DIY Christmas cards

Hello dears,

I know, I know...it's been a while. So sorry...I was so busy at work that I didn't have any time to update my blog...but now I'm back!  :)


As some of you might know I make Christmas cards early...this year very early. I got an inspiration, and rest is the history now. I wanna share how I made my Christmas cards this year. Maybe, just maybe some of you might get inspiration too! Some people says that making Christmas cards takes a lot of time, a lot of money. I say, no it doesn't. I only needed some buttoms, white ( you can choose the color that pleases you) cards, glue gun and colored pencil.

 

This is all what you need to make a Christmas card

My idea was pretty simple. I glued the buttoms on a row and draw a ribbon so buttoms would look like Christmas ornaments.

            This is what my cards looked before I glued the buttoms on the cards.

                                                            This was the result.



When I have draw the ribbons and bows. I wrote "Hyvää Joulua" all cards. Because I do send Christmas cards to my friends in abroad I also wrote "Merry Christmas" those that I will send to USA or other countries and "Frohe Weihnachten" those that I will send to Germany.

Now when I am done with Christmas cards I am planning to make necklaces of pines as Christmas presents to my friends.

Till the next time!

Matcha cheesecake

Hello sweeties!

I know, I know, it's a while of my last post. I'm very sorry about it. Yesterday I made matcha cheesecake. I wanna share the recipe with you. It's my own recipe so that's why I added a lot of matcha powder so if you aren't familiar with the taste of matcha don't add it as much as I did. You might not like the result. Now matcha cheesecake is my favorite cheesecake. I definitely gonna do it again. I think it's prefect dessert for hanami festival picnic.

Matcha cheesecake:

1 package graham crackers, crushed
3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted                                                                    

3-4 tablespoons green tea powder (matcha)

2 tablespoons hot water

200g white chocolate

3 leafs of gelatin                                                   

2 packages (400g) of cream cheese

2dl whipping cream

1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar

1 teaspoon of stevia ( you can also use white sugar)

 

 

 

Put the graham cracker crumbs in a mixing bowl. Drizzle in the melted butter and mix until evenly moistened. Press into the bottom of( a 20cm ) springform pan. Put the pan in a fridge until the topping is ready.

Put leafs of gelatin in the cold water. Whip the cream. Combine cream cheese with matcha powder and vanilla sugar. Melt the white chocolate and it with cream cheese-matcha-vanilla mixture. Add cream on the mixture.

Boil the water. Press the water off from the leafs of gelatin and add them 2 tablespoons of boiling water. Add the mixture to the cream cheese mixture and mix.

Take the springform pan off the fridge and add the cream cheese mixture on it. Put the pan back to the fridge and keep there 2-3 hours or over the night.

 

 

                                               Matcha cheesecake served with matcha latte.

 

 

You can serve the cake with coffee or tea or with matcha latte, like I did. If you are curious to know how to make matcha latte let me know. I will post the recipe ;) It's also super easy to make.

 

Enjoy!

 

Till next time!~~

 

 

 

 

Sauerkraut & bratwurst casserole

Hello sweeties! Lately I've ate a lot sauerkraut so when I saw sauerkraut & bratwurst casserole recipe on Facebook I wanted to try it. The recipe that I gonna share with you guys isn't the same one as I saw. It's my own variation of it. This dish is perfect when you're having guests. It's easy and fast to make. What is most important it's very tasty! Next time when I host board game evening I definitely gonna make this dish.
So here is the recipe, I hope you'll like it as much I do.

Sauerkraut & bratwurst casserole

Ingredients:

1kg sauerkraut
1 package of bratwurst (6 big sausages)
2-3 tablespoons of mustard
2dl of sour cream (smetana)

Preheat the oven to 200C. Put sauertkraut on the riddle and let it drain for a moment. Slice the sausages and fry in a pan until sausages gets a little bit of color. Mix all the ingredients together. Pour into prepared baking dish. Bake about for 45 minutes.

If you want, you can serve the dish with the green salad.

I promise this dish is really easy to make. And it's tasty, even on the picture the dish doesn't look tasty. Let's just say, if you like sauerkraut you will love this dish!

Until next time!

