Today I’m bringing you this cake inspiration – the excavator cake is easy to make and it will make your little heavy-machinery fan so happy!
How to make a Fruit Bouquet
As I said here I prefer to have flowers in the garden rather than in a vase. That’s why I’m so excited about the fruit bouquets which became so popular! A fruit bouquet looks great, tastes delicious and makes for a beautiful centerpiece. It’s perfect for celebrations or just as something to put on your …
Fluffy Bunny Cake
“Mommy, I’d like a bunny cake,” said the upcoming birthday girl and she had me at bunny. So I planned the cake, the decoration and everything. Long story short, it was one fail after another until there was nothing left from my original plan and I had to come up with a new one a …
Scratch Off (Valentine) Love Card
Are you looking for an original idea for a card for St. Valentine’s Day, anniversary or birthday? Try to make this scratch off card with my tutorial.
Totoro cake
We are all big fans of Totoro in our home, especially Mina who would love to watch this beautiful Japanese tale every day. She wished a Totoro cake for her birthday and it was up to me to deliver.
Penguin cake
If you’ve known my blog for a while you probably know that I make my kids birthday cakes. My oldest daughter is especially demanding, this year she came up with the idea of the “penguin cake”. And it was up to me to figure out how to make such a cake at home with usual …
Matchbox suitcase
Lately I’ve made the exploding box for my husband and I decided to stay creative when it came to his birthday. I made him this matchbox suitcase as an alternative to a birthday card.
DIY Origami Fathers Day Squash Card
In the last post I showed you how to make two simple paper decorations that I used in a bigger project (which I’ll show you very soon) and this time I bring you a tutorial on the squash card which is a card that might look simple but only until you open it. It is …
Build your own Cardboard Cryptex
This year I deicded to make Lily a cryptex for her birthday. If you read Dan Brown’s book The DaVinci Code or saw the movie, you know what a cryptex is. The cryptex hides something inside and gives it away only when you turn the code correctly.
Nail care paste with royal jelly
I went to a manicure recently. It was my second time and I generally felt like I went somewhere on my own after a hundred years. I happily left the children at school, spent almost one hour going there, then had my tired nails filed and went back feeling glorious with my shiny nails. Most …
Flower card
It’s a circle of life – at kindergarden you make all kind of things for your mom, from paper bracelets to imperfections from ceramics, in your teen years you don’t understand why your aunts have so much kids’ rubbish at the fireplace and when you have your own kids you hold the tears as you pin the masterpiece …
Giant rose cake
For every birthday of my girls I take on a project that eventually makes me sweat. When I started making children’s cakes the themes were meadow or ladybug. Later on I said my offspring can pick their own theme. Last year the pick was “cake with healts” which was easy but this year Lily’s taste …