Nothing But Favourites

I'm in love with this outfit. 

That's all I have to say :)

Outfit details:

- boots - Alpina (local brand)

- skirt (old) - Kesidov

- rollneck - Peter James

- jacket - Ness

- yellow beads -  Oriental shop in the capital 

- beret - Seeberger

- corsage - crafts shop in the capital

- angel brooch!

Spring on my skirt, at least!

For A Change

Today, for a change, let me post one of my daughter's outfits. She always looks adorable, naturally :), but I thought she was particularly gorgeous in this ensemble:

Well, perhaps we should have swapped her Hello Kitty slippers for something more elegant (she did wear her chocolate brown leather boots to school...) but hey - not everything can be perfect. And after all, they're a great match, aren't they?

Outfit details:

- top - hand-me-down from her cousin (sooo pretty, isn't it?)

- tulip skirt - Next

- tights - local clothes shop

- Hello Kitty slippers - local supermarket :)

And while we're on the subject, let me share some of my little girl's creativity. This is how she prepares her snack (banana & chocolate eggs; she likes her food to be yummy AND look good...):

Enjoy!

She certainly did :)

Easter Outfits

Easter Sunday.

  Very early in the morning, 

going to the Resurrection Mass:

Outfit details:

- boots - Bata

- tights - home closet

- dress (underneath) - Boden

- coat - Ness

- scarf - Etsy (AliceCaroline)

- hat - Seeberger

- Harris Tweed wristlet / clutch - BlackHouse Bags

- antique brooch on clutch - friend's gift

Easter Monday.

Later in the day :)

Outfit details:

- boots - Humanic

- tights - home closet

- coat - Boden

- scarf / collar - crafts shop in the capital

- hat - Seeberger

- wrist warmers - Etsy (helengraydesigns)

- suede clutch - local boutique

And that's it!

Easter Goodies

In the week after Easter I'm still allowing myself to post about our Easter weekend - first the yummy food! I made the traditional Simnel cake (not traditional in Slovenia, but traditional for me since it's a British tradition, ha! :) and two batches of Hot Cross Buns (another British tradition in my family...). My husband and my little girl did the egg-colouring business. Surprisingly, with all my love for crafting, I've never really enjoyed colouring Easter eggs. I'm glad my daughter is looking forward to it every year :)

Apart from these, we also had traditional ham baked in bread, grated horseradish and spring onions, and my M-i-L made the delicious traditional (Slovenian this time) walnut cake roll. We took the food to church for the blessing.

Obviously, most of the food has been eaten by now, but there might be one or two forgotten Hot Cross Buns in the tin, and plenty of the walnut cake roll left, should you fancy stopping by for a cuppa!

I'll Crochet My Own Spring

Photo: source

Eagerly waiting for the postman to arrive :)

Colour In My Life

Some pretty colourful things I got on my quick trip to the capital last week:

- two packs 

of lovely 

Easter napkins

- yummy 

chocolate eggs 

for my littles

- a beautiful box 

of tissues

- two gorgeous 

tins of 

all-purpose balms 

(made in the uk!)

- the other side 

of my beautiful 

box of tissues

- a sweet 

beaded bracelet

- a set of 

pastel 

skinny belts 

from H&M 

 Spring, are you anywhere near?

A Pinch Of Happiness

OK, I can well imagine what you might be thinking - does she have nothing better to do? In fact, I do. But every now and then it is good to do something completely and utterly useless, the only use being the feast for the eyes. And a happy heart. And that, my friends, is a lot :)

This Little Nutbrown Hare was a birthday present from my brother & his wife (then girlfriend) ages and ages ago (the time B.C. as I call it - before children). I was madly in love with it, I used to take him everywhere with me (I was already a married woman at the time, mind you, but I'd always had a soft spot for children's literature...). It took me a while before I realised that I could make tiny little clothes for my Hare, and so he ended up with all sorts of pretty things (most of them disposed of by now, unfortunately). In the recent years I have only put a pretty ribbon tied in a bow around his neck, or warmed him up with a fleece hat and a scarf. Then I saw these bunnies and thought - I could do something vaguely similar! So, ta-dah...

The Hare does no longer accompany me on my whereabouts, naturally. He sits on my desk next to my computer and gives me enormous and silly amounts of pleasure only by my looking at him. Especially now, in his new spring attire (which is about the only 'spring' thing around here at the moment!)...

I hope you all had a lovely Easter, ours was great, with lots of church visits, good food and good friends around. The pictures of our festive food preparation are yet to be downloaded. Watch this space :)