Wedding invitation

Hello sweeties! I'm so excited! I got wedding invitation today. My cousin is getting married on June. So great! I never been in wedding so that's one of the biggest reasons why I'm so excited now. For the same reason I don't know wedding etiquette. Bad me :( So now I have to learn more about it.
So I made DOs and DON'Ts lists for wedding guest.

Wedding etiquette:

The first, when you do get the invitation, do reply to it as soon as possible.

DO list:

Do buy a wedding gift early. Couples spend a tons of time of choosing the items on their registry- and they picked them coz they actually going to use them. So do them and yourself a favor and buy a wedding gift from their registry. ( The gift won't be a problem to me, they only want a little money for their honeymoon.)

Do be on time! True fact: weddings tend to run late. But that doesn't mean you should. Plan to be at the ceremony 20-30 minutes early.

Do pay attention to the dress code. You don't want to be underdressed for the wedding. Even if it's casual, always wear dress, skirt or suit. ( Definitely dress, I just have to buy proper one for the wedding. )

Do stay out of the photographer's way.
 
Do congratulate the family.

Do sign the guestbook.

DON'Ts list:

Do not assume that you can bring a date. Unless it days "a guest" on the invitation, only you should be attending. And no, don't call to the bride and ask if you can bring a date either. If it were on their budget, the bride and groom would have extended the extra invitation. ( It won't be a problem. After all, I'm not seeing anyone. )

Don't bring a large wedding gift to the wedding. Well, I think it's pretty obvious why...

Don't forget to turn off your phone. Again, pretty obivious.

Do not wear white. This one should go without saying.

Don't get wasted. Enjoy the bar, don't abuse it.

Don't talk forever. Make a point of saying hello to bride and groom, but keep your conversation short.

I hope my DOs and DON'Ts list helps you even a bit. At least my research helped me a lot :) Now my problem is to find proper clothes to wear to the wedding. I don't really own anything fancy :S

Until next time!~~

To fall in love

Hello sweeties! I read an interesting article today, link here. It was about falling in love. According to the article you need to ask 36 questions to your partner. Is it possible that falling in love can be so easy? I don't know, but it's worth to try. At least it's a fun way to learn to know a person who you're dating. After reading the article I got interesting about the test. I really love to try it next time when I have a date. Hopefully somebody asks me out soon coz I'm eager to try the test. And after all, I want to fall in love and be loved back. Don't we all? Everybody needs somebody to love. What do you think, is falling in love to somebody that easy?

Here is a song for all the singles, I hope you will appreciate it.

Until next time!~~

Filled peppers

Hello sweeties! I made filled paprikas today. I have wanted to make them quite a while and yesterday I got an idea of new filling. So now I'm gonna share it with you. I also wanted to use spices that my mother brought me from Thailand. The chili is really hot! And that's why I like it. It gave a little kick to the dish :)


Ingredients

3 large red peppers
400g minced meat
200g flavored cream cheese ( I used pepper-chili cream cheese)
100g grated cheese
Olive oil
Onion
2 garlic claws
Salt
Chili

1. Cut the sweet peppers 'hat' and remove the seeds.
2. Sauté the onion and garlic in olive oil.
3. Add the meat to the pan and season it with salt and chilli.
4. Mix the cream cheese mixed with minced meat mature.
5. Fill the peppers with the mixture and sprinkle with grated cheese.
6. Put the peppers if desired hats stuffed with sweet peppers and cook in the oven at 200 degrees for about 20 minutes.

The filling is really good, the cream cheese was perfect choise to the filling. I'm pretty sure I gonna make use the filling again. :)


Till next time!~~

Nothing makes me happier than a new hair...

Hello sweeties! Actually there are things that makes me happier than a new hair, but the feeling when you have a new hair it's just something ah so great!
When hairdresser does a good job, she/he also makes her/his customer happy person. A good hairdresser is a miracle maker. If you haven't guessed by now, I went to the hairdresser today. Now I have a bang, which I absolutely L-O-V-E <3 A little change can do a lot, change your appearance etc. I must say that I'm very pleased to my a new hair. Now I'm thinking should I dye my hair with some nice shade of brown to give a little boots to my hair. New color can also do miracles. But first I need to get used to my bangs :)

Here's a photo of the result. What do you think? Pretty, isn't?

 

 

Until next time!~~