Red christmas

So here are a few more images from yesterday

spending the day baking a cake for a birthday girl ,she is 17 year old
i also made some snowflake chocolates with candy canes sounds good ... ?
well pic´s come later of those jummy things

i also was trying to get a pic of my kids .. well i did try it can be pretty hard to lie still for more then a few seconds ..... now sure what im gona do with a card image ,need to try again ,ive never gotten a good image of them in just one try .. nob

Christmas

Christmas doesn't come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more....
something to think about .

i whanted to bake a cranberry cake today

ive also spent my lunch time at work making some snowflakes ,its raining here and i dont like the rain so what is a girl to do then well make youre own snowflakes .....
USA
Ch 8, join with a sl st to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3, work 1 dc into ring, ch 3, * work 2 dc into ring, ch 3 rep from * 4 times, join with a sl st into top of beg ch-3.
Rnd 2: Sl st into next dc and ch-3 sp, ch 1, * work 1 sc, ch 3, 1 sc, ch 6, 1 sc, ch 3, 1 sc into ch-3 sp, rep from * 5 times, join with a sl st into first sc.
Fasten off.
© Sarah London 2010

i have more pic´s but you will just have to wait to see the rest
have a snowy weekend .
Valeria

Around the corner

Yeb christmas is around the corner but it sure doesnt look like it here where i live in Norway .... rain rain and more rain ,i never knew it could rain more then it did back home but i guess i know now and its so boring but insted of letting the rain ruin my day´s  i try to keep it cozy inside.
We have some lights up and i bought my self a very small tree ,its so tiny and cute and i love taking pic´s of it.
So here is one quick of the tree the kids call Jesus :)

 or you can see it in the background ,this decoration im gona use on this years advent ,simple but pretty i think .

hope the weekend is good to you

Bact to life

I love the hollidays and i like to think alot and i get so many ideas in my at this time that it gets hard to focus on just one thing .
But i think i whant to see if i can get this blog back to action ,ive not been very active here for along time well i do have so many things going on in my life ,big family ,hospital trips ,work ,school and i could keep on but im not .

So lets jus get started with this post ,its about crafts for the kids
i have 5 kids but the 3 youngest are the most active once so i have to keep them busy and one of the girls (shee is 8 years old) she is very much into crafts and she can make things i never even knew a kid could think about ,she made a computer from paper the other day and it was very much so perfect ,she loves to drawn and cut and clue things together haha i never have a tape in the house she takes it and then i dont see it anymore .

Anyway this post is about how to keep the kids busy at this time of year and let them be apart of the decorations you make

these handmade decorations are awesome and they smell so good ,you could use them on the tree or on gifts to make them even more special

What you’ll need:
1 cup of applesauce
1 1/2 cups cinnamon (look for a big containers at $1 stores, bulk stores or amazon.)
2 T cloves optional (grind with a spice grinder)
heart cookie cutters in different sizes
string for hanging 
Mix 1 cup of applesauce with 1 cup of cinnamon in a large bowl. Mix, mix, mix. This is the kinda recipe you’ll need to use your hands to really incorporate the spices. Make sure you don’t miss any wet spots. Add the additional 1/2 cup of cinnamon, cloves and continue to incorporate. If it’s too wet add more cinnamon, too dry add more applesauce. But be patient. It takes time to mix so don’t add cinnamon or applesauce till you’re absolutely sure it’s well mixed.
Scatter some cinnamon (like if you were rolling out cookies with flour) and roll out applesauce/cinnamon dough to 1/4″ thick. If the dough is too wet it will make a huge mess and stick to your rolling pin.
Use your cookie cutters to cut out the hearts. I noticed the first time around my dough was too wet and the edges were straggly. Once I add more cinnamon the edges were clean.
Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Place the hearts on a cookie sheet with a silpat. The hearts can be really close together but not touching; they won’t rise in the oven. Using a skewer carefully make a hole through each heart. Stick the ornaments in the oven for an hour or more. The juice from the applesauce needs to evaporate. The range in cooking time depends on your house, humidity and climate. My house is cold so I had them in for 1.5 hours and then I turned the oven off and left them to set overnight. They should be rock hard. If they’re not, give them some more time in the oven.
The next day loop a string through each of the holes to hang on the tree, string together to make a garland or attach to a package. Enjoy!


orginal post here Cinnamon ornaments 

have fun with the kids or with youre self  <3

see ya soon  

2 days

Now its just 2 days untill my trip back home :) im almost done my packing ,still need to work tomm and then i can finish packing my things ,dont really need much ,mostly camera stuff im taking hehe ,and some gifst for my mom ,sister and my best buddy friend ,i just pray that her dd will be ok,she had to take her to the hospital ,she was very sick and nobody new what was wrong :( but as far as i know she is getting better .
I may go on my roadtrip alone but thats ok ,i dont mind that ,i totally understand if she wont be able to go with me ,im planing on driving to get to a place called jökulsárlón, really whant to be there at sunsetting if i can ,then its the normal stuff like some off the waterfalls (strange feel like a tourist in strange land )but then again im not and i know all the places i whant to go to so i think its just gona be a fun trip .

cant wait to hug my sister ,havent seen her in almost 2 years :/ her boys and hubby ,my mom ohh love my mom and the best part my dad is in Norway and we will meet up in Oslo airport and fly home togther :) how fun is that .
Then its my 2 other friends gona meet them for coffee on wednesday :)miss then and coffee isnt the same without them .

well this is my last post before i go so here is one image i took the other night ,was trying out some new toy hubby bought me (did i tell you that he is the best ) well you should know by now that he does everything for me :)
this was taken at sunset by the Sola beach ,like the dreamy look the sea and the rock rising up .
take care and hope you have a good next week , i know im gona have a blast

Inspired by Iceland

My oldest dd has left the nest ... she is in Iceland for two weeks and that means that its only one week until i go ............ :) can you see the smile on my face from where you are sitting

Easter weekend

Well easter is over and an new week begins with fun things .A now its only one week untill i go back HOME and im so exited about that trip ,cant wait to see my parents my sister and her family ,my friends and take my road trip with my friend that is gona be so much fun ,i just hope i get good weather and the volcano´s dont make trouble for me but it woud be fun to get some volcano action to photoraph :)

i was taking a workshop all easter online they are so much fun and even if i cant watch all off it i always learn so much for them ,so i was playing with the flowers i bought for my self .

i love these flowers and i may end up using one of these flower pic´s for Unit 2 im working on ,ive done all the reading and i just need to get my head around the images i need to send in

hope you had a good weekend