Project: Elongating Old Toddler Coat :)

My girl has got a coat that she has been wearing for the past two years and simply refuses to say "goodbye" to it :) It was getting too short on her arms and general length.. I must have been thinking about it, because last week I had a dream of her wearing this coat with some fur attached to the bottom of it, the sleeves extended and a lovely foxy hat matching it. So following my dream I went to a haberdashery shop, got some fake fur and done exactly what I saw in the dream :) I also made a little hand warmer to go on her neck as she refuses to wear gloves and then complains about cold hands :D 

Coat before alterations :) 

Beetroot Muffins :)

Rainy days call for some different activities and last week we found a lovely beetroot muffin recipe that we thought we should try out :) 

I wouldn't say the muffins were particularly tasty, but the process of making them was great fun and it seems we have another beetroot lover in the family :) 

Remember remember the 5th of November :)

Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot...

The finish of fireworks display on bonfire night :)

Inspired 2 :)

Another one inspired by Mila's Daydreams :) 

Travelling, far far away, in deserts, on the friendly camel.. <3 p="p">

Elze Jurate at 11 weeks old :)

Rainy Evening Body-parts Craft Project :)

Another fun activity we did with my little one - body parts. I've cut body parts for a little person from various colored paper scraps and she had a task of putting them together into a picture and then customizing it with drawing :) She loved how it all came together :)

Body parts :)

Gluing in progress :D

It is coming together :)

Adding detail :)

Tree :D

Happy artist :)

Finished job :) 

"Turn Old Sweater into a Dress" project :)

I looove remaking old clothes into new things and recently I've been sorting our loft out. While doing that i came across loads of old hubby's  clothes that I was about to throw away. Then I realized  that all this is a pile of good material worth recycling! So my latest project was making an old sweater into a dress and pair of leggings for my two year old :) I used the sleeves for leggings and the middle bit for the dress. Added a collar and pockets made from old t-shirt.

 She loves her new dress and especially the pockets, where she can put a few toys :D

The starting point - daddy's old sweater :)

And here she is trying to fit a toy cow into her pocket :D

Finished dress and leggings :)

Little Panda Eight Weeks Old!

So precious! 

Inspired :)

Inspired by http://milasdaydreams.blogspot.co.uk/ 

(I think I'll do few more of those:) )

Little Elze Jurate :)

Space traveler :)

Abergavenny Food Festival 2012 :)

When I came to UK first, Abergavenny was a little town that I settled in. I must admit though, since I moved from there I have hardly been to visit. But there's nothing better than an occasion to renew my love for this place. And occasion came up this September and it was Abergavenny Food Festival :) Someone said that this food festival is like Glastonbury of food festivals! So we could not miss it. Here are few snapshots of our lovely day there :)

New Addition to the Family! :)

Recently we had a new addition to our family - a lovely healthy little girl!!!

Sisters :)

Scone and sun day :)

We love scones that were freshly baked and served with fresh clotted cream and raspberry jam :)

So here's our favorite recipe :)

Ingredients:

400g self-raising flour

1 tbsp caster sugar

80g butter

250ml milk

and some flour for dusting

Preparation:

1. Oven on 220C. Line baking tray with baking paper and dust it with flour.

2. Sieve flour to the bowl, add sugar and butter and rub it together with your fingers, 

until it looks like bread crumbs.

3. Add milk and mix everything together until you've got a nice ball ow dough.

4. Roll it to about 2cm thick and cut scones with a round biscuit cutter

 (or scone cutter if you've got one).

5. Put them on the baking tray with 1-2cm gaps between them and brush them with some milk.

6. Bake in the oven for about 15 min or until golden :) 

Serve with raspberry jam and clotted cream or butter 

Mmmmm... Looking all rustic :)

Relaxing with daddy :)