girls they are either too hard to use or they are breaking after couple of days and we don’t like all those plasticky wash puffs so I decided to make my own ropes for plain sponges. MATERIALS sponge 2 acrylic beads with large holes piece of ribbon or string EQUIPMENT crochet hook (I used 3 mm one) METHOD Pierce the sponge with a crochet hook. Fold the ribbon in half and pull it through the...

Some time last week I attended Warner Bros. Welcomes Bloggers event in Central London where we were introduced to the newest technologies in sharing, storing and watching movies and at the same time we got a chance to meet up with other bloggers. I do spend quite a lot of time on the computer and I must admit I did not have any idea about most of the things they were talking about… I wasn’t aware that if I buy selected movies in Tesco they automatically going into my Blinkbox...

“The Goblin and the Girl” written by Neil Irani, is another great book we have received to review from Maverick, available also through my Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com stores. First, a little bit about the author – Neil who writes stories for children for over 8 years now. His previous publications were mainly written for boys so once his daughter was born he decided to write books for girls as well. “The Goblin and the Girl” was created out of frustration with...

MATERIALS square pieces of handmade Mulberry paper pieces of ribbon tied into bows square blank cards with envelopes glitter glues, we used orange and pink colourful ink (we used purple bingo dabber instead) marker – same colour as the ink craft glue EQUIPMENT large stamp for the front of the card little stamp for the back of the card – optional METHOD Stamp square piece of Mulberry paper with bigger stamp, we used swirly heart design. With a marker make dots all over the...

A while ago I found on my door step very fragrant package filled with freshly roasted coffee beans from ZABU Coffee. In addition to the beans coffee grinder was included which I find very useful and not complicated enough to grind a little bit of coffee in the morning while I’m still half asleep, just before brewing it in the cafetiere… I must admit that it really does make a difference when you freshly grind beans instead of using ground coffee that was seating in jar for...