Another Day another Smoothie

Today I tried out another Fruit-Veggie Smoothie:

Below the recipe:

3 small carrots
1 stick of celery
3 strawberries
1 orange
1/2 a banana
Cup of Cranberry juice
Splash of Lemon juice
2 leaves of Basil
Ginger to taste

Enjoy!!!

 

With Summer still out of sight this Fruit & Veggie Smoothie will surely boost your immune system. Fruits and vegetables help you stay healthy and contain a lot of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Apart from fruits, this Smoothie contains, Celery, Spinach and fresh Basil. Spinach might not sound very appealing to you, but it has a high nutriotional value and is extremely rich in iron and antioxidants. It might surprise you but it's even very mild in flavor. The advantage of drinking Veggie Smoothies is that you are eating all parts of the vegetables, including its fiber. The added fruits will help to give a bit of a sweet taste to it! Even though the colour of this Smoothie might look a bit appaling to you, it tastes delicious and it's super healthy!

  

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of Cranberry Juice
• 1/2 a cup of yoghurt
• 1 sliced apple (sweet tasting apples are better)
• 3 strawberries
• 1 handful of Black Currants
•  half a banana
• 1 celery stick
• 1 handful of fresh Spinach
• Some fresh Basil
• A bit of Honey

Combine everything in blender. Blend until smooth.

Tricolore Salad

Last night I tried out a new recipe that I found on the internet. As I did not have all the ingredients needed, I whipped up my own version. It was wonderful! Normally I prepare a Tricolore Salad containing just tomatoes, basil and mozzarella. But as I had quite some avocados lying around it seemed like the perfect moment to try it out. Even though avocados are high in fat -- a thing we women do not appreciate -- their health benefits are great So try out below recipe: it's simple, tasty and so healthy!

You will need (serves 3 people):

1 avocado - peeled, pitted and diced

4/5 large ripe tomato, chopped

125 g mozzarella, diced

2 table spoons of basil (pesto)

some lemon juice

salt and pepper to taste

In a medium bowl, combine avocado, tomatoes, mozzarella, basil, and lime juice. Gently toss until evenly coated. Season with salt and pepper. Chill before serving! Buon Appetito!

Applique!

Last week I have been trying my luck at sewing this cute Dragonfly Applique on a Baby Bib. Even though it's a time consuming project, I loved every minute of it!! Here's the result!!

Purple and cameras

My little boy loves purple and cameras. As it was a rainy day today and I had some time on my hands, I made him this special shirt! He loved it! Of course my favorite Fabri-Tac was within reach!

Birthday Cakes....

In our household October is the Birthday month, so baking cakes is all we do! It's so much fun!! Here are the results...

Roller Fun!

Working with felt is just one of the greatest things! The material is very easy to work with, it comes in great colours and you can make almost anything! Yesterday I tried my luck on a new trendy keychain. The detailing was quite time consuming, but I love the result!

Bling Bling....

My little girl just loves bling bling. She asked me to decorate her new sneakers. With some Gem-Tac and crystal Rhinestones (size 20) I whipped up these. At first I thought it would take me a lot of time and effort to finish them. But it only took 2 hours to complete them. Tomorrow I will post the finished pair!

Hairclipholder Ballerina Girl....

Today some new hairclipholders were on the schedule. Inspiration: Pink and Ballet. It resulted in this Handmade Exclusive Ballerina Girl Hairclipholder.

Fast Finish Decoupage

Today I've tried out one of our new Beacon products. As I had a little birdhouse laying around for quite some time, I decided to give it a go. First I made a selection from my Eskimo Kisses paper pad to decorate the birdhouse with. I was surprised how easy it was to apply to the wood. Apart from wood it can be used on many types of surfaces like plastic, glass, paper mache, cardboard, ceramics, metal and more. You can create wonderful gifts and great home decor items such as jewelry boxes, pottery, picture frames, decorative plates and much more. As it is perfectly safe for children to use it's great fun to do a project together! Fast Finish Decoupage is now available in our shop!

I might add some more fun decorations like ribbon, trims, felt flowers, etc.. but here's the result so far...

Britannia rules the waves!

I just love the British Flag also known as the Union Jack. It's a combination of the three flags of the United Kingdom's countries England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The intense color scheme in combination with the great pattern makes this flag a great source of inspiration. Union Jack inspired products are quite popular at the moment and are making a huge impact on interior designs. However, just stick to only a few items in your interior, do not overdo it! Less is more!

Some more buttons....

Some more fabric covered buttons. The fabric has a floral print in red, white and pink! You can do so much fun stuff with them....e.g. decorating clothes, scrapbooking, card making, hair accessoiries, etc...

Handmade fabric covered buttons...

Today I had some extra time on my hands, which is very rare. A couple of weeks ago I bought some ligth cotton fabric, so I decided to finally do a little project with it. And here's the result ... a couple of cute fabric covered buttons...

Happy Easter!

Yesterday the kids and I have been baking Easter cookies. We had great fun and they even taste good. The recipe of the sugar cookies I found in Peggy Porschen's Cake Chic. Love her books!

Happy Easter!

Beautiful Holland!

One of my favourite times of year is Spring Time. Spring flowers are blooming and the sense in the air is fabulous. The beautiful colours of the flower fields surrounding our house are very inspiring to me......

Cupcakes....

This weekend I tried my luck on some cupcakes for a baby shower. Instead of using a heavy Crème au beurre I used some Royal Icing covered with a typical Dutch decoration "wit met blauwe muisjes". Quite happy with the result!

Cliphanger...

A fuchsia heart with an embroidered name and some Candy Cane Ribbon resulted in this cute Cliphanger for a little girl called Frederique. From now on she will never have to search for her hair clippies again!

Hope...

Hope, Strength & Love to everyone affected....

Cliphanger

My little girl has a big box filled with hairclips. Everyday she is digging through to find a pair of matching clips to complete her outfit. To save her some time in the morning, I made a haircliphanger to store all her favorite hairclips. As of today also available in my webshop. Handmade! Only available in very small numbers to keep them a bit more exclusive.

Crochet Flowers

This weekend I bought a simple striped t-shirt for my daughter. To add just a little color I made some crochet flowers which I glued on with my all-time favorite glue!

I just love the result. And my daughter does too!