Make your own candy stand

Here's a pop of colour that will brighten any rainy April day! Simply mix and match your favourite dishes making sure that the tiers get smaller towards top! Now fill with candy, chocolates or Easter eggs! In our house those won't last very long, but there's always the pretty dishes to look at :)

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Etwas Farbe an einem verregneten Apriltag gefällig? Diese bunt-fröhliche Etagère könnt ihr mit verschieden gemusterten Tellern, Schüsseln und Tassen selbst zusammenbauen! Mit Bonbons, Pralinen oder Schokoeier füllen! Die Naschereien halten bei uns bestimmt nicht lange :)

Retro Rosenstoff hier

Have a great week!

Habt eine schöne (kurze) Woche!

Naschkatze...

...means "sweet tooth" in German, and it seems I'm turning into one! The displays and variety of Christmas chocs and sweets at supermarkets are getting bigger each year. Funny how they are always located at check-out, tempting the unsuspecting buyer (me).

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Normalerweise bin ich gar keine...aber bei der riesen Auswahl an Süßigkeiten, die jedes Jahr größer und vielfältiger wird kann auch ich nicht widerstehen...

these candy canes are only for decoration! / diese candy canes sind nur zur Deko!

 Are you looking forward to Christmas? Only ten more days to go (nine in our case).

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Freut ihr euch schon auf Weihnachten? Nur noch neun Tage!!

my little cheeky angel

Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day!
Vielen Dank für euren Besuch! Habt einen wundervollen Tag!

Nikolaus Tag

On Saturday, December 6th , we celebrate 'Nikolaus Tag' (St. Nicholas Day), in honour of Saint Nicholas of Myra - also known as St. Nicholas the wonderworker, since many deeds and miracles were attributed to him. He was also known as 'the gift-giver' - leaving coins in the shoes of those that left them out for him. Nowadays it's mostly a festival for children. Kids across Europe leave their shoes outside their bedroom door the night before St. Nicholas Day, and the next day they are 'miraculously' filled with colourful wrapped sweets and chocolate. (Thanks, mom☺) More health-conscious parents buy their children a small gift instead (book, pencil case, something useful for school) - sort of like an appetizer before the main course: Christmas! It's also not uncommon for spouses to buy little gifts for each other and we do this among close friends too. At the workplace it's custom for the boss to put a small gift of appreciation on each employees desk. Since this year it's on Saturday, most will receive their present on the following Monday. When I was still part of the 9-5 workforce I was given everything from a huge chocolate Santa to a box of candles to a gift certificate! Boy, did we love those gift certificates! By the way, that little 'Nikolaus' pouch you see in the photo is what my niece and a few of my younger pupils (aged 8 - 10) are going to receive from me